Where would you classify?

[~distraub]

Just curious what genre the trance people in here would classify the following bands.

atmos
x-dream
xv-kilist
yumade


and then
others like

astral projection
infected mushroom


I have seen people talk about goa, and about bands that are not the same style as the ones above... I always thought the first set were psy trance.. and the second goa... is this not correct?

[~Ekstasis]

Goa and Psy trance are almost the same thing. Goa typically has a more dominate beat and uplifting melody, where as Psy trance is kinda of "progressive" form of Goa. Just think of the difference between Epic/uplifting, and progressive.

Taken from All Music (http://www.allmusic.com/)

Named after a region on the coast of southwestern India famed as a clubbing and drugging paradise ever since the '60s, Goa Trance broke away from the Teutonic bent of European trance during the early '90s and carried the torch for trance during the rest of the decade. The presence of LSD on the Goa scene — instead of the ubiquitous club drug Ecstasy — translated the music into an appropriately psychedelic version of trance that embraced the mystical properties of Indian music and culture. Traditional Indian instruments such as the sitar and sarod (or electronic near-equivalents) often made appearances in the music, pushed along by the driving, hypnotic sequencer music that trance had always been known for. The style is considerably less turntable-oriented than other electronic dance styles, especially since vinyl tends to melt in the heat (DATs are often used instead).