The dance floor, red clay carved into a slowly eroding Vagator hillside on the Arabian Sea, is lightly populated with a crew of dudes. The three women in the venue stick to the margins. One group of ...

Grand daddy of Psytrance in India, Goa Gil reminisces about the early days and why he isn't a fan of today's gigs Last weekend witnessed some serious stomping at an Andheri five-star, when the city's ...

You might not see his name on the DJ rankings list, but he still has a cult following. One of the pioneers of Goa Trance movement, DJ Goa Gil is back in the city for a psychedelic gig Goa today is ...

Those of you who feel like 'Goa Gil' has had his days in the sun, complete with reams of rave music and is now a spent force, this album should convince you otherwise. Psychedelic trance: Those of you ...

A global history of psychedelics WATCH: University of Saskatchewan historian Erika Dyck on her latest book, Expanding Mindscapes: A Global History of Psychedelics.

Goa noun a union territory of India. Trance noun a type of electronic dance music with a hypnotic beat Named after the Indian coastal province which is a former Portuguese colony and famed since the ...

Goa Gil takes centre stage. The sixty-year-old man sets up the altar, sprinkles holy water and chants the mantras, as he has done for the last so many decades. He offers the music and the ‘party’ to ...