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Psychedelic trance
Stylistic originsGoa, Instrumental psychedelic rock, Industrial, Acid house
Cultural originsMid-1990s, UK, Israel, Goa, South Africa
Typical instrumentsVarious software synthesizers, Roland SH-101, Roland TB-303, Roland TR-909, Roland JP-8000, Access Virus, Clavia Nord Lead, Waldorf, Sequencer, Sampler, Filtered vocals
Subgenres
Dark – Melodic – Progressive
(complete list)
Fusion genres
Psychedelic ambient, Psychedelic techno
Regional scenes
India — Finland — South Africa — UK
Other topics
Notable artists and DJs — Psychedelia

Psychedelic trance or psytrance is a form of electronic music that evolved from Goa trance in the early 1990s when it first began hitting the mainstream.

The original Goa trance was often made with popular Modular synthesizers and hardware samplers, but the preference in Psychedelic trance has moved to sample manipulation and storage in VST and AU software sampler applications. The use of analog synthesizers for sound synthesis has given way to digital "virtual analog" instruments like the Nord Lead, Access Virus, Korg MS-2000, Roland JP-8000 and computer VST and AU plugins like Native Instruments Reaktor. These are usually controlled by MIDI sequencers within Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) applications.

Psytrance saw wide success in the Tel Aviv dance scene, and moved on to nearby places.

The name psychedelic provides an umbrella term for the many divergent styles of psychedelic electronica, including: Goa; melodic; dark; progressive; progressive trance; suomi; psybreaks; sometimes even psybient; and "classic" psy. Some of these styles have very little similarity except that they are all a psychedelic variety of electronic music such that many in the scene believe the name "psytrance" is completely meaningless. Most people who have been with the music and the surrounding scene for years, simply refer to the breed of electronica as "psychedelic". Referring to it as "psychedelic" also distinguishes the style from the 'clubbier' trance music and reinforces the roots of Goa trance in the psychedelic community.

Psychedelic trance used to be distinguished by a fast tempo, in the range 140 to 150 BPM. The emphasis in melodic psychedelic trance is placed strongly on purely synthesized timbres for programming and lead melodies.

See also

General information

  • Psychedelic trance Open Directory Project
  • GOABASE, global resource of upcomping Psy events
  • Isratrance - Archive with information about most of Israel's Psychedelic Trance/Goa Trance artists.
  • Goasapiens.com - Serbian Psychedelic Trance Community.
  • Trippy Trance - Everything to do with psy trance around the globe.
  • Australiens - Australian Psytrance Portal
  • 3am - South African Psytrance Portal
  • Monkeysfist - Psytrance Blog
  • Elektronika - Mexican Psytrance Portal
  • Psychedelic Mind Expander - database of Goa and psychedelic trance artists, labels and releases.
  • Psynews - online community and review database.
  • Chaishop - emag and host of a weekly podcast.
  • Ektoplazm - review database and free music source.
  • Bassline.gr - Psychedelic/Progressive Trance and Chillout web radio.
  • Bomelakiesie- South African Psytrance Community.
  • Trancemuta- Mexican trance community.
  • Spacesheep- Romanian Psyrance/Psybient/Goa portal.
  • Psyshine- Turkish Psytrance Blog / Psy-life, music, culture, news worldwide.
  • PsyDj - New Zealand Psytrance / Psy-life, music, and culture from New Zealand.

Active Communities / Party Organizers in the United States

Goa Videos

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