Psychedelic History
Psychedelic Music
Goa Trance
08/01/2011 22:59
Goa trance is form of electronic music and is a style of trance music which originated in the Indian region of Goa. The music has its roots in the popularity of the Goa region in the late 1960's and early 1970's as a hippie mecca, although the actual Goa trance style would not appear until much...
Progressive/Minimal psychedelic trance
08/01/2011 22:56
With a slower BPM range around 125 to 140, progressive psychedelic trance has a cleaner, crisper sound than other subgenres and is better known for well-constructed percussion underlying a complicated series or evolution of musically rooted melodies. At times uplifting, progressive psy has made a...
Suomisaundi or freeform psytrance
08/01/2011 22:56
This is the "freeform" variation of psytrance where the artist has almost no limits but still bear a specific "Finnish" style (which is also produced in other countries but the originating Suomi designation is in wide use).
Full on
08/01/2011 22:55
Full on is a form of psychedelic trance that originated in Israel during the late 1990s. The expression “full on” is taken from the first out of a seven compilation albums series[citation needed] and the first album ever to be released under Hom-mega Productions in 1998, titled Full On....
Dark
08/01/2011 22:55
Dark psytrance (killer psytrance, dark psy, forest trance, fullon darkpsy) is a darker and faster form of psychedelic trance music, with tempo ranges generally from 145 to 180 BPM but can push 500 bpm. Originating in Denmark, Russia and Germany, the style has recently expanded worldwide. Full on...
Psybreaks
08/01/2011 22:54
Psybreaks or psychedelic breakbeat is a form of psychedelic trance originating in the late 90s, splicing breakbeat basslines and rhythms into otherwise heavily psytrance-influenced tracks. Style typical Tracks: Drone - Pulsar, Morphonix - Island Sanctuary, and Planewalker - Spellbound.
The...
DARKPSY
08/01/2011 22:49
Dark psytrance (also killer psytrance, dark psy, horror trance, horror psy, psycore, or black trance) is a darker, faster and more distorted form of psychedelic trance music, with tempo ranges usually from 145 to 180 BPM, but can get up to over 500 BPM.[2][3] Originating in Russia and Germany, the...
Psychedelic
08/01/2011 22:38
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...