Updated 2 years ago
Fall & Winter
July 2002
July 3 Wednesday
Infected Mushroom at the New Chaos
BLAST! My dreams of the Twilo crew finally hosting a psytrance event were dashed yet again… who knows what happened but the important thing is that Infected has been here for days; the venue has changed to the New Chaos, which has hosted many rolling Israelis listening to their particular version of high energy house music… sound system is not bad but they may supplement it. There was a trance party there back in the days when it was the Bank, called Trancespotting:
INFECTED MUSHROOM are in Manhattan since Monday morning. LAST MINUTE VENUE CHANGE for Wednesday night: TSUNAMI’s “INFECTED MUSHROOM” party has been moved from Club Arc to: C H A O S 225 East Houston Street (corner Avenue A) trains: F to 1st Avenue All the rest, including hours, ticket information, line-up are the same. Looking forward to an infectious and liberating party! JEG
Infected/Tsuyoshi review and NY psytrance soapbox Infected Mushroom at New Chaos: At least 800! Tsuyoshi at Vilo: 50 Tsuyoshi would have done much better had Infected rolled around for a two-day slammer at the same place.. Note to future psytrance organizers – DON’T GIVE VILO AN INCH!! Well, if there ever was a battle for the future of trance music, it was fought this week and audiences in New York voted with their feet. The insane last-minute venue switch worked best.. after an impossible back and forth round of negotiations between Tsunami’s John Emmanuel and Club ARC manager Mike Bindra (formerly manager of Twilo – now of the new shall we call it Vilo??) Infected Mushroom was moved to the venue at the New Chaos, which was literally SHAKING, all three floors pounding with mad energy, with a huge line still at 4am… too bad they didn’t play “Live” was there not enough room? meanwhile, things were quiet and business as usual… we got to the newly managed and refurbished Vinyl/Twilo (Twinyl?) after Tsuoyoshi’s set and the complete non-psychedelicness of the Twilo mindset was in full regalia… few people, dead promo – no insane vibe, just start and stop confusion segueing into a mind-numbing house beat, any novelty through to the shredder. Mike Bindra, the former manager of Twilo and new manager of Vinyl/Club ARC, STILL has NEVER EVER EVER had a psytrance party in his domain – “Psy-” in trance scares him, hey maybe someone should make psychological trance… you’d think a half Indian half Dutch would be perfectly aligned to Goa Psy-Trance. OK, he has some slack because the city shut down Twilo, but THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS when you foster a culture that will seem to support a serotonin depleted neurochemistry through overindulgence in music that is made to make you feel good when on E, and people start dying from heat exhaustion, but this is all a tangent. Point is, you go for the low hanging fruit, the suckers who want to wear Diesel and roll every weekend, there are prices to pay. Happiness ain’t to be gotten from a pill. groan Oh yeah, there are also good mirrors behind the DJs so you can see what they play, how they play, but the design gets a little oppressive when you need a BRACELET to get into the coveted VIP room (which you can see through a window from the main floor)
July 3 Wednesday
Bridge Party
Heard a rumor from the drum & bass people that there was at least one bridge party with at least some psytrance a couple of days ago, maybe on Wednesday during Infected Mushroom for all thew people who couldn’t pay $25…
July 3 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance) Jo(Bali-Goa) Valerio(New Orleans) Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street at 2nd Avenue 10-4 Love and Light Angeles
July 3
Warcraft III Launched
July 4 Thursday
Tsuyoshi Suzuki at ARC
Tsuyoshi fell off the psytrance bandwagon a long time ago… arcspace.net ………
DJ Freddy Valerio (L.P.D.) DJ Mizuho Sato (Astral Zone Tokyo) Visual by Tribetrix-NYC (tribetrix) Lighting by Michael David Sound System by Steve Dash (Phazon) ………
Arc-6 Hubert St. NYC (3 blocks below Canal St. at Hudson) Door at 11:00pm 18+w/ID $30 General Admission $25 w/invite $15 or $20 odolist before 1:00am* odolist: party0704 at hotmail I *early admission system. -please come early to ensure your reduce price- ………
DJ Tsuyoshi (JOUJOUKA/FEEDBACK RECORDINGS TOKYO/web tokiodrome) Since DJ Tsuyoshi finished his own label Matsuri Productions which is well known as Trance label, he moved back to his home city Tokyo in 2000 then he started to concentrate his bands JOUJOUKA and his regular party TOKIODROME. Up to now, he is still busy going around world DJ-ing. His style of DJing and JOUJOUKA is more genreless (bunging trance, progressive, psyche-rock, etc) nowadays. He is setting up his new label FEEDBACK RECORDINGS in this summer from Tokyo.
July 6 Saturday
ODORU
Return of the Crazy Japanese!!! our party Japanese free paper “odorude-shikashi” presents ODORU -Let it Dance- Bar 13 (121 University Place bet. 13 & 14 St.) Enter 3rd floor entrance on University Place Guest DJ: DJ David (young, alive in love/loungecore), Cause (hiasobipro / Brazillian House) Resident DJ: O-Ku (Odoru / lovely trance), Ogo (Y.S.P. Odoru / funky trance) VJ: mumbleboy(web mumbleboy) Admission: $15 regular, $12 discount ( send an e-mail with your full name to event at odoru-NYC or bring a flyer available at Sunrise Mart and other Japanese stores) Happy Hour Special: Ladies $10 until 11:00pm # We can use on both the 3rd floor and the roof! more info: web odoru-NYC tsuyoshi party stim-land ………
July 10 Wednesday
Twisted Minds at Pyramid
They’ve all been posted here before b-b-b-b-but not in one email! These lads are busy, like the DMT 2 years ago: TWISTED MINDS EVENTS – Twisted Minds Will Now List All Future Events It Will Be Organising Or Appearing At: If You Would Like To Book Our DJs – Merlin or Dharmaz Reptile, or just want to reach us regarding future events.mail: twistedmindsProductions PYRAMID PARTY – hosted by Unkown ShroomsA BI WEEKLY FAVOURITE – DARK/HARD/FUNKY/FULL-ON PSYTRANCE, MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR MIND WITH AN ABSOLUTELY KILLER SOUND SYSTEM. MAKE NO MISTAKES THIS IS A TOTALTRANCE -DANCE PARTY.3$ COVER —- 2$BEER AND 4$ SHOTSDJ’S LINEUP::NILS {SWEEDEN}- DJ UNKNOWN {TSUNAMI}- MERLIN {TWISTED MINDS} – ICYCOIL {UNKNOWSHROOMS}DECOR: BY UNKNOWSHROOMS101 AVE.A BETW. 6-7ST18 TO PARTY 21TO DRINK +ID+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wednesday July 24thPyramid Party Featuring Dharmaz Reptile (Twisted Minds)Look out for info. on other acts. Dharmaz Reptile Will be spinning a totally twisted set including new unreleased material.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Coming Soon – Twisted Minds First NEW YORK PARTY. Will Feature Live Acts, As well as a plethora of Psychadelic Talent. A Night of utter chaos and madness.
July 10 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Djs Angeles(chiletrance) Alejandro(MA) Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street at 2nd Avenue 10-4 Love and Light Angeles
July 10 Wednesday
European and Psychedelic trance in Brooklyn
Take the Q train… I don’t know if it’s possible, but can you please post this. This event is taking place tonight, at Estele lounge, located at Ave U and E 19th street, in Brooklyn. They’ll start at around 9 p.m. Guys from the Static Groove will be playing some European and Psychedelic trance. Come and enjoy. It’s a very nice lounge, relaxing atmosphere, and an extremely friendly bartender. If a lot of people come, they’ll be doing trance night every week. The lounge closes at 4 a.m. Thank you for any help you can get us promoting this, Sergey
July 11 Thursday
Omnitribe on the Beach
Nice Omnitribe beach party: urgent – trance party on the beach tonight Thursday! Fwd:- free open-air in BrooklynTo: SAFETYDANCE From: Machinelf I GOT PERMISSION FROM Dima TO POST THIS!NOTE – There are dollar-a-cab car services ($1 ride to Sea Gate) going from last train station on Coney Island to Sea Gate, all the way to the end… they go on Surf Ave, which goes along the beach… you can probably stop them somewhere in the middle… they stop and wait for ppl on Surf and Stillwell… just an idea for others, some of my friends live in Sea Gate, I own a car though… though I’m not entirely sure where that place is exactly….
July 13 Saturday
TSUNAMI presents T R A N C E F O R M A T I O N
and every Saturday thereafter with Y O N I (History of the Future) D J U N K N O W N A G M I S C H A R L Y B R O W N and more Downstairs at Club SHELTER 20 West 39 Street (Please use separate TSUNAMI entrance) 11pm till 11am The ROOFTOP is now open Ladies free until 1am with flyer or this print out. $20 / $15 with flyer or this print out. For more information: 212 493-8124
July 13 Saturday
P.S.I. – Acid Reflux: The First Trip in the Pine Barrens
First DJ Set: Pat Mescalinium and Neil Funkmaster Fleish/Infinite Sun
The best ever tristate area psytrance outdoor festivals outside the city have been… Burning Elf (it was a PERSONAL thing!), Phantasm (with Goa Gil 2 years ago), Burning Elf’s Lord of the Rings last May, and Acid Reflux in south Jersey last weekend. The PSI outdoor in the Pine Barrens in south New Jersey last Saturday was really good. Looking forward to their next one in August.
PSI brings you a hallucinatory event. An evening of psychedelic trance in a beautiful, outdoor forest setting your all-vinyl techno-shamans for the evening:11:00 – 2:00Mark (Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative, Philadelphia) Opening up with a groovy, minimal intro set and phasing into some more full-on sounds2:00 – 5:00 Merlin and Dharmaz Reptile (Twisted Minds, New York/London) These two deck wizards are bringing you 3 hours of peak-of-the-night, full-on, psychedelic madness5:00 – 8:00 Mescalinium (Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative, New York/Philadelphia)Spinning a thoroughly modern set of uplifting, melodic trance to coincide with the sunrise location: This event will take place in a forest clearing located in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The area is approximately 2 hours outside of New York City, and 1 1/2 hours outside of Philly. The field itself is extremely isolated and is miles from any residential area. There will be a designated area for parking. Please emailSunshineGoa3, with “PSI party” somewhere in the subject line, for directions. Directions will also be posted later this week. This place is a gorgeous, pristine oasis of nature in its purest form. We must respect the land and LEAVE NO TRACE. Please take care of all personal items/trash etc. Because of recent forest fires in the Pine Barrens, we ask that no fires be permitted.
Bring: Water, food, blankets, tents/camping gear, flashlights, good vibes, incense, tapestries, friends, black lights, strobe lights, other visuals, herbal refreshments… etc.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This gathering IS NOT rain or shine. Unfortunately, heavy rain may render the field temporarily inaccessible due to mud. In the event of inclement weather, we will postpone the party and send a mass email on the day of the event or sooner. (To get on the PSImailing list, please send a message to SunshineGoa3 ). This will be a free party. Nonetheless, donations to the Initiative is a non-profit organization 😉 and will go to finance future psychedelic events. This promises to be a special and memorable night. The Dj’s and organizers are all very excited and enthusiastic. We hope you can make it out and be a part of it.- Pat and Neil (The PSI team)
A Thank You From The PSI People!
From: Patrick J Myers To everyone who made it out on Saturday: THANK YOU!To everyone who brought lighting, equipment, refreshments, and so many other things that contributed to the positive atmosphere: THANK YOU! To all the DJs, organizers, dancers, and everyone who helped out: THANK YOU! To everyone who couldn’t make it out: We’ll see at our next party! A special thanks go out to our close friend Josh, who was injured in a bicycle accident on the day of the party and was unable to make it out. Josh was integral to the planning stages of this event, and, among many other things, designed and printed the flyer. We wish you a speedy recovery! Thank you to Theo and Sam (Merlin and Dharmaz Reptile, respectively) who not only came out and spun a wicked tag-team set, but also helped us set up the sound system, and helped clean up and move out in the morning.Thanks to our friend Ian, without whom we could not have had this party. Ian lent us two of his speakers, and let us use his van for transporting equipment. Thanks to Ben and Boris, et. al., for bringing out some serious black lights which definitely took the party to another level.Thanks to Rocky for the awesome video projections.Thanks to our friend Nicole, who helped drive out some people for us after Josh went down.Thanks to everyone who gave us donations at the end (unsolicited no less!). And finally, thanks to everyone who stayed and kept dancing through the rain all the way to the end! We sincerely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. The 2nd Trip is already in the planning stages. We’re bringing you more sound, more DJs, more music, more lighting, more visuals, more everything!!! Stay tuned and stay psychedelic,- Pat and Neil (The PSI Team)P.S.(I.?) Have a friend who’d be interested in our future events? Tell him or her to send us an email at sunshineGoa3 to get on our mailing list.
July 17 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
First Dj Set: Luis/Influx/Dreamcatcher/Psychegrounds
Djs Angeles (Chiletrance) Influx (Brazil) Shi.k. I.d (Omnitribe) Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street at 2nd Avenue 10-4 Over 18 Thanks! Love and Light Angeles
July 20 Saturday
Tsunami – Tranceformation
Synthetic Sadhus Dragonfly 10 year anniversary party this party is dedicated to Kristina! and there will be a lot of exciting props and stuff. very influential people will be there to check out the NY scene – let’s all make it out there and show our strength!
July 20 – Saturday
Synthetic Sadhus at Cinema World
First Party: Steve P.
Doors open from 10pm till 8am. Free Breakfast! Line-up: MAN WITH NO NAME (Dragonfly records – concept in dance – UK), LIVE! vision – UK), LIVE! SHAKTA (Dragonfly records – phantasm records – UK), LIVE! KALIX (Synthetic sadhus – growroom – Spectra – USA) YONI (Home Of Trance – ISRAEL) NIKO (Synth Free Breakfast! Line-up: MAN WITH NO NAME (Dragonfly records – concept in dance – UK), LIVE! vision – UK), LIVE! SHAKTA (Dragonfly records – phantasm records – UK), LIVE! KALIX (Synthetic sadhus – growroom – Spectra – USA) YONI (Home Of Trance – ISRAEL) NIKO (Synthetic sadhus – BULGARIA) Decoration: NOS (Toxomniac – SWEDEN) JAMIN MURPHY (Spectra – Nantucket) Chill-Out: YARE (visionear – VENEZUELA) JASON (Subtle Chaos – NYC) YONI (Home Of Trance – ISRAEL) Location: CINEMA WORLD STUDIOS (220 Dupont St, Brooklyn, NY) SOUND SYSTEMS By MUSIC FIRST PRODUCTIONS Please drive safely its a party! Tickets are $ 30 in advance and $35 at the door.
Synthetic Sadhus was a lot of fun. Looking forward to Filling my Head with Phantasm. Hurry – spaces are going quickly.
July 21 Sunday
After hours party for Synthetic Sadhus
midtown. 9am to …$10 with breakfast 646-246-7985/718-384-4259 Guillaume’s
Party in the Park (PSI team)
July 24 Wednesday
Unknown Shrooms at Pyramid
GRETTINGS ALL!!! the unknowshrooms party still on!!!! so this is what we have for you! LOCATION: PYRAMIDS 101 AVE. A BETW 6-7 COVER COME ALL AND ENJOY A NIGHT OF FULL ON PSYTRANCE WITH THE UNKNOWSHROOMS
Update on my case – an affidavit has been signed stating that $12,000 worth of my property is in the custody of the NYPD.
July 24 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Djs Angeles(Chiletrance-6th Element) Gosha(a.k.a Indra) Alphatrance Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street at 2nd Avenue 10-4 web chiletrance Thanks! Love and Light Angeles
Wow, Phantasm is NEXT WEEKEND!!! Cc: phantasmusa at hotmail We are locked, stocked, and have smoking barrels! Be sure to get your tickets for Phantasm next weekend.
New location for Phantasm – contact House of Trance if you’re not on Safetydance New location for Phantasm – contact House of Trance if you’re not on Safetydance I would post the new direx here but it’s a public list!
July 26-28 Friday – Sunday
Upstate New York Fill Your Head With Phantasm
Global Trance Production And Phantasm Records America – Fill Your Head With Phantasm
Come Dance And Celebrate With Us The Launch of: Global Trance Production & Phantasm Records America In a 3 days traditional Goa psychedelic outdoor festival. This unique gathering will take place in the greenery safe and private 120-acre resort located upstate NY. For your comfort:*large open-air dance area. *Private vacation cabin *vast camping ground *chill out chai shop tent *Goa flea market *toilets and showers facilities *waterfalls neer by *first aid provided
Psychedelic Trance Act:
Live Act: Mindfield-Phantasm Rec. UK-USA
Space Cat-BNE Israel
Green Nuns-Phantasm Rec.Flying Rhino UK
DJ Set: John Phantasm – Phantasm Rec UK-USA
DJ Junia – Phantasm Rec Uk-Usa, Tip World
Avi Algranati – BNE Israel
Dick Trevor – Bumbling Loons, Flying Rhino UK
DJ Yoni – H.O.F Israel, NY
DJ Liran – Hommega Israel NY
DJ Jaimen – Spectral NY, Nantucket
For More Info And Tickets: Global Trance Production 24 Hr Info Line:917.819.8111
Phantasm Records America: Phantasmusa At Hotmail Home Of Trance:212.477.4440 122 St. Marks Pl Between 1st Ave And Ave A
I went in the woods and shot K and came back in an angry K hole and tried to start a rebellion against the organizers who had confiscated food at the door. I also took my nice Indian clothes in a plastic bag and got a ride from Jonathan Payer to a wedding Saturday also upstate for my friend Thor Atreides. On the ride home I surreptitiously had sex with a Japanese girl in the back seat who sat on my lap while Jonathan was oblivious, driving.
When Psytrance had its Fyre Festival Moment
(Ed. note: Eli the organizer actually ended up making amends with a free party, and joined a conservative sect in Israel shortly afterward)
July 29, 2002
The organizer was Eli who used to own House of Trance. He operates under Global Trance Productions. If making money is a badge of quality then he has succeeded better than anyone else. He was helped by his friend Ricky. Phantasm was just playing and did not organize it. I have fwded all emails to phantasmusa at hotmail, which is Eli’s address. If anyone knows how to reach John Phantasm that would be helpful to get this feedback to him as it reflects poorly on the artists. And was it me or was it me dreaming when on the last morning a carnival barker voice was saying over the PA, “Come to the Concession stand and buy all your food” in a really evil voice? Who WAS that? all was good except for no green nuns and the food – the food and water being taken was really unpopular to say the least. you should never ever ever do that again, it fucked with the vibe. I’ve NEVER heard of that being done before, you should have at least mentioned it on the flyer. People spent all their money on food and water and then were too poor to buy it from you. The several hundred dollars you may have gotten back does not justify it – it will be harder for you to have nearly as many people at the next event. here are emails I got on Saturday and Sunday. everyone was negative focusing exclusively on the confiscated food and water: “A friend just called me. They just took his money before notifying him that no food or water from the outside is allowed. NOWHERE on the flyer is that stated. They all packed up a bunch of stuff to go up and are sooo pissed off right now. Save yourself the trouble of food. He spent well over 100 bucks on food to bring up. There was a last-minute venue change and now this. sigh hmm.. it better be good.” “that’s really fucked up! a 3-day festival, yo bring your own stuff and then you’re told to trash it (basically) That’s sooooo wrong. I suppose you can’t bring your own toilet paper too.” “That is the most fucked thing I have heard of this summer. You absolutely MUST be shitting me! If I went up there I would have packed myself a deli again. What the hell is going on around here?? Gremlins?? People really have to get a little more prepared before people get on the highway. Man, I wish New York Trancers good luck. This shit has to stop, that is just plain cruel. Good thing I did not go, my Pissed off MetalHead NYHC side would have definitely made an appearance, lucky I was not there.” “How could it be good?? That’s totally mad wick wickety wack!! I’d hate to jump the gun here so are you sure your friend Scotty wasn’t reporting an “alternate reality”?? I knew something was rotten in Denmark when the 24-hr infoline didn’t have any info, and they lied about Green Nuns on the flyer, but I didn’t expect anything as bad as not allowing food or water for a three-day festival. If it’s true, that’s just totally $$%$&* at $!!! Didn’t HOT try to gouge people at an outdoor festival a couple of years ago?? I’ve seen monkey-shit fights at the zoo that made El Cuco look organized, but at least the monkeys weren’t trying to rob each other :/” “what else can you expect from these people they haven’t done one party without lying or bullshitting I say fuck em! fuck em up their stupid asses!”
“Top 10 reasons why the so-called party thrown by “Global Trance Productions” and “Phantasm Records America” was a complete and total SCAM:
1) The venue has transformed itself from a “120-acre private vacation resort” into some trailer trash backyard about 15 miles away from the original location. The route was marked with dimly-lit “OM” signs.
2) All food and water was confiscated at the door, even though there was no mention of this on the flyer. Water was being sold inside at $3 a bottle. Hamburger $4, hot dog $4.
Served by sickly, anorexic Swedish girls.
I’ve heard that some of the confiscated food was being resold as well. Most people managed to sneak at least some supplies in, but all jugs of water were taken. I’ve spent close to $40 buying water at the party.
3) We were treated to an extra-special way-too-long set by DJ Yawni, and then two sets by the Phantasm family, consisting mostly of hits from the “Complete and Unabridged GMS Box Set”. All musicians (the Phantasms, Space Cat and one other dude with a Powerbook, who I guess was Green Nuns) packed up and took off in an unknown direction around 11 am, leaving the DJ booth unmanned. I do not know if they ever returned.
4) There were TWO port-a-johns (and no water WHATSOEVER apart from the aforementioned $3 bottles) for (I’m guessing) 300 people who crammed into that space for 2 nights. I do not know if the party “organizers” ever planned to clean them.
5) They didn’t allow any unauthorized fires in the camping area, promising “one big bonfire” near the dancefloor. Somehow they’ve forgotten to bring any firewood, however, and from 3 a.m. on they kept feeding the fire with FRESHLY CUT YOUNG TREES.
6) Two unfortunate friends fell for the “private vacation cabins” part of the scam. I guess the half-rusted trailer and shack were supposed to play the part of those cabins. They’re supposed to be getting their money back.
7) The police came around several times during the first night. As a result, the sound system was constantly playing at about 10% of its volume. The cops promised to return around 2 or 3 a.m. the following night and shut everything down, which I hope they did. This was the first time EVER that I’ve welcomed the presence of uniformed police officers at a trance party, since there was clearly a crime being committed.
8) We took off on Saturday – as soon as the acid, which we’ve foolishly taken the previous night, wore off. It was the single worst bad trip in my life. I felt like I was on a downtown A train on Monday morning. When we left, the gatekeeper notified us that there is a $20 re-entry fee per vehicle. The fuckin’ nerve he had. He was lucky I had no heavy objects near my hands when he stuck his face into our car. The first thing that I bought at the nearest gas station was a big bottle of water, the tastiest Poland Spring I’ve ever had.
9) My ticket cost $95. A friend of mine bought tickets and a day before “the show” at $105. A simple calculation shows that the advance ticket sales were on the order of $20,000, and that’s discounting the many folks who bought tickets at the door at $120, and that was BEFORE they were robbed of their food and water supplies. Having organized trance parties before, I have a general idea of what a party with a $20,000 budget should look like; this wasn’t it. Basically, somebody pocketed our money.
