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July 2000

July 1 Saturday
Pittsfield MA Rave
7 29 Jun Summer Summer Saturday, July 1, 8:00PM – 7:00AM Kerizma and Brainmachines from New York bring you: Hush & Chip (drumming) [Mother Tongue NYC, Growroom MA, Greenhouse Effect] Jay-Z [Liquid Vision, Rhythm Alliance, Metro Rhythem Sound] Dread [VR-CT, Volume Entertainment Providence] Neil Baxter [Volume Entertainment Providence] Simi [Growroom MA / Greenhouse Effect] Flex [Sky Baby Productions NY] Tommie Gunn [Netwerk One NH] RU-1 [Metro Rhythm Sound] Gabe [Metro Rythem Sound] Kerizma [Liquid Vision] JaCee [Mill City] Live PA by Rishatra (reesh-thra) A fusion of DinoSaur King [Tao Studios, Virtual Vinyl] and Deknow [Virtual Vinyl] Location: The Arena – Indoor Skate Park, Pittsfield, MA web arena-web or 413.442.3347 8PM – 7AM Only $20 at the door – Everyone is guaranteed en-trance! Main info line: 978.545.0961 Indoor Lazer Tag, Free Candy, Lazers, Flea Market, BrainMachines, Hula-Hoops, Mad Decorations created by our Liquid Visualist to make you go Insane and The Psychedelic Smoke Breathing Dragon to cloud your brain. Wear your fluorescent colors cuz we love Black Lights! *FINAL PHASE: get off at exit 2 for Lee in MA, take RT 7 North. (This is actually rt 7 and 20) At rotary in Pittsfield (about 1/2 hour after exit) take first right and drive straight. Venue will be on right about 3 minutes down the road. Look for big banner by CocaCola with Summer Electronic Music Festival. Venue is behind Nissan Dealer in warehouse. IF YOU ARE WORRIED THAT YOU ARE DRIVING FROM FAR AWAY AND WILL NOT GET IN BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE AN ADVANCED TICKET PLEASE EMAIL US AND WE WILL PUT YOU ON A LIST. EVERYONE is GUARANTEED access to this event!!! You can email kerizma at hotmail or navom1 at yahoo

July 13 Thursday
Porno Party a female-run erotica launch at FUN on Madison Street underneath the Manhattan Bridge on the Manhattan side, 7-10pm. Do not embarrass me. Dress nicely, do not be a slob, leave your skateboard at home, blah blah blah. And that does NOT mean you can wear diapers, either.

July 14-16
House Of Trance and History Of Future present FULL MOON FESTIVAL
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A three day outdoor traditional Goa Trance Festival 36 hours of non-stop musical performances, love, and magic in the lush forests of upstate New York on a hidden 25-acre estate in the hills
Featuring Psychedelic Trance acts:
MINDFIELD (Phantasm, UK) – *Performing Live*
JORG (Shiva Space Technology, GER)
DICK TREVOR (Green Nuns of the Revolution, Bumbling Loons, Flying Rhino, UK)
KAPTAIN KAIROS (Dream Creation, Transient, UK)
YONI (History Of Future, NYC-ISR) Ambient/Chill-Out sets SUNDOG (Phantasm, UK)
JORG (Shiva Space Technology, GER)
Tickets Options: $60 for purchases before July 1 $65 for purchases after July 1 $50 for second-night-only pass **To ensure the right vibe, a limited number of tickets will be available. Please get yours early.** Roundtrip buses will be provided for an additional $20. First bus leaves House Of Trance at 5:00 pm Friday. Last bus leaves House Of Trance at 7:00 pm Friday. If you are driving, you will receive directions when you purchase your ticket. For More Info and Tickets: House Of Trance at 22 St. Marks Place, New York (212) 533-6700 History Of Future (212) 663-3570
The House of Trance festival was a rained out fiasco, but HOT got an A for effort. It was sad that there was 3″ of mud everywhere you went (and it was impossible to stay warm and dry, like in WWI trenches) but ultimately uplifting to see everyone helping each other out, i.e. the Japanese kids who pushed everybody’s cars out of the mud, etc etc.
I wasn’t going to go to the Full Moon party because I got completely dissed by the guy who answered the phone at the House of Trance. When I asked him if he needed promo support or brain machines he replied that this festival was “No Joke.” Why are there always, always miscommunications and reports of asshole behavior there from so many people? I had hoped that all the old bad feelings that so many got from that potentially crucial store were gone, and we were having a fresh start. Maybe the redesign was just skin deep. And for $65 plus transportation I could party for a month in NYC. But I friend of mine went who needed to be rescued, and I’m never one to miss anything remotely tied to trance, I rented a car. If this was No Joke then the House of Trance is run by the Church of the Subgenius. I got there at about 5:30pm Saturday afternoon and there was at least 3″ of mud everywhere, and nonstop nonstop rain…. many people had had enough of the pounding rain and were leaving – it was like Venus in The Illustrated Man, nonstop Chinese water torture. There was no place, I mean no place other than a car where you could escape the cold water. Mosquitoes were everywhere. It was sad because if not for the rain it would have been an unbelievable experience. They did all they could, but there IS a remedy (keep reading) I really don’t know why they planned it so far out – 2 1/2 hours by my reckoning, and I drive really fast. We had a little private party in an abandoned cabin. The brainmachines were cool for a couple of seconds until I dropped the glasses in the muddy water. Oh well. But all in all, I’m very glad it was a disaster because I was able to rescue a certain young damsel in dis dress that was all muddy and fluoro. Also, the good part of everyone seemed to come out – all the Japanese guys were helping everybody whose car was stuck, Gary Toro was a gentleman helping everybody get drinks and food, etc etc. A Russian and Ukrainian got married by Lilu. Did anybody find a Space Tribe fluoro long sleeve shirt with a Greece pin on it? I understand that DJs have time-sensitive tickets, but I think the House of Trance should throw a payback party free of charge somewhere. Maybe under the bridge. I felt that everybody got ripped off by an Act of God, and that we deserve at least an OUTLAW this Friday!!! Come on guys, you lost no money but our collective scene got robbed!

July 14 Friday
Canada Destiny presents WEMF
10:00PM There will be an Eclipse stage with:
Hallucinogen (live)
Growling Mad Scientists (live)
Simon Posford (DJ set)
Taka
Hugh S (some guy)
Matthew Magic (some other guy)
Richie Catalyst (Paradise, NYC)
Gabby Sevenz (Paradise, NYC)
Lior Illusion (Paradise, NYC)
Hi-Fi Princess (on the Eclipse stage) etc. Gabby and Richie DJcatalyst at usa.netare most likely organizing a chartered bus tour again to this year’s WEMF web tranceam.org/wemf.html destiny.nkaos

July 14 Friday
l Alien l
Jackel Studios in SoHo 443 Broadway 3rd floor (cross street Broome)
10pm-2am – Progressive House
2-4am MachinElf – psy-trance DJ, holy music, brainmachines
4-6am Vadim of SubtleChaos – PsyTrance
Dr. Mojo – guitar-based soundscapes DJ Tortoisehead – funk, trip-hop, ambient Marisa(AlienBlue) – dance/performance Damian Catera – algorithmically processed guitar James Keepnews – league of crafty guitarists Mike Rose – mutant performance systems Catherine Mazer – independent filmmaker Skyline – live drum+bass SOMA – live electronica photon mandala – dynamic slide presentation space pod chill room – couches, pillows, etc. inside lycra structure – brainmachines – pyramid centerpiece w/ dry ice roaming characters – robot/cyborg costumes hallway blacklight environment – mojo fluoro art – reel to reel w/ tape loop alien autopsy performance – mad scientist characters roll stretcher into room and dissect alien made from plastic, tubing, glowing fluids, flashing lights etc. Cost: around $15/No ID needed! Save money; buy tickets online – email $10 at Full details at brainmachines/alienlsd.html web movementNYC/events/mojo.html
very crazy concept party thrown at a gallery in SoHo called Alien. No, you don’t have to be tripping to come, but you *should* come, as there is a looot of preparation going on for this. It will be a blowout. (i would be doing a festival but the organizers are extremely difficult to work with, which doesn’t portend well IMHO)
The Alien LSD party was a tripped out success. Crowded though. Thanks to all who came.
Public Trancepercipitation Mon, 17 Jul Thanks to all who came and tripped out in dark Soho Friday night. Our League of Spiritual Discovery enjoyed our inAlienable rite to trip. Looks like the WEMFers had the biggest craziest weekend from early reports.
To: Alien l I didn’t have the time or the money to go to any of the festivals this weekend even though I would like to spend more time outdoors. On Friday night I went to Movement’s Alien l party. For some lapse of reason I decided to take I-95 instead of the Hutch. I-95 was hell. I left at 4:45 and arrived at E116 St. at 7:15. I was supposed to meet people in the Lower East Side at 6:00. I called. No answer. So I zipped down Second Avenue to 51st and cut across to Theatre District. After driving around for about a half hour, I found a space at W53rd and Broadway. So I ran down to Mars 2112. For those who don’t know, it’s this touristy theme restaurant that is supposed to look like Mars. There was a huge line, so I approached the young woman behind the concierge. She was wearing this tritely futuristic flight attendant’s uniform. After explaining my situation, she told me in a clipped British accent that I could go right through the “Jet Express Entrance.” It consisted of a metal door on hinges. After winding through several imitation rock tunnels, I luckily found my friends. I had an overpriced Chicken Caesar Salad and a bad martini. I really needed the martini. ago) and the animated series on Fox, perhaps I am a bit biased, but I thought it was excellent. Before I walked in, I had some reservations about the cast. They got an Australian to play Wolverine (sorry Andrei). While I find Halle Berry attractive, in the book, Storm is tall, proud, and arrogant looking. Anyway, despite an apparent shortage of tall African women and burly Canadian actors, they made it work. The film seemed to go by a bit too quickly. Yesterday, I read that they cut out 45 minutes. Still, everything was explained well enough for anyone without any previous two thumbs up. After re-parking my car, and walking around a bit, I arrived at the party sometime after midnight. It was on the 4th floor in a building in Soho. Even though I didn’t see a kitchen, I was under the impression that people lived there. It was hot and crowded with an attractive, albeit sweaty, crowd. There were lots of pretty women with sexy shoes. There were men in suits and women in dresses. There were folks in jeans and t-shirts. There was a woman in tiny metallic-silver shorts, a backless lace top, and platform canary-yellow flip-flops with faux fur straps. She was with a tall shirtless black man wearing gold chains, a cowboy hat, and a feather boa. Somehow, he still didn’t look gay. Speaking of gay, there were topless boys reeking of Vicks kissing each other, and women in sports jerseys wearing shoes that weren’t at all sexy. Even though there weren’t any candy ravers or fluoro freaks, it was a very diverse crowd. I like that. Not all the women were pretty. Dalit was there handing out flyers. I had a slight urge to swack her with a rolled-up newspaper, but fortunately, no such publication was available. As I was entering, people were hauling out equipment. On risers on the end of the room there were guitar amps and drum equipment. Apparently, there was some sort of live music before I got there. I had heard there was an open bar promotion by Skyy Vodka. Too bad the Russians missed it 🙂 There still was a bar, which I presume was selling drinks. There was also a small area with a table and couches curtained off with bubble wrap where people were inhaling mad nitrous dudes with faces scrunched up like trolls, their eyes half-open, sucking on huge balloons. For an Alien l party, it didn’t seem like many people were on acid. All I took were these two “Up Your Gas” herbal energy pills that kept me grooving for most of the night. From the time I arrived until Jeff went on, some guy with bleached-blonde hair was spinning progressive trance. Why do they call it “progressive trance”?? What’s so progressive about it?? They should call it “hackneyed trance” or “emotionally predictable trance” or “derivative techno.” Anyway, most of the crowd was into it. I’m not saying that it can’t be fun music, but let’s not kid ourselves with an ambitious name into thinking it’s somehow edgy. The sound system wasn’t good way too much treble and not enough bass. It sounded very harsh. I decided to wear earplugs. While sitting on a stool, a large projector came crashing down and suddenly landed about an inch from my foot. There was broken glass everywhere. Mojo seemed very upset. I had mixed feelings. On the one hand I felt bad that Mojo lost a piece of expensive equipment, otoh, I was glad I didn’t lose a &*%$ !! toe. Other than that, it was well decorated with odd sculptures and several projections. Although, I didn’t see an alien autopsy, or even the remains of an alien autopsy. Come to think of it, I didn’t see any aliens at all except Jeff’s outfit. Speaking of Jeff, he went on around 2 AM. He played a very diverse and creative cd set experimental to say the least. It was mostly psytrance, although it wasn’t as psychedelic as I would have expected from Jeff. Still, it was much much better than the set before him. I danced through most of his set, taking occasional breaks to stand in front of the fan. The high point was when Jeff played Hallucinogen’s “l” his hands outstretched, preaching to the crowd. After Jeff, Vadim started spinning vinyl. Honestly, I wasn’t impressed with his set, but I think that had a lot to do with the sound system, and that people kept bumping into the turntables. Psy-trance has more complexity and a wider bandwidth than house or techno it requires a system with breathing room. Unfortunately, the speakers were too tiny, and the amps were wheezing like an asthmatic chain-smoker. At 5 AM I decided to leave while I still had enough energy to transport myself. All in all, it was a good party. With a better PA it would have been a great party. Movement has their own mailing list, and Jeff posts their announcements on his Brainmachines list, so those are two ways you can find out about Movement events that have nothing to do with psy-trance. So how did H.O.T. and WEMF go??

July 22 Saturday
Tsunami at Key Skating Rink
First Party: Charlee J., Jon E.
11:00PM
Spirallianz (Spirit Zone, Ger) live performance
Dino Psaras (Atomic Records, UK)
DJ sets:
Yahel (BNE, Israel) live and
DJ Joa (Polymorphous, NY) DJ set 11pm – 9 am $20 advance, $25 at the door the Key Skating Rink 220 E 138 St. between Grand Concourse and 3rd Ave. In the South Bronx (not a very bad neighborhood – no attitudes, no weapons 😉 info line: 212.439.8124
0 Need a Mac Monitor Sat, 22 Jul ..for Tsunami tonight – anybody have a Mac monitor? It’s 9:22pm Saturday night call James at 212-307-0214 or m.e. at They need it to play… You will be rewarded by the trance mafia
At this event two Russian thugs, while buying liquid acid from me, tried to take the bottle. I yelled, they backed down, and over the new few months became friends with me, even helping me harass Muff of the BTS. One of them even got all his tires slashed.

July 21 Friday
Bridge Party!!! YEAH
Hey pre-operative trance sexuals, To celebrate the 500th member voluntarily subscribing/committing themselves to the online asylum known by some as Brainmachines, we will organize a BRIDGE PARTY. Here’s the kicker – it will be bankrolled completely not by Dancesage.org (but what a great idea) or Rudy Giuliani (even better) by an online membership fee and organized around a new list, “BridgeParty” . We ask for an advance donation of $15; donors will join the Board of Directors who will vote on, and receive information on, DJs, producers, artists, location and the date for the BRIDGE PARTY. Also there will be a special commemorative prize for all paying attendees. 😎 Votes will be performed online via polling on a new private email community. The great thing is, now that we are truly organizing, we can go absolutely fucking nuts. How much so is up to us. Two issues will be key – how do we promote this to non-paying members i.e. Israelis, debit/creditcard-less people, email-less homies, etc (I feel that word of mouth will take care of it all, but that is up to you). Also, the majority of the funds will go towards paying someone to get a car and pick up and return the generator (pickup Friday afternoon.) If you have a car or van and would like to be the generator pick up person – My hope is that we get 30 people paying $450, which will give us plenty to work with in terms of rentals and food, refreshment, nitrous (free or no? you decide), security, cleanup, etc. (and if we get enough dough MAYBE WE CAN EVEN GET GMS or KOXBOX aaaaaaaahh) This is organized crime!!! Yeah!!! 🙂 As next weekend is bare, I’m shooting for next Saturday, July 29. And your money will be refunded (via Paypal) if you end up not coming. Interested in participating? You need a credit or debit card. Click here. You will need my full name, and my email, Email me $15. Once you pay, I will manually add you on to the community. Once we get 30 members we will have enough to go ahead. The more members we get, the less we will have to raise for each upcoming party. So forward this to all of your friends. If this crashes and burns you will get your money and your karma back. But that would suck. We don’t want that! COME ON!!! I envision four bridge parties by the wintertime. Cheers, PS This ain’t a democracy. More like Peru run by Fujimori; we’ll have the appearance of an anarcho-syndicalist grassroots worker committee movement, but guess who will be the thought police. M.e.

