The first hippies that arrived in Goa, India in the mid-’60s were drawn there for many
reasons, including the beautiful beaches, the low cost of living, the friendly locals,
the Indian religious and spiritual practices, and the readily available Indian hashish,
which until the mid-’70s was legal.
During the 70’s the first Goa DJs were generally playing psychedelic rock bands such the
Grateful Dead, the Pink Floyd and The Doors. In ‘79 the beginnings of electro music
could occasionally be heard in Goa in the form of tracks by Kraftwerk
but it wasn’t until ’83 that DJs Laurent and Fred Disko, closely followed by Goa Gil,
began switching the Goa style over to electro-industrial/EBM which was now flooding
out of Europe in the shape of Frontline Assembly, Front 242, and various other band