This month we bring you a chaotic mix of psycore stoked with atomic energy!   Introducing Kalilaskov AS (or Vadim Cherkashin to his friends).  Kalilaskov means 'the kind one' in Belorussian and the AS stands for Atomic Station.  Why, you may ask?

Well, Vadim is a survivor of the devastation wrought by the nuclear meltdown at the Chernobyl reactor in the former USSR, living very close to the disaster as it happened.  Soon after the catastrophe Vadim and his family moved to Israel where he first got exposure to the psytrance scene, and where his new friends dubbed him 'the kind one'!  

As far as his music life goes Vadim has produced his own material from the word go, first under the french Nabi records label and now with Blittz Studios, where he's contracted to make his first full solo album very soon.

Enjoy the mix and your new year festivities when they come :)  Peace and pos vibes for 2012 from the show!    

Track listing with artist links:

01) Extraterrestrial - Binary System 154 bpm W&P By Dor Abargil, Israel
http://www.facebook.com/Extraterrrestial
02) Terratech - Time Traveller 154 bpm, W&P by Igor João (MicroShip Studios), Portugal
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=558612916
03) Baphomet Engine - Fill this shit of vibe 150 bpm W&P by Fábio and Tiago Siqueira , Brazil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baphomet-Engine/105601392805657
04) Noise Gust - Fluffy Air 154 bpm W&P by Kagetoshi Nakamura, Japan
http://www.facebook.com/NoiseGust
05) Elepsy - You are trippin 158 bpm W&P by Gökel - David Vlad, Romania
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elepsy/198450310182063
06) Kalilaskov As & Dekhat- Bhuli - Glowing in the Dark 152Bpm, W&P by Vadim Cherkasin & Dekhat-Bhuli aka Nuno (Pt) and Mara (Spa), Israel/Europe
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kalilaskov-As-Music/105478779522292
http://www.facebook.com/dekhat.bhuli1
07) DeMeNtIa - Confssions 155 bpm, W&P by Beito Dementia, Mexico
http://www.facebook.com/beito.DeMeNtIa
08) Rawar - skeletons in the closet 156 bpms w&p by Helder Amaral @ rawar studio Portugal 2011
http://www.facebook.com/RAWARpsy
09) Khaos Sektor-Hellworld (Silent Horror rmx) 150 bpm, W&P by Jigar Shah, India
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Khaos-Sektor/110553169025235 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silent-Horror/118531434879032
10) Sanathana - Pachamama's Embrace 160 bpm, W&P by Swaroop Guhathakurta, India/ UAE http://www.facebook.com/Sanathana.psy?sk=wall

Artist's own bio:

Kalilaskov AS is Vadim Cherkashin. He was born in the USSR near Chernobyl and after the infamous atomic disaster in the region he moved to Israel with his family.
Now live in Germany - Berlin.
In Israel Vadim fell in love with psychedelic trance and eventually decided to pursue his own solo project. Around the same time the nickname Kalilaskov first appeared. Initially it was only a name used by Vadim's close friends to address him (translated as "the kind one" from Belorussian). But later Vadim adopted this name as his permanent alias and added AS to it, which stands for Atomic Station. Thereby Kalilaskov AS was officially born.
It did not take long for the global psytrance community to take notice of the young musician and his unique music. The very first release came out on the French Nabi Records and after that multiple compilation releases followed on some of the best labels in the world.
Kalilaskov's best of came out in 2008 on Digital Drugs Coalition under the title "Killas" and incorporated Vadim's most renowned compilation tracks. Today Kalilaskov AS is signed to the world famous Russian-Australian giant Blitz Studios and his first full length solo album is to come out very soon!!!
At present Kalilaskov AS is playing all over the world at various indoor and outdoor events, club parties and festivals! Catch him near you :)

http://www.kalilaskov.as
http://soundcloud.com/kalilaskov-as
http://www.ohmganeshpro.com
kalilaskovasbookings@gmail.com

A psy mashup set of sorts….ethereal, rollicking and spacey trance weaved together with cleaner club sounding psy-tech goes someway to describing this superb set from Marciana (Back To Mars).  Marciana is originally from Brazil but has been resident in Amsterdam since the 90s, where she stayed in the ELF community soon after arriving.  Here she made her creative contacts including the infamous '9 lives of Hofmann' crew who she later teamed up with, investing her time and music energy into building that part of the Dam's psychedelic scene, all the while honing her skills as an international DJ. 

Since then Marciana has performed across Europe and recently taken pen to paper, sharing her perspectives on Amsterdam's psychedelic scene in 'Psychedelic Traveller 'magazine.  Links can be found on her website.  Meanwhile we hope you enjoy the set :)

TRACK LIST

• 1. Dohm "Lonely Creatures" Mighty Queen Records
• 
2. Peace Data "Dancing Revolution" - Arkona Creation 

• 3. Galactic Monkey "Ticket to Fresno" - Catawampus Records 

• 4. Ozmali "Petite Chevre" - Ozmali Records 

• 5. Gido "Grasas (Gaiana Rmx)" - Blue Hour Sounds 

• 6. REV & Illegal Machines "Fringy Take Away" - Bom Shanka Music 

• 7. Audiosex "Dollar Galaxy" - Adx Records 

• 8. Red "Audio Drama" - Mighty Queen Records
• 
9. Bon "Welcome to my Computer" - Pixan Records

Artist's own bio:

Born in Brazil, Back to Mars (Marciana) has been living in Europe for a very long time. Psytrance got into her life right after she arrived in Amsterdam in the late 90's and went to live in the ELF, a big squat that housed a community of many artists, musicians, DJs, producers, painters, shamans and freaks.

It was in 2001 that DJ'ing became a part of her, when she started helping with building and playing at the parties from 9 Lives of Hofmann, an underground Psytrance crew from Amsterdam and she has since grown into a versatile DJ.
 
Her style is either Minimal Progressive Psytrance (Zenonesque) or Dark Psytrance and often she likes mixing them to create a journey, so she enjoys the freedom of doing that which fits the time and suits the place.
 
In Amsterdam, she also plays Deep House, Lounge, World music and Tech House in lounge bars.

She has performed in Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
 
Back to Mars also writes for the Psychedelic Traveller (the magazine that specializes in global psychedelic trance), bringing out the article about Psytrance in The Netherlands. You can find a link for these articles clicking on "links".
 
She has recently been invited by the Australians Hedonix to represent their label, Electric Power Pole Records, which concentrates in groovy and deep Progressive Psytrance.

backtomars.net

Sleep Paralysis is Giorgos Mitropapas, a psytrance DJ and producer from Greece, now resident at Edinburgh's foremost and longest running psytrance night, Cosmic!   As well as DJ'ing and making tunes, Giorgos is a web and graphic designer, and even finds time to make helpful music production tutorials online.  This is a live recording of a stomping closing set he performed at Cosmic's 5th anniversary last October.  Enjoy :)

Track listing: 

01: Terrafractyl - Chrysalis
02: Terrafractyl Vs QuenchWinter - Winter
03: Voice Of Cod & Tron - Compound Sound
04: Terrafractyl - Freaky Fungus
05: Hallucinogen - Shabby Trance
06: Sonic Tickle - Strange Conversation
07: Trold - Co Creation
08: Master Blasters - Snow Job (Original)
09: Tristan Boyle - Softy
10: Pogo & Lucas - Space Cake (Original Mix)
11: Laughing Buddha - Sacred Technology Original Mix

Artist's own bio:

Sleep Paralysis is Giorgos Mitropapas, a Greek electronic music composer and DJ based in Edinburgh. He always had a passion for music in general, mostly rock and metal in his early days. He  started getting involved into electronic music during his studies in the UK, around 1995. He was exposed to artists like Ozric Tentacles, Shpongled, Hallucinogen, and a whole other artists influenced by the psychedelic and dance wave . In about 2005 he got seriously involved into electronic music production and started learning various music software with an intent to create original and expressive  electronic music that satisfied his need for personal expression. He is part of the Planet Monkey collective (www.planetmonkey.co.uk)  that run the Cosmic psychedelic  trance club night in Edinburgh for a few years now. He also runs an educational website  related to music and audio production called  Audio Tutorial Videos (www.audiotutorialvideos.com) a site that has proved really helpful for a lot of artists and people starting their career in music production.  Giorgos is also involved in graphic & web design (www.gmitropapas.com).  His artist web site (www.sleepparalysis.me) contains music that he has produced along with various music production tutorials.

Special part 2 of 2 of Back To Goa Pangea special with Kameleon.   Archaic Revival...

Tracklist:

1. Electric Sheep - Monsterwolke
2. Dissociactive - Total Transformation
3. Stereographic - Reflective Substance
4. Module - Dirty Wing
5. Whiptongue - Unobservable Thoughts
6. Avalon + Asimilon + Parasense - It was Wonderful
7. Occy - Journey Men
8. Organic Hybrid - Psycho-Tron Resonance
9. Imaginary Sight - Less is More
10. Dust - Use your Eyes
11. Dissociactive - Eclipse
12. 6th Floor - Grey Goo
13. Braincell - Shake the Universe
14. Ari Miller - Open your Mind
15. Parasense vs. Psymetrix - Secret Russian Stuff

Creative, DJ, and label owner Matt Bryson (Kameleon) joins the show a second time with a punching yet meditative psytrance mix he performed live at Pangea production's fourth annual 'Festival of Life'  near Greenville, South Carolina.  Originally from Constantinople, Kameleon is motivated by the spiritual side of music, always with a desire to reach out and touch new people with the mysterious sounds of psychedelic music.

