This is nothing short from a stunning compilation from the heyday of Goa! Look at the tracklist and you’ll see that it’s packed with lot of the famous artists from then and also with some less famous names and some obscure tracks. From the marvellous, guitar driven, acidic and morning styled opener “Key to Innerverse”, followed by an unusually twisted and slightly dark mix from the usually cheerful Astral Projection, to the dark and evil U X artist, the thumping and highly uptempo track from Astralasia and the acidic, almost amateur sounding “303 Gold” which was originally released in 1995, disc 1 offers us a great rollercoaster ride through a variety of sounds.

Indica’s welcoming and suitably titled “After 6 am” is a perfect opener for disc 2. Kailish take us high with “Higher”, and next in line nothing less than one of the greatest hits ever, “To Eternity”. No matter how many times I have listened this, it seems to get better the more I listen to it! We find also an obscure track from Israeli artist Nada. His track “Abyss” was originally released in 1995 on Polytox, then licensed to Transient in 1996. There’s also the Queen of Goa, Miranda, with a track from her wonderful album Phenomena. Prana’s “Alien Pets” is arguably one of the best tracks by him. Obscure U K solo artist Deviant Electronics gives us a dark and hard-hitting track from the short lived Helix Records. Compilation rounds off with the hard-trance oriented “Status X”, which blends perfectly with the Goa style though.

Although this was released on Legoan, the label for the old Goa-Head series, this compilation seems not as easily accessible as the old volumes of the Goa-Head series for some reason. With most collectors having the majority of the tracks elsewhere, I wouldn’t label this as essential, but is still an amazing compilation which shouldn’t pass unnoticed at a good price. After all Legoan/Leguan was a guarantee of great track selection, jaw-dropping artwork and top-notch sound on each release!

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