RE: chaaaaaaaaarge !!!!!!!!!!
Mon, 24 Jul
lets all make some shit happen We are – where’s YOUR $15? You want to chaaaarge, then do it on paypal. You can’t get something for nothing. Otherwise, grab a jambox, a bag of weed, and run off to the park. I can’t believe that people will pay $25 to go to what they suspect will be a large undesirable party, yet not have the commitment to come together and pool a tiny pool of money to make a party. Seriously, folks, if you want a bridge party this weekend with the DJs you vote for (& maybe Dutch from SF) then get on the bridge party bandwagon. We’re still short, and it will take at least 20 of you to step up and pay with your debit or credit cards. If Tuesday rolls around and we’re not there yet, you will have to just tread the trance water for several weeks. And I will laugh at anyone who bitches rather than builds. All of you have paid a lot of money to Tsunami and many will complain; yet when offered a chance to stop being a consumer and becoming a producer you step back. Alphatrance throws the most intimate and vibesy parties and I don’t speak for them, but there’s no way they can carry through on what they want to do with the little money that they ask for. This is a test – to see how much you care about shaping your universe – to see if you are a visionary group of explorers, or a herd of cattle slurping off of the E trough. If we don’t get the support, the experiment is over and you will not hear from m.e. again, promise. Directions to get “on the bus” are at if we want change we got to all get together on this and stop waiting for the right people to come along to and hand us a good party… so tell me whats up

July 24 Monday
SDR&R RE: chaaaaaaaaarge !!!!!!!!!!
Hard charges: Generator rental, 5000kW, one day $80 Transportation back & forth to Queens$100 Deposit $200 Sound System Rental & transportation $200 Absolute minimum necessary $580 Number of members paying $15 necessary to raise $580 38 Current number of paying members: 18 Any money collected at the event itself will go to the next party Good to see you on Friday. I won’t rehash the obvious complaints that we all seem to share about the night. Let’s just say I share them, which brings me to my point. I like the Bridge Party idea a party “of the people, by the people & for the people”, but I have a few questions. At $15 a head, even a light turnout of 50 people would raise a cool $750. Assuming the DJ’s bring their own CDJs, mixers and music, all you really need is a generator, yea? So, they’re about $100 a night at worst. Where’s the rest of the dosh headed? Will you be paying the DJ’s (cos’ now that would make sense)? Don’t take this as a, “So, what’re you doing with the money smartass?” kinda letter. I’m just trying to make sense of it all before I part with my lunch money. Are there other costs I’m failing to factor?
How to Help Make it Happen
We need someone to buy water and cups in the night for a bridge party that might happen soon. And one to buy fruit in the morning. And one to clean up. Either way, you will waive the $15 membership fee. So we need three. remember when we had many bridge parties in NY? I think we can forget about them at least until we can find a way to finance them and make it worth it for the organizer. Faulty premise. Let me explain… the bridge was good for beginner enthusiastic organizer/DJ’s who wanted to play and made their own parties. Yep. We have a few of those spots out here… but if someone can rent a venue, charge donation and make it half legit. covering his costs- maybe even making a small profit- why would he spend his own money on a van and a generator, miss the party before- work his ass off and end up losing his own money? Because it’s a different vibe (club vs. outdoor renegade), a whole different gestalt, a different experience… so what happened this weekend? I know we talked about collecting donations- I didn’t see a jar. I thought about it the whole night but tripping makes me extremely unpractical. I’m sorry. I should have forced myself to collect money but I guess that’s not what I’m good for. I got there late though- did someone go around with a hat or something? We’ve tried a few things; I’m of the general mindset that donations for an outdoor are probably the most likely to be received on the way in or out, and not during… but… so how do we do it? any thoughts? how can we through outlaw parties in public places and charge people money to get in? Potentially faulty premise…. You ask “how can we through outlaw parties in public places and charge people money to get in?” I say that’s not the question; the question is “how can we throw outlaw parties in public places and NOT charge people money to get in, without burning out or draining money from the organizer(s)?” …to that, there are several ways to answer from several directions: – Pool sound resources from within the scene and attendees so as to not have to rent sound gear (usu. very possible) – Find the construction stores that have low-rent generators for a Sat aft / Mon AM rental (not a big cost anyway, but worth trying) – “Distribute the workload” try to have a good number of people to help with setup, and have KNOWN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES for said people during the evening and night – Keep the setup crew from having to be the cleanup crew; beg, borrow and plead to have a few people (generally the type who show up at 2 or 3am, and/or the really responsible folks) who have NOT been up since the LAST 6am to help with cleanup… – Buy large water vessels (2.5 gallon spigot-feed cartons) and ask people to bring cups. (you will still need to supply many of them). [One idea here is to have good, cheap water (a lot of stores now have dispensers for like .20 cents/gallon; if you have good water from your faucet (NON-NYC residents), go with it!… with this water, bring a bunch of cheap cups, enough for everyone… make sure this is all visible… then, for those who want their own pleasing bottle of fresh Evian, fine, $2/bottle, which helps to defray other costs. We have yet to do this, and I don’t know if we will, but it seems like a neat way to satisfy everyone…] – Find DJ’s who will play for free (or, if there is cost associated with their set (transportation/equipment/etc), then at or close to the level of expenses). I probably offended a bunch of DJ’s, but hey, if we’re talking about a FREE party where the organizers are providing free water, fruit, chai, etc., then this is the way I see it… if we’re talking about a ‘name’ act, then that can be a different story… – Buy inexpensive bulk food items, such as a LARGE crate of oranges ($30 – $35 sometimes, depending on season), or bananas, or *the best healthy item that would appeal to a bunch of freaks at 4am that is in season for a reasonable price*. We found clementines once. Yes. 🙂 Watermelon is *messy* but amazingly appealing for sweetness and hydration properties at, say, 7am. Place these items on a large table, and occasionally walk an armful out through the crowd for people to grab from… this is not a place to try and charge $$. – Find people with similar values who are willing to put up with the time, effort, and energy required to realize these goals. These people come from ALL walks of life, and at surface may not seem to have a lot in common. Probe deeper. Then smile. 🙂 Hopefully, these tips help…. and other ideas are always welcome 🙂 Be well! I’ve enjoyed your very visceral party reviews in the past; keep the first-person reports flowing! Actually, there was one and quite a number of people chipped in moneywise, I believe. There was even one enthusiastic person who came up to me BEFORE we got the collection jar going and asked me who’s paid for and set up all the stuff and gave me a $20, saying that he is having the time of his life and was generally very very nice. A few thoughts on the topic: Throwing a DIY party is not very expensive by any means, especially if you already have the gear or can find it for free (and if you have a vast enough network of “friends of friends”, it’s not really hard). It *is* somewhat time-consuming and logistically challenging, though, but given enough motivated people, it’s a no-brainer. It’s all about motivation and participation if everyone does a tiny part (like taking one’s own garbage back from the park… come on folks, I’m totally cool with carrying the damn sound system on my back up and down those dark stairs, but I’m really not cool with picking up somebody else’s trash) anyway… sorry for the rant… where was I. Oh yeah – motivation and participation. Personally, I’ve noticed that some of the best times I’ve had were at parties which I helped with in one way or another… there’s just a certain feeling of achievement and pride in what I’m doing to bring everyone’s experience up one notch. So, the next time somebody offers to throw a bridge party – offer your help! I mean, it’s nice to come to the park and find the sound system already alive and kicking’, but it’s even more exciting to see the party happen from ground zero, right in front of your own eyes. And yes, having separate setup and cleanup crews is essential – I was practically dead by the time the music stopped, and all I was able to do is grab my CDJs and headphones and “drag my tortured, withered body” to the train station. I felt sort of guilty for not sticking around and helping with the cleanup, but I probably wouldn’t have been much help with that, anyway.

July 25 Tuesday
Note from Your Immigration Official
Today by midnight is the last day to place your vote in the New York Psy Trance Poll and buy your citiZenship in the Free State of Goa… You decide which sound sorcerors will play with Dutch from – maybe this weekend, who knows, you have to become an informed citizen. Looks like Jason of SubtleChaos, Hi-Fi Princess/Sequential Tom, and MystEry man are pulling ahead… but this could all change when the votes are tallied at midnight tonight. You can help decide who you would like to hear, but you’re going to have to pay to vote in this neo Greek democracy… help us all finance our bridge event – we are oh so close. If there is a service you can offer in lieu of paying $15 let me know – massage, gasoline pickup, food bringing, blacklight bringing, face painting, brainmachine attending, flower bringing,let me know what your trip is and I will give you the passport to Hyperspace. (But you will have to donate by tonight to be able to vote) PS there will be NO vending at this event – everything will be FREE Info & donations:

July 29 Saturday
Bridgeparty on Synaesthetic Saturday
We the people, in order to form a more perfect union of mind, body, and ecstatic trance dancing, will have a free trance party underneath a dry bridge in Manhattan, several blocks from the subway. Shying from the tyranny of crowded sweaty water hoarding acoustically suspect d clubs, the various caucuses and candidates including the Mainbrachined Elpha trancing Double Dutch Hi-Fidelity Sequential Knee Deep in citiZen’s Brigade have joined for one evening to become the People’s Trance Party, by the PsyFreaks and for the PsyFreaks, and will hereby sign our Declaration of Tripdependence on this day July 29, with a Synaesthetic Psychedelic Celebration of the Senses. SEE: Astrid Faerie Drottningen returns from graping and pillaging over the sea to Storm the Bridge
GROK: the results of 3 days of intense Grassroot Politicking… the benefactors who put up the money had an online caucus vote and here is what we came up with:
HEAR: Dutch, the acclaimed psytrance DJ visiting from San Francisco, coming back from a Boston Tea Party called by some the best psytrance turntablist in the world (California)plus Ron iXON warming up (New York)
HEAR: Alphatrance – Yoshik, Indra, Fofa, fxMike (Russia/Ukraine) web alphatrance.org
HEAR: God Emperor Machine Elf spreading the Spice which is necessary for Hyperdimensional Space Travel (Hyperspace) HEAR: The Futuretech rhythm of Hi Fi Princess Sequential Tom (Brooklyn)
HEAR: Sonic wizardry by local producers Deeper in Zen
SEE: Beautiful fluoro art from Mojo, Alphatrance and others SEE: Multicolor Projections
EAT: Free water, Chai from Kristina, fruit, power bars, pastries, Indian vegetarian samosas from Rishi’s father
FEEL: the neurochemically enhanced empathy (from the excellent Chai!)
SMELL: The flowers planted throughout the area made possible by donations from Barbara Streisand wafting through billowing incense Saturday, July 29 9pm – as late as possible on Sunday It will be raining when you read this – probably – but it will clear by late Saturday. Rain or shine, under the huge arch at 181st & Amsterdam. If it’s really beautiful it will be in the open field. Extended local forecast: Wednesday: Thunderstorms; Friday through Sunday: Variably cloudy with a chance of a late Day thunderstorm. Lows around 70. Highs 80 to 85. Do not fly your kites with a metal key attached. SCHEDULE: 9:30-11pm Deeper in Zen 11pm-12pm Sequential Tom 12-1 Hi Fi Princess 1-2:30am Dutch 2:30-3:30am Machine Elf 3:30-end Yoshik, Indra, fxMike, Ron iXON TALK: Cell phone on location BREATH what the dentists gave you GROK: This event made possible by freaks like you. Donations for the next party will be requested by someone with pointy ears. DO: Tell all your friends. BE: responsible BE: respectful BE: careful BE: beautiful Play hard, Play smart, or Play Dead PARTICIPATE BRING friends, water, food, incense, flashlight, a blanket to sit on, and a plastic bag for trash. But Leave No Trace. HOW TO GET “ON THE BUS” Full details on donating funds to the Manhattan Trance Society is at If you bring something nice like black lights, face paints, party favors or flowers you will not be asked for a donation. We need volunteers to go buy food and fruits at bodegas up the hill, and pick up trash on Sunday morning. you money) and you will not be asked to donate. Directions can be found at web egroups/files/Bridgeparty/ Also go vote on DJs etc. at web egroups/polls/bridgeparty Our budget, expenses, vendors, and volunteer sign-up can be found at web egroups/database/bridgeparty
Flyer/Budget/Benefactors/Volunteers
Total funds raised for Bridge Party Saturday: $510. This pays for the sound system, generator rental, transportation, food etc & fire dancer(s). Any donations at the party will go towards future events. One more thing you can do to help. Everybody take a little extra effort to bring someone new. Attached is a flyer for the party. Give to all your friends do not have email. Of course, make sure it does not fall into the wrong hands. Do not leave a stack at House of Trance. But everybody call your favorite Israeli. Thank you benefactors! Aaron ma9ellan absolutemaya AD-M The Daoist Raver Aleks D. Alex Aristy Amy Harris aphexmike Ben Mehlman Cliff Hall Dan Shtob Daniel Davidson Danna Horine David Sanchez DJhifiprincess Dmitry Volovik Dylan firsh emc at cloud9.net Eugene & Kirina exstacy at msn george Murphy gramarye Helen Spencer Indra Isis Erb J Stottz James Horine Jamie qixand jill cohen Joe Bisquick josh loring Kiovanna Roderiguez Kristina lce201 at is5.nyu LeonardMulrooney Leshiy machinelf Mathias Zeidler max fortun Megan Donnell Michael Donohue miltondurr Misha at alphatrance mojo mt55 Paul Caron Paul Caruso Peter Rosenberg planetalx popyrebel process29 Rishi Rocky Kenworthy Scott Stuart Scott tillilt serge moz Tea Hoang thormark at aol tony torn Vladi Vladimir Mukhin It’s not too late to join this list of people who care – find the elf at the party. Benefactors at the party will get future recognition. Here is a list of volunteers, in case you want to help them. We still need a gas & oil person (to watch the gas levels and go up the hill to buy more): CD/Mixer/EFX box Twin Pioneer CDJs, Pioneer Mixer (2 track), Pioneer EFX Box Jeff Car Drives Machinelf Noam emc at cloud9 dot net (917) 842-5800 Car Drives Machinelf’s Harem of Trane Ho’s Jill Cohen jillsadiva at hotmail Chai Free Chai while supplies last $20 kristina at yahoo Face Painting Includes brushes, mirror paper towels Free to all but can accept tips. $25 for paints Damien omnchild at yahoo 917 589-5002 Fire Dancers $50 per Le Skunk & Rosie colskunk at hotmail web earthnoise/channels/chanviewmidleft.pl?channelid8224&view Food – Breads Power Bars, Nutraments, Pastries $15 Paul Caron friar at angelfire Food – Fruit bananas, Watermelons, Clementines $10 Josh Loring joshloring at earthlink.net Food – Indian Samosas Vegetarian Rishi cubensis at softhome dot net (718) 273-6194 Generator Generator Rental, Deposit, Pickup, Dropoff, $400 or swamprat at disinfo.net (Paul Caruso) List of generator rentals at web tranceam.org/vendorsDJs.html Oil & Gas Monitor Buy oil & gas, watch level, coordinate with renter of generator Free Signature/email gatherer Free Vladi Sarkov vladistar at hotmail dot com Sound System Speakers, amp, black lights, fluro banners plus transport $200 Aleks aleks at alphatrance.org 917-279-6818 Tapestries and NO2 Fluoro banners and Nitrous Oxide FREE to us, they charge for NO2 Mojo & Jamie mojo2112 at earthlink dot net, qixand at earthlink dot net 718-627-2756 TONIGHT There is a downtown fashion party at Norma Quinto’s design studios with drinks, shiny happy beautiful people, and Sean Hall progressive trance DJing. Of course there is no cover, just mention the word Brainmachines at the door. Thursday July 27th 7-10 Address: 270 Lafayette Suite 504 Below Houston Dress Code: It’s not a stuffy crowd, but at the very least don’t embarrass me; try to look either slick and cool or at least really fashion forward. Or interesting. So leave your Old Navy at home.
Jul Last minute unfinished business…
1. WEATHER 2. EVENTS 3. VOLUNTEERS 4. BLACK LIGHTS 5. BACKUP 6. FREE CDRs 7. WHY ARE WE BUYING WATER 8. WHAT YOU CONSUME 9. ASYLUM 10. VOLUNEER DATABASE 1. WEATHER Looks like we’ll be under the Big Arch instead of the field, for secrecy, electrical safety, & rainproofness & level dry ground Weather Friday: More clouds than sun. High 77. Light E winds. Friday night: Mostly cloudy. Low 68. Light S winds. Saturday: Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. High 79. Winds E 5 to 10 mph. 20% Chance of precipitation. 2. EVENTS summary Tonight – web movementNYC Tomorrow day web ps1.org Tomorrow night-Sunday 3. VOLUNTEERS Here are 3 volunteer opportunities for those who like to start early. You will earn access to free nitrous all night: We will need someone to be at the location at 6:30 to help wheel the generator down the hill, and watch it while it’s down there. Bring reading material. Perfect for those who like to start early. You will earn access to free nitrous all night. If interested in helping please email me at Aleks needs two volunteers to help him move the speakers down the hill. He will be there by 8pm. Downhill is a breeze. We have a dolly. If you can 4. BLACK LIGHTS EVERYBODY bring your black lights! 5. BACKUP We will have a backup location in case we get busted, printed out on a stack of 100 flyers 6. FREE CDRs 20 Free CDRs Just pay $11.99 for S&H web googlegear/cgi-bin/xp/xdrive 7. WHY ARE WE BUYING WATER The reason I want to buy a LOT of water is that we don’t want traffic up the hill – that’s where the cops can see a lot of weird-looking white kids in the hood. That, more than a fire dancer under the arch is bound to get us busted. So there. Bring it all with you, enough so that you don’t need to make beer runs or whatever. We’ll revisit this next party. 8. WHAT YOU CONSUME DJs don’t consume anything during a performance. The fire dancer people use a lot of materials in their performance, it’s not just sticking your sock in a gas tank and lighting it up and sticking on a wet hairnet. ASYLUM 9. Yep we’re setting up the only mental hospital that actually worx. I’m bringing a friend whos just kicking heroin and the last time he remembers being happy was at a psy party 2 years ago.. aww aint dat shweet:) On Thu, 27 Jul, meowmix wrote: I’m bringing two girls from Phoenix Arizona who are looking for a change and something new and they are in for it. woo hoo Original Message Follows “Dan Shtob” dashtob at sas.upenn To: Bridgeparty Re: [Bridgeparty] Flyer/Budget/Benefactors/Volunteers Thu, 27 Jul this is why I love him. im bringing a jungle kid from Phillya new transplant to new york. strange thing, it seems like every time I do that, they fall in love with the music and people. dan An ok guy. — sElf Trance Former To: Bridgeparty . com Bridgeparty ; Psy-Trance Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2:20 PM [Bridgeparty] Flyer/Budget/Benefactors/Volunteers One more thing you can do to help. Everybody take a little extra effort to bring someone new. 10. Volunteers CD/Mixer/EFX box Twin Pioneer CDJs, Pioneer Mixer (2 track), Pioneer EFX Box Jeff Car Drives Machinelf Noam emc at cloud9 dot net (917) 842-5800 Chai Free Chai while supplies last $20 kristina at yahoo Face Painting Includes brushes, mirror paper towels Free to all but can accept tips. $25 for paints Damien omnchild at yahoo 917 589-5002 FireDancers LeSkunk & Rosie colskunk at hotmail web earthnoise/channels/chanviewmidleft.pl?channelid8224&view Food – Breads Power Bars, Nutraments, Pastries $15 Paul Caron friar at angelfire Food – Fruit bananas, Watermelons, Clementines $10 Josh Loring joshloring at earthlink.net Food – Indian Samosas Vegetarian Rishi cubensis at softhome dot net (718) 273-6194 Generator Generator Rental, Deposit, Pickup, Dropoff, $400 or swamprat at disinfo.net (Paul Caruso) List of generator rentals at web tranceam.org/vendorsDJs.html Oil & Gas Monitor Buy oil & gas, watch level, coordinate with renter of generator Free Signature/email gatherer Free Vladi Sarkov vladistar at hotmail dot com Sound System Speakers, amp, black lights, fluro banners plus transport $200 Aleks aleks at alphatrance.org 917-279-6818 Tapestries and NO2 Fluoro banners and Nitrous Oxide FREE to us, they charge for NO2 Mojo & Jamie mojo2112 at earthlink dot net, qixand at earthlink Trash Bags, Motivation Bring bags, leave around, go around and give them to people and get them to pick up $5 Rocky Kenworthy rocky at atomictrance 917.653.4744 Trash Pickup $5 for trash bags Melanie McCrary orbicles at hotmail Water Big Jugs Water, Plastic Cups $20 Serge Mozgalevsky sergemoz at flashcom.net 917-806-8218
Just a … Sat, 29 Jul a little east coast trancester rap: SHALOM it’s Saturday afternoon… what are you doing online? Don’t worry fellow trancers we will party dry, rain or shine So come to the BRIDGE PARTY TONIGHT feel our thundering might and if you don’t know where to go to get the right context check out directions under p.s. we have raised enough to buy our own big generator next week this is not for this whose hearts are weak
Thanks to everyone for the biggest (and *best* believe it or not) bridge party to date. It was a group effort. The place was trashed, but within 5 minutes it was spotless… amazing. And the only problem was that a Russian friend of my girlfriend’s drank too much GHB… I guess he is a member of the KGHB now. If anybody wants a link to get 25 megs of free 100% secure disc drive space on the Internet, with an optional Windows Explorer interface for your PC or Mac, reply to this email and I’ll send you a link. It’s cool because no matter where you are at, you will have a backup for your most precious files. Plus you’re not tied to a single computer.
Samosas to die for and become a cow in yer next life
This Indian restaurateur donated food for our bridge party. Please visit this place, ask to see the owner, and thank him (so he may do it again..) Vegetarian samosas (was at Bridge Party!!) rishi, your dad makes some kickass samosas. Yes, they were excellent lots of carbohydrates too. Thanks Rishi! My father says you’re welcome, and says to please come visit at: A Taste of India (thank him for the donated food) 181 Bleecker Street Mannyhattan (212) 982-0810