Track list:

1. Imaginary Sight - Outhere
2. 
Overdream- The First Initiation 

3. Dissociactive - Meteor Rain 

4. Ajja - Believer 

5. Ocelot - Nebuloso (remix) 

6. Samadhi - Shamanica 

7. Assault Junkies - Freakhunter 

8. Bodhisattva - General Relativity 

9. Para Halu - Big trees walk old trees talk (pt. 2) 

10. Peace Ka - Interplanetary Contact

Artist's bio:

Kameleon is a disciple of the Grand Master Kri.
Kameleon hails from the land of Pangea. Being very versatile he has been fortunate enough to play with many great artist and djs around the globe including Solead, Shotu, Artifakt, Scorb, Random, D sens, Naked Tourist, Mubali, Kri, BSM, Pena, Prime Time, Ajja, Dragon, Primordial Ooze plus lots more. He is a very devoted dj in the purest sense; spending ample time concocting and preparing each mix for each time and location. Kameleon’s highly intricate and high energy sets have helped earn him a place among the top psy slingers in the southeast. He is also the co-founder of the acclaimed label Pure Perception Records releasing highly intelligent and mysterious psychedelic sounds to the world, and Pangea Productions helping throw some of the most memorable nights around these parts.
He also has 2 radio shows on DI.fm. both are now featured on the 2nd Friday of each month. 1st the progressive show ‘Sound Ascension’; airs at 2pm US eastern, our next show ‘Initiation into our Tribe’ on the psy/goa channel airs at 4pm US eastern, back to back. Both shows feature some amazing guest from all over the world and especially from our label Pure Perception Records.
Peace – Kameleon aka Matt Bryson

'The perfect track at the perfect time' is the guiding orthodoxy of Dj Pappe (Rene Pape from northern Germany).  At 34 years of age Pappe is well established in the psychedelic scene having played his first gig at Ganesh tribe in 1999.  Since then he's held club residencies and dabbled in party and festival promotion.  Pappe has also lived through the DJ technology cycle having started on vinyl before progressing through CDJ and finally onto digital platforms.

In this mix Pappe conjures up a bubbling set of laid-back and groovy psygressive trance.  Turn up the PA and enjoy :) 

Track list:
  
1  minimal criminal -reefer barbeque 2 (bad weed)
2  brujo`s bowl-do it...get high
3  flooting grooves- naked dancers of ra
4  mr squatch & grouch - lost in the forest
5  grouch- deeper
6  product placement - solitude
7  slytrance - life blossoms
8  dopped - accesing
9  sonic tickle - strange conversation
10  hedonix & bufo - how much for the beaver
11  slytrance - chugganaut

Artist's own bio: 

Pappe (Rene Pape) is 34 Years old and comes from the north part of Germany. His interest in DJìng started in the mid 90`s,where he encounted with the young Technoscene. Pappe`s first official gig took place at the Ganesh Tribe in 1999. He started to mix with Vinyl and later changed to Cd and Laptop. From 2004-2010 he was resident DJ at the "Rappelkiste" and "Teonanacatl" Party`s in the Alhambra wich is located in Oldenburg. At the same time he started an own Party -Projekt "SUB" and organiized many Party`s and small Festival`s in nothern Germany. During this time he learned a lot of DJìng and how to use tracks as a tool to guide people to a Psychedelic Experience. His Focus was always: to bring it forward,entertain himself and the people and let it flow, to find the moment where is every track the perfect track to the perfect time..."Timelistening"

email contact:  pappentrance@gmx.de

A journey into dark psychedelic tech and trance this month courtesy of Floaty, label dj for Logic Vision and Glitchy Tonic Records.  Floaty is Nico Doring and hails from Kiel, Germany.  Nico got into electronic music way back in 1994 and was first touched by the psy trance scene after attending the legendary Voov experience in 1995.

•  Amygdala - Cognitive Distortion
•  Amygdala - Oxylerator (Part1)
•  Anakoluth - Achilles Heel
•  Phase Tech - Phazer
•  Bezoar - 100 Drops
•  Synthetic Forest - Trollish
•  Pondscum - Balls
•  Pondscum - 2x2
•  Atriohm - Artist Promo
•  CPC - Revolution Track 8
•  Atriohm - Artist Promo
•  Atriohm - Hybrid Synthesis

Artist bio:

I had my first contact with Electronic Trance Music back in 1994 and immediately my heart began to beat for this Music. After one year i had my first Psychedelic Trance Festival. It was “The Voov Experience” which ensured me that Psychedelic Trance Music became the soundtrack of my personal life.
After many  years of just enjoying and collecting Music ,i could grow up, a wide background of all the genres , Goa, Full On, Progressive, Psygressive, Dark Psy.
In 2010 i began to mix Darker Progressive
and felt quickly drawn to this music style.
One year later i start taking my mixing skills forward and become label Dj for Logig Vision Records and Glitchy Tonic Records.
Nowadays, i am always on the look for new friendly people, a small party nearby and some fun !!!               

Feel free to contact me:  n_doering@gmx.net

Presenting a new downtempo and chill project from Dark El Kante....D.E.K.  This is a truly beautiful mix, downbeat grooves with deep-melodic atmospheres and a relaxed dance feeling.  Enjoy.


Tracklist:

• 
01- ZYMOSIS – Zeta bieng (Flute Mix) 

• 02- AES DANA – Pulse rate 

• 03- CJ CATALIZER VS ZYMOSIS – I’ll be there 

• 04- AES DANA – Cyan
• 
05- CHRONOS – Deep unity 

• 06- CYDELIX – Fiber optic
• 
07- SUNDIAL AEON – Stuck on you
• 
08- AES DANA – Inter 

• 09- ASURA – Dust and Daffodils
• 
10- ASTROPILOT – Arabic symphony
• 
11- NASA – Mortal coil 

• 12- AES DANA – Leylines 

• 13- ASURA – Blood pressure 

• 14- AQUASCAPE – Phoenix dance 

• 15- ENTERPRISE – Vega networks (Beatstream Rmx) 

• 16- AES DANA – Air conditioning 

• 17- ELVE – Aeolian woods

Thanks to all the artists that made this wonderful music and the next labels for release it: 
Celestial Dragon Rec., Altar Rec., Cosmicleaf Rec., Flow Rec., Ultimae Rec., Zealotry Music, Random Rec., Chillcode Rec., Virtual World Rec.

D.E.X bio info: 

D.E.K. is the side project of Dark el Kante,originally from Spain, based in Downbeat, Psychedelic-Chillout, IDM & Ambient music.
He has been playing in diferent events around the UK, Brazil, Spain, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Germany,Latvia, Ukraine, Belgium, Ireland, Austria and Romania...
Label dj and owner of Random Records, compiling the albums ; Indigenous S.O..S.,Psychotria Viridis, and Shamanic Icaro benefit projects trying to help indigenous people all around the world ( www.indigenous-sos.com ).

'Through the Gate of the Gods' is Onionbrain's second mix for Back To Goa.  Back by popular demand Bruno Azalim has cooked up another brilliant mix of quirky psychedelic prog.  Thick, glitchy and hypnotic...the cutting-edge sound of Brazil's psychedelic party scene.   'Paz e amor!'

Tracklist:

1. Hedonix - Bobret The Hutt 

2. Kained and Able & Radioactive.Cake - Strange Exploration
3. Pspiralife - The Abyss
4. 
Divine Source - Shock Therapy 

5. Kained and Able & Radioactive.Cake - Too Much Beer And... 

6. Sensient - Cluster Fuck (Hypogeo RMX) 

7. Onionbrain - Lunatic 

8. Hypogeo - Anti-Muzak 

9. Radioactive.Cake - Reality#26
10. 
Disfunction - 11:11
    

Artists bio:

Onionbrain is the project founded in 2007 by Bruno Azalim, from Brazil. His music can be described as deep progressive trance with an obscure psychedelic touch. Influenced by the darker side of psychedelic trance and metal, rock n roll and industrial bands, he blends all his musical influences with the science fiction genre and morphs it into the Onionbrain music. After some years of hard work he acumulates releases on many labels like Mind Tweakers, Glitchy Tonic, Occulta and Uroboros Records (this last one founded by him and Zartrox in the beginning of 2010) and presentations in some of the main parties and festivals on most of the brazilian states, like 303 Art Festival, Earthdance, Ecologic, Festival Fora do Tempo, Magic Paradise and Universo Paralello.

www.brunoazalim.com.br

bookings and contact:  brunoazalim@gmail.com

Hailing from the magical lands of Kathmandu in Nepal we bring you the hypnotic sounds of DJ Smoking Shiva (Bishal Gurung).  Bishal's journey into the realms of psy began with a meeting with the grand master of psychedelic trance, Goa Gil and his wife Ariane.  Since then Bishal has turned his creative energies into the promotion of psychedelic parties in his native Nepal,  alternative philosophies, music production and of course Djing - at all times spreading his own personal message of living with the free will of existence!

Track List:

1) Peace-Ka : Bouncexcort
2) Mukti : Monoblock
3) Mergel : Dead Talk
4) Suspiria : Aberrations of Consciousness
5) Tsabeat : Deep Switch
6) Hydro Panic : Chapori
7) Fxor : I'm a Monster too
8) Retohmorgon : Kongeegens Might
9) Ploux : Quasar
10) Haunted Castle : DaFtenized

Artists bio:

A Project Headed towards Infinity all are welcome to join......The project is Bishal a.k.a Satish and his wife Susan supported by all of their friends and family From the outskirts of Kathmandu valley ...a little hilltop town called Kirtipur in NEPAL " The land of mystics". After his Lucid Sonic Hyper Dimensional meetings with the techno shaman Goa Gil and his wife Ariane his whole life took on a new meaning and a new found glory of living to the will of Existence. Heavily into the Dark side of the musical Realm exploring different dimension of Death metal and the likes he played with various local Metal bands as vocalist and guitarist from the early nineties and literally lived the sex, drugs and rock n roll lifestyle and survived. After his Cosmic Dance with the Ferocious DArk Deities he got his showering of liquid ecstasy and visions for his Project "Smoking Shiva". His Ultimate Sacrifice for Un-sanity(Beyond Sanity) was the consumption of 159 pieces of local road side Belladum seeds which took him to the Baba Koteshwor Mahadev. He is crazy as hell and his frequency from the Dark side of the Existence provokes the hidden energy from the Kunda within all living beings giving U the Ultimate Reality Check. 
He may not be your so called technically Proficient Dj or producer but he believes his Craft to be not that of practice but that of letting go and letting the Spirit take over and merging the unconcious of his fellow Humans with the Void from where all life seems to Manifest.

booking & contact:  gblindism@yahoo.com
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/smokingshiva

Back To Goa podcast contact:  http://www.facebook.com/NorthSoundscape

This months mix is an extended progressive set from Berlin's Raviv (aka WickedBrain and Goaviv).  Raviv has been Djing since 1997 having played out across Europe and India (of special note amongst the sacred ruins at Hampi), and now produces his own material.  This mix is recorded from a live set he played at a private party.  Enjoy :)

1) Dikster – Zuffle Shuffle

2) No name

3) Suntree – Back to the Source

4) Ritmo vs. Suntree – Privat

5) Ace Ventura – Privat

6) Mute vs. Ritmo – Privat

7) Rifree – Privat

8) Audio Load – Privat

9) Fearsome Engine – The Path

10)  Zen Mechanics - Privat

11)  I Drop - Unrls

12)  Loughing Buddha – Privat

13)  Loughing Buddha – Privat

14)  Nitro – Freqlife

15)  I Drop – Unrls

16)  I Drop – Unrls

17)  Burn in Noise vs. Dickster – Induced

18)  Privat

19)  Privat

Artist's own bio:

'Raviv aka WickedBrain aka Goaviv is Playing music allready 30 years. Around 1993 he came across the Techno scene and got himself infected....1995(it took him so long to find the right music ) first gig as PsyTrance DJ (Goaviv). 4 years later he start producing his own music. A member of the PlayGround ev. (lava 303).Played as DJ (PsyTrance, Progressive & ChillOut ) all over Germany,India (Goa , Hampy),Kosova,Croatia,Switzerland & Spain (Ibiza & Barcelona).

