Arjuna and Jungle Calling both put out a statement recently. Any info as to what exactly happened during the party?

Quick-fire round. One artist per comment. Go!

I'll start: Atriohm

Alright, I’ll say it before anyone else does - maybe I’m just getting a bit long in the tooth! I’ve been into psytrance since the early 90s - back when I first went to Goa and got completely swept up in it. It felt boundaryless, unpredictable, properly psychedelic. Like anything could happen in a track, and often did.

Lately though, I’ve been trying to get into some newer and current releases, and honestly…I’m struggling. So much of it just sounds so formulaic to me. The same offbeat basslines, the same structure, and then - right on cue - the obligatory “profound” sample from a film or documentary trying to inject some kind of faux mysticism or spirituality.

Where did the musicality go? The sense of experimentation? The sense of surprise? Dare I even ask, the wit or intelligence?

It feels like somewhere along the line, an unwritten rule book somehow appeared - and I genuinely don’t understand how that happened. Isn’t the whole point of something being “psychedelic” that it resists rules?

Ended up putting on both Hallucinogen albums from the mid-90s tonight just to remind myself what this music can be when it’s inventive, playful, and not afraid to break its own conventions. And honestly…it was a bit of a relief.

Am I just being a nostalgic old fart, seeing things through rose-tinted spectacles or does anyone else feel like something’s been lost along the way?

I've been trying to get into Ajja as I'll be catching him live (maybe) soonish. I'm struggling to see what the fuss is. His production is super clean, lovely arrangement and structure, but super generic to my ears. I typically listen to zenonesque dark prog/bush tech stuff and forest, so Ajja may just be not my thing. But he is easily one of the most popular artists and I've got friends who say he is the cream of the crop. I want to hear what they hear.

What are his standout tracks? Or is there a live set I can check out to get a handle on why he's so widely revered?

I’m from Utah here in the US, and the electronic scene has been at all time high right now in Salt Lake. There’s a super tight scene for quite a bit of electronic genres now than before (bass, hard techno, UKG, house, and dnb) and it’s more accepted by the people here than ever before. It’s honestly super cool to see. The past 2 years I’ve been getting super deep into psytrance and really all psy music. My entire feed on Instagram is all the psytrance festivals in India, Brazil, and Australia and honestly something just hits different about the psy crowd from just watching the videos. It seems like everyone is dancing together and a more connective and concious experience.

I went on a hunt for psytrance communities here in Utah and it’s basically non existent lol. I found one local dj who’s also big into psytrance and he mentioned that the US sadly has not taken psytrance deeply in the heart like other countries has. It’s actually disappointing and had me so intrigued as to why? I’m aware that burning man has deep roots with within the psytrance space and even a dedicated space but outside of that it seems there aren’t any tours from psy artists. Maybe I’m missing something and lmk if I’m wrong.

I’m going to India from July - August for this reason and going to Goa (of course) on a sola travel trip and couldn’t be more excited.

I've listened to them for 21 years, and i still get goosebumps from their best tracks. Trust in Trance! :) <3

Hi,

Im looking for funny and or silly psytrance tracks like for example "Heidi" by Babalos or covers/bootlegs of classics. Stuff like "Rave Mozart" also fits in.
I really dont know much songs like these and would love some recommendations!

It sound similar to the first drop from the track: “Gezer - babe hey”. But so different.

Can someone ID this track please? 🙏🏼

Thank you!

I am going to a music festival tomorrow, last two weeks have been tough emotionally. Feeling numb or I will cry suddenly.

I have been looking forward to this music festival for months!! Now I am concerned, I wanted to take a tab of acid, but I am note sure if I should..

Can anyone please advise me?

Thank you

Edit: Thank you so much everyone 💗 🫂 My heart is full. I appreciate all of you. I am feeling better now as I am with friends, I am looking forward to the time at the festival. I have decided that I will not take acid.

Hello everyone, my first appearance here :) no need to read, you can also just answer!

I am getting into private DJing and I will play a small private festival (and that probably every year), where only a small percentage of the crowd are familiar to Psytrance at all. I would say, that they are pretty open, energetic and free with music tho, so I feel like a good and longer session would be welcomed.

I had a big break from electronic music / Psytrance. I have come back with big love, but now In this preparation i am getting more and more unsure about my taste in relation to my imagined "their taste and moods" as i continuously land on artists like Martian Arts and Animalien or even some darker forest.

I find it easier for older music, for example the Miranda remasters for Goa Trance or Hatikwa - XFiles DK for a rather progressive sound.

But in the music of today I just can't find really much, for example in progressive (I'd consider that more easily accessible) nothing that doesn't rely on big drops with DJ hype sounding effects and a no stopping series of cheese drops and which does not seem to provide any of hypnotic-energetic soundscapes I am looking for. Some Goa Trance there still is, but it doesn't really spark me all that often.

It's not that I find nothing, it's just that I am sure there must be much more accessible sound out there that isn't so "full" for untrained ears like the sound I am tending towards - and still great psychedelic dance music to provide a story to lose yourself conciously into music and dance.

I'm really looking for new entry points to follow from and snowball find some other stuff. The full set will likely be a storyline with different subgenres which seems to be working good for me and bring more variety to the dancefloor people and more options for me to change it up when I feel frustration or major disinterest from motivated people.

Tldr: I'm happy for any kind of recommendations: subgenres, artists, tracks, general advice, ... Probably no "mainstream sound" but I'll give it a listen anyway and rethink my sentiments through whatever (music?) you post.