10) It’s hard to say who was behind all this, since no one, in particular, seemed to be in charge. There were some people who looked like the owners of the place and they weren’t happy about what was going on, either. There were a bunch of Israelis, with a varying degree of shadiness, who might or might not have been the promoters. The House of Trance crew was there, but sort of hung out on the sidelines. I surely do hope that Phantasm Records had nothing to do this great highway robbery since I used to like the music they put out. However, their name was plastered all over the flyer and they owe us at least an explanation. The only reason I bought my ticket to this party: The 2nd House of Trance festival with John Phantasm and Goa Gil in upstate NY in 2000 was amazing – good music, excellent organization, great vibe. It was a great experience shared by almost the entire New York trance tribe. Water and food were not taken away at the door. The promoters of this weekend’s party were very clearly riding the wave of the 2000 festival and expectations were very high, judging by the great crowd they managed to lure in. Too bad they had absolutely no respect for our tribe. All they wanted was our money. I guess I should have known better than going to a $100 party. Right now I feel like never again going to a commercial trance party in New York, unless it is organized by OmniTribe or Spectra. The trance vibe here stinks, and it’s definitely not because of the trance folks themselves. I’m disillusioned and outraged.”
Back to Jeff Finally, the last HOT party with Goa Gil 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.
July 30
Tuesday Rumour of a makeup party if you are “on the list”
I heard a rumor that there will be another party thrown by Elly as a makeup for the phantasm party last weekend but you have to be “on the list.” The person was milling around the party on Sunday and said he heard Elly say that he was going to do a makeup party for those who hung around towards the end. Emails I think were being collected. I’m not sending this out to get anyone’s hopes up. I haven’t heard anything else about this. Maybe in a couple of days we’ll get more info. Yoni will probably spin. I have compiled all the reviews in a 10-page pamphlet. They’re all blisteringly negative. Anyway, elly’s email is phantasmusa at hotmail
Background of the original House of Trance and the relation to today
“I am a bit shocked that so many people who knew Eli (yourself most of all) didn’t expect this sad rip-off to happen last weekend. Past upstate disasters and accused minidisc thefts are one thing, but my girlfriend and your former roommate Lisa has had her life and future seriously fucked up by this guy and H.O.T. Maybe I can refresh your memory a little… Anyone who had anything to do with House of Trance in ’98 knows that she was running the store, trying to repair relations with angry record labels (who tended not to get paid by HOT), giving soup out at Tomkins Square Park during the holidays, etc. Just ask Gilles, Jean-Emanuel, or anyone else who they could count at the store back then…they will not tell you Eli. Yet what was Lisa’s thanks from Eli and HOT? Among other things: – Not getting paid for the better part of a year. – Having Eli talk shit about her, trying to convince everyone that she was a terrible employee, including letters to that effect to Caryn and Tomer. – Being talked into signing her name as a guarantor of the store’s credit card machine, even though she was never an officer or even partial owner of the company. As I believe you know, this is the one that has continually come back to haunt her; now she has received a summons and is being sued by the credit card company for HOT’s years of non-payment. All Eli had to do (and actually wrote a promise to do) was take the credit card machine out of Lisa’s name and this could have been avoided. Instead, he left the country, and the store changed their name (twice now apparently), and burned all the old paperwork presumably to try to escape their debts. Lisa even has a sealed letter from HOT admitting that the store owes her thousands of dollars, and that Caryn and Tomer were acting irresponsibly and Eli would not have been liable should he try to remedy the situation and Lisa’s financial future. I guess it was just to much trouble. I won’t even go into all the crap that the Acid Physix crew (who originally started HOT and hence the ugliest element in the NYC trance scene) pulled, except that it involved alot of literal theft, empty promises, and the selfish manipulation of kids who wanted nothing more than to sincerely participate in an inspiring movement. All in all, when it comes to Eli and everything connected to HOT, we’re not just talking bad karma, we’re talking criminal and ethical offenses that would get people killed in some parts of the world. So maybe you could keep some of this in mind the next time you or someone you know is tempted to help promote any future endeavors spawned by Eli or Global Trance Productions, or whatever they’re calling themselves now.”
Last was from John Phantasm, this is from Ely Cc: safetydance, dragontribe, phantasmusa at hotmail ya’ll should read these, it explains a lot. forward this out to anyone who was there. occam’s razor dictates that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one. elly and john’s last two events went without a hitch (aside from two friends who were almost kicked out for having a juicer) basically, it’s the same thing as taking advice from a “friend” who has some unsavory clubowner friends and having a party moved last minute to this unfriendly club run by rednecks who refuse to take the blame – and the club owner dicks everyone – the organizers and the attendees. it looks like it was either make a deal with satan or not have the event at all. at least a lesson is learned by all. “Hey jeff and everybody else. I know you received an explanation letter from John Ford and I’ll like to tell you also my point of view. First of all I Eli-take full responsibility for everything that happened over the last weekend.I was the one that organized this party as Global Trance Production launching Phantasm Records. Phantasm Records and its artists: John Phantasm, Dick Trevor, Dj Junya and all the rest are not the ones to blame, these artists came free to perform and make this party fun and enjoyable. They did not have anything to do with the production (they came a day before the party to the USA and were not part of all this fuck up)If there is anybody to boycott its me as a promoter and my production. Phantasm Records and its artists has been and is still known in the last 10 years as one of the most honest labels and one of the label that always was a joy to people to go to their parties. It will be no fair to any of these artists and this label to be held for blame, as I said before I did all the arrangements for this party and its only me to be blamed. About all the explanation for this shame party I think John Ford told you all the things that was wrong in this event and I wish they didn’t happen but they did. I wish to apologize to anybody that got hurt or disappointed, that definitely was not the meaning from the beginning, the whole idea was to make something that not really happening over here and its to have an outdoor event like I did in the past. I did everything I could to make it better including fighting with however was there. I risked myself in being arrested at list 2 times,i did not make this party from the beginning in order to make money from it, it was known that there would be no money made from the beginning. In fact, I spent my own money on this party with no return. All of the other things and explanations I think you got all the figures and story in John’s letter so there is no point for me to repeat it all again. My wish is only to make sure that there is really nobody to boycott and blame but me. I felt the vibe already in the start of the party and that’s why I tried to make it better including giving the CDs at the party to the people(over 200 Phantasm Records latest cd releases on my expenses, anything I managed to take from the van where they put the things that they took from the people, like water and some other things) I did not know that this shame thing would happen. it was not supposed to be and when I saw it happen I fought with these people and flipped myself. I was going all this weekend between the people and apologizing in my name and in my fuck up. It is really not fair to blame anybody but me including the Home Of Trance that was only trying to make a nice energy for this party and celebrate with the people and definitely not Phantasm Records and its artists that most of them came here to play and have fun and definitely not to make any money. they were playing for no fee at all.there was no intension to scam anybody and as you know this production was not cheap and there is no way to make money with 250 people that are paying for that. I ask you to post this letter to everybody that you know and was in this party. I will do anything I can to make up for these great people that were only supporting to us and wanted to have fun. I thank everybody and am willing to speak to whoever wants to talk to me and like more explanation for this wrong weekend. Thanks again. Eli.
tranceam.org/phantasmfeedback Hopefully this will do it. The 15-page compilation of all feedback and explanations from last weekend includes responses from both organizers and the text from all messages sent to me from attendees. In the interest of fairness, I have left nothing out except some of my attempts at an explanation.
Subject:All Phantasm comments will be only posted on the web I think it’s time to move on regarding all the emails. unless it’s another party I will no longer post anything re: the Phantasm party it’s not being put to bed though. if you want to read what people send me go to web tranceam.org/phantasmusa it gets bigger every day. I’m up to about 18 pages of commentary, from the organizers, a positive review and pages and pages of complaints.
If you went to Phantasm email me to get into the makeup party phantasmusa at hotmail, So people, if you went to the Phantasm event, the organizer is trying to make amends and throw a “Kiss Ass” party… so to get on the list I created to facilitate this process. Your email addresses will go to Ely and maybe John Phantasm so they will know who showed up. If I don’t recognize your email address I will ask you questions to check, or just explain who you are thanks. Say what you will, at least they are trying to make amends. I want to personally ask everyone to let bygones be bygones. Feel free to forward this out to anyone you know who went – and also to email me their addresses so I can manually add them on. DJs – contact them!!! Finally, I have no details on when/where/how much it will be, or if it will be free. Hopefully, it will be free for those who were there, and will not double book another party. I’m just passing on info to try to make everyone happy and be meddlesome. PS I will dress up as Pink from The Wall and have my boys take your ds at the door and I will sell them back to you! “Who let all this riff-raff into the room” 🙂
DISCLAIMER: Trance people do not do drugs, the last sentence was intended as humor. Finally, I must say I was in such a state Saturday morning that for 5 minutes there was around my field of vision a cyborg looking cockpit/menu, and I could alter the appearance of anyone I looked at, like in photoshop. Then when it came time to get back into my body I put it on glovelike backward and could feel my heels in my face then everything was backward, when I looked at my back of my hand I saw my palm, etc etc. of what a morning that was.
From Eli
Hey Jeff. this is Eli, I really need a list of all the people that you know that was in the party, I’m booking a place for the kiss ass party and I really need it fast.I would like to come with a flyer fast so pleas work with me on that. thanks again for all you done for us. Eli
Last chance to get into the Phantasm makeup party I’m tying up this loose end I lost like 3 names in the translation, so if you or your friends from Phantasm party aren’t on here, send me the names by this Friday when I send it is being sent to Ellie, I don’t know when the event will be but probably soon
2020 recollection:
I helped Eli with the build on the site. He had an amazing venue booked. Unfortunately the week before the gig, some people went to view the site uninvited. The owner got a bit scared at the sight of these hippie-looking people and pulled the venue. So poor ole Eli was left with the predicament, do I still go ahead or cancel. He panicked and reached out for anything he could get at that stage. Through someone he knew or didn’t know. This venue in someone’s garden came up and he took it. The people taking food off the punters were the ones who got the venue. At this stage Eli was broke and in debt , these trailer trash people demanded money the first day which Eli didn’t have . He was told to put up or leave . They were complete scum . Eli’s heart was in the right place . But unfortunately, his head wasn’t.
OggMod’s Rant about scenes
Well, since everyone is in a retrospective mood, here goes: I came from a few scenes first, A Rock to Metal METAL METAL, Grunge to Goth, Industrial to Noise, and on the list goes. I always wanted when I was kid music that was, in my personal definition, Post Nuclear holocaust industrial machine out of control misfiring engine computer-generated virus-like NOISE Trance. Now that I have found it, I am very willing and TOTALLY FUCKING SERIOUS when I say “Now that I have found my love, I will do all I can to protect her”. My first trance party was New Years 2000-2001. I am a latecomer I guess, missed the rave scene totally. Although I floated throughout various musical genres, I always needed the rush that Metal delivered as a matter of course. Trance is amazing, and the people are what really blew me away. I was raised around Authority, and as soon as I really got to learn about the scene from first-hand observation, I realized that this is the most peaceful scene around, and I love that aspect most of all-cause I am bored totally of violence, aside from some wacky dance steps. It makes me sad to see scuzzbags sliming up the scene (Gelcaps at Omnitribe, Upstate Fiascos, etc), and I want to be a part of the Real Trance Scene, not the proto commercialized, open for the taking, unfocused and cranky NegaTrance scene as of late. Use these email lists for creating and organizing parties, get-togethers, etc. Scout for Locations, call yer local park police and ask about permits. Practice makes perfect, I am going to do some scouting as soon as I get some gas money, but I am collecting numbers to call and ask questions. Please everyone, don’t let this shit happen again, personally, I am thinking that this was a truly criminal offense and I really believe that someone should A) refund a LOT of money to people, and B) have charges of fraud or whatever scamming is called. Did I not read that Home of Trance was involved???? Are you all sleeping or what?? I would never stand for somebody ripping me off that bad, I CANNOT AFFORD TO!!!!!! I am rather broke in recent weeks, so I count all my change before leaving the store. Let’s see, 200 bucks times 200 is what, 40,000, or is my math off. What does it cost to rent a space for an indoor party? What does it cost to reserve part of some state park-like in New Jersey the past weekend? Frankly, you people are absolutely nuts and Filthy RICH if yer throwing away cash like that!!!! Did you leave a TIP???? I know that not everyone went, but may I ask, did anyone stomp the shit out of the guy taking the cash? No? Right, its cause I did not go, man, I am proud of my attitude problem and my aggressive side, it protects me from obvious scams like that. The cops would have been called there much sooner because I love the Robin Hood tale, and I would love to have broken that crime ring to pieces. Did anyone get their license plates?? I am sorry for all that went, and I ask that we all do what we can to prevent outsiders ripping off the peaceful Digi-Hipi scene that we all love so much, WATER SHOULD BE FREE AND SO SHOULD WE FROM FASCIST VIOLENCE AND TERRORIST CAPITALISTS. Ok, I shut up now.
T. OggMod
Um does anyone else feel this way?To: safetydance From: oggmod13 I feel that when we set up parties, that they are in many ways a healing ritual, a sacred and private type of ritual, not to be disrespected or abused? I take my music seriously, and I know others do as well. Main point, I think of music as a religious experience every time it makes me feel all fuzzy n warm. Are not our gatherings sometimes similar to a religious gathering? Not to praise outside things or ideas, but to celebrate the moment, our moments that we worked too hard to create? I love to bring my paints to parties and watch the psychological decompression as people get all covered in tribal colors, Omni tribal that is. We should take ourselves, and our scene more seriously, lets prevent the CapitolTerrorists from hurting our tribe ever again! I say: GOD LIVES IN TRANCE. I feel that when we set up parties, they are in many ways a healing ritual, a sacred and private type of ritual, not to be disrespected or abused? I take my music seriously, and I know others do as well.
July 26 Friday
Mandala at Korova Milk Bar
Chico, Icycoil Iggy Nils
July 28 Sunday
MANDALA
From: icycoil Hey all you crazy trancers! 🙂 Hope you guys enjoy the Phantasm party this weekend! Wish I could make it but… Come chill out and listen to some weird, strange, sick twisted tunes after the Phantasm party on Sunday at The Korova Milk Bar. We’ll be there kicking back, and getting loaded. Hope to see you! MANDALA PsyGoa Tribal Trance Sunday, July 28th, 9P-4A Location: Korova Milk Bar 200 Ave A. Between 12/13st NYC DJ’s Chico (Unknownshrooms) Icycoil (Evolutionbox, Unknownshrooms) Iggy (Unknownshrooms) Nils (Sveeeden!) w/ LIVE Tribal drumming/percussion by Dancovan Dan! + Special Guest DJ: Sam the Dharmazreptile from Twisted Minds! Lady Metabloom as your hostess w/ the mostest. 😉 FREE ADMISSION: 21+ W/ ID INSANE DRINK SPECIALS!!! $5 Cosmopolitans $5 Lager + Kamikaze Shots $4 Lager $2 Kamikaze Shots We will simultaneously be projecting visuals through 13 TV monitors. Feel free to bring your own DVD’s if you have something you’d like to share with us! * Please help us out at the bar so we can keep this venue!
July 29 Monday
News from Alex of Alphatrance, now in Australia
Alex started the Russian scene with max, Vlad, Gosha, et al under the Subtle Chaos and Alphatrance names with bridge parties. he was wrongly – and laughably – accused years ago of theft of a minidisc by Elly, the organizer of last weekend’s phantasm party. he’s a great guy and went to Australia to be a proud father!
Say hello to him at alphatrance at yahoo Hey, Jeff! your old buddy Aleks (Alphatrance) is here to add a line to your daily “news distribution practice” (please forward to all lists): Eli is in many ways a Root of Evil for the Trance people in NYC. I have some painful stories from my past, I’ve learned from experience But YOU don’t have to – just look into his eyes. (So, all of you, round up some $, buy a ticket, and come here for the Outback Eclipse Festival! could say lots of things – but will keep short – it’s f**ng great down here…) aleks (alphatrance) Perth, Australia
Upcoming PSI outdoor party
2 weeks away! Since the next PSI party is being mentioned. . .and since this past weekend seemed to blow so hard. . .You all might want to keep the weekend of the 16th-17th open in August, I just got off the phone with Pat (if you were at Acid Reflux, he spun the sunrise set) and he’s pretty sure the next one will be then. He’s not on this list, but I’ve been sending him and Neil all the positive feedback you guys have been giving and there’s really no better pay off for all that work. He wanted me to thank everyone who helped out (and showed up!) last time, ben he mentioned especially for the lights. If you want to help out on this one, you can email me, Pat or Neil on this. samps. just to put my own two cents (no longer being the voice of PSI 🙂 my favorite party has still been, and always will be the Brooklyn Leonid meteor shower last fall, weekend of burning man decompression and all that jazz. Wylie’s dog never looked so. . .
July 31 Wednesday
Dreamcatcher And Omnitribe Free Party
First Deco Gig: Chay
Flow (Downstairs). Djs: Shi.K.I.D(Omnitribe-Nyc) Vitalik (Omnitribe-Nyc) Dj Influx(Brazil) Psy-Backdrops: Cayung (Batak-Bali) From 10:00pm To 4:00am Flow: 150 Varick St/Vandan (Tribeca) Gaialau(Dreamcacther
July 31 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance-6th Element) Alejandro(MA) Opium Den 29 East 3rd Street at 2nd Avenue 10-4 +18 No cover Please check every Wednesday the new web site CHILETRANCE Love and Light Angeles
August 2002
I rarely recommend DJs (too little distance in skills knowledge and taste between DJs and average people on a trance dance floor) but Valerio is here from Brazil, he started the New Orleans psytrance scene
August 2 Friday
Omnitribe – Psy-Trance Beach Party
TBA on Safetydance list
August 2-4
WEMF Canada
Review from a Bostonian: “I just got back from WEMF not a good scene sorry to say the energy was very bad too many little kids on pills the majority was Candy Kids under 17 the first night 16,000 I don’t even know after that and unfortunately the Goa tent wasn’t much a lot of the same stuff from Fill Your Head even that damn Astral Projection track I don’t think Shakta was there the only people I saw at a laptop was Phantasm and Mindfield and they weren’t very impressive they just played a few samples over this really bad Hungarian DJ he must have been a club DJ his headphones even had flashing lights the one really good person I saw there was a kid named Quivering Virgin he’s from Toronto Produces and Promotes dark and minimal Goa part of Blacklight Activists they say they have nice outdoor parties very cool people
August 3 Saturday
Body Temple
Come join Electric Earth and Reality Engine as we present an all-night Trance Dance ritual dance party this Saturday, August 3 2002, from 7.30pm till 6am . This event is taking place at The Foundry, a jewel of a space (40 ft. ceilings with skylights, beautiful design, good sound system and air conditioning), located at 42-38 ninth street, Long Island City, New York, near PS 1 and the new MOMA. For Directions go to : web thefoundry. Info/directions Come explore the Mystery with us as we bring you; Kirtan* with Anjula & the Kirtan Orchestra 8-9 pm “Kirtan is joyous songs of praise.” A Trance-dance workshop* led by Parashakti 9-11pm *You are invited on a journey of movement into the sacred dance of life, transcending time and space to fill you with a sense of infinite existence that your ancestors knew as ecstasy.” 11pm-5:30am – Psychedelic Dance Party featuring: Dj El Halwa playing Exotic Trance Dj Cer spinning a mix of Breakbeats, House, and Trance Reality Engine playing Psy-Trance,with an integrated audio/visual environment Ritual Performance by Electric Earth 5:30am-6am – Closing dawn ceremony delicious food and drink by Planetary Pastries, tarot readings, sensual Hula Hoop performers and more… Minimum contribution for the dance party is $15 at the door, or $10 presale. *The price to participate in the Kirtan chanting and blindfolded trance dance workshops is $25, which includes the admission into the dance party. You must pre-register by calling Parashakti’s at 917.607.6674 ( web shaktispirits/ ). Due to the nature of the blindfold, Trance Dance doors will be closed between9-11p.m., and will reopen for the dance party. Please come by eight to prepare yourself for the workshop. Bring a blindfold and read below to find out more about Kirtan and Trance Dance For more info you can also refer to our website at web thefoundry. Info/bodytemple Call the Body Temple Hotline 212-252-4856 for info and updates. p.s. pass this along to anyone who might be interested, this is going to be wild Saturday August 10
August 7 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance) Vadim(Subtlechaos) PLEASE check web chiletrance for INFO OF DJS thanks! Love and Light Angeles
August 8 Thursday
Prostitution causes curfew at Sheepshead Bay Rest Area
The Sheepshead Bay Rest Area & Beach now has a curfew from 9pm-6am. Read in yesterday’s Daily News, text below. I’m pretty sure this is the place we were at last weekend – how many rest areas are there off the Bely Parkway in Sheepshead Bay? It was such a wonderful place! Still can be used for daylong events but for sure there will be at least one patrol after dark for a while. Thus goes the only spot that had never been busted. So I am compiling a database of good spots and will share them with psytrance organizers such as Omnitribe, PSI, Wylie, and the DMT. This should have been done a long time ago. If anyone is interested in this directory email me OFFLINE and it would help if you have locations to share. Oh yeah – the Omnitribe party at the rest area was amazing – and dry! Best location ever! Too bad it’s the last nocturnal emission for trance or anything else at that spot.
Crackdown at rest stop Crime cited in Plum Beach night closure
BY ELIZABETH HAYS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
State Sen. Carl Kruger is behind overnight closure that begins today at Plum Beach rest stop. In an effort to crack down on an alleged prostitution hot spot in Sheepshead Bay, a rest stop and beach off the Belt Parkway will be closed overnight beginning today. Officials from the city Parks Department and the National Park Service, which share joint jurisdiction at the stop, said the move was made after community groups and elected officials complained of increased prostitution at the Plum Beach rest area, between Knapp St. and Flatbush Ave. Outraged community advocates said that at night, after beachgoers and other rest stop users left for the day, cars flocked to the rest area parking lot, which they say had become a prostitution zone.”From dusk to dawn this had become a no-man’s land,” said state Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Sheepshead Bay) yesterday, gesturing to the rest stop’s small parking lot and beach area, which offers a spectacular view of the Rockaway Inlet. “We want to create a safe, decent place for our community.” In June, a 55-year-old Starrett City man was found dead next to his car on the Belt Parkway, east of the rest area. Cops said the man was knifed in a dispute while visiting the area.” It moved from the proverbial lovers’ lane to a really bad, nasty scene,” said Kruger, adding that the remote spot has long been a favorite with couples. “The sense was the only way we’re going to reclaim this area is with a curfew. So we’re closing the place down.”Park officials said that beginning tonight, the rest stop’s parking lot and beach area will be closed daily from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Previously, the rest area was open around the clock. In preparation for the new hours, park workers installed new signs and movable barricades yesterday at the rest stop entrance off the Belt Parkway.” It really is our Goal to make this a better park area,” said Brian Feeney, a spokesman for the National Park Service, which runs the Gateway National Recreation Area, including Plum Beach. Federal Park Police and New York City cops will step up patrols of the area to enforce the closing, officials said, and violators will be issued summonses. Plum Beach regulars cheered the crackdown, saying it will help clean up the garbage-strewn area and encourage more families to enjoy the often-overlooked beach.” I’m very happy,” said Mohamed Moharam, 52, a merchant who has operated a concession truck at the rest area for almost a decade. Moharam said that the alleged nighttime exploits in the parking lot left the area dirty and off-putting for daytime beachgoers.”I think it’s a very good idea,” he said. /boroughs/story/9187p-8642c.html
NO party at Frying Pan tomorrow Saturday someone got shot there a week ago. but see ya’ll at Wylie’s tonight.
August 9 Friday
Wylie Party
PARTY ALERT! Wylie’s having another killer rooftop trance party tonight!