Twisted, dark, night time psytrance.....the new sound of the Goa resistance (because let's face it, Goa's gone commercial)...  Another superb set from Twisted Kala (aka Kala Karine), native from France based in India.  BOOM!

1 - Strangers and Kulu - Arts from Mars
2 - Strangers - Demolition composition
3 - Paul Karma - Mad silence man
4 - Twisted Kala - Space and Time
5 - Nommos - Freaky Baba
6 - Orestis - Tovarich
7 - Claw vs Silent Horror - Visionary
8 - Phobos Azazel - Zloé
9 - Psyshark vs Silent Horror - Stares
10 - Technical Hitch - Hi tech
11 - Orestis - Pertified forest
12 - Nommos - Lunatik
13 - Twisted Kala - Dance and Smile
14 - Matutero and Osom - Brain arpers

Artist's Bio:  TWISTED KALA, disco valley records and goanmantra rec dj, producer (A.M.M, Goan mantra rec, and coming soon....Lycantrop rec), is karine petiau, born in france, lives today in goa, india, and France. Teneegers already she started to be addict of music and dancefloor.....She started to listen psycho and punk sounds, did some spiral tribes parties experiences..... She learned 10 years piano and classical music theory at conservatory of Montpellier in France. She loves feel the waves sound into her body..... Dancing, listening music....is active meditation...there you find awareness of your connexion with the univers, expande mind with better feeling and understanding of cosmic energy....cosmic flow..... Then after some strong experiences on trance music she decides to start her own composition....she worked 1 year on frutty loops, 4 years on cubase. Today she is dijing in India and Europe..... plays in her set also her own compositions........ She has a deep twisted night style..... shared the scen with some big artists (Mubali, Psykosky, Kindzadza Mussy Moody, Dark Helf, Egnogra, Athriom, Dromnebixie, Papiyan....)
realized : - twisted kala - holographic brain / EP/ active meditation music (2010).

Bookings:  pixiesvibes@hotmail.com

This weeks mix is from Lorraine Psilocybe Tribe.  A chilled progressive mix brimming with atmosphere and psychedelic grooves.  Lorraine began Djing in 2002 and has quickly established herself within the UK psy party scene where she's built up a reputation as a friendly, positive DJ and promoter.  Enjoy the mix :) 

Lorraine (Psilocybe Tribe/Sunrise/Anushka/Shanti/UV)

Track listings:

J & B Project-tschigibaem

Terahert-solar noon

J & B Project-sound like it

Digital Drop-kammerad schwungrad

Suntree-observation(Flegma & Nerso rmx)

Etic-as it happens

Sideform-santo diame

E-Clip-equillibrium

Aerospace-far off

Aerospace-recently 

Artists Bio:

'I discovered psy trance in 2002 through my mate Ash (Celtic Psy forum keymaster/Psilocybe Tribe(prev.k/a DossePosse)), after 25 years of northern soul & 2 years of techno!

I began accumulating tunes, going to club nights-Alien Resonance/Sunrise/U.V/Kulu/Cabbage & outdoor psy parties in North Wales.

I never set out to be a dj, I just wanted to hear my taste in psy trance. I began by playing a few tunes @ the end of outdoor parties when everyone else was too wasted to play.

Then, based on my enthusiasm & taste, (I think !?) Bez23(Kulu) asked me if I was up for playing @ Kulu (Bradford May 2005) WoW-my chance to play my favourite tunes. I wasn't gonna turn that chance down just because I couldn't dj !

I had 2 months to get to grips with the mechanics of dj ing, anyway its the tunes that count !!

It's been & still is a slow but interesting learning curve this dj malarkey. But, hey I'm enjoying it & for as long as they keep making tickety boo tunes that make me move I'll keep wanting to play them.

Thanks to Ash (celtic psy forum admin/psilocybe tribe & good friend) for getting me hooked on psy trance, for letting me practice on his cdj1000's and for sorting me my own decks & mixer.

Thanks to Gerry Aum (Kulu/Sunrise) for 1st putting the headphones on my head and encouraging me.

Thanks to Bez23 & Kulu for starting my dj ing ball rolling.

Thanks to Messmedia's leap of faith by giving me my 1st residency.

Thanks to Sunrise (Leeds) for my 2nd & current residency.

Thanks to Anushka (Bristol), Shanti (Liverpool), UltraViolet (Wirral) & AudioAddictz (internet radio) for also taking me on as a resident

Thanks to all who have let me loose behind their decks & have helped to make me the obsessed psy trance anorak I am today !!'

About backtogoa:

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How much time do you have?  A massive 4 hour mix this week from the legend of psy-gressive trance, Radioactive Cake.  Robert performed this mix live at a Berlin afterparty, mixed and performed with Ableton live software.   

Autonomech - Output

Tetrameth - Jungle Weapon

Xenoscpapes - Skys Of Fire

Cujorius One feat. Simon Towity - Frogs Drugs

Project Sketch - Chemicals For Happieness

Neuromodulation - No Creation

Igneous Sauria - Skogsra

One Tasty Morsel - Sub Standard

Radioactive.Cake - Techyon

Bufo - Be Real

Krumelur - Colossus

Bigwigs - Sound Anonim

Pradox - Huttenheugte

Radioactive.Cake - Bones In Boxes

Mantik - Centauri Pasta

Phat Controllerz - Flat Control

Sensient - Bawak

Pick - Ben Q

Bigwigs - Vibraphone (Sensient Remix)

Kained And Able - Pure Deception

Sensient - Format Ex

Tetraktys - Champagne

Autonomech - The Boney Labyrinth

Igneous Sauria - Pustracer

Hypogeo - Noise Division

Radioactive.Cake - Bad Behavior

Sensient - Wookie Beats

One Tasty Morsel - Chew The Flat

Pradox - Lizzard

Sonic Tickle - Strange Conversation

Marty Launchpad - Monkey Flower

Radioactive.Cake - The Dude Abides

SourOne - Spectral Squirrel Chair

Sensient - Artifical Funk

Vaeya - Meadow Freak

Zeitgeist - Polecat

Shadow FX - Minimal Technician

Phat Controllerz - C 1

Electronic Grind - Travelling In The Blue Notes

Grouch - Mayan Toolkit

Zeitgeist - The Asteroid's Wife

Sensient - A New world

Autonomech - Input

Igneous Sauria - Encephalophagus

Artist's own bio:

berlin based producer, liveact and dj of intelligent psygressive trance music with a touch of wilderness, darker fx and atmospheres and a carrot...

http://www.myspace.com/radioactivecake

http://www.myspace.com/zeitgeistrobert

http://www.myspace.com/glitchytonic

contact email:  radioactive.cake@gmx.de

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Much delayed but finally, a full-on psytrance set from up and coming DJ Sylvan Bios.  Sylvan is a massive fan and supporter of the psychedelic scene and finally began Djing in parties since summer 2010.

Track list (Moulded for Midnight)

01. Stop Time - U Recon

02. SKoocha - Tuvan Loom

03. Frequency Seeds - Pop Stream

04. Genetic Eyes - Alien Project vs. Astrix

05. Spirit Poem - ReActor

06. No Break (Nemisis Remix) - Alternative Control

07. Floating Thru Space - Freakulizer

08. Unknown

09. Jumper - Anada Shake vs Audiotec

10. Hypnotic Voices (Ephedrix Remix by Electro Sun vs.Brain Damage

11. Area 51 - Quality Sound

12. Impala - Protoculture

Artist's Bio:

'Sylvan Bios know as Q to his friends and family has been an avid psy-fanatic since the 90's. He is South African born and now resided in Scotland. Having travelled through Israel in 2000 and having been in there for the rise of such greats as Infected Mushroom, Astrix and many more it left a lasting impression. He brings to the Scottish Psytrance scene a style that is both twilight and full-on that has sometimes been described as easy to dance to as to listen too.' 

A regular contributor to the show, Whirling Dervish (Lee Sexton) presents another pumping set of psy-tech and trance, just the pick-me-up needed to scare off the last of the winter chill.  Lee is based in Dundee and mainly plays out at parties in Scotland having made several appearances as guest DJ for Random and Headroom.  

Track listing:

1) Anatonomous Audio "Smell Touch Taste"

2) Anatonomous Audio "Tough As Nails"

3) Ojos "Silence"

4) Hokus Flowkus "Konga kung fu"

5) Paul Taylor vs Techtonic And E-Jekt "Just for kicks"

6) Avalon vs G-Nome "Funky Voodoo"

7) Ital "Amazonia"

8) Psynina "Nectar Spice" (original_mix)

9) Bitkit vs Saigon "Shadowhunter"

10) Avalon "Out There"

Whirling Dervish contact:/bookings

methylinedioxy@hotmail.com

facebook.com/lee.sexton

Peace and positivity to all as we approach a brand new year :)) 

And to mark this occasion we have a very special treat for the listeners of Back To Goa.  An excluisve mix from one of the pioneers of psy-chill, Dimitri AstroPilot!  Specially for the show, AstroPilot has crafted an hour long mix of chilled and dreamy trance with elements lifted directly from his brand new album 'Here and Now' just released on Altar Records.

We hope you enjoy and wish everyone a very happy new year :))  

Track listings (please visit the album release site for Here and Now listings):

http://www.altar-records.com/hereandnow.html

Artist's own bio:

"AstroPilot comes from Siberia, Russian Federation.  Behind the name is Dmitry Red'ko.

For the past 10 years he has been experimenting with music and sounds.

His music is the direct outcome of his true passion for the sonic world and a lot of hard work in the studio. AstroPilot has quickly become a well recognized name in Psychedelic Ambient circles. His music is a reflection, and combines the culture, sights and sounds form his homeland.

