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We bring you another great article… if you love psychedelic music bands and artists. The front runners of 60’s psychedelic music were The Beatles….read on….

The Context

It was August of 1966. Only 2 and a half years since The Beatles first broke onto the scene in the United States with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and the accompanying hysteria ("Beatlemania.") Since then The Beatles music had quickly been evolving from their earlier pop rock into a more sophisticated art rock.

Rubber Soul

Their most recent album was Rubber Soul which had been released in December of ‘65. While these days just 8 months between album releases is a short time, in those days it was considered a reasonably long time to wait for the biggest band in the world to release their next album. Rubber Soul was itself a major step forward from the album before that (Help!) It included the first use of the Indian instrument the sitar on a pop record ("Norwegian Wood’) and it also featured more introspective lyrics (such as on "Nowhere Man" & "In My Life") than were generally heard on their earlier albums.

Revolver

While Rubber Soul was a big step forward, Revolver was a leap forward sonically. The most forward looking track was of course the album closer, "Tomorrow Never Knows" which still sounds like the future 42 years later. I’ll look at that track more in depth at the end of this article.

While Rubber Soul had "Norwegian Wood" which had some sitar on it, Revolver’s "Love You To" was something else entirely. This George Harrison song based entirely on Indian instruments that sounded totally unlike anything pop music listeners of the time had ever heard before. In fact I bet it sounds totally unlike anything most pop music listeners of today have ever heard too (unless of course they’ve listened to Revolver or Sgt Pepper.) "Love You To" definitely expanded the horizons for what a pop record could sound like. But it was far from alone in that regard on this album.

"Eleanor Rigby" featured a string quartet and Paul McCartney’s voice. With it’s poetic lyrics and unique arrangement, it still stands as a classic in popular music today.

"Yellow Submarine" is a childlike song written by Paul McCartney and sung by Ringo Starr that went on to inspire the cartoon feature of the same name released in 1968. It’s really quite a weird song, isn’t it? This was a great example of The Beatles just completely ignoring any rules for what kind of songs should be on a popular music album.

"I’m Only Sleeping" features George Harrison’s backwards guitar. I’m not sure if this is the first pop song to include backwards guitar, but it is probably one of the first. Harrison learned to play the desired melody backwards so that when reversed it would fit in properly with the song. Just another example of The Beatles pushing the envelope in the studio with their arrangements.

"Tomorrow Never Knows"

While there are many amazing breakthroughs on this album, it’s been said that every song on the album inspired a new sub genre of rock music, it’s "Tomorrow Never Knows" that really stands out as a ground breaking song. Amazingly enough this was the first song recorded for the album (in April of 1966, John Lennon wrote it in January of ‘66.)

Everything about this song from it’s lyrics to it’s song writing to it’s arrangement to it’s production was very experimental. The vocals were put through a Leslie speaker to obtain a vibrato effect. This was the first time such an effect was used. The lyrics were based on The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary (and that book was based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.) The song featured very inventive use of tape loops, reverse drums, reverse guitar, and many more sonic explorations. Another unusual fact about the song is that the song is almost entirely played on just one chord. This was probably greatly influenced by Indian music which is often played in such a way.

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The Beatles Best Four Psychedelic Albums

These are the four Beatles albums you need if you are into psychedelic music. I will not put them in order (other than alphabetical) because you really need all four of them and I don’t want you thinking you can get away with leaving any of them off your list.

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

This is probably The Beatles most purposefully trippy album. Almost every song on the album is bursting with mind melting madness of some type or another whether it be experimental production, unusual song arrangements, and/or unusual songwriting. "I Am The Walrus" & "Strawberry Fields Forever" are arguably John Lennon at his most "mad." These are the songs where he went full out with the "kitchen sink" production, the bizarre lyrics, the unexpected song arrangements. It’s all there. "Flying," "Blue Jay Way," and the title track "Magical Mystery Tour," these are songs designed to melt minds and they do just that.

