Editing Goa trance (section)

==Sound==
The original goal of the music was to assist the dancers in experiencing a collective state of bodily transcendence, similar to that of ancient shamanic dancing rituals, through hypnotic, pulsing melodies and rhythms. As such, goa trance has an energetic [[Beat (music)|beat]], often in a standard 4/4 dance rhythm. A typical track will generally build up to a much more energetic movement in the second half before reaching an intense climax, then taper off fairly quickly toward the end. The [[tempo]] typically lies in the 130–150 BPM range, although some tracks may have a tempo as low as 110 or as high as 160 BPM. Generally 8–12 minutes long, Goa trance tracks tend to focus on steadily building energy throughout, using changes in percussion patterns and more intricate and layered synth parts as the music progresses in order to build a hypnotic and intense feel.

The kick drum often is a low, thick sound with prominent sub-bass frequencies. The music very often incorporates many audio effects that are often created through experimentation with synthesisers. A well-known sound that originated with Goa trance and became much more prevalent through its successor, which evolved Goa trance into a music genre known as [[psytrance]], has the organic "squelchy" sound (usually a sawtooth-wave which is run through a resonant band-pass or high-pass filter).{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

Other [[music technology]] used in Goa trance includes popular analogue synthesizers such as the [[Roland TB-303]], [[Roland Juno-60]]/[[Roland Juno-106|106]], Novation Bass-Station, Korg MS-10, and the [[Roland SH-101]]. Hardware [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samplers]] manufactured by [[Akai]], [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] and [[Ensoniq]] were also popular for sample playback and manipulation.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

A popular element of Goa trance is the use of vocal samples, often from [[Science fiction film|science fiction movies]]. Those samples mostly contain references to drugs, [[parapsychology]], [[extraterrestrial life]], [[existentialism]], [[out-of-body experience]]s, dreams, science, time travel, spirituality and similarly mysterious and unconventional topics.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

Detroit techno was introduced in 1999 by a group of anonymous artists who performed exclusively Detroit techno and Chicago house at a venue known as Laughing Buddha (formally known as Klinsons) in Baga, Goa. They were the first to play this style of music with turntables. Using vinyl was a first for Goa at that time. Until then DJs usually used mini discs, DATs and CDs, without beat matching to mix. The introduction of the Detroit sound had a lasting effect on Goa trance, leading to a more industrialized sound.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}