AstroPilot manages to generate a considerable buzz especially in the local Russian Psychedelic club scene and as a result has been grabbing the attention from some of the bigger names in the industry. When listening to his music, it is sometimes hard to believe that behind his sound there is just a 26 year old lad who loves to express his visions through his music.

Dmitry has been listening to The Future Sound of London and The Orb since he was a little boy. He has also been inspired by the writer Vasily Golovachev and alike...

AstroPilot is at home in atmospheres. His music sweeps the listener away into a world of imagination and hypnotizes with it's ethnic spices, rhythms and samples, a higher state of consciousness for the listen, his goal.

He is always looking for something new for his performances, in beginning it was more Downtempo Psychedelic trip and now his sets and performances are more dance-able. Including more Ethnic and modern rhythms parts.

His first album "Fruits Of The Imagination" was released on Avatar in October 2007.  His second album "Solar Walk" was released on Altar Records, Canada, and a third album on Altar Records still, just released this November 2010."

An exclusive mix this week from producer and DJ, Brad Gamma.  When not composing his own music, inspired in his own words by a desire to create 'psychedelic madness!', Brad is studying for an Msc in Digital Composition and Performance.  

This is definately one of the most original sets we've had on the show, packed with Brad's as-yet unsigned productions....enjoy :)

Track List:

1. Brad Gamma – Arrested Terrestrial

2. Brad Gamma – Pseudospiritual Schizophrenic

3. Brad Gamma – Let There Be Dark

4. Dapanji – Don’t Stop

5. Prometheus – 9th (The Man Who Swam Through A Speaker)

6. Brad Gamma – Out Your Head

7. Chris Rich – The Domino Effect

8. Brad Gamma – Moving Swiftly Onwards

9. Psykovski – Wooden Child

10. Zen Mechanics – Vurt

11. Brad Gamma – Got The Funk?

12. Brad Gamma – Dancing The Dijig

Artist's Bio:

Brad Gamma is the electronic artist Bradley Burns's trance-dance motivated alter-ego. Dominated by bizarre psychedelic soundscapes and melodies, the music creates a journey through the dark, the light, the insane, the messy, the uniform, the scary and the silly. It is to be fully enjoyed whilst stomping around dancefloors or alternatively by floating above them.

Contact:

www.myspace.com/dreadlesshead

www.soundcloud.com/brad-gamma

dreadlesshead@gmail.com

A really welcome change in style for the show this week with a warm Iboga style progressive set from Undertoad.  Undertoad is Neil Coles from Newcastle, a folk musician who's love of the psychedelic came (partly) from a flat share with Ozric Tentacles in the 80s!  Undertoad usually plays alongside his DJ partner PsyWave (Zoviet France).  

Track listing: 

1 Ipanema - Jey & Ex

2 Terminal X - Tandem

3 My World - Supergroover / Xahno

4 City Lights - Rocky

5 Sweep Mama - Phony Orphants

6 Sleepless - Etic

7 System Float - Symphonix

8 Freedom - Suntree

9 Waiting - Dejavoo

10 Self Inflicted - Hopi / M Theory

11 Offline Providings - Hopi / Earthling 

Artist's Bio:  

So, Undertoad, dont ask! I'm Neil, i come from Newcastle and to quote Sam Cook, " I like psytrance for breakfast" ! Im a folk musician who developed a love for psychadelic music after living with the Ozric Tentacles in Wimbledon in the eighties, going to festivals and seeing bands like the Ullulators and The Oroonies, (still my favourite ever live band). I usually play alongside partner in psytrance PsyWave (Mark Zf of Zoviet France) Mark taught me how to build a set, how to create a mood on the dancefloor, we do harder faster more full on sets but tend to drift back to progressive uplifting tracks. 

bookings:  colesneil@googlemail.com

On this weeks show a dark psygressive mix from Marcus Sevilhano from Sao Paulo, Brazil, aka DJ Sevillian.  Beginning with a dark house vibe Sevillian's set soon descendes into twisted psygressive and minimal trance.  Sevillian is busy developing his Dharana live project, DJing and producing his own stye of darker psygressive trance.  Enjoy the mix :)

Track listing:

01 - Xanoscapes - Sky of Fire

02 - Motive - Bust It

03 - Sensient - Northern Lights 

04 - One Tasty Morsel - Psychonautical Engeneering 

05 - Phasetec - NN

06 - Sensient - Black Slapper

07 - Hypogeo - SeXes

08 - Bufo - Doing Kormit

09 - Sensient - Madman`s Playroom

Artist's own bio:

Sevillian is a DJ and Producer since 2002. Acctually focused on his progressive dark project called Dharana, Sevillian have as his main influences from projects like Sensient, Grouch, Autonomech, One Tasty Morsel, Psypox, Bufo and Tetrameth. All this information combined gave him a huge musical background for his own tracks. As Dj Sevillian always keep the night groove alive in his sets. Heavy bass lines, deep and psychedelic atmospheres flowing all over the set, new tracks or old, doesn`t matter… What really matter is being psychedelic.

www.myspace.com/dharanalive

A powerful swirling psychedelic guest mix this month from the Rowan Elf!  Rowan Elf is aka Rowan Banner, a DJ and party promoter who's been an integral part in the development of 'psychedelic Scotland', helping to establish Edinburgh's longest running psy-trance night, Cosmic, and contributing massively to the country's free party scene  

As well as playing at parties in Scotland and the rest of the UK, Rowan has travelled and DJ'd extensivly abroad, spreading his shamanistic energy and psychedelic vibe as far a field as Ireland, Holland, Thailand and Japan!  

Enjoy the mix :)

Track list:

1. Terrafractyl - Chrysallis
2. Xatrik + Slug - Check Positive
3. Shotu - Frouzziland
4. Penta - Pumpkin
5. Deeper in Zen - Listen Closely
6. Ajja - Divine Breath
7. Bombax vs. Electrypnose - Coing up behind you
8. Shotu - Acai
9. Darkshire + Detonator - Transition
10. Black Mamba - Trip
11. Shotu - Broken Whiskey Bottle
12. Ocelot - Lets Dance
13. Digital Talk - Acid Test
14. BSM Crew - Alcoholic Fingers
15. Intelligent Monkey - Chandranataya
16. Ajja - Sidewinder

Artists own bio:

Rowan Elf has been DJ ing, creating decor, and organising events since 2003. Playing various styles; Night time psychedelic, Daytime tribal full on, Progressive and Upbeat chillout, always psychedelic and always keeping the energy spinning on the dance floor!! His mixing style has been described as very powerful, energetic and flowing, giving full power shamanic energy to the ritual !! He has had the pleasure of playing in many beautiful parties, in UK, Japan, Ireland, Holland, Thailand.

He has played out mainly in Scotland. Where he is part of Planet Monkey Events, promoting psychedelic music, shamanic rituals, active meditations, and visionary art. Rowan has been a resident at the longest running psytrance night in Scotland -> Cosmic ( www.myspace.com/cosmic_psy).

He is currently travelling around, living off grid, and giving energy to his creative dreams. Music is still a big part of this, and 2011 will see him playing out at many more festivals worldwide. Watch this space ;-) 

http://www.myspace.com/rowanelf

contact & bookings:  pravas.sa@gmail.com

This month, a special mix and a special reqest for the listeners of Back To Goa.  Presenting his third mix for the show, Dark El Kante (Jorge Bazán) brings you a fresh and funky mix of freeform Suomisaundi psy-trance.     

But this month we also ask your support for Dark El Kante's benefit project, Indigenous-sos.  Launching a 3xCD release, Jorge's new label 'Random records' presents this non-profit making benefit project created by artists who've donated their tracks for free to help some of the indigenous people of Colombia, the Cofanes.

Please visist the site below and if you can afford to, buy this fantastic CD in the knowledge that all profit is going towards securing land for Cofanes, who's ancestral homelands have been polluted by pesticides and the drilling of international oil companies.

Please find more details on the project here:

www.indigenous-sos.com

www.facebook.com/indigenous.sos

Thanks for your support and solidarity :)

Meanwhile here's the track listing for the mix:   

1-Talpa - Little pink elephants

2-Pinperknuckle - Caliente dude triple A

3-Freeform Human - Bonus level

4-Self Existence - Monkey phonics

5-Texas Faggott - Polina in the fog

6-Sienis - Tinklebell of the Untinkable

7-Oxya - Fake square

8-Crazy Ducks - Ducks on Mars

9-Sattle Battle - 2 step chase (Live @ Halu Club)

10-Neuron Compost - Meat nectar

11-Neuron Compost - Sonic sodomy (Sattel Battle mix)

12-Decibel - Mirror ball suit

13-Igor Swamp - Uuttamatookoukkuu

14-Special Blend - Probability vs Possibility

15-Crazy Ducks - Snipik

16-Crazy Ducks - King Quaquack

17-Sattel Battle - Simplicity (part 3)

18-Talpa - Moronic Evil rmx

peace and pos vibes, Aurora

This month Aurora presents a special 2 hour chill-out set he performed (and recorded live) in the Vishnu chill tent at this years Eden festival.  A special shout goes out to the Edinburgh based psy-trance collectives Cosmic and Planet Monkey who organised the 3 day chill-out spectacle in the beautiful setting of the Raehills meadows in Dumfries.

Track list:

01.  Arambol (Original mix) - Astropilot

02.  Alfa Flyer Universe (Original mix)

03.  Spiral clouds (Kumharas edit) - Chronos

04.  Naga (Tribal Dub remix) - Solace, Makyo 

05.  z-51 (Original mix) - Zero Cult

06.  Noir - Ultimax

07.  Roll Your Own - Tripswitch

08.  River of Air (Original mix) - Gus Till

09.  Tengri (Original mix) - Atriohm

10.  Sansara (Original mix) - Astropilot

11.  Pearcushion (Original mix) - Ajja

12.  Skiy Interface featuring Kadasarva - Tentura

13.  Symetric Lifes (Live version) - H.U.V.A Network

14.  Altered State (Kumharas 6 Full Version) - Asura

15.  Normalised (Original mix) - Logic Bomb

16.  Once Upon A Time (Zero Cult Remix) - Side Liner

17.  Supersede (Original mix) - Carbon Based Lifeforms

18.  Celestial Tendencies (Original mix) - Asura

19.  Lost Sequence (Original mix) - Distant System

20.  Pure Pure (Original mix) - Tripteaser

21.  Transit (Original mix) - Aes Dana

Artist bio:

Aurora has been involved in the psy trance scene since the late ninties when he first travelled to India and experienced some of the earliest Goa trance parties in the costal villages of Vagator and Anjuna.

