Additional notes that were supplied by the DJs have been included.

Thanks again for such a killer party, everyone, it went fabulously!

20:00-21:30 (8PM – 9:30PM)   Spork   Norway

01: 0.00.00 Sheila Chandra – The Lament of McCrimmon
02: 0.01.00 The Infinity Project – When Sound Becomes Colour
03: 0.06.40 Andrew Langford – Honey Ants
04: 0.07.40 Anand – Atmo-Sphere
05: 0.10.34 Earth Nation – Transfiguration
06: 0.16.12 Azukx – Lift (Joi Blarneyformasian)
07: 0.20.40 Paradise Connection – Bell Trees + Astralasia – Deconstruction
08: 0.26.38 Phoenix – Into the Dessert
09: 0.32.29 Eat Static – Space Walk
10: 0.37.33 Etnica – Deep East
11: 0.41.57 Man with No Name – Skydiving
12: 0.47.53 Sri Hari – Gaura Nitai
13: 0.54.06 Hallucinogen “Hidden track” off of Twisted
14: 0.56.20 Kox Box – Point of No Return
15: 1.05.25 Holy Ghost – The Phaser
16: 1.10.57 Kaaya – Circular Sanctuary
17: 1.18.39 The Infinity Project – Hyperspaced (Doof remix)
18: 1.25.08 Prana – Miko (Prologue)

21:30-23:00 (9:30PM – 11PM)   DJ Draeke   Italy

01 Another Green World – The Pilots Mirror
02 Kaaya – Circular Sanctuary
03 Ololiuqui – Phyt
04 Planet Ben – Question Mark
05 Inscape – Atlantis
06 Mantra – Arrival
07 Jaffa Project – Egyptian Magician
08 Chackra – Hallucinator
09 Kailash – Higher
10 KoxBox – Tribal Oscillation (Prana Remix)
11 I think this is psychopod, i had a renamed track for some reasons..
12 Etnica – Full On (Alternate Mix)
13 KoxBox – Fuel On (Live 1996)

23:00-00:30 (11PM – 12:30AM)   Kunal   Singapore

Witchcraft – Magic Frequencies
Etnica – Floating Universe
Infernal Machine – The Loin King (Man With No Name Remix)
Talamasca – Jungle Storm
Nervasystem – Liquid Lifeform
Mindfield – 20,000 Worlds In A Perspex Box
Chakra & Edi-Mis – Final Mission
Elixir – Four Dimensional
Masa – Xembala
Voodoo People – People Are Strange
M.F.G. – Maya Moon
Odd’s & Kris Kylven – O.W.U.
The Visitors – Tiny Little Engines
Tim Schuldt – Flower Power

00:30-02:00 (12:30AM – 2AM)   Earwall   USA

Earwall: Future Tension

Keeping my timeslot in mind, I tried to make a bridge between the hedonistic atmosphere of the evening and the darker, more mind bending sounds of 2-4AM. So there’s a ‘split personality’ to this mix, starting off with high BPMs, fluffy melodies and a playful mood and getting down to business as the chill of the night sets in.

01 Brainman – Paradized (TIP, 1996)
02 Space Dimension – Rise Rameses (Psychic Deli, 1996)
03 Spirit Level – Flandjigelus Didgeridooda (Lunacy, 1996)
04 Moonweed & Squid – Sonic Shower (Psychic Deli, 1996)
05 Polyploid – Yellow Race (Intruder, 1995)
06 Bassline Baby – Rejonance (Step 2 House, 1995)
07 B(if)tek – They Oscillate (Nephilim, 1996)
08 Drop – Electronics (Aglaja, 1996)
09 Ree.K – Emeraldas (Psy-Harmonics, 1996)
10 Total Eclipse – Ms. Frankenstein (Blue Room Released, 1995)
11 The Chemical Brothers – Leave Home (Underworld Mix 1) (Astralwerks, 1995)
12 Traci Lords – Control (Juno Reactor Instrumental Mix) (Radioactive, 1994)
13 Encens – Spiritual Transgression (Symbiosis, 1995)
14 Ayahuasca – Psychopharm (Concept In Dance, 1994)

02:00-03:30 (2AM – 3:30AM)   DJ Basilisk   Canada

…more info…

01 The Infinity Project feat. Paul Jackson – Cybertropic [TIP Records] (1995)
02 Voodoo People – Drop The Bomb (Hint) [TIP Records] (1995)
03 Slinky Wizard – Wizard [Flying Rhino Records] (1994)
04 Koxbox – Loads Of Flow (Molecular Mix feat. Cwithe) [Harthouse] (1995)
05 Rotortype – I Come In Peace (Hint) [Planet Rhythm Records] (1995)
06 Etnica – Astral Way [Blue Room Released] (1995)
07 N.D.M.A. – Vitan (Hint) [Sub Terranean] (1996)
08 Morphem – Magma [Tunnel Records] (1996)
09 Cygnus X – Kinderlied (Hint) [Eye Q Records] (1995)
10 Crop Circles – Full Mental Jackpot [Auracle Records] (1996)
11 Hallucinogen – Soothsayer (The Lysurgeon Warning Remix feat. Raja Ram & DJ Andre) [TIP Records] (1996)
12 Phreaky – Tornado [Dragonfly Records] (1996)
13 Four Carry Nuts – Weird Egg [3rd Ear] (1996)
14 Green House Effect (Sandman) – Spawn [Melodia Records] (1995)
15 Cydonia – Screaming Darkness [Blue Room Released] (1996)
16 Transwave – The Rezwalker (Black Thunder Mix) [Matsuri Productions] (1995)
17 UX – Life Support Technology [Dragonfly Records] (1996)
18 Koxbox – Stratosfear [Blue Room Released] (1996)
19 Hallucinogen – Trancespotter [Flying Rhino Records] (1996)
20 X-Dream – Panic In Paradise [TIP Records] (1996)
21 Deviant Electronics – Catharsis [Helix Records] (1997)
22 Cosmosis – Howling At The Moon [Transient Records] (1996)
23 Laughing Buddha – Karma [TIP Records] (1997)
24 Infernal Machine – The Loin King [Twisted Records] (1996)
25 Paragliders – Paraglide [Superstition Records] (1993)