Friday: Lots of Goa sunshine. High 84F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
My personal hero/Jesus Wylie is throwing down tonight at the Tribeca Trance Mission!! Starting now and going late until he kicks us all out (which he always does at some late point). My guess? Around 4am or so. Trance will happen when the music shows up and we get a critical mass – by 8pm or so.BYOB. Bring barbecue, hot dogs, shiskabobs, beer, chai, drinks, food, fire twirling apparatus, frankincense, myrrh, Lebanese blonde, instruments (drums etc), CDs, trip toys, etc etc No needles. No guns. No bad attitudes. We promise! and above all… no drama! Yeah right!111 Reade between Church and West Broadway in Tribeca 5th floor 212-267-4010
August 14 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Tomorrow night we will have a Special Guest from Denmark at Opium Den with Dj Angeles+guests. Dj Angeles(Chiletrance) LLOPIS(DENMARK) Gavin&Jamin(Spectra,MA) For more info of DJs, please visit: web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
August 16 Friday
Body Temple
this time it seems all is in order regarding the space… Hello All; The excitement is building up for this Friday night. The final Dj lineup is amazing. They are going to play some of the most creative Trance music ever. We are also getting a lot of response, since the space is limited we can’t oversell. This event will sell out! If you want to make sure you could attend please RSVP a reply or send e-mail to bodytempleevent at yahoo Come join Electric Earth and Reality Engine as we present an all-night Trance Dance ritual theatrical dance party this Friday, August 16 2002, from 8pm till 6am. This event is taking place at The Foundry, a jewel of a space (40 ft. ceilings with skylights, beautiful design, good sound system and air conditioning), located at 42-38 ninth street, Long Island City, New York, near PS 1 and the new MOMA. Check our web site for directions and line-up web bodytemple. Info Come explore the Mystery with us as we bring you; A sacred chanting Kirtan* from 8-9 pm “Kirtan is joyous songs of praise.” A Trance-dance workshop* led by Parashakti from 9-11pm *You are invited on a journey of movement into the sacred dance of life, transcending time and space to fill you with a sense of infinite existence that your ancestors knew as ecstasy.” 11pm-5:30am – Psychedelic Dance Party featuring: Dj El Haiwa playing Exotic Trance Dj Haj spinning a mix of Global Trance Reality Engine playing Psy-Trance, with an integrated audio/visual environment Ritual Performance by Electric Earth 5:30am-6am – Closing dawn ceremony Delicious food and drink by Planetary Pastries, tarot readings, blacklight body painting by Ferd Hatt, and more… Price for the dance party is $15 at the door, or $10 presale. This event will sell out! If you want to make sure you could attend please RSVP a reply or send e-mail to bodytempleevent at yahoo *The price to participate in the Kirtan chanting and blindfolded trance dance workshops is $25, which includes the admission into the dance party. You must pre-register by calling Parashakti’s at 917.607.6674 ( web shaktispirits/ ). Due to the nature of the blindfold, Trance Dance doors will be closed between9-11p.m., and will reopen for the dance party. Please come by eight to prepare yourself for the workshop. Bring a blindfold and read below to find out more about Kirtan and Trance Dance Call the Body Temple Hotline 212-252-4856 for info and updates.
August 16 Friday (Or Saturday)
Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative PSI – Acid Reflux 2 – The Second Trip in the Pine Barrens
Beautiful location! Virgin forest! Mark your calendars!From: theoloniusmonk
Acid Reflux 2 – The Second Trip Presented by PSI (Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative) and Twisted Minds Productions With the first party only one month ago a real hit, the PSI team are at it again. With A Reflux 2. The Second Trip. The Location is the same as before, beautiful woodland an hour and half from NYC. The price is the same as before Absolutely Nothing. Guess what you can even bring your own food. In fact, we encourage it. Last time people brought down blacklights, projectors, and decorations. We are looking for even more this time any people who can help us out in any regard: equipment, i.e. lighting, black lights, visual efx, vehicles to haul equipment with, speakers (esp. monitors), tapestries, tarps/tents for DJ area, etc. etc. This event promises to be a unique and beautiful experience.DJ’s of the night will be Mark (PSI), Mescalinium (PSI)Dharmaz Reptile (Twisted Minds, Unknown Shrooms) Plus a SPECIAL GUESTFor Directions and information regarding helping out can contact the PSI team by email sunshineGoa3, mention the name of the list you got the email from. This promises to be a special and memorable night. The Dj’s and organizers are all very excited and enthusiastic. We hope you can make it out and be a part of it. – Pat and Neil (The PSI team)Location: This event will take place in a forest clearing located in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The area is approximately 2 hours outside of New York City, and 1 1/2 hours outside of Philly. The field itself is extremely isolated, and is miles from any residential area. There will be a designated area for parking. This place is a gorgeous, pristine oasis of nature in its purest form. We must respect the land and LEAVE NO TRACE. Please take care of all personal items/trash etc. Because of recent forest fires in the Pine Barrens, we ask that no fires be permitted. Bring Water, food, blankets, tents/camping gear, flashlights, good vibes, incense, tapestries, friends, black lights, strobe lights, other visuals, herbal refreshments… etc.
Beautiful PSI review – and the Murphy’s Law aftermath
Greece was canceled, the CHP stomped on the Fusion festival in northern California. We were fortunate to have Pat and Neil and company organize the second Pine Barrens open air. The party was great, awesome DJs, beautiful weather and scenery. Iced chai, blueberries, gummy worms, you name it, the Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative took care of us! Lost: skull in a test tube. It was full of Ketamine and my girlfriend freaked out when she saw it and threw it over her shoulder into the weeds.
I thought we got lucky, but Lady Luck proved to be hooker and we ran out of cash. After the party we got stuck for 6 hours – flies were everywhere in Mike Donahue’s van, and fortunately, some locals pulled us out. Ten of us went in two cars to the beach in Seaside Heights, where I fell asleep. When I awoke we were surrounded by beach cops. It seems that Jonathan was running around naked talking to a Christian youth group that had come in on a bus. As I stood up, and put my foot over the tiny join on the ground. The police arrested Jonathan, found some things, and went through Jacob’s bag against his wishes and found some other things, so they got Jacob too. They let the rest of us go. Jonathan’s car is still at the beach, I have Jacob’s other bag and radio. If anyone has contact info for Jonathan Payer or Jacob AKA Rick please let us know. We have no money for bail and were quite guilty ourselves so we had to leave them. It’s possible that Jacob may be facing serious charges.
Free Jacob (& Jonathan) yahoogroupTo: brainmachines Cc: safetydance, Omnitribe, dragontribe From: Machinelf This group monitors and aids the release of Jacob and Jonathan Payer from Seaside Heights jail in NJ. If you know either of them you should join to get the knowledge out – and to help get them out send an email to freejacob-subscribe
How Goa- differs from Psy- GOA stays crunchy in milk, looks great in spandex, and can still have fluffy hair after a blazing night of acid psychosis. Psy-trance on the other hand, has pointy teeth, eats small children for breakfast, prefers to sleep in the dirt and keeps bottles of liquid stored in its dreadlocks for quick refueling. When the uninitiated ask what you listen to…just smile and say “weird stuff”.
Free Jacob & Jonathan This group monitors and aids the release of Jacob and Jonathan Payer from Seaside Heights jail in NJ. If you know either of them you should join to get the knowledge out – and to help get them out
August 21 Wednesday
Jacob released from Ocean County Correctional Medical facility one down, one to go… to follow the saga freejacob
August 21 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance) Dima(Ukrania) Shi.k. I.d (Omnitribe) For more info:web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
bring your all-time favorite psytrance CD and extra blank CDRs. We’ll have a fast laptop burner… and swap. Question – does anyone have Koxbox, the Great Unknown? Note: this activity is not sanctioned by Chiletrance or Opium Den.
August 23 Friday
Brazillian Party in Queens
The Brazilians threw a party in Queens Friday but my car broke down ..so I wasn’t around Friday night to post it, I was being a homeless hitchhiker on the NJ turnpike. Lesson 1, rental car agencies do not always leave you with enough gas to get to your destination even if it’s 2 hours away Lesson 2 don’t ever leave your car on the turnpike. Mucho props to Allen and crew for keeping variety as the spice of life!
Disco Biscuits Review
by the mad trance warrior
I normally don’t post reviews but this one is a doozy. After I read this I have to ask, What am I doing wrong? I just came back from Camp Bisco this weekend. I got to meet my maker Friday night it was the one best experience with my Love. the largest I have ever … easily fucked over 100 times. it burned out my mouth. right through my tongue, the hole in my tongue gave way to flames which scorched my mind. I took off right before the disco biscuits came on, although I never really left the first two rows of the stage. one of my friends never said hello (until I did later) to me because she thought I was a bright beam of light. there was a lot of weird (like evil vibes going around that place)((lots of free baseballin’, and general weird Chicago freaks)) at one point I was looking at some really nice glass from Ithaca at the vendors area (for about 3 hours) and I turned around and I imagined little Mexican dwarf cavemen running around with clubs bashing peoples heads in. others got smashed in by rocks. my brain always lets me know when I’ve had too much by showing me what I’ve done. I also lost my favorite black shrowd on Friday night, which im very upset about. but other than those two minor setbacks early on I was more than fine 😉 I remember (very little from like 4 hours) holding my fingers in front of my eyes and touching each one to my thumb over and over creating a wave-like pattern in my vision. pinky to fourfinger then start over at pinky. [i definitely freaked out some squares] I remember one song from second set, voices insane. I told the bass player later that I heard the voices. my best guestimate for Friday is around 130… it was sooooo nice… I didnt want to leave I eventually did that space place after about 13 hours to about 75 more which didnt get me there, but that’s okay. everything I took was given to me. sat. night four different people came up to me and gave to me (3 of which I didn’t know)…
August 28 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Djs Angeles(Chiletrance) Vitalik(Omnitribe) web chiletrance Thanks! Love and Light Angeles
Burning at the O.D. We’ll be back there at Opium Den on Wednesday with burner and blank CDR’s so bring your best CDs and extra blanks so we can exchange our favorite trance tracks! ANybody have sick and twisted Finnish trance? Also – many MP3s posted at web tranceam.org/mp3s check it out while it’s up, as it is taking up mega bandwith it’s going to be deleted by next week. There’s a lot of interesting non-trance tracks up there, my personal fave is Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr. in the 50s/60s folder.
August 29 Thursday
Introducing NYC604
Not moderated, at all. Not even a little bit. Anything goes as long as it’s legal, is not spam from other music genres, does not lie, and doesn’t reveal secret locations etc Not affiliated with the global 604 list.
August 31 Saturday
DREAMCATCHER “JACOB PARTY”
First DJ Set: Juggernaut (Vince)
Jacob and Jonathan are out of jail! But Jacob was unjustly searched and jailed. He was at the wrong place and the wrong time and now faces legal fees. (He’s becoming a celebrity!!) So the Brazilians and a Bali and some Russians are doing a benefit this Saturday at a venue in Queens. It’s a wonderful cliche/cause, “let’s put on a show!” See you there! Remember do NOT smoke pot in the venue, do it around the corner or something. Ditto for salvia!!
Dreamcatcher will be doing a party at 3550, 31st Astoria queens. This Saturday we will be asking for donations to help our friend Jacob, suggested $10, but if you don’t have money but a lot of good energy come anyway. Thanks(gaialau-Dreamcatcher) direction: take “n” train to 36 av. Station, queens its less than a block from there. “Less than 15min from Manhattan”
DJ juggernaut (irland/Dreamcatcher) -10:00-12:00pm
vitalik (Omnitribe-NYC) -12:00- 1:30am
DJ influx (Dreamcatcher/brazil) -1:30- 3:30am
s.h. I.k. Id (Omnitribe/NYC) -3:00- 5:00am
deco: Cayung Siagian (Dreamcatcher/Bali)
Opium Den – 3rd Street between 2nd & 3rd ave ID 21+, free –
There is a gradual narrowing on noncommercial indoor trance events in greater NYC. This is a bad sign for the scene, which is staying strictly organic these days, if you know what I mean. And staying organic means staying outside or not at all. And outside events means that we have to be careful as to who gets the info. If you’re camping somewhere in a tent or on the beach you don’t want to have to worry about someone stealing your bags or stuff… So if you want to join Safetydance find me (Jeff) at one of the events below and identify yourself and I’ll do a full cavity search. The net result is, you have to know others in the scene in order to get to the best events, and in many cases the only events. The days of someone rolling into town and stopping by Home of Trance to get the weekend’s flyer are no longer here – for now. And ditto for getting weekly events or frequent commercial trance parties on brainmachines. This will change someday, but I can no longer pine for that day. There comes a point when you have to sink or swim, and if it’s water you’re in, without swimming you’ll drown, and I didn’t want to drown, so I got a job. I wanted to survive to live another day at a rocking warehouse full of tripped out fluoro tight wearing GOA HEADS.
August 26-September 2
Burning Man: The Floating World
September 2002
Welcome back deficit, welcome back corporate gluttony, but it will only last for a time before we drive a final stake into the heart of it, well at least for this generation. Dreamcatcher’s Jacob benefit went well. Great party.
People are filtering back from Greece & Burning Man.
Hot international babe report: Sophie from Sweden may be back this Spring; Orit from Israel is trying to make it back to NYC.
September 4 Wednesday
UnknownShrooms at Pyramid
A night of full-on psytrance and we have for you…. 101 ave. A bet 6-7 st DJ unknowshrooms doors open at 10pm-4am $5 cover $$2 beer all night 18 to party 21 to drink +id come and say by to the summer with us and welcome a new season!!! Trust in trance………peace
September 4 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance) Alejandro (New York) For more information go to web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
September 6 Friday
RAVE ACT PROTEST PARTY!
If you go to outlaw parties, do drugs at parties, get sick of bailing me out of jail, and/or you’re free tomorrow, get your ass down to Foley Square for this MOST IMPORTANT of political events, and ignore that they are not playing psytrance. If this legislation passes the vibrant underground culture in NY and elsewhere will be seriously compromised. Then we’ll be just like England and France!
What to wear, what to wear To: ben at tvtrecords people got arrested at the economic summit for wearing masks. really. so no go, esp. as I will probably be “holding” something quite illegal and volatile and combustible, i.e. my crazy gf… so I myself will dress up for a change 🙂 and wear elf ears, a garland of leaves, face paint, and carry a drum, and wear a t-shirt that says “I do acid and I vote” If my boss recognizes me then I deserve to be terminated! For those not inclined to put on face paint might I suggest sunglasses. I haven’t done E in at least a year – tomorrow just may be the perfect time to do it!!
Why start a fire under the NYPD’s collective fat ass? I might add, the RAVE protest party is in this in the same Precinct as the cops who stole $15K worth of electronics. SO we can’t let them off easy. Look for one wearing a real Tag Hauer watch. Those bastards took the d’s Mackeys, my pioneer CDJs, brainmachines, video games, etc etc Those fucks thought they had me with 800 Pez, well I guess they were wrong. Now I’m gonna get them back by working hard at my job, making mad money, and throwing a wrench in their plans to Disneyfy Manhattan. So remember, if you’re not going to go wreck house for myself, think of me when you go. Or better yet, think of stolen renegade sound systems that are now being used to amplify off duty cops listening to Huey Lewis CDs in their back yard barbecues in Long Island. This past year they just robbed me – next year they may rob you. You may be forced to resort to Home Listening of psytrance. Don’t let it happen. Free pez for all!
September 7 Saturday
Omnitribe Open Air Music Happening
there will be another open-air event thrown by Omni Tribe. “We take it to upstate NY where we rent a small resort in the woods for 24 hours…”
24-hour Open Air Music Happening under the full moon 10pm
Join in collective consciousness and rhythms of time, and under the stars and the dawn we will celebrate, heal and anneal, all the beauty that flows through eternity.
Follow your heart to the end of future and free yourself in fractal festivities of the forever flowing!!
Let reality unravel beyond the boundaries of imagination amidst a wondrous forest setting next to a beautiful lake. Feel free to bring your drums, percussion and instruments to bring to life our own poly-rhythms, chants and icaros. Bring your camping gear, this secure private woodland resort. As one heart, dancing the beat of flux & love.
vs. SH.I.K.I.D (Omni Tribe, NY)
JAMIN vs. GAVIN (Spectra, NY/Nantucket, MA)
KIFE vs. INDRA (Omni Tribe/Alphatrance, NY)
ANGELES (Chmail . DUB.LIK (Omni Tribe, NY)
ROMAN SHELEPANOV (Proforma Records, NY)
EVAN (T.H.C, NY) Fluoro Installations and Visuals by Misha (YDesign.tv)
Sound by Omni Tribe & Spectra (spactraNYC) Free water Cover: $20 RIDE SHAR E and all TRANSPORTATION issues at
The destination exact address is 41 Airport Rd., Monticello, NY
Omnitribe was rocking! We stayed through Sunday night. It was beyond a party… it was a community of several hundred with cottages, swimming pool, water hoses, complete insanity. My favorites were the drum circle, and the art by Chay the Balinese tribesman. Thanks to all who made it happen!
I wrote this on Sunday when I got home for a different list, but I wanted to share with you too. the party:: was one of the best outdoor parties I’ve been to. it went all night Friday all day sat 4am Sunday. I danced the whole time I was there an interesting aside; lenoid said that he got worried about me, when he didnt see me on the dancefloor, thanks lenoid 🙂 I think the party went longer but I needed to take a rest before the sun came up. I’ve heard people complain about the NYC scene, on the grounds that the people aren’t that friendly or something, but I met some of the most kind souls this weekend, we were on a whole other level entirely, not speaking to each other and communicating with our minds. glorious. I’ve never felt a more overpowering sense of love, companionship, and sense of belonging. the vibe was amazing… serine, peaceful, with white chain lightning of pure energy straight from over 150 passionate hearts beating in unison. we were all one pulsating beam of light. everything added up at this party (people/vibe, music, decor, and venue to make a SLAmmin’ trance party… they had a swimming pool, woods, basketball court, soccer balls and cabins, they also had various bonfires around, and on Sat. Omnitribe had a huge trance bbq with corn on the cob, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, salad. I had a trancekabob 🙂 there really wasn’t a charge for the party they were suggesting that people donate $25… I did make one of my dreams come true, b – ing that I got to fall asleep right next to a huge subwoofer, that completely vibrated my entire existence… it was soooooo nice. the only thing that I can think of that would top that is making love on top of one of those speakers. sat. night was interesting to say the least I indulged in some really nice kittens… and danced myself right out of the large hole I stepped in… it was so nice… I could see anything; it looked like I wasn’t wearing my glasses except I was. everything was blurred and faded to black except the blacklights. I felt my body moving in new and interesting ways, I freed my mind to move my body within abnormal parameters of dance… like I would step one way and move in the opposite direction; I was running circles around the basketball court and occasionally pulling my head out of my ass to jump and catch rim (on the basketball hoop 😉 I also had my very first Heineken that tasted good, sat. night which is weird cause I hate Heineken! I ended up going to the store later that night to buy more alcohol (i don’t normally drink)! I just had sooo much fun, I wish I could have shared the experience with you. I couldn’t convince anyone to come with me, but thankfully all the familiars (NYC tribe) were there and so was Gabriel and lenoid (special treat!!). the weather was gorgeous too, really warm, ideal swimming temperatures. I found an old water heater out in the woods and proceeded to chuck rocks at it until my friend jeff (the brainmachines guy (www.brainmachines ) came out and explained to me just how lucky I was. he brought me back out of the woods and back into the party… I don’t think I’ve had soo much fun dancing with my friends from ny… we all just got down crazy Israeli stompin’ styles.. lots of big smiles and energy threw the roof… I don’t know everyone’s names, but the of the ones I do know… Jamin vs. Gavin was sick sick sick!, I really liked influx (brazil) who played a lot of heavy metal/trance crossovers.. there reall wasn’t ever a dull moment, sat. from morning to like afternoon was full-on, then afternoon til after bbq was chillout, and then after the tranckabob’s were done, the trance came back on, with more of a dark twisted sound, mixing was overall smooth, I didn’t hear any trainwrecks… and late-night Sat. was minimal / staticy / crunchy moles (less kickdrum and more static) which was really nice after getting mental beat up for god knows how many hours. still smiling 🙂
September 9 Monday
Trippin’ “Isrealis” Rosh Hashanah
The timing is perfect, two days before 9/11 (Second only to Israeli New Year) at Escuelita 301 West 39th (corner of 8th) NYC The Hebrew on the flyer roughly corresponds to “The most tripped out Israeli DJs in New York playing in a beautiful tripped out environment)
DJs Yoni (History of the Future) Doom (Shaffel Records) Lior Rasta & Micky Liran (Hommega) Indispace Elnadiv (Alladin Project) Uriel (Psychodog) Shai (Shaitec)
ID21+; $10 for women $15 for men Organizer: Joker 646-319-4743 The Israelis don’t really do email, and the flyer is mostly in Hebrew, but it looks good and the organizer is honorable and skilled in getting their bandwagon going. So forward this out to anyone and everyone.
September 12 Thursday
Why Trancers should not be scared of the wartime U.S. Government
I’m sitting here in my new office in the building where in the Superman movies Christopher Reeves as Clark Kent worked at the Daily Planet (the one with the huge moving globe in the lobby) and I saw from my window the motorcade drive by, possibly the car with GW. In my college days would have maybe thought of using that opportunity as a makeshift Book Depository Dallas style, but with a water balloon that said Enron. But no, I have mellowed somewhat with age and now am reassured that we can no longer take any bull from extremists that would deprive our civil liberties. It’s days like this that remind me of why I still stick it out here, far from family and roots. It’s still a great place to live! The orange meme of capitalism hitting the red war god meme… hopefully fundamentalism can be engaged, contained, and a peace brought in the Middle East without Armageddon. Granted, we (and the Brits) set up Israel for strife by stacking the deck with Arab transplants so as to keep the Jews in perpetual strife, but from where I sit I am not paranoid about our civil liberties taken away. If we in psytrance represent an edge to the underground, and if I may say that I was until last year part of the edge of that edge, and even after 9/11 I was in a position to be completely fucked by the System, and they decided not to pursue my case, even with a mountain of evidence (ds, flyers, brainmachines, props, paraphernalia, an open book really) that I was indeed an instigator of full-throttled psychedelicism, I think I am a test case that The Man is not out to get us. So when we hear that there is some plan for the Feds to wrap themselves in the flag and use it as an excuse to go after the crusties, think of me, a sitting duck, at one time the Crustiest of the Crusties, a media-driven egomaniac destined to meet my maker head-on, and what did they do? They Let Me Go. There’s been a recent spate of busts within the scene but they are all every one of them asked for, Drive safe, make sure your tail lights are in order, fasten your seat belt, don’t strip in public, don’t give them an excuse to juice up their afternoon with a collar of an unwashed malcontent, and I think you’ll be fine. The fun is in the camouflage, the veils, and navigating our fire in the fireworks factory that is USA, 2002. Of course, Lisa asks Would you trade a walk-on part in the war for a lead in a golden cage? I say, that’s called subtlety and complexity… fight it and face prison or institutionalization. Deal with it and thrive and live to spread the good word. If Ben Franklin were alive and young today, he would definitely be at Burning Man with his kite and key, and would maybe even love Infected Mushroom (but probably complain that our parties are sexless endeavors), notwithstanding the fact that Flying Rhino loving Price William is I believe a direct descendent of King George.
