On October 15, 1994, my friends who had first introduced me to electronic music a month earlier took me to a one-off event that featured ‘DJ Oli from Goa’. When I walked into the dance space that was illuminated and exuding an otherworldly atmosphere, the first thing I saw was a UV-reactive psychedelic batik...

Everyone who is part of the Goa/Psychedelic Trance scene has clear memories of their first experiences with this unique brand of music. Mine are inextricably linked with Olli Wisdom of Space Tribe, whose passing on August 23, 2021 is a massive loss to all of us in the scene. What follows is a detailed tribute outlining the formative...

My first experience at the ZNA Gathering in 2015 was stellar. Several old-school artists whom I’d admired for decades were there to give performances, some of them (like Slinky Wizard and Crop Circles) performing live for the first time. My own morning set – between the two aforementioned artists (a bit of video here) –...

I’ve had multiple requests to record podcasts highlighting my experiences in the formative years of the ‘goa trance’ movement – so, here are the beginnings of that endeavour. Stay tuned for updates: Episode 1 Episode 2

Today is Record Store Day, and so I thought I would share the upload of the compilation which was the first Goa CD that I found back in late 1994. I had been dancing at one of the Tokyo ‘Odyssey’ parties and a friend leaned over and said ‘If you like this, you’ll probably like Dragonfly...

This week’s edition of Flashback Fridays features an artist with a particular flavour different from what was often heard in the more mainstream Goa sound: the great German producer Tim Schuldt. Already playing the guitar at the age of 7 and in metal and grunge bands starting at 12, Schuldt would later shift to the...

One of the most beloved trance projects whose music evolved through a variety of styles is the German project known as X-Dream, presented here with their huge hit, ‘Create Your Own Happiness’. Marcus Maichel and Jan Müller first met in 1989 – Maichel had already been making electronic music from 1986 – and released...

This week for Flashback Friday, a project that was active in the formative years of the scene and went through various shifts in membership and style: Slinky Wizard, with the title track from their first EP, ‘Wizard’. The first Slinky Wizard track, ‘The Rising’, was composed by Adam Boyd and Dominic Lamb in 1992....

When I was invited to perform at the fantastic ZNA Gathering in Portugal that took place in August 2015, I was also asked if I would contribute on their Facebook page some historical introductions and overviews of the psychedelic trance music that Goa fans love so much. Having entered the scene myself in 1994 – a...

One of my dreams come true in my involvement in the trance scene has been seeing some tracks that have meant the most to me be released. Having been involved with DAT Records from the beginning, I was thrilled to see the lost Crop Circles album released (it was my having seen the promo cassettes...