03:30-05:00 (3:30AM – 5AM)   Jim’ll Mixit   UK

01 Doof – People In UFO’s (TIPCD08)
02 Nucleus – Superluminal (BFLCD19)
03 Pleiadians – Ciberland (SYMBCD01)
04 Doof – Yoof Of The Galaxy (BFLT31)
05 Shakta & Ping Pong – Star Bug (PTM19)
06 Mindfield – Ten Years After (PDCD04)
07 Biot – Radiation (SPV089-47122)
08 Lunar Asylum – Sea Of Tranquility (STAR007)
09 Deviant Electronics – Viral spiral (HEX004)
10 X-Dream – We Created Our Own Happiness (TR1007)
11 Axis Mundi – Cybercheese (BFLCD18)
12 The Infinity Project – Ego Shredder (DICCD124)
13 Innominator – Clear Air Turbulence Pt.2 (TYCHO 001)
14 Aeon – Contribution (SSVIMn102)
15 Electric Universe – Orange Night (SPIRIT ZONE 09)
16 Cosmosis – Atomic Funfare (TRA024)

05:00-06:30 (5AM – 6:30AM)   DenisB   Norway

Mixed with Traktor Pro 2, and a Traktor Kontrol S4. All source material in lossless audio.

01 Pleiadians – Zeta Reticuli (Flying Rhino Records – AFR008)
02 X-Dream – No Guilt Trips (Blue Room Records – BR017CD)
03 Morphem – My Plan (Tunnel Records – TR 1012)
04 Slinky Wizard – Slick Witch (CD release from Sub-Terranean – SPV 089-47362, original from Flying Rhino Records – AFR010)
05 Cydonia – Screaming Darkness (Blue Room Records – BR021CD)
06 Total Eclipse – Free Lemonade (Psychaos Remix) (CD release from Why Not Records – WHYCD002, original from Blue Room Records – BR012)
08 Witchcraft – Witchcraft Magic (Dragonfly Records – BFLCD19
07 Hallucinogen – Thugs In Tye-Dye (Dragonfly Records – BFLD37)
08 Psychopod – Psychopod (TIP Records – TIP CD08)
09 Koxbox – Too Pure (T.I.P. Remix) (Blue Room Records – BR030CD)
10 Juno Reactor – Feel The Universe (Koxbox remix) (Blue Room Records – BR020CD)
11 100th Monkey & Tristan – Gobi Desert (Matsuri Productions Tokyo – MPTCD-1&2)

06:30-08:00 (6:30AM – 8AM)   Cehmu   Everywhere

01 Funkopath – Skwirm
02 Prana – Message For East Edge (Remixed By Prana)
03 Koxbox – Crystal
04 Fatima Mansions – The Loyaliser (Juno Reactor Instrumental Remix)
05 Joujouka – Ama No Kawa
06 Reflecta – Itchy Witches of Androgenetico
07 Psyko Disko – Pho Rue Yang
08 Amanite FX & Prana – Black Rain
09 Reflecta – Creatures
10 Dave Angel – Jungle Love
11 Der Dritte Raum – Trommelmaschine
12 System 7 – Alpha Wave (Plastikman Acid House Mix)
13 The Overlords – God’s Eye (Prankster’s Study in Scarlet)
14 Nuw Idol – Teeth
15 Snake Thing – Shango
16 The Visitors – Tiny Little Engines
17 Masaray – Time Traveler Of Trance
18 Slinky Wizard – The James Bond Theme: License To Slink

08:00-09:30 (8AM – 9:30AM)   DJ Nonsense   Spain

Obscure tribal drone from 92-94 meets blissed out morning fluff. Mostly tidy and restrained, but watch out for some peak-time melodic leads.

01 Taiyo – Aquaspace [Step 2 House Records – 560 0012 21]
02 Silver & Steel – Dreaming Of Disco Valley [Phantasm Records – PTM 131]
03 Elysium – Keep It Cool [Nova Zembla – NZ042 DCD]
04 Third Eye – Siddhaloka [Nova Zembla – NZ023 CD]
05 Sri Hari – Brahman [Bhaktivedanta Book Trust – BBT-S-67-CD]
06 Jungle High – Jungle High [Gaia Tontraeger – GAIA 3]
07 Asia 2001 – Juno Transportation [Avatar Records – AVA 030]
08 Man With No Name – Evolution [Moonshine Music – MM 80014-2]
09 Luna Eclipse – The Return Home (Solar Mix) [Distance – DI0152]
10 Electric Universe – Electronic Pulsation [Spirit Zone Recordings – SPIRIT ZONE 11]
11 Encens – Venus Zen [Nova Tekk – DCD 90509-24]
12 Astral Projection – Enlightened Evolution [TIP Records – TIPCD4]
13 The Infinity Project – Brain Bokka [Substance – SUB 4803.2]
14 Technossomy – Rejuvenation [Jumpin' & Pumpin' – CD TOT 38]
15 Semsis – Pile [Phantasm Records – PTM134]
16 Cosmosis – Telekinetic [Return To The Source – RTTS CD2]
17 Indoor – Shiva [Avatar Records – AVA 025]

09:30-11:00 (9:30AM – 11AM)   Infra   Sweden

Hallucinogen – LSD (Live Mix)  (Distance)
North Central Positronics – The Great Bear -  (Intelligence Rec)
Kode IV – Near to Divine (Official Doof Mix)  KK Records
X-dream – Create Our Own Happiness  (Tunnel Records)
Tranwave – Cycles Of Life  (Symbiosis Rec)
ECO – U.F.O.lk  (Psychic Deli Records)
Indoor – The Key (NMC music)
Genecom – Silicon Dreams (Planet Rythm records)
Harmon Eyes – Iodine Sky (Loop records)
Gada Gong – La Guerra  (Smart rec)
The Auranaut – Groove On,  Dream Off (Disruptive Pattern)
Astralasia – The Seven pointed Star (Magic eye Rec)
Atlantis – Awakening (Side A)  – (Data Records)
L´ange Gabriel – Pieces Of A Dream (Step 2 house)
Odyssee Of Noises – Capriol 3 (Eye Q Records)
Purple Plejade – Blanch (Djax Up Beats)
The Infinity Project – The Answer (Blue Room Released)

Thank you Denn for this killer flyer! Scroll down for the download links…

The Mixes

Each DJ’s mix is approximately 90 minutes in length and they average 225MB in size. The ID3 tags in the MP3s–as well as the file names–are such that they are easy to sort for proper listening order, and each is in high-quality 320k CBR format.