September 12 Thursday
was anyone else a little irked that the phantasm party was a huge scam?? they lost their venue, yet still charged $120 at the door, for a party they spent maybe 7g on… 300 tickets x 120 Tsunami. I still had a good time, cause that’s what we do, but I was really hoping that I wouldn’t have to spend the majority of that good time sitting in my car till I ran out of gas. I was a little confused as to whose party this actually was because yoni (history of my ass) played his set get this:: twice in the same weekend plus additional slots of yes the same tracks. I think I’ve heard yoni play 8 times in the last week, that’s 8 more times than I would like.nuns of the revolution didn’t show either… before space cat came on and reminded us all what REAL trance is or was, I could have sworn I was at a Tsunami party. all the pieces were there:: yoni was playing at every opportunity (I’m so sick of seeing him up there, I could vomit), and after he was done Junior played his infected mushroom remix set (both nights). ((there was a little joke, when the state police shut the party down:: yoni is the promoter of this party, lock him up!! he’s been VERY bad!)) thankfully there ARE people out there that are ready to fuck the bullshit and throw their own events. the only thing that saved the music was space cat’s set + DJ set. which was really really good, only because it was juxed next to mediocre music. I was only too happy to see him set up his G4… I have so many really fond memories of seeing him with deedrah, and space tribe (oct.27 2001)i know where my party is… it’s in Greece (samathakri).. I just cant get there 🙁 45 live acts + 60 DJs over 4 days mindgasm. 🙂
September 13
Tsunami at Shelter
TOP FLOOR of Shelter (NOT Vilo) The ORIGINAL TWILO SYSTEM M WAHAHAHAHAHHAA for the FIRST TIME 20 West 39th between 5th & 6th
INFECTED MUSHROOM, (BNE, Israel / TSUNAMI) and FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICA, from Sweden MIRACULIX (Alchemy, London) and much more. For now, you can get more information from or 212 439-8124
Hey Jeff, it’s Alex. I am fond of calling Arc Vilo, and your review of Infected vs. Tsuyoshi was hilarious but please amend future mailings, listings for Infected on Friday 13. Infected will be playing on the top floor of Shelter, we’re through messing with the basement. I’m looking forward to the wood dancefloor myself. Peace Alex
September 13-15 Friday-Sunday
Gaian Mind Festival
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First, there was the sound, the rushing, fractal meter of the cosmos. And it gave rise to the pulse, the irresistible breath of the Mother. Transformed through its European journey, crossing the rising oceans to find itself, born and reborn again in the New World. Where World Beat meets Earth Beat. Wher e Earth Rhythm meets Earth Mother. You will Find Your Gaian Mind. Dancing the Psy-Trance by Riverside in one of the East Coast’s most hidden and amazing locations. Site Hosted by The Four Quarters InterFaith Sanctuary of Earth Religion CHRISBO (Return to the Source/Dragonfly, London), ALLEN (Gaian Mind/Metropolis Records, Phila.), HATARI (Gaian Mind, Phila.), NEUM (Spiral Trax Int./Flow Records, Phila.), STEVE-O (GoaBabies, Nantucket), YO N-E (Tsunami/Cosmophilia, NYC), KRI (T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi, Asheville), BUFFER (M-Laboratories, Baltimore), CARMEN (???, London), JAMIE (Diners Club, Phila.), FUSE (Live) (M-Laboratories, Phila.), UNCOMMON (Live) (m p3, Allentown) What: In one of the East Coasts most Unique & Amazing Locations, 3 days and 2 nights of Sacred Trance Ritual. Goa Psy-Trance Sounds. Where: Four Quarters InterFaith Sanctuary of Earth Religion, Planet Gaia. Main Dance area with the Circle of Standing Stones, DownTempo in the Riverside Circle. Why: “The message that Nature sends is, transform y our language through a synergy between electronic culture and the psychedelic imagination, a synergy between dance and idea, a synergy between understanding and intuition, and dissolve the boundaries that your culture has sanctioned between you, to become part of this Gaian supermind.” – Terence McKenna (1946-2000) Redefining Ancient Tribal Ritual for the 21st Century Never before on the east coast has a full-on Trance Dance been moved from the bowels of the city to its proper home in a stunning natural environment. Because the mission and purpose of the Four Quarters InterFaith Sanctuary is to support all forms of spirituality that honor the natural world and cosmos, we have found a home that we are sure will become the future reference point for the Trance Dance Experience. Because Four Quarters is a site set aside for its natural beauty as a working ritual center, we will be able to move the experience to the next level. And Beyond. The Circle of Standing Stones at Four Quarters. Fluoro-monial Space for the 21st Century. The Main Dance Circle for Gaian Mind. Where Technician meets Tradition. With Ancient Ways and Modern Means; We Pilot the Temple, to the Land of the Gods. Progressive/Psychedelic Trance Line-Up from the Standing Stone Dance Circle Gaian Mind Admission includes 2 Nights of All Night Full-On Psytrance Music 3 Days and 2 Nights Camping, 10K Watts of Turbosound, Saturday Afternoon Fractal Feast (all-you-can-eat, carnivore/veggy, free for all attending) Opening & Closing Rituals in The Sacred Stone Circle Riverside Swimming Hole, Sweat Lodge Drum &am Fire Circle, Chill-Out Area, Yoga Healing/Massage Area, Merchant Area Free Water, Hot Showers and Very Clean Toilets. Free & Secure Main Parking *Optional for the Weekend: Meal Plans are Available, Camp Fire Rings a nd Firewood In-Camp Car Camping and Close in Car Parking Pre Registered by Saturday August 17, Friday-Saturday Arrival, $75 Four Quarters Members $55 Pre Registered by Saturday, September 9, Friday-Saturday Arrival, $85 Four Quarters Members $65 At The Gate: Friday-Saturday Arrival $100 Call for Merchanting Info. Children under 16 are loved, cherished, and free! (must be accompanied by parent or guardian) Meal Plan with The Starvin’ Artist, Pre Registered only. $27.50, indicate Carnivore or Veggie with your registration. Three meals, Friday Dinner, Sat Brunch, Sun Brunch. Saturday afternoon Fractal Feast is FREE for all attending Permits are available at the gate for Fire Rings with Firewood, In-Camp Car Camping and Close In Parking Mail in Registrations: Legal Name and Address, telephone and email. Check or Money Order to: Gaian Mind 190 Walker Lane Artemas, PA 17211
Allen from Gaian Mind has formally given permission to fwd this out – which at the end includes the info on the big Pennsylvania trance weekend. Thi s location is very higher energy I hear and the chillout is not to be missed. G A I A N M I N D Summer Festival Join us, as we end the summer with three days and two nights of Transcendental Dance in a magikal, sylvan setting our dancefloor, the mystifying Circle of Standing Stones. Dance all night guided by world-class DJs spinning cutting-edge Psychedelic Trance, or sit by the fire at the creekside Chill-Out area, then spend a relaxing afternoon swimming in the cool and refreshing waters of Hemlock Hole…
Make no mistake I will be at Gaian Mind that weekend, which promises to be incredible… and may go to Tsunami to get “Infected” “live” at “Vilo” on the way there (it IS on the way from my house)
did anybody go to Gaian Mind? I honestly lacked the funds to go and could not get a comp. (people who worked there even paid; my guess is the only comps were DJs) I saw a lot of people at Tsunami, many who seemed to be the types that would eschew Tsunami at shelter, so my guess is light to moderate turnout, with a lot of non-typical people in attendance from PA, NJ, DE, etc.
What a party it was. In everything that Phantasm was wrong, these guys did it right. Simply an amazing location. In a real forest, removed from any signs of civilization.
The people who owned the place were absolutely magical. They are like a one big community of hippies. The people who organized the party knew exactly how psychedelic outdoor should be organized.
Great music, great vibe, great party. Free tea, coffee, showers, fantastic chill out ( it was almost like a chill-out city). On a main dancefloor, the music started out at about 11 p.m. (on Sat.) and was pumping untill 10 a.m. next day. Mad props to the Philadelphia scene and everyone else who came there. If anything made up for Phantasm faults it was Gaian Mind. At the end the guy who supposedly was in charge of the place (check it out, he is a monk),
came on a main dance floor to thank us all for coming, mentioning that we were really great in a way that we behaved toward the location and the people, and invited our jolly bunch back next year. Then we all held hands in one big circle and thanked the Land for having us.
It was by far the best party I have ever attended. Viva Gaian Mind !!!
Thank you Gaian Mind! This party was an absolute blast. I can finally let the bitter taste of Phantasm out of my mouth. There’s still hope for real outdoor psytrance on the East Coast. Gaian Mind’s excellent organization and the friendly EarthReligion hippies that run this perfectly secluded compound set the stage for Mark Allen and Co.’s new creative sounds and deep hypnotic beats. Can’t wait till next year, and let’s hope the NY turnout is better.
September 13 Friday
Tsunami at Shelter
Infected Mushroom Live, Miraculix (Sweden), Yoni
it was our punishment for not going to Gaian Mind
hot hot hot – did for the 1st time in a year – big mistake – then joey gave me a dippy of piecey p and doing k’s evil cousin, it made me feel like I died, slipped off the raft of life into the sea of coincidence
I thought the party was pretty slammin’… IM definitely put on their live performance… had to question that from the last IM Tsunami show (July 3? where IM was advertised to play live, but only played DJ sets) anyways it was worth the 6-hour drive. lots of heavy metal tracks, I also liked Miraculix’s DJ set… a very FULL-on… oh yeah and the party was good too 😉 I gotta say this. I wasn’t able to go to the Gaian Mind Festival which bummed me out but I’ll live. However, I was able to go to see Infected Mushroom at Shelter on Friday and it was so unbearably hot on the dance floor I ended up sitting on the roof instead for most of the night. Not the headspace I was “expecting” that’s for sure. Looking forward to Omni Tribe’s Aural Beats party in September where they say they’re having two dance floors: indoor AND outdoor. That’s my vent. Peace.
September 14 Saturday
Space Ghost Saturday
basically, everyone should go to Gaian Mind if they have the dough, it will be well spent, yadda yadda yadda. but if you’re stuck in new york, here is an oyster thrown to the pigs by a trance warrior’s post from another list, shamelessly swiped, sorry johnny, names deleted to protect the GUILTY. ”
i originally wasn’t going to go, but I learned that this sat. at the TV and radio museum there’s a 30 episode spaceghost coast to coast marathon from 1pm – 4pm… I couldn’t resist… trance party spaceghost coast to coast!! how cool will that be to go to see infected play live, then take a pocket of space monkeys over to see TAD GHOSTAL zap zorak with his spank ray??!!??… pretty cool if you ask B. so as long as I’m in the city I might as well go see infected play live… (plus the infected mushroom live/vibrasphere show from last jan, was one of the BEST musical / dance trance parties ive ever been to… (with apologies for lame headedness)
September 14 Saturday
GOAGIL
From: atagino at cs Located in a beautiful lush forest somewhere outside of Portland, Oregon, a 24 hour psychedelic trance dance under the harvest moon on Autumn Equinox. Featuring Goa Gil. Gil grew up in the middle of the San Francisco psychedelic music scene of the sixties. In 1969 he left for India where he began intense Yogic practices and became an initiated Sadhu. Gil helped give birth to the psychedelic trance movement in Goa, India in the early ’80s and continues to distribute this energy to dancers across the world today. We welcome him back to the NW.”Since the beginning of time, humankind has used music and dance to commune with the Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of the Universe… We are trying to use Trance Music and the Trance Dance Experience to set off a chain reaction in Consciousness… Through the Trance Dance Experience hopefully, people will become more sensitive and aware of themselves, their surroundings, the crossroads of humanity, and the needs of the planet… With this Awarenesscomes Understanding and Compassion. THAT is the need of the hour, and the true Goa State of Mind!!!” – Goa GilBe prepared – bring what you need… and pack it out after. Be mindful of your presence – leave no trace.electricity provided by bio-deisel!15 presale tickets available at :[online] . www.chaosexistence [portland] . Chaos Existence : 3862 SE Hawthorne (3rd flr.) : 888.957.1226[eugene] . Stylus Grooves : 525 E 13th : 541.343.2425[seattle] . Frequency 8 : 619 Broadway E : 206.861.1488[San Francisco] . Ceiba Records : 463 Haight St. at Fillmore : 415.437.9598Buying your ticket early aids us in the creation of the festival and ischeaper for you – please help us by buying presale tickets! Entry at thegate will be $20 without a ticket…Info & Links:Check this page (www.apolloslute /events.html) for the latest updates &info. Inphone: 1.877.588.4853email : info at apolloslute
Stefan is back from his travels!
September 18 Wednesday
Sam’s Last Stand in NYC at Pyramid
Please come and enjoy a night in trance with the Unknown Shrooms…. With DJs: DHARMAZ REPTILE (Twisted Minds) IGZ (Unknown Shrooms – Malaysia) FMAR (Unknown Shrooms) 10pm – 4am (1st DJ plays 10-12 so please come early!) $5 cover 18 to p arty – 21 to drink – ID a must! $2 beer all night Visuals on 2 tvs Great loud as hell sound, nice dance floor Deco by Unknown Shrooms at Pyramid – 10 1 Avenue A, between 6th and 7th st. (NYC) (Ed. note – bring your blank and best CDs – we’ll be burning!)
September 18 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
3rd street between 2nd & 3rd av e ID21+ free
i heard opium den was full of beautiful Brazilian women! did anybody hear, 4 NYC cops busted for buying drugs?
September 19 Thursday
Daniel Pinchbeck reads from Breaking Open the Head
at Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers, 7pm, 218 Bedford Ave b/w N4th & N5th, Williamsburg, with Michael Brownstein, author of World on Fire
September 20 Friday
SUPERCORE/SUBTLECHAOS – Movers & Groover
Art installation by Ron Richter 7pm till 9pm 9pm till late Supercore records is the latest in innovative art spaces in the Williamsburg area combining New York’s finest underground Artists with the finest in Underground D.Js and visual installation. This is the first week for the Supercore crew so join us for a night of truly chewy chewn combined with shitloads of Sake, Beer, and the occasional tipple of wine plus giveaways courtesy of Studio Distribution & K7 records. LINE-UP – RIAIN (ORGANIC GROOVES) JASON (SUBTLECHAOS,SUPER CORE) VADIM(SUBTLE PRODUCTION) ADDRESS 305 BEDFORD AVENUE IF YOU CANT WORK THAT ONE OUT TAKE A CAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! INFO 1718 302 1629
I strongly recommend Body Temple on Saturday – Autumnal equinox…. details below. It’s very plush with some of our best DJs and artists.
September 21st Saturday
Body Temple at the FOUNDRY
(40 ft. ceiling s with skylights, beautiful design, good sound system, and air conditioning ). Check out thefoundry. Info 42-38 ninth st. (west side) bet Queens Plaza S. and 43rd ave BODY TEMPLE presents ENTHEOLOGIC Sonic manipulations: Chasqui (pranasonic, Bolivia) Sh.I.K.I.D. (Omnitribe, N Y) Vitalik (Omnitribe, NY) Influx (Brazil) Come early for Workshops, $25, 6-10:30 pm or Come later for the Trance Party $20, 10: 30pm-Dawn (Really) $35 for both Workshops and Dance Party Workshops 6pm Kirtan chanting 7pm Sufi whirling meditation 8pm -10pm Doors close for Shamanic Trance Dance Open bar 1030 to midnightDeep psychedelic trance past the witching hour. Morning ceremony Atmospheric distortions: Reality Engine: with navigators: Misha, Giome, Alex, Matyas Psychedelic artwork by: Chai for latest updates check out: web bodytemple. Info or call 212-25 2-4856 Gourmet Vegetarian Food Shuttle services from 23rd Ely train station all night. You can also walk it’s only about ten minutes on foot. Directions:
Some plans are in the works for possible Halloween partiesPSI, Brazilians, and God knows who else
Check this out: This is one of my favorites ayahuasca icaros (songs from the south America that are sung in plant-based psychedelic rituals), maybe because it’s an icaro for children in fright! The original may be bought on Amazon “Ayahuasca Songs from the Peruvian Amazon” Amazon… hahaha… Icaro para Botar Susto del Cuerpo (Expel fear in body) by Luis Panduro Vasquez recorded live in Peru
Lisa was complaining that there’s not enough Gaia energy at parties, that more women would come if there was more “love” in the music, and it was less dominated by males, with more female DJs, flowers, group hugs, etc etc I for one think that you have to pay your dues, you can’t just show up and expect Opportunity to give you a back rub. Vote in the brainmachines poll where we ask, Is there not enough “female energy” in male-dominated NYC psytrance parties?
September 24 Tuesday
IMPORTANT – Tweak is the rat on VH1. He sold out Synthetic Sadhus on VH-1.
There was a recent VH1 special called “Addicted to Club Drugs” It showed Jesse, AKA Tweak, who was NiMf006 on a watchdog list for rave thugs. He is no longer a member.
He was the little rave kid who had his ass beaten by BTS guys because he was an E dealer, and we let him vent and complain. And give info on various local area thugs. He was friends with that Bunny woman. He unsubbed some time back.
He was a raver kid. The low life kind of e dealer that populated raves and smokes angel dust. He maybe came to 2 or 3 trance events in his life.
VH1 told Synthetic that they heard that SS was the most highly regarded trance group in NYC. So they came and filmed at a recent SS party. Tweak was part of the film crew, I saw him and said hey Tweak, congrats you got a job! He smiled and said, yeahh…! Then
they followed Tweak around, showed him doing K in front of a Synthetic Sadhus banner. Then they showed him going through rehab.
Judas. He could bring down the whole trance scene.
This list is the second that I’m “outing” him on, if anyone here has anything more to add to this email, do it, and then it will go out on
brainmachines and safetydance.
Jason: I REMEMBER THAT CRACKED OUT LITTLE SHIT NOW HE CAME ON THE FRYING PAN PARTY SPENT THE NIGHT BUGGING ME FOR NACOTICA WHILE I WAS PLYING – Jason
I never complained when you turned up with crystals caked to your nostrils and fluoro paint running down your face.
Machinelf: The only parties with lots of ravers is the
synthetic parties – ~20%
Tsunami has mostly Israelis (infected ones) ~15%
all the others have mostly trance family, and 10% ravers at the MOST. and
not often not American ones, but eastern European ones.
this number goes down the further underground you get.
considering there is ~1500 trance people who never go to raves, and there are
at least 25,000 rave kids in the greater NY area who generally don’t even
know about trance parties, that’s all pretty striking. our parties draw the rave kids all the party promoters in New York are guilty of this
Alex S: I promote all kinds of parties from trance to house parties, live shows and I have been associated with raves in the past. I will tell you this I met that tweak kid at one of the Countdown parties in Staten Island.
We came over on the Ferry together he was nodding off cuz he took some H before waiting for the ferry. So here was some drugged-out raver trying to eat pizza that he bought at the SI Ferry at 1am and me. I was hauling 2,000 Paul Oakenfold sampler cassettes and a box of Lotus magazines.
We boarded the ferry he disappeared. When it came time to get off the ferry he helped me carry the magazines down the stairs to the train, and from the train to the venue, I was amazed the kid could stand let alone carry something -but hey at least I gave him something to read.
The party was filled with kids on drugs. They came from Staten Island, Connecticut and all the places I normally wouldn’t be caught dead. It sucked. It sucked. It sucked.
Tweak and I reunited later outside. I was promoting inside for some time but the music drove me crazy, I think it was The Dever, preferring the fresh air (or whatever they call it in SI) to the dip induced nightmare inside… I even saw one young man burn his eyebrows off after lighting a fresh dip.
So Tweak comes up to me and begins to tell me about how the BTS robbed him and beat him up, and now he has only a little bit of weed left and he knows this girl inside who will hook him up but he’s afraid .yada yada yada then out come the BTS.
This kid was standing behind me, using me as a shield as he cowered. BTS they always leave me alone, I always figure there like bounces that way if your there to work your not a problem… besides I wouldn’t go down without a wicked fight.
They harassed him for a while then went to the parking lot to break into someone’s car or something. When they left I asked him why he came to raves if he was always going to end up beaten up or afraid to listen to the music he replied
“it’s a good time”
There was a time when Rave and Underground were united, now it’s an excuse for 2bit promoters and shady dealers to get we in some ignorant 16 year old. Despite all this I will still be going to Boo.
Machinelf: one person all fucked up in front of a camera talking about an unnamed “scene” is one thing.. it’s another thing entirely to do that standing in front of a logo. I know this isn’t an argument, but it doesn’t take someone with a degree in advertising – which I have 🙂 – to understand the difference. If Tweak didn’t know what he was doing, then why did VH1 also film him going to rehab? It’s not like he staked them out. …and it’s another thing entirely to mention TRANCE. The meaning of the word “TRANCE” right now is being associated with “RAVE” When cops have encountered TRANCE they have traditionally let us go. When they encounter RAVE they traditionally throw down the gauntlet. Unfair? Maybe. But it’s still a distinction that has enabled a scene to flourish even in the absence of psychoactives.
September 28 Saturday
Russian (etc) ROOF PARTY
Olga & Olga at it again, great location for trance party last time, this time has more genres, more diversity. I’ll be at Body Temple but wish them the best of luck!
September 28 Saturday
SubtleChaos at Supercore Cafe
7pm-1am Jason & Vadim and Severin
305 Bed ford between South 1st & SOuth 2nd.. Before Omnitribe we are going to do early session at Supercore cafe & sake bar from 7pm till 1amTry and come will be nice to meet you lot.
September 28 Saturday
Omni Tribe presents “Aural Beats”
First Party: Jackie
Full-on and progressive sounds; Indoor and outdoor dancefloors; 10h of music & digital video art;
ANTIX (Pylon/Bushbumpas – New Zealand) – LIVE & DJ Sets famous with releases on Plastik Park, Flow, Iboga… with their first East Coast appearance DJ SANGEET (Defolder/Earth – Germany) An established figure on the German trance scene from its beginning s introducing his new album recently released on Spirit Zone ( http://www. spiritzone.de/Artists/DJ_sangeet.html ) INFLUX (Brazil) URI-PSYCHODOG (Isra el) LIOR RASTA & MIKEY(Israel) VITALIK (Omnitribe, NY) Sh.I.K.I.D (Omnitribe ,NY) INDRA
(Alphatrance/OmniTribe,NY) DECO & VIDEO INSTALLATIONS by YDesign & Reality Engine Cover: $25 (includes 3 drinks) PreSale: $20 at House Of Trance 122 Saint Marks Pl (212) 533-6700 Party Location: Aurora Gallery 515 W 29th St. ( b/w 10 & 11
Ave.), NYC Doors open at 11PM; info line: Omnitribe at yahoo
I had a bunch of 3D glasses and an Alex Grey book to view them with. That is where I met Jackie.
Last-minute plug Body Temple is clean beautiful space great people open bar 10-11 Influx, Vitalik, Shai it really will go on all night throughout the morning and most importantly, you can’t miss Elfvis he really will be there I gotta go!
For those at the Body Temple around midnight, I was imitating Elvis towards the later years, and I think I got a little too much into character. So much for method acting.
party was good … full-on stage had nice sound system inside but I didn’t spend any time there outdoors was the prog stage … sound could have been louder, in the quieter moments there was crosstalk with the full-on, also the floor was gravelly and not very good but digable missed part of sangeet set but what I heard was nice antix rocked!!! live set – wooo hooo, fuckin ace, groovy minimal proggy tunes … (remember seeing barton play at moksha this summer which was nice also) … we are the mammoth hunters followed by a DJ set of tribal techy grooves … lots of nice people, lots of weirdo/lurkers/clubbers … the usual
Antix party was cool, neutron I agree, outside was a little too soft of a sound… if it’s a non-full on sound such as Antix’s music, it’s very important that it be loud enough so u can feel the bass… but still very groovy and very nice. I DJ’ed in the full-on room along with DJ mike since I now replace Lior rasta… we played from 1:30 to 3 and warmed up the crowd for Uri and later Boris, who both played killer sets… let me say that I was really impressed by the Brazillian influx! this guy rocked the house. he came on at around 6 something and too bad some people left but the hardcore trancers stayed and enjoyed his menacing set! I went outside to check out the sunrise but again was disappointed that no energy was out there and people weren’t really moving there,…. by the way, this party had the nicest caring and one of the better-organized events I’ve been to here… props to Omnitribe and see you all at the next party where mike and I are gonna attempt to break your ankles again!
