Shpongled247 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 So, listening to the latest JBC Arkadii album (review incoming!) recently I got to thinking why isn't this genre more popular? To my ears it is oh so verrrry close to the neo goa that we love, yet it seems to be shunned by many. I'm just not entirely sure where the nhitzo line is? Is it the kick? The specific high sound? Overly cheesy? What is it? I know it's "uplifting", but frankly to my ears it mostly sounds like some good full power goa trance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richpa Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Unfortunaley many people doesn't like that genre, honestly i'm not the biggest fan aswell, but I can enjoy a lof it, especially music from Sita Records who are releasing and pushing very hard to deliver quality in this style. Good thing about nitzhogoa is that sometimes can bring enormous ammount of positive energy and give that extra punch Anyway I think people doesn't find it good enough for their taste mostly because chessy and over the top melodies which are very common in this sub-genre.One of recent favs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuhA2EQAbXk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I love the power in nitzhogoa, but can't stand the melodies. They are so cheesy they become annoying instead of enjoyable. I only enjoy Agneton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technosomy Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 love the power and intensity, not listened to much in last few years except for agnetons stuff, which i love very much, he definatley has brought this style into the modern era. still love cyan and earlier discoble stuff gota have a bit of cheese with this, it's comes part and parcel with this style love it or hate it, will always have a place in our world! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraneFreeze Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 What is a cheesy melody? The more I see this description, the less I understand it. "Cheesy" sounds more and more like an all purpose criticism that basically means "something I don't like". How is a "cheesy melody" qualitatively inferior to other styles? I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpongled247 Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 A Cheesy melody, to me, simply means an overtly obvious melody. What you would unconsciously expect to hear.... An Obvious Melody. Nothing more, nothing less. Which basically doesn't take you on a musical "journey" or trip because you already expect it because of the notes that came before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraydoG Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I dont know what cheesy is when it comes to goa... Apart from the old.school nitzo, thats obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 What is a cheesy melody? The more I see this description, the less I understand it. "Cheesy" sounds more and more like an all purpose criticism that basically means "something I don't like". How is a "cheesy melody" qualitatively inferior to other styles? I'm confused. For me a cheesy melody is when it's closer to bellydance than the traditional goa. For example eastern melody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROI1W3Lgqbs Bellydance melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGWt7sf2LvY Of course objectively it's different to draw a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richpa Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Bitch please, this is cheesy haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2zB-SWn2sE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaISM Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 A Cheesy melody, to me, simply means an overtly obvious melody. What you would unconsciously expect to hear.... An Obvious Melody. Nothing more, nothing less. Which is basically all Goa is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurosect Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 i dont know..i kinda like nitzo.. the first party i went...i remember..they all played some funky psytrance ...and then in the middle of the night i heard a kick so powerful that the trees were bending .. i woke up from my tend and go in front of stage...this music was different.. a dj from Greece was invited in my country to play..that was a special feeling listening those melodies.. so..thank you Alebrican.. well..yes i still dig this genre ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyt3k Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 In Belgium I'm even seeing people drawing a line between Nitzhonot and Nitzhogoa... For me Nitzhonot consists of these elements: a hard / powerful / "laser" kick and cheesy melodies. Cheesy meaning high pitched, easy to follow and overly happy. I really don't like this genre. One or a few of these tracks in a set at a party and I'll just run away... Except for Cyan, some Mystica and maybe some others.A lot of labels are starting to use the term Nitzhogoa and for me that stands for modern produced Goa with these Nitzho elements, but more subtle. A hard kick, but more eastern and complex melodies. But so far I only like Agneton (great to see him getting mentioned here this much! ) and some works by Filippe Santos (don't remember all the aliases, lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padmapani Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 this: I love the power in nitzhogoa, but can't stand the melodies. They are so cheesy they become annoying instead of enjoyable. I only enjoy Agneton. and this: For me a cheesy melody is when it's closer to bellydance than the traditional goa. i couldn't have said