20:00-21:30 (8PM - 9:30PM)      Spork         Norway
21:30-23:00 (9:30PM - 11PM)     DJ Draeke     Italy
23:00-00:30 (11PM - 12:30AM)    Kunal         Singapore
00:30-02:00 (12:30AM - 2AM)     Earwall       USA
02:00-03:30 (2AM - 3:30AM)      DJ Basilisk   Canada
03:30-05:00 (3:30AM - 5AM)      Jim'll Mixit  UK
05:00-06:30 (5AM - 6:30AM)      DenisB        Norway
06:30-08:00 (6:30AM - 8AM)      Cehmu         Everywhere
08:00-09:30 (8AM - 9:30AM)      DJ Nonsense   Spain
09:30-11:00 (9:30AM - 11AM)     Infra         Sweden

Single-file Download

Coming soon…

DI.fm Broadcast

Don’t forget to tune in to DI.fm’s Goa/Psy channel at party time and join in the fun with the rest of the Ranchers!

Some local broadcast times are as such:

Los Angeles (California) Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 1:00:00 PM
New York (New York)      Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 4:00:00 PM
London (United Kingdom)  Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 8:00:00 PM
Paris (France)           Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 9:00:00 PM
Tokyo (Japan)            Sunday,   March 25, 2012 at 5:00:00 AM
Sydney (Australia)       Sunday,   March 25, 2012 at 7:00:00 AM

To convert to your local timezone, try the Worldclock Converter.

Party Chat

New this year is real-time chat during the party! Wax poetic with your fellow Goa stompers while you’re resting your dancin’ feet.

Hit #goa on DI.fm’s IRC server irc.di.fm using your favorite IRC client, or use the web client version at http://www.di.fm/chat – choose “goa” from the drop-down.

Alternate chat location in case you have trouble with the the above:

 GGP2 Party Chat

Thanks

As is tradition with all of the events on the Goat Ranch, I’d like lastly to say a special thanks to all of the DJs and artists who contributed to make this virtual party a reality. Everyone has been a real pleasure to work with, and these things obviously would not happen without all of your hard work. Normanov, Lara, Syonix, and Denn provided some really wonderful art, and I think the mixes show how lucky we are to have these DJs leading us down the twisted path of the past. So, thanks everyone, you’re allllll right.

Keep on keepin’ on!

That’s right, folks, only three weeks until the second installment of the Global Goa Party kicks off. I have received sets from two of the DJs so far, and the rest are all hard at work putting theirs together for submission by the 19 March deadline.

And, to announce in grand fashion the official DI.fm calendar entry for GGP2, we have this gorgeous flyer from Syonix, a repeat-contributor to the Goat Ranch:

Flyer by Syonix

I’ve got yet another flyer from another contributor to post, so stay tuned for the next GGP2 announcement. Hope you’ve started sending out the invites for your house parties on the 24th!

Come March 24th, the global village will be groovin’ to 15 hours of old-school Goa (and other?) trance by 10 DJs from all over our little planet. Announcing the official lineup and the DI.fm Goa/Psy channel broadcast times is this beautiful flyer from Lara (whom you may know as the artist that did the CD art for Mind Rewind).

Now, without further ado…

Flyer by Lara

My friends, it is time once again to bring together the global tribe for a planet-wide, all-night, all-out celebration of the retro-fluoro trance-dance experience. The first Global Goa Party was an absolute blast, and I hope this one will be even more fun for everyone.

Global Goa Party 2: March 24, 2012

The idea for the Global Goa Party series is to create the soundtrack for a full night (and morning) of old-school Goa trance by ten DJs from all over the world.

The year is 1996. Each DJ will create and submit a mix appropriate for the year and their time slot, and at the end of the submission window (January 24 through March 19, 2012) all of the mixes will be posted here at the Goat Ranch. In addition, I’ll stitch them together to create a single-file download for uninterrupted listening of the whole party. Then, simply invite some friends over on a Saturday night, hang some fluoro tapestries in your living room, fire up the black lights, press play at around 8PM and enjoy the party!

I’ve also been in contact with the good fellas over at DI.fm and they are once again going to be streaming the whole party on the Goa/Psy channel over there. Yay! More info on that later…

How to participate

1. Pick your desired slot from the Set Times below and send me an email requesting your time slot.
   • Time slots are available on a first-come-first-served basis.
   • I’ll update the list with assigned DJs as the sign-ups arrive.
2. Read the Global Goa Party Set Guidelines below
3. Record a killer old-school Goa set and send a link to marsh [at] goatranch [dot] com - it’s as simple as that!

Set Times

Flyer by Normanov

20:00:00 - 21:30:00 (8PM - 9:30PM)      Spork
21:30:00 - 23:00:00 (9:30PM - 11PM)     DJ Draeke
23:00:00 - 00:30:00 (11PM - 12:30AM)    Kunal
00:30:00 - 02:00:00 (12:30AM - 2AM)     Earwall
02:00:00 - 03:30:00 (2AM - 3:30AM)      Basilisk
03:30:00 - 05:00:00 (3:30AM - 5AM)      Jim'll Mixit
05:00:00 - 06:30:00 (5AM - 6:30AM)      DenisB
06:30:00 - 08:00:00 (6:30AM - 8AM)      Cehmu
08:00:00 - 09:30:00 (8AM - 9:30AM)      DJ Nonsense
09:30:00 - 11:00:00 (9:30AM - 11AM)     Infra

Set Guidelines

I’m not out to stifle anyone’s creativity, but there are some “rules” that come along with participating in Global Goa Party 2.