September 28 Saturday
Anamnesis in Pittsburgh
Penta, Proteus, Erth, DJ Nikita, Psyphon, Sweet Chaos
Free outdoor trance party, for all trancers, ravers & damn near everyone else! we’ve been working on this a long time! and now we’re inviting a couple of thousand to blow it up! The reunion open-air party!! Free entrance, free psychoactives, and 14 out of town DJs from J(i had) Records, with a very special guest… right here, outdoors – with our own imported security!!. You’ll have to bring your own lawn chairs. Must bring a printout of attachment for entrance. Thanks to my Israeli friends for designing the flyer. And if it sounds too good to be true, then N’Shallah to you!
This was WAY too soon.
October 2002
October 2 Wednesday
Unknown Shrooms at Pyramid
Bringing you another full-on trance party so come and be a shroom with us this time we bring you the best of our local DJ’S 101 AVE. A BET 6 -7ST 10PM-4AM DRINK+ID $$$5 COVER $2 BEER ALL NIGHT PS: I would like to thanks all the people who has made this possible and to all the people who come and listen to our music !! We thank you and hope to see you all there… peace & 3rd Avenue
Nothing new this time, except for a party planned the first week of November by PSI/Twisted Minds/Unknown Shrooms
October 3 Thursday
Reading at Barnes & Noble in Astor Place
7:30- 8:30pm at 4 Astor Place: Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism – available at Walmart.co m This book discusses among other things, the local NYC underground scene… “breaking open the wall-mart, here is the item I found at Walmart: Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism $15.72
State of the Safetydance
Aside from Omnitribe and Unknown Shrooms, absolutely nothing of interest in NYC has happened recently, nor will anything of interest happen until we have more outdoor free parties. Wiley is out of the party business, Omnitribe is focusing on legal venues, Subtlechaos has no system, and Alphatrance is no longer in commission. Something must be done. The economy ain’t getting no better, and I miss seeing all the po’ people. They’re usually more interesting. I’m one of them, but I get in free for promotional activity. As for the DMT and the outdoor spirit trances, most of you remember last year’s arrest and forfeiture of all my possessions that enabled the NYPD to take the DMT sound system. (And the generator was stolen a month later). I recently got my income revenue flow late the crack of autumn, and I had debts/bills, so I’m saving my strength for next spring. It’s too late in the season to start from scratch (wow, just when I wrote that, someone in the next office said that on the phone) but next year looks good. There are plenty of places around the city. Now is the time to hoard nuts and bury them where I can find them in March. Stay tuned to Safetydance so you’ll know when/where they are… and if you’d like to have a voice in who DJs/VJs, join the DMT. As for the poll for more underground techno on the list, so far it’s even, 7 yes and 7 no. Your vote can sway the outcome: Yes, more techno for now if there are no psytrance events 1 7.14% Yes, techno even when there are more psytrance events in the future 6 42.86% No, keep it just psytrance 4 28.57% No, I get that info elsewhere 3 21.43%
Save the date –
Phantasm Makeup
cc: phantasmmakeup, Forward this out to all trance lists, please. Save the Date – There will be a major party with John Phantasm, Green Chris, Dick Trevor, and others on Saturday September 20th called Kick-Ass Kiss Ass Feed Your Head 2. Details to come. Although it is in a club and not outside, there will also be an after-hours I hear and encourage everyone to go and to refrain from booking a commercial event the same night. Stau tuned to brainmachines if you didn’t go to the original party 3 weeks ago and to phantasmmakeup if you did. Here’s the most recent from Elly & John: Hey Jeff. thanks for collecting this list. this is a proof for the upcoming party, the flyer will be out in the next few days. Jeff, I’m trying to do the right thing, in the last party I worked and took all the stress on me for NOTHING, in fact, I put some of my own money. Ignore the fact that this ugly food thing happened it still was a good party that really nobody ever tried to do ever here.I took on myself the responsibility for the wrong things that happened and also still I think that no promoter will ever do such a thing and put all this money for a free party(this is a regular budget production that you and I know how much it cost)to make it up and do the right thing for the supporters. I really don’t have money in my life like I’m sure some people think I have, and with this next party, I will need to work for 6 months to cover all this loss that I took on myself. to make it short, I hope that anybody that will get free for that party was at the last party and deserve that. I will appreciate any help from everybody to promote this party and make it nice and happy. thanks again for all of you people for understanding and supporting. Eli and John phantasm and the rest of the family. phantasmusa at hotmail (post it to all)
October 3 Thursday
Los Angeles Times
Ttokkyo Busted in Mexico
(Old news for many. I paid $2.50 for this article, you’re welcome. Ttokkyo also made and sold steroids – the ultimate gray market enterprise)
7 Held, drugs Seized; Raids target a ring importing Ketamine, also known as Special K, from Mexico into the U.S. The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Oct 3, 2002; JESSICA GARRISON;
The federal indictment announced this week charges that Jorge Chevreuil Bravo, owner of Granero de Oro, and Dr. Francisco Molino, head of Ttokkyo, used an Internet Web site to sell Ketamine to distributors across the United States. Neither man was authorized to export pharmaceuticals, but authorities said their network was believed to be responsible for 70% to 80% of the drug used illegally in the United States. Three of the 10 indicted remain at large. The indictment charges the 10 with participating in a conspiracy to import and distribute K, conspiracy to launder money, and possession of Ketamine with intent to distribute. Bravo also is charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. Full Text: (Copyright The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times 2002. All rights reserved.) A cross-border ring that produced and distributed massive amounts of the drug Ketamine, known on the rave circuit as K, has been broken up and its leaders arrested, officials said Wednesday. After a two-year investigation and raids in the United States and Mexico, authorities arrested seven people and made some of the largest seizures ever of Ketamine. The drug, an animal tranquilizer that became popular among people for its hallucinatory effects, is also known as vitamin K, Super Ketamine, and Kit Kat. Ketamine also has been used as a date-rape drug. The investigation began in Simi Valley after police arrested a suspect on suspicion of selling the drug in a health club. From there, investigators picked up a trail that led to a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm in Morelos, Mexico, called Laboratorios Ttokkyo and a Tijuana-based veterinary business called Granero de Oro, authorities said. The federal indictment announced this week charges that Jorge Chevreuil Bravo, owner of Granero de Oro, and Dr. Francisco Molino, head of Ttokkyo, used an Internet Web site to sell Ketamine to distributors across the United States. Neither man was authorized to export pharmaceuticals, but authorities said their network was believed to be responsible for 70% to 80% of the drug used illegally in the United States. Authorities executed search warrants in New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Boston, and San Diego. In Kansas, they seized 23,000 vials of the d. Authorities in Mexico seized another 200,000 vials last week. The d, which was declared a controlled substance by the U.S. government in 1999, is typically sold on the street in 10-millimeter vials for between $50 and $100 a vial, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Timothy Coughlin. In Southern California, authorities seized more than $500,000 in cash. Bravo and Molino were arrested in Panama and transported to Miami in September. They will eventually be moved to San Diego, Coughlin said. Three of the 10 indicted remain at large. The indictment charges the 10 with participating in a conspiracy to import and distribute Ketamine, conspiracy to launder money, and possession of Ketamine with intent to distribute. Bravo also is charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
Three of the 10 indicted remain at large. The indictment charges the 10 with participating in a conspiracy to import and distribute Ketamine, conspiracy to launder money, and possession of Ketamine with intent to distribute. Bravo also is charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. A cross-border ring that produced and distributed massive amounts of the drug Ketamine, known on the rave circuit as Special K, has been broken up and its leaders arrested, officials said Wednesday. After a two-year investigation and raids in the United States and Mexico, authorities arrested seven people and made some of the largest seizures ever of Ketamine. The drug, an animal tranquilizer that became popular among people for its hallucinatory effects, is also known as vitamin K, Super Ketamine, and Kit Kat. Ketamine also has been used as a date-rape d. The investigation began in Simi Valley, after police arrested a suspect on suspicion of selling the drug in a health club. From there, investigators picked up a trail that led to a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm in Morelos, Mexico, called Laboratorios Ttokkyo and a Tijuana-based veterinary business called Granero de Oro, authorities said. The federal indictment announced this week charges that Jorge Chevreuil Bravo, owner of Granero de Oro, and Dr. Francisco Molino, head of Ttokkyo, used an Internet Web site to sell Ketamine to distributors across the United States. Neither man was authorized to export pharmaceuticals, but authorities said their network was believed to be responsible for 70% to 80% of the drug used illegally in the United States. Authorities executed search warrants in New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Boston and San Diego. In Kansas, they seized 23,000 vials of the d. Authorities in Mexico seized another 200,000 vials last week. The d, which was declared a controlled substance by the U.S. government in 1999, is typically sold on the street in 10-millimeter vials for between $50 and $100 a vial, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Timothy Coughlin. In Southern California, authorities seized more than $500,000 in cash. Bravo and Molino were arrested in Panama and transported to Miami in September. They will eventually be moved to San Diego, Coughlin said. Three of the 10 indicted remain at large. The indictment charges the 10 with participating in a conspiracy to import and distribute Ketamine, conspiracy to launder money, and possession of Ketamine with intent to distribute. Bravo also is charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
October 5 Saturday
Phantasm Makeup Party
Kick-Ass Feed Your Head 2 party: Global Trance Production & Phantasm Records America Mindfield Xerox Phantasm Records.Uk-Usa Hommega, BNE Records. Israel John Phantasm Phantasm Records, Special 4 Hours DJ Set Plus Chill Out By Sundog-Phantasm Records And Friends At Cl Ub Demerara 215 E.28th Street (Bet 7th-8th Ave) Doors Open:11 Pm- 8 Am. 21 With Id Must.$25 ticket at the door, free for Phantasmmakeup list members (list closed!)
Yes, it really is a makeup party, here’s why Almost 70 people who came to the original upstate event and responded to requests for emails are getting in free. So it will have a lot of people, and it will go on late, and Xerox is one of my favorites. Plus, I have to celebrate because the DA has verbally agreed to release my laptop.
The Phantasm makeup party at Demera was awesome! Great Vibe! Thanks to John Phantasm and Elly and everyone involved. Elly will be doing another party soon, let’s show our support!
October 10 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Come and enjoy with us this fall… Dj Kife(Omnitribe) Vitalik(Omnitribe) Shi.k. I.d(Omnitribe) I guess tonight the Omnitribe crew! for more info go to web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles Faith Hill – Exclusive Performances, Videos & More faith.yahoo
October 11 Thursday
Yogasana Empower Center
8-11pm Suggested Donation is $10. (If you are willing to travel from the New York area, your suggested donation is just to show up with some good energy). Since most don’t know who I am, I would like to extend much gratitude to Icycoil (aka Merry) and Iggy and Chico (from the unknownshrooms) for introducing me into the NYC psytrance scene and supporting me in my desire to spread my love for this music.
If music is your full worship
How deliriously enormous like crying then screaming
May we shine like honey
On petals and mist
Lick the luscious sky
Goddess As she watches over one Dancing vision for life
A delicate gift Written by Erin Kipe and Erica Kyriakatosfrom ecofunkological
Hi Jeff, Can you please post this? Greetings all,If you are in the central Jersey area and you seriously need a fix for some good psytrance, come out and support this night. It’s going to be a monthly night at a yoga center and your support will keep it going on strong. My intention for the night is to create a spiritual environment through Goa trance. Come dance with your shoes off in a drug and alcohol-free environment. Chai tea and water will be served. If anyone is interested in giving feedback or suggestions for this night please send emails to ecofunkological I’m currently looking for someone who has access to a video projector that they would be willing to share for the night. Please contact me if you have one available.Look forward to seeing you! Trance DanceWith Dj EcofunkologicalLocation: Yogasana EmPower Center 900 Easton Avenue Somerset, NJ 732-246-9642 www.yogasanaomzone
I went to the yoga place in central New Jersey that was advertised on safetydance. It was very weird and funny. I showed up with two friends, the rest of the people there were yoga people (advanced yoga people from the stuff they were doing half the time). The DJ was actually quite good and the place is nice and cozy…if anyone lives in the area, I’d recommend going next time they do this (in a month). Its kinda fun to be dancing about and looking at people in bizarre yoga positions :)Mike
October 12 Saturday
Synthetic Sadhus – EARTHDANCE
The Concept: Earthdance, through a ONE day event which synchronizes dance parties from around the Globe, raises awareness and funds for the Tibetan cause, as well as for the Indigenous tribes and the Welfare of Children. The real Goal of this event is to awake people’s consciousness in order to built a better future in which we humans can learn to co-habit on this Earth in PEACE !
OFORIA (Trust In Trance – BNE – Dragonfly – ISRAEL), LIVE! Considered as Israel’s number ONE trance act, Ofer has delivered some of the most memorable Live sets during these last ten years worldwide ! His full-on style, yet sophisticated explores with challenge the musical spectrum of trance music with no equivalent! Oforia’s dancefloor is a place of pure & true Magic.
VIBRASPHERE (Spiral Trax – Digital Structures – SWEDEN), LIVE! The Nordic Trance wave has taken the World by frenzy and Vibrasphere is one of the reasons why! This Swedish act has fired up dancefloors the world over from Mexico to Japan and granted us the privilege of their latest Live Performance
KALYX (Synthetic Sadhus – Growroom – USA) DJ SET Without a doubt one of the finest psytrance Dj on American soil, Brian has consistently performed brilliant sets, enlightening the New-York scene from his original style, he truly redefined electricity in the psychedelic genre.
OFER DIKOVSKY (Synthetic sadhus – Growroom – Spectra – USA) DJ SET As praised as a musician than as a Dj, Ofer’s recipe for mixing is a mystical experience! His sets have the trademark of evergrowing evolution, eventually reaching Heavens back and forth, so unfasten your seat-belts
NOS (Toxomniac – SWEDEN) DJ SET Some artists reflect their talents in several creative forms, this is the case of Friedrick, which on the top of being one of the most amazing painter in the scene, also stretches his vision through impressing Dj sets
GAVIN (Spectra Productions – USA) DJ SET The man behind Spectra Productions, Gavin has blessed us with many memorable parties and has also gained respect with his signature sets of a more progressive Nordic style! This is his 1st Sadhus’ set :
Decoration: FLUORO PSYCHEDELIC ENVIRONMENT By: NOS (Toxomniac – SWEDEN).
Chill-Out: OUTDOORS CHILL-OUT LOUNGE (under a Heated Tent) By HOME OF TRANCE (New York City) Featuring: YONI (Home Of Trance – ISRAEL) ALEX (Home Of Trance – ISRAEL)
CINEMA WORLD STUDIOS 220 Dupont St, Brooklyn, New York City, NY Featuring : 50.000 Watts BOOMING E-V Sound System / Main room 10.000 Watts Full-On MACKIE Sound / Chill-Out Lounge Produced By: MUSIC FIRST PRODUCTIONS (New York City) ALL AGES EVENT!! Doors : 11pm – 8am ! Friendly State Licensed Security By: EPIC SECURITY, Everyone is Welcome !
Cinema World is located on the corner of Dupont and Provont St. Total 8min. Please drive safely its a party! Top Tickets: $ 30 advance | $ 35 at the door Info Line: 212-774-7728 web HOMEOFTRANCE
As seen on Vh2
we arrived around 2am … lots of people were there already. the outdoor chillout – it sucked!!! I mean the music they played was fine, but there was very little space and most of it was taken up by the line for the portable bathrooms!!! goes to show you how far reality is from what the flyer says sometimes. also, the sound system – weak. you could have a conversation near the speakers without too much trouble. I mean, it’s not like we don’t pay enough money, this is disappointing.
with these caveats in mind, Oforia played a nice live set and then Ofer did a super short DJ set (!?). then came Vibrasphere – YESSS!!! excellent, relentless nordic minimalism. Asi, you’re right, the sound was very clean and wonderful breaks (only one of the guys was there for some reason). finally, an American guy played (it was Kalyx I think) and I must say I was very surprised. it was amazing!!! probably the best set of the night for me, groovy proggy stuff … he ROCKED! I was exhausted by then but couldn’t help dancing like a maniac throughout his set. cheers to that guy!!!
all in all a nice party. large NYC club gig, so vibe is a bit weird … but ok. the music was great for sure and that’s enough.
overall, the party was great, high energy and the vibes were awesome, not weird at all. Most people I talked to said that they felt really great vibes from this crowd especially when people started passing that huge orb, bubble thing, above the crowd… sure there were some technical difficulties with the sound system at the beginning of the night, I think but by the end, everyone forgot all about it. The music was great and the outdoor chillout was not so bad. The area sectioned off for the outdoor chillout was much smaller because of the RAIN! Kalyx played one awesome set!
Not everything is perfect and who cares about the portable bathrooms as long as you have good music and a place to party with some of the most amazing diverse people. The art was absolutely amazing and I was pretty much deaf when I left so other than the technical difficulties with the sound system, in the beginning, I think I got a pretty nice amount of brain damage for the night… there are always some great after parties too if you stick around. of course, I guess you just can’t please everyone by throwing a party. just remember that it’s all in your mind it just depends on which angle you choose to view things from.
October 12 Saturday
Boo 7
October 16 Wednesday
Chiletranceat Opium Den
Chasqui(Pranasonic-Bolivia) Jamin & Gavin(Spectra) For more information got to web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles Faith Hill – Exclusive Performances, Videos & More faith.yahoo
CD Burnathon by the DJ Booth Bring your best psytrance CDs, blank CDRs, and carrying cases. We have much to trade and discuss; see y’all there
October 18 Friday
Spectra and Mindengine – Peter DiDJital ~Accelerate
PETER DIDJITAL (Digital Structures – Sweden) KALYX (Spectra, Growroom, Synthetic Sadhus – MA) GAVIN (Spectra – NYC) JAMIN (Spectra – NYC) DINO (Chaingmian Productions – Boston) @ the Brooklyn Loft 70 Washington St. Suite 1101
Brooklyn, NY (Dumbo) Spectra Productions and mindengine welcome your participation in a truly special event. We are changing gears at Spectra, focusing on intimate gatherings in a new and wonderful space. *This is a private event with a limited capacity. We refuse to overcrowd the dancefloor, therefore, only the first 200 people will be admitted to this event.*
October 23 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance-6th Element) Carlos(Colombia) For more info go to web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
We’ll be at the Opium Den tonight …burning CDs by the DJ booth. Bring your best, and blanks, and we’ll exchange. There is a great new CD out by DJ Pez.
October 26 Saturday
OMNI Tribe presents High Inclination at THE LUNATARIUM
First DJ Set: Stefan Hakakian
Full-on, progressive and ambient sounds; 10hrs of music & digital video a rt;
MAIN FLOOR HUMAN BLUE (Sweden) (Spiral Trax, Medium, Flow, U.S.T.A Rec.) LIVE ACT A talented producer for 10 years Dag Walin has received international acclaim and an incredible response from the dancefloors all over the world. His live set develops a spacious atmosphere opening the realms of trance and clarity. MINO (Israel/Denmark) (Transonic, Iboga, E, Nova Tekk Rec.) LIVE ACT Minos visual performance stands out as one of the very few trance artists to feature live drumming. With his unique electronic drums set-up and a laptop Mino delivers a full-on twisted symphony of rhythms, deep pulsating bass lines and hypnotic effects that keeps the dance floor jumping till the end.
INFLUX (Brazil) (Fliperama Music) With killer tracks of his own and remarkable mixing skills from 12 years of music experience, Influx is gaining a wonderful reputation in NYC for his uplifting and professional style. FXMIKE (New York) (Omnitribe) Long-time respected DJ of the NY underground trance scene highly regard ed for his deep and emotional sounds, no/yes guaranteed to bring that smile to your face. VITALIK vs. SH.I.K.I.D (New York) (Omnitribe) Dj.Sh.I.K.I.D. is one of America’s most intriguing trance DJs who continually breaks new musical ground. Beginning as Israeli psytrance DJ in 1999 he went on to inspire the New York scene with the latest astonishing progressive vibes, a fusion of all that is hard and funky. Vitalik plays the moment and knows how to feel the flow; guiding on a mystical journey into the world of feelings and energies. FUMI (Japan) With a heart like an energizer, Fumi ignites the dance floor with unforgettable full-on sets. CHILLOUT AND PROGRESSIVE AREA ANGELES (Chile) (Chiletrance/6TH ELEMENT) Hailing from Chile, Angeles is well known for her unique style of psychedelic chill-out and trance. She has toured nationally as part of the 6th Element Tour and is also an accomplished artist who has spent years creating beautiful fluorescent banners, decorating parties as part of Chiletrance around the world. GAVIN (Spectra, NY/Nantucket, MA) has been DJing for 4 years. He plays a funky and tribal style of progressive psychedelic trance. His sound takes influence from other styles of electronic music. Gavin has played alongside some of the top producers and DJ’s in the scene, from Shiva Chandra and Hux-Flux to Mark Allen and Emok.
DIMA vs. DUB.LIK (New York) (Omni Tribe) This duo will lead you to mind and body relaxation with Dima’s trippy and colorfully ambient soundscapes over monotonic, foggy and “bassy” steps from DUB.LIK. STEFAN (New York) (Decompression) Eclectic chill out & IDM DECO & VIDEO INSTALLATIONS by YDesign & Reality Engine & Ben light-o-matic Extra Powerful sound design by MUSIC FIRST PRODUCTION Location: THE LUNATARIUM (10 Jay St, DUMBO, Brooklyn) The breathtaking 18,000 square-foot venue, with its 30-foot ceilings and Its perfect East River skyline view. Security and bar services provided by THE LUNATARIUM Cover: $25 at the door Pre-Sale: $20 at House Of Trance 122 Saint Marks Pl (212) 477-4440 Party 10PM E28093 8AM 18 to enter / 2 1 to drink – ID a MUST info line: Omnitribe at yahoo links: dumboluna, ydesign.tv, chiletrance, SpectraNYC, synthetic-sadhus, home of trance
From: bcadams Yes, wonderful party…Lovely venue, especially for the view of Manhattan as the sun was rising..nice & spacious too, could’ve held about eight times the amount of people that were there…The music, there are no appropriate words for…Don’t think I’ve heard a better live set than Dag’s (HB) in my life, except maybe for Hallucinogen..Mino provided good energy too with his stomping set complete with live drumming…and to top it off, Influx, as he usually does, brought the energy to a new peak that I didn’t think was possible considering my own exhausted legs…the crowd fed off the music, a most positive vibe was present, and a good time was had by all…Well done to Omnitribe as usual, keep it up guys!
