Strong acidity here, especially on the opening side. I like it! Hard to pick a favourite on just a couple of listen-throughs, but overall I favor the earlier tracks and feel the quality somewhat lessens towards the end of the album.

I disagree with the previous reviewer about the drums; IMO goa needs beats that drill through your skull, should you ingest too much. However, I would have liked a bit more texture in the tracks, more layers of sound, concurrent melodies and/or basslines. Maybe this is what evokes in others a sense of misbalance between the drums and the rest: the ’rest’ are slightly undermanned. (’Heroic Act’, which I’m listening to right now, sounds like one of the better ones in this respect, with many different complex and varying themes fusing nicely together.)

More layers would also allow for more build-up, which is another aspect of good goa.