August 2000

August 4 Friday
Prometheus Project – NO SHELTER
10:00PM – 4:00AM Prometheus project presents… NO SHELTER a night of kick ass psychedelic trance featuring… yon e (NYC/Israel) nimbus (NYC) illusion (NYC) the flyer is out!!!! look for it at house of trance, throb, tower, satellite
Chelsea Lounge 154 West 26th Street $10 21 & over (ID a must)… Prometheus Project presents… NO SHELTER a night of kick-ass psychedelic trance featuring… yone (NYC/Israel) nimbus (NYC) illusion (NYC) Chelsea Lounge 154 West 26th Street $10 21 & over (ID a must) the flyer is out!!!! look for it at house of trance, throb, tower, satellite This place is a very comfortable somewhat upscale lounge with a dance hall downstairs
Trance Sexual Security can kiss my butt Kiovanna Rodriguez kr185 at Columbia spoke with the head of security after the party, and I was told that it was the promoter decided at what time the party finished, and that it could have gone until 6am if he had arranged that in advance. Moreover, I was told that the bottom level could have been utilized for that party if the promoter had made arrangements. Who is this Mike guy anyways? Peace Kiovanna
Security can kiss my butt!
I heard you got thrown out of Mike’s party. What happened?? the big security guys mistakenly thought I was selling somebody something ( I was soliciting funds for bridgeparty), got kicked out, went home, astrid made me a disguise w/mustache and beard, slicked my hair back Hitler style, wore glasses and suit, got a limo ride from a doctor friend and got back into the party, tried to buy girls drinks, had a good time, then out on the street struck up a funny conversation with security when they were kicking everybody out after they closed early – you should have seen the look on their faces, you could hear their jaws hit the pavement – then I ran down the street screaming I GOT YOU MOTHERFUCKERS

August 5 Saturday
Private Loft/Roof Tribal Trance at Silvercup Studios
Saturday will be amazing. Begin the day at the beach, and go to a huge catered loft party 5 minutes away and dance the evening away. All for $15 total. The large private party on in a 5000′ art gallery with a 5000’roof right across the Queensboro bridge with spectacular city views…. catered, with Trinidad & Brazillian drumming early and trance music from 2 until the morning in the vein of GMS and Dark SoHo by yours truly and maybe some local talent (if you bring your favorite psytrance track, we play)… this Saturday, Cost: $10.. Limited to the first 80 respondents. Members of the bridge society get a reduced admission of $8. $12 Payable in advance through PayPal – and for $15 you can also be a member of the bridge society which organizes outdoor gatherings. We will spend the day sunning at the virtual beach installation and audio beds at PS1.org from noon to 9pm. The party is a 5 or 10 minute walk away. If interested please email with your name, and number of people with you. You will be emailed back with the details plus a link to pay.

August 11 Friday
Church of Trance
First DJ Set: Kife
“Seek and ye shall find”
Come WITNESS the POWER of the HOLY GHOST HALLELUJAH! THE CHURCH OF TRANCE is hosting its first worship service this Friday the 11th in a beautiful sylvan environment from 10pm to 10am. Made possible by the trance folk of Northeastern America, with tribes representing New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Massachussetts. If you understand our sole uniting belief – that trance dance brings you spriritual enlightenment – then you are welcome to join our fellowship. Come dance with us amid the flowers and trees and dryads and nymphs and elves and faeries of Manhattan. The celebration is FREE to members of the congregation but getting the information will be Purgatory on the Infidels who have not joined us and seek to dance with the Holy Ghost. DJ Lineup, in approximate order of appearance
Lama Koan (Deeper in Zen/NYC)(Buddhism)
Righteous Reverend Machinelf (Hyperspace)(Church of the Subgenius/Capitalism)
Archbishop Indra (Alphatrance/Ukraine) (Eastern Orthodox)
Padishah Yoshik (Alphatrance/Russia)(Askenazi Juadea Diaspora)
Kardinal Kife (Russia)(Eastern Orthodox)
Lord Druid David West (Boston) (Protestant)
Kallabala Rabbi Yon-E/or some other Israeli DJ (Israel)
These DJs were elected through an online poll from the Church of Trance congregation. More offerings Fog Machines Video Projections Multicolored sound-sensitive lights UV Art NO2 (Really, this time) The Perseid meteor shower peaks in the morning of the 12th, although will be washed out for most of the night by the moon (and the city), except for the last hour or two before dawn. Free Holy Water. But bring your own edibles. This time it will NOT be at the bridge location like it was two weeks ago. The tithe we ask is a one-time fee; join our fellowship soon, as the membership fee will steadily increase as we mature into a major world religion. EARLY BIRD/CONGREGANTS directions The location will be only announced on a special bridgeparty list. To get on the list, the Book of Life, click web secure.paypal.x/refer/paljeff%40brainmachines and send $20 to, You will receive location confirmation within 5 minutes of emailing or call . SLACKERS/SINNERS directions If you procrastinate directions will also be found with a young gentleman sitting on a stoop at 325 West 51st between 8th and 9th from 7pm to 4am Friday night. He will be wearing a suit and fedora. You must approach him with a donation and say “I/We seek the Power of the Holy Ghost.” He will respond with a piece of paper with directions on it and say, “Your Journey Starts Here.” NOTE: If you waited this long to be reading this in quiet desperation, you have to bite the bullet and go pay the Ferryman at 325. He will get you to the other side. AMEN OM SHIVA The Holy Ghost’s Prayer Our spirit who art in trance hallowed be thy flame thy people come dance will be fun on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily chai and forgive us our trespassing as we forgive those who trespass with us and definitely lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil in your name we dance Om Shiva Outside our Bodies Amen Rewrite this prayer and receive a free membership in the Church of Trance Contribute with scholarly research into trance dance aspects of various religions and get a free membership to the Church of Trance. Send research use of all said research. About… CoT 1.0 was designed by machinelf as a plug-in for your standard reality denomination browsers. Stay tuned for upgrades as we aggregate our Salvia Divinorum code into the K-OS, the K operating system that groks the known universe Future guest speakers Bob Dobbs from the Church of the Subgenius Terrence McKenna Timothy Leary Buddha Refreshments There will be an abundance of psychedelic sacraments at future services; New York is the only state that allows for non-Native American freedom of worship though legal psychedelic substances Imperative Get on the bus!
Review – Thank you sisters and brothers The most common words I heard was spiritual peaceful and intimate Even though we all through a megabridgeparty two weeks ago This time the worldy goal was quality over quantity and we achieved this goal, especially earlier on… me personally? I did not wish to do yet another “trance party” I wanted something more spiritual.. and for a while, I think we got it. I came on, even though Astrid was not there yet, to get things moving to set a tone. I played everything from monks chanting to GMS to Dead Can Dance to U2’s Unforgettable Fire. I was pretty tired and cracked out for not sleeping for 3 days. and then James from deeper in zen came on – koan (James horine) played what I consider to be the best set of the evening. there was a weird new organic glow to everything he did – he made an effort to incorporate a theme into his music and not just blast it out. I don’t know if it was his music, the outfits, the bubbles everwhere, the visuals, or ST. Timothy, but I was in another dimension for an hour. While Koan was on I was in a Trance. I hereby recommend that Koan becomes a resident DJ. It would be difficult to put up for a vote because he played from around midnight to 1:30am Yoshik (Alex) Kife (Vlad) Indra (Gosha) kept everyone stomping throughout the night. David West came with a Boston contingent and played Hallucigen and Brown Eyed Girl.

Yon-E was supposed to make it and play with Jason of SubtleChaos but he was unable to. The system we now have for DJs is, I fell, as fair as it can possibly get. People were hugging trees There were some people wandering around the intersection looking for a physical church With a smaller, more refined attendance I can honestly say that there were no undesirables or ugly people there We created a small fire Those were the wordly goals The spiritual goals were to take familiar elements (DJs, sound system, lights, people, location) and weave them into a tapestry made of astral thread, so that everything would be perceived in a different light. I truly felt that we had gone higher than ever before. Thanks Thank you Dan D Raver for showing us where to buy the generator Thank you for watching the generator and being the sober voice of reason Thanks to all who brought refreshments Thank you Alex and Elen and DNA Dan and Michael Johnson and Astrid and Stina for getting everything out of storage by the deadline Thank you all for helping us move everything down the hill and back up afterward Thanks to Gideon for bringing fruit Thank you Boston tribalists for making a pilgrimage Thanks to Mojo and Jamie for bringing Nitrous and projectors and the bubble machine – I am so glad we had nitrous for this event and not at the mega Bridgeparty Thanks to the fire dancers who came Thanks to those who put up with the village idiot, the shirtless drunken tripping Irishman. He is banned for three months from any church of trance festivities. Thanks to Yivgeni for walking around smiling alive’ Thanks to the NYPD for walking up, looking around a little confusedly, surprisingly, with a little smirk, going around the party a bit, and then LEAVING! (They had followed two people into the park thinking they were going to buy ds. They walked right into our service. Miraculously, they were fine with it. I gave them a million-dollar bill.) Thanks to the guy with the Didgeridoo Thanks to everyone who endured the bullshit getting there, but I hope you’ll agree that it was worth the labyrinthine Byzantine shell game. We survived. I vote that we continue on this direction. It feels right. I hope to somebody to be completely serving you and our community 100%. I want to be the guy who lives in the church, drives the church van with the church generator and church sound system organizing the church trance events. I want to be able to have us get married in our own church. This shoe is becoming a better and better fit. How to join the Church of Trance You’re missing a spiritual movement rooted in wilderness trance on the island of Manhattan… To get info on the Church of Trance, and vote on how we celebrate spiritual ecstacy through trance dance, and when, where and who will DJ, click web secure.paypal.x/refer/paljeff%40brainmachines and send $15 to, You’ll be added to a special email community list.
I wanna thank YOU! Not only was the congregation an incredible experience, but the events leading up to the mass seems like the things that movies, books, and legends are made of. YOU are incredible. The running around in Jersey, the moving of the equipment from 5 flights up in a warehouse to the van, the guy from Brooklyn with the cellphone, the rain, the mud, the moving of the equipment, was all an experience I know that I won’t forget, and in the future, look forward to again. The donation of the generator, I hope, will be a start. Soon, we’ll have our own sound system plus. Maybe one day we can get a church to party at. THAT would be something. Jeff, DNA Dan, Alex, Mike the therapist, the lovely ladies who were piled into the van, and everyone who made this happen, I’m looking forward to our next sermon. Dan
[ChurchofTrance] NYPD: CoT 1.0 Review Thanks to the NYPD for walking up in the morning, looking around a little confusedly at all the dancers and banging trance, surprisingly, then with a little smirk, going around the party a bit, and then LEAVING! (They had followed two people into the park thinking they were going to buy ds. They walked right into our service. Miraculously, they were fine with it. I gave them a million dollar bill.) Exactly at that moment, I was spinning and Aleks came to me and asked for CD. Following conversation: – What for? – I want to give it to somebody. Do you have a copy? – Yes I have a copy of Logic Bomb “Hardware”. Who do you want to give it ?? – Some cops.. – at There is a cop over there, he doesn’t want to leave until he gets a CD with ‘this kind of music’ – Stop kidding me, wtf?? … and so on … So, I hope the dude will enjoy Logic Bomb – album is great :o) I pretty sure he has also some confiscated dope – let him a great time as he let us. Let it be the Peace between us! Boom, Gosha..

August 12 Saturday
Paradox NYC7’s
11:45PM – 6:45AM
Children of Dr. Hoffman
DJ Goblin-Psysex (Hom-Mega)
DJ Yaniv Tal (Israel)
DJ Illusion (Israel)
Twirl is at 208 West 23rd Midnight until 6-8am Comfortable, with Couches, High Ceilings, Optical illusion mirrors Television Bank Visuals by Machinelf Info line 996-1720 reduced list Thrown by Paradox (Dalit and Chai)

August 18-20
Goa Gil – House of Trance
3 Days Of Peace, Love, Unity And Music August 18-19-20 For The First Time In Ny, A Traditional 16 Hour Spiritual Journey With: Goa Gil (Nommos, Anjuna Beach-Goa) A Psychedelic Experience With: John Phantasm (Phantasm-Uk) Back By Popular Demand: Junya Phantasm (Phantasm-Uk) For The First Time In The Us, Israel Sensation Performing Live And Dj Set By Gorlation Corporation (History Of Future-Isr) And A Stomping Set By: Yoni (History Of Future-Nyc-Isr) Bom Shankar! Bom Bolenat! Join Us For Another Unique 3 Day Goa Trance Gathering. 36 Hours Of Non-Stop Psychedelic Trance Music In Our Private 25 Acre Paradise Upstate NY. Streams, A Waterfall And A Refreshing Swimming Pool Will Add A Cool Breeze To This Amazing Event. For Your Comfort: A Large Open Dance Area A Huge Tent-Covered Dancing Area A Chill Out Tent For Total Relaxation A Full Food And Beverage Market Goa Flea Market Vast Camping Grounds Toilet And Shower Facilities First Aid Attention Provided Don’t Forget Camping Gear, Musical Instruments And A Good Attitude Enjoy! For Details On Tickets, Transportation And Flyers, Contact: House Of Trance 122 St Marks Place New York, Ny 10009 Tel: (212) 533-6700 Email: HouseoftranceNYC At Aol House Of Trance, 122 St Mark’S Place,New York, Ny 10009 Tel: (212) 533-6700, Fax: (212) 533-5657 Open Daily Noon To Midnight. Open daily noon to midnight.
My friends Uri and Dhea almost got kicked out for bringing a juicer and making fresh fruit juices after they had asked permission to do so.

August 19 Saturday
Paradox – Limelight
Man With No Name (Dragonfly Records/Uk)
Mike Maguire (Qube Records/Uk)
Illusion (Paradox/Nyc)
Decorations By Hovek-Olam (Germany) $25 $20 w/flyer
Limelight 660 6th ave. at 20th street Doors open 10PM – 7AM You must bring ID Contact info: Email TOUCHED at TOUCHEDBYADJ Official Web Site web touchedbyaDJ Direct line – 917.523.3128 Paradox: 212.996.1720
if you’re citybound too this Saturday Fri, 18 Aug from joe acidtrooper stuck in NYC citybound this weekend: I’m sure I will end up at the lamelight to see mwnn make the shirtless guidos on ‘the ecstamine’ sweat. Can I count on any other stomp warriors backing me up????:) don’t let the the trooper down!

August 25 Friday
An Open Letter to House of Trance
No response from HOT from this message, nor from my other emails to that address. So here is the original text: To Ely from Jeff Nice party. Thank you for bringing Goa Gil to New York. For that alone you have done the unprecedented. Thank you for trusting me by letting this caton benzona in. I know I like to get carried away, and maybe unintentionally cause trouble for more responsible trance people. This is a great opportunity to solidify your place in bringing the true trance experience to the U.S. and show Americans what it is all about. All in all, it was a nice experience. I understand where you have been taking this, now. You have been through a lot of hard times with the store in the past but now stand to see the fruits of your labor. It is good to see people chipping in to promote your events. We can unite, and help you go to the next level if you want, with additional manpower and help – if you want it. Yet there is some unfinished business to take care of before your kundalini can shoot straight up your spine. Someone should apologize to Uri and Dhea at web magick-circle. 718-462-6299 They got permission from Ely at HOT to bring juice makers and do yoga and massage. Urio physically came into the store last week. They are very wonderful and spiritual people. When they came to the HOT event and began setting up, they were rudely accosted and were threatened with expulsion by several HOT employees, and from I heard, Ely did nothing and everyone at HOT acted like Uri HAD NOT GONE IN to the HOT to get permission. They were treated like dirt. These two people were not just random New Agers. They are well esconced in the local psytrance scene and are very respected. A lot of people found this out. They did NOT have to be treated with a lack of respect like they did. With all the work you did to make the experience wonderful out in the forest, you risk damaging the goodwill that you have created. I can understand if you do not want other people to take part in your vision, even if it involves bringing fruits to a trance party where you are selling hot dogs and hamburgers to a bunch of vegetarians. The salad and everything were great, BTW. I love red meat, and thanks for the chai and popsicles too. I respect what you are doing. But if someone gets permission to bring fruits etc, and you give them permission, why were the people such assholes to them? My theory is that they talked to the OTHER Eli not Ely or however your names might be different. I say this to help you in the future, because right now all these issues are going around 1500 email boxes, on my two email list of 650 new york trance people and mark’s list of 1000 North American trance people. Your event was the best outdoor festival ever held in New York. For this reason alone I want HOT to be bad karma-free. I want to be able to freely support you in all of your endeavors. I understand that there has been an accusation of Alex of Alphatrance stealing a minidisc player from Ely. I tell you, I have worked very closely with Alex for years and he would NEVER EVER EVER EVER steal anything. He is extremely honest and sincere. I stand behind him 100%. And this accusation made for a rift between the two largest trance groups in New York, the Israelis and the Russians, that has *never* healed. Nevertheless all the Russians and Israelis had a beautiful time together. As for my old roomate/your ex-employee Lisa and you know Dave, and the bad blood with the physical threat and money, I will perhaps too optimistically write that off to an Acid Physyx debt with Gula and Marco. I may be wrong on this. Whatever. It is not my intention to sow discord hear, just heal wounds and bring us all together. I wish Gula and Marco would have been here to see Goa Gil. We all saw him in Burning Man two years ago. My point is, you have the potential for being a rallying point for trance in New York. But there are still fences to be mended. I wish you the best of luck. I myself have hurt people with a cheap airline ticket scam, but I am doing my best to make it OK again by going to the authorities. None of us are perfect. When you are trying to make the impossible happen, it is hard to accommodate everyone. Everybody wants something, and your time is limited, and you are stressed about the weather and the media and the police and the whole “caton benzona“s in the local scene here. I’ve thought a lot about it, really. Maybe it is an Israeli/American cultural miscommunication we have. We Americans are not out to get you guys. You have no reason to be paranoid. We are not agents of Arafat. Thank you for helping bring everybody together. God bless you and I wish you the best and look forward to the next. Please respond. Thanks. Jeff HOT photos online tranceport.torchok/photo/Upstate-Aug20-2k

August 26 Saturday
Harlem Castle
Incredible house music at the castle this Saturday This giant castle theme place in Spanish Harlem has a swimming pool and huge gates and goes until the wee hours – contact sean at touch-NYC (one of the DJs) sean hall to get on the list. Swimming pool, movie stars. And afterward, at 8am Sunday morning in the East Village at the community center at 23 St Marks we are throwing the services at the old Electric Circus. And if you like his style – which I do – get on his mailing list, below. Do NOT ask me to put you on the list. Jeff, you know about the party at the castle on Saturday? me and billy at eric’s dope event. let me know, I have to put people on the list to get in. sean Sean Hall – Touch – touch-NYC

August 26-September 4
Burning Man: The Body

August 27 Sunday
Electric Circus
Day Tripping Brainmachines
in association with the global Million Musician March and the Pot Parade, will host a trance dance religious service this Sunday at the infamous old Electric Circus space from the 1960s. This is the community center on 23 St. Marks, in the old community center where the steps were painted NO DRUGS etc. this Sunday 8am- 5pm, $10. Starting at 12:30pm, some DJs that have demonstrated their spiritual mettle with the Devotional Ministry of Trance will be taking us to a higher chakra religious journey. So far – Deeper in Zen & Machinelf. This service is part of a larger full-on art extravaganza. Lighting, fog, bubble machine, nitrous, by Mojo. This space is about to be bought by a bunch of yuppies, so this is the last hurrah for anarchic psychedelic rebellion. The timing is too short for the Devotional Ministry of Trance to be involved, as we would have to vote on everybody and if we would do it, but the spirit will be the same. That, and all proceeds are not going into the d’s treasury. Some, but not all. But come, it should be wild and spiritual and will be a day service for a change. “Welcome to our Historic Neighborhood! The location where Jimi Hendrix built the Electric Lady sound studios; Where Barbra Streisand debuted at the Bon Soir and where Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Whitney Museum and Andy Warhol and Lou Reed created the citadel of Hippiedom at the Electric Circus on St Marks Place.”
The Return of Vadim from Israel – Jason & Vadim of SubtleChaos will be joining Koan of Deeper in Zen and Machinelf this Sunday at the old Electric Circus on at 23 St Marks, 8am-5pm, psytrance kicks in 12:30pm-5pm, $10. This is NOT a Devotional Ministry of Trance event, not the DMT, but maybe you could say it is inspired by DMT and the DMT. And N, N-DMT, too. A lot of us will be tripping balls on holy water, though, and if you do not approve of that you really have no business there 😉
Astrid and I joked about the Yeast Infected Mushroom Village People amd got into trouble as someone gave us heroin in Tompkins Square and rolled out a carpet for us.

August 31 Thursday
23 St. Marks
TONIGHT! There is a 50% chance that I will help organize another party at the old Electric Circus space at 23 St. Marks upstairs, TONIGHT, Thursday. $10. The space is unbelievable, you can FEEL the volumes of psychedelics done in this space… the sound and acoustics, excellent. Last Sunday some people thought it was 9pm-5am not 9am-5pm. Stay tuned… an email will go out around 5pm, or call the info line after 7pm. Also, if you are a local psytrance DJ call me privately if you would like to play. Bring CDs. This was the original psychedelic discotheque in the 60s started by Andy Warhol and Lou Reed. It is an impressive, well-kept-up location. Tonight is the last night that it will be in the community’s hands. It’s getting torn down by to make way for private housing, i.e. my guess is CONDOS for YUPPIES
Info on a party tonight us…. Shady details but it will be from 9-12. There will be video projections and such. I am saying this not because we are involved, which we are not, but because there is NOTHING ELSE IN MANHATTAN until Tsunami Sunday, and even the downstairs space where we will be is a cool setup. But it may be chill, so get there right at 9 and do not dose until you get the vibe. And if you do be prepared to be on the street at midnight with a lot of other trippers. 23 St. Marks downstairs 9pm-12am. Thursday, TONIGHT. I don’t know who is throwing down tonight, but it will be a good idea to come not going to Burning Man as we had planned. P.S. As we are not responsible for this event, do not blame me if it is not 100% cool, esp. if you missed Sunday, which we in fact were behind. I am sick of low-level low involvement weekend warriors who are Consumers above all… don’t ever be one of them…

September 2000

September 3 Sunday
Tsunami Pre-release OPEN AIR party
First party: Kailey
Sunset Terrace (Open air) Pier 61, Chelsea Piers, Manhattan 10pm – 4am (All-weather event with roof cover) Price: $20 only at the door (21+ bring ID) AFTERHOURS party will be announced at the party. Keep your ticket for reduced entry Tsunami will bring you another artist from the compilation album the following
So that party we had a lot of problems with sound traveling on the water all the way to NJ . No one complaint on the city part that was a block away . The cops keep telling us it sound better in New Jersey than next to the speakers lol . We tried to keep it until the morning. Cause it was in the plan but the cops made us close it – Yani
Scott took me and all I could take in was that I found my people….And then we climbed out and were dancing on the awning over the river with no railing….and kept getting back down and back up cuz we didn’t know if we were told to come down or just tripping out that someone might have told us to get down. Hahahah – Turned out that yes….some authority persons had told us to get down…. Kailey

September 5 Thursday
Tsunami releases Sampler on Kinetic Records
  1. The Deep – Zorba
  2. Deliverance – Chakra
  3. Voices – I-Zen
  4. Magnetic Force – Saiko-Pod (aka Koxbox)
  5. Psychedelic Terrorist – Total Eclipse
  6. Aspirin – X-Dream
  7. Special Offer – Oforia
  8. Reality – Yahel
  9. Symphonatic – Infected Mushroom
  10. Hypnotone – Morphem

September 6 Friday
DMT
Trance Trinity This Weekend FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING 10pm-10am $15 Rain or Shine ACID DREAM on EARTH A full-on outdoor psytrance festival at a new secret location in Manhattan produced by the New Religion, the Devotional Ministry of Trance. DJs will be voted on by members of the Ministry on Wednesday and Thursday. Mojo will be providing light projection and the William James Memorial Nitrous Stall. Bring your own water, trash bags, fruit, religious artifacts, and lights. Location will be released on Friday September 8th at noon ONLY on the d list. To join the d list: Click web secure.paypal.x/refer/paljeff%40brainmachines and send $15 to, You’ll be added to a special email community list. For a preview go to If you do not have a credit or debit card then you will have to drop it $15 off by my house in midtown Wednesday or Thursday night; call 212-445-0364 and leave a message to schedule a drop off time. I will give you the location only when I receive the donation. Join the d list to get info on the Devotional Ministry of Trance, and vote on how we celebrate spiritual enlightenment though communal trance dance, and when, where and who will DJ. SATURDAY AFTERNOON 5PM-10PM FREE so it was raining the last time I tried and I came late just to make sure nobody was waiting for nothing. now that we have our little poi delegation back from boom and maybe also our friends that went to burning man- I suggest another try- let’s say this Thursday starting 5 pm. same place- by the big tree and the rock (see directions below). bring your water, fruit, poi, whatever. again- I’ll wait on top of the west staircase at 5pm if you don’t trust the directions. we had a little circus there yesterday and I think this thing has a good potential. hope to see some of you there. love gideon -directions: enter the park from 72nd st (east or west) and follow the main cross park road till you see the big balcony overlooking the sprinkler thing north of you (on your left coming from west, on your right coming from east). walk to the balcony. you should see the sprinkler below you and the lake just beyond it to the north. behind you is the roller-blading/dancing area. the “tree” is on the little hill on your left. not the lowest little slope above the drum circle but the hill one level above it. it sounds confusing but I think it’s pretty easy to find. plus- the poi should be pretty visible.
Same place as last time – bring water and some donation$ or don’t come at all – see you at 11pm
Spiritual Celebration Tonight The Devotional Ministry of Trance will be throwing an outdoor festival tonight in the woods at an undisclosed location. There will be a huge sound system and will go from 10pm-10am. The vibe will be unprecedented. If you like the last one better than the one before, you should like this one better in the same proportion. If you would like directions, please join our Ministry. Follow the link below. If you do not have a VISA, call 212-445-0364 and leave your number so we can meet up and I can get your donation. All members of the Ministry will have full member privileges including the right to vote for DJs and special congregation only consideration at future events.

September 8 Friday
Flying Rhino party
Planet B.E.N, James Monro, & Dominic Lamb. Thanks!

September 9 Saturday
Tsunami
12:30am-7am $45 ::::Due To Major Tsunami we will be evacuating !!!!:::: Everybody Escape to Planet MARS!!! On Saturday, September 9th, by countless requests, we are bringing you MARS 2112! Celebrating the release Tsunami compilation on Kinetic Records!
SERGE Total Eclipse blueroom uk/ Tsunami INDIADROP purple oz/ Tsunami Plus! Free Tsunami/Kinetic Records Giveaways! Special Gift for best Alien Costume! Take Off Ramp: MARS 2112 ///1633 Broadway (bway at 52nd) Countdown: 12:30pm to 7:00 am, $45.00 at the door only Due to the venue, we are aware of the unusual steep price 24hr. info. line 212-439-8124 come visit us at ce/eventsframe.html

September 10 Sunday
Mars 2112 Afterparty
7am-Noon After Tsunami at Mars 2112, come into Uranus one block away web tranceam.org/mars2112.html Fri, 08 Sep Sunday morning If you are not dishing out $45 to go to XDream at Mars 2112 I will DISCOUNT your ticket by $2 to get into the afterparty at Siberia… 7am-after noon web tranceam.org/mars2112.html
Cancellation Afterparty in Uranus Sunday Sorry, the owner got cold feet. No afterparty Sunday.

September 12 Tuesday
ALPHABET LOUNGE
I’ve never of these guys
Dear Friends Our friend Angel is organizing this intimate gathering with amazing music… EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT CHILL OUT EXPERIENCE PSY TRANCE. DOWNTEMPO. AMBIENTE 10 PM. NO COVER ALPHABET LOUNGE 104 AVENUE C at 7TH STREET. NYC We hope to see you there.

September 15 Friday
Synthetic Saddhus
First Party: Patrick M.
Photos
next weekend These are the best of the large trance events in NYC: Sept 15 (??) NY, NY
Live: SPACE TRIBE ( Spirit Zone-Australia)
JAIA (TIP World-Aurinko-Dakini-France).
DJ: MYLAR (Ascension-Japan)
OLLI WISDOM (Spirit Zone-Australia)
KEN (Synthetic Sadhus-NYC).
Fluoro Psychestetic Environment by: AYA (Ascension-Japan), Jamin Murphy (NYC), Severyn (NYC), Synthetic Sadhus (NYC). TIP Stand, music (cd/lp) and clothing! Also featuring new albums, yet unreleased in America, from Jaia: Blue Energy, on Dakini Records (Japan). Free Breakfast will be served in the morning with Chai-tea & Fruits! Location: AMAZURA Ballroom, 91-12 144th Place, Jamaica, Queens, NY. web amazura/events.htm Conveniently located by all public transportation and major highways. Doors open at 11PM. 18 to party, 21 to drink. Please bring ID! INFO: 212 774 7728 Tickets: $27/adv & $30/door.

September 16 Saturday
DMT 3.0
Will you be a part of DMT 3.0? T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi D.M.T. Trance On a Universal Consciousness Heals Samadhi you ultimate unity with god. Devotional Ministry of Trance Featuring in order of appearance Machinelf (Hyperspace) Warmup impresario cleans up his mess w/Terrence McKenna/chanting/long hypnotic looping tracks Newcomer DJ Illusion (Israel) Psy-Trance Special Guest Kri (Ashville, North Carolina) Hard tribal trance Constantly Voted YC DJ Indra (Gosha, Ukraine) Psy-Trance Newest Rising Sun DJ Ranka (Japan) Beautiful Melodic Morning Music Art by Samadhi The new special Francophone location will not be released on the Brainmachines list, promise. Not even at the last minute… Only d members will have the address and access to the new location.
we are having a Devotional Ministry of Trance service Saturday, hosting Kri from North Carolina out in the woods. Follow the below instructions to join D.M.T.) For those of you who have not made it down, this is your final opportunity to participate in this one of a kind event For those of you who have been, Thank you for helping us make these events possible, and you better be there!
feedback on the gatherings Hello beautiful people lucky enough to have found your way to this list of enlightenment. I just wanted to say that the d gathering on Saturday night was truly amazing. EVERYTHING EMANATED DIVINE GRACE… the music, the people, the visuals, the energy, the weather, the love. I was absolutely impressed, as were other Trance party promoters/producers that stopped by the temple. The music was better than any of the commercial trance parties of paid my way into over the past few months. I went to Burning Man this year and I can honestly say that the Jeff and the d visionaries have recreated the sacred burning man energy that lifts all involved to a blissful realm of pure light and love. To all of you brainmachiners that are still hesitating to join our family, if the only thing holding you back is the one time $15.00 donation, I HIGHLY recommend that you make the “sacrifice” (skip those three drinks at the bar this week, or one dinner outing) and start enjoying the benefits of our spiritual/entertainment venture where all participate in the process. I was one of the first to donate back in July- it was so simple for me… even if I couldn’t make it to any of the parties- I knew that I was contributing to a worthy cause, and that what I gave would come back to me 10 time over… as per the law of cause and effect, i.e. karma. I was out of town most of the summer, but I knew that those $15.00 would help make a lot of people happy- and create an atmosphere for newcomers to experience the trance in the best way… FREE and in NATURE. so- I hope to see you at the next event! feel free to call me if you have any questions or want to get more feedback regarding my experience with the d gatherings. 917-586-4007 Bom, Kiovanna
If you want to DJ at the best outdoor trance events… If you want to DJ at an outdoor trance event, join the Devotional Ministry of Trance. Instructions follow. We vote for who will DJ for every service we have. We have had four in the past two months. Once you join you will be able to enter in your personal DJ information and will be able to be contacted should you win the poll. Each event has five DJs on average. No one gets paid as these are free events for those in the Ministry. Featured DJs have included Dutch from San Francisco, Kri from North Carolina, Alex, Gosha, Mike FX from Alphatrance, Kife, Subtle Chaos, Ranka, m.e., Sequential Tom, DJ Hi-Fi Princess, Dave West, and Rob Ixom. A final note: each member of the DMT gets one vote, and every time the five DJs who have been voted on win by three votes – so get your friends to join also and get a voting bloc going!

Explanation of the lists The brainmachines list grows by myself handing out million dollar bills to people that are interested in brain machines. Many people have gotten into the local NYC trance scene because of the list, including Alphatrance events, MAX. The d list grows by trance heads donating $15. I manually subscribe them after I receive $15 via Paypal. If someone has done a lot for the local scene I added them on, for free. In my perspective, those added for free have no reason to complain. The police officer in question likes what we do and used to own a techno club in Brooklyn. He originally popped up at the last d service when he saw two people going into the park, he followed them in and came upon us, and again, let us continue. He got a Logic Bomb CD. At the event last Friday he just hung back and kept to himself and only went into action when the idiot who was obnoxiously going around to everybody soliciting selling E went up to the cop. I am GLAD that asshole got arrested. Anyone who wanders around spelling out the letters of the alphabet deserves to go to jail. I don’t know about any of you, but I have gotten a pretty negative view of ANYONE who goes around selling ds at ANY event. It kills the vibe regardless of who does it, and if it is ever done in plain view at a d event I will work to stop it. This is RELIGION. Please get yourself sorted before coming to the service. These events are not and will not ever become open-air drug markets. We have too much to lose. And BTW, the police officer did not come back after he arrested the obnoxious d dealer. We have an extra level of security at the bridge events. I am taking a sabbatical for a while. This will give us time to get more paying members.

Note on lists I hope this clears everything up. The DMT list costs $15 to join. It is a religious group dedicated to organizing outdoor trance events. They vote online for who will DJ. If Brainmachines list is a free for all as you say Max, it was created from scratch, member by member. No one could find out about it except through word of mouth. There has never been an event busted by the police except for one for noise two years ago called Dopamine Detergent. I have promoted probably hundreds of events on the brainmachines list and there have never been identifiable miscreants. Well, one, and he was removed. The PsyTrance list originally came from a bunch of emails collected at Tsunami events. Many people hated the crowd at Tsunami events. I’ll let you finish the syllogism. Why don’t you go up to the most undesirable people at any event you see and ask them how they found out about the event, rather than pointing fingers? The plain truth is, most of the trance people are Israeli, and very few Israelis have emails. So the fact that brainmachines has 603 members in the local NYC area and PsyTrance has 200 nationwide should tell you that there will be a lot more individuals on the brainmachines list who only rarely make it to events. But that does not make them any more or less desirable. Believe me, coming from someone who attends 98% of all trance events in NYC, the vast majority of trance fanatics attend 20-30% of all events, tops. There are cliques, there are weekend warriors from all lists. I’m pretty much resigned to the fact that there will never ever be a unified scene as long as we are homo sapiens. Oh, occasionally at Synthetic Saddhus, when we aren’t getting groped by security, or at when the sound is working, can hundreds upon hundreds of us feel as one.

September 19 Tuesday
Alphabet Lounge
New trance Tuesday in East Village Chillout Ambient Psychedelic Trance
Alphabet Lounge 104 Avenue C at 7th 10pm-2am No Cover No ID

September 22 Friday
The Return Of Alphatrance
Photos
Rocky’s photos are at atomictrance (Link to archived photos here) Manifest Life Poem Rocky w ww.pronoia.net You are officially invited to: Rocky’s 36th Birthday Party Celebration
Stage One: 9:00pm at Sweet and Vicious 5 Spring Street. Just west of Bowery. For Drinks and Socializing
Stage Two: The Return Of Alphatrance web aphatrance.org For the Autumnal Equinox and a Night of Full-on Psychedelic Trance
Welcome Home To A Newly Augmented Alphasound System. Have A Full Helping Of Our Tribal Psychedelic Menu. Sip Chai, Marvel At Gideon’S Fire Entourage. Get Shanti. Our Special Guests To Dinner This Evening Will Be The Warm And Gifted Central Park African Drummers Playi Ng Live To Spice Our Full-On Fare. The Main Uses A D-Gree Skc Of Freedom In Psychedelia To Appetize The Tribal Rhythm Into Electronic Cooking. W Ith A Local Catalyst Paradise, Triumphant In Puerto Rico, We Stoke More Flavor Only Found Fresh In The Jungle. Asaf Tma, Our Happy Chef In The C Enter, Has Israeli Stew To Really Sink Your Teeth Into. Smilingly Satisfied, Taste The Sweet Japanese Morning Ranka Under The Skylights. Finally A Late-Morning Indra Alpha Digestive Fermentedin The Ukraine, Aaah! We Wish Everyone A Warm And Delicious Meal At Our International Psychedelic Table Of Industrial-Gypsy Home Cooking. Bon Appetit!
Well, it was my first alphatrance party on Friday, and I must say it was very nice.. of course, I always love Gosha’s sets.. the beginning of his set, in particular, was amazing, as was the end of Ranka’s set so it was a wonderful span of music.. the only flaw was the arrival of the police at the end.. hopefully, this will not interfere with future alpha parties at this location… It was a different vibe than I expected but very intimate, interesting to say the least.. if one were to analogize the ny(nj) parties with film, I think this is how it would be: Alphatrance – german mind-art film (ala Wim Wenders) DMT – underground 8mm sci-fi/cyberpunk film but with a peaceful happy ending (see directions to join at bottom of page) Tsunami – Hollywood Action Film Synthetic Sadhus – Hollywood Sci-Fi

September 26 Tuesday
Alphabet Lounge
Chillout Ambient Psychedelic Trance Alphabet Lounge Brough to you by friends of Amin who is the organizer for Morocco 2001 104 Avenue C at 7th 10pm-2am, Free Wednesday Astrid requests your presence (she’s working there now) at 8pm at a new chillout in the East Village called Rico. Brought to you by Zen who was instrumental at our last Electric Circus event. Zen’s ancestors ran a pirate seaside bar hangout across the bay from San Juan. 505-5757 153 Ave C b/w 9&10 Free These will probably be weekly events.

September 29 – October 1
Sonic Nature NC
6 Tue, 26 Sep This weekend from our North Carolinian friends Worth a drive. He played a mini-marathon 7 hour set at the d the weekend before last. Now he hosts a wilderness trance weekend. If you go, find Kri and thank him from New York… kri utta at bellsouth.net Tue Sep 26, 12:12pm weather update for sonic nature dry weather is expected for the period fri & sat lows will be 35-40 highs will be 60-70 so bring lots of clothes there will be campfires! and a bonfire! Groovepharm/Ambiosis (Austin, Tx) & Orange Brain Unlimited (Ashville, NC) bring you SONIC NATURE the spiritual technology festival & ambient campout 3 days of music, art, performance, and dance Fri sept. 29- Sun Oct. 1st (at a secret outdoor location outside Asheville) YANG FRIDAY NIGHT- PSY-GOA TRANCE YIN SATURDAY NIGHT- AMBIENT CAMPING FOR INFO/DIRECTIONS/TICKETS CALL:1-800-3RI-NGPP (PG web groovepharm web tantien.org web touchsamadhi orangebrainunlimited with drum circles, body painting, group OM, and much more DJ’s – Soul Providers: Curious George (groovepharm, ambiosis, austin tx) Spivlicious (groovepharm, ambiosis, austin tx) Blue Spectral Monkey (orangebrainunlimited, Asheville) Kri (touchsamadhi, Asheville) Manusha (solipse, hungary, green NC) Alex (touchsamadhi, Asheville) Siani (touchsamadhi, tokyo) Metatrans (kingsport, tn) UDJat (bom shankar, milan Italy) John 7 (disco warriors, Asheville) Rymes (life, Asheville) Austin (life, ashville) Fire Performances by: Tantien ( Austin tx) Dragon Tribe (Asheville) Trance Dance Ceremony by: Huda (venus plum, Asheville) Live Music by: Seventh Ray (Asheville) Visuals by: Dreamscope (Austin tx) COME PREPARED!! For weekend camping Bring: camping gear (tents, etc), food, water, warm clothes, tarps, trash bags (clean up after yourself & leave no trace), drums/instruments FOR INFO/TICKETS CALL:1-800-3RI-NGPP (PG web groovepharm web tantien.org web touchsamadhi Price $10.00

The Israliens have approached the Devotional Ministry of Trance to produce a Rosh Hashanah celebration for Saturday night. They want Trance. As they are impecunious but eager, manpower and warm bodies are not a problem. A little bit of money is. If you would like to attend, we are trying to raise money to make it happen. Any amount would help. We need about $400 for the sound and the space. Hypothetically, if everyone on this list sent in a DOLLAR we could do it. This will be done on absolute shoestrings; I am broke and they have no money to front, the bastards. I’m sorry that I have to ask everybody to pitch in, but if you have ever attended one of the d events you know they are a world apart. Please help us in our endeavor. It will be a free celebration. All donors will be invited. Details will not be sent on this list for security reasons. Gentiles, Muslims, everyone is welcome. As there is really nothing else going on this weekend, this would be prime. If you are interested in helping to make this happen, please send a donation to the Devotional Ministry of Trance following the instructions below. If you donate $15 you will be a permanent member of the Ministry and get info on all events. (If enough funds are not raised there will be no celebration)

September 30 Saturday
Rosh Hashanah Saturday bridge celebration
First Party: Tomek
Rosh Hashanah bridge party promoted by Dalit yes, AFAIK her info line is 996-1720 is renting the d power generator and I believe the DJs will include Illusion, Minister Elf and hopefully subtlechaostophe :-)will play. She is renting sound from alphatrance Kiovanna i$ the one making it happen and will be selling water Expect a lot of hopped up Israliens.
Rosh Hashonah TONIGHT!!!!! 181 and Amsterdam, starts at 11:00. Bring water and donations. DJ’s are Machine Elf and Alpha Trance. FOR MORE INFO CALL . This is at the old Bridge Location.
Thank you Thanks to all who made our Rosh Hashanah Saturday bridge celebration a success – the weather was beautiful and a great vibe was had by all. It was the best in two months. Everyone who picked up the trash and helped move our stuff up and down the hill, Jason & Vadim of Subtlechaos for a great set, Alex & Gosha, Kiovanna for goading me to do this, Dalit for the promotional support, Rocky for alien tent, photography and the tea, Serge for photography, Dan for the decor fluoro tape, Mark for fixing the generator and making the fre and helping with collections, Stas for helping with the candles, Eric for the projections, and many more. It was a great intimate Burning Man vibe. We are coming along quite nicely. Note- it was not a “free” party, like some said… I was $100 short for the party. I did not use d funds. I paid $300 for the sound and the lights and the transport – If anybody did not get a chance to contribute please follow the instructions below and mention “To Jeff” in the memo field.