From: “bigpaw4444” all in all I thought the party was decent. venue is cool but not optimal for sound, imo. the commando security team definitely soured my mood more than once. artwork left much to be desired, but I suppose it’s not an easy place to decorate. as for the music, shi was the highlight of the night for me on the main stage. human blue, a little disappointing, although I had never heard him before. his set didn’t really seem to go anywhere, but maybe it just wasn’t my style. enough people seemed to have enjoyed it. sorry, but what was up with that phony “live” drumming? it was a good idea if he were actually playing the things, but it got old real quick. I had a pretty good time in the “chill-out” room, more of a progressive room really. Gavin played some nice stuff all night. my thoughts. thx Omnitribe
October 30 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Angeles(Chiletrance-6th Element) Dima Valerio ZHyn For more information go to web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
October 30 Wednesday
I know most of you just want a loud trance party But (wo)man is not made by the trance alone.. the psychoactive psychosocial whirl lives on… in book form (no not THAT kind, at least tonight) so feed your head tonight before the Opium Den. $ Recommended Wednesday, October 30 – Daniel Pinchbeck Reading at KGB Bar 7pm sharp 4th St between 2nd & 3rd Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism – available at Walmart This book discusses among other things, the local NYC underground scene… “breaking open the wall-mart, here is the item I found at Walmart: Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism $15.72 And here is a link to learn more about this item web walmart/catalog/product.gsp (You can also buy the book at the signing but it’s $2 5)
October 30 Wednesday
Unknown Shrooms tonight at Pyramid
10PM – 4AM (Come early!!!) Psycho-delic Musical Mayhem Twisted by: DARKSHROOM DHARMAZ REPTILE ICYC OIL w/ DanCovan on Electronic Drums from 10-12! IGST ER MEKATOR PROJECTION & VIDEO INSTALLATIONS BY AURORATEC WITH FEATURED ARTIST SHAUNA LENT at The Pyramid (A truly puuuurfect space to get you into the Halloween Groove!) 101 Avenue A, btwn. 6 & 7t h st., NYC 5 BEAN$ w/ID 18 TO PARTY, 21 TO DRINK *Free Candy (The sweet Spooky Visual Ambience *Morbidly Fascinating Costumes Encouraged! Come on NYC Trancers, show us what you’ve got!!!
The commercial place to be me on Halloween The Official Brainmachines Endorsed Commercial Halloween Trance Party If Toronto is New York City run by the Swiss, then this
Trance-sylvania will be Halloween run by the Israelis! I DARE any of you to beat me in the costume contest, which I have won every time JEG holds one. This year I will dress as a smug egomaniacal megalomaniacal polydrug addict multidrug dealer gun-running pimp daddy with delusions of grandeur who only goes to parties to run from his homosexuality and get wasted and spread HIV to unsuspecting underage boys and girls, doing such intelligent d mixing as e and alcohol; roofies and GHB; coke and crystal; ayahuasca and ex lax, ad nauseous.. basically Michael Alig on steroids and viagra. …so try to beat THAT and you will win $100 credit at Home of Trance. See ya’ll there! I’ll be lurking in the shadows with a box of AK-47s and a kilo of yellow yay-oh.
October 31 Thursday
Leon’s Party
What’s up for Halloween besides Tsunami? Leon’s place until 6am
The Official Safetydance Endorsed Halloween Trance Party (flyer attached)halloween at leon’soctober 31st 9-6am 67 e 2nd st #45valerio zhyinminimal/dark progressive/full-ontrance sets(wajanga records/brazil)visuals & projection by ooaurOra tech.bring your poison & DRESS TO KILL!!!
Great DJ mix by Valerio – was that
an 8 hour set? Thank God for that piss bucket! I also liked the Amazon mud wrestling. Thanks to Nan & Valerio for putting it together!
thanks to paul and dhea for the amazing video projection. they met on this
list and are now student and instructor at the art institute on canal street.
Gaian Mind Monthly Halloween
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WORST TSUNAMI PARTY EVER? except for that one time at Shelter 5 people showed up
October 31 Thursday Halloween
Tsunami – H A L L O W E E N in T R A N C E s y l v a n I a
THE A N T I D O T E D J S E R G E (Solstice Music, Japan / TOTAL ECLIPSE)
Serge, first as member of TOTAL ECLIPSE, then with his own DJing, followed by his project THE ANTIDOTE, as well as being part of THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNGLY, has been at the forefront of the international scene for close to 10 years
Y O N I (History of the Future) Just back from his Australian / Indonesian tour, will be delivering one of his signature full-on sets. D J U N K N O W N Just back from his Japanese tour. DJ J O A – C H A R L Y B R O W N LOCATION: UPSTAIRS at CULTURE CLUB 179 Varrick (between King and Charlton Streets, 1 1/2 blocks south of Houston / trains 1/9 to Houston Street). HOURS: 9pm till 6am BEST COSTUME COMPETITION at 2am 1st prize: $100 store credit at HOME OF TRANCE 2nd prize: 3 trance CDs 3rd prize: free ticket for next TSUNAMI party (not including New Year’s Eve) ADMISSION: $22 advance (+store comm.) / $27 door / $25 with full costume THE ANTIDOTE album, 1200MIC, as well as all TIP and TWISTED products in stock now at HOME OF TRANCE. RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT with this print-out.
no needles were provided for the turntables so the main act (Serge from Total Eclipse) freaked out said fuck off and went back to the hotel. And the party closed at 4am.
Yea what jeff said, there was a bunch of strange new yorkers from outside the trance scene (like our in-crowd) but they left at peak hours and it was the NYC trance heads, music was pretty good nice to have 1 DJ for a change Man also some crazy female energy-LISA/Kelly And the location was quaint overall 4 out of 5 It sucks for Tsunami they approached me but I really aint gonna work for free, they wanted me to decorate and stuff I even was gonna go there but the Guiome came back to the party and said it got shut down insane! I kinda feel sorry for them, if only they could work with the people and not against them it seems these days. Used to be good for what its worth but like I said I’m glad I was out of it and enjoying myself at Leons, hey im headling Wylie’s party tonight im not on the Online flyer but I’m gonna be Headlining. Anybody get my new cd any feedback?
Worst party ever? Totally was for me. Two of my friends got kicked out, 1 for a joint, the other just for being in the vicinity… I saw security people roughly grabbing guys smoking cigarettes. Bizarre things being said during DJ sets over the mike…party ending at 4 with some dude spouting off mountains of bullshit… Not being allowed to sit virtually anywhere… etc. etc. It sucked bigtime!
Worst party ever? I would say the worst venue ever was a tossup between Culture Club and Shelter. The best was Metropolitan Pavilion. Tsunami was at both.
30 people were there. I heard it felt like there were more people who worked there than people who attended.
That’s it, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Tsunami must be eliminated. Boycott Boycott Boycott !!! That was, by far, the most depressing party I’ve ever been to. And Yoni wasn’t even in the city, cuz he’s abroad somewhere, wondering. Tsunami are a bunch of cheats and liars. I personally overheard a Tsunami official telling some people in the audience to wait until 4 a.m. for the Full-on set to begin. Who did they think was going to perform??? I have no idea, since Yoni was not in the City at that time and they knew about it.
I will not go to any Tsunami parties again. I don’t care who they say they are going to bring. These people can fuck up anything, and they proved it.
i don’t know much about Jon Emmanuel. I’ve met him. he seems like a nice guy and I believe anyone involved in organizing NYC trance events deserves our respect and support, but too many mishaps without a followup explanation or apology are eventually going to generate this type of reaction from people. take the phantasm mess. Elly made an apparently sincere effort to rectify that situation and in my mind it was settled with the makeup party and good communication through the mailing lists. I’ve never heard anything from jon through these forums about why full price was charged when miko didn’t show up at Shelter earlier this summer, forcing everyone to listen to 6 hours of yoni (once again). same thing with this Halloween party, where he probably knew in advance that neither yoni or total eclipse would be playing. still, full cover was charged. I think that’s enough material to advocate questioning someone’s ethics.
think it’s a bit of a stretch to say this scene is DYING…just look at the job Omnitribe and Spectra do on a consistent basis…i haven’t been around that long, but I get the impression good parties used to be much fewer and far between…now they’re happening on a regular basis…plus the underground scene is still alive & well…Tsunami, however, IS dying…that is a fair statement.
I came to this party with high expectations because the Tsunami production in Israel is EXPLOSIVE!!! (Tomer & Jeremy – You guys really rock!)
But This party in the culture club was one of the most fucked up parties I’ve ever been too. The sound system had NO POWER. I could talk normally, and someone 20ft. away could hear me.
I’ve never seen so much security in one place – That really got me mad.
And who is this DJ Unknown ?!?! What the hell were the Tsunami guys thinking when they decided to let him play !?
Anyway – one of the biggest falls I’ve had in a long time.
I really didn’t expect this from Tsunami.
But I DO still believe in Tsunami, and I hope the next event will make the Halloween party look as if it never happened.
November 2002
November 1 Friday
Wylie’s
hey I’m headling Wylies party tonight I’m not on the online flyer but I’m gonna be Headlining. So Mr. Headliner, these DJs are your warmup crew King Kamal!?! Lucky us!!
Can we kiss your boot?? AMNESIUM BORIS ICY COIL TRANCELLOR OGGMOD MACHINE ORC MANIC MEKATOR I loved the party at Wylie’s rat-infested apartment, good shite. pretty interesting weekend. leon’s party having a strange, psychotic vibe, Tsunami just completely sucking ass cheeks, Wylie’s shook up my world (or maybe it was the Kool-aid vibe…either way, tight crowd…in a good way) and body temple serving as your pretty standard party, acting to wind down the weekend. I hopped on the Chinatown bus about 8 this mornin closed my eyes and was mysteriously back in Boston. till my next trance warrior adventure in the intoxicating NYC…
November 1 Friday
GAIAN MIND Monthly at Ulana’s – Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s Premiere Psy-Trance Party! Presenting SURREAL AUDIO RECORDINGS The Sound of Finland! Special Guest: DJ HALO (Surreal Audio, Helsinki) [midnight-2am] Plus Resident: DJ ALLEN (Gaian Mind/Metropolis Records, Philadelphia) [9pm-midnight] UV Deco by GAIAN MIND Friday, November 1st, 2002 9pm-2am 21+ (w/ID) $7 cover ($5 before 11pm) Now at a LARGER location! @ ULANA’S Second and Bainbridge Streets (one block south of South Street) Philadelphia www.Gaian-Mind.com
Special Live Performance by: ONNOMON (Soular Records, NY)
November 2 Saturday
Ancestors Electric Earth Productions with ShaktiSpirits, Alok Holistic Health and Reality Engine
An all-night journey into the Heart, Body, and Mind of Trance to celebrate our multicultural Ancestors. 6: 00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. At The Foundry “It was one of the best parties I’ve ever attended so far!! Keep up the great work!! Thank you for making the evening a mystical experience.”- Manuel “That was the best party ever! Loved the meditations, and the music was perfect. I have been searching for occasions like this for a long time.” – Cece “What a wonderful party! Bravo to all of the talented people who contributed energy and love to make it Body Temple events are events that bring together ecstatic dancers, musicians, actors, visual and audio wizards, shamans, and healers. We blur the lines between dance club and theater, and create an environment where the tribal and the mythic coexist on the cutting edge. Body Temple integrates ancient tribal traditions and emerging new technologies within the modern dance club arena. Thes e events have brought together the magical connection between shamans and performers, DJ’s and live musicians, so people could experience the same kinds of ecstatic experiences that our ancestors found in dancing, religious rituals and ceremonies. All of this using the driving beats of global trance music. Our next event to be called Ancestors will take place on Saturday November 2nd at the magnificent venue called The Foundry. Ancestors will touch on the history of Trance from tribal and shamanic to Psychedelic Trance and beyond… The entire night is created to be experienced as a complete ritual, a journey with a beginning, middle and an ending. The story is where do we come from and where are we going. Yes, you may show up at any point of the night, but to experience the complete magic we invite you to travel with us the whole celebration. That is what sets Body Temple apart from other events. It is theatre, shamanic and a slamming dance party all at once. We encourage everyone to come dress ed as one of your Ancestors. Either family or Cultural (Gandhi or Jimi Hendrix ) or Spiritual (the Buddha, a Shaman, or Aphrodite ). This is your party let’s celebrate and remember! Our Line up is the following: Global and PsyTrance music by Kalyx – Spectra, Growroom, Synthetic Sadhus -MA D.J. Haj – D.N.E. – NY D.J. Asu – Spectra – N.Y.C. Chasqui – Pranasonic No Dimensions Sufi Whirling Meditation and Active Kundalini Meditation with Alok, director of the Alok Holistic Health Center. web AlokHealth Blindfolded Shamanic TranceDance Workshop led by Parashakti and the ShaktiSpirits. Ritual Performances by Electric Earth. Directed by Mark Sklawer. Integrated audio-visual environment by Reality Engine. Reiki Spiral led by Tarana, International Reiki Master. (web Tarana.tv ) Live music by Italian singer-songwriter Irene Mastrangeli.( web irenemastrangeli ) Special Guests TBA Delicious Organic food and drinks vendors. Heart Chakra Meditation, Tarot readings, massages, and special guests. Workshops and Dance Party6:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. Tickets are $40 or $35 with advanced purchase. Dance Party for 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. Tickets are $25 or $20 with advanced purchase. Being on the guest list will not only provide you with the reduced ticket price, but also will ensure your admittance. Space is limited! To be on the guest list, email us at Uguestlist at bodytemple. Info with your full name or call (212) 252-4856. This party provides an environment free of smoke and alcohol. The event is taking place at The Foundry, a jewel of a space (40 ft. ceilings with skylights, beautiful design, good sound system, and air conditioning), located at 42-38 Ninth Street, Long Island City, New York, near PS 1 and the new MOMA right on the other side of the Queens boro (59th St) Bridge in Queens. It’s fast and easy to get to The Foundry with the subway from Manhattan. See subway or driving direction s at: web bodytemple. Info Call the Body Temple Hotline At (212) link.net
The Phantasm MakeUp Party went off well, so come this Saturday with a clear conscience. The Lunatarium doesn’t have a cabaret license AFAIK, but Omnitribe recently pulled it off even after the NYPD came at 1am. But beware of security! With what they confiscated they had enough to party like it was 1999 for at least 3 days straight. I’m eager to see Riktam from GMS and Dmitri from TIP. The next Synthetic date is set for November 23. Unknown Shrooms is now running on a fairly regular fortnightly basis. The noncommercial parties kicked ass this weekend. Leon’s and Wylies kicked ass. If you’re not on Safetydance and you’re not a bonehead thug or other general liability as a personality then find me at the next party and introduce yourself. List info: Brainmachines up to 900 members. Safetydance up to 521. NYC604 is up to 80 members and is proving to be a good list.
Worst trance parties ever, by organizer From: Machinelf
Must have been attended by at least 50 people
Burning Elf none
Omnitribe None
Synthetic Sadhus The first Cinema World party (cough)
Spectra Double booked by Tsunami
Pine Barrens none
DMT When the speakers and generator were lost
Tsunami Halloween 2002
Wylie’s Trance Mission 2001 When Kelli and Lisa raised hell – kelly caused a scene and wouldn’t leave, not to mention a freakout at the first DMTski that scared off the straight people Lisa tried to hijack the cDJ’s, and threw eggs on the ceiling and beer bottles at me (that’s my Lisa!)
this doesn’t include Halloween which is too much for my tired fingers now they were “missing” on Friday. wylie’s parties go off amazingly smooth and well without crazy psychodrama
Paradox Limelight
Global Trance Productions (Phantasm Party) Upstate 2002
A Physxs Save the Robots 1996
House of Trance When it rained
In-Trance-It none
Subtlechaos none
Must be attended by at least 50 people
November 6 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
ID21+ Free 3rd street between 2nd & 3rd Avenue
DJ Angeles(chiletrance) Carlos(Colombia) Gosha(Omnitribe) For more info go to web chiletrance thanks Love and Light Angeles
November 7 Thursday
Dmitri cancels Boston appearance, says he “won’t have time after New York” Does that mean he expec ts us to get him cracked out?
November 9 Saturday
Fresh from their successful make-up party:
Global Trance Productions/Phantasm Records proudly presents The Party
“I had a meeting today with Lunatarium ownership and everything is ok – full cover permits, so we should not have any problems. All the line-up so far confirmed. Sound system gonna be killer. Vibe will be beautiful and we cannot wait to enjoy with everybody.” new 20,000 sq. Ft location – the Lunatarium 10 jay street dumbo-Brooklyn (first stop from Manhattan) the party takes place the most amazing venue in the tri-state area with a full view of new york city.20,000 sq.ft location on the 9th floor. Including a skylight sunrise. Full-on psytrance act by:
Riktam: Gms – 1200 Micrograms Tip World – Uk, Spun Records Uk-Ibiza Dimitri: Tip World – Uk Dede: Spectrum Records, E – Israel Junya: Phantasm Records -Uk-Usa Tip World-Uk
Liran: Hom-Mega Records- Israel,Ny Phantasm-Usa Tickets + info doors open 11:00 pm – 8:00 am 18 to party / 21 for alcohol $25 advance – $30 at door phantasmusa at hotmail 24 hour info line: 917.983.2700 additional info: special psychedelic art by: iaindub & star juicy from uk sou nd provided by: jf sound engineering custom-built JBL huge power commercial sound system. 60,000 waltz, 6 speakers stack, dual 18 inch subs, dual 15 I nch mains, 125db new 20,000 sq.ft lunatarium, 10 jay street dumbo- Brooklyn. (First stop from Manhattan) please come early, full of good energy and good attitude! Event sported b y: phantasm records – uk,usa tip world records – uk spectrum records – Israel spun records – uk,ibiza hommega records – Israel,usa shaffel records – Israel
The Phantasm Records/Global Trance Productions TIP party at the Lunatrium was an unmitigated success with at least 600 people and loud sound (guess Lunatarium really got their cabaret license last week).
Nice location…good setup and sound…..Dimitri killed the nite…played a nice set…Riki got the morning well…could have been better….expected more from him and dede was good…
overall a good party to go and chill…….
November 9 Saturday
Citizens of Utopia – Dreams
Y’all may know Pat from the Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative, the NJ Pine Barrens party. Also, Ben Light-o-Matic is doing the Light-o-Matic. The girls who are throwing it were really nice at the Omnitribe party upstate. So, if you don’t feel like a trance party at Lunatarium, you may consider this. Regardless of not being an “all psytrance” event it will definitely have a good vibe. Citizens of Utopia presents Dreams a loft part Saturday November 9, 10pm $10 guest list, $15 door featuring: Benjamin Jones – relentless electrohouseTrevor Hochman and Tomo Tamaki – high energy progressive and trippy grooves Pat Myers – psychedelic tranceLighting by Ben Projections by Dan Vatsky and ViduoLocated in our comfortable and spacious private loft in Astoria, Queenswww.citizensofutopia.org for information, directions, and reduced-price guest list reduced price guest list closes before 1pm Friday afternoon.
November 10 Sunday
Shamanistas Ceremony in Williamsburg
November 13 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Sh. I.k. I.d(Omnitribe) Stefan For more information go to web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
How to make a Bubble Where did you get the bubble on Wylie’s roof and do they come any bigger? you buy big 4′ rolls of plastic at hardware stores or maybe Canal street. iron the seams with wax paper between the iron and the plastic. one side has a hole for a fan, fastened with duct tape, and a hole on the other side for a doorway. you have to diagram how big you want it and have space to lay it out. you buy big 4′ rolls of plastic at hardware stores or maybe canal street. iron the seams with wax paper between the iron and the plastic. one side has a hole for a fan, fastened with duct tape, and a hole on the other side for a doorway.
Mindengine is now working with Spectra and producing very high-quality events. Mindengine is also a video game developer.
There won’t be Pyramid parties on Wednesdays for awhile; Unknown Shrooms I s out of that space and is looking for another night/venue. Stay tuned for details.
Trance Union Local Threatens to Squish Brains unless P arty Happens this Weekend NEW YORK (TP) If no party happens a new list called DangerDance will be created from the ashes, wherein those who like to wreck shop will know where to go to wreck shop. We’ll meet beforehand to drink copiously and disguise ourselves. We already have our Legion of Amazons as shock troops. Our theme song will be Fight for Your Right to Party by the Beastie Boyz. Don’t let it happen. Throw a party this Friday or Saturday. If you make us Take a Break we’ll Take that Break an d Break it over yo head! 🙂 And bring your union dues or you’ll be wearing cement shoes courtesy of the Trance Mafia. And finally, rumors of a wedding from two unlikely sources.. more to come.
November 15 Friday
The Trance U.N.
FX Mike, Cata, Influx, SHAIKID, SubtleChaos, Machinelf, tonightTo: safetydance Cc: Omnitribe From: Machinelf Private house party in Brooklyn – limited space, 40-50 people – I’ll check my email when I get home around 8:30 (I’ll be there half an hour) and send direx once I confirm who you are
November 20 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Shi.k. I.d (Omnitribe) Vitalik(Omnitribe) Remember for tomorrow night a “Lunar Eclipse” with a beautiful full moon!!! For more information go to web chiletrance Love and Light Angeles
Hello, Jeff. Are you coming to Body Temple and/or Synthetic this Saturday? I am asking because I am trying to figure out which one to go to. If you want to meditate, yoga, soul hunting, are a girl (or want to meet them) go to BT but know that later it’s a club with no known psytrance DJs. Or you can go to both. Although both on Saturday they do not coincide nor conflict. Careful though I’ve tried both and you really want to pick one! re you coming to Body Temple and/or Synthetic this Saturday? I am asking If you want to meditate, yoga, soul hunting, are a girl (or want to meet them) go to BT but know that later it’s a club with no known psytrance DJs.
I’m out of here this weeken d to see Dmitri. Body Temple early at newly reopened Limelight, now called Estate – now that’s what I call a ritual cleansing! Have fun with the Sadhus! Wow, without Jeff and Lisa tearing it the place apart (she’s in Ohio), I wonder how you will manage.
November 23 Saturday
The Final Synthetic Sadhus
Ari, Veni, Vidi, Vici: ALIEN PROJECT (TIP WORLD – TWISTED – PHONOKOL – ISRAEL), LIVE! Ari is back to the Big Apple after the release of his new album on TIP WORLD: Aztechno Dreams, a pure blend of innovative sounds setting new standards in trance music! His stylish beats have driven trance floors insane from Japan to Greece, from Brazil to Germany and New York is next! JEAN BORELLI (TIP WORLD – IBOGA – SOLSTICE – DENMARK), DJ SET! The Danish trance pioneer is justly considered as one of the most important artists in the scene. His influence on the Nordic trance wave is one of a Godfather. His legendary sets still resonate in the minds of those who had the privilege to see him play. This is his first New York appearance in over two long-awaited years.
ORION (TIP WORLD – IBOG A – SOLSTICE – DENMARK) LIVE! For the First time ever in New York City, a Live Performance from the Danish wizard! Dj, Producer, composer and music fiend, Jean is one of those rare talents that kept the groove pounding these last ten years.
ARI LINKER (TIP WORLD – TWIST ED – PHONOKOL – ISRAEL) DJ SET! The Alien will also grant us the privilege of a full-on stomping set! Acapulco, Tokyo, Mexico City or Tel-Aviv are just a few of the many cities to become alienated these coming months! So get ready for a trip in Wonderland: YARE (SYNTHETIC SADHUS – VISIONEAR – VENEZUELA) DJ SET! For the first time in New York City, a Live Performance from the sound tweaker himself: Eduardo! Few artists have the technical knowledge of this sound wizard, so added with the talent of a warm Latino blood, you get the perfect recipe for an amazing travel into the realms of a pretty visionary pair of ears! A real LOCO-Motive! JAMIN MURPHY(SPECTRA PRODUCTIONS – USA) DJ SET! Jamin’s magical ability to transform a space aesthetically seems to be also working acoustically Decoration: FLUORO PSYCHEDELIC ENVIRONMENT By : MAE-MOA (Electric circus – GERMANY). Chill-Out: OUTDOORS CHILL-OUT LOUNGE (under a Heated Tent) By: SPECTRA PRODUCTIONS (New York City) Featuring: J AMIN (Spectra Productions – NANTUCKET) GAVIN (Spectra Productions – NEW YORK) KALYX (Synthetic Sadhus – Spectra Productions – USA)
BABA (Spectra Productions – USA) CINEMA WORLD STUDIOS 220 Dupont St, Brooklyn, New York City, NY (Check our website for directions) Featuring : 50.000 Watts BOOMING E-V Sound System / Main room 10.000 Watts Full-On MACKIE Sound / Chill-Out
Lounge Produced By: MUSIC FIRST PRODUCTIONS (New York City) ALL AGES EVENT!! Doors : 11pm – 8am ! Friendly State Licensed Security By: EPIC SECURITY, Everyone is Welcome !
