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nrsch
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Posted : Dec 3, 2011 13:16
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On 2011-12-02 14:41, Taurunum-Psy wrote:
Camping ground is for resting, private soundsystems are forbidden. On Pumpui stage you were able to hear alternative music genres. ;-)
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so if i would set it up on a place where nobody is bothered it would be ok?
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O.Z.O.R.A. Festival
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Posted : Dec 6, 2011 16:02
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Please don't set up private sound systems, You will find alternative sounds...
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Posted : Dec 6, 2011 18:23
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Posted : Dec 8, 2011 21:50
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Here's my Ozora 2011 review... I think the new crew could use a feedback and implement relevant improvements 
First and foremost.... A big thank you and lots of love to all you! A beautiful Ozora is was
This was my first time and the Ozora experience started off the moment I reached the train station. As I reached the platform, I was greeted by smiling faces. We all instantly connected. Through the 2 Hr journey along the beautiful Hungarian country side, people shared their Ozora tales with me.. I realized that Ozora was truly embraced . I could feel the love flowing. It felt great!
As we walked into the festival site, I had quite a few "wow" moments. The rain had just stopped. The sun was out. This unleashed the beauty of this incredible place. I just couldn't believe my eyes!
As we finished pitching our tent, we were hungry. We headed straight to the main food court/counter. Very good food, excellent value and amazing service. The staff were very patient and courteous. Now that the festival has grown exponential, I think there is a need for two such Ozora food counters. The lines at times were too long. Once the other food counters opened, there was amazing variety. But many people observed that this time around the food (sold by vendors) was expensive compared to the previous editions. Please don't let that happen. Ozora will start loosing out on the value for money front. BTW, I loved the MilkyWay Van. Great croissants.. The fruit stall was great and run by a very nice Hungarian family.
For the next three days, we absolutely loved the party at the Pumpui tent. It such a life saver before the main stage opens. It started off as a small scene, reminiscent of some of the small gathering on the beaches of Goa. And as days went by, it just became bigger and bigger. The vibes here were fantastic. Music for the most part was great. But lot of times we found different genres being played. When the after party started with some hard core dark psy, it would have been nice if the Pumpui tent played some progressive/full on psy as opposed to Dub Step. Please make sure that Pumpui too plays strictly Psychedelic music.
Once the main stage opened, it turned into a happy Ozora playground. The most amazing people. The widest smiles. And the warmest love.
Great music by the artists. A big shout to Tristan, Protonica, Liquid Soul, Zen Mechanics, Ace Ventura, Logic Bomb.
To be honest, I did not like Raja Ram and Simon's Dj set. I think they are great Live performers but lousy Dj's. I also felt Gorgo, Peter Didjital (great guy) and Behind Blue Eyes played music that did not belong to a psy dance floor.
Ozora needs to bring in artists who perform all the time in Goa like Arjuna, Earthling (Celli), Flipknot / Kerosene club, Samadi. Dj's like Nigel Tav, XP Voodoo. These artists (including Tristan) and Dj's keep the scene in Goa alive year after year. Their contribution should be recognized. For the opening, please consider HiLight Tribe. Such amazing performers.
A sub genre that has always been ignored is Twilight. I hope you bring in more twilight artists from record companies such as Looney Moon.
The chill out stage looked like a monument. Seriously. We were Aww Struck!!! The artists were amazinggggg! But the sound inside was bad. Our friends at Martin Audio have to do some serious thinking. I would have liked the chill out to be an area for people to come lay around and relax. Somehow, this stage did not give me that feeling. Too many people dancing inside as opposed to chilling out. It was a great idea to have speakers on the outside.
We also have to give it up to the Ozora clean up crew... These guys kept the festival site, dining areas and surprisingly the toilets clean despite of the record turn out. Great job guys!
Ozora also had a few major issues.
1. Showers were simply not enough. Long waits. Some showers did not have good water pressure. It was annoying.
2. Drinking water points. You need to fix this. Have at least 5 times the number of water points you had this year. It's unbelievable as to how much inconvenience this caused to all of us. You have no idea how terrible it to wait in long queues especially when the days were hot. The vendors needs to be given access to separate water points. The area around each water point needs to pebble stoned (like they do it at Boom) to avoid muck. The hay and the wooden planks were of little help.
