ARCHIVE STATISTICS · 1991–2010

Numbers don't lie

"the cosmos is a database. and the database is full."

8,329
releases
67,427
tracks
8,748
artists
914
labels
2,011
samples
3,099
on spotify
01

Releases per year

the years of the genre · 1991–2009 (2009 projected total)
1913835747651991199319951997199920012003200520072009
02

Top labels

the imprints that shaped the era · ranked by release count
  1. 01Yellow Sunshine Explosion RecordingsUK208
  2. 02Spirit Zone RecordsGermany189
  3. 03Transient RecordsUK155
  4. 04Alien News RecordsGermany140
  5. 05TIP.WorldUK133
  6. 06Flying Rhino RecordsUK133
  7. 07PhonokolIsrael132
  8. 08Blue Room ReleasedUK128
  9. 09Dragonfly RecordsUK118
  10. 10Global Trance NetworkGermany112
  11. 11Iboga RecordsDenmark110
  12. 12YoYo RecordsIsrael101
  13. 13Matsuri ProductionsUK89
  14. 14Spiral TraxSweden86
  15. 15Nova Tekk RecordsGermany84
  16. 16Phantasm RecordsUK81
  17. 17TIP RecordsUK73
  18. 18Balloonia RecordsGermany72
  19. 19HOMmega ProductionsIsrael72
  20. 20Twisted RecordsUK71
See the full top 100 →
03

Top artists

most prolific by track count
  1. 01Astral ProjectionIsrael448
  2. 02X-DreamGermany282
  3. 03Eat StaticUK271
  4. 04Electric UniverseGermany254
  5. 05Total EclipseFrance251
  6. 06Juno ReactorUK249
  7. 07EtnicaItaly247
  8. 08S.U.N. ProjectGermany241
  9. 09HallucinogenUK227
  10. 10Infected MushroomIsrael220
  11. 11The Infinity ProjectUK218
  12. 12VibrasphereSweden218
  13. 13Man With No NameUK192
  14. 14CosmosisUK191
  15. 15TiconSweden188
  16. 16GMSNetherlands183
  17. 17Son KiteSweden182
  18. 18OforiaIsrael180
  19. 19KoxboxDenmark179
  20. 20Wizzy NoiseGreece175
See the full top 100 →
04

Number 1 label each year

the label with the most releases, year by year
  1. 1991Antler-Subway1
  2. 1992Gaia Tontrager Records4
  3. 1993Tunnel Records9
  4. 1994Trans'pact Productions32
  5. 1995Step 2 House Records17
  6. 1996Blue Room Released24
  7. 1997Blue Room Released37
  8. 1998Matsuri Productions24
  9. 1999Nova Tekk Records31
  10. 2000Global Trance Network49
  11. 2001Global Trance Network49
  12. 2002Spirit Zone Records37
  13. 2003TIP.World17
  14. 2004Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings28
  15. 2005Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings30
  16. 2006Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings40
  17. 2007Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings37
  18. 2008Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings26
  19. 2009Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings14
  20. 2010Devil's Mind Records2
05

Number 1 artist each year

most released artist, year by year
  1. 1991S.M.I.L.E.1
  2. 1992S.M.I.L.E.4
  3. 1993X-Dream10
  4. 1994Prana7
  5. 1995The Infinity Project26
  6. 1996Astral Projection37
  7. 1997Astral Projection29
  8. 1998X-Dream19
  9. 1999Astral Projection31
  10. 2000Infected Mushroom20
  11. 2001Etnica23
  12. 2002GMS25
  13. 2003Vibrasphere20
  14. 2004GMS20
  15. 2005Astrix20
  16. 2006Vibrasphere20
  17. 2007Vibrasphere23
  18. 2008Symphonix16
  19. 2009Liquid Soul13
  20. 2010Battle of the Future Buddhas1
06

Top track titles

titles reused by the most artists · unique per artist + title
  1. 01Contact21 artists21
  2. 02Evolution19 artists19
  3. 03Revolution18 artists18
  4. 04Sunrise17 artists17
  5. 05Supernatural15 artists15
  6. 06Voices15 artists15
  7. 07Black Hole14 artists14
  8. 08Inside14 artists14
  9. 09Flow13 artists13
  10. 10Utopia13 artists13
  11. 11Virus13 artists13
  12. 12Breath12 artists12
  13. 13Experience12 artists12
  14. 14Flashback12 artists12
  15. 15Mind Control12 artists12
  16. 16Music12 artists12
  17. 17Orange12 artists12
  18. 18Time12 artists12
  19. 19Wake Up12 artists12
  20. 20Dna11 artists11
07

Goa was global

labels + releases per country · top 20
01
UK
137 l2277 r
02
Germany
137 l2013 r
03
Israel
85 l973 r
04
France
53 l455 r
05
Sweden
43 l378 r
06
Japan
66 l352 r
07
USA
55 l283 r
08
Australia
44 l260 r
09
Greece
31 l251 r
10
Denmark
18 l211 r
11
Netherlands
19 l123 r
12
Portugal
21 l122 r
13
South Africa
17 l118 r
14
Italy
21 l113 r
15
Switzerland
28 l105 r
16
Finland
13 l96 r
17
Spain
16 l89 r
18
Canada
14 l79 r
19
Russia
15 l78 r
20
Austria
9 l64 r
All countries →
08

Genres over time

six dominant genres · stacked area · 1991–2010
1992199419961998200020022004200620082010
PsychedelicGoa TranceProgressive TranceChilloutTechnoProgressive House
peak 474 releases · 1992–2010
09

Top sample sources

films, shows + albums the scene quoted most
#01
The Matrix
30×
#02
Dune
19×
#03
Star Trek - The Next Generation
19×
#04
Waking Life
18×
#05
X-Men
15×
#06
Blade Runner
15×
#07
X-Files
15×
#08
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
15×
#09
Contact
14×
#10
Event Horizon
14×
#11
Twelve monkeys
13×
#12
Terence McKenna
13×
#13
Futurama
12×
#14
Simpsons
11×
#15
The Beyond Within: The Rise and Fall of LSD
11×
#16
The Fifth Element
10×
#17
Pulp Fiction
10×
#18
2001 A Space Odyssey
9×
#19
Dark City
8×
#20
Fight Club
8×
10

Spotify coverage

what % of each year's releases survived to the streaming era · overall coverage
19911993199519971999200120032005200720092010
total releaseson spotifyoverall coverage · 37.2%
Linked 3,321
Unmatched 5,604
11

Release types per year

the layers · CD vs LP vs EP, stacked by format
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
CD LP EP Other
12

The trivia

fun facts pulled straight from the archive
"Contact"
Most-used track title
used by 21 artists
8,925
Releases preserved
1991–2010
72,255
Tracks catalogued
~8.1 per release
37%
Linked to Spotify
3,321 hand-matched
2002
Busiest year
765 releases
208
Releases from the top label
Yellow Sunshine Explosion Recordings
179
Most unique tracks
Eat Static
30
Samples from one film
The Matrix
"time"
Most-sampled word
258 times across the transcripts
79,281
Sample words transcribed
across 2,155 samples
32
Most solo projects
Jake Stephenson
25
In the most projects
Simon Posford
671
Artists from one country
UK
15
Years the top label ran
Phantasm Records · 1994–2009
30
Longest compilation series
"Goa" · 30 volumes
ARCHIVE · 1995–2009 · 8925 RELEASES · 72255 TRACKS · INFINITY BPM
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