Greetings Trance Family, The Synthetic Sadhus party was amazing as usual…crutches & one-legged dancing was definitely a unique and enlightening experience. Thank you ALL for making it a beautiful night. See you New Years!~much gimp lovin, Marria~
November 23 Saturday
Electric Earth Productions with Shakti Spirits and the Alok Holistic Health Center present: Body Temple’s “Dreams”
A celebration of movement, dance, trance workshops and celebration Saturday November 23 at “Estate” (formerly the Limelight Club) Sixth Avenue & 20th Street New York City 5 pm to 1 0 pm workshops 10 pm to 4 am party “It was one of the best parties I’ve ever attended so far. Keep up the great work. Thank you for making the evening a mystical experience.” – Manuel “What a wonderful party! Bravo to all of the talented people who contributed energy and love to make it happen.” – Moulik Body Temple are events that bring together ecstatic dancers, musicians, actors, visual and audio wizards, shamans, and healers. We blur the lines between dance club, and theater creating an environment where the tribal and the mythic coexist on the cutting edge. Body Temple integrates ancient tribal traditions and emerging new technologies within the modern dance club arena. These events have brought together the magical connection between shamans and performers, DJ’s and live musicians, so people could experience the same kinds of ecstatic experiences that our ancestors found in dancing, religious rituals, and ceremonies. All of this using the driving beats of global house music. To experience the complete magic we invite you to travel with us the whole celebration. That is what sets Body Temple apart from other events. It is theatre, shamanism, and a slamming dance party all at once. Our Line up includes: 5 pm to 6 pm – Kirtan chanting & Yoga with a DJ led by Parashakti and Marie Elizabeth. 6 pm to 7:15 pm – No Dimensions Sufi Whirling Meditation Led by Alok, director of the Alok Holistic H ealth Center. web AlokHealth “As the world spins, your being remains fully centered. A transcending experience with magical music and movements.” 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm – TranceDance Workshop led by Parashakti. web shaktispirits “You are invited on a journey of movement into the sacred dance of life, transcending time and space to fill you with a sense o f infinite existence that your ancestors knew as ecstasy.” 8:30 pm to 10 p m – Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythm Movement Workshop with Jonathan Horan. This practice begins and ends in movement – a way to turn our wounds into healing, our pain into compassion, our fears into creativity. The essential ground of this part is the re-uniting of spirit and flesh through Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms. When you enter into the 5 Rhythms, you embark on a pilgrimage o f self-revelation rooted in action and movement. This happens because the 5 Rhythms are not a theory, but a practice. This work builds on its own momentum, leaping from the fertile landscape of the body through waves of emotional content toward our realization of spirit. This dynamic encounter with your own psyche has the power to transform, revealing your passion, power and presence. Live music by Italian singer-songwriter Irene (ee-re-ney) Mastrangeli. web IreneMastrangeli After 10 PM – Several dance floors with International Superstar DJs. Ritual Performances by Electric Earth throughout the night with actors and dancers celebrating our relationship with our multicultural ancestors. Delicious Organic food and drinks vendors . Harp Therapy, massages, Reiki, and special guests. Tickets are $45 at the door or $35 with guestlist. To be on the guestlist for the event email guestlist at bodytemple. Info with your full name. Being on the list will guarantee your admission plus will give you the $35 rate (instead of $45). web bodytemple. Info “That was a great bash! I was so sore the next day from dancing I could barely move. Sweet sorrow. I look forward to the next.” – Michael Trupiano “Body Temple was wonderful. I had come with a friend from Toronto and was grateful to be part of such a sweet journey with others. The music, the breathe, the dance. All of it was great.”
November 23 Saturday
Burning Man Decompression
i won’t be here next weekend so mark your calendars these are the bomb! decom.. $10 in costume, $15 without go to sealspace.org for flyer info.
heard the doors closed at 2pm due to so many people
from amelia – “best party I’ve ever been to”
from alicia – >you friggin miss the burning man party.. YOU SUCK!!!! Good ass party.. best party in the area in a LONG TIME!!!
November 25, Monday
Excellent new independent U.S. Psy-trance site
Hey all, just wanted to announce the launch of a new web site dedicated to U. S. Psy Trance scene similar to PSYNEWS.ORG and ISRATRANCE
The site is independent, banner free and operated by volunteer Goa heads!
the site is located at: psytrance.us
we will be having a special contest middle of this week as part of official launch…(with CD prizes)
This didn’t end well:
That Time in 2004 that “Psytrance.us” was Hacked by Brazillians
November 25 Monday
Sven Vath & Richie Hawtin
Remember Svan Vath? point of history – TWILO never ever had psytrance artists; sevn vath and Tsuyoshi don’t count. but some of you may like sven vath, he was fuzzily In there at the dawn of modern psytrance maybe you want to post this -steve ….
Sven Vath & Richie Hawtin MONDAY DJ WHAT: Tronic Treatment with Hawtin, Vath, and the Bugged Out! Crew WHEN: Mon 11.25 (10 pm) WHERE: Baktun & Filter 14 (418 & 432 W 14th St) PRICE: $10 web tronic treatment web baktun As many a savvy nightcrawler will tell you, the most legendary soirees don’t happen on the weekend. You’d think that Tronic Treatment was trying to single-handedly prove this theory with this slammin’ doubleheader.
Within the intimate confines of Baktun, two unannounced guests from the UK’s Bugged Out! party will be spinning the crowd into notorious mayhem. As if that weren’t enough, Tronic’s also host ing the CD release party for a Richie Hawtin and Sven Vath collaboration at Filter 14 on the same night. The most fabu thing about it is you only pay once for both gigs. With all the motion happening between these two spots, expect a parade-like euphoria on West 14th. Crazy. (SC)
Correction:
Acid Physix did a few parties in the back room at Twilo that were full-on trance parties this had to be in 96-98.. I don’t recall exactly when, but Matthew at Neuronautics Institute worked at 2 of them I believe…….
November 27 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Dj Shi.k. I.d(Omnitribe) Influx(Brasil) thanks! Love and Light Angeles
For those who will be around Thanksgiving Weekend and missed Plastik Park in Mexico 🙂 sent with permission of the organizers but for my sake (i won’t be there) bring only people that are Beautiful on the Inside.
November 29 Friday
Spectra and Mindengine – P L A S M A S T I C
A Thanksgiving weekend celebration…. For the first time in new york city: DJ Philipp Plastic Park, Sunset Recordings…. Switzerland PLAS TIK PARK/SUNSET RECORDINGS was founded as brother and sister labels, connected to build a unique platform where one side is the darker side of psychedelic-trance; and the other embodies a more progressive, groovy-lightful variation. This style is embodied by the music of Philipp Wolgast aka DJ PHILIPP from Hamburg, who known for his wicked DJ sets played at major trance events around the globe. Ammon E.P Satellite Records….Boston Jamin Spectra….new york city Gavin Spectra….new york city Steve-O Spectra, Goababies….new york city Deco: Jamin & Spectra
Old venue fell though – party is now at Ciao Bella 138 North 8th Street Williamsburg Between Bedford and Berry. Sorry I don’t know the closest subway stop. From 11:30 until 4:30 or so.. it is NOT an all-nighter so get there early. And BYOB if you want it. It’s a restaurant so I assume other drinks will be there. I think admission is now $10, but don’t quote me on that 🙂 -Ben light-o-matic
The Spectra got canceled on Friday – moved on Saturday to ‘Wolf’s Leg Bar’? on 41 and 9,- Gavin played with some phunk-ass psycho-rocky mind-twisting team for couple of hours, it was pretty kewl, some people showed up. I guess to that point on Saturday evening everybody was too worn out to have a full-on party, but it’s been a nice chill-out. Some people went to Brooklyn despite obvious signs that the party will get busted, and as far as I understand ditched the option to go Mish’s place to continue. So far so good.
November 29 Friday
ULANA’S GAIAN MIND
Monthly Philly’s Premier Psychedelic Trance Party! JUNO REACTOR – “Hotaka” Record Release Party! FREE CDs and Posters courtesy of METROPOLIS RECORDS… Special Live Performance by ONNOMON (Soular Records, NY) Plus Special Guest DJ: VALERIO ZHYIN (Wajanga Records, Brazil) UV Decor by GAIAN MIND Fluorowear by MEGHAN & ANDY Friday, November 29th, 2002 9pm – 2am $7 cover ($5 before 11pm) 21+ w/ ID @ Ulana’s – Second & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia, PA, USA
December 2002
Omnitribe mentioned in Mushroom Mag mushroom mag is a small free trance magazine based in Germany
from the Synthetic Sadhus website In the interest of trance newsworthiness I am posting this here from HERE
To all of you Dreamers, Wonderers and Believers, To my Friends, Brothers and Sisters, I have to announce important news, the Saturday, November 23 party was the last chapter of the Synthetic Sadhus’ four years Saga. The New Year’s Eve is canceled as well as ALL the upcoming parties. It is the conclusion of a beautiful and unforgettable adventure, the conclusion of 10 amazing years devoted to the Trance culture and 28 magical gatherings in the Big Apple. I ran out of strength, out of money and I worked to the bone for way too long… As you guys know, this music is my heartbeat and the trance scene surely remains an authentic way of life that I embraced with passion, but I simply can not continue to sacrifice all my energy and my love for gatherings that people chose not attend anymore. I have been en patient and offered all I could give, but I am extremely tired. It is always better to stop on a beautiful party than to wait for things to turn real ugly, It is time to accept reality and to accept that the trance culture did not prevail in New York City. Of course, it was a great challenge, to offer an alternative artistic way of life in the capital of the money-driven wild capitalist world was one hell of a challenge and We, dreamers, managed to dream in a world that does not allow dreams for the last Four years! But today, while records shops are either closing, either refusing to distribute Trance any longer, while trance distributors are moving away from New York, while other Productions are completely bankrupt, while legendary labels are disappearing or reconverting in Tech-House or progressive, we have to look at reality and accept that the Psy-Trance in U.S.A is really in a dead-end situation. There is a beautiful small family that I will miss to gather, but there are NO scene, no scene allowing us to survive independently, no Americans while we are in America, they did not embrace our revendications, our dreams, our music… I guess in America they are too used to sugar-coated suppository music, they just want easy to swallow sounds to relax from their 10 hours a day work week. Because the quest in this country is not spiritual but material, which explains why in 5 years of trance in New York, we still don’t have any electronic radio, any kind of sponsoring, no means of distribution and information, no specialized press, barely a spot to put flyers in the few shops there is, cops ready for action outside the parties if we distribute flyers in the street, etc…etc …etc… It cost too much for a too-small audience, in other words, it is a dead-end ! Because no one had the balls to take a risk, people want sure money and as fast as possible. And for the very few who took risks such as Us or Tsunami or Spectra, well at the last the artist refused to play because of the lack of attendance, then the last Spectra, the artist did not show up and the venue closed its doors, about us at the last Synthetic, we barely reached 500 souls while we had more than double last year at the same date. The New York crowd is before all a club crowd, they are not interested in the underground, they are not even curious. In spite of all the amazing painters and deco artists we brang, in spite of stunning international line-ups, and a truly beautiful international crowd, in spite of venues with security that join us on the dancefloors, they are not curious. It is in a way the same mentality towards foreign subtitled movies, New Yorkers are lazy, it is too much work to read subtitles. Therefore there is only three or four independent movie theater in the pretentiously capital of the world! There is such a lack of artistic motivation, of spiritual communication…And even the rave Productions are falling apart one after the other, the entire electronic culture is in decline in this country, only the VERY commercial, clubby house music still drives crowds today, but that’s the way it is! Personally, Trance is too important in my life for me to reconvert myself with more commercial Productions, I would never find the motivation if it is only about making some dough…I’d rather do something else, I have other resources, other passions….I will miss it, I will miss all of you, but I retire with no regrets, I met so many great individuals, I have so many beautiful souvenirs and I found so much inspiration, these last ten years have been unforgettable…. And thank s to you guys who supported us, who believed in the Sadhus and shared this adventure with so much love… Thanks for all the smiles, for all your mails, and for all your support, it is what kept me going for so long! But Trance culture beliefs represents the antagonist concept of New York City’s mentality, we represented a small knot of resistance in front of the ever-growing sins of never-ending greed, we proposed another look on life, another approach to perceive and to feel, another way to love, a TRUE way and a REAL look, but then again it does not seem that human nature instinctively bends towards these directions, it requires thinking and efforts, will and determination, frankness versus fakeness, etc… Also and most importantly, the artists did change, the true pioneers, the unavoidable ones, the ones who guided us, who made us believe, really believe became an endangered species today, some of the newcomers are arrogant, pretentious, greedy and torture to work with and I feel relieved to know that I won’t have to deal with those no more, those artists that pretend to embrace and to represent the trance culture but that want to travel only in Business class, cry because they stay in 200 $ a night hotels, are paid thousands of dollars for a 2-hour set, make me rent thousands of $ of equipment they fake to use on stage, require to have as many hotel nights as they feel for their “holidays” in New York, sometimes even asking me to pay for their nights out before or after the party…I mean it is NEVER enough, artists like Alien “Reject” that could discuss any trance lovers from ever listening to this music again, cheap crooks….Thank God I am only talking of a minority because most of the talents I brang were great guys, passionate and humble, inspiring people that gave a face to the amazing tracks we hear d… I mean if you consider yourself as Madonna, go in the fucking show Business and do not pronounce the word underground, it is forbidden on Arsim ‘s lips…Just stay away from people who try to share a dream, because W E are true visionaries a little too much in advance on their time…
Anyway the Sadhus will always stay alive in our memories and who knows one of these days, on a magical night, a flyer might announce a surprise Synthetic gathering…We never know what the future holds… Although it is the end of an era, it is also the beginning of a new one, but the foundations of the true tribe seem to have dispersed, at least in New York, let’s keep all these magical nights and dawns alive in our memories, and remember Krisz tina who filled with grace and beauty the most memorable of these Babylonian fragments of life in which we succeeded to form an entity… It is just an “Au revoir”….. And as always, with much Love, Peace & light….Synthetic Sadhus
now I disagree. The last SS party was double booked with the Burning Man Decompression, the biggest party of the year. It is participatory; trance may have had a hard time encouraging a DIY ethic in NYC, but the Burning Man ethos has not. Techno took 10 years to become mainstream enough to be commercial in this country, and Psy-Trance started 5 years after techno. It’s been a bad two year period for everyone in NYC, bombed in 9/11, rampant unemployment, NYPD crackdowns, shortage s of communion wafers, etc etc I’m pretty bummed out after reading this, we’ll get through this stronger than before. here’s why, the devil is in the details, I’ll let you work that out 🙂
A Positive, Scientific Way to view the End of Synthetic Sadhus
The model most of the scientific community accepts today in describing evolutionary growth and change (including all personal growth) is based on the work of theoretical chemist Ily a Prigogine, who won the Nobel prize in 1977 for work on what he called “dissipative structures.”
Prigogine was working in the field of thermodynamics where for over a century scientists had been aware of a seeming contradiction between two laws of nature. On one hand, the second law of thermodynamics states that the amount of randomness or chaos often called entropy in the universe is always increasing. On the other hand, many things, including life itself, are obviously becoming more ordered, less random.
Why is it, scientists wondered, that some things evolve and grow when the overall tendency in the universe is for things to break down and become less ordered?
What Prigogine noticed was that what he calls “open systems” systems that are able to exchange energy and matter with their environment are able to maintain their structure and even grow and evolve into more complex systems because they have the ability to dissipate entropy to their environment in such a way that the total amount of entropy, overall, does increase. They maintain their orderliness and even increase it at the expense, entropically speaking, of their environment.
An open system of which a human being is a prime example is a flow of energy. We constantly take in light, air, water, heat, nutrients, as well as all kinds of information from our senses. In turn, we dissipate to our environment carbon dioxide, heat, waste products, activities of various kinds, and so on.
And, we are more than just a tube with something flowing through it, we are the flow itself not just a “thing,” but a living, changing evolving process.
Open systems are very plastic and can handle all kinds of fluctuation and variations in input from their environment, but each system (each person) has an upper limit of how much randomness, how much entropy, it can dissipate to its environment. This limit is based on the system’s structure (prevailing belief systems about oneself and one’s universe) and its degree of complexity (the degree to which one can see and experience the infinite connections that make our own personal universe). If fluctuations from the environment become too much, the system can not dissipate enough entropy to maintain its structure and therefore begins to become internally chaotic and unstable. In other words, we feel overwhelmed. If input continues at this higher level, the system will finally come to a point where it is so unstable that the slightest nudge brings things to a screeching halt. At this point, the system has the ability to move in an infinite number of unpredictable directions, like an angry crowd on the verge of rioting or a person at a crisis point in a serious illness. This point, which Prigogine called a bifurcation point (bifurcate meaning “to divide into two branches”) is a kind of moment of truth. Either the system totally breaks down and ceases to exist as an organized system, or it spontaneously reorders itself in an entirely new way. The incredible thing about this reorganization is that the new system is totally non-causal and non-linear with what went before. It is a true quantum leap, a death, and re-birth, and the main characteristic of the new system is that it has the capability to handle the fluctuations, the input from the environment, that caused the old system to become overwhelmed and break down.
In Prigogine’s words, the system “escapes into a higher order.”
Out of chaos comes a new order, a new, more evolved system.
This is how evolution happens. All things grow and evolve in this manner, whether a seed, a corporation, a highway system, or a human being.
This process is repeating itself millions of times each minute in every cell of your body. It also happens on a larger scale regarding more macroscopic aspects of your being.
Changes in core beliefs and personal habits happen, for instance, as the old ways of looking at and dealing with the world are overwhelmed by changing input from the environment and can no longer disburse the entropy necessary for their survival.
The aging process, too, is a continually diminishing ability to dissipate entropy to the environment resulting eventually in the death of the organism. The human brain, as we have said, is the ultimate open system, constantly exchanging energy with its environment. Up to a point, the system can handle all kinds of fluctuations. But if the input becomes too much, we begin to become overwhelmed, things temporarily break down, and the system then reorganizes itself at a higher order. Prior to the overwhelming input, things make sense. Then, once overwhelm begins, they no longer make sense.
Finally, after reorganization at a higher level things make sense once again, but in a whole new way, never before imagined.
In spite of all this, I refuse to believe that psytrance in America is dead.
I strongly feel that if the Trance scene in Israel or India was started by throwing 95% club parties then it would have struggled there also. You can’t expect people to fall in love with this music after listening to it at some dodgy club in Brooklyn. I don’t care if you are American or Japanese or from Mars. Outdoor parties are the best way to listen to psytrance. I am aware of the fact that this is virtually impossible in a place like New York. But if you look at places like San Francisco and Ashville more then 50% of the party people are Americans. So please don’t generalize and say that “all Americans are like this or that….” because you aren’t Kevin Costner and this isn’t Field of Dreams. If you build it they won’t always come.
On a lighter note, I really hope that Tsunami will continue bringing top-notch artists to New York because I can’t imagine that the biggest city in America won’t have a trance scene. There are just too many trance-heads that live there and pass through temporarily to just give up forever. Maybe the next organizer who steps up should think about not bringing the most expensive artists in the world but bringing one good proven DJ that will get the job done.
Many times you would see 3 or 4 huge names on one bill an New York parties. This is unnecessary IMO.
I think its too early to bury Trance in the US.
December 4 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Djs Shi. I.k. I.d(Omnitribe) Machinelf(Brainmachines) web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light ngeles
Getting started early tonight at the OD: 8pm! so if you’re in the hood come on down to the opium den heh heh
After I played Russia’s anthem The Internationale overlayed with weird shit, I got a stern lecture about beat matching from Shai. I was like.. dude.. we’re in a fucking bar. But I did play this and he liked it:
December 6 Friday
Odoru
Japanese Trance/Ambient/Etc Thanks Sara Kenndy! amazingly, party people from Japan will visit NY for only this event! info:web odoru-NYC web
10:00PM | 6:00AM LIVELUNATIC THUNDERRICE/USCUS/UKI ASHI/OMB(ANOYO,JP) DJKAZU(VINYL MARKET. NYC) VJMUMBLEBOY(web MUMBLEBOY. COM) MANABOO(DUBLABPRO.NYC/DIRECTDRIVE) TAKA, RIO KINGDOM COME TOUR magical trace sounds from tokyo The Lunatic Thunder LIVE! are rice / uscus / ukiashi / omb / and New York DJs RICE (anoyo,Japan) 70’s j-pop leader Chikada Haruo’s project. With the Japanese hip hop master pie ace “Nasu-Kyuri”(87, President BPM), and later the creation of hiphop band Vibrastone, Chikada Haruo has had a long and colorful career. Now delving into the trance scene with His new project “RICE”, we expect some new and unusual sounds from him. USCUS (anoyo, Japan) Originally known as BANZAR (2000). USUCUS gained a lot of attention with an insane liv e set at The Force festival In Yoro tenmeni hantenchi (last May in Japan). USCUS has crafted a unique style bridging ambient and trance mixing both ethereal motiffs and psychedlia. The sky is what color…? O .M.B(anoyo, japan) Daisuke Yamagishi’s project OMB mixes House and Progressive House into a smooth blend of club trance. Better heard than explained. OMB has gained some attention overseas as well, and has collaborated with London DJ’s CASS&SLIDE on a few projects. We continue to expect good things from him. UKIASHI (anoyo, japan) The Project of Akira, resident DJ for anoyo, and with us since the beginning. His creations resound a freaky and flexible style expressing originality through floating pads and ambiences. This organic ensemble echoes from afar enveloping all listener’s hearts in a warm sound and enabling release from all external pressures. (wow! sounds good doesn’t it 😉 He is featured on all of anoyo’s c ompilation CDs up till now. at CLUB SHELTER (20 WEST 39TH ST BET 5&6 AVE) ADVANCE $20 ($25 at DOOR)
December 7 Saturday
Odoru
Another japanese party 10.00-5.00 am at BPM 237 Kent Ave. Bedford Brooklyn web odoru-NYC
International DJs does anybody have emails to these DJs? I’m adding a one stop fan page to /DJs /DJs if you have any of these please let me know thanks! Absolum Alien Project Astral Projection (Israel) Psychedelic. Analog Pussy (Germany) Anti (Sweden) Minimal. Atmos (Sweden) Minimal. B-fluid Blue Planet Corporation California Sunshine Chi-AD C.O.P. Cosmosis Deedrah Delta (Germany) Dino Psaras (Greece) Dmitri Dominic Lamb (UK) Dub Trees Etnica (Italy) Front Line Assembly Future Prophecy (Israel) Goa Gil (San Francisco/Goa) Psychedelic. Green Nuns of the Revolution Growling Mad Scientists. Hard, psychedelic. Gus Till Halidonium (Germany) Hux Flux (Sweden) Infected Mushroom (Israel) Psychedelic. Koxbox (Denmark) Kri (North Carolina) Logic Bomb (Germany) Medicine Drum (U.K.) Famous live sets. The woman left. Midi Miliz Mumbo Jumbo Necton Neuromotor (Barcelona) Noma (Sweden) Olly Wisdom (Australia) Oforia (Israel) Paps (France) Peter DiDJital (Sweden) Parasense Major badasses from Russia. Played under the Bridge in NYC. telephone 007-095-758-9141 Raja Ram (U.K.) Return to the Source (U.K.) Slinky Wizard (U.K.) Space Cat (Israel) Texas Faggot (Finland) Tim Schuldt Simon Posford (U.K.) Skazi (Israel) Son Kite (Sweden) Space Cat (Israel) Spiraliens (Germany) S.U.N. Project (Germany) Synchro(Amsterdam) Talamasca Total Eclipse Transwave (France) Tsuyoshi Suzuki (Japan) Wizzy Noise (Greece) X Dream (Germany) Xerox XV Kilist (Switzerland) Yahel (NYC/Israel)
Is there anyone interested in renting a ski house this winter close to NYC that will be infested with psytrance lovers? Speak up now! This is our third year. Three is a lucky number, and we have experience on our side. to join the discussion group it will happen if (a) we get enough people to put in $$$ so we do not have to scrape at the last minute, and (b) charge any guests a set amount, say $10 a night, and (c) it’s not too far out (2-3 hours from NYC) We could get a lot of places, but I just want to ensure that there is at least a critical mass of people. Beings that few people actually ski, we would need at least 10 people a weekend to make it fun. If the ski lodge is going to be gotten we have to come up with at least $3,000 from the people who are receiving this email… That’s $1,000 a month, $250 a weekend. Last year we got the house without having all the funds paid for hoping to get guest money. That didn’t happen so we need to raise all of it off the bat, and use guest money for gas, food, and ancillary funds. Judging by last year, the $3,000 will be to pay for the main house that we got which is pretty nice with 3BR’s a full basement 2 BA, gas fireplace, jacuzzi etc. Right off the bat, I wanna say this – A $1,000 guarantees you your own bedroom for the three month season! Over $1,000 guarantees you the Master Bedroom with a jacuzzi. We could get the house for however long we want, supply exceeds demand. We may get even better deals this year. And THIS year we will have the d speakers plus aya sessions… So how about it, send a message to me or hit reply all and let us know what you can contribute or if your willing to split costs of what we need to reach $3,000 or $3,500.. if we had 5 people giving $600 or 6 giving $500 that’s the cost of the house right there. (the preceding message was paraphrased from last year’s intro message by Mike RocktheShow at aol.)