October 2000

New York Magazine: Clubs: New York Undercover

October 6 Friday
Alphatrance
A friend met Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of l last week in Switzerland. At 95 he is spry as ever and looks and acts like he is at most 65. He signed a million dollar bill! We’ll bring it Friday. Come to Alphatrance and help us re-invent the spirit of celebration begun on the shores of Goa, now cultivating in NY’s ONLY Underground Trance. Add your energies to the developing character of our international urban-gypsy electronic-hippie enclave. Find a family of all-night celebration, 11pm-11am, in a huge warehouse loft gallery, minutes from 14th street. This time we have for you in our full-on Trance event,
DJ Kri (T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi) bringing fresh talent to NYC from North Carolina,
DJ Kalyx (GrowRoom Rec.) warmly welcomed from Boston,
our own well-loved Russian flavor with FxMike,
and DJ iXom to keep that satisfied smile on. Best of all, we have you, coming to find unity on the floor and DJ Indra will play that “late” morning set. Bring your hopes, bring you happiness, and commit to a night of progress. We come to celebrate life and cosmos! We will try to add chai to the setup and stay cop-free this time Gideon with fire.. Lev with chill space.. Please, contribute $15 at the door 111 1st str. (directions on the site) Alphatrance crew web alphatrance.org

October 8 Sunday
Indian Summer Yesterday after a two-day fast and abstention from smoke and drink, at a beautiful mansion out in the Long Island countryside I joined in an ayahuasca ceremony with 15 others and guided by Terrence McKenna’s Brazillian Indian shaman Jose Campo. I was completely taken care of the entire day. By the humans, at least, I was pampered and nurtured. The spirits though had a go with me. It was beautiful, frightening, and spiritually cleansing. I learned to better let go of my ego, and I didn’t do it willingly. The brew itself is a complex mixture of roots vines and herbs with a powerful beautiful taste. Aside from the robots having sex, sometimes with me, and the reptilian gladiator Centurions with the winged algae jungle goddesses that entered the room, I felt my ego stripped away piece by piece until I was in a fetal position, nose and eyes running, my eyes all the way in the back of my head, in complete terror that I will not make it back. But the shaman kept me sitting straight and focused on breathing. His voice, singing ancient songs and playing a variety of instruments, was a reassurance that we were all in this together. He guided us on a spiritual journey together. For about four hours, every ten minutes I was visited by a new set of indescribably visually complex spirits made out of quantum machinery and plants and animals. Sometimes they would enter my body and I would seize up until I let go. As it got very intense, and the entities became sharper and more wrapped around me, I would cough up some ayahuasca. Afterward, we had an elaborate meal of soup and bread, chickpea salad, eggplant vegetable casserole, strawberries, watermelons, and tea. I was driven home and slipped into a beautiful sleep. Ayahuasca contains d and Harmaline, an MAO inhibitor that makes it possible to orally ingest the d. Because it is something you drink, it is impossible to not do it right. But you are in for the duration, and I cannot recommend it to everyone. This is not a “d” that will get you “fucked up.” This is a powerful life-changing experience, a reaffirmation of the potential for human dignity. Please do not forward this email to anyone… the last thing I need in my life right now is a deluge of people wanting to exchange $300 for apotheosis. But I would highly recommend this ritual to you if you are spiritually ready and if the opportunity ever presents itself. The shaman has left the building for the time being. But the best way to make this happen is to NOT depend on me or this list to keep you in the loop. You will have to discover it for yourself as the journey is the destination. Get on the web and educate yourself if you are so inclined. A plug: A good start locally is to join the Devotional Ministry of Trance, instructions below. We are only $800 away from our sound system and need 53 of you to join. Good luck.

October 10 Tuesday
Alphabet Lounge
10:00PM – 4:00AM Tuesday Chillout Ambient Psychedelic Trance Alphabet Lounge Brough to you by friends of Amin who is the organizer for Morocco 2001 104 Avenue C at 7th 10pm-2am, Free

October 11 Wednesday
Rico
8:00PM – 3:00AM Also, Rico is hosting another weekly Wednesday Astrid requests your presence (she’s working there now) at 8pm at a new chillout in the East Village called Rico. Come early to eat good food. Brought to you by Zen who was instrumental at our last Electric Circus event. Zen’s ancestors ran a pirate seaside bar hangout across the bay from San Juan. 505-5757 153 Ave C b/w 9&10 Free

October 14 Saturday
Scandinavian Synthetic Saddhus
11:00PM – 7:00AM Saturday October 14 New York Synthetic Sadhus Earth Dance In aid of Tibet The global dance party for planetary peace
Atmos (spiral Trax – flying rhino – Sweden)
Human Blue (spiral Trax – Sweden)
Organic Noise ( TIP – Flying Rhino – Free Form – Germany) Planet B.E.N (TIP – Flying Rhino – Free Form – Germany)
NOS (Taxomniac – Sweden) Ken (Synthetic Sadhus – NYC) Shakti Spirit Dancers Free chai, Fruits and Breakfast will be served The new Earthdance double CD with included DVD will be available at the party. at AMAZURA $30 in advance / $35 at the door 18 to enter 21 to drink
Can someone who lives in greater NYC put up Shane and his two buddies from North Carolina this Saturday night? Shane is Kri’s buddy who wears the funny mask and dances around. He is coming up for Synthetic Sadhus and if he can’t line anything up it will be like Midnight Cowboy for him. He’s OK to stay with you, haha, he’s been at my little place but I have no room for 3 boys. If you can help keep his street virginity intact and save him from a life of hustling, please call Kri at 828-691-2207
Hope everybody had fun at Synthetic Sadhus. It was weird, though, experiencing an evening of techno at a trance party – nothing rave about it. Wow, what an inside out flip flop. I know, it was Scandinavian minimalist psytrance, but still. I boycotted the afterparty b/c I couldn’t bring anybody
Subjective Sawdust Review
The Swedynthetic Sadus rowed their boats over the big ocean, and when put back to back, created a weird cold gestalt deprived of emotion. Which, considering my mood, fit perfectly. Some raver kids thought it was a little off musically, and I couldn’t help but agree somewhat, as in, the DJs kept missing the beats and at least twice I heard the Cdmtskip. Maybe it was their CD players? Does skill matter more than spirit? I think not, but to sustain a trancelike state requires no interruption. I think the sound at Amazura has improved, but maybe it was the AMT. I thought it was more Art than a dance party, a great environment if you don’t dance all crazy like an Israeli. I kept waiting for a big blowup and it never came. Kind of like going out with a girl who never gives it to you. None of that Israeli melodic victory climax, just schtup schtup schtup schtup against a wall of sound. Arrrrgh the frustration. So when missing the body chakras, you retreat to the machine. It was one of the best techno parties I have been to. Everyone seemed to go into a mechanical trance state. The people on E missed out in such a cold environment and wandered in a desert of bogus ideologies. At the close, the SS people gave out free fruit. Some BTS guys were there fitting into the crowd(!). No one got anything solen that I knew of. No one got beaten up either. There was some freak dressed in a Viking helmet in a black and red robe with a scimitar made of bone and teeth and a gothic machine gun, and was holding a dripping, beating heart and shooting a hypo labeled Ketalar into his neck and the beating heart, yelling Death to Ego. He got into it with a subway preacher on the way home. Gideon and a bunch of people went to Washington Square afterward, I boycotted the DJ afterparty because I couldn’t bring anyone. Doron brought four new people. There were a LOT of new people there. After the party, a couple of jets spelled out the letter X in the sky. I felt like I was back in some twisted Electric Company. William Burroughs said it best … “yesterday they called it coincidence, today they call it synchronicity, tomorrow they’ll call it skill…” Before that we taped a segment for CBS 48 hours at one of our houses on PIKHAL… everyone did a great job, the hippy, the ravers, the interracial couple, and the trance head. Oh, yeah, the DMT almost has their fucking sound system!! And we haven’t alienated *too* many people in our mad rush to make it happen. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen – we will definitely get our money’s worth out of the speakers for years to come and ears to drum. This is only the end of the beginning.

Click here for “The Two Vikings” story and photos from this party (Opens on a new page.)

October 16 Monday
Zev Gilad’s Party
I’ll def. be there tonight Hey Jeff, We’re having a party to (a) celebrate the launch of PAUL JEANS, my wife Sheli’s new line of designer jeans; and (b) to celebrate our marriage. Live DJs (including yours truly) will provide ample sonic entertainment. Wear 80s clothing for visual entertainment. The festivities will be held from 8pm until real late at night, on Monday, October 16,, at Astor Restaurant & Bar (which I think has changed its name to something stupid), which is at Bowery & Bleecker, in the downstairs lounge. Good food and drink will be available for consumption. Bring whomever you like (or love, or want to see drunk). The more the merrier. Call me if you need to, 212-995- 1113. Thanks, Zev Gilad

October 17 Tuesday
Alphabet Lounge
10:00PM – 4:00AM Tuesday Chillout Ambient Psychedelic Trance Alphabet Lounge Brough to you by friends of Amin who is the organizer for Morocco 2001 104 Avenue C at 7th 10pm-2am, Free

October 18 Wednesday
Rico
8:00PM – 3:00AM Also, Rico is hosting another weekly Wednesday Astrid requests your presence (she’s working there now) at 8pm at a new chillout in the East Village called Rico. Come early to eat good food. Brought to you by Zen who was instrumental at our last Electric Circus event. Zen’s ancestors ran a pirate seaside bar hangout across the bay from San Juan. 505-5757 153 Ave C b/w 9&10 Free

Arrrgh! Still trying to get the bridge party going…. PS Atmos was at Rico last night!!! Wow… I know you guys want to hear trance in an outdoor environment in Manhattan. We are pitifully close to raising enough money to do it. Every little bit will help. And we will do this again and again and again. Until then, we wander in a house/techno wasteland and pay club/party promoters for the privilege of being robbed. Bottom line, DMT will bring you free trance for anyone who needs it most, and weekly spiritual sustenance for all. Instructions on how to help us achieve our trance dream.

October 19 Thursday
Alex Grey Slideshow
Many of you have commented favorably on the intensely scientific and psychedelic anatomical chakra art on brainmachines by Alex Grey. If you are interested in hearing him speak at a slideshow at a loft next Thursday please email me back ASAP as space is filling fast.

“Trying Times for Twilo” October 24, 2000, Village Voice

October 27 Friday
SubtleChaos at Frying Pan
This an update & for this Friday’s party at Frying Pan. If you haven’t been there yet, you will be amazed this space is the best location in Manhattan for Halloween party, we are making the most of it. The sound system is already installed reinforcing house system on the pier by set of four subs, full-on mids, two racks of amps and effects! The boat’s inside is too loud, we might have to keep the volume down so you don’t damage your hearing. Wear ear-plugs. The most of Frying Pan pier is being sealed by huge tent with heater inside, the space lit by many blacklight and video projectors. Our design artist Daniel is working on preparing special backdrops and 3-D sculptures especially for this event, this is in addition to amazing artwork by Severyn. The line-up as described previously will remain same, however main floor in the tent on top of the pier will be fully psychedelic starting from TINKER live (New York’s own trance band, highly psychedelic and full of energy beautiful sound!!!) with five band members totally live on stage with guitars, drummer plus groovebox and DJ!!! from 12am following their warm-up (or guest DJ) SubtleChaos DJ set by Jason and Vadim four decks and CDJs, we will take over the pier after TINKER starting 2am until it’s sunrise. At same time inside the boat you will be able to hear some of the best in techno and drum and base. Throb’s DJ Prozac and DJ Chrome of Blackkat will have you grooving to their sets, it’s a Halloween freak party. We hope to welcome all friends of Blackkat and techno heads from around the city. You will have a chance to hear and see some of the coolest underground DJs. Sometime just after or before sunrise, we will all join together for the last DJ set from the special guest (T.B.A.) This is pretty much all we have for an update right now, we still have lots of stuff to do, mainly decoration and lighting setups, additional DJ bookings for chill-out (the boat has a small chill-out) and other stuff. Let your friends know and of course, bring your granny!!!

October 24 Tuesday
Last evening for Alphabet Lounge
East Village Tonight, Tuesday, 9th street and avenue C. Chillout. Organized by Angeles, friends of Amin’s 2001 Morocco.

October 25 Wednesday
RICO
RICO again tonight Big chillout for psytrance in New York – Atmos showed up last week. Rico has food & drink & apple tobacco in hookahs. Rico is on Ave C between 9th &10th. Steve-O will be spinning.

October 31 Tuesday
Doom Absolum Skazi
10:00PM – 4:00AM 10:00PM Doors at 10pm. Info line is 917-744-5337 or 917-929-2780. Sly 95 Leonard St. at Broadway

October 31 Tuesday
Trance Dance Halloween
Union Square/Trance Party tonight – Shamanic Workshops and possibly DMT this weekend A complete email Halloween Public Ritual/Performance presented by CA Electric Earth Productions and Shakti Spirit Dancers On Halloween Night at 10:00 p.m. at Union Square Park(diagonal from Barnes and Noble), there will be a public performance/ritual. Featuring the internationally known trance dancers the Shakti Spirit Dance ensemble, fire jugglers, and live drumming! Come help us celebrate!!! Please forward to all those interested peace Parashakti THEN Doors at 10pm. Info line is 917-744-5337 or 917- 929-2780 $20

November 2000

November 1 Wednesday
Opium Den
5 Tue, 31 Oct Fwd: WEDNESDAY at OPIUM DEN 29EAST AND 3 STREET at 2ND AVE. new member of list – chilean trance beauty DJ

6 Tue, 31 Oct EYE have a dREAM We had a dream of us having a generator so that we can have a bridge party at the drop of a hat. We got it. Took a month. We had a dream of having our own monster truck speakers so that we can have a beautiful, powerful sound whenever we want it. We got it. Took two months. Now, imagine us having our own bus so that whenever we want to hit the road and drive out to the woods, we can. Like a rocket reaching escape velocity, we can take a class field trip wherever… to Philly, Boston, Long Island, Burning Man, Canada, HOT Catskill parties, IKEA, North Carolina wherever wherever wherever with no boundaries. Because we are all pedestrians here, a bus would mean more in NYC that it would anywhere else. Then after that, imagine us buying a barn somewhere in some wilderness where we can build a compound and stock it full of guns, canned goods, and Ted Nugent eight tracks. And young women. Well, scratch that last part.

November 1 Wednesday
RICO tonight
Come to Rico. Steve-O will be spinning psytrance. Ave C between 9th & 10th. Starts early, about 8 or so, peaks around midnight, over at 4am. Food, beer, hookahs, Astrid Astrid Astrid

November 3 Friday
Trance Dance Workshop
8:00PM – 11:00PM (-05:00) FRIDAY, Nov 3 “TRANCE DANCE – Entering Our Body/Mind Consciousness” Friday, Nov 3 8pm – 11pm LOCATION: Dick Shea’s Dance Studio 69 W 14th Street (N/E corner of 6th Ave) COST: $25 in advance / $30 at door PLEASE WEAR LOOSE CLOTHING AND BRING A BANDANA. “Imagine darkness so intense and so complete covering you like a velvet blanket. A blackness that cuts you off from the everyday world, forcing you to draw deep into yourself, a blackness that makes you see with your heart instead of your eyes. You can’t see, but your eyes seem open. You are isolated, but you know you are united with all living things. And out of darkness comes the roaring of the drums, the sound of the prayers. And among these sounds your ears catch the voices of the spirits, ghostlike, whispering to you from unseen lips. You feel the wings of birds brushing your face; feel the light touch of a feather on your skin.

November 3 Friday
Bridge Party – The Great Horned Mushroom Goddess
After your adventures on Friday, come join us under the bridge. We will start at midnight Friday and go until noon Saturday, longer if we have at l east 150 people. Bring a $15 donation. Samhain Samadhi Trance, the Key to Peace in the Middle East a d Citizen Outreach and Revival As we venture from All Saint’s Day and Los Dios Des Muertos, we enter a new phase as Ga ia turns away from Apollo. Let us celebrate the Great Horned Mushroom Goddess on these New World plains and reclaim the geometric Matrix grid of the understreets for the dancing fire circles of our ancestors. We welcome the African Shaman who has made a pilgrimage from Texas to enlighten us in the ways of advanced trance dance. Practitioners of all colors will converge into a throbbing undulating pulsing mass of trance energy. For TRANCE is the answer to cutting the Gordian knot of age-old hostility in the Middle East. Only through communal trance dance and shamanic ritual can we turn back the clock of war and hate. Only through going back to the last same moment we ever knew 96 rocked in the cradle of the Great Horned Mushroom Goddess on the plains of Africa 15,000 years ago – before warfare before standing armies before slavery and property. Only then we can deconstruct the patriarchy that is Monotheism, and the latter-day viruses that include Judaism and Islam. And Christianity and Hindu, Buddhism and all the 96isms that divide us. Without the psychedelic experience, we wander in a desert of bogus ideologies. Here in the media meme capital of the world, We Can Make a Difference. And show that people of all races and creeds can unite as One. The Devotional Ministry of Trance will host a free transervice underneath a warm, dry bridge in Manhattan, several blocks from the subway this Friday November 3rd., rain or shine. Forecast: Friday: Sunny. High 60 to 65. Friday night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 40s. Saturday: Partly cloudy. Chance of rain during the night. High near 60. We WILL have a bonfire. Bring effigies and artifacts of patriarchal religions. We will burn them. SEE: Astrid Faerie Drottningen returns from graping and pillaging over the sea to Storm the Bridge GROK: the results of 3 months of intense Grassroot Politicking… the benefactors who put up the money started a religion of trance dance, had an online caucus vote and here is what they came up with: In order of appearance: HEAR: God Emperor Machine Elf spreading the Spice which is necessary for Hyperdimensional Space Travel (Hyperspace) HEAR: Angeles, Trance Faerie Spirit from Chile HEAR: Sonic wizardry by local producers Deeper in Zen .c om HEAR: The Futuretech techno trance rhythm of Sequential Tom (Brooklyn) HEAR: fxMike (Russia/Ukraine) HEAR: Steve-O from Nantucket HEAR: A powerful morning set by Ranka SEE: Bubble machine, Multicolor Projections and flu ro art from Mojo SEE: Projections by Steve Craig Ego at Ikickass Midnight Friday November 3rd 96 Saturday under the huge arch at 181st & Amsterdam. Do not fly your kites with a metal key attached. BREATHe what the dentists gave you GROK: This event made possible by freaks like you. Donations for the d will be requested. Tell all your friends. BE: responsible BE: respectful BE: careful BE: beautiful Play hard, Play smart, or Play Dead PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATE BRING friends, water, food, incense, flashlight, a blanket to sit on, and a plastic bag for trash. But Leave No Trace. PLEASE ALSO BRING BLACK LIGHTS. They will be deeply appreciated. BRING YOUR OWN WATER. Also bring candles. Thank you. HOW TO GET “ON THE BUS” Full details on donating funds to the Devotional Ministry of Trance is at on the website. If you bring something nice like black lights, face paints, party favors or flowers you will not be asked for a donation. We need volunteers to go buy food and fruits at bodegas up the hill, and pick up trash on Sunday morning. Please email if interested (we will give you money) and you will not be asked to donate. Take the Red Pill, and you go all the way down the rabbit hole. PARKING 24 hour Parking 2 parking lots – one right on 181 half a block from Amsterdam, the other I think on broadway and 179th make sure that you explain to the guy tha t you are leaving early in the morning else it will take half our to get y our car out. LOST? d Phone Home 96 interdimensional communications link
The weather Friday is looking good – sunny, high of 66. We’ll have a nice big bonfire… Featuring some of the best that NYC has to offer plus some new arrivals. The d has its crystal clear razor-sharp self-amplified Mackey 1530 sound system, which will be unleashed this Friday night though Saturday noon. Weather is projected to be sunny with a high of 66 and low of 55. For a pittance of $15 you can come shape your personal trance universe and help us celebrate Samhain Samadhi. If you don thave $15, then we need volunteers. If you cannot join d then please bring water, tapestries, lighting, fruit, blankets, party favors, fluoro face paint, anything you can to help us through the forest of the night. Or, email me at because we need some people to get the equipment where we need it to go. Hyperspam: To enter the Devotional Ministry of Trance and vote on how we celebrate spritual enlightenment through communal trance dance, and when, where and who will be our audio/visual shamans
Sound system for rent If you, your people, your company need to rent any sound system for a party, call the DMT. Think ahead now for Hanukah, Ramadan and Christmas. Rates will be reasonable and will be less than that of similar setups. A deposit will be required as December is going fast. All proceeds will be reinvested in the audio public. It would really help us out financially. Any assistance in referrals is appreciated. Equipment (basically enough to power at least 10,000 square feet.) 550 Watt Generator Twin Mackie 1530 600watt self-amplified speakers Mackie 1202 Deluxe mixer Pioneer 2 track mixer Pioneer EFX Box Twin Pioneer CDJs Globular sound sensitive beam light Fog Machine Video projections Bubble machine Assorted human specimens
Policy Change There will never be talk, again, on this list, concerning outlaw bridge parties or d trance services. Basically, events where there is no security present. Someone sent the last message to Lev Markov, who sent it to NYC Raves. The results were less than spectacular. Anyone caught forwarding these emails out to rave email groups will be forever banned. There are just too many sketchy ravers out there who only give lip service to Peace Love Unity respect. And to the others, I will not be your free entertainment guide. It’s time to pay up or shut up. Also, someone brought someone who had a gun on them. Although no one was hurt, we don’t have to live like this and owe no one anything. So in the future, if you want any information, even a hint, you’ll have to join the d list. There will be no leaks and no cheating. This is to promote both the safety and longevity of our group. Thank you.
I chased Muff and Must around a gas station up the hill when he was packing, aided by my black friend Jesus. Thank you Jesus!

November 6 Monday
LSD Missile Silo Chemist William Leonard Pickard arrested

November 9 Tuesday
Steve-O at XVI tonight
Steve-O: I am playing tonight at the XVI lounge first ave near Houston 10 till 3 or so… no cover, no broken beats, check it out

6 Tue, 07 Nov RICO Tuesdays discontinued The owner is an asshole; Astrid Zen and Mark no longer are associated with it, don’t go anymore. Thanks.

Love makes you light up — even in your brain, study says

November 8 Wednesday
Opium Den
The psychedelic party menu now has a bigger variety of tastes for tonight! s BLUE GALACTIC NIGHT by DJ Angel and friends OPIUM DEN 29 EAST 3RD STREET at 2ND AVENUE 10 PM NO COVER, NO ID …. downtempo psychedelic goa chill-out and trance, come enjoy relaxed atmosphere in an Indian style bar, with chill sounds from DJ Angel [Chile]

November 8 Wednesday
Counterstrike launched

November 10 Friday
Prometheus Project
The Second Moon A Night Of Psycho-Delic Trance
Featuring…Main Dance Floor
Yon-E (Nyc)
Nimbus (Promtheos Project-Nyc)
Jamin (Hovek Olam)
Chill Out Area Steve-O (Mass) Decorations By: Jamin (Hovek Olam), Sherna (Nyc) Party’S Location 229 4nd St Brooklyn On The 3rd Floor (Bet 2nd And 3rd Ave) Same Location As Last Weeks Party With A Much Better Sound System And Decor $15 At The Door 10pm To 10am Peace Mike
warning about Friday trance party the warehouse/loft is an absolute pigsty. Don’t wear your summer whites, or anything that needs to be dry cleaned. it is the same location as the HOT party last Friday.

November 10 Friday
SubtleChaos
Hosted by the Global Uplift Alliance, Zen is introducing some new tech sound from Preston’s DJ Eleven [Brooklyn, U.S.A.] SubtleChaos will be playing last set until 3am …. if you’re into German techno, this is a more full-on experience we were told that it can get pretty loud there, let see… this is a 21+ venue, please bring ID and your granny.

November 10 Friday
Paradox at Centro Fly
if you really want to throw down then go to CENTRO FLY. It should be good tonight, that’s where I hear a lot of people will be. Get there early; it has been known to be incredibly crazy.

November 11 Saturday
Tsunami Release at Tunnel
4 Fri, 10 Nov Saturday alt. to techno read on, shudder, then party 🙂 not a bona fide trance party but a Tsunami record release, as you can no doubt tell by the language
Kurfew Entertainment and Tsuami celebrate the release of Tsunami’s first compilation on Kinetic Records! Doors open at 11:00 p.m.. Liquor served until 4:00 a.m. (18 to enter, 21 to drink). Where: Tunnel (mid-block Kurfew entrance), 27 th Street (between 11th and 12th Avenues), Manhattan, New York. It is imperative that you remember to use the mid-block entrance of Tunnel, or you will enter the wrong party. The main entrance of Tunnel (the one you don’t want to go through) is at the corner of 12th Avenue and 27th Street. The Kurfew entrance is about one-third up the block (east) on 27th Street itself. Entry into Kurfew gets you a VIP hand-stamp that will allow you All Knight Access into all of Tunnel, in addition to the Kurfew party itself. However, if you make a mistake and go into the wrong entrance, you will not be able to get into the Kurfew party! Why: Tsunami, the people who brought psychedelic trance to the United States, is synonymous with the best in mind-expanding events around the globe. Spin Magazine says, “It’s what dance culture, at its best, is still all about. ” The Tsunami compilation features new unreleased tracks by Infected Mushroom, release of Tsunami’s first compilation on Kinetic Records with special guest DJ Joa (Polymorphous/Tsunami) in the Kurfew Hall! Also, your favorite nightclub has taken a step to the next level with Johnny Vicious at the helm as resident Saturday night mega DJ. Johnny Vicious is the acclaimed producer/remixer of some of the all-time hottest dance tracks, including those of Deborah Cox, Whitney Houston, Amber, Veronica, Donna Su mmer, Aretha Franklin, React, No Mercy, and more. And, he’s promising to bring some of his artists in for occasional surprise performances. (Kurfew is at Tunnel every Saturday!) Steven Zor opens for Johnny Vicious on the main floor. Also, don’t forget there’s non-stop dancing in the Kenny Scharf Room, with hot tracks from 1990 to livening up the 80’s vibe brought to you by Steve Sidewalk, Madonna Matt, and DJ Ratt. On The Runway you can groove and trip on progressive house and trance from DJ Jeff Phillips, DJ Ian Carrisi, and J-Quest. And, the beats continue in The Chandelier Room with DJ Yental Beats and DJ Griffen, with special guests Megatron, Kasarda, and Septum. Miss it at your own peril! Cost: $10.00 (with your name on “Knight Entities’ Kurfew Guest List” and a student ID), $15.00 (with your name on “Knight Entities’ Kurfew Guest List ” alone), $25.00 (general admission). The guest list closes at 1:00 a.m .. Be sure to arrive early to ensure proper entry. Contact: To be placed on “Knight Entities’ Kurfew Guest List” for reduced admission, e-mail your first name and last initial to Shefik and Knight Entities, Inc. at AllKnightAcces at aol, or call (914) 803-0865 by Saturday, November 4th, 5:00 p.m.. End Notes All Knight Access is published by Knight Entities, Inc. 411 Bronx River Road Suite 7F Yonkers, New York 10704 (914) 803-0865 (810) 314-5332 FAX AllKnightAccess at aol. com web allknightaccess.homepage for free to All Knight Access, forward an e-mail to AllKnightAccess at aol with ” subscribe” in the subject area. forward an e-mail to AllKnightAccess at aol subject area. Knight Entities, Inc. is an entertainment company, offering services in marketing, publicity, promotions, management, and production. Clients have included the motion picture, “The Prodigy;” Tony Award-winner Melba Moore; Taj from the multi-platinum group, SWV; Al “Butter” McLean (Director of A&R, Universal Music Publishing); and D-Moet, who has produced tracks for Puff Daddy, Nas, and Foxy Brown. All Knight Access is a trademark of Knight Entities, Inc.. Kurfew and Kurfew Entertainment are a trademarks of Kurfew, Inc.. All Knight Access 9 2 000 Knight Entities, Inc.. .

Winter housing from Rocktheshow
(and when he says AMT he means amount not the tryptamine 🙂 ) If enough of you respond we will all kick in and make this a winter home away from home – and make it psyberdelic) Was thinking of getting a house in the Poconos probably near Shawnee/Camelback mountain for the winter like dec-apr….I don’t have too many (Read: Any ) friends that want to chip in with me, nice houses are pretty cheap there for the winter someone I knew got a nice 3br for under $3000…anyway Since I won’t be able to afford the whole thing + I want to party etc. was thinking of making it the “DMTski Lodge” or something like that….. that area is only about 80miles from NYC…..I could hopefully scrounge together the full amount for the place and then would accept donations/barter/etc. from anyone who wanted to stay was thinking you could send out an e-mail to brainmachines…or maybe just the DMT list …. maybe a few people would want to chip in a decent amt and stay down there a lot or if not too many do that I could send out letters telling people to come visit it during various times in the winter and take whatever they’ll give but not demand very much or even anything at all….what do you think of such an idea…I figure I’ll have to nail down a few choices of the place i.e. have a few picked out and there exact amounts etc. before I or you post anything to the list….hell if there’s enough interest perhaps we can get something big and set back in the woods a bit where we could throw parties at……..let me know about any thoughts…..

https://www.alternet.org/2000/11/adventures_through_inner_space/

November 15 Wednesday
Opium Den
10:00pm – 4:00am (-05:00) A Bar With Chillout Tunes Psytrance. I Want To Invite All You Guys Wednesday Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street At 2nd Ave. 10 Pm No Cover Come And Enjoy Trance Music With Dj Angel From Chile In This Indian Bar Full Of Nice Energy And Nice People. You Can Relax And Bring Your Friends And Have A Chill Out Time……..So See You Then!!!!! Love And Light Angeles

before Synthetic Sadhus there is a meetup in the East Village at a restaurant/bar. No dancing, no smoking pot, just meeting and talking and maybe drinking and eating. If you want to eat you should reserve a table, but there is also plenty of hanging out space. My friend Sangam’s Indian restaurant in the East Village, called Karma, at 51 1st avenue between 3rd & 4th. 212-677-3160. Vibe is like a way upscale Rico sans hookah. We had a bigass party there for Astrid’s birthday earlier this year and was a lot of fun taking over the place. There’s no cabaret license but Zen of Rico is trying to get a weekly going there a la Rico.

November 17 Friday
Synthetic Sadhus – TIP
10:00PM – 6:00AM (-05:00)
Hallucinogen 2000-11-17 New York, USA LIVE ACT: HALLUCINOGEN (Twisted Records – TIP Records – UK)
DJs: RAJA RAM (TIP Records – Twisted – Shpongle – UK), SIMON POSFORD (Twisted Records – Shpongle – UK), DIMITRI (TIP Records – UK),
PAUL TAYLOR (TIP Records – UK),
KEN (Synthetic Sadhus-NYC).
Deco by: BRAHMA (TIP Records – UK), Jamin Murphy (Hovek Olam – USA), Severyn (NYC), Moonwalkers (Bali), Synthetic Sadhus (NYC). Location: AMAZURA Ballroom, 91-12 144th Place, Jamaica, Queens, NY. By Subway – Take E, J, Z, to Sutphin Blvd Station. Walk down Archer Ave for 1/2 block following the tracks to 144th Place. Make a right and you are in front of the Amazura. More Info: Free breakfast will be served in the morning with chai-tea, fruits, and sweets! Tickets: $30/adv & $35/door. Hotline: 212 774 7728
Afterparty by In-Trance-It.