• Deadline for mix submissions: March 19, 2012
• The year of this global virtual party is 1996, thus you should include tracks appropriate for that time period.
• Please create a set appropriate for your selected time slot. If sign up for the 2AM-3:30AM slot, you’d better be playing some heavy duty, intense stuff. Conversely, if you pick the 8PM-9:30PM slot, you probably should be thinking of easing people into the night with something fairly mellow. Common sense, I know, but had to say it.
• Include a tracklist with your set. Track lists will be posted a couple of weeks after the posting of the mixes, sometime after March 24th. You don’t have a track list when your groovin’ at a party, so listen, enjoy the moment, and then come back later for the track lists.
• If you sign up for a time slot, please submit a mix by the deadline. I’d hate to reserve your slot only to hit the deadline without a mix from you.
• If you sign up and find at some point that you won’t be able to make the deadline, let me know so I can open up the slot to another DJ.

Flyer Art

I really, really would love to have someone create some killer retro flyer art for this thing. As you can see, my GIMP skills fairly laughable. If you’d like to do a flyer for the party, please do so! I post quite often about the party during the lead-up to the event here on the Ranch and also on various forums and Facebook and whatnot, so if I get more than one flyer, I use them all (sometimes more than once). One of them will also be used for the posting on DI.fm, so that’s pretty cool too. Send me an email to let me know you’re working on something, I’d love to hear from ya.

Party On

That’s it! I’ll update the time slots with DJ names as they arrive in my inbox. Remember, this is not a contest, so have fun with this thing. Let’s party!!!

Q & A

Q: I’ll update the Q&A section here as questions come in…

A: See above!

Basically a highly subjective interpretation of the evolution of the early 90′s Goa sound. The tracks are from 1989-1995, so most of them come from an era when the term “Goa trance” didn’t exist.

Every once in awhile someone will post a mix somewhere that has that something that makes it shinier than the rest of the rocks in the box. This is one of those mixes. kk originally posted this on Discogs over two years ago, but it deserves wider distribution than to the scant few of us Goa geeks who hang out in the Goa/Psy-trance forum. It really struck a chord with me, and is a wonderful bit of a history lesson for anyone into the Goa trance sound who wasn’t around in the “olden days.”

Download or stream:

Stats

DJ: kompressorkanonen
Title: Lost Beaches
Format: MP3 (320kbps CBR)
Size: 171MB
Duration: 74:43

Tracklist
01 Abfahrt – Alone (It’s Me) [ZYX 6140-12]
02 Konzept – Hypnautic Beats (Ambient 1990 Mix) [NEZ11]
03 Phantasia – Violet Skies (Instrumental) [MR005]
04 ASF – Inferno (Oscar Madness Mix) [MFF007t]
05 Trilithon – Choice (Synth Version) [MMA-462]
06 The Overlords – Sun Down (Sunfactor 909 – Comamix) [AS5051]
07 Voodoo People – Altitude (Malana Edit) [SR001]
08 Genetic – Transmission (Original Version) [BFLT13]
09 Atahualpa – Ultimo Imperio [ZYX 6379-12]
10 Electrotete – Alcatraz [APOLLO19]
11 Elysium – Interpretation of Dreams [NZ028]
12 Kode IV – Dissolve (Connection Dub) [KK089]
13 Voov – It’s Anything You Want it to Be, And It’s a Gas (Smoke Machine) [MFS70160]
14 Transwave – Goacore [560 0031 36]
15 G.G.E. – Uniform Planet (Orbit Trance) [FALD04]
16 Juno Reactor – High Energy Protons (Voodoo People Mix) [12NoMu27]

Description
kk sheds some light on he and his mix here:

Myself:

Music nut, vinyl freak and very occasional DJ. Based in Oslo, lived here all my life. The bulk of the collection consists of techno and ambient/IDM, but there’s a little bit of everything in there. Not a hardcore Goa fanatic, but have a soft spot for oldskool.

The mix:

Basically a highly subjective interpretation of the evolution of the early 90′s Goa sound. The tracks are from 1989-1995, so most of them come from an era when the term “Goa trance” didn’t exist. I’m no authority on this subject, I’ve never been to Goa and have no idea if all of these tracks were actually played there, but they definitely could have been… The purpose of this mix is to track the lineage from the industrial- and EBM-inspired techno sound of Germany and Belgium in the late 80′s/early 90′s to the earliest incarnations of Goa trance. One could also say that I’ve simply thrown together a few records that I happen to like. Whatever perspective you prefer, hope you enjoy it!

My perspective is that this is a great sampling of what is often termed proto-Goa, and with the tightly mixed yet quick-transition “DAT-style” mixing, I must say this mix freakin’ nails it. I have no doubt every one of these tracks echoed down the beach, numerous times.

Thanks for wicked mix, kk!

Kicking off with classic ’95-’96 Goa trance sounds and ramping up to full-on ’98 stompers by the half-way mark, Hallucinary brings it down a notch for the the second half with some techy trance, then picks things up again and rolls it back to 1995 by the end.

Download or stream:

Stats

DJ: Hallucinary
Title: Secret Society
Format: MP3 (320kbps CBR)
Size: 260MB
Duration: 1hr 53min

Tracklist
01 Technossomy – Germination (Huge Rant Mix) [SYMB005]
02 Deviant Electronics – Army Of Darkness [HEX004]
03 Satori – Entropy [STAR005]
04 Laughing Buddha – Andromeda [TIP009]
05 Pleiadians – Universe 13 [BFLT50]
06 Slide – Alien Hitmen [TRA029]
07 Phreaky –  Over The Moon [BFLLP19]
08 Slide – The Search [TRA029]
09 Deviant Electronics – Psi Corps [HEX001]
10 Breach Of Space –  Two Mad Men [SYMB011]
11 Razors Edge – Tribal Sunrise (Alpha Mix) [MM008]
12 Germinating Seeds Of Doda – Midas [ADO-L01]
13 Polyploid – Akousmata [INTRU003]
14 Semsis – Storm In A Test Tube [ATOM002]
15 Deviant Electronics – Catacomb [HEX001]
16 Dimension 5 – Light Sensitive Data [D5003]
17 Technossomy -Timepiece [SYMB005]

Description
Hallucinary: I started out mixing new-school (and still do) but once I got heavily into old-school, I found much new-school lacks the feel that I like. For me, old-school Goa has such an original sound that it didn’t take long before I became completely enveloped in it, and as I started collecting CDs I quickly found out that with the right CDs, you can create amazing variety.

