Seems like the scene is comatose right now, so while it resuscitates itself here are a few other bits and pieces I’ve been listening to lately. I missed out on a lot of the Goa scene in the mid-90s as I was already into hardcore/drum & bass, but lately I’ve been trying to find a few older tunes and check out some artists who’re trying to keep the same style going these days. Dark psy is all well and good, but when Goa is done properly its hard to beat those trippy melodies…and really inspiring now that I’m trying to get back into ‘tune writing’ myself.
Anyway, I’m no expert, so if anyone has any recommendations I’d love to hear them. One of my current favourites is E-Mantra’s Praying Forest – hang in there until the final third, it’s one of the most stirring tunes I’ve heard for a long time.
Next is a fabulous tune from a few years ago – Khetzal’s Indian Attic.
The Dreamer (Orient Mix) is definitely one of the best tracks on Radical Distortion’s recent (and slightly hit-and-miss) Psychedelic Dreams album.
Finally for now is Filteria’s epic remix of Lunar Civilization. Filteria’s a very talented guy, and this is an amazing remix of a classic tune.
The other day Cogi played me a few of Hase’s favourite Goa tunes, and once I get the titles I’ll put those up too…
Good old goa, I used to be a big fan of the style.. And even nowadays it sounds awesome. The biggest name for me was propably Atral Projection. Here`s “Enlightened Evolution”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRgj2qtSXlU
*…Astral Projection.
Good call…actually I finally bought their ‘Dancing Galaxy’ album last month, and it still sounds awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViJJf5LbfOI&feature=related
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im terrible with computers.. dont know how to link the vid properly.
E-rection – Out here we are stoned ( X-Dream remix )
few others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDaINIuseI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpYl8_I8VE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5n2fEvmYg
“when Goa is done properly its hard to beat those trippy melodies”
I couldn’t agree more. Even though I have owned the Another World album by Astral Projection for many years now, I have yet to realy take a good look into the Goa scene. As I understand it the Goa sound was most popular in the mid 90’s and nowdays it is hard to come by proper epic tunes that fits the genre but they do exist.
I love the E-mantra – Praying Forest. So powerful and with such edge. One more to add to my list of favourite Goa tracks. Wicked post Plasmadancer. Thanks a lot!
Here are a couple of, to me, classic Goa tunes plus a more recent composition. All three from Sweden.
Miranda – Feel The Effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNw0VuK408E
Earthbound – We Are Not Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcnMy5F8s0
Filteria – Ultimator (Ultimated Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjW6IfCrUTE
One of my favourite goa groups are Ra from Denmark and today I was searching for a tune made by them and found this remix of one of their best tunes in my opinion. This might be a bit of a more psy oriented take on it but I think it fits the profile quite well anyway. This is Ra – Reign of Madness (Alienapia Remix), fresh out of 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddpwR2-Sn6Q
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You’ve got good taste in tunes…this is exactly the kind of stuff I was hoping to hear, thanks!
‘Out here we are stoned’ is fantastic
Nisse
That was pretty much my understanding of Goa too, but seems that artists like E-Mantra and Filteria are coming up with some great stuff these days. If you like ‘Praying Forest’ I’d really recommend the ‘Arcana’ album – the track ‘Shamanistic Rituals’ is fantastic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X5lJlkBRWU), but there’s not a single bad tune on there.
Thanks a lot for the links by the way, I’ve just had a nice 25 minutes listening through all four. I hadn’t heard ‘Ultimator’ before…that’s quite a tune! I was listening to the ‘Reign of Madness’ remix the other day actually, it’s one of my favourites too
Just to keep us going, here are a couple more oldies from 1995, pretty well-known, but both great tunes:
Art of Trance – Octopus (Man With No Name remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDaF25PRT4o
Transwave – The Rezwalker (Black Thunder Mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBrTyaqVbw4