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Questions for the people - DJ Mag Psy-trance feature
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time traveller
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 03:07
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Ever since the very first creamfields , homelands , tribalgathering , southportweekender , godsktichenglobalgatherin and gatecrasher and pete tongs essential mixshow...how many dj's , acts etc .. from the goa/psy scene ever been asked to play at those festivals or do a e mix ????
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krelm
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 10:58
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On 2004-03-24 16:02, ChoBo wrote:
we need an international psy mag! Just like those DJ Mag, Ministry ( I dont know if it still exists), X-Fade, Mix Mag and etc. It has to start somewhere, the only one I know off is Mushroom Mag or Media but it is in German. |
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There is actually the "International" version of Mushroom which is in English. It does not come out every month (more like 2 or 4 times per year), but it is fairly good from what I remember.
EnTrance also is an international psytrance mag in English. It is a web-based journal (I forget the address - do a search in the forum), but I also found it to be quite good.
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John
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 12:02
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UPFRONT is a UK magazine that has a fair amount of psy trance coverage along with trance and techno. It doesnt have a large international distribition - but is widely availble throughout the UK and www.chaosunlimited.co.uk (main UK psy mail order store) stocks it.
( I must admit a slight intererst as i do a bit of writing for it every now and again!)
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NeutroN
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 12:12
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Their is also Shangri-la-la magazine www.shangri-la-la.co.uk
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monkeydo
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 12:57
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[quote = time traveller]Ever since the very first creamfields , homelands , tribalgathering , southportweekender , godsktichenglobalgatherin and gatecrasher and pete tongs essential mixshow...how many dj's , acts etc .. from the goa/psy scene ever been asked to play at those festivals or do a e mix ????
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Lets see, I remember a couple of Tribal Gatherings and that other one, Big Love I think it was called that had dedicated Goa/Psy tents featuring the likes of Green Nuns, Man With No Name, Hallucinogen etc.
Or did you know that and I'm missing the point? |
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ChoBo
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 13:54
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krelm, yes there is, and i just got my copy today. Its really tiny but a good read  "Trancers guide to the galaxy" but that is an annual publication. I have copies of Shangri la la, yes. But i do not know what these mags lack compared with mixmag and etc. Is the market that bad for the mags? For me, i would buy em! I am not in a psy region.
Thanks for the info john, never knew about that one. |
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Evy
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Posted : Mar 25, 2004 16:40
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Hi Everyone!
I didn't expect my posting to cause such a rawkus. I simply wanted some info from clubbers to make the feature more wholesome.
Time Traveller - I think you are being unreasonable and hostile towards me - We have never even met! I am a female BTW.
My boyfriend and I don't work for DJ Mag. We had an idea, we pitched it to DJ, they liked the idea and the rest is history.
I will let you all know when the story is published, In case anyone is interested in reading it.
We have learnt a lot and I am even more keen/eager to get more involved (lend a helping hand) within the scene.
Any of you in London going to Psychedelic Academy let me know. We should meet up for a shmoke and a pancake!  ) |
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ChoBo
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Posted : Mar 26, 2004 09:01
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pls keep us updated Evy, i would like to know the progress |
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Evy
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Posted : Mar 28, 2004 18:14
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Hi Choo Boo!
I will do!
Evy x x |
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humph
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Posted : Apr 8, 2004 19:47
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i think a few people forget that there was a majot amount of interest in the trance scene back in mid nineties. Paul Oakenfield doing a radio 1 "Goa Mix" - report on channel 4 news - and Danny Rampling and Paul Oakenfold doing mix cds for Dragonfly.
They were champions of the scene then, but have taken a different route.
Also - there were articles and reviews in magazines - especially wax. Somehow labels and scenes that are organised and proffesional get there music reviewed etc. You don`t just get reviews by sending in cds.
The Labels are realising that they need to work hard and proffesionally. - i think the approach that Evy is doing is great.
Whatever happens after this article - and all the hype surrounding the Shpoongle release. We`ll all still be here - doing out thing. However much coverage the psy-trance gets - the core will not change.