Around May of this year, I started thinking about mixing vinyl; I wanted to go back to basics, really wanted to feel what it’s like to mix Goa using vinyl. To use tracks one can’t always get on CDs, I got out the Ion belt-drive decks I’ve had since 2004. Pitch control on these is not good, so a lot of the beat matching is done using my hands to control the speed of the track being mixed in. As I came to find out, vinyl is not cheap, and with vinyl this old you need the right needles and the right cleaners (got some pointers from Jim’ll Mixit who helped me alot – thanks Jim!!!).

Thanks for your submission, Hallucinary, and extra special thanks for being so patient. I’ve had this mix on my hard drive since around August, I believe…ouch.

Enjoy, everyone!

The GR studio has been in stasis (boxes, actually) for a few months, but will soon be coming back online to bring you fresh old-school Goa trance mixes from the Goat Ranch DJs, guest DJs, and also some special events we’re gestating in the Goat Womb.

We’ll be starting off with a flurry of backlogged mixes that have been on my hard-drive for a few months now but have just not been posted. Instead of one mix per month I’m thinking one-per-week or so.

You may have noticed that there’s a new poll on the sidebar on the right – please take a moment to cast your vote or write-in request. The Soundcloud and Live365 options will require money (which is in short supply at the Goat Ranch) so if either of those win, I’ll probably be posting a Paypal link and asking y’all for donations…just a warning.

Mind Rewind was a huge success and the Goat Ranch was happy to have been a part of it. We sold out of all of the copies of the compilation amazingly quickly, and were able to donate over £4,000 to Children Walking Tall; you can read all about it in their October 2011 newsletter (under the Fundraising section).

And finally, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOAT RANCH! Thanks to everyone for visiting and contributing to the Ranch over the last three years! The first post was on December 13, 2008…time flies when you’re havin’ fun, eh?

Take care, all!

Buy It
Sorry, Mind Rewind has SOLD OUT. Thank you so much to everyone for your help in making this effort so successful!

Release Information
The psychedelic trance music from the early days of the scene holds a special place in many people’s hearts. The enthusiasm, emotion, and energy in the music was palpable to all who attended parties and listened to the music of the time. A dedicated group of collectors united from the Discogs forum have collaborated to produce a limited edition 2-CD set of rare tracks from the early days that is sure to bring some spine-tingling vibrations to fans of this music.

Mind Rewind features 20 tracks by some of the top artists of the scene, all of them new to CD. Much of the music played at parties in the early days circulated on digital audio tape and would not be released, only being heard at Goa-style events. This compilation on DAT Mafia Recordings features top tracks from these formative years of the psychedelic trance scene. There are three vinyl-only releases here, two of them featuring Simon Posford, with the rest having never been released in any format.

Among the gems are three tracks featuring Psychaos’ Joti Sidhu, two of them rare collaborations (one with Ofer, the other with Etnica); a different mix of Doof’s classic Mars Needs Women; a collaboration between Graham Wood of The Infinity Project and Serge Souque of Total Eclipse; and an unissued edit of Kwo-Ne-She by The Green Nuns of the Revolution that member Dick Trevor prefers to the released version. The other brilliant artists featured on the compilation include Etnica, Total Eclipse, Electric Universe, Dimension 5, Deflo, Zerotonine, Blue Planet Corporation, Slinky Nuns, The Muses Rapt, Uni-vers Concept, Infinite Zen, Mushroomman, and Aural Planet.

This limited edition release features tracks generously donated by the artists to raise money for the Goa-based charity Children Walking Tall, and is limited to 604 printed copies. With stunning graphic design and a 12-page booklet featuring detailed notes about the music and the sessions behind them provided by the artists themselves, this set is sure to be a treasured release for the trance-spotting collector.

Title: Mind Rewind
Label: DAT Mafia Recordings
Catalog#: DMRCD01
Format: 2 × CD, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country: Italy
Released: 01 Sep 2011
Style: Goa Trance
Mastered by: Colin Bennun

CD1
01 Green Nuns Of The Revolution – Kwo-Ne-She (Original Unreleased Version)
02 Deflo – Salt Lake
03 Doof – Mars Needs Women (Just 3 Words Mix)
04 Etnichaos – The Other Side Of Reality
05 Dimension 5 – Ganymede (Guitar Mix)
06 Infinite Zen – Friends From Tau-Ceti
07 Etnica – Shadow Dance
08 Slinky Nuns – Caught In The Zipper
09 Zerotonine – Two Faces
10 Blue Planet Corporation – High NRG

CD2
01 Joti & Ofer – No Name
02 Total Eclipse – Sound Is Solid (Total Eclipse & Simon Posford Remix)
03 Graham & Serge – The Full Monty
04 The Muses Rapt – Mediums Of Trance
05 Psychaos – Return Voyage
06 Mushroomman – N.I.S.
07 Uni-Vers Concept – Phase One
08 Electric Universe – Rain (Original Unreleased Version)
09 Aural Planet – Changing My Mind
10 North Central Positronics – The Great Bear

SORRY, SOLD OUT

“Below are my notes for the tracks that I have used in this mix. There is a lot of detail here, but there are lots of musical details in each of these tracks, and everything we work with in our lives has lots of associations like these.“

One of the things that used to make trance parties so great was that in the heyday of the scene each track was a story unto itself, an event as opposed to ‘just another track’… ‘all killer, no filler’. I have some personal history about my own experience with pretty much all of these tracks, and occasionally some details about the tracks from the artists themselves. 

When I first came into contact with this music, there was not the current artificially contrived categories for different genres – there was an awareness of what music worked when and the different languages (for example, the ‘alien voices folding out of sheet metal’ sound that was favoured by Transwave and the Pleiadians), but categories like ‘Goa’ or ‘full-on’ that have been retroactively created by fans of the music were not there and in fact these are not always entirely appropriate descriptions. The music was like light – there were different shades and different expressions, not boxes in which to place them. (Actually, just as I was reviewing these notes, a discussion started on one artist’s Facebook page after he posted one of the tracks in this mix and someone referred to it as ‘Goa trance’, and he said that he hated labels. Something worth taking note of, from the mouth of the artists whose music we love…) 

I believe that DJs bring their personal history with and experience of the music that they play into their sets, and I am happy to have had the opportunity to share my love of this music with you. 

