Even though “Bazaar” yet remains the favourite song of amongst the trilogy amongst the fans, “Shiva” has the potential to surpass it. Classic structure, instruments and interesting drums, and a lot of energy! The psytrance idea is coherent and well done. It presents a catchy melody by Marnik and also showcases a massive drop! Following the same “Bazaar/Mandala” structure, the drop emanates a nostalgic vibe to its listeners, while still maintaining its new personality, a well-balanced job by the producers.īottomline, “Shiva” turns out to be the festival banger that the fans were expecting. Psychedelic trance developed from Goa trance. Goa trance often has drone-like basslines, similar to the techno minimalism of 21st century psychedelic trance (psytrance). However, the progressive/electro tune doesn’t disappoint its fans. Goa trance is an electronic dance music style that originated in the early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. However, the processing on the vocals presents a different vibe as opposed to general aggressiveness the hymn demands, which in my opinion could be the only but a major let-down from this track. The vocal has been taken from a Hindu hymn which praises Lord Shiva, known as the Shiva Tandava Strotam and it proficiently does its job of adding KSHMR’s signature ethnic vibes to the song. The name of the track, “Shiva” also personifies the God of Destruction in the Hindu mythology’s concept of ‘Trimurti’. This spiritual connection of psytrance can primarily justify most of the psytrance tracks using Indian religious concepts, including that of “Shiva”.
The region also happens to have been the host of the Sunburn Festival for a considerable number of years. Avalon Dreamstate, NOS Events Center San Bernardino, United States. Psytrance or Psychedelic Trance was born in Goa with the influences of the Indian religious and spiritual practices and the readily available Indian cannabis, legal until the mid-1970s. Avalon UNITE: Let The Music Unite Us, United Kingdom. This time, he added the much required orchestral sound to the track, which is his highly acclaimed signature.Īdding to that, “Shiva” presents a new genre with Psytrance influences, a symbol of the uprising genre in 2017. The rather mysterious American artist previously worked with KSHMR on the “Game Of Thrones” remix, but its figure is quite cryptic. KSHMR and Marnik have been an effective combination in the past, with their collaborations “Bazaar” and “Mandala”, both becoming the official anthems of Asia’s largest music festival Sunburn and definite storms in the dance music scene.įor the third time, the trio reunited and crafted “Shiva” as the successor of the previous two anthems! As you can notice in certain parts of the melody yet, “Shiva” is much more innovative and impressive than ever!įirst of all, we have another artist involved, The Golden Army.