When I was 10 we got a CD player and one of the first CDs I owned - I bought a music magazine with a free cover disk - it happened to be the entire The Lone Deranger by Hallucinogen - through most of my teens I didn't really have a preference, but when I got to 18 I discovered clubs, and it likely had an effect on me liking techno and PsyTrance at the time which I prefered.
In 2001 I spent a year in The Netherlands and went to warehouse parties in the North, at that time abandoned warehouses (also at that time Amsterdam was full of squats which are now > €1m flats) - it was both weird and an amazing time.
The Lone Deranger was also one of my first (Goa) CDs. Simon Posford is pretty much a hero of the scene. Later found Shpongle and was pretty amazed that is the same guy. Also check out the Younger Brother project, also by him.
In 2001 I spent a year in The Netherlands and went to warehouse parties in the North, at that time abandoned warehouses (also at that time Amsterdam was full of squats which are now > €1m flats) - it was both weird and an amazing time.