Frédéric Holyszewski shows up twice on this tracklist, never under the same name. He opens the record as one half of Transwave —the duo he formed in 1994 with Christof Drouillet, the pair behind the goa anthem 'Land of Freedom'— with 'My Dear Medical Assurance', eight minutes at 144 BPM. He then returns solo as Deedrah on 'Rogue System', same tempo, F minor. Having both credits share a 2026 release sketches the ambition of Solomonari Festival, the Carpathian gathering that Belgian label Dacru Records runs alongside Romania's own Hase near Sibiu, deep in Transylvania.
Etnica, twice over
The double-alias game repeats with Milan-born, Ibiza-based Max Lanfranconi and Maurizio Begotti, who helped forge much of the genre's blueprint during its golden era: they sign 'Impact' as Etnica, at a restrained 94 BPM, and 'Pyramid' as Pleiadians, their side project, up at 143. A quarter of the record thus rests on two of European goa's foundational names.
The home-turf slot belongs to E-Mantra: Emanuel Carpus, from Romania's Black Sea coast and one of neo-goa's standing ambassadors, plays at home with 'Xibalba', a 109 BPM descent that opens a contemplative parenthesis early on. Around him orbit more weighty names: Talamasca reworks Tropical Bleyage's 'Ex Universe' —the project also appears with 'Ups & Dawns'—, Krunch's 'Shortcut' gets renewed at the hands of Lexxus (DE) and Afternow, Atma and Skarma shore up the 145 block, and Imba stretches 'Hidden Paradise' past the ten-minute mark, the longest cut of the lot. Sun Project's 'Slomanco' arrives in its Marco&Matt version and Arhetip signs off with 'Ocean Of Motion' at 138, in G-flat major.
Read as a poster, the compilation explains the festival better than any press release: nineties school and neo-goa guard sharing the same groove — precisely the retro-meets-full-on blend the Transylvanian gathering promises on its main stage.
Sources: Wikipedia · Psytrance Portal · goatrance.xyz · Trancentral
