Psy-Trance Music and Artists

Psychedelic trance or psytrance is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and mesmerizing melodies. It first broke out into the mainstream in 1995 as the UK music press began to report on the exploding trend of Goa trance. Since then the genre has diversified immensely and now offers considerable variety in terms of mood, tempo, and style. Some examples include melodic full on, dark ("darkpsy"), progressive, suomi, psybreaks (generally quite rare), and psybient or psychedelic downtempo.

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First off a great way to find new artists is to head over to www.di.fm and browse their playlist forums. They list all the songs in a particular session there.

The comments section is a great place to post about artists you know and would like to recommend to others. It's also starting to be a great place to find artists to look up.

I'm only one guy, so any help finding new and exciting artists and songs is a great help. :)

Morlack mixes sessions by the name of Frequency Patterns. You can check him out at www.di.fm usually in either the harddance or goa-psy trance channel. I'm not sure of the times sadly as I cannot find his name on the calender or DJ list. Just search around for his sessions called "Frequency Patterns". He usually mixes those.Morlack's profile at Last.fm.

Fatali has a bunch of awesome songs. I've got one posted in the youtube section below. There are a few more of his songs on youtube so dig them up if you like how his stuff sounds. Fatali has a CD available at www.beatport.com

Yahel His psy-trance songs are some of my favorites. Check out the song 'inta omri' in the youtube section below.

Talamasca. Check out youtube for some of his stuff. I found four of their songs at djtunes.com. Just do a search for Talamasca. The songs I liked the most were "Life Stream" and "Breaking the Matrix (Talamasca mix)".

Cyber Cartel. They have some very spacey trance like songs that I highly enjoy. It creates this atmosphere and feeling of far out worlds; like exploring mysterious and exciting places. Imagine flying through space at the speed of light! I've added some of their songs to the youtube video list below. I very much recommend checking them out.

Goasia This artist creates some very strong and emotionally charged songs . I've posted a couple of their songs in the youtube section below this. They've got a great sound.

Man With No Name I've only heard a few songs from this artist so far and really love them. There is a transcendent feeling that develops when listening to these songs. As can be determined from the titles of the tracks I've listened to thus far I'd say there is a inner personal depth that is inherent in the sounds.

Sesto Sento They make a lot of rhythmic fast songs with great energy and sounds. They flow really well and I really like their style.

Ananda Shake Another great artist with rhythm and style. They have an energy that I don't often find. The songs I've heard from this artist, at least to me, is the kind of stuff that makes me want to just go all out.

Atma I've been listening to this artist a lot lately. I really like their far out spacey sounds and darker sense about the music. I've added a couple of their songs in the Youtube section below.

Granddaddy DJ, also known as 3.14, mixes some great sets! I discovered him through di.fm just like Morlack.

Stella Nutella. I will point you to a song of hers, the one that introduced me to her, called Different Colour. It is on a CD compilation called Waldfreakquenz. You can get that at www.psyshop.com. I also found it on YouTube recently and added it in the section below.

DJ Shroom. Sadly I cannot find his mixes recorded anywhere so far. It was a great mix of industrial, dark, energetic, organic sounds all mixed together. I'm going to keep an eye out for his mixes from now on.

Mr. Peculiar. His cd Mind Dala is a great cd with some superb psy trance on it. It has a very dark melodic tone to it and all the songs are great. You can check it out at Amazon using the links below or you can check it out here at psyshop.com.

Cosma is an artist I discovered through a tribute set done by DJ Eyal Yankovich. Sadly I learned that Cosma has since passed away. He has created some very powerful songs which are very melodic and moving. I reccomend looking them up at www.beatport.com, or any other place you can find his stuff.

Systemic There are some great songs from this artist on Youtube.

Apocalypse Not much to say about this artist except that I love their work, what little I've heard so far.