it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franki Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'm not a huge fan. I don't mind the odd tune or two, but have had enough by the end of an album. The main aspects I dislike are the too-similar melodies that are so in your face and frantic and the cheese element which I find hard to pin-point and explain, (but the bellydance music quote above, does the job quite well.) The tunes don't have any room to breathe before you're off again with an O.T.T. Middle-Eastern melody. I do like the "laser-kicks", however. I've bought a couple of CDs but, much as I like some of them, I can't wait for them to end by about two thirds of the way through. Nitzho seems to me to rely heavily on many of the elements that put people off some Nu-school Goa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraydoG Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Can someone post an example of good and bad but with music from the last ~5 years if possible? Just trying to get my head around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richpa Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 My examples Good: Bad: Not saying that PA music is bad overall, some awesome stuff released by Ewoud, but this track is too folkish and doesn't lead anywhere. Some melodies featured in it are based on generic turbo-folk music that has been in the clubs in Balkans for more than a decade and that's probably the lowest point where some musician can go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McU7R1RcrgM Bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC6gdmxb9ts And anything by Greek uplifting trance. Pure vomit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraydoG Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Ormion - The old style I know and understand, haha. Normally I love cheesy stuff coming from a trance background but even I cant deal with that. Richpa - To be honest I dont see much of a difference. Guess because I have never heard of that type of music before and I find the PA fine, not cheesy. Had a look at my discogs and I rated the GAs CD 5/5 where as PAs CD 4/5. So its good but not on the same level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richpa Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Richpa - To be honest I dont see much of a difference. Guess because I have never heard of that type of music before and I find the PA fine, not cheesy. Had a look at my discogs and I rated the GAs CD 5/5 where as PAs CD 4/5. So its good but not on the same level. There is a difference, especially in track development and the pace. Ofcourse all is a matter of taste but the way how Goalien used his melodies is a lot different and more psychedelic than it's case in PA's track. I agree with you, and as I said earlier, this track by PA's is just an example, his other tracks are much much better and I enjoy them alot, but really can't stand that type of nitzho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amithaba_buddha Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 #BURPs# apologies , must've been the cheeze i just ate 5 minutes ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpongled247 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Ahh he's back! Dis gon be goooood! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amithaba_buddha Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Ahh he's back! Dis gon be goooood! omg lol........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraydoG Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 There is a difference, especially in track development and the pace. Ofcourse all is a matter of taste but the way how Goalien used his melodies is a lot different and more psychedelic than it's case in PA's track. I agree with you, and as I said earlier, this track by PA's is just an example, his other tracks are much much better and I enjoy them alot, but really can't stand that type of nitzho. The difference I see is just the person that made it, their style BUT, listening to music in the car this morning I came across this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YB0nVJcTH8 Does that count as cheese? Just part of it didnt sit too well with me, mainly around the 6:20 mark. Thanks for trying to 'educate' me, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richpa Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The difference I see is just the person that made it, their style BUT, listening to music in the car this morning I came across this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YB0nVJcTH8 Does that count as cheese? Just part of it didnt sit too well with me, mainly around the 6:20 mark. Thanks for trying to 'educate' me, haha HAHA, actually, I'm not tryin' to educate you or anything similar, you just asked why am i finding Goalians track better than PA's and I posted above the reasons, afterall i'm just expressing my own experience and impression of the music, plus, here on Balkans people got better perception and feeling for eastern/oriental (or how do you call it in Auckland) type of melodies, trust me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boohu Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 So, listening to the latest JBC Arkadii album (review incoming!) recently I got to thinking why isn't this genre more popular? To my ears it is oh so verrrry close to the neo goa that we love, yet it seems to be shunned by many. I'm just not entirely sure where the nhitzo line is? Is it the kick? The specific high sound? Overly cheesy? What is it? I know it's "uplifting", but frankly to my ears it mostly sounds like some good full power goa trance it's the hyperdness and Agneton is king of it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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