As well as playing at parties in India and his native Scotland, Aurora has founded Headroom, a psy-trance night in the far north of Scotland, and more recently Ohm, a psy-chill and psybient night launching this December in Inverness.  In July of 2008 he created Back To Goa podcast; starting with a very small following of listeners the show has now blossomed and receives over 8000 downloads per month spanning some 27 episodes.  This is thanks to the kindness and support of the psytrance community of DJs and producers (both established and new) who submit their mixes to the show each month.

Thanks everyone and peace :)

An exclusive and extended mix for the show from the London based psy-gressive duo Kained & Able.  These guys have been tearing up the party scene in London and beyond with their live sets and cross-dressing antics :)  They bring a really fresh sound to the scene - serving up a potent blend of twisted psy, dark tech and thick progressive beats!        

Track listing:

Merkaba- The Thirteenth Step (The Thirteenth Step EP, Zenon Records)

Sensient- Dusty Circuit (Antifluoro, Zenon Records)

Grouch- The Moof is Rooving (The Moof is Rooving, A List Records)

Grouch- Concentrated Weaponry (VA Geek Mythology, Cosmic Conspiracy Records)

Grouch The Moof is Rooving (Radioactive Cake Rmx) (unreleased)

Sensient- Motion Perception (Antifluoro, Zenon Records)

Grouch- Pyramid Scheme (VA Tall Poppy Syndrome, Cosmic Conspiracy Records)

Sensient- Tropicana (Pressure Optimal, Zenon Records)

Bufo vs Hedonix- How much for the Beaver (VA Borrowed Time, Electric Power Pole Records)

Radioactive Cake- Fashion Queen (unreleased, coming soon VA Low Frequency Oscillators, Arkona Creation Records)

Psypox- Diesel Donkey (VA The Lurker, Cosmic Conspiracy Records)

Psypox- Nintendo Nitten (unreleased, coming soon VA Low Frequency Oscillators, Arkona Creation Records)

Artists own bio:

Kained & Able is the London based project of Steven Johnson and Nolan Luijten. Having met at a party in 2007, they bonded over a shared vision in progressive Psy and a fetish for cross-dressing. They went on to form the Kained & Able project in 2008 and have spent the past year refining and performing their underground blend of psychedelic trance across the UK and beyond. With a primary focus on heavy proggy beats, twisted sound design and hands on live performance, their taste for a minimal and darker form of progressive Psytrance has led them to become a regular feature in the London scene. Over the next year the focus for the duo will include various releases on a few up and coming labels and an EP due out later in the year whilst looking to continue and expand their performances across the UK and Europe.

http://www.myspace.com/kainedandablemusic

http://www.soundcloud.com/kained

Kained & Able are also part of the Arkona Creation label:

www.arkona-creation.org

His tracks featuring many times in early Back To Goa shows, this months guest mixer needs no introduction...Adam Hohmann from Hungary aka Para Halu!  Adam has kindly submitted his summer soltice mix to the show, previously recorded for di.fm radio and already getting massive props across cyberspace.  This mix is made entirely from Para Halu's own productions, re-edits and remixes......enjoy!

Summer Solstice Mix 

01. Richard Strauss - Einleitung 

02. Penta - Fear (Para Halu remix) 

03. Para Halu - Forgotten Futurist 

04. Para Halu - Sudoku (Live edit) 

05. Para Halu - Multiprocess 

06. Para Halu - My Way On The Highway (Live edit) 

07. Para Halu - Wasabi remix 

08. Para Halu - Big Trees Talk, Old Trees Walk part 1 (Live edit) 

09. Kindzadza - Spirit Of The Wind (Para Halu remix) 

10. Para Halu - Soha Ne Mondd

Artists own bio:  

'Para Halu is Adam Hohmann from Hungary - a multi-talented musician and producer who, since his very young age has been always enchanted by music. As a child he learned to play the accordion, which later changed to piano and synthesizers however, he really enjoyed playing any instruments he ever met. After discovering computer based music production and trying himself in different compositions from beatless ambient music to dirty ass-kicking drum'n'bass, he began writing psychedelic tunes as Para Halu in the year 2002.

The past years have seen Para Halu as part of many first class international lineups all over the world from Japan to Brazil, from huge crowded parties and festivals such as Universo Paralello, Ozora, Soulclipse or Fullmoon Festival to indoor clubs and underground outdoor gatherings. 

Meanwhile Para Halu released countless tracks on various compilations as well as five succesful albums: self-distributed "No Para Full Halu" (2003) was followed by "The World Of Peace" (Parvati Records 2005), and two special conceptual albums "Space Rock" and "Wide Range" (Zaikadelic Records 2007 and 2008). The latest full-length Para Halu work called "The Future Sound Of Para Halu" was released recently on Adam's own label Psylife Music.

Short after Psylife Music, a sub-label for progressive beats has also been started: Halu Beats Records released its first compilation in 2008 with Sensient, Kalumet, Minimal Criminal and remixes including the one made from the Ace Ventura gem "Rebirth" by Adam Hohmann himself.'

http://www.parahalu.net

http://www.myspace.com/parahalu

http://www.soundcloud.com/para-halu

Taking the show back to its dark psychedelic roots, this month we present an exclusive mix from Brazil's Necropsycho.  In this mix Nuccho takes us on a dark chaotic trip at breakneck speed, using only his latest 2010 productions.  All these tracks will soon be available on Necropsycho's debut album 'Macabra Queen', released later this year.  Prepare yourself..... 

Artists own bio:  

'Necropsycho was formed in 2003 by two friends, Nuccho and Hermann. In the city of Guarulhos / SP in Brazil. 

His productions are based on heavy melodies, timbres laniatus, creating an atmosphere obscure and influenced by goatrance, hardcore, gabba, industrial. 

In 2004 began to appear in SP in the main party dedicated psicodelia night. Starting to highlight the scenario Dark psychelic, passed by large festival in SP, MG and Go/Brazil . Playing alongside major national and international artists.  In 2006 they were invited to participate in various labels and started the calls for the first releases. 

Today, the project Necropsycho is being taken only by Nuccho, following soil in this journey, took his Ep launched in May 2008 by the label Metropolis Rec and also preparing an album split with the artists and Demonizz Bash once more be launched by the Dead Tree Productions. In August 2008 his first start Tour outside Brazil, is presented in Guatemala and Costa Rica and September awaits its first tuor by europe, presenting the countries, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden. 

Starts in 2009, is already getting ready for second time in Europe, presenting in Italy, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Belgium. Returning to tour Europe, spending most important festivals in Brazil (Fora do Tempo and Samsara) and December and going through Costa Rica and closing years 2009 playing in Bahia - Brazil, Universo Paralello festival.

This year 2010, is preparing her first album debut. expected to launch in mid-year.' 

http://www.myspace.com/necropsycholive

To celebrate Back To Goa fast approaching its second year we've compiled all the stats over the months to see which bonus sets were download and enjoyed the most by the listeners.  From this we've made a top 3 for you to enjoy in case you missed them earlier :)

Since starting the show we've had sets gifted from new DJs/producers as well as established international acts.  Every mix we've received has been full of energy and passion and we'd like to thank these guys for their kindness and for sharing their creativity.

One thing I've always been amazed at since getting into the psy scene way back in 1997 is the wonderful attitude of the community and the generosity of the DJs, producers and party people.  So few big egos and so much sharing and collaboration which I think is the hallmark of the psy community......we hope you guys keep listening to the show and contributing your wonderful energy in the future :)

So before the top three,  a shoutout to all those who's mixes went live on the show - thank you:

Radioactive Cake (Glitchytonic records), Onionbrain (Mind Tweakers Records), New Age Hippies (Cyan music), Minimal Criminal (Cosmic Conspiracy Records), Cryolab, Twisted Kala (Discovalley records), Dark El Kante (6d soundz/adama), Aoidioboa (littleBIGsensations) Kameleon (Pangea), Hex, Nitin, Whirling Dervish (Newtech pirates), Labyrinth (Pangea)

Top mixes (based on listener stats):

1.  Wedding Trance (Dark El Kante)

2.  Equinox Festival (Labyrinth) 

3.  Minimal Criminal (DJ Zhyin) 

Well done to Dark El Kante for a great dark psy mix which received over 5,300 downloads since it went live in Feb 2009 and had the highest download rate per month out of all the other mixes.

Although launched much later in the year, Labyrinth's and Minimal Criminal's mixes were not far behind in downloads per month - well done guys :)

In case you missed them here's links to the top 3:

Wedding trance

Equinox Festival

Minimal Criminal

Enjoy, and please keep your contributions coming

peace, Aurora

This months guest mix comes from DJ Nitin.  Nitin is based in Edinburgh but originally hails from India.  Nitin has travelled and DJ'd extensively within his own country - including Goa - and is now playing in clubs and outdoor parties across Scotland.

Track listing:

The Prayer :- Electric universe

Chocolate Blanket :- Hypernoise and Dual Logic

Who U R :- Twina vs Synsun vs Elik

Breath :- Pop stream

wake up :- Ovnimoon

Metalizer :- Space Cat

Ferbistein :-Ferbi Boys

Legendary Lighting :- SpaceBuddha

Pure Opium :- Opium for the masses

Phaze Off :- Xerox and Illumination

FollowMe :- Sesto Sento

No dance :- Xteam

Fly On :- Systemic

Deep Space Logic :-Sine Die

Fragile Mind :- Cyber Cartel

Artist's Bio:  

Hi My name is Nitin and I am originally from India currently residing in Edinburgh. The music I get drawn to has to have a melodic touch to it although I am not opposed to the idea of playing other stuff. This is well highlighted in almost all of my musical endeavours.  I have been Djing on and off for the past 6 years .

I can dj any genre of music but psytrance is where the heart is. The sets I make speak loads and have a theme and purpose behind them. I like doing long outdoor sets...:-).....I am into music production as well and am currently working on innovative ideas to create new sounds.  Apart from that I am an Engineer and currently doing a MSc in Digital composition and performance at the University of Edinburgh. 

Scottish psytrance DJ Whirling Dervish returns to the show with a dance floor ready set of pumping psy and tech trance.  This is an extended set from a mix played live at Headroom.  Enjoy!

