r/psytrance

J'ai jamais trop fait de festivals psytrance mais j'aimerais en faire un chaque année de temps en temps. Seulement j'ai l'impression que les sons qui passent maintenant on vachement évolué mais pas dans le sens de mes goûts à moi 😄.

J'aimais beaucoup la goa et là c'est clair que ça ne passe plus. Mais aujourd'hui on dirait qu'on est dans trucs dark, forest ou psytechno ou hitech, styles que vraiment je n'aime pas du tout. J'étais plus full on ou progressive, moi à l'époque.

Mais surtout j'ai l'impression que beaucoup de sets de djs sont plus basiques, pas très psychédéliques en fin de compte et franchement ce culte du drop boumboum me dépasse. Il y a des bons drop en musique électronique mais en psytrance généralement je trouve ça super pauvre, je comprend pas qu'on soit là genre "woouho trop cool".

Bref ! On trouve t on des festivals un peu old school, moins commerciaux ? Si vous avez des noms en Europe ou sud de l'Europe, ce serait super.

Merci

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I'm a woman who enjoys psychedelics at festivals/raves, and when I'm on the dance floor I usually get completely lost in the music. I also tend to dance pretty freely, which seems to attract a lot of attention.

Quite often people (mostly guys) come up to me, start talking, want to have a dance battle, or keep dancing really close to me. I know they're probably just being friendly, but when I'm tripping it honestly overwhelms and confuses me.

I also had some negative experience in the past so maybe i am a bit sensitive to this

How do you politely let people know you want to be left alone without coming across as rude?

I’m 34M and attending my first psytrance festival in Europe this summer. I’ve been listening to this genre for 2–3 years and absolutely love it. I’m also really into the vibe of these festivals from what I’ve seen in videos or read on Reddit.
However, I’ve never been involved in psytrance culture, nor I have any friends who are interested in it. There are also some things associated with these festivals, like astrology and religion/spirituality, that I’m not interested in at all (but respect them), and others like alternative medicine that I’m actually quite skeptical of, as someone with a scientific background.
Since I think these festivals are not just about the music and partying, but also about experiencing the social side of it, I’m still a bit concerned about not fitting in, even if I’ll go with a very open mind. Too hippie for the real world, too normie for a psytrance festival?
Has anyone else ever had these thoughts, or can anyone share their opinion?
Thanks! :)

I was at Modem in 2023–24, and unfortunately, the whole police situation was pretty intense—that’s why I’m asking. Is there anyone here who went to Modem in 2025? What was the police situation like last year? Or has there been any word on what it’s expected to be like this year?
I really wanna go there this year.. but laste time
They accused us of drug use, even though absolutely no drugs were present or consumed; this happened during the festival, not on the way there or back.

We are still undecided

If you were to spend one month in Goa or surrounding areas partying, what would be the best month to go.

Consider weather and parties.

I'd be interested in hitek, psycore, forest, dark prog and experimental. Are there any regular festivals that happen in certain months I should look out for?

Ideally oct/nov or mar/apr but other months could work.

I’m going to MoDem for the first time. I (22F) am flying in! I’m just planning to camp in a hammock or maybe a small tent. Where should I camp? Any ins and outs?

Also, does anyone know how the police are with people of color? (Black)

long shot as I know festival season tends to wrap up in September, but any festivals in europe around October ?

Hey guys,

Lately I've been working on mixing psychill for some DJ mixes. The progressive type of psychill ranging from arpund 120 - 130 bpm like the Altar Records sound.

I have the Altar Records top prog-psy compilations, but I've mixed with those compilations a lot already. Where can I find more psychill in this style? Labels other then Altar or Ultimae?

I'm talking about the kind that is still psytrancey, has the rolling basslines, but isnt fast enough to be played on a main psytrance stage.

Psytrance is influenced by indian music and elements. I'm really planning to visit India and looking for other enthusiasts too.

Planning a roadtrip through ancient places like ellora and ajanta caves and then going to Goa.

Looking for people and musicians to join