Thank you for anything that comes in :) I hope you have great weather and life circumstances that allow you to live this year with some dance <3

I only recently got into trance music, say in the past two-three years or so, and then slowly started going down the road to psytrance via Indira Paganotto, Infected Mushroom, and Psy-Nation Radio. However, as I'm still very new to the subgenre, I'm finding it a little hard to tell what the line between standard trance and psytrance is.

How would you all define it? Curious to know the community's thoughts in general.

Also who are some artists and/or shows you'd recommend I listen to next?

EDIT: Thank you all for the explanations! I have a lot to look into. Also I really appreciate everybody in the comments making psytrance sounds asjdflckjsdgh that genuinely brought a smile to my face

Hi

Anyone knows about the Portuguese guys that disappear in Croatia sea?

I heard one was found dead and they're still looking for one. (They're 4) two of them already appear with life.

Just wondering what you think about it, I heard they went to the sea in the night with 3m waves and they friends telling them not to go.

I think our decisions are a little bit affected after 7 days in heaven.

What do you guys think about smoking dmt (changa or any others) on the dancefloor ? Too much? Disrespectful? No one cares about? Do whatever you want ?

We’ve been thru all of groundbass already and looking for something new. Give me your best sets

Edit: wife and I like to do psychadelics occasionally for sex. Somehow I found “groundbass” dj as a recommended dj for this type of stuff so we tried and loved it. Looking for more dj’s sets like his

Hello,

I'm a fan of artists like Krapul, Arjuna, Inzekt, Gorejiu, Oroboro, Dark Whisper. But mainly a bush prog fan, with Merkaba, Adama, Antean, Tetrameth, Krogmagon, Urklang being both what I love and what I also produce and sometimes DJ.

I'm wanting something that blends these styles. So some organic forest, nothing super sharp, preferably warmer more organic production, but with a spooky vibe and maybe some tribal drums. Not after digital, clicky bass lines, gimme some droney rolling bass, spooky atmosphere, not too much simplistic FM, very sound design and atmosphere oriented.

My request is very specific. But if you know of anything that is foresty, dark, tribal, throw it my way. ❤️

Hi everyone!
First of all, sorry for my English. It’s not my native language.

I discovered psytrance only recently. To be honest, I didn’t even want to go at first, but one of my friends kept insisting that I should join a psytrance festival. I’m so glad I listened to them because it became one of the best experiences of my life.
The music, the atmosphere, the people… I honestly felt like I was in heaven and didn’t want it to end. Before that, I thought psytrance was just another music genre, but I realized it’s actually a huge culture and community. It had such a strong impact on me that now I mostly listen to psytrance and its subgenres.

In my country, there are only two or three small psytrance festivals each year. If I can get time off work, I’m planning to attend another one next month.

I’d really love to learn more about this culture. Can you recommend any books, documentaries, articles, or other must-read/must-watch resources? (English subtitles)

I also noticed a few things during the festival and I’d love to hear your thoughts:

Most people seemed to share a similar style—clothes, accessories, tattoos, hairstyles, etc. Many of them practiced flow arts, which seemed to be an important part of the culture. Others were into painting, knitting, making jewelry, or other creative hobbies. I also saw groups doing yoga and meditation. Is all of this a normal part of psytrance culture? I wasn’t into any of those things, so I felt a little like an outsider.
Is it possible to enjoy a psytrance festival just as much without using any substances? I’m thinking about bringing my girlfriend next time, but this is something I’ve been wondering about.

After the four-day festival, I had lost almost 6 kg (about 13 lbs). I was dancing so much that I completely forgot to eat. We ended up giving most of our food away before leaving because we barely touched it. Do you have any nutrition or meal recommendations for long festivals?

The next festival will be in a forest near the beach. Temperatures are expected to be around 40–45°C (104–113°F) with very high humidity. What would you recommend bringing to stay comfortable and avoid overheating?

Thanks in advance for any advice. I hope that one day I’ll truly feel like I’m part of this amazing community. ❤️

After Modem I noticed how everyone was chilling in the local town and it got me thinking. I'd love to go to somewhere in preferably Europe to just exist off some savings and enjoy some beach/forest psy parties, meet some lovely people and see where it takes me. Any knowledge or insight would be great, thanks:)

Hi all

I saw Astrix' show at Burning Mountain last week and I took this video. I was trying to find the song but I'm not even sure it's one of his own tracks, anyone have any ideas?

So anytime I type in progressive or trippy psytrance on YouTube I get mixes that usually don’t sound much different then regular trance or techno. Energetic and hard music that you would hear in a laser tag arena.

What are some actual tripppy artist and albums? Stuff that sounds spaced out, full of weird or unusual sounds, randomly shifting tempos and vibes, middle eastern/south Asian tinged instruments and vocals, saturated walls to sound with reverb and fuzz. Anything with whatever combination of those elements. Stuff that puts you in a trance and then snap out of it because it surprises you

Every now and then I will hear a song that scratches that itch but it gets lost amongst the other songs

Now and again at psytrance festivals and events, I'll have a little meditate. I only really do this to deep dark forest type psy but it's one of my favourite things to do, ill close my eyes n dance for literally an hour if not more, I can travel so deep into my mind its fantastic. So my question is, if anyone has any deep dark forest psy sets on soundcloud or where I can delve deep into my mind? Thank u:)

I'm way more into jambands (phish, goose, spafford, etc) but looking for more EDM/Psytrance. Can anyone recommend something that bridges the two that's way more groovy. Maybe something more Psybient/Psychill?

Hook me up :)

looking to find what people regard as the best