1: Cosmic Trip "House Beats"

2: Suntree "Inside"

3: Alfredo Garcia vs.Day Din" Ghost"

4: Avalon "Teleporter"

5: Freakulizer "Tech On"

6: Ital vs Hyperion "Fusion"

7: Flegma And Nerso "Sonic Manipulation"

8: Talamasca "Feelings"

9: Telekiness And Sixsense "Secret Service"

10: Journey And Monastic Squid "Itaca"

11: Mervit "System Error"

12: Digital Yonkis "Combination"

Bio:  

'Whirling Dervish is aka Lee Sexton, a no-nosense psy DJ based in Dundee Scotland.  Lee's been playing out his distinctive high energy sets at psychedelic events across Scotland'

http://www.facebook.com/lee.sexton

www.myspace.com/djwhirlingdervish

An exclusive guest mix this time from Onionbrain!

Onionbrain is solo project from Bruno Azalim, producer from Brazil. He began to produce electronic music in 2005, influenced by dark psychedelic and progressive trance. Onionbrain has developed an alien kind of dark progressive trance, deep and rhythmic, sometimes minimalistic. In 2008 he released his debut EP 'Onionbrain & The Aliens - Multiverse Theories', and in 2009 released a compilation by Mind Tweakers Records called 'Innerself' which gathered the attention of the world through this new emergence of hypnotic progressive trance. He Has played in some of the main festivals and parties in Brazil, like Ecologic, Earthdance, Festival Fora do Tempo, Samsara and Universo Paralello.

track listing:

.woogie boogie - clubs n' drugs

.bezoar - akira

.zinomed - old stuff

.megiddo - keep on rising

.onionbrain - count zero

.disfunction - as above so below

.demonizz - suicidal manipulation (zinomed rmx)

.megiddo - on the croc's

.bezoar vs disfunction - how is the question

.onionbrain - fear nothing

.bezoar - personality simulation

.dopped - acessing

Bookings: brunoazalim@gmail.com | +55 (27) 9810 4651

Twitter: http://twitter.com/onionbrain

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/onionbrain

This month sees Radioactive Cake (aka Robert Hundt) making his second appearance on the show with a stunning minimal psygressive mix 'Underground'.  Quirky and glitchy with bubbling psychedelic layers, this mix is a welcome contrast to the high-energy sets of late.  

These days Robert's super busy playing live sets across Europe, all the while finding time for his excellent productions under the Glitchy.tonic label.  Enjoy the set! 

#01 October Rust - It Came From Outer Space

#02 Vaeya - Morpho Rhetenator

#03 Substructure - I In Eye

#04 Vaeya - Sideways

#05 Kained & Able - Eyes And Ears

#06 Specter - Song For ...

#07 Steve J - Pure Deception

#08 Onionbrain - Green Worm

#09 Onionbrain & Bezoar - The Puppet

#10 Midimiliz - Stalker (Alics liquid disco reconstruction)

#11 Mantik - Lounge Deranger

Artists's own bio:  About Radioactive.Cake

Radioactive.Cake, real name Robert Hundt, is a Berlin based producer of intelligent psygressive trance music with a touch of wilderness, dark fx and a carrot...from outer space! He produces a more minimal and darker form of progressive psytrance. The Cake's intention is to surpass boundaries and establish a sound that is different from what is heard all too often. 

His first musical steps were taken in 1999 when discovering the software "Audiomulch" and learning about structure and composition of electronic sounds, effects and track arrangements. But the Cake's knowledge and studio equipment took a continual advancement and will continue to do so. Robert is not only producing music, he also plays livesets and mixes music as dj, and has done so for over 8 years now. 

http://www.myspace.com/radioactivecake

http://www.myspace.com/glitchytonic

As promised a set from the other half of Pangea productions, Kameleon!  Hope you enjoy this chunky funky psychedelic set :)

1. Yudhisthira - Wild Princess [Glowing Flame records]

2. Braincell - Source Force [Glowing Flame records]

3. Archaic - Circle of Stones [Wildthings records]

4. Jocid - Osaka Vibez rmx [Pixan records]

5. Yab Yum vs. Shotu - Poo Chi [Hadra records]

6. Imaginary Sight - Sound [Glowing Flame records]

7. Ajja - Chronoton [Peak records]

8. Archaric - Zeus [ Wildthings records]

9. Ajja - Romance in Ab [Syncronize records]

10. Braincell - Create Your Own Reality [Glowing Flame records]

11. Dissociative - Meteor Rain [Bom Shanka music]

12. Abnormal Project - Light Travel [Vertigo records]

Artists own bio:

I started djing in 96' playing with different forms of music and learning the basics and fundamentals of djing, but in 1999 we (Labyrinth & I) went to our first psytrance party, and it changed everything. We've been playing electronic music in various forms for almost 10 years now. Moving from hard german trance to more anthem style trance to nu skool breaks to progressive into techno and so on... all keeping it very atmospheric , hypnotic, and very universal. I still play many forms of music because each moment in life requires a different sound, but I am mostly focused on darker progressive/techno/tribal and darker melodic psytrance with bounce.From 07' to 09' ive been fortunate enough to play outside Paris (Aracdia Festival), Montreal (with Biogenisis), Melbourne Australia, New York, Northern Cali (Gemini festival), Atlanta GA, Knoxville TN, Charlotte NC, Asheville NC (Equniox Festival), and in our hometown Greenville SC at various locations playing beside some top notch producers such as, Solead, Shotu, Artifakt, Scorb, Random, D sens, Naked Tourist, Mubali, Kri, BSM, Pena, Prime Time, plus lots more. I also make up half of the duo Bioluminescense together with Labyrinth producing deep psychedelic progressive tribal beats for the soul. Also half of the duo LifeN'Limbo putting various forms of emotions from the physical realm into progressive technoish sounds and rhythms. more from both projects soon. We also have 2 radio shows on DI.fm. both are now featured on the 2nd Friday of each month. 1st the progressive show 'Sound Ascension'; airs at 2pm US eastern, our next show 'Initiation into our Tribe' on the psy/goa channel airs at 4pm US eastern, back to back! Both shows will feature some amazing guest from all over the world and especially from our label Pure Perception Records. Im very greatful for the family we have with Pangea, Labyrinth, Klaws, Draigosa and so many other amazingly talented artist we work with with our label. My life is pretty simple but amazingly fun; I am very fortunate for everything thats ever happened to me. I give thanks to the Almighty God, the Savior Jesus Christ, the Blessed Holy Spirit, and the Divine Scribe Hermes Trismegistus, and so many other rightous teachers and elders that have helped lay clues to the meaning of this journey in many forms since the beginning of man, i thank them for their inspiration and helping me to re-connect to the Supernal Conscious of the Infinite through sight and sound. 

Peace -Kameleon aka Matt Bryson 

Contact: email: Kameleon@pureperceptionrecords.org Kameleon864@hotmail.com Myspace.com/kameleonpangea Designsbymattbryson.com

Update for Twisted Kala:

Kala emailed the show recently to say she's had cyber hacking issues and her last contact email had to be closed.  She's also now back in Europe, for contact her new email is:  

karrouge@yahoo.com

This months sees the return of Dark El Kante to the show with a superb nu skool Goa trance mix.  Firmly in the future but looking respectfully back at the distant past, this mix brings back that unique melodic Goa vibe that defined the psychedelic party scene so many years ago.

Dark El Kants is native from Spain but holds residency at two psy nights in Scotland as well as playing in events across the UK and beyond.  In addition to various dates in Edinburgh, Dark El Kante will also be playing in next months Headroom in Inverness!

Playlist: 

1. ANTARES - Prophecy (PHOTOTROPIC RECORDS) 

2. FILTERIA - Eyeless Observatory (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

3. GOASIA - Space Travellers (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

4. GOASIA - Parasomnia (PHOTOTROPIC RECORDS) 

5. MERR0W - Born Underwater (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

6. FILTERIA - The Big Blue (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

7. FILTERIA - Ultimator / Ultimated rmx / (KAGDILIA RECORDS) 

8. ARTIFACT303 - Energy Waves / Positive Mix / (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

9. JIKOOHA - Bay hall magic (PANORAMA RECORDS) 

10. KA-SOL - Skreno (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

11. AEROSIS - Anasazi (PHOTOTROPIC RECORDS) 

12. GOASIA - Love and Piece (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

13. FILTERIA - Wormhole (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

14. RA - Gateway Eight (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

15. ASTREVETA - Graviton (PHOTOTROPIC RECORDS) 

16. PANDEMONIUM - Flying Cookie (PHOTOTROPIC RECORDS) 

17. MERR0W - Poseidon Lullaby (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

18. ARMAGEDDANCE - Temple of Maya (PHOTOTROPIC RECORDS) 

19. AFGIN - Journey through acid (SUNTRIP RECORDS) 

Artist Bio:

Dark el kante is a game of words that means "to go off key or to act of discordant way" and is the dj name of Jorge Bazán, based in Scotland but native from Spain. It was at the end of the 90's when he discovered psy-trance as music and as a way of life, loving nature, traveling and attending various festivals around the world like in Morocco, Bolivia, Italy , Hungary...or playing in diferent events around the UK, Brazil, Spain, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Germany,Latvia, Ireland and Austria or doing on-line dj sets in different internet radio stations like ://www.radioszkocja.pl/ (Poland) and www.radiondadurto.org/ (Italy) . Over the past 4 years he is an active participant in the psy scene of Scotland where he currently has residence, being events promoter and DJing at different clubs of Edinburgh as Studio 24, Ego club, The Caves and The Bongo club where he normally organise 2 monthly nights with the Random crew(www.myspace.com/psyrandom) and other with Timelord and Planet Monkey called Cosmic (myspace.com/cosmic_psy), trying to promote the underground scene in the UK and escape of the more commercial sounds. Also has participated in some free parties and raves over the UK, cooperating with different sound systems. His style as psychedelic dj sounds ranging from night twisted full-on psy and forest music to other styles as suomi trance. 

http://www.myspace.com/darkelkante 

http://www.myspace.com/adamarecords 

Another dark and twisted guest mix this month from French born psychedelic DJ 'Twisted Kala'.  Kala is currently based in Goa India and plays in psychedelic parties across the Indian subcontinent, as well as in her native country of France.

Kala headlined at the pinnacle of the Goa party season this year, playing Shiva Valley on new years eve and blew away pretty much everyone in attendence, myself included :)  The old Goa spirit was definately awakened that night!

Please enjoy her guest mix, produced exclusively for the show:

Track list:

1-MENTAL ABSTRACTION and THE SPACEBAR 'the vise'.

2-SYNTAX ERROR 'the grapes of wrath'.

3-INNERSOUND 'jetlag'.

