Editing Goa trance (section)

==History==
The music has its roots in the popularity of [[Goa|Goa, India]] as a [[hippie]] capital in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Throughout the 1980s, music incorporating elements of [[industrial music]], [[new beat]] and [[electronic body music]] (EBM), with the [[Indian religions|spiritual culture in India]] were commonplace, although Goa trance did not appear as a style until the early 1990s.<ref name="allmusic guide" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moodbook.com/music/trance.html#goa-trance |title=Goa Trance |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=moodbook.com |access-date=August 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319084451/http://www.moodbook.com/music/trance.html#goa-trance |archive-date=March 19, 2008 }}</ref>

The music played was a blend of styles loosely defined as [[techno]], [[new beat]]  and various genres of "computer music" (e.g., high energy disco without vocals, acid-house, electro, industrial-gothic, various styles of house and electronic-rock hybrids). It arrived on tape cassettes by traveller-collectors and DJs and was shared (copied) tape-to-tape among Goa DJs, in an underground scene not driven by labels or the music industry.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

Prior to the 1980s, the music played at parties was performed by live bands and tapes were played in between sets. In the early 1980s, [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampling synth]] and [[MIDI]] music appeared globally and DJs became the preferred format in Goa, with two tape decks driving a party without a break, facilitating continuous music.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

Cassette tapes were used by DJs until the 1990s, when [[Digital Audio Tape|DAT tapes]] were used. DJs playing in Goa during the 1980s included Fred Disko, Dr Bobby, Stephano, Paulino, Mackie, Babu, Laurent, Ray, Fred, Antaro, Lui, Rolf, Tilo, Pauli, Rudi, and [[Goa Gil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joomag.com/magazine/alternative-goa-lifestyle-guide-alternative-goa-lifestyle-guide/0921810001407823837?page=33|title=ALTERNATIVE GOA LIFESTYLE GUIDE Alternative Goa Lifestyle Guide|date=21 November 2014|work=Joomag}}</ref> The music was eclectic in style but based around instrumental dub versions of tracks that evoked mystical, cosmic, psychedelic, and existential themes. Special mixes were made by DJs in Goa that were the editing of various versions of a track to make it longer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mind-like-a-laser.dreamwidth.org/664.html|title=mind_like_a_laser}}</ref>

By 1990–91, Goa had become a hot destination for partying and was no longer under the radar: the scene grew bigger. Goa-style parties spread like a diaspora all over the world from 1993, and a multitude of labels in various countries (UK, Australia, Japan, Germany) dedicated themselves to promoting psychedelic electronic music that reflected the ethos of Goa parties, Goa music and Goa-specific artists and producers and DJs. Mark Maurice's 'Panjaea's focal point' parties brought it to London in 1992 and its programming at London club [[megatripolis]] gave a great boost to the small international scene that was then growing (October 21, 1993 onwards). The golden age and first wave of Goa trance was generally agreed upon aesthetically between 1994 and 1997.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

Goa trance in the music industry and as a collective party fashion did not gain global recognition until 1994, when [[Paul Oakenfold]] began to champion the genre<ref>{{cite web|title=25 Most Influential Parties|url=http://www.mixmag.net/feature/25-parties-that-changed-dance-music-forever/46|website=Mixmag}}</ref> via his own [[Perfecto Records|Perfecto]] label and in the media, most notably with the release of his 1994 ''[[Essential Mix]]'', or more commonly known as the ''[[Goa Mix]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Oakenfold 1994|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lsp8z|website=BBC Essential Mix}}</ref>