Cinos Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Well, I really have to say I truly think 1200MICs fits all the definitions of Goa: references to alternate states of consciousness An entire release devoted to drugs middle-eastern melodies that varumphabah-varumphabah bass-line The organic vs. vicious usage of the 303 Psy trance has NO middle eastern, Indian, eastern or ANY type of new-age west-embraces-east smell...or rather...sound to it. I got this comment on another forum. Since the guy is really convinced, I ask you, experts. Is 1200 Mics goa? (no, i know the answer already, but answer still, since I told him we'd ask others.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalker Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heva Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Worst live act I have ever seen. Joke. Comedy psytrance. No respect. Cheesy pop stylee psy. Worth seeing if you want to have a giggle. I can't even vaguely consider that that they 'define goa'. Pah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 Yes 400138[/snapback] ...as opposed to it being psytrance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 1200 Mics is the definition of "this scene is going downhill". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 the scene went downhill long before 1200 mics was formed... say starting 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalker Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 ...as opposed to it being psytrance? 400141[/snapback] No Its psytrance Its one of the worst projects thou I know that the question is about if 1200mics music really has the Goa "spirit" as it reminds from the true goa feeling (aka oldschool) For that I say no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 see the problem is today this scene has become serious... it is no more just whacked out trippers fiddling with synths, but so called serious musicians... and that is all that is wrong with this scene... it was never meant to be serious, it is meant to be fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike A Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 their first album had indeed some goa spirit in it. only some. their first album was also one of the best full-on album ever made, if you ignore all those retarded drug&cheese samples. what became of them next is just a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 see the problem is today this scene has become serious... it is no more just whacked out trippers fiddling with synths, but so called serious musicians... and that is all that is wrong with this scene... it was never meant to be serious, it is meant to be fun! 400155[/snapback] I don't mind serious musicians but this whole "we listen to the right kind of music, they listen to the wrong kind of music"-behaviour starts to annoy me more and more. That's what brings this scene down if you ask me (regarding at gnome's post). Anyway, I can see why some people might see the goa spirit in some 1200 Mics tracks. I also see them but I still wouldn't call it neo-goa or something like that. In the end it doesn't make a difference anyway, if you like it you listen to it no matter how the style is called. If you don't like it calling it goa wouldn't make it any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 it's goa and skazi is free jazz.. np: some infected tune.. quality classical music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritual om Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 some people try to prove that humans are elephants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euchkuh Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 their first album had indeed some goa spirit in it. only some. their first album was also one of the best full-on album ever made, if you ignore all those retarded drug&cheese samples. what became of them next is just a joke 400328[/snapback] agree, the first album was something. heroes of imagination and the time machine sucked, especially the time machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dajek Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 No, 1200 mics is not goa..... ...for me... but I guess the term isn't so closed and actually it is arguable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I've only heard 1200 mics' Heroes of the Imagination album and thought it sounded more full-on that goa or psy trance. I didn't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonflier Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 It's not like "goa" has a fixed meaning, what is goa to one person may not be goa to another. So there's no straight answer to this question - if a person sees 1200 Mics as goa that's his opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
option zer0 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 1200 mics = psy in my opinion and i like it very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goazzz... Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 There is nothing psychedelic in their music imo...! Worse type of psy...everything that comes out under this names lately is so not interesting....!! C'mon...how GMS can be psychedelic.....? Not to mention Raja..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT : 1200 IS NOT GOA. END OF ANNOUNCEMENT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebadtrip Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 see the problem is today this scene has become serious... it is no more just whacked out trippers fiddling with synths, but so called serious musicians... and that is all that is wrong with this scene... it was never meant to be serious, it is meant to be fun! 400155[/snapback] Problem with "scene" is that we got too many experts trying to define it. If 1200 Mics was called "Black metal" I would still dance to it at a party. Now I see why Rain left. I don't mind serious musicians but this whole "we listen to the right kind of music, they listen to the wrong kind of music"-behaviour starts to annoy me more and more. That's what brings this scene down if you ask me (regarding at gnome's post). Anyway, I can see why some people might see the goa spirit in some 1200 Mics tracks. I also see them but I still wouldn't call it neo-goa or something like that. In the end it doesn't make a difference anyway, if you like it you listen to it no matter how the style is called. If you don't like it calling it goa wouldn't make it any better. 400355[/snapback] Can we have more open minded Tatsu's around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 see the problem is today this scene has become serious... it is no more just whacked out trippers fiddling with synths, but so called serious musicians... and that is all that is wrong with this scene... it was never meant to be serious, it is meant to be fun! 400155[/snapback] i would say the problem is that there are NO/VERY FEW serious musicians today, whereas in the past they were SERIOUS TRIPPERS MUSICIANS. I think music is not only meant to be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taika-Kim Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hmm, I think both Raja Ram & The GMS dudes are free to do pretty much anything they want at this point since they're been at it for so long. I don't know Raja's part in 1200 Mics tracks, but I guess he has 30 years of experience about what moves people on the dancefloor. Even though I don't like recent GMS or 1200 Mics so much, just check out the first GMS album, Chaos Laboratory, it has such insanely great trance tracks that I'm completely happy to see them move on, even if I don't like the way :/ And hey, I think it's fun for them to make some money after doing goa for so long I don't see how commecial psytrance can harm the "scene". PPL can still make free parties with wild spirit if they want. They don't have to listen to music they don't like, or book those artists... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Psychiatrist Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 see the problem is today this scene has become serious... it is no more just whacked out trippers fiddling with synths, but so called serious musicians... and that is all that is wrong with this scene... it was never meant to be serious, it is meant to be fun! 400155[/snapback] Word! their first album had indeed some goa spirit in it. only some. their first album was also one of the best full-on album ever made, if you ignore all those retarded drug&cheese samples. what became of them next is just a joke 400328[/snapback] Word 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Buddha Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 1200 mics is good i have to admit its somekind a breed between goa and the new wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Blue leprechaun~ Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I've only heard 1200 mics' Heroes of the Imagination album and thought it sounded more full-on that goa or psy trance. I didn't like it. 400691[/snapback] well that's not the good one... you can hear the typical gms sound too much but it is fullon indeed, one of the main creators of the new fullon wave we experience... but I have to say the first 1200 mics blasted me away when it was released... every song has got a different bassline every track has got an unique sound every track has got an original intro was there goa spirit ??? well there was certainly a tribe indian feeling toward the whole cd, and a lot of drugs ... I think they were one of the last who used that indian tribe concept like that with the ayahuaysca stuff and all... they tried to tell a story by using trance what I really appreciate... I have never seen an album with so much varations in my life... don't listen to it at all anymore, had it but still respect it a lot... it's impossible to create another album like that by the same artist... it's like infected with his classical mushroom... reached the top imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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