exotic Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 artifact303 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronSun Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 If I'd only have to pick one I'd probably go for Artifact303's Back To Space as well ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Alienapia-Goapocalipsis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travbrad1001 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Probably my favorite neo-goa wasn't even a full album, rather the 2 free releases from Sky Technology at Ektoplasm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/sky-technology-time-space http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/sky-technology-next-visions "Mindsphere - Patience for Heaven" is great too though. To be honest I'm not the biggest neo-goa fan either. When it's done right it's amazing, but most of it just sounds too "perfect" and doesn't have enough soul IMO. Just packing as many random melodies as possible into a track doesn't do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmot Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 And now I notice that I fell in my own pit by jesting about multiple listings. Gah. I say...Radical Distortion - Psychedelic Dreams. It's rough and tough and doesn't sound like listening to a Tiësto CD at 145 BPM. It's the CD you can mosh to. There's no chance of confusing it with any other newschool release. But of course, some other day the answer might be Filteria, PortaMento or Artifact303. That's the pitfall with choosing a single release... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healium Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Thanks again for the suggestions! Surely going to check out the Mindsphere album.. Yea my issue with the neo-goa is that the sound pallete is pretty much the same - both the fx and the melodies - they use treble notes/high notes for all the melodies - bassline underneath and lots of high note melodies - because of this it tends to all sound pretty similar.. I'd like to hear some goa style but with those really trippy progressive/minimal sound effects and different tones to make up the melodies.. Dunno if it would be goa then but whatever.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'd like to hear some goa style but with those really trippy progressive/minimal sound effects and different tones to make up the melodies.. Dunno if it would be goa then but whatever.. To my experience that happened just before the millennium and people started calling it psychedelic trance instead of goatrance. And it became mainstream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest D N H Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Have a listen then to: Hypnocoustics - Ashtamangala - EP Portamento - The Portal - Radical Distortion - Psychedelic Dreams - Liquid Flow - Presence - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healium Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 To my experience that happened just before the millennium and people started calling it psychedelic trance instead of goatrance. And it became mainstream... Lol, I was kinda thinking that actually as I was typing - "wait, that's psytrance"! WIll check those out Depth/No Hitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb820 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'd say Mindsphere too, but it's going to have to pass the 2-3+ years of non stop listening to rank up there with the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest D N H Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 True, Mindsphere turns out to be a newschool classic with oldschool essence. But still needs time to conclude. WIll check those out Depth/No Hitz Check these here too: Anakoluth & PAR-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I'd like to hear some goa style but with those really trippy progressive/minimal sound effects and different tones to make up the melodies.. Dunno if it would be goa then but whatever.. Thinking afterwards... This compilation will fit you. It's more trippy (darker atmosphere), minimal compared goatrance in that time period with different tones. And it still has that typical goatrance baseline and produciton (not like psychedelic trance) http://www.discogs.c...ca/master/33241 Also check the Flying Rhino Records compilations (some) + Matsuri compilations (some) http://www.discogs.c...g Rhino Records http://www.discogs.c...uri Productions You'll have to search, but if you start a topic about it, you shall get good advice I'm to lazy at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I haven't heard the Mindsphere or Crossing Mind albums mentioned, so my opinion may change, but I'd lean towards: Portamento - The Portal Although I've really been enjoying the Zion 604 VA - Flight 604. It's sort of a scrappy underdog story. It seems it hasn't been reviewed here yet, so perhaps I will, although I'm not much of a reviewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephistopheles Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Portamento - The Portal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longloststar Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Ra - 9th Back To Space, Inner Cyclone and Daze of Our Lives are up there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoline Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 VA - Erta Alé Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Cronomi Records takes the crown easy. Erta Ale is a brilliant compilation and the new M-Run album matches my taste perfectly, guess I could stretch my opinion to say it's an instant classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Even if I am not objective... of the last few years Ra - 9th Crossing Mind - The Inner Shift Mindsphere - Patience for heaven E-Mantra - Arcana (if you like a darker twist in your music) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spicy_RolL Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If I will choose ONE release... and if smbdy stick the gun to my head.....aaaaah.... PortaMento - The Portal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healium Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Just to update this - I'm very much enjoying Artifact303 "Back to Space" - listen to it quite a bit. Also finding very tasty tracks on the Erta Ale compil. Have given the Mindsphere "Patience for Heaven" album a couple spins and don't yet get the hype - but will listen more while paying closer attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 The latest Nova Fractal is great and is already in my top 5 now. If you are a fan of E-mantra - pathfinder and the Mindsphere waves, This is your thing. It's a Suntrip experience released by Ovnimoon Records, they've got competition I adore this concept of goatrance. Warm subtle long stretched waves, not explosive, super floating, but still euphoric... Don't expect something new or original. You have to be a fan of that typical concept imo... Nova fractal - Fractal Landscape (2012) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healium Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Right on - haven't heard any E-mantra except the track on the Erta Ale compil which is great - seems that "Arcana" got better reviews than "Pathfinder" though no? Will check out the Nova Fractal album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Indeed a lot of people liked Arcana more because it's more varied and the style is a bit darker. But Pathfinder is one of my favorites concepts of goatrance, So it's a big imo... Also I think you have to know the albums I gave for example pretty well to put my post in the right perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franki Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 There seems to be a lot of love for Erta Ale on this thread, but for me it's a great album ruined by the vocal samples. I find some of the tracks almost unlistenable - which is a shame, because the music is top-drawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healium Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Well, I'm officially a neo-goa fan now - thanks for the help! Artifact303 - "Back to Space" is my favorite so far - very addictive music! I will say though I think some of the goa needs more "signature" to it. One of the things that separate great music from good music is that you don't confuse it for anything else. You should be able to hear a track and know right away who the artist is. If you can't tell and you think "hhmm this could be Dimension5 or this could be Cosmosis" or "hhhmm this could be Alienapia or this could be Filteria"- it tells you that those two artists need to have a more unique signature. The best artists and albums are those I would never confuse with anything else - Hallucinogen "Twisted", X-Dream - "Radio", Hux Flux - "Cryptic Crunch", Infected Mushroom - "The Gathering", Koxbox - "Dragon Tales" - tracks from those albums will never be confused for one another. I can't say the same for Astral Projection vs Chi-Ad vs Dimension 5 vs MFG, or for most of the neo-goa artists. There is much less difference in the way they sound - a discerning ear can tell them apart, certainly, and they are very talented and produce wonderful music no doubt - but the music conforms much more tightly to a certain "goa sound" than do some of the truly landmark albums in psy/goa trance. I think what might help this is more distinct thematic melodies - a lot of the new school goa has nice melodies, but they all sort of weave together, and a main melody is not often repeated later in the same track - the tracks frequently lack a running thematic melody that ties it all together. Because of this, very often I can't remember specifics about a track afterward and I can't pick out the ones off an album I really like. The new Mindsphere album is a good example of this - with the exception of the superb title track, the whole album sounds great, but the music all sort of runs together. The individual tracks on their own lack a really distinct personality and signature thematic element. Making the melodies more catchy would help too - bigger "hooks" - a track can be very catchy and have strong hooks without being cheesy. Lots of these neo-goa melodies just aren't that catchy and so they aren't that memorable or euphoric/addictive to listen to. I'm not a musician - is it just that really catchy melodies are harder to make, or do these artists intentionally not make the melodies catchy because they want a different sound? Compare this with Hallucinogen - "Twisted" - in that album, each track is massively unique and immediately recognizable, and I think it is in part because of the thematic melodies and elements that tie the track together ("Alpha Centauri" or "Solstice" for instance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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