Revolver (1966)

What brililant songs. And what an amazing variety in music in such a compact album. There’s more variety in this 35 minute album than in most band’s whole careers. And it’s all done so incredibly well. And then there’s "Tomorrow Never Knows" which could very well be the most far out song The Beatles ever recorded.

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

This is a trip. Sure the "concept" isn’t really all that tight, but I think that’s why it works so well. It’s like you are in a carnival going around hearing these different incarnations of the same band. Again a wild selection of different styles of music but unlike Revolver, each of the songs somehow sounds connected to each other as well. It’s an amazing trick to make "Within You Without You" & "When I’m 64" make sense together on the same album.

This is an album that has become so legendary that sometimes I think people don’t properly appreciate how great it is. It is not overrated. It really is that good. If you think otherwise, you may have not got out of that stage where you want to be different just for it’s own sake.

The White Album(1968)

I talk a lot about variety in this article because that’s one of the things that I love most about The Beatles music and it’s one of the things that I think makes listening to their albums so trippy. Well this is the peak of that variety. There’s 30 tracks here and a vast majority of them are completely different than the other 29 songs on the album. In many ways this is the ultimate Beatles trip and I think it’s their best album ever (psychedelic or not.)

And then there’s "Revolution #9." It’s hard to get much more psychedelic than that. If you really listen to this track closely on headphones you are likely to get yourself quite a scare and I think that makes the song quite a successful piece of sound art.

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Psychedelic Shrooms, Hallucinogenic Shrooms

"Shrooms spiritial effects still strong a year later….

A new survey shows that powerful, spiritually transforming experiences under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms still rank high a year later.

By Anastacia Mott Austin

Timothy Leary would be proud.

A new survey, published in this month’s Journal of Psychopharmacology, revealed that test subjects who’d had deep spiritual experiences on "shrooms" reported strong feelings even a year later.

A group of 36 pre-screened volunteers who said they had "active spiritual lives" were given psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms. Two-thirds of the subjects reported having a "full mystical experience" at the time, and many reported feeling "a one-ness with the universe."

This is a very high percentage to begin with, but almost 14 months later 67% of the same subjects reported the experience as "the most, or one of the five most spiritually significant experiences of their lives," said the survey’s authors.

One of the volunteers commented, "Surrender is intensely powerful. To ‘let go’ and become enveloped in the beauty of - in this case music - was enormously spiritual."

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"It’s one thing to have a dramatic experience you say is impressive. It’s another thing to say you consider it as meaningful 14 months later," said Roland Griffiths, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins and lead researcher of the study. "There’s something about the saliency of these experiences that’s stunning."

The volunteers had not used psychedelic drugs before, and reported a regular spiritual or religious practice. They were given the drug in a "supportive" environment and encouraged to use face masks to block out external stimuli.

In follow-up testing, the experiences the subjects had had corresponded to what would have happened in their lives following a "naturally occurring mystical experience." Each of the subjects who reported the test as one of the most spiritually significant of their lives also said they had more satisfaction in life in general since the experiment.

"This is truly remarkable finding," said Griffiths to reporters. "Rarely in psychological research do we see such persistently positive reports from a single event in the laboratory." The scientists involved are now interested in applying their findings to therapeutic cases, such as patients facing end-of-life issues with cancer, people with depression, or possibly even drug addiction.

"This gives credence to claims that the mystical-type experiences some people have during hallucinogen sessions may help patients suffering from cancer-related anxiety or depression, and may serve as a potential treatment for drug dependence. We’re eager to move ahead with that research."

Griffiths said that while it may seem controversial to some, drug addicts might find some healing from the connection to a higher power during a hallucinatory experience.

"It does sound counterintuitive," said Griffiths to reporters at Scientific American, adding that "six of the 12 AA [Alcoholics Anonymous] steps are related to a higher power and surrendering to it. Many people don’t engage fully into the 12-step program because they don’t have a connection to a higher power."

Added Griffiths, "One can’t help but wonder whether an experience like this might be useful."

