Goa trance music was meant for the long and immersive club nights of the early 90s on the shores of the Indian Ocean, for a circle of British party-goers and American hippies. Despite the name, the genre has nothing to do with Indian music—most of the tracks were recorded in Europe. The conventional Goa trance is a multi-layered mixture of arpeggiator parts and acid sequences in the unescapable Phrygian minor scale, accompanied by an even bass drum, an unchanging bassline, extracts from science fiction films, and frequent references to scientific, occult, and religious themes. Here is an example—a 100% Goa trance mix ↓
