EDIT: wow you rock!! woke up to a huge list lol thanks everyone I ll give everything a try
I need some more psy-trance, like old Infected Mushroom (“None of this is real”, “Albibeno”, “Red Filter!”, “Dracul”, “Astrix on Mushrooms”; not a big fan of their new stuff), because I keep listening to the same songs in a loop, as nothing comes close. I tried Astrix as they often do feat with IM, couple of good songs, but not as elaborate.
Some lesser-known, not necessarily quite IM, but still interesting and fun recommendations in no particular order:
- The Floozies
- Sofi Tukker
- she
- Conte
- f(x)
- Cazzette
- Opiuo
- Gramatik
- Shawn Wasabi
- Wave Racer
- Savant
- Haywyre
Edit: noticed you mentioned Astrix - I recommend He.art from them if you’ve not listened to the whole thing.
I love Infected Mushroom, and like you, I haven’t been thrilled with their recent releases, and I really don’t have any similar suggestions, but…
Missio recently dropped a new album, and are worth getting to know if you don’t know them.
I also listen to a looooooot of Jack White. Just pick anything. Literally anything.
back when i had reliable income and was able to partake in some edibles, I thoroughly got hooked on this one youtube channel called “the Funkyverse”. The guy remixes old sci-fi movie and science film audio into some chunky down-tempo trance, and it is just pure vibe indulgence.
Another good one is The Psychedelic Muse. These guys are more of a compendium channel and feature other artists in the space, so it’s a bit hit or miss I find. Still lots of good stuff to be had if you don’t mind a bit of digging in the channel archive.
Check out Koxbox - Forever After. Bit different but my all-time favourite psytrance album easily.
Are you new to psytrance?
Been listening to infected mushroom for a decade, but only them
I’ve never been all in on psytrance but definitely into some of the older IM stuff.
Here are some artists/albums that I liked. They could be considered psytrance or have at least made songs in that direction, hope you enjoy.
Atmos - Headcleaner Koxbox - Dragon Tales Koxbox - Forever after Eat Static - Science of the Gods (more psytrancey), Crash and Burn (more eclectic) Juno Reactor - Beyond the infinite (more psytrancey), Shango (more eclectic) Shpongle - Tales of the inexpressible, Museum of Consciousness Texas F*ggott - Petoman’s Peflett Beatport 1 & 2 (compilations)
Try my friend’s DJ set, he’s an old-school fan
DJ EsotErik ~ Pandora’s Box 2024 by EsotErik https://on.soundcloud.com/JV6DxQ4tE49p0Gl2o4
Lately, I like Graviity, Mandragora, Dark Whisper, Highlight Tribe, 4i20, Fungus Funk, Oxidaksi
We have very different music tastes unfortunately. However, I will try to be some help.
Have you heard our lord and god… Rush?
Especially their older albums such as; 2112, Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres. They are solidly Progressive Rock and not Trance.
After Hemispheres comes “Moving Pictures” which is probably their seminal album as it marks a departure from the format of the previous albums. They become a bit more conventional in the structure of their albums after that period.
I have to admit, I am someone that gets stuck listening to the same songs over and over as well. My music server is well north of a terabyte in music and I find myself listening to the same thing over and over again. I wonder if I’m wearing a hole in the hard drives sometimes.
So I can empathize with you.
Perhaps, I’ll give the artists you mention a real listen and try to expand my horizons. Sometimes it just takes a single song that is pretty awesome to make that happen.
Rush is so, so good. Always a good recommendation imo.
I don’t have many psy-trance recommendations, but I do have a few that are sorta related/similar that you may like:
-Griz
-LSDREAM
-Of the Trees
These are EDM producers, but they’ve got that kinda psychedelic sound.
Try out some good old Ace Ventura and Liquid Soul.
When I’m in the mood for psytrance, I usually just tune in to one of the streaming Internet radio stations for a fix. There are many ways to do this, but I’m digging the new android app Deutsia Radio (no idea about the name), which is on F-Droid. I just did a search, and 42 results came up - although I know there are some duplicates, there’s enough there for a decent variety.
I heard this song randomly in a podcast I listen (midnight burger). It’s a good song.
I don’t know if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but give the Confused bi-Product of a Misinformed Culture channel a perusal. He does a few different genres of mixes, including what I would consider psy-trance, although it might require a little digging through the archives to find your precise jam.
Shpongle, Bruce Haack, Chase & status
Don’t know much psy-trance but what about this: https://romaremusic.bandcamp.com/track/breathe
Dis ist die schiesse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qE2UoqtPLo
Most of their other songs are in German tho.
This is some Brooklyn shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-U3MQbCWU0&list=RD4-U3MQbCWU0&start_radio=1
Then you’ve got standard Nordic techno similar to Venga boys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bYEtcwDhU8&list=RD6bYEtcwDhU8&start_radio=1
If you guys like trance-y electronica give the album Trance by Chis & Cosey a listen. It was incredibly far ahead of its time when released in 1982. Chris & Cosey were half of the highly influential industrial punk performance act, Throbbing Gristle. (My favorite album by the latter being 20 Jazz Funk Greats, which doesn’t have twenty tracks, nor is it even remotely jazz-funk related. Lol)
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbcCrNZ_LonDuFmgWtseY9pvunYh6VotE