There is a huge amount of musical crossover happening at the moment. If you`ve ever heard Sasha play, or Digweed / Phil Thomson - you`ll know that they are very psychedelic if you can open your ears. Sasha wrote the classic "expander" too !! also labels like "Fade" are releasing quality prog house (thats what they call it) - but is equally at home on a sunny day at a trance festival (psy trancers calling it Prog-trance.
Open your ears and eyes. its all there to be seen and heard and theres certainly plenty to all go around !!! |
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Glen.C (Iboga Rec)
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Posted : Apr 8, 2004 20:35
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Yeah Humph is bang on it here....
There was many a cd and mix session by the big names including GOA/PSY. Also Wax Mag reviewed psy and also gave cd's on the cover from Blue Room, Flying Rhino, and TIP.
Also now there is a lot of cross over, apart from what Humph mentioned (And he's right, some call it proggy house, some prog trance, but good music is good music how ever it's pigeon holed) sakio-pod remixes are being cained in Ibiza and the club scene, as well as some other releases from trance labels making in to the top tens of very big name club DJ's.
I think the article is a good idea by the way...
I would help you out when I get some time Evy although now I lean towards the Prog scene, I did DJ, A&R, Promote and party with in the psy scene for some years. |
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droozi
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Posted : Apr 8, 2004 20:46
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Evy,
Hi just wanted to give you my toughts about the psy scene:
Little background about myself: I am computer scientist working as a technology consultant for very big firms in the united states. I have been into this music since oh about 1995 - before that ofcourse I was into the usual techno and electronica scene of that time. I live in the US and pretty much go to most of the psy parties in NYC. Now to answer a few of your questions:
Who are you and where are you from? - Im from Bombay India.
Explain your involvement in the psy-trance scene - Working on making psy trance, psytrance party goer.
What do you most like about it? – Music / Parties etc.? - I love the music. I believe that psytrance is like western classical music - like beethoven etc. If you listen to western classical music - the one sense a person gets from it is the variations of mood swings the music induces in the listener. This is exactly wht psy trance does to me. The tweaks and breaks are constantly representative of emotional highs and lows. I love the parties too since, living in NYC (bombarded by american patriotic bs) - its noce to be in events that is poppulated by people from all over the world. PLus there are no judgements at psy parties - nobody cares how you look, how you dress and how you dance. Its not about looking good its about feeling good.
How did you get involved in the scene? How long have you been involved? - My elder brother was a dj for the longest time - and got me hooked onto this music - after I went to my first party I was hooked. I been in it since 1995.
Where do you buy your music from? - psyshop.com, chaishop.com - local trance stores like throb and house of trance in NYC.
Describe the best party you have been to? - the best party Ive been to was in a club called the world on times square in NYC. The lineup was Hallucinogen live, Infected Mushroom Live and a DuvDev dj set. The place was shitty, hot and crowded - but the music was so good that I was completely blown away. Hallucinogen is one of the best composers of music in the world.
Who are your favourite artists & producers/ djs and why? - Hallucinogen, Prometheus, Protoculture - their music trancednds one from being a mere mortal to being a spiritual reflection of oneself standing outside ones body looking at yourself dancing.
Do you travel abroad to go to parties? If so why ? - sometimes - change of location is good and meeting more trancers in the world is better.
Your Final thoughts anything else you would like to add , bearing in mind people who will be reading this have no idea of psy-trance or the scene - This is scene is for people who are extremely social but dont want to talk. People who feel that through music the mind expands to such an extent that it causes a sort of mental evolution. If man has to evolve anymore it is going to be only through his mind and not through physical changes - hence stimulation of the mind through intelligent sound patterns seems to be the next logical step.
I hope this helps. |
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Evy
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Posted : Apr 11, 2004 17:01
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Hi guys!
Thanks for your help and support! I will reply to you all in the next few days. Am feeling a little on the offish side today :*)
Did anyone go to psychedelic academy last week? I have attached below an article someone wrote of the event for The Observer.
Take care and Happy Easter Holidays!
Clubbers fall under spell of Psytrance
Anushka Asthana
Sunday April 4, 2004
The Observer
It was a scene once found only on the beaches of Goa. Women with dreadlocked hair stood by the sea swinging leather straps around their bodies making patterns out of the fire-lit ends.