By Buzzle Staff and Agencies Published: 7/14/2008

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Trance music is a subgenre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 124 and 148. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 124 and 148 bpm, featuring repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often crescent doing or featuring a breakdown.

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Trance becomes more popularized, thanks to talented trance music DJ’s and producers, trance music labels, and even large recording companies. The mixture of Goa and psychedelic trance music is the popular kind of trance performance to many trance listeners.

Dance

Perhaps the most ambiguous genre of dance music, trance could be described as a melodic, more or less freeform style of music, partially derived from house. The best way to generally describe the trance genre is that of dance music based around rifts and anthems, which can be either highly energetic or very chilled out. Up tempo, uplifting and often euphoric energetic synthesized sounds pumped by a beat and massive hooks, often with long breakdowns building slowly to create a tension and expectancy on the dance floor.

The repetitive nature of much of the early trance tracks provided club-goers with the ideal chance to immerse themselves in anew style of music after a period of relative quiet on what had been termed the "dance" scene. By the mid-1990’s, trance had emerged commercially as one of the dominant genres of dance music. But most fans of dance music will fondly remember the early and mid-90’s as the "good old days" of trance, with some of the most beautiful and profound tracks produced during this time. Eye Candy is an electronic dance artist who creates progressive trance, break beat, minimal Detroit techno and ethno dance music.

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As early as 1990, German musician Harald Bluechel(aka Cosmic Baby) was experimenting with classical piano and synthesizer melodies contrasted against techno rhythms, and in 1993released one of the most popular trance songs of all time, "Cafe delMar" (under the pseudonym Energy 52) which is still being remixed today. Recording under the aliases Paragliders, The Ambush, Spicelaband LSG, Lieb remixed almost every trance producer of note during the90’s and continues to do so today. Music production company experienced in remixing and sound design. " Artists like Brian Transeau (BT), Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, and Underworld came to the forefront as premier producers and remixers, bringing with them the emotional, "epic" feel of the style. Vocal remix album of dance genres like progressive/electro/trance.

Pop and rock stars are starting to collaborate with or even outsource their recordings to trance music composers and producers. You can arguably trace trance music back to religious roots emanating from a spiritual state of mind reminiscent of shamanism and elements of bhuddism. Goa trance is form of electronic music and is a style of trance music which originated in the Indian region of Goa. Generally 8-12 minutes long, Goa tracks usually have a noticeably stronger bass line than other trance music and incorporate more organic "squelchy" sounds.

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Dave Hendry, the mastermind of OHead, was at the forefront of the 90’s trance explosion in his previous incarnation -  one of the most famous psy trance bands - Transequence.

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"ITS ALL ABOUT BASS……

From pulsing psy trance to swirling dub rythmns,Transequence have been emiting psychedelic mind journeys for the past decade.

After releasing and selling out two cassette albums a major breakthrough came with "Psilodub" for Planet Dogs’ "Tranced out & Dreaming" in 97 closely followed by "Kallalau Valley" on "Beyond Planet Dub" in 98 which feature such luminaries as Mad Professor,Zion Train,Eat Static,Revelutionary dub Warriors and Dub Syndicate.

Also that year saw Transequence on remix duties for the Dub Funk Associations’ "Confrontation In Dub" with "Raise the Dub".A self penned "Skulk" appearing on the DFAs next release "Sounds of the Heavyweight" in 99 both on Kelvin R’s Tanty imprint."Raise the Dub" especially getting heavyweight airplay around the globe including Brinsley Fordes Dub Bashment show on BBC6 music.

Along with all this Dub activity came a mountain of Psy Trance,with over 60 tracks released through various labels including Rumour,Jumpin n Pumpin and most recently with Purple OM With "Infinite Realities"(Synesthesia) and the two disc chill out "Gateway to the Sun"(Kalachakra).

In 2002 the 100,000 selling "Buddha Experience" series was released,five double cd sets containing some of the best in exotic world beats and chilled out flavors with a host of top notch artists such as Ganja Beats,Mandragora,Bud Drubbers,Phil Thornton,Harvey Summers,Nine Invibles and Helios.