4-FLIPKNOT 'tritone'.

5-BRAIN WAVES 'sprectal paranoia'.

6-KINDZADZA 'sinim bomber'.

7-PARANOIZE 'in the lab'.

8-TWISTED KALA 'new generation'.

9-CLAW 'fantaze'.

10-STRANGERS 'storm troopers'.

11-PSYSHARK vs SILENT HORROR 'stares'.

12-JELLY vs ORESTIS 'el nino'.

13- SILENT HORROR 'distorted'.

14-ZIK 'qe pedo qe maniaco'.

15-POLYPHONIA 'distorted reality'.

Artist's own bio:  

'TWISTED KALA is karine petiau, born in france, live today in goa, india. Teneegers already she started to be addict of music and dancefloor.....She started to listen psycho and punk sounds, did some spiral tribes parties experiences..... She learned 10 years piano and classical theory at conservatory of Montpellier in France. She loves feel the waves sounds into her body..... Dancing, listening music....is active meditation...there you find awareness of your connexion with the univers, expande mind with better feeling and understanding of cosmic energy....cosmic flow..... Be a circle, which has no centre, but a circumference, without any limits!!!!! Then after some strongs experiences on transe music she decides to start her own composition....she worked 1 year on frutty loops, 4 years on cubase. Today she is dijing in India and in France.....Starts to play in her set some of hers own tracks........ She has a deep twisted night style..... For booking contact: pixiesvibes@hotmail.com'   

http://www.myspace.com/kalatwisted

This weeks show is a superb dark atmospheric set from Labyrinth, one part of the psychedelic collective known as Pangea Productions. Labyrinth formed Pagnea with co-founder Kameleon in 2000. As well as producing music ranging from psychedelic to techno and tech house, Pagnea have played out at events across North America and Europe. In 2007 they formed their own label Pure Perception Records.

Watch out for a future set from Kameleon :)

Track listing:

dark melodic psy trance
Touch Samadhi Equinox Festival - 2009
01. Aes Dana - Signs
02. Atriohm - Close to Nowhere
03. Hoodwink - Digital Rip
04. Ajja - Lingus Khan
05. Atriohm - Hybrid Synthesis
06. Becoming.Intense - Near Extinction
07. Scorb - Tundra
08. Dissociactive - Meteor Rain
09. Tranzlation - Shaman's Cry
10. Norwindia - Raggsokk
11. Overdream - Extraterrestrial Travellers
12. Aes Dana - Signs

Labyrinth's bio:

"Greetings, My name is Elliott Vaughn, dj/producer/bassist representing Pangea Productions / Pure Perception Records, The Malah. I have been a musician most of my life playing the piano and bass guitar at a young age. In the summer of 1999 I was blown away by my first outdoor psy trance experience in the appalachian mountains. Ever since, I have been djing and producing psychedelic, progressive, tribal, and minimal sounds. Giving much passion and energy into each mix, telling a story and using the power of music to lift the mind, body, and spirit. I feel very blessed to have the oportunity to create and perfrom music that I love. Through music and art we can lift each other up and help each other realise that we are all connected and live in harmony with God, our Father, the Great Spirit, the Universal Consciousness. Along with Kameleon, we formed the collective Pangea Productions in 2000, and our record label Pure Perception Records in 2007. We have been blessed to work with some of our favorite producers from around the world releasing various froms of underground dance music. We also create tribal psy progressive under the name 'Bioluminescense', And bouncy techno/tech house under the name 'Life N Limbo'. We have had the opportunity to play at many events across North America in Atlanta, Montreal, NYC, California, Asheville as well as playing the Arcadia Festival 2008 in France. We have also held a residency on internet radio site DI.fm for the progressive channel and the psy/goa channel. Be on the look out for future mixes, releases, and events. "A Labyrinth has only one path, which leads the seeker to the center and back out again." peace, light, praise, love .."

http://www.pangeaproductions.org/

This month's bonus set is from Whirling Dervish (aka Lee Sexton). Lee is based in Dundee, Scotland and had been playing out his own style of bouncy energetic psytrance for many years in Scottish clubs and via the internet with Newtech Pirates.

Hope you enjoy this set which Lee performed live for December's Headroom in Inverness.

Whirling Dervish details:

http://www.facebook.com/lee.sexton

http://www.myspace.com/djwhirlingdervish

Ushering in a spirit of positivity and meditation for the approaching new year, Back To Goa presents a brand new mix of chilled ambient breaks mixed by Aurora :)

May the new year bring you peace, happiness and enlightenment.....

Another bonus set this time from Scotland's Cryolab (aka Bradley Richards). Cryolab is an up and coming DJ/producer residing in east lothian. His production and mixing take in influences from hardstyle, techno and psytrance. Enjoy his mix :)

About Cryolab
This is my new project called Cryolab,its the brain child of all the musical ideas i have had over the pass few years and its proving to be one of my more intresting projects thus far. Basicly I was intreduced to electronic music at a young age and was inspired to go foth and create to speak. I draw a lot of my insparation from from sci-fi and horror movies, my music is mainly influnced but feeling and mood so I try put as much in to it as i can. I'm not trying to stick to any particular genre or sub-genre of music so it is what it is basicly just raw electronic music.

www.myspace.com/cryolab  

1)Menog-Kinho's Hallucination

2)Rubix Qube-Enter The Dojo

3)Basic-Sync

4)Puzzle vs.Mad Maxx-Save The World

5)Menog-Emotions

6)Mahmundra-Plastico

7)Infected Mushroom-Dracul

8)Vibe Tribe- Spun

An exclusive bonus set this month from one half of the duo known as MINIMAL CRIMINAL! Currently based in Malta, Valerio Zhyin presents a killer mix of druggy prog and dark & twisted psy.

Full track listings:

1. Cause & Effect-stoflk stiflk
2. Minimal Criminal- crimson executioner
3. Onionbrain vs Zartrox- read and loaded
4. Grouch- pyramid schemev 5. Dopped- mundo estranho
6. Opsy- commit charge(Minimal Criminal remix)
7. Minimal Criminal- red mongolian deathworm
8. Hedonix- sixth circuit semantics
9. Product Placement- the distortionist
10. Moses- trukket i lyden(Cujorius One remix)

Minimal Criminal artist's Bio:

Since 2007, Zhyin has been working on the material for the Minimal Criminal debut album,which will be called "Minimus Maleficarum". Sometime in 2009 this CD will be released by Cosmic Conspiracy records (New Zealand).

Minimal Criminal make tracks in a variety of styles, borrowing elements from minimal techno/house, progressive trance and electro and incorporating them into the base Minimal Criminal sound. Most tracks have a dark vibe while some tracks display more light, though always deep and hypnotic. The bpms of the tunes also vary, ranging from 125 to 140.

The Minimal Criminal story goes back to the year 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, when Zhyin and Echoes decided to create a project inspired by their favorite artists at the time such as Sensient, Krumelur, Cujorius One, etc. Their first release was in 2005 with the track, "Reefer and Barbeque" on the "Intelligent Manipulation" compilation CD from Zenon records(Australia), which was a collaboration with Swedish sonic weirdo act, Krumelur. Since then,they've had tracks released by labels such as Cosmic Conspiracy records, Halu Beats (Hungary), and Pure Perception records (U.S.A).

2009 will be a good year for Minimal Criminal for several reasons. Firstly, since the two members can operate the project simultaneously in two parts of the world, the Minimal Criminal sound can spread farther.

Secondly, because more and more labels are interested in releasing their tunes, therefore there should be a good handful of releases that year. Eventhough Minimal Criminal has a more underground appeal due to their unconventional sound, there is more demand now more than ever for minimal and dark progressive music. Minimal styles from techno to trance are very popular now and Minimal Criminal fully embraces those sounds.

Contact Details:

www.minimal-criminal.com

Another month another great bonus set contributor on Back To Goa.  This time we present a special live set from Trance Conspiracy in Germany by DJ/producer 'aodioiboa'.

A resident of Leipzig, aodioiboa has been producing and DJ'ing for several years in the psychedelic trance scene, playing at parties across Europe and in places as far flung as the Acores islands.  As a producer he has a wide focus, producing everything from druggy ambient dub to full-on 150 bpm psychedelic stormers.  His track 'Moonpierz' became an instant hit in 2007 appearing in the excellent Motion Sensor compilation from Sonic Motion.  Other notable releases were 'Jarring' and a remix of anne clarks  'closed circuit' on the mushroom compilation.

Since then aodioiboa has ramped up his production output considerably and will soon be releasing a brand new album showcasing his most recent works. 

aodioiboa contact details:

www.aodioiboa.de
http://www.myspace.com/aodioiboa

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If you have a killer psychedelic mix you'd like aired on the show please get in touch with Aurora on backtogoa.contact@googlemail.com.

For more news on the show and details of upcoming shows check out: www.northsoundscape.com

peace, Aurora

Time for a change of pace!

Over the last few months Back To Goa has showcased some fantastic minimal and progressive artists with great bonus sets from New Age Hippies and Radioactive Cake. This month Back To Goa's AURORA would like to rebalance proceedings with an explosive full power dark psy mix!

**Zen Detonator 2**

Track Listings

1. Doing Wrong - Safi Connection
2. Fear of Spirals - Scorb and Deviant Species
3. Downturn - Penta
4. Morning Storm - Dragon
5. Chapora - Dark Elf
6. End of Machine Age - Far East Ghost
7. Life Extension - Enichkin
8. Ice Wind - Savage Scream
9. Hunted Heretic - Orestis
10. Spiritual War - Polyphonia
11. Sound Impact - Polyphonia
12. Hard Task - Becoming Intense and Pharmacore
13. Cruical Night - Fatal Discord

mixed by Dj Aurora (Scotland) 11/10/2009

peace and positive vibes

Back To Goa presents another bonus set from a great DJ/producer, Radioactive Cake. This set is a real dark and twisted treat, traversing everything from minmal glitchy psy to dark hypnotic prog. Enjoy!

Artist's own bio:

Radioactive.Cake, real name Robert Hundt, is a Berlin based producer of intelligent psygressive trance music with a touch of wilderness, dark fx and a carrot...from outer space! He produces a more minimal and darker form of progressive psytrance.

The Cake's intention is to surpass boundaries and establish a sound that is different from what is heard all too often.

His first musical steps were taken in 1999 when discovering the software "Audiomulch" and learning about structure and composition of electronic sounds, effects and track arrangements. But the Cake's knowledge and studio equipment took a continual advancement and will continue to do so. Robert is not only producing music, he also plays livesets and mixes music as dj, and has done so for over 8 years now.

