As one of the earliest trance artists and organisers in Goa, Goa Gil is the go-to guy in understanding the State’s weakening relationship with trance music. As one of the earliest trance artists and ...

Goa Gil takes centre stage. The sixty-year-old man sets up the altar, sprinkles holy water and chants the mantras, as he has done for the last so many decades. He offers the music and the ‘party’ to ...

The artist was known for working on the creation of psytrance, with DJ sets that would last over 24 hours DJ and psytrance pioneer Goa Gil has died aged 72 years old, after a battle with cancer. The ...

Grand daddy of Psytrance in India, Goa Gil reminisces about the early days and why he isn't a fan of today's gigs Last weekend witnessed some serious stomping at an Andheri five-star, when the city's ...

Characterised by 4/4 kicks with a thickly saturated low-end, florid, arpeggiated synth melodies, equally busy drum patterns and wacky samples from sci-fi films on arcane subjects such as spirituality, ...

Weeks ahead of one of Goa’s largest EDM festivals, Siolim MLA and former minister Vinod Paliencar alleged that trance music was played by demons during the Hindu mythological war Samudra Manthan ...

Curlies at Anjuna is one of the famous beach shacks in Goa. It is known for its ambiance and delicacies. It hosts some of the best parties in Goa! Trance parties and electro-beach parties hosted here ...

Goa noun a union territory of India. Trance noun a type of electronic dance music with a hypnotic beat Named after the Indian coastal province which is a former Portuguese colony and famed since the ...

DVD with unseen footage, interviews and music from different festivals - created by Psynema (El Geko / BuzzT). A travel through the history of psytrance. DVD production: Psynema Was sold with the book ...

Ever wonder how your favourite genre got its name? The history of dance music is full of stories of how genres came to be – house, techno, dubstep, you name it – and in all of those stories is a ...

As the GoAir flight from Mumbai starts its descent towards Goa's Dabolim Airport, located in scenic Vasco, I'm overcome by an almost overwhelming feeling of nostalgia. This is not my native state, I ...