Cheers,

Mark

Astralasia: Astral Navigation

I was record shopping in Tokyo with Jay of the Odyssey parties in late 1994 and when he saw this CD, he put it in my hands and said, “Buy it, you’ll love it, and if you don’t I’ll pay you for it.” As usual, he was right. At the first outdoor party I went to in July 1995, this track was the first one played, and I’ll never forget how it sounded echoing through a valley in the Japanese countryside. I have only used the opening of this track to set the tone for this musical trip.

Juno Reactor: High Energy Protons

Juno’s first album ‘Transmissions’ was a groundbreaking disc, as it doesn’t fit as neatly into musical categories as many more conventional electronic releases do, and it has stood the test of time. This was a sound favoured by the Equinox crew, with its harder edge and rock-inspired sound. It’s incredible that this is only 131 bpm – one-thirty-one, folks! – which just goes to show that it is not just speed that gets a dance floor moving.

Voodoo People: Quadsep

This fantastic track by Paul Jackson, one of the originators of the early ‘Goa trance’ sound, was released on Blue Room’s first compilation in 1995. I recall getting this CD in Tokyo in September 1995 and shortly afterwards going to a now-legendary party thrown by Equinox on the Autumn equinox that month, and this being the first dance track that Kuni played in that awesome all-night set (after boring us by playing the *entire* TIP ‘Mystical Experiences’ album, which he probably thought was still unreleased at the time – something that led one British partygoer to yell out, ‘Oy, I’ve got some Juuuno Reactah in the car…’). I remember being thrilled to read in the booklet that the track was from his ‘forthcoming album’ – there were no artist albums out yet, Hallucinogen’s ‘Twisted’ being released only a few weeks later – and sadly the Voodoo People album, in true Blue Room tradition, never manifested. A wonderful groovy track with a unique rhythmic element and sonic framework, both of which make it a challenging track to mix. (Actually I’m not happy with how the mix-in went in this particular mix of mine, but that’s the way it goes sometimes…)

Kox Box: Loads of Flow (Molecular Mix)

Kox Box’s first album is an absolute classic, and all the tracks still sound fantastic. Kuni played this one early in his set at that Autumn Equinox party, and I tweaked out a friend of mine at the party when I leaned over and whispered into her ear the track’s spoken sample ‘Welcome to my world’ in unison with the track. She eventually recovered.

Prana: Mōretsu

This is Tsuyoshi Suzuki and Nick Taylor at their high-energy peak. I first heard Tsuyoshi play at one of Jay’s Odyssey parties in November 1994, his first return to Tokyo since moving to London to found Matsuri Productions. As the name ‘Matsuri’ implies (it means ‘festival’), the dance floor can be an uplifting place and Tsuyoshi was a master at whipping it up to a frenzy. He had a sound which has sadly disappeared: upbeat but strong, spaced out but grounded. This track truly sounds digital and electronic (ironically unlike a lot of electronic music nowadays), and the whooshes (which have sadly become a thing of the past) and the sounds of shooting stars give this piece a cosmic vibe, even if the engineering and one of the melodic riffs sound somewhat dated.

Johann: Life’s Games

I got this track from Chrisbo (of Medicine Drum) in the summer of 1997 when I was living in London. He always had the best tracks and was a generous trader (unlike so many in the DAT Mafia). The track had a different title and was a different mix from the one released on Johann’s album on Blue Room. I don’t know whether Johann’s music got a lot of airplay, but it has a wonderful vibe that bridges uplifting with night-time energy. Great, great track. (I’m using the released version here – sorry…)

Blue Planet Corporation: Xoco

This fantastic track has a unique combination of being upbeat and lightly textured while still having a hardish edge with its synthesized quasi-guitar sounds. I love the geometric patterns (which used to be more common), the up-and-down movement (which also used to be more common), and the driving upward momentum (you guessed it…which used to be more common). Not overly complicated and yet mind bending in a wonderful way.

Slug: Slugfest

This collaboration between Tsuyoshi and Gus Till is a dancefloor ripper. It was on Matsuri’s ‘Resonance Mood’ compilation, which is the first comp I was giving a pre-release copy of: label manager John Perloff greeted me in the DJ booth at a Return To The Source party at the Fridge in Brixton and slipped me a copy, completely unexpectedly. I was floored by the selection, and this track in particular caught my ear. I used to DJ at the Daniel Poole shop in Soho in London, and one day Tsuyoshi and I had a bite to eat before my ‘shift’. I played a Jaia track (‘Brainstorm’) straight into this one, and his ears perked up. I remember thanking him for playing the track after a party and him saying ‘I thought of you cuz I know you like it’. It is super-high-energy and reflects the amazing triumphant energy that this Japanese master was able to bring to a party.

X-Dream: Panic in Paradise

This track used to get the biggest response on the dancefloor in London, where the crowds were notoriously fickle, and I couldn’t get it… I mean, it’s a good track and all, I love it, but considering how cold they were to so many amazing tracks, I was surprised that this one would consistently have them howling. I recall having a discussion to this effect with Mark Allen and Tsuyoshi after a Return To The Source party, and Mark saying ‘Well, it’s a great track’ and me saying, ‘Yes but is it THAT great?’ and Mark laughing… Well, it IS pretty darn good – I guess I just wanted to have more of what the rest of the crowd was having. X-Dream were at their uplifting peak when they produced this (though I think ‘Coming Soon’ is the jewel in their crown).

Kox Box: Point of No Return (Ionizer remix)

A fantastic remix of an amazing track, with a really strong driving vibe and lots of brilliantly tweaked electronic sounds. The sheet-metal sound is head-bending and it’s a full-power track – unfortunately a short one.

