My first taste of psybient music came from a CD called 'CELTIC CROSS - HICKSVILLE'.
It was released in 1998 on Dragonfly records.
At that time I was exploring ambient & chillout when I came across this CD.,, well, waauw man
For me it was, and still is, a precious CD to me.
The lay-out, the tracks, the unknow producers & label. Everything was so new to me and very addictive
Here you have some more info about it:
http://www.discogs.com/Celtic-Cross-Hicksville/release/43913
From that moment on, I oriented my ears to the psychedic aspect of electronic music and started out on a tour of many festivals across europe (sonica,2 times boom, 6 times ozora, serpent rainbow etc.)
And at every festival the line-up in the chillout stage was more importend than what was going on on the main dance floor!
And still is today!