3. Too many people. I agree the vibe was still great. But it was so difficult to find our friends or people you shared a good vibe with. Long lines for everything. I know that you guys work very hard and the commercial success is necessary and is important. But this is coming at a cost. The sense of community dies down the moment there are too many of us. And Ozora seriously needs to think about this before it goes down the Boom way! Any festival with a crowd more than 15k people will pay the price regardless of how much space you have!
4. Too much progressive music. Some of the afternoon's felt miserable especially on the 4th of August. More emphasis on Goa/full on/morning/twilight. While I am not a dark Psy trance lover, lots of people were disappointed by the lack of it.
5. While the security guards did a good job of keeping us safe, they at times stood by the console and kept starting at all of us like they were from the CIA. Not a very good vibe. Tristan during his set had to ensure that they disappeared.
6. Ozora bus ticket counter. To collect the ticket long queues. Thanks to their primitive way of running through pages of names as opposed to using a laptop. Oh yeah! Provide them a electric power point.
7. While safe locker is a VERY important, it was very expensive. 2 Euro/day. It costed me 18 euros to use the safe through the entire length of the festival. When compared to Boom (5 euros for the entire length + 2 euro every time you access) Ozora safe locker was atrociously priced. Plus, when I clarified the total cost (as I confused per day vs per night), the girl at the counter got really angry. May be she was tired (7.30 AM on Aug 8th), but it left a bad taste in my mouth when I left the festival.
8. Cost of food (by vendors) was comparable to that of Boom. And the lines (especially at the Ozora main food counter) were longgggg. Definitely need more food counters.
All in all, a superb festival!
I met the most amazing people, danced to the best artists and had the most incredible experiences. I will be come back. See u all in 2012!
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Dec 9, 2011 02:12
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That's what I call a review !!!
 My fake plants died, because I did not pretend to water them. |
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O.Z.O.R.A. Festival
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Posted : Dec 9, 2011 17:07
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@liberation26:
Thank You for your deep, detached review, and for the time you spent on it.
Sure we will use up, and try to solve all problems you noticed.
Thank You!!!
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O.Z.O.R.A. Festival
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Posted : Dec 15, 2011 22:15
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Ozora 2012 doesn't rest, working hard on the festival, very exciting times. We're grateful for all your great feedback
We have confirmed, HILIGHT TRIBE, PSYKOVSKY and AVALON for the main stage!!!
Website coming soon, stay tuned
Much love from your Ozora team!
Please join our official facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/257251597668506/ |
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Alexander
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Posted : Dec 18, 2011 19:04
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Much Love + Light from The States....we cannot wait to see what you have in store for us this season, countless Blessings to both the old and new crews, and see you all on the Trancefloor!!
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As a professional audio tech, I'm VERY curious to see what sound you all use this next go 'round.
I run a Turbosound Aspect 880 rig so I have high expectations for the evolved system...
 <~/ALEXANDER\~>
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O.Z.O.R.A. Festival
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Posted : Dec 26, 2011 02:37
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Greetings friends!
As the winter solstice has passed us and the days are growing brighter, we wanted to wish you all a happy festive season, and bring you some updates about Ozora 2012.
We are pleased to say that the website is finally online: www.ozorafestival.eu
Check it out for more info on tickets, travel, line-up, and more.
We have managed to finalize the line-up in time for Christmas, although we are still working on a couple of surprises… We want to thank all the artists who contacted us for their input, we hope to see you all there.
