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writing article on on psytrance/boom festival - need your help!!

kismet

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Posted : Jul 22, 2008 21:42:34
hello friendlies!

i am currently working on articles for a couple different publications on psytrance culture and boom festival. in order to provide a rich account of and accurately represent the community, i need your input! it would be awesome if you could answer any/all of the following questions, or just tell me a little about your personal experiences. every little bit is appreciated!

some questions:

how long have you been listening to psytrance or going to psytrance parties? do you feel like there is a culture or community that has developed around these parties? if so, what is it like? do you feel like you are a part of it?

do you feel like your participation in psytrance events or the "scene" has changed your relationship with mainstream society or other aspects of your life (job, family, personal life, etc). ? has it changed the way you relate to the world around you? if so, how?

do you think that the greater global psytrance community has the potential to change the world? if so, how?

have you been to boom festival? if you have, what was it like? if you haven't, why not, and do you plan on going in the future?

somebody once told me that boom festival wouldn't be what it is now if the organizers had not attended and been influenced by burning man. do you agree with this account? why or why not?

any and all other thoughts/ideas/etc. are welcome too!!

if you would like to be cited in the article, please give your full name and/or email address so that i can verify with you before I submit the article. if you would like to remain anonymous or be referred to by your isratrance name, that's fine too - just let me know your preference

i will post a link to the article here once it is finished!

thank you all so much for your help!

be well!

love, renee

p.s. you can reach me by email at la.loquita.curiosa@gmail.com.
kahn
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Posted : Jul 23, 2008 06:45
Happy to help!

1. I got my first taste of psytrance in early 2003, although didn't develop an exclusive or intense attachment to the style at the time. It was in early 2006 where my interest of psytrance really started to blow up. I had been listening to electronica almost exclusively however since around 2000/2001. I began attending EDM events in late 2005. I attended my first exclusively "psy" party in mid 2007; although I had been to other events which included psytrance before this. The stylistic changes that we've seen in psytrance in the last few years are what has really drawn me further into the style. Admittedly, I'm not nearly as big a fan of older psy and goa trance; although I still definitely have some old favorites (for example: all of Hallucinogen/Simon Posford's music). It was the happier, melodic, euphoric Israeli Full-On that captured my attention in full. Coming from a more mainstream trance background, I feel that Israeli Full-On combines most of the best elements of traditional trance and techno, but brings it truly to the next level by incorporating the complexity and technical prowess of older style psy/goa trance. Mainstream trance in my opinion had started to become stagnate, and no longer captured my intense interest starting around 2003. Therefore this was a natural progression in terms of my own musical tastes. Even looking back at some of the older more mainstream electronica I had preferred, I can see the stylistic elements that led me to psytrance. The sharper sounding, faster, and more complex sounding music had always attracted me. However, it was the super complex basslines that really sealed the deal with psytrance. In retrospect, the mainstream trance/techno/house just drifted away from what made me love it in the first place. Although don't get me wrong, I really love all forms of psytrance that I've heard. These days as a good close second to the Melodic Full-On, I'm digging the more tech based proggy stuff, Antix and Vibrasphere as great examples.

There is definitely a unique culture built around the psy community. It's different from burner and classical hippy culture; although I feel that it comes closest to how people have described the 60's and 70's psychedelic rock scene. Looking at old pictures of Woodstock and other festivals of the era reminds me of many psy parties I have seen or attended myself. The psy community seems to give off love energy, and embraces the diversity surrounding it. I think in large part, we owe this to the international flavor of psytrance. Of all the forms of electronica that I've been into myself, psytrance seems to bridge the most diverse array of cultures worldwide; which creates a rich and worldwide scene. I see many people who are part of other psy communities elsewhere attending psy parties in other countries, and feeling immediately accepted and part of the scene and culture. I can't think of any other music scene where this is true.

Philosophically, I do feel bonded to the psytrance scene. The ideas that it conveys are in line with my own life philosophies. I perhaps have not spent enough time within my own local psy gathering scene to feel truly "part of" or accepted into the people and surrounding culture. Yes, I have made some good friends in the local scene; but I'm really not sure whether I'm accepted or not; I don't overthink that aspect. Sometimes I feel like the musical differences between the different forms of psytrance cause many people to diverge from one another. Particularly, being more into the Full-On Melodic stuff myself, where the local scene is predominately darker; sometimes I feel like a bit of a loner. And because I mix and produce this style of music, I'm not sure that I'd have the best of luck breaking into our local psy scene as a DJ. Personally, I love and embrace each and every type of psy for what it is, beautiful in its own right. Even if I have a preference for one style, I enjoy listening to it all. Like I said, I think I just need to spend more time in this scene before I am "accepted" as part of the family. Of all the musical scenes I've encountered, it seems like the psy scene is slower to accept people as part of it. But this is a good thing I think. A lot of people come and go, and on a personal level I can really sympathize with the idea of waiting to see who sticks around.


2. Participating in psy culture has given me a broader perception of the cultural diversity that exists in our world. It has given me both appreciation as well as resentment for other parts of life/society. Although, I can't really pinpoint anything in particular.


3. Since the global psytrance community makes up a good part of the world, I believe it has already changed the world. I see people becoming more social, culturally diverse, accepting, as well as more musically attuned and open minded through their inclusion into the psytrance scene.


4. Have not been to Boom Festival, but would love to someday!


5. I can't really answer whether or not Burning Man helped shape Boom Festival. My feeling, and the impression I have received from other people who have been involved with the psytrance scene for longer seems to indicate that many of the first psy trancers were also Burners; although I don't think the two cultures are necessarily synonymous. Part of this of course can be explained by the fact that Burning Man culture in itself is incredibly diverse; encompassing many different groups spanning many generations.


6. Any other ideas? Well I think I elaborated a lot on the other questions to make up for a lack of answer on this one.


7. I can be cited as just "Kahn" mainly because that's my DJ name and what I try to go by at parties.

email: supremeshadowkai@cox.net


Hope I didn't ramble too much, and that my comments are helpful to your article.
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