Which Era of Dance Music Are You? · Result

Goa and the Psytrance Diaspora, 1990 to 1999

One arc, all night, ending exactly at sunrise.

Designed rarity: about 4% of takers

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This is a rare result. You plan far ahead, you serve an arc rather than a crowd, and you are completely comfortable being outside the conversation. Parties on the beaches of north Goa had a fixed format by the early 1990s: sets played from DAT tapes in a set order, timed so the peak landed with the sun. When that scene scattered, it did not die, and like it, you keep going whether or not anyone is watching.

You tend to plan the whole journey, from the ride out of the city to the moment the sun comes up, and you are happy to give a party twelve hours. You prefer open air sites, long sets and a single DJ who can hold a shape without a handover. People like you are usually the ones who know exactly when the peak is coming and make sure the whole group is there for it.

Your strength

You commit to a twelve hour shape and see it through.

Your blind spot

A scene that cannot be embarrassed cannot be corrected either, and it is easy to wave off outside opinions.

Key takeaways

  • You commit to a twelve hour shape and see it through.
  • Let outsiders question your scene. It keeps it alive.
  • Not every disagreement means they do not get it.

Rooms to try in Seoul

  • Outdoor psytrance gatherings, Gyeonggi, outside the city: Korea's psytrance scene lives in fields and riverside sites a train ride out of Seoul, timed to sunrise the way Goa was.
  • Faust, Itaewon: Not a trance room, but a Seoul club that will let a single DJ hold the floor for six hours without a handover.

Rooms to try around the world

  • Shambhala, Salmo, British Columbia: A farm in the Kootenays that has run a multi day festival since 1998 with no corporate sponsors, the diaspora model on Canadian soil.
  • Boom Festival, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal: Every second summer since 1997, by a lake, on a seven day arc, and it has never once chased fashion.
  • Ozora, Hungary: A week in a valley where the sets are long, the order is fixed and the peak is scheduled for dawn.

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