seraph Posted July 21, 2002 Author Share Posted July 21, 2002 V/A - Trancentral 4 : A Trip To Goa Artist: Various Title: Trancentral 4 : A Trip To Goa Label: Kickin Date: 1996 Track listing: CD 1 01. 7'42" The Pollinator : Clone 3 02. 5'53" Sirius 2 : Satori Razor 03. 6'48" Syb Unity Nettwerk : Cosmo Shiva 04. 6'18" Arcana : Orion 05. 4'34" Les Diaboliques : Cubit 06. 7'31" The Auranaut : Groove On Dream Off 07. 7'49" Etnica : Starship 101 08. 8'06" Shakta : Lepton Head CD 2 09. 7'04" Prana & Amanite Fx : Black Rain 10. 5'42" Doof : Full Moon Over Parvatti 11. 5'43" Bass Chakra : 230000 Miles (Innermix) 12. 7'19" Miranda : Timeless Worlds of Space 13. 6'55" Kode IV : Near To The Divine (Doof Rmx) 14. 7'21" Green Nuns Of The Revolution : Megallenic Cloud 15. 6'27" Transwave : Cycles Of Life 16. 7'38" Prana : Primal Orbit (Tribal Trance Mix) Review: Here we have one of the first Goa Trance volumes out of Kickin trance volumes...It is mixed by Tsuyoshi Suzuki and it is well mixed...could have been slightly better but it is still VERY GOOD choice of songs...First disc is rather minimal in the beginning but still pretty psychedelic...CLONE 3 is very good song by the same guys from X - Dream...SATORI RAZOR is good, and also COSMO SHIVA..STARSHIP 101 and LEPTON HEAD are 2 best songs on first disc...On the second disc we have more melodic Goa Trance and I actually like all songs : BLACK RAIN ( !!! ), FULL MOON OVER PARVATTI ( Best Doof song by far, real melodic psychedelia ), 230 000 MILES that is pretty good, TIMELESS WORLDS OF SPACE ( very good Miranda's song ), NEAR TO DIVINE ( haven't heard original but Doof's remix is pretty sucessful, MEGALLENIC CLOUD ( !!! ), CYCLES OF LIFE ( !!!!! ) and PRIMAL ORBIT ( The name of Remix says all, really tribal trance ending )..All in all, this disc might sound old to the new freaks, but to serious TRANCE LISTENERS would sound as good as any other perfect Goa Trance...9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inu Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Disc 2 is okay with it's tried-and-true Goa hits, but it's the first one that really does my head in... melodic rolling trance with techno and rave influences. Satori Razor, Orion, Cubit, Groove On Dream Off, and Lepton Head must be heard to be believed. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -i Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 This was one of the first goa compilations I heard.. ..it's a fantastic blend of tracks. I'm still amazed by this 5 years after I heard it for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trancer Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Mine has another cover ..Very beautifull with great tracks..still today i see this cd as one of the best compilations ever released..Melodic classic Goa-Trance. transwave, Etnica, Miranda and Tsuyoshi Suzukis all crazy tracks...Best track for me is Starship 101 followed by satori razor and Meggalenic Cloud..GREAAT CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoffy? Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 yeah, i got reissues of these cheap from a pawn shop.. i was actually pissed off when i first got them because they were mixed (i got 4 of them, they're just called "trance xx" and i got volumes 7,8,9,10.. 7 and 8 are this compilation), and i didn't listen to them because i had most of the tracks unmixed... when i did listen to them i was quite suprised, more so when i found out from a friend that they were tsuyoshi mixes.. the second CD is my favourite, megallenic cloud and cycles of life are two of the most important tracks , also all the tsuyoshi tracks are quite good. The miranda track is good too, and i normally can't stand miranda. cd 1 is ok, the best bit in that is the sample in arcadia's track: "I was going to the worst place in the world, and i didn't even know it yet". gotta love an apocalypse now sample Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Selim Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Probably the all-time best old-skool goa trance mix-CD (or rather, collection of mix-CDs) -- nothing other than Mark Allen's Deck Wizards outing and possibly Sid Shanti's Hypnotic Trance 4 disc even come close. Tight mixing, flawless track selection (both CDs are *loaded* with classics), good programming -- you name, these babies got it. This is to the best of my knowledge the only place you can get the original version of Shakta's "Lepton Head" on CD, and one of the few places you can find Transwave's "Cycles of Life" (a/k/a "the sunrise track"). If you don't have this and like the classic goa sound, get it immediately (or else its reissue as Trance 07 and Trance 08). Also note that the second track on CD1 is mislabeled on the CD: "Sirius" is the record label; the band name is Satori (i.e. Pete Martin/Slide plus Sean Williams/Process) and the track name is "Razor". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaha Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 This is the disc that got me into Goa/psy-trance and it still sounds great! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 This one was an infectious feel-good vibe. Lots of classic tracks: Starship 101, Lepton Head, Black Rain, Groove On Dream Off, The Pollinator, Cycles of Life, Full Moon over Parvatti and 230 000 Miles. I still get shivers when I think of that shuffling washboard-effect with the stop-motion bassline and the perfect haunting high keyboard line through 230 000 Miles. Cycles of Life has to be one of the happiest (yet not cheese) sounds of any kind. This was a really good job - get it if you can find it and want to take a retrodelic trip back to a rare groove before electronic music had permeated the grocery store and the used car lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest golden oldey Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 old cd old toons old vibe old SHIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theorem Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 This was one of my first comp's, and it still kicks some ass. That Orion track is dope, and the Martin Sheen voice sample really seals the deal. Good oldskool psy, probably one of the best Tsuyoshi mixes I have found... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khogg Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 This was one of my first few goa compilations. I no longer have it, but would love to get a copy of it again. My favorite was the second CD. It has the better songs (although the first CD has some good ones too), and I always wished it wasn't mixed. This whole compilation is worth it for the Miranda, Kode IV, and Transwave songs alone. I want that Transwave song unmixed! It's right up there with MDMA as one of their best ever songs in my opinion. Anyway, nice double CD. Get it if you can for a classic goa experience that's not too heavy on the cheese either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest n0n[at]gmx[dot]net Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 very good mixed, good vibe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Selim Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 You can find Transwave "Cycles of Life" unmixed in two places: on the first Symbiosis comp Accidental Occidentalism (which, alas, is virtually impossible to find these days), and on this random compilation Trancemaster 12 - Return to Goa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest h#sh Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 funny, i listened to this again just the other day. tight as all hell. wicked mixing and fine track selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZEN_ic Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 If it's Old School is good. Less minimal(boring). BOM SHANKAR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 Just had to add my 2 sense. This was my introduction to trance when it came out. It blew me away and hypnotizes me in a way no other mix has really done and defines the genius it really takes to mix psy trance well. Establishing "mood" in a set is a very rare gem and both cds accomplish it here. One of my favorite pieces of music of all time. Too bad some dickless bastard stole it! But i got bootlegs recently:) Find this if you havnt heard it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 It's compilations like this that allow DJ's all over the world to just push play and almost turn some knobs to fake the appearance of actually doing something. It's that good. One of the greatest mixed CDs that's out there IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goa-Head Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 In short:agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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