Crop Circles: Antonomasia

The appearance on the scene of Crop Circles music was a major event in my experience of trance. I remember copying the first vinyl onto DAT at ‘Purple’ Richard’s house; this track I actually received from the owner of Auracle Records. I visited him at his home shortly before moving back to Tokyo in early 1998, and he was copying the soon-to-be-published-but-it-actually-wasn’t album onto demo cassettes. He asked me if I would be willing to give some CD singles out to contacts in Japan to try to get distribution going, and he gave me about 8 of them (he wouldn’t give me a cassette of the album, unfortunately). I did give some to some record stores and DJs there, and still had a couple for myself. Then the album didn’t come out, Auracle folded, and these singles became major collectors’ items. And it was this experience that connected me with Federico Rossi, who would go on to found DAT Records and release this album, and make me a label DJ. As for the music – this is a brilliant track, with a wonderful marching rhythm and a repeated-note mid-riff that hypnotically intertwines with the other voices. Music for outdoors under the stars.

Doof: Destination Bom

This track is connected to one of the most amazing musical experiences I have had in my history with trance. Tsuyoshi had asked me to DJ at his home moving party, and there were a lot of people in the industry there. I can’t remember why one DAT player wasn’t working, but I remember Dick Trevor providing the extra player and Simon Posford getting some batteries from his car because there wasn’t the AC cable (seriously, I’m not making this up…). I played after Tim Healey’s eclectic mash-up, and was getting requests for ‘oldies but goodies’ (already back then). I wasn’t quite in the vibe – not many people around his living room at the time, most off in the kitchen – and then Tsuyoshi came to play his set. After a short while he came up to me and asked me to take over as he was getting tired, and talked about what track to mix out with – I suggested Prana’s ‘Aquaspace’, which he thought was a great idea. Partway through that track, Nick Doof comes up to me and says ‘I have a track that would mix really well out of this if you’re interested’ and I was like, ‘You bet!’. He opens up his DAT bag and pulls out a live set mix. We cued up the mix of this track, and I blended it in, and out came the most gorgeous, flowing, beautiful track I can remember hearing. It was magical – slower (if memory serves correctly) than this original and more of a sunrise vibe than the original’s night-time edge. I mixed it smoothly into the next track – the same next track as in this mix – and the DAT went back into Nick’s bag and that was that. While the vibe is different, I do love this original mix – a really relentless but uplifting track that takes you on a wonderful journey.

Pleiadians: Maia

There was a lot of talk about the upcoming Pleiadians album on Dragonfly in the summer of 1997. I visited label manager Darren at the office one day in July and it had finally arrived – possibly one of the ugliest covers in trance history but wow, what an album. This first track has always been one of my favorites (Tsuyoshi opted for Alcyone, and Electra was the first I had heard played out pre-release). This is the one that has always appealed to me most (followed closely by Asterope), as it is much more emotionally deep. It’s a true middle-of-the-night track that features a beautifully haunting melody and explosions of emotional outpouring, screams that call out to the deepest corners of both outer and inner space. This is not a track, to my mind, that can simply be mixed in through kick-matching anywhere in a set, and so I have opted to mix in with the melodic connection with the preceding track, and a pitch-matched baseline on the way out.

Rhythmystec: Stellium

The first of five tracks produced by the team of Ray Castle and Nick Taylor, this is one of my all-time favorite tracks for so many reasons. It was a favorite of Kuni’s, and some friends and I used to completely trip out on it at his parties, and whenever we said ‘Did you hear it?’, we knew this was the track we were talking about. What is so clear in this track and what has been lost in recent years is how each voice is *speaking* to you – it is easy to imagine that each line is an alien voice that is communicating essential information. (Nowadays, the voices are coming from the dumbest corners of the galaxy – those aliens don’t have much to say.) The ‘guitar from outer space’ riff is fantastic, the electronic noises are amazing (as if tuning in a giant intergalactic radio), and then there’s that Pleiadian-Egyptian ‘downloading from the mothership’ riff that is simply one of the most amazing lines in any trance tune ever (keep in mind that this was written before the term ‘downloading’ was created – there was no internet at this point, but the energetic concept was clear). The way Ray and Nick present the introduction as a chopped-up mixture of elements from the full track is terrific (there’s a metaphysical truth in there), and then all the brilliant voices that were built up throughout the track fit together amazingly (another metaphysical truth): perfect counterpoint that Bach would have admired. While I heard this track a lot in 95-96, it wasn’t until mid ’97 that I got my hands on a copy. For this mix here, I am using a WAV file that Ray Castle sent to me earlier this year, and am happy to present this incredible track in full-frequency fidelity and I think well-placed in the story, as one starts to enter the deepest part of the night. Like the preceding track, it is an event more than just another track, and has to be well programmed and introduced in context.

Byte 1: Byte 1

The only track by Graham Wood and Xavier Morel, this is a classic. It was released on Flying Rhino in 1998 (Graham had already parted ways with Raj and TIP) and was an immediate addition to my Top 10. It is relentless and has that brooding, moaning, whining sound that old-timers will say is the real Goa sound (as opposed to the cheesy Indian melody kind of stuff that the internet groups have labeled as such). There is a level of emotional depth in the anguished cries in this track, as well as a really grounding four-on-the-floor element. To those who think that Raj and Simon alone created the sound of The Infinity Project…think again.

Hallucinogen: Thugs in Tye Dye

Simon’s music has always been among my top picks – LSD was the one that used to get the party totally rocking, and ‘Astral Pancakes’ was widely played at the time – and I try to have one of his tracks in each set. While his was the first artist album and has become synonymous with Goa/psychedelic trance, his sound is actually an anomaly and is really unique. This full-power night-time stormer appeared on a CD single and has always been one of my middle-of-the-night go-to tracks.

Psychaos: Chaos to Order

Joti at his darkest and most brilliant. The thrash-metal vibe here is fantastic. He always had the grooviest melodic baselines, even when things were as dark as they are here. Again, the voices of the melodic elements are very clear and a key component to this track’s success.