Transequence contributing two tracks,"Oasis of light" on Zen Dreams and "Journeys and Migration" on Zen Dance,both now available to download from i tunes."

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A stellar wind and electronic shimmers conjure up the cosmos but then a vocal sample makes us think much more of the space within, as if ones consciousness is slowly being awoken. The first sequence can be heard and this is added to by another. We are now far from sleep rather hurtling at full speed. A rhythm is chucked into the steaming brew with soft synth pads fleshing out the sound. As if we weren’t close to overload already another heavier rhythm is added. A case of more is more? Good exciting bombastic stuff.

The second track is somewhat more subtle than the opener but even better. A slow sequential motif provides the framework for lovely effects to caress the mind. More sounds are added, each like a shining star, startling in beauty but with awesome power. Unlike the first number however the effect is much more of calm than speed. The foot certainly starts tapping when the main rhythm is added just before the half way mark, but really it is the sounds he uses that are the main focus. You can hardly call them lead lines because they never last for long before departing and another taking its place.

On to track number three, a real little gem. I know I keep going on about sounds but really the warbling sequence used here is like nothing I have ever heard before and it got my whole body bopping to it. The accompanying lead lines compliment it superbly. Awesome, absolutely bloody awesome! Surely it can’t get any better than this. On to track four and back to deep space. The sequence and initial gentle lead motif are subtlety personified. Piano melodies and bell like percussion are added to by an acoustic guitar sound giving the fifth track a very un-electronic feel but it is, as are all the pieces here, a delight. The next number is the longest at eighteen minutes. After a calm start the track develops into a fairly conventional sequencer / rhythm romp but by the eleven minute mark we are starting to get more of those unique sounds though the sequence shifts in a very Tangerine Dreamish sort of way. The melodies are always top notch and this is a very fine piece but somehow sounds a bit ‘normal’ compared to the inventiveness that has gone before. The title track finishes the album off back deep in the cosmos, all shimmers and effects making one think of outer space.

This is an album that will be enjoyed by people that like their Electronic Music 70’s influenced but at the same time sounding 90s without having to resort to dance rhythms. (DL)

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Ambient music is atmospheric in nature. Think Pink Floyd’s early work’s. Specifically the intros to their song’s. It’s the electronica music equivalent to background noise. The idea behind ambient music is to provide drifting sound for your conscious. It is not meant to be danced to, or even properly listened to. It’s music of semi-awareness rather than something you jam to.

Think of the nature sounds CDs you find at the store. They are or something to listen to when you want to relax. However, not all ambient music is intended for relaxation, but those CDs are a very good example. Ambient music can also be compared to elevator music, it’s something to provide atmospheric noise.

Early pioneers include Eric Satie, and Brian Eno. Satie was an early 20th century French composer who created a form of music, that he called "furniture music". Background music to be played during dinner, to create an atmosphere for eating.

Eno is credited with creating the term ‘ambient music’. He used it to describe music he created that can be actively listened to, or ignored. He used the term to separate his music from elevator music, and Muzak although they really do the same thing. The overall idea is to create an ambient atmospheric listening experience for people.

Creating ambient music in acid music studio can be very easy, or very hard depending on how much work you want to put into it. Since ambient music; in general, is about background noise you can pretty much do anything you want. Synthesizer, low bass; specifically humming bass that moves in and out, and other non-intrusive elements work best.

I like to use single elements, with high levels of Delay. They hit and echo away slowly, and the next element hits right about the time the one before it fades away. Sounds like wind, and running water are good, really anything will work. You can use drums or not, your call.

Industrial Ambient: Think quieter Nine Inch Nails, and Marylin Manson. Industrial ambient music uses the same techniques as regular industrial music, but in a more subtle way. A good comparison is horror movie background music, during chases. The music is intended to induce panic. While ambient industrial music is not necessarily use to create tension, the comparison stands. It tends to have a rather strong ritualistic flavor.