Children of the New Dream – An Interview with Drunvalo Melchizedek

November 22 Wednesday
Opium Den
10:00pm – 4:00am (-05:00) A Bar With Chillout Tunes Psytrance. I Want To Invite All You Guys Wednesday Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street At 2nd Ave. 10 Pm No Cover Come And Enjoy Trance Music With Dj Angel From Chile In This Indian Bar Full Of Nice Energy And Nice People. You Can Relax And Bring Your Friends And Have A Chill Out Time……..So See You Then!!!!! Love And Light Angeles

November 24 Friday
SubtleChaos PSY-TECH TRANCE SYSTEM
First DJ Set: Angeles – Chiletrance
presents… Frying Pan at Peir 63, 23rd Street & West side, Manhattan Blacklight psychedelic deco by JULIA, KURA and DANIEL Psychedelic techno-trance all night:
STEVE-O (Nantucket)
PRESTON SPACE and DJ ELEVEN tag team set (Nebulum recordings)
JASON vs. VADIM (SubtleChaos)
Chill-Out room by DJ Angel (ChileTrance/6th Element) $15 at door. 10pm-4:30am, 21+/id/guestlist, email for details. Pictures from our last party are available on our website

November 25th, Saturday
Alphatrance
10:00PM – 10:00AM (-05:00) web alphatrance.org
Our site just took a whole new look, with lots of new material. Some video is coming soon, + Some of Mishas graphix, never seen before; more pics are already there, so take a look.. Alphatrance is doing one more party before Morocco. November 25th, Saturday. Same old spot in Jersey City, 111 1st Str.
This one is going to be special one. I (we) promise.
DJs: d – Alchemy – is coming from L.A.
Kri – T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi – from N. Carolina Asaf
T.M.A. – Israel Indra – Alphatrance
Visual deco by Severyn “our” projections by “Somebody”… with footage from past Alphatrance parties More details on web alphatrance.org and on the flyer. peace Aleks

November 29 Wednesday
Korova Milk Bar
First DJ Set: Icycoil (But pretty sure she played early DMT bridge)
Has anybody been to this? Synergy Wednesdays at: THE KOROVA MILK BAR (200 Ave. A btwn 12th & 13th st., NYC) DJ Icycoil spins: Mellow (early), Progressive (mid) & Psychedelic (late) Trance 10P-4A, 21 + puuuulease! $2 Domestic bottles/tap, $1 Kamikazee shots Come try the yummy molokos and martinis! For those of you who have never been to or heard of the Korova Milk Bar: – It is designed after the bar Alex and his crew are tripping out at in the beginning of the movie “A Clockwork Orange” (Yes it has the naked mannequins. No they do not squirt milk out of their nipples…though it would be pretty cool if they did!) – Along with the usual stuff, they have exotic drinks, such as molokos (frozen alcoholic milkshake drinks), and martinis named after dead gangsters.-There are about 15 TV screens throughout the bar showing bizarre, tripped out sci-fi movies and anime. -A kicking sound system, although it looks shitty and we try not to pump it up too damn loud so you guys can actually converse. Afterall, Korova is a BAR, not a club. Hope to see you there! -Merry

November 29 Wednesday
Opium Den
10:00pm – 4:00am (-05:00) a bar with chillout tunes psytrance. I want to invite all you guys 29 east 3rd street at 2nd ave. 10 pm no cover come and enjoy trance music with DJ angel from chile in this Indian bar full of nice energy and nice people. You can relax and bring your friends and have a chill-out time……..so see you then!!!!! Love and light Angeles

December 2000

December 1 Friday
TRANCEMISSION
Small psytrance at Tunnel Scott Stuart’s friend is throwing a small psy party this Friday, at the tunnel… for more info please call the info line or check the web site:
Mushroom (Australia)
TLE (Israel) and a special guest! 27 st 12 ave 2nd floor 22:22 hours Guestlist only $20/$25 at door 18 party/21 drink Contact Andrea (917)564-0003 or ordep/trancemission

December 1 Friday
Sidetrakkt in Pittsburgh
Juno Reactor, Alex Paterson

MTV had Astrid at 5th Element on for a flash when they were talking about the new hippies. I was on for 10 seconds, talking about these stupid young candy ravers with their pacifiers – that there is another deeper element of computer people, doctors, scientists, artists – first in my apartment and then voiceovered with footage of me at Tsunami at VINYL. It’s very quick and thank god for my job that I was wearing sunglasses.
Also featured was a swiss-cheese-brain-on-an-MRI segment about someone I had met in NYC clubland named Lynn Smith. She laid it all out on the show. She is typical of the people I have met at Twilo – one time, on my way out of that tourist trap I ran into a short Asian E dealer who was a weekly regular was in a fetal position near the coat check. He called to me and I came over. Somebody had given him acid and he had never taken it before. He was crying and completely lost. It was as if all the bullshit that had piled up was being released and he couldn’t deal…
..but at least he only has to wait 15 minutes TOPS at Twilo to get in

December 2 Saturday
Matsuri at Limelight
Matsuri Presents: DJ Tsuyoshi(one of the most recognized Trance DJ in the world!!) Plus: 3000 Beat Alex Sax (sic) Sat. Dec. 2 at LimeLight 47 W.20th St. Special Offer from Mao! I can put you and your friend’s name in the K.O.A.P list.(10pm12am) I only hold 20 Comp(Free!) and about 80 reduce($15$20 to enter). If you can bring your friends, I can give you the comp, and your friends can be reduced! Please re:mail me ASAP before my list closed! RSVP: maosaka at earthlink.net General Info: Door Open: 10 p.m. Door Charge: $30 (w/out guest list) Guest List: 10 p.m. 12 a.m. (K.O.A.P List by Katsu & Joe)
This looks to be weird enough to go. Keep in mind, it’s Tsuyoshi plus at least one techno DJ warming up. It feels like 1997 all over again. Does anybody remember the Matsuri parties down on the Shore? I wonder if John Emmanuel books him still? With promoters like label founder Mao and local der Jack at Gatien’s clubs, are we seeing a psytrance megaclub minirevival? Did the departure of Dalit create a void? Or an abyss? as for me I’ll be gazing into it…

December 2 Saturday
Citizens of Utopia – Wonderland
Their first event

December 5 Tuesday
Juno Reactor
10:00PM – 6:00AM (-05:00) Voo Doo Lounge presents A Nite with JUNO REACTOR performing live in their ONLY NY area appearance ALEX PATERSON of the ORB spinning an exclusive ORB set MYTHIS cousins, trancedomain WIGGLE animaineax/area609/beat boutique SAMSSON animaineax/kingsize-usa $20 in ADVANCED $25 at the Door please purchase tickets in advanced to ensure entry early show, doors open 7pm 18 to enter, 21 to drink proper ID required location: Voo Doo Lounge 47-29 Bell Blvd. Bayside, NY (sound has been added) giveaways from area609 and animaineax info/directions: Voo Doo 718.224.7576 Animaineax 212.479.7887 animaineaxNYC at aol tickets outlets: breakdown records, bayside 718.279.0040 caffeine records, Massapequa 516.797.7196

December 6 Wednesday
American McGee’s Alice released

December 6 Wednesday
Opium Den
10:00pm – 4:00am (-05:00) A Bar With Chillout Tunes Psytrance. I Want To Invite All You Guys Wednesday Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street At 2nd Ave. 10 Pm No Cover Come And Enjoy Trance Music With Dj Angel From Chile In This Indian Bar Full Of Nice Energy And Nice People. You Can Relax And Bring Your Friends And Have A Chill Out Time……..So See You Then!!!!! Love And Light Angeles

December 13 Wednesday
Opium Den
10:00pm – 4:00am (-05:00) A Bar With Chillout Tunes Psytrance. I Want To Invite All You Guys Wednesday Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street At 2nd Ave. 10 Pm No Cover Come And Enjoy Trance Music With Dj Angel From Chile In This Indian Bar Full Of Nice Energy And Nice People. You Can Relax And Bring Your Friends And Have A Chill Out Time……..So See You Then!!!!! Love And Light Angeles

New Years in Times Square Apt Rental
Do not rent a hotel. This one is all Bladerunnered by yours truly. A plush stocked apartment one block from Times Square and one block from subway to the evolutionbox trance party is available for New Years to the highest bidder, starting bid $300. Deposit of 50% of asking price be paid in advance and will be returned on January 1, paypal preferred. Send bids tobidding will conculde on Sunday December 18. The apartment will hold up to eight people comfortably. Elevator building/wood flrs/renovated/two CD sound system screen TV/balcony/smoking and ds OK/stocked refrigerator/full water pipe/access to Dr. Brain Machine’s stocked kitchen nootropic cupboards/urban techno shaman-psychedelic decor/great view. Plus no sound limits! Available Dec 28 through 5pm Jan 1. Extra days will add 10% on to final asking price, per day. Also, greet the New Year with one hyperdimensional trip to the see the Elves, included in the rate.

December 15 Friday
SYNTHETIC SADHUS present: TIP
LIVE ACT: HALLUCINOGEN (Twisted Records – TIP Records – UK)
DJs: Live: SON KITE (Spiral Trax – Digital Structures – Sweden)
DRAGON (Flying Rhino – Dragonfly – UK)
CHI A.D. (Novatekk – UK)
DJ: DOOF (Twisted Records – TIP Records – UK)!!!
KALIX (Synthetic Sadhus-NYC)
KEN (Synthetic Sadhus-NYC).
Fluoro Deco by: HOVEK OLAM (Hovek Olam – Israel), Jamin Murphy (Hovek Olam – USA), Severyn (NYC), Synthetic Sadhus (NYC). Location: AMAZURA Ballroom, 91-12 144th Place, Jamaica, Queens, NY. By Subway – Take E, J, Z, to Sutphin Blvd Station. Walk down Archer Ave for 1/2 block following the tracks to 144th Place. Make a right and you are in front of the Amazura. More Info: Free breakfast will be served in the morning with chai-tea, fruits, and sweets! Tickets: $30/adv & $35/door. Hotline: 212 774 7728
Location: AMAZURA Ballroom, 91-12 144th Place, Jamaica, Queens, NY. By Subway – Take E, J, Z, to Sutphin Blvd Station. Walk down Archer Ave for 1/2 block following the tracks to 144th Place. Make a right and you are in front of the Amazura. More Info: Free breakfast will be served in the morning with chai-tea, fruits, and sweets! Tickets: $30/adv & $35/door. Hotline: 212 774 7728
Directions to SS from Karma Well, the talk was favoring east village. The bad news is that the quickest way to SS the E train stop at W4th, we’ll have to take the F at 2nd ave and Houston. Which is only 5 blocks from Karma. The good news is, we’ll have a big crowd of people taking the subway together.

American producer news I must recommend Kri from North Carolina’s new mix CD “Tuned In. ” He played recently at a gig with Valerio in New Orleans… To get a copy of this awesome CD mail $10 to Chris johnson 47 Nebraska ave. Asheville NC 28806 or email him at utta at bellsouth.net
Local NYC talent Deeper in Zen are kicking ass on MP3 – Astral Projection makes $500 a day from downloads, while ‘Zen is making a respectable $25 a day. Not bad for two boys from Kansas City and Tennessee: DEEPER IN ZEN Track Release NEW TRACK “Anticipate” They are currently releasing tracks on MP3 while they’re getting ready to submit some hard-psy tracks to a few labels. You can download them at web mp3/deeperinzen They will also be playing Live very soon!!!

December 29 Friday
SYNTHETIC SADHUS – GAIA PARTY – Philadelphia

December 29 Friday
Trance Party Friday Dragon Tribe
First DJ Set: Kamal & Tony Unorthodox
10:00pm-4:00am
An evening of psychedelic goa trance with Dragonlotus & Version 42 (aka Mesh), and surprise guest DJs. at The Chelsea Lounge 154W 26th st. 21 & over please bring ID 10pm. $10 with flyer or guestlist info: 973-269-3839 e-mail ?’s to: FreeBeer4Kids at aol (Tony) Krsnalotus at aol (Kamal) thanks, Tony.

December 30 Saturday
Tsunami in Morocco
INTERNATIONAL
Atmos (Sw) Spiral Trax Deedrah (F) Balloonia Delta (D) Blue Room Element (D) Liquid Audio Soundz Etnica (IT) Spirit Zone Hallucinogen (UK) Twisted Infected Mushroom (IS) B.N.E. Medicine Drum (UK) R.T.T.S. Star Sounds Orchestra (D) Spirit Zone S.U.N. Project (D) Spirit Zone 3.Turn (F) Hadshot Toires (F) Blue Room Total Eclipse (F) Blue Room X Dream (D) Blue Room Acan (Au) Suntribe Adam D’Hana (US) Eye Phunk Amit (IS) Infected Mushroom B.N.E. Anti (Sw) Spiral Trax Brian (US) Moontribe Dada (F) BaIlona India Drop (US/IS) Tsunami, Purple Oz I-Zen (IS) Infected Mushroom B.N.E Max Lanfranconi (IT) Spirit Zone Kavandi (US) Sixth Sense Raja Ram (UK) Tip World Syd Gilmore (US) Sixth Sense Trevor (US) Moontribe Wyse (US) Interspace Sound Quadra (IS) Hadshot & more to be announced.
MOROCCAN
Gnaoua
The term Gnaoua refers to a community that includes master musicians (Maalem), ourageb players, mystical psychics and therapists. They combine harmoniously, cultural roots from black Africa and mysticism from Islam. The rites of possession are in the centre of multiple spiritual and physical activities. This is called derdeba, and takes place at night (lila), that is why it’s called Lila of Derdeba. During the ceremony the master musician invites the Saints and supernatural entities to possess his adepts. Once inhabited by the spirits the partakers fall into a trance until reaching ecstasy and beyond.
Issawa (the secret to be revealed)
Blue People of The Sahara
The Guedra. A trance ritual executed by staccato movements of the hands and fingers, and smooth gliding back and fourth. “Entering a state of trance they dropped to their knees, fingers and hands in constant motion, heads swinging t and fro, faster and faster, back and forth,…they collapsed in a heap followed by blackout” -focusmm.com
Dekka of Marrakech
Instruments: Karaksh & Claxons. Simple somewhat solemn rhythms start the ritual. Beats accelerate with low and high pitched sounds mingling. As voices rise in a powerful chorus, long claxons join in. The rhythms change several times without a break., at times reaching peaks, giving us the notion of disciplined outbursts of ecstasy.
Masters of Joujouka
Sahrawa
For in-depth accounts check our website: www.morocco2001.com
A BIG THANK YOU to all those who have helped in making this dream come true.

December 31 Sunday
Evolution Box (Anushka)
First Party: Eitan of Spiritual Beings
Presents: HOVEK OLAM NEW YEARS EVE 2001 An evening of psychedelic trance with some of the worlds top producers Featuring:
Astral Projection-Live
MFG-Live
Yaniv-DJ set
U.F.Oria-DJ set
with more international talent TBA
Also featuring the Kama Sutra Chill out: Local talent live and DJ sets The Venue: Brand new 24,000 sq. ft overlooking Manhattan. one stop from downtown Manhattan From 10pm to 10am the next day for more info go to: web hovekolam OR web evolutionbox
How to do an Astrid Projection NYE party for $5 1. Go get GIFs of Astral Projection’s faces on one of the trance sites 2. Print out, Cut out, make masks 3. Set up a card table outside a trance venue 4. Get a couple of friends, wear masks, bob up and down behind your computer terminal doing the Israeli shuffle, occasionally fiddling with the volume button whenever the melodies start really pumpin’ in 5. Start with Also Sprach Zarathustra, the 2001 theme song, and stream Astral Projection tracks from MP3, throwing pennies in a big jar for every track you play (helps trim streaming costs) 6. Borrow a pixel projector and put up images of Astrid 7. Remove any Columbia psych students who complain that you’re just projecting about an Astrid obsession 8. Invite friends. Solicit pennies. 9. Right when the “Spice is Life” track comes on, smoke some kitchen sink d out of a crack pipe 10. Find out what you cheerfully have assumed that you could never figure out and get a peep into the other side BUM WANKER!

2001