The line up for Ozora 2012:
Main Stage:
Ajja; Allaby; Archaic; Arjuna; Asimilon; Atriohm; Avalon; Brainiac; Burn in Noise; Chromatone; Deedrah; Dick Trevor; E.V.P.; Earthling; Everblast; Flip - Flop; Giuseppe; Growling Mad Scientists; Headroom; Highlight Tribe; Hoodwink; Hopi; Insector; Kin Dza Dza; KoxBox; Laughing Buddha; M-Theory; M.A.C.K.; Materia; Nigel Tav; Pandy; Paul Taylor; Perfect Stranger; Pogo; Psychaos; Psykovsky; Silicond Sound; Son Kite; Soundaholix; Psymmetrix; Sun Control Species; System 7; Tetrameth; The Infinity Project; Touch Tone; Trippy Hippies; Tristan; Tron; Tsuyoshi; Waio; Sensient; Zen Mechanics
Chill Out stage:
Aliji ; Antonio Testa; Brando Lupi; Chandrananda; Culture Cruisers; Darren Sangita; Digital Mistery Tour; Dilo; Dj High; Dubsahara aka Greg Hunter; Eye; Gaudi; Green Beats; Jasper Dubmission; John B.; John Monkmann; Josko; Justin Chaos; Kaya Project; Manito; Matteo Loopus; Mauxuam; Minilogue; Mirror System; Naked Nick; Nick Interchill; Nick Manasseh; Naga; Nova; Nuno; Phunk Dub; Robin Triskele; Tatiana Sanches; The Orb; Toires;Tripswitch; Trotter; Warp Technique; Zeon; Zizou
As we enter the year 2012, we are excited to be part of such an inspirational gathering. It is an important year – a year for spiritual transformation and social change.
We should welcome this auspicious year with celebration, music, and dance!
The Ozora team will definitely be celebrating properly – so we wish you all a spectacular New Year!
We hope to see you around on dancefloors across the world...
Love&Light
Ozora Team |
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Taurunum-Psy
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Posted : Dec 29, 2011 13:41
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Few more names from Brazilian scene would be perfect. Swarup, 28, Altruism ;-)
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floyd 2.0
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Posted : Jan 4, 2012 21:21
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I've been 5 times to Ozora, so i've seen it grow and grow. And yes, people have to wait for a shower etc, but so what! I don't mind it that much at all. You just have to pick a good moment to get a shower or to go shopping.
The one thing I missed last year was a comfy underground to SIT ON in the marvelous new chill-out. The chill-out was quit impressive but you had te sit in the dirt... that was for me (and prolly many others) the one big turn off last year. So pleasy, make sure that people who want to relax at the chill-out (thats what it's made for, right?) can do that in a more or les comfertable way. Maybe lay lots of straw on the dirt or even beter; grow some grass with daisies or little sunflowers to cover the dirt would be a great idea:) Anything beter than dust or mud would be nice
I hope the organizers make a small effort to get that fixed! That would make many people happy and joyfull, i'm sure of that!
Many regards, Floyd.
And see you all in 215 days! |
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latac
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Posted : Jan 12, 2012 09:57
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I don't understand why you changed the website, the 2011 edition was so much better... |
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O.Z.O.R.A. Festival
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Posted : Jan 13, 2012 12:45
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Ozorians, hope you all had wonderful holidays !!!
We are back at work at the headquarters, where everything is shaping up to be something of epic proportions...we think you don't deserve anything else than that.
So we are releasing another small line up teaser to keep your senses craving for more.
::::::Main Stage::::::::
Ace Ventura
Edoardo
Captain Hook
Para Halu
Aphid Moon
Hypnoxock
Doc
::::::Chillout Stage::::::
Deadbeat
Higher Intelligence Agency
ISHQ
Mbuki Mvuki
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All your feedback is greatly appreciated and taken into consideration, so keep all those comments coming !!!
Much love...your Ozora team !
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tina_84
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Posted : Jan 15, 2012 15:14
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Simon P. plsssssss
I got my ass kicked to greener pastures.Hopelessly wired as I might be.My chair was pulled out from underneath as I sat down to the free falling, fast moving new me. |
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Posted : Jan 20, 2012 06:23
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Great line up so far. But it would be even better if you will bring some of the psy progressive projects like Egorytmia or from TesseracTstudio E-clip, Middle mode, Side Form.... |
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- Free Parking
- ChillOut Area
- VJ
- Deco
- Eco Friendly
- Children Zone
- Workshops/Market
- Water Access
- Transportation
- Discounted Presale