Acid music studio is perfect for creating all kinds of ambient music, including industrial ambient. Since this type is as varied as all the other kinds is impossible to say how you should start. Dissonant sounds, droning noise, very low-frequency resonance noises and sporadic percussion are good places to begin. I have created three loop libraries perfect for this kind of music. You can also look to odd radio noises for inspiration.

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Psychedelic art was shrouded in controversy since the time it was being practiced. Here is a look at some details associated with this art form and the role it played specifically in the 1960s.k

Only a true artist would know the importance of art and how it can be a great form of self-expression. In all forms of art, one has witnessed the changing trends since the ancient days. These trends all are unique in their own way. While some are on the subtle side, others tend to be bit rebellious. The 1960s was one such period that witnessed many trends from the hippy culture to people who would love to rebel and be seen and heard. In art, psychedelic art was one such trend that raised quite a few eyebrows!

The distinctive characteristic of psychedelic art is the beautiful, colorful images that have a surreal feel to it. Psychedelic paintings are inspired by certain experiences. This art made use of beautiful and bright forms with detailing and such compositions always illustrated the psychedelic experiences felt by the artist. Surrealistic drawings, brightly colored patterns, detailing and even morphing were used to depict various scenes.

The term ‘psychedelic’ is used in relation with the experience that is felt by the person when in a rather ‘psychedelic’ state of mind. This condition is arrived to with the help of external influences, which cause hallucinations, and loss of the present state of mind. This is usually done with the help of drugs, which artists believed helped them to have that particular state of mind required to create psychedelic art. Psychedelic music is also based on the same thinking. Drugs such as LSD, Psilocybin and Mescaline were used by many to get to a rather ’surrealistic level’ of the mind. This art movement thus was pioneered by people who relied on these drugs.

The 1960s psychedelic art was particularly note worthy. These forms of psychedelic art soon spread worldwide. There were many poster artists who used this style of art to create posters for rock groups. These artists used the basics of psychedelic art - the contrasting colors and elaborate detailed forms. The 60s psychedelic art movement soon became a part of the counterculture of the 1960s. This counterculture was all about people that defied the traditional norms of the society. Psychedelic drugs were used by people to achieve the temporary state that caused changes in one’s mood and behavior. Psychedelia soon became a common feature in the 60’s. This term was used to describe not only the art, but also music and fashion. One can also see this term being associated with the hippy culture of the 1960’s.

This art soon was used for murals, as designs for album covers etc. These fantasy forms gained popularity by the end of the 1960s. Advertisers caught on to this movement and used the basics of psychedelic art to promote their products. These bright colors and swirling forms were considered appropriate for packaging various products.

Today, psychedelic art is witnessing many changes. Specific software has made it possible to experiment in this direction. Psychedelic designs are used as album covers for trance music. There are many outlets that cater to specific group of consumers who love to wear T-shirts with psychedelic prints. Graphic designers use the basics of psychedelic art to create beautiful 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional forms without the use of drugs.

Today psychedelic art has created a niche for itself amongst admirers of various styles of art. Well, it surely goes without saying, this art has its own beauty, which transports one to fantasy land.

By Kashmira Lad
Published: 8/28/2008

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Fans of pschedelic and ambient music are in for an absolute treat with this simply brilliant and quite stunning release from Ohead.

The man behind the band/music is Dave Hendry and the multi-instrumentalist already has a plethora of work to his name but I doubt if he has previously produced anything as devastatingly good as this.

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Guitar and keyboards combine fluidly with drums and bass to produce an instrumental landscape of sound that is dreamy, ethereal and atmospheric. A tad of space rock for sure but think of the mighty Ozrics and early Porcupine Tree given full reign to experiment in rhythms and sound effects and you’ll have some idea of what is happening here.

Hendry has been very clever as he uses several guests to devastating effect on several of the tracks. The genre of psychedelic/ambient rock simply doesn’t get any better than this.