The Groupie Syndrome: Pacemaker

This was my number 1 track from mid-1998. I first heard it in the summer of that year when Tsuyoshi opened his set at the legendary Equinox Strong Sun-Moon party. I had left the main music area because Miko had ruined the opening set with some nasty cheesy melodic rubbish, but when I heard the pulsing heartbeat and descending cascades from this introduction, I immediately raced over to the dancefloor, bumping into David from Hikari. We had both recognized that it felt like Tsuyoshi was starting even though he had been scheduled for later. As it turns out, Tsuyoshi was apparently pissed off that his time slot was changed and that his manager wasn’t yet there, and his anger found a perfect vehicle in his amazing track (what an appropriate vocal sample). The Delta had been one of my favourite sounds (I was the only Tokyo resident DJ other than Tsuyoshi to have ‘Traveling at the Speed of Thought’ prior to its release, and I played it loads before it got overplayed), and I could sense their handiwork here; Tim Schuldt’s presence adds an extra level of intensity. Domino then played it at party we both played at that August – I had a DAT player recording the whole night, but she mixed it in a way that I couldn’t use it … ‘curses, foiled again.’ I can’t remember when I did get it, but I know I played it a lot when I did. A classic.

Oliloqui: Argonaut

An absolutely blinding track by a project that is certainly not on most collectors’ Top 10 lists. Their album on Spirit Zone is very eclectic and has that organic feel that a lot of German trance does, but this one is a high-power night-time stormer with a massive anthem and rhythmic march that is a perfect under-the-stars transformer.

Sun Kings: Starbuck (Anatomae Fabricus mix)

An amazing, beautiful track that I’ve never heard anyone else play out. Just before I left London in early 1998, I was getting my hands on as much music as possible. Someone told me that there was a new guy working at Blue Room who was fantastic (naturally, he didn’t last too long) – I’d never had any connection with them, despite having done an interview for Cydonia in Dream Creation that they were all thrilled with, so I called up and told the guy I was moving to Tokyo to DJ and a few days later a package of amazing CDs arrived: the remix of Radio (called ‘Radiohead’) by X-Dream [I'd never liked the original - this one I played a lot], Cydonia’s ‘Mindhunter’ single, I think Johann’s album, and a single by Sun Kings. This track is the epitome of the essence of DMT for me, and bridges twilight perfectly with a funky, earthy, cosmic, harmonically twisted, and beautiful sound. I opted for a long intro and outro here as I think that at outdoor parties it is important to take a breath and notice the second-by-second change in light that occurs at this time. A track that makes time stand still.

Psychaos: They Tried to Grab Me

A track that surely would have been on Joti’s artist album if Blue Room had had their act together. This is an early one – the flip side of his ‘Science Fiction’ single. I got this particular copy from a DAT that Joti had sent to Serge from Total Eclipse that was dated 1994. (Alas, Science Fiction wasn’t on the DAT…) The relentless jackhammer repeated-note riff in the intro is mental, and then that immediately recognizable groove in the baseline is fantastic.

Etnica: Astral Way

Another early Blue Room classic from the early days, one that Kuni used to play a lot. It is quite a different sound than usual for Etnica, though I hadn’t realized that when I got it back then. Again, if you listen as though each melodic line is a voice, the track really does speak to you.

The Saafi Brothers: Internal Code Error (X-Dream remix)

A fantastic mix by the fantastic X-Dream of the fantastic track by the fantastic Saafi Brothers. Their ‘Mystic Cigarettes’ is an absolute classic and this remix of one of the key tracks by one of the top producers of the genre is an important track. Perfect for that change in direction that takes place as daylight approaches.

The Infinity Project: Stimuli (Man With No Name remix)

I first heard this track towards the end of an indoor Equinox party played by Kuni (though I have it on good authority that he was playing DATs premixed by Masa at that event). I love TIP and I *love* Man With No Name, and the arpeggiated opening immediately appealed to me – it keeps the wonderful bounce-up riff from the original and adds a deliciously groovy and beautifully patterned baseline that Kuni was able to play in a way that others simply could not (even if he couldn’t really do so himself).

Space Tribe: Geo-Matrix

Dragonfly’s Order Odonata Volume 1 was such an important release that everyone was naturally waiting for Volume 2. I thought it was a bit of a disappointment, but that wasn’t immediately recognizable because this corker was the first track on the comp. One of the four tracks that Simon Posford and Olli Wisdom produced under the ‘Space Tribe’ moniker, it is also the best-produced of their collaborations. Fantastic rubbery baseline and super pitch bends for a great mind melt, and a spoken sample that reiterates what I said in the ‘Stellium’ notes above.

The Infinity Project: Alien Airport

Another track I first heard at an Equinox party – the same Autumn equinox party of September 1995 I wrote of earlier, played in the daylight as the party was not quite ready to wind down. I recall thinking that it was pretty good while some friends were thinking it was the most amazing thing ever. I now pretty much concur with them. As the track was made not just with Graham and Raj but also with Man With No Name’s Martin Freeland, it has an extra kick to it. The spoken sample is a really well-chosen one.

Slinky Wizard: Wizard (Kox Box remix)

The original mix of this track is a classic, the first one the Flying Rhino boys had made, with Simon Posford desperately trying to meet all their ‘do this! do that!’ suggestions. The remix by Kox Box was very highly anticipated and from what I gather not entirely well received, and while it bears very little resemblance to the original, it sure is an incredible track. The bouncy vibe and upbeat mood eventually leads into a wonderfully voiced riff that sounds like it is played on cosmic Jamaican steel drums.

Killing Joke: Jana (Hallucinogen remix)

An amazing track by the Guvnor, one which I tried getting my hands on early in 1998 but which failed in two DAT sessions with massive glitches. I love the rubbery base, Posfordian harmonies, and driving momentum that whips things up into a frenzy.

Gong: Isle of Everywhere (Total Eclipse remix)

Identified on Stef’s DAT as ‘Gong remix’, this track is a beautiful morning track, the likes of which Total Eclipse were peerless at producing. I had the opportunity to hear this amazing project many times, first in Japan in 1996, and got to know them personally and their particular flavour of music very well over the years. As was the case in the day, each project had their own sound, even when it was a different style of track from their own ‘norm’. Total Eclipse had a variety of sounds appropriate for different parts of the journey, though they did particularly well with morning music (whereas others wrote mourning music…). I passed this track on to some Japanese and Canadian DJs and it worked its magic at several events in the morning.

Encore – Psyko Disko: Mon Ami

A wonderfully paced track that is perfect to end a party: groovy and funky, yet somehow fusing a hard rock-ish edge with an upbeat vibe, with oscillating patterns and major drive. A track with a slower tempo like this can actually bring out a lot of energy. The sample at the end is perfect for bringing the set to a close.