Ageing hippies sat on the sand beating their drums, and a mass of bodies dressed in luminous clothes and adorned with beads and piercings would dance as one to the deep trance beats and electro notes. Soon it made it to winter squat parties in London basements and summer free parties in fields - a few travellers wanting to relive their Indian experience would re-create the theme.
But last night Psytrance - a mix of psychedelic and trance music - made the final move out of the underground and exploded on the national club scene when 4,500 people descended on London's Brixton Academy for The Psychedelic Academy, the largest indoor festival of its type in the UK.
Old and young danced under three huge lasers and seven screens showing psychedelic images. Entranced by the music, travellers, professionals, students and city workers had the time of their lives, bringing together a more diverse group than that found in any other type of music.
You may not have heard of it, but Psytrance is about to hit the big time. The music has electronic, tribal and thumping layers that can almost instil a meditative state in the clubber. It is a producers' dream, with a wealth of opportunity to experiment. Originating from peace-loving travellers, it carries the philosophies of peace and free thinking. But now it has moved from the circles who adore yoga and meditation to a mainstream crowd.
For the first time last night, the organisers put the hard trance into room two and dedicated the main stage to this new trend. 'We always had this music in the smaller room,' says promoter Enrico Sorbello, 'but more and more people were packing in. It has gone from a time when you would get 200 people in a basement to now, when we can sell more than 4,000 tickets.'
And this summer it will become even bigger when Glastonbury dedicates a full day on the Glade stage to it and some of the same organisers branch off to produce the first ever, three-day-long Glade Festival.
'Psytrance is absolutely huge within dance music now,' says Gavin Herlihy, features editor at Mixmag. 'There have been loads of nights springing up and they are all getting packed. It has come from people travelling to places like Goa, and it is about a hippy culture that more people have tagged on to because they feel alienated about things like the war. It carries with it a lot of psychedelic drugs, many of which are legal, such as mushrooms and leaves like Salvia divanorium. Lots of kids who have taken ecstasy for years at mainstream clubs are trying Psytrance as something different.'
At a pre-party in Camden's Dream Temple, clubbers are getting themselves ready for a big night. Eleanor is dressed in a nylon skirt with a zip up the front and yellow, luminous edges, a plain black top and trainers. She is excited about the night ahead.
'I went to a party with a friend a few months ago and I have been a regular ever since,' she says. 'Everyone is incredibly friendly and you meet loads of new people.' She looks sheepish when drugs are mentioned. 'I am going to take some mushrooms and maybe some MDMA tonight, but it is the one type of music that I can go out to without anything. It is not just about getting trashed.'
Although this scene is more interested in herbal highs than illegal drugs, there is no doubt that much of the production is inspired by hallucinogenic experiences with big-name acts called suggestive names like Infected Mushroom and Hal lucinogen. Now it is attracting an array of new types of people, from pill-popping kids, to professionals, to the older hippies who have loved it for years. There is no snobbery between them.
At Access All Areas, an information network in Camden that promotes the music, customers were last week discussing mushroom experiences. 'I just closed my eyes, but I could see a sheep,' says one young man.
Promoters are revelling in the boom. 'I don't mind it going overground at all,' says one of the organisers of the festival and co-owner of Nano Records, Anselm Guise. 'The more people who listen to it the better. I just saw 6,000 people having a great time at the stage at Glastonbury last year and thought it was amazing.'
The success of the music has been replicated in the record industry, with a proliferation of new labels. One of the larger British labels, Organic, has seen sales more than double in the past year.
At the Dream Temple, a music, clothes and books shop, the owner, Nigel, says: 'This used to be about the person who went to India with their dreadlocks and didgeridoo, but now there are so many more parties and promoters have done a fantastic job bringing everyone together.'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1185378,00.html |
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time traveller
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Posted : Apr 11, 2004 18:22
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tidy weekender sells out faster than anti world |
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time traveller
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Posted : Apr 11, 2004 18:29
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and when was organic bigger than tipworld or twisted or transient ..... or drangonfly |
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