T.C The Classic Rock Society magazine Aug/Sept 2008  

OHead…"Gaia’s Garden"

Possibly the best psychedelic-ambient album of the year… ‘Ohead’ is purely the work of ‘Dave Hendry’, who has a colourful and extensive musical history, as a composer,producer and musician.

This unique masterpiece is dynamic, atmospheric and saturated with feel-good factor… interwoven with keyboards… guitar and polished to perfection!

Garry Lee,Starship overflow River Gibbs Radio

OHead…"Gaia’s Garden"

David Hendry from the UK is a very busy fellow who has released different kinds of electronic music under various monikers. OHead is one of his projects that has prior to this new CD released two great, cosmic and psychedelic ambient albums. I reviewed Steps Across the Cortex, the latter of these, last year.

On Gaia’s Garden David plays synthesizers, bass, guitars and sings as well as does the programming. Rachel Hutchinson (saxophone), Will Greenwood (lead and glissando guitar) and Gaz (lead guitar) are also featured as guests on one track each. Gaia’s Garden is a very well produced, psychedelic and mostly electronic ambient album that has a bit organic feel too because of the guitars and bird song. The music is pretty original, although it evokes similar feelings than early/mid 90’s Astralasia, Banco de Gaia etc. Excellent music!

DJ Astro,Psychotropic Zone 2008

From Aural Innovations 40 (September 2008)

Ohead is the one-man space band of David Hendry. Hendry has extensive experience in the electronic music scene in genres such as trance, ambient and drum n’ bass.

And while his Ohead project draws on some of those influences, Hendry infuses it with so much more, adding guitars and bass to the electronics for a fusion of sound reminiscent of Ozric Tentacles in many ways, but different as well.

Hendry has a polished sheen to his production, the non-electronic instruments having gently rounded edges, melding into the mix with the electronics for a smoother and less raunchy sound than you often hear with the Ozrics. It’s mostly instrumental music, except for the occasionally freaky voice sample, and of course the mysterious and edgy track Timeless Sun, which features spacey, processed singing from Hendry himself, multi-talented guy that he is.

Ohead hearkens back to the electronica and festival sounds of the 90’s while pushing forward and exploring new territory for the future. Lush, rhythmic and spaced out, this is music for the head. The O-head, that is.

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History of Psytrance Part Two

And then there were the Israelis. Until ’88 India’s borders were closed to Israelis. After they opened, many Israelis, when they’d finished theire military service, travelled to India. When they returned to Israel they took Goan music (and drugs) back with them and in ’90 the first psychedelic ‘full moon gatherings’ on Nizanim’s beaches began.

With so much Goa music coming across the border into Israel it was hugely influential on young Israeli music makers and soon new top quality producers appeared, the most famous of which is Astral Projection.

The police clamped down hard on these psychedelic gatherings and it seemed that a new formula was needed, one that would allow trancers to get maximum enjoyment from the party before it was shut down. This new formula became Nitzhonot, (victorious trance). Basic, fast, and cheesy, with short intense sets; so revellers got an intense experience from the beginning of the party until it was stopped.

By ’96 the music had changed so much from its Goa beginnings that the term Goa trance no longer really fitted the newer style so the new term of psychedelic trance, Goa psytrance, or psytrance for short, was being used. The multi-layered melodies of Goa trance were stripped away and the resulting darker, more repetitive from of music concentrated on rhythm and groove. A classic album is ‘98’s album Radio by X-Dream.

In ’02 however melodies became popular again, heralding the beginning of full-on psytrance.

Fans of full on should check out the sounds of OHead, one of the UK and Europe’s most exciting psychedelic electronic and psytrance bands. Check out their stunning site here for sounds/visuals and downloads.

The current psytrance scene has many sub-genres, among them, minimal/progressive psy, morning psy, full-on psy, and dark psy. There has also recently been a movement to ‘return to the source’ ie. the original Goa trance sound, such as Metapsychic Records and Suntrip Records, which are reviving the roots of the scene and promoting artists trying to recapture that original Goa trance sound.

If you missed Part One of this article then it’s here

For more psytrance info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_trance

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