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.
That older infected mushroom is a bit of a original sound, Hallucinogen is in the same class and very good, albums Twisted and The Lone Deranger. I made this playlist of what I feel are stand out goa/psy trance some years ago maybe you’ll find something you’ll like on it, if you don’t use youtube let me know and I can make a list if you’d like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE1l72XH4Y&list=PLbcs9JAxhWPIJUoHShh-TH-OZX1CmNR95
I started listening, and omg I swear I recognize some sounds from IM! I am 100% sure they reused some of the effects in their songs lol
Yeah this Hallucinogen is definitely very close to be a substitue for IM
Hehe that seemed to happen a lot back then, someone found a cool sound and then other producers copied them, I recognize a lot sounds from IM, Shpongle, Hallucinogen, Astral Projection in other productions, they were very influential on the scene at the time. Glad you like Hallucinogen, check out Simon Posford’s other projects too if you’re interested, like Younger Brother (Flock of Bleeps, Last Days of Gravity) with Benji Vaughn is kind of a cross between psy and progressive rock, Shpongle is kind of like dub meets world music meets psy. happy listening :)
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.
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)
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.
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
Try out some good old Ace Ventura and Liquid Soul.
Shpongle, Bruce Haack, Chase & status
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.
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.
Not really psy-trance, but Orbital has similar vibe…maybe?
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.
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
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.






