// Psy Trance and its big hitters //

[System.S]

Psychedelic trance may not be the the coolest or most fashionable sub-genre in dance music, but it’s undoubtedly one of the strongest international underground scenes, and it’s starting to make a big impression across UK dancefloors, with club nights dedicated to the sound appearing in abundance.

Although London has always hosted its fair share of parties, regular nights such as Bristol’s Tribe Of Frog and Sheffield’s Planet Zogg are showing the increasing demand for the sound across the country.

As well as the unsung artists within the underground, DJs like John ‘OO’ Fleming are increasingly championing the sound in their sets, as they strive to move forward from the euphoric trance sound which has dominated in clubs like Gatecrasher and Godskitchen over the years. Meanwhile, events like Antiworld – a 3,000-capacity indoor festival in London – are constantly importing the finest international live acts and DJs psy trance has to offer.

Antiworld’s Psygate room is packed time after time with an unforgettable atmosphere. And with the emergence of this year’s three-day, psy-dominated Glade Festival, it seems that this could be the sound to make the biggest impact we’ve seen in our clubs since the growth of breakbeat a year or two ago.

It was as far back as the mid-’90s that the music was first introduced in the UK, with nights like Return To The Source and Astral Phoenix supplying what was then known as ‘Goa trance’. Their DJs Mark Allen, Tsuyoshi Suzuki and many others took their following on sometimes ambient, sometimes driving trips of musical enlightenment.

Now, with the scene very much in the ascendant once again, we thought it was high time to have a look at some of the leading players that have emerged ten years down the line, from the highly talented Israeli producers who are fast becoming more readily accessible to their UK fanbase, to some of the UK-based artists who’ve been pushing the sound since day one…

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NAMES: Golan Aharony and Ohad Aharony
AGE: 30 (Golan) and 24 (Ohad)
LOCATION: Israel
STYLE: Electro psy-trance/hard house
INSPIRATION/INFLUENCES: “Leftfield, Gary Numan, Pink Floyd, Tim Healy, The Antidote, Domestic, Psy Sexâ€

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[System.S]

[Genesis]

Goa trance is psy trance patrick. it's the same. Goa is it's original name, the
geographic origin, while psychedelic is the name it was given by the israelis.

Indians r more into Ambient as for Goa/Psy then it's an Israeli privilage,
needless to mention that psy is growing more global (Scandinavians are into
the production fever and events as well)

What's with the psy trance topics in The Library? That's the third topic that
defines psychedelic trance.

[System.S]

huh ? all i know is that Psy is under Goa
Goa is mastered by Indians
Psy by israeli dudes . .

Well this topic determines the well known artists in the scene of Psy.

[3aly]

[Genesis]

psy is not 'under' goa. they are the same genre but it got two names: Goa
and Psychedelic. Indians produce Ambient but not Goa/Psy.

Read the Ambient Trance topic . First you had Ambient played and composed
in Western India in Goa. Then the Israelis went to Goa and liked the Indian
music, took it back with them to Israel and made it more of a dance music
and called it 'Psychedelic Trance'. Some call it Goa Trance (after its origin)
while others call it Psychedelic Trance.

If not, can you type down some Indian Goa Trance artists as an example?

[System.S]

Artists that i got GOA TRANCE stuff in my library:

Astral Projection
Hallucinogen
Infected Mushroom
Man with No Name
Return to the Source
Juno Reactor
Koxbox
Montauk P.
Planet B.E.N.
Children in Paradise
Cydonia
Etnica
Green Nuns of the Revolution
Manmademan
Noosphere
Paul Oakenfold
Prana
Shiva Chandra
Technossomy
Total Eclipse

This is what i received from a Rave Culture expert :

Goa Trance / Psy Trance Music Definition
Goa or psy trance takes its name from Goa, India. An incarnation of trance music with a more complex texture of psychedelic sounds woven into a kaleidoscopic tapestry. Goa tracks tend to be finished, complete pieces of music and are therefore less conducive to beat mixing. The beat is a steady 4/4 kick but is often buried in layers of analog sounds. The drug of choice for Goa trance fans is LSD.

[Genesis]

I agree with the definition, and u typed it urself: 'Goa Trance / Psy Trance Music Definition'

as for the artists then those r Goa/Psy legends. it's the same Patrick, but what
is Oakey doing in that list? same goes for Planet B.E.N.. that's no goa mate.