Radioactive.Cake
"Boogie Beats UK"
"Funtazula Net UK/Israel"
"Prog On Syndicate Berlin"
wwww.myspace.com/radioactivecake"

Track Listing:

#1 "Merkaba - Thirteenth Step"
#2 "Sensient - Chambers"
#3 "One Tasty Morsel - Holdit"
#4 "Minimal Criminal & Krumelur - Reefer and Barbecue"
#5 "Shadow FX - Dr. Elephant"
#6 "Phat Kontrollerz - C1"
#7 "Tetrameth - Psychological Pyrotechnics"
#8 "Autonomech - Forest"
#9 "Hypogeo - Global Noose"
#10 "Tristan Boyle - Into My Spiral Arms"

IF you're a DJ/producer/promoter with a passion for the psytrance scene and have a killer mix please contact AURORA at backtogoa.contact@googlemail or leave a message at Back To Goa's portal www.northsoundscape.com

peace, Aurora

Back To Goa podcast presents another Bonus Set, this time from Marco Koeller and Michael Schalo who are better known as the NEW AGE HIPPIES. Special thanks to Marco for granting Back To Goa the privilege of hosting this great progressive mix!

Artist Bio:

The Project "New Age Hippies" was founded in 2001 by Marco Koeller and Michael Schalo. New Age Hippies stands for Psychedelic and Progressive Trance without meeting any given category to close. After the Debut-Release "Sunshine & Rock'n'Roll" was released on NovaTekk (D), there have been several Follow-Ups on international Samplers followed by international Live-Gigs. In 2005, Michael decided to leave the Project for Family care. In 2006, the 2nd Album by New Age Hippies was released, as well as the first Album of the B-Side-Project "Smooth". After lots of Live-Gigs and DJ-Sets, in 2008, the 2nd Album by Smooth was released with great success on Vertikal Records.

http://www.myspace.com/newagehippiespsytrance

New label news:

"Hi Aurora,

end of the month we'll start our netlabel cyan, here's the url for that :

http://www.cyan-music.com

keep on that real nice work !!!

best wishes from cologne, germany
marco and jana"

Track Listing:

01 Intro (NAH Time Vaporizer)
02 Vibrasphere - Time Shifter
03 Jerome Isma Ae - Phantom (Instrumental Mix)
04 Olav Schueller - Track 7
05 Ryan Halifax - Clementine
06 Olav Schueller - Track 2
07 Infusion - Love and Imitation
08 Peter Gun - Shit and Sound
09 Thomas Penton - Sinners Kitchen (Original Mix)
10 Groove Foundation - That Feeling
11 Thomas Penton - El Ritmo (Original Mix)
12 Adam K and Soha - Twillight
13 Smooth - The Closure Effect
14 Bart van Wissen - Contraband
15 Emok vs Ndsa - Harbour Candy
16 D-Nox and Beckers - One Shot
17 Forza - Rollover
18 Audio Junkies - Something 4 your Mind
19 Ned Shepard - A fine Balance (Jerome Isma Ae Remix)
20 New Age Hippies - Vectron (Original Mix)
21 Smooth - Summer Beat
22 Smooth - Screaming Stars

Mixed by M.Kˆller / M.Fricke (14-11-2008)

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If you have a killer psychedelic mix for Back To Goa's bonus slots please contact myself, Aurora, on myspace or email the show directly:

www.northsoundscape.com (redirects to myspace portal)

backtogoa.contact@googlemail.com

peace,

AURORA (Scotland)

Welcome to another episode of Back To Goa!

This month sees a slight change to format with a much more techy minimal/prog psy set. If you enjoy this style of build up set please leave us some feedback. If not don't worry, normal format will resume next month :)

Here's the track listing (as usual please support these great artists by buying their records):

Circade - Vibrasphere remix - Antix
Ice Crystals - Original mix - Moses
Prepare - New Age Hippies
Exit Night - Bug Party
Bitch - RPO remix
Pina Colada - Original mix - Stratil
Leapy Loops - Sensient
Gluffsing the Pop - Procs
Inhuman - Sensient
Zoltan - Solistic
Shli Online - SHLI

Many thanks for listening, peace

AURORA

www.northsoundscape.com

email: backtogoa.contact@googlemail.com

We're back! Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy summer so far! To make up for it this month we have an extended 1 hour 20 min mix taking in some great new releases from progressive, full-on and dark psy labels. Enjoy:

Back To Goa 06 track listing:

Green Worm - Onionbrain
Redundance - Megiddo/Onionbrain
Reasons - Plasma Corp
Invaginati - Hypogeo
Pleasure Addicted - Psychonaut
Stepladder - Magus (Sensient remix)
Disintegrating Serapis - Abyss Ozze
Noise Complaint - Penta
Event Horizon - Pandora's Box/Will-o-wisp
I feel - Horror Place
Primordial Darkness - Khaos Sektor
Saganaki - Dark Elf vs Sator Arepo

if you're a DJ or run a night and would like some promotion please send us your bonus sets (between 40 and 120 mins please) for inclusion in the bonus slots.

email to: backtogoa.contact@googlemail.com

many thanks for listening, see you next time and keep your feedback coming:)

peace, Dj Aurora (S Mackintosh), Scotland

Back to Goa podcast presents another bonus set this time from Spanish born DJ, Dark el kante. Dark el kante is currently DJing and promoting events across europe, and has established two monthly psy nights in Scotland's capital, Edinburgh.

Artist bio:

"My dj name is Dark el kante and my real name Jorge Bazan, a Spanish based in Scotland party promoter and dj, the name of the crew I represent is Random with who I use to organize 2 monthly events in clubs of Edinburgh and outdoor parties around the United Kingdom with different sound systems.

I’m a dj from over 9 years now and I can do dj sets of relaxing chill out music, full-on night twisted psychedelic-trance (dark) for the night time or suomi trance music for crazy and happy mornings. I’ve been played in countries like Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Spain and around the United Kingdom with gigs already for 2009 in Ireland, Austria, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine…, and I’m an active member of two internet radio stations:http://www.radioszkocja.pl/ (Poland) and www.radiondadurto.org/ (Italy)

I love psy-trance and music in all their varieties and I just want to find places to play in the next year. I only ask for the travel expenses so I do dj set forFREE. Would be great to contact with some label or crew interested in new djs.

Contact info:
E-mail: random-psy@hotmail.com

For personal information on me as a Dj, I can advise you to check the next websites: www.myspace.com/darkelkante
www.goatrance.de/goabase/member/profile/vWkzsL4Wr0
www.mixupload.com/dark_el_kante-56924.html

www.myspace.com/psyrandom"

The first full show of the new year, Back To Goa 05 presents another continuous mix with brand new tracks for 09 from some of the best progressive and full-on artists in the psytrance scene. Enjoy the journey.

Full listing for episode 5:

Morning Blues - Perfect Stranger
Sao Paulo - Ace Ventura
Offworld - Sensient
Hman Bass - Domestic
Speaker Bite Me - The Curious One
Nosferatu - Navajo
Isnt it - Desperado
Wabisabi is Hardcore - Fullmoon Project
Atom Bomb - Space Tribe and Laughing Bhudda
Iboga - The Nommos
Inside - Jupiter 8000

peace

Dj Mackintosh

a continuous chill mix to bring in a positive vibe for the new year! peace, Aurora

Back To Goa 04 - Full-on xmas special

This month we bring you an uninterrupted full power mix with a Japanese flavour. Featuring tracks from two of Japan's best psy artsits, Savage Scream and Noise Gust.

Full track listing:

Message To Japan (intro edit) - Vous Deux
Access Denied - Claw vs Paranioze (Aka Wicca)
The Pupil - Savage Scream
A Little Night Music - Distorted Goblin
Hologram - Haunted Castle
Mystery School - Digitalx
X - Dark Elf
Night in Allo Prado - Gorump Peyya
Brain Hack - Acid Goblins
Unreal Reality - Noise Gust
X Mash Hard - Savage Scream
Another Way - Zolarium Remix

Please send you own sets for inclusion in the bonus slots of the show to:

backtogoa.contact@googlemail.com.

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This month we bring you some superb new releases (both progressive and full-on) and a new interruption free format for the show.

Keep sending your feedback and DJ mixes...we'll be putting up some more bonus sets very soon.

Back To Goa 03 track listing:

1. Night Sight - Egorhythmia
2. Shut Up - Symphonix
3. Humlehaven - Genetic Spin
4. Street Pilot - Human Blue
5. Universe Inside - Safi Connection
6. Methedrine Wave - Para Halu
7. Kong - Psywalker
8. Samaya - Horror Place
9. We Are All Aliens - Ajja

New bonus set by DJ Hex from Norway. She's put together a fantastic progressive psy mix. We hope you enjoy!

Playlist:

Buttersonic - Ear Peaks (Mute Remix)
Digital Drop - Freeps & Creeps
Phaxe - The World is Changed
NOK - In Heaven with You (Day.Din Remix)
Keenan & Dale Anderson - Drift Away (Martin Remix)
Audiomatic - Combinations
The Egg - Angel of my Soul (Allaby Remix)
Protonica - Upstream (Sonic Species Remix)
Burn in Noise - Herbman
Symphonix - Rhythm in motion
Symphonix - Rhythm in motion (Liquid Soul Remix)

If you have a nice mix you'd like included in the Bonus slots please send us link to your mix (email address can be found on the mp3 file tags of each show).

Episode 2 of Back To Goa showcases some great new and re-released minimal tracks before moving into more full-on dark psy trance. Produced by North Soundscape Recordings (aka DJ Mackintosh)

This months track list:

Inside Out - B-Tone/Echotech
Damnbuka Derby - Mekano
Stagediver - Genetic Spin
Witne Bolte - Morganixx
Messia - Side Effect/Neo Logic
Rakija - Atriohm
The Path - Para Halu
Death is No Escape - Psychoz
Hallucinations of Death - Psyshark
Feeling of Power - Jelly Headz/Orestis

if you're a DJ with some nice mixes (psy, progressive or chill) please send then in and we'll review them for inclusion in the weekly Bonus Mix slots.

finally a new ambient/chill mix following from open spaces last year. this one's been a long time in the making so i hope you enjoy the journey.  peace.

]The latest and best releases from the psy and goa trance scene. This first episode brings together some brand new dark and psychedelic tracks as well as some older re-released classics. Presented by Aurora (North Soundscape recordings)