Nostic is part of a new, Wave III of hardtrance, and they (he, really) does a lot of stuff in other similar styles as well, as do many of the Wave III hardtrance artists. Even on his own site, he talks about doing hard trance, psy-trance, classic trance and acid, although to some degree these can overlap. Acid in particular is a template that can be applied over any type of electronic music, because it just refers to that 303 bassline. In fact, it's kind of hard to overstate the influence acid has on hardtrance in particular, which grew out of the acid movement. Tons of hardtrance songs still retain a wild, face-melting 303 acid line going through them. And frankly, I wouldn't want it any other way. Some of the earlier British acid techno of the 90s is great stuff, but acid was made of the hardtrance exaggerated kicks and dramatic song structure, where the acid contributes significantly to the intensity of the sound.
Anyway, here's one of Nostic's tracks that particularly emphasizes the acid, as the title would suggest.
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