Psychedelic trance

Psychedelic trance
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1990s,[1] Goa, India[3]
Derivative formsPsybient
Subgenres
Fusion genres
  • Psybreaks
  • hard psy
  • psycore
  • psydub
  • psy tech trance

Psychedelic trance, psytrance, or psy is a subgenre of trance music characterized by arrangements of rhythms and layered melodies created by high tempo riffs.[2][4] The genre offers variety in terms of mood, tempo, and style. Some examples include full on, darkpsy, forest, minimal (Zenonesque), hitech psy, progressive, suomi, psy-chill, psycore (fusion of psychedelic trance and hardcore), psybient (fusion of psychedelic trance and ambient), psybreaks, or "adapted" tracks from other music genres. Goa trance preceded psytrance; when digital media became more commonly used psytrance evolved. Goa continues to develop alongside the other genres.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Ishkur (2005). "Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music". Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Graham St John (2010). The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136944345.
  3. ^ "Goa Trance". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ "www.dur.ac.uk". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2014.