Psychedelic trance is a form of
trance music. Trance has a fast beat, in the range 125 to 150 beats per minute (bpm), compared to
ambient trance[?] music and other forms like house and techno. It has a strong bass sound that beats continuously without change and is overlaid by many other rhythms, often made with the famous
Roland TB-303. This type of trance is popular in the
UK, but is a truly global phenomenon, and interestingly there is an underrepresentation of American artists, although Israeli artists are well represented. Recently, (
2002) many
Japanese artists have started to take in this
genre from the influence of UK
DJs.
The club and dance scenes world wide have been using psychedelic trance in performances along with Goa trance, ambient trance, progressive trance[?], and minimalist trance. The mixture of Goa and psychedelic trance music is the popular kind of trance performance to many trance listeners. Psychedelic trance can be considered an offshoot of Goa trance.
Popular artists that make psychedelic trance include
Astral Projection[?], Space Tribe[?],
Infected Mushroom[?], Atmos[?], Total Eclipse[?], Cosmosis[?] and Simon Posford.
Psychedelic trance is ofter referred to as psy trance and is often played at outdoor festivals. People at these festivals sometimes consume psychedelic drugs like LSD ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms[?]. The festivals often take place over a few days with 24-hour music.
- TIP World(UK)
- Blue Room (UK)
- Matsuri Productions (Japan)
- Koyote Records (UK)
- Transient (UK)
- POF (France)
- Green Ant (Australia)
- Tunnel Records (Germany)
- Flying Rhino (UK)
- Dragonfly Records (UK)
- Twisted Records (UK)
- Boom Records (Netherlands)
- Krembo (Israel)