December 6 Friday
Ciao Bella
First DJ Set: Cata and Fria
138N8 st, bet Bedford and berry at Ciao Bella, starting at 11h30 pm it’s Friday 6th, and it will be full on… DJs: Cata and Fria for the female touch Noam and influx for the male energy visuels, full bar, cozy atmosphere. door will close at 4am with us inside… it’s my present for all my good friends for my b’day. Guillaume
p.s.: everyone is welcome, but the place will not handle more than 150 people, so come early cause door will close down.
December 6 Friday (Exact date TBD)
Sonic Beating presents Chaos in the Kitchen
Notable as Sonic Beating’s first event
I was definitely cooking pasta at Sherman St loft when I came up with that name. – Lauryn
December 12 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
First NYC DJ Set: Lauryn
Dj Shi.k. I.d (Omnitribe) and a Special guest from Boston Lauryn(Boston) web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
looks like Lisa will be celebrating her birthday tonight at opium den around 10 or 11. for gifts I recommend rubber bands, granola, yarn, water purification tablets, gas masks, and black paint.
Prophecy sent from an expatriate: Part 1, THE RECOGNITION Hark!!! A lone voice in the wind cried “The NYC trance scene is dying, I foresee a slow and painful death”. “Listen, you will hear it in the music……. ” minimalizzzed”, dark minimal beats, fluttering, choking out the extruding life of a “full-on” sound. The new candle holders from the stats of Russia, preferring the malaise of a slower brooding beat, have taken control .”Gotham has become GOTHAM, in the full darkness of a bad “Tim Burton” film.” Where is the energy of the sunlight, the great and magical outdoor life that first spawned psychedelic trance from the shores of GOA? ??” …..cried the traveled ones. “Why…….(in K-slurred garble )…”We have bastardized it and crammed it away in dingy, smokey little clubs and cramped little lofts”…. the Gothamers cry!!!” We have absorbed multiple inhalants to keep us in a perpetual K-Hole of non-existence….. to numb us of our dark dungeon we have created” Aaaaaahhhh” exclaimed the traveled ones. So upon realizing this sad news and state of affairs… the wondering travelers set out on their journey to find a celebrated shore in the West, where others who have kept the torch burning still have faith in the original vibe that psychedelic music was formed under.” There must still be a land whether the bass booms in the trees, the sun rises with a sawtooth wave, where form is celebrated over function, such a place must still exist.”Go search for your dream in the sun”, snided the Gothamers, “we will keep the basement cold for your return!!!”
December 12 Thursday
Prediction for chaos next week in NYC afternoon scene next week, Brooklyn and Queens and a lot of Manhattan: people smoking $8 a pack cigarettes in the freezing cold outside of their local bars because of the new law, and because subways & buses are on strike. this encourages them to just buy 40 ounces because they’re already outside. why go in, drink it down, just to come back out? so all the smokers move inexorably one step closer to acting like street people. shit spills out on the streets. impromptu block parties rise and fall in an hour. what angle is there in this that can be tranced out? my submission – go Jacob’s route, get your mobile sound systems – the ones with the connectors from radio shack attached to car batteries – primed for flexibility. this, coupled with wireless internet access to coordinate with other mobile systems, would ensure that 2003 is the Year of the Free Party Swarm. Wylie will finally get the wireless trance thing going. the winning answer will win a special prize and have their response posted for all to grok.
December 13 Friday
WPKN.org
Ambient/chill DJ *with car* needed I’m supposed to DJ in CT Saturday afternoon-evening on a radio show (can’t hear it in Manhattan but the signal hits all CT and Long Island) and am willing to tag-team – very preferably with someone who has wheels. Else, I take train alone. Back home late Saturday night. We’ll have the evening recorded on CD. We’ll be doing music; Michael Brownstein author of World on Fire will be doing spoken voice. “we need minimal trance which we could embellish with the live percussion or synthesizers, or beats we could add poetry to” station: web wpkn.orgweb wpkn.org program: web wpkn.org/benefitevents/neverending2002dec
December 13 Friday
Spectra & Mindengine present… D a n s e l a t
…..a fat groove, a funky, floor stomping dance track (Danish slang)
DJ OLIVER- oryx, reefer decree-Iboga, Tatsu- Den mark (first time in NYC!) GAVIN- Spectra- NYC JAMIN- Spectra- NYC Deco: JAMIN & OPTICAL DELUSION $20 at the door NEW VENUE: Club Mundo 850 5th Avenue On the corner of 36th St.
the space was great, not too many people filled upstairs-downstairs was empty.
the danish were great, my favorite fx mike played downstairs. the people who work at Club Mundo are awesome. Jason was afraid to drink a flaming drink but Shai tried but spilled flaming liquid all over the bar the usual weirdos Wylie and Stefan were missing
The best from the West
Yo yo yo, East Coast …..vs… West Coast
This can only be solved in VEGAS!!!!!!! We need a Psy party in Sin City!!!!!! Lights, Glam, and one hell of a time to fear and loath………… Minimal a progression in Psy-trance?????….uhhh maybe about two years ago, but if we want to talk about a progression where is it at these days?? Where in the world will the next innovative sound come from. …….. Australia?? Mexico??? Brasil???? God forbid it might ever come from here “THE ONLY REMAINING WORLD SUPERPOWER” [boom-boom beating our Nationalist post-era Nazi-sk drum] Here’s a novel idea…….. why don’t local artists get off their asses and make something ng innovative to maybe give the scene a boost in a new direction. Hint Hint Nudge Nudge Also……….. no negativity meant by the preceding flame sparking prophecy (it was originally intended as an inside chuckler to a former basement dweller). Was just peanut gallery commenting mainly on the need to get outdoors more often in NYC. Some of the best times where when that was still a viable and non “Homeland Security” violation ……… Option. Let us hope the Fear Mongral s don’t choke the lifeblood out of such future endeavors.
Now Amsterdam weighs in
I’m not sure I understood all that, but I think what you were trying to say is what I experienced last year living in Amsterdam. The scene out there is absolutely incredible and it is so this way because it lives in the most basic form, the way it started out before promoters trying to make money who didn’t give a shit took over. In Amsterdam, you never have to pay for a party, at the most 3 euros or so, b/c the people who throw parties out there are the locals and so are the people who spin. So basically on the night of the party, everybody gets an email, told where the party will be (which is always a great underground location) and just shows up to dance their ass off. The DJs will spin-off tables hooked up to a generator in a van so the party can be just about anywhere. And since they do it because they love the scene, the do it for free (which means the parties are free). And they are always fucking incredible and so is the music. I know there are laws that make that more difficult to pull off here but it’s been done before. Do that and I guarantee new york will once again have an incredible underground scene. mtrancemaniandevil at yahoo
(Ed Note: . This is from a long-forgotten dialogue betwixt coasts and Europe)
Some guy:
I’m not sure I understood all that, but I think what you were trying to say is what I experienced last year living in Amsterdam. The scene out there is absolutely incredible and it is so this way because it lives in the most basic form, the way it started out before promoters trying to make money who didn’t give a shit took over. In Amsterdam, you never have to pay for a party, at the most 3 euros or so, b/c the people who throw parties out there are the locals and so are the people who spin. So basically on the night of the party, everybody gets an email, told where the party will be (which is always a great underground location) and just shows up to dance their ass off. The DJs will spin off tables hooked up to a generator in a van so the party can be just about anywhere. And since they do it because they love the scene, the do it for free (which means the parties are free). And they are always fucking incredible and so is the music. I know there are laws that make that more difficult to pull off here but it’s been done before. Do that and I guarantee new york will once again have an incredible underground scene.
Ben:
Great idea, but I call “put up or shut up”. When’s your next party? Without even trying hard I can name many free parties: bridge parties Omnitribe parties at the beach and soccer field PSI in the pine barrens Wylie Trancemissions Lots more here and there (eg Spectra last-minute party at the restaurant) Lounge nights: Chiletrance at Opium Den Mandala at Korova Whatever Tony was calling himself at Who’s on First Plus lots of parties that charged some admission fee but we’re total financial losses from the beginning.. never standing a chance of making money, only existing because people gave their equipment and time for free: Burning Elf parties Light-O-Matic party(s) Various producers at Nev a Lots of others… Sorry to everyone I didn’t mention. But you get the idea. I myself have spent ridiculous amounts of money on my equipment, glad to do psytrance parties at a loss most of the time. People complain about spending $35 to go to a huge party.. I lose significantly more than that every time I haul my equipment out. And I am not the only one. BTW, t o everyone who complained about synthetic charging $35, thinking they were making a killing on those parties.. if it was so easy then why aren’t you doing it? Do the math and figure out what a party like that costs. You’ll find that it is much more likely you would lose thousands than that you would make a fortune. You cannot pay $35 for a big party but you think someone else should pay for a truck and a sound system and for a garage to park the truck, and for storage space for the sound system. Then risk it all being confiscated to make a party for you. Well, people ARE doing that. If you are not satisfied with the product then return it with proof of purchase 🙂 These dreams of beautiful free parties are all great, but it will never happen through whining and complaining. Step one would be to put more of yourself into the parties that ARE going on, to make them better. Try dressing up a bit! Bring some food, some art or whatever. Step two get your wallet out and PAY for some events, WITHOUT COMPLAINING. How do you think equipment gets paid for? How do you think space gets paid for? Step three, if you are able to pull it off, throw a party! If you are not able to pull it off, try saying something nice to the people who DO pul l it off, or at least try. You say the people in the Netherlands are doing it for the love of trance.. but are YOU doing for the love of trance? Rant Mode Off! Thanks -Ben light-o-matic
How we NYC trancers compare to the nation: sucked!!! Financially, are you better off than last year?
Yes, thankfully
23% nationwide,
21% NYC trance
No, it’s been a rough year
52% nationwide
68% NYC trance
I’m about the same
24% nationwide,
11% NYC trance
December 16 Monday
New people here from SF/TX
Note, they brought Texas Faggot from Finland to Texas and now they are here in NJ!from: lucid at neuron >Our namesare jason & danielle mika we are staying here in lambertville new jersey for the next few months due tothe death of our grandfather and to help ease our grandmother into a self-sufficient life.we are here from kingsbury TX (about an hour south of Austin) where we are involved in the small but wonderful trance community.I play and make music as jaysinspace and contribute to local groups such as /for our last event danielle and I flew in our friendstimo & pasi aka:texas faggott for a free outdoor celebration.two years ago we lived in San Francisco and have been producing and contributing to underground events since 1996.and have seen the vision come to fruition of our dear friends jeremiah and lary at /asfar as the new york community goes we know only what our friendsfrom burrningman david umlas brcguy and courtney knee at obscure.org have told us .basically we would like to attend an underground Goa event in the NYC area for new years or before even. hopefully, this is enough information for you to make an informed judgment on our character.and we hope to share our grinning sweaty faces with all you freaks on the dancefloor.rakastaa, -jason and danielle
December 18 Wednesday
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Come and enjoy.. Dj Shi. I.k. I.d (Omnitribe) Dima web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
Links to the Two Towers, I mean Parties There are two trance parties for New years. As minimal puts me to sleep I’m definitely going to both. Why go? Out of town DJs. DJs will play more “Full On”. It will be the only genre in its space. Why go? Familiar crowd. Virgin space. Lot of locals. cheaper. 24 hours of mayhem!
From the East Sure, I would love to live in Northen Kali with some hippie babe, hang ou t with the buds, do the hot tub thing, discuss Derida, ride a few waves, a nd zip down to San Fran for some partying on the bay on the weekend. But N O! I’m just a masochist, so I stay in New York City! Please don’t rub it in!
So I just got back from Cuba and I wanted to let you know what the scene is like down there. Basically “trance” was outlawed a few months ago due to the overwhelming d culture that it was associated with. I did not heed the warning and went all out anyway. I took down 2 disco balls and 10 pocket lasers (positioned to reflect off of the disco balls and splash light everywhere). The Afro Cuban music died down at about 12:30 AM and I started the trance. I had my laptop plugged into the soundboard and kicked it off with some Shpongle and then laid into the crowd with some atmos, son kite & logic bomb, etc… I had 300 people on their feet. Then the cops arrived at 3:30 and killed the power. It was an amazing experience. I wanted to bust some NY attitude and yell at the cops because we had paid for the place, but they did not want to hear it. I was told when Fidel wants it to end, it ends. The people were coming up to me and asking me where this music comes from and they had never heard anything like it, etc… I had a very short-lived, but very sweet international DJ experience. My film screened 3 times and was well received; I should have some press coming out relatively soon. Hope you are doing well. Garen at aslan-intl moked at aol /I
Tsunami Halloween “make up” passes don’t apply to New Years
Hey Jeff, since I haven’t heard anything recently, could you do me and those of us who were affected by the Tsunami Halloween fiasco a favor and ask our good buddy John if he plans on giving out free passes to his New Year’s party? this of course was his “promise”, to give free admission to his next gig, and I’m sure he plans on keeping his word. if you have his email address handy i’d be happy to ask him myself. thx. If anybody went to that party and can prove it if need be, send a blank email to and you’ll be kept abreast of the status of the next Tsunami party. No passes have been given yet, don’t worry. New years doesn’t count as it’s only half Tsunami; Montgomery said that it will be honored at the next 100% pure Tsunami party – just not this one. …
No, “WE” are not doing a LOTR party at Webster Hall it’s someone else… and def. not a trance party so don’t go and loudly complain that loris, bori, etc aren’t there
I’m leaving for Houston on Friday, back next Thursday for a week of barbecue, beer, golf, and video games. Everybody have fun at Omnitribe tomorrow.
December 20 Friday
First NYC DJ Set: Dave Henshaw
Omnitribe presents “Northern Lights” at Club Mundo (Sunset Park, Brooklyn – 36 St & 5 Ave) “newly renovated Club under the new ownership is opening 2 floors to the world of the trance music” Two floors of progressive & full-on psytrance doors open at 7pm with reggae before midnight Progressive floor Live PA & DJ Set: NOMA – Sweden (Spiral Trax, Dragonfly, Hadshot Hahei zar) The long-awaited release by Noma is here. Be ready to be taken to an altogether different realm of progressive trance with the darker minimalistic style of hypnotic grooves and quirky twists!!! FXMike vs. INDRA (Omni Tribe/Alphatrance) – NYC FX Mike A long-respected DJs of the NYC trance underground scene will unquestionably bring out the smile in your heart with his deeply moving sounds.
INDRA is always exploring new rhythms and sounds. His eclectic sonic manipulations are a synthesis of melodies and tunes from groovy Danish beats to Ukrainian folk songs that transport you…. beyond. SH.I.K.I.D vs. VITALIK (Omni Tribe) – NYC Sh.I.K.I.D is an intriguing trance DJ who continually breaks new musical grounds. Beginning as an Israeli Ps y Trance D.J. in 1999, he went on to inspire the N.Y.C scene with the latest astonishing progressive vibes. A fusion of all that is hard and funky. VITALIK takes you playfully into the flow of sounds and vibrations mesmerizing you into the mystical journey. Full-on floor DAVE HENSHAW (Changmian) – Boston resident of Boston’s longest-running psytrance weekly, Anitya. consistently cranks out sick hypnotic grooves and quickly becoming one of Boston’s finest. DAVE DITTMER (Killinfloor) – Boston one of the more underground DJs in Boston’s psytrance scene, but by far probably its most intense and full-on DJs. complete package of skill, sound, and delivery. always keeps the dance floor moving, and wanting more. LIRAN (Hom mega/Phantasm) – USA/ISRAEL no introduction is required for this veteran of Israeli trance; be ready to lose the sense of gravity with rough and speedy beats over jungle of sounds. ELECTROFUNK A.K.A PSYCHODOG – ISRAEL his unique sound with twisted realms and abstract soundscapes will take you far and beyond. Before Midnight: Caribace (Russia) – Live Reggae Performance ::: 10pm Roots Music Sound System – DJ Set ::: 7pm web ycrop/events/caribace 7PM – 8AM Trance party begins at Midnight Video Installations by Reality EngineDeco by XTINKT & Lev Cover: $25 Presale: $21 at House O f Trance 122 Saint Marks Pl 212-477-4440 18+ info line: omnitri be at yahoo LINKS: spiraltrax homeoftrance chiletrance SpectraNYC CLUB MUNDO (840 5th Ave, Brooklyn )
You guys did an AWESOME job with your last party. Noma was unreal. Minus my one hour nap, due to various stuff ), they kept me dancing the entire night. The decore was great. For the first time in a long time, I saw banners that didn’t look like every other trance party throughout the history of time. Your visual guys are always spectacular. Even though one of them, and you know who you are, “borrowed” one of my visual concepts (but that’s another story, and I don’t want to get into it while I’m writing a positive review). KEEP IT UP..
Dec 19
if you are female go to webster hall for LordoftheRings tonite it’s free Tonight web zenwarp/indexmain web zenwarp/indexmain I can’t believe I stooped to posting this but I hear a lot of people are going, a lot of the Burning Man crowd.
December 21 Saturday
Noma at Israeli Mike’s
Noma email is the same place as Mikie’s Tech House party So Noma will be at this one: I’m doing a tech-house party this Saturday (dec-21-02) please post it on your list the party is called… DAYLIGHT Its at 450w 31st street (bet 9th and 10th ave) on the 8th floor say you are on mikes list for reduced admission ($15 instead of $20) its gonna have a full bar nice sound system pretty loose security spread the word dude thanx mike (aka Israeli Mike)
December 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve
First 881 Bedford Party
luizinhoDJ writes:> > Hi, I would like to post this message.> > For those who have no plans for X’mas eve, We at 881 (Gabriel & Luiz) are having a little party in the house on the 4th floor only, it’s nothing special but anyone is welcome to come. It’s located at 881 Bedford Avenue, 4th Floor; Brooklyn. > There’s no bell to ring, so call this # 646 996 4260 to let us know you’re downstairs!!! anyone is allowed to bring drinks, and such. > > Luziunmode Dj’
God, I made the neighborhood sound downright dangerous. I bet it’s yuppieville now! December 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve Last Minute Call From: Machinelf if you haven’t been to the apartment or are female I STRONGLY urge you to go with someone who has been there before. One wrong turn and you are in what feels to my honky ass to be a very dangerous nabe – I passed at least three groups of rough types. It’s not a big place either so DON’T bring a lot of people
December 25 Wednesday Christmas
RAVE Act Upd Reform Victory
I’m here in TX with Wilson Leary Tim’s nephew and he agrees -“THE WORK IS NOT OVER! We have to ride with this victory and accomplish the next step Congratulations to all!”
xoxcassidyxox at yahoo writes: We are proud to report that, with the help of thousands of supporters like you, we were able to prevent Congress from making the RAVE Act national law. This is a great victory for free speech and d policy reform, and we want to thank our supporters for all your help. So, thank you, thank you, and thank you!!!
December 25 Wednesday Christmas
Chiletrance at Opium Den
Happy Holidays to Everyone!! Tonight at Opium Den an after Christmas party. Every Wednesday nights with Dj Angeles+Guests. Welcome absolutely everybody…. Dj Shi.k. I.d(Omnitribe) Vitalik(Omnitribe) and a SPECIAL Guest!!!!!!! web chiletrance thanks! Love and Light Angeles
Santarchy update… remember the santarchy event from last week? the gang of drunken santas were standing in front of the Blue Man Group yelling RED RED RED!!!
What a weird coincidence, but with someone like Jesus that’s bound to happen… Art thanks to Chay from Bali/Sumatra (who does fluoro banners) and Alex Grey for the Christ figures in exactly the same position, a .18/.13 second ratio. Strange, very strange. You can view it the animated GIF at web tranceam.org/tourdetrance web tranceam.org/tourdetrance if anybody ever finds Big J in a similar pose please send me the link thanks. Strange, very strange.
On the evils of Coke and minimalism, from the West Coast from SF: have to concur on the cocaine aspect -out here it’s extra cheap, and there are too many trancers who are falling that way. cokers always look so strange coming back onto the dance floor after their little trip to the back room. this quote in particular- that continually disappoints me is cocaine. That drug is a serious anti-psychedelic. Under the drug, people usually lose short term memory, eliminating appreciation for builds, subtle changes, or breakdowns.” DJs who used to be more psychedelic that started doing lots of coke are playing nothing but straight BANG BANG with no psy. partly due to this minimal invasion but maybe partly because as stated above, they have become less sensitive.
December 26 Thursday
Influx at Village Lantern
Tonight at Village lantern is Trance all the way :)W/ Dj’s: – INFLUX & – WARPDRIVEFr: 11:00 pm To: 4:00 am FREE ADMISSION !!!! 167 Bleecker Street. Btw, Salivan & Tompson Streets.PS: no illicit products inside. Must be 21 over (be responsible!)
It should be called Club Trance at this point! Dec 31 – New Years – Two Parties: remember the Count on Sesame Street from Trance-sylvania? TWO! That makes TWO trance parties for New Years!!! AHAHAHA! Hmmm… costume idea.. or is a vampire costume really a costume?
December 27 Friday
Club Mundo Preview Party
I just spoke with my friend Daniel & Ricardo Costa and Leo Leite from Vibra and Influx, turbinado corp. And they are going to play a DJ set tonight! preview for new years party ! It’s a gift from Edmund, Club Mundo owner! See Vibra for $5 dollars line up: Icycoil Vibra Stralia Influx see info: cd: web turbinadocorp /web turbinadocorp/ music: web straliast discography: web turbinadocorp/disco ww w.turbinadocorp/disco psy atmosphere by daya sakti (bali) hr t.net/painters/cayung/siagian Club Mundo (840 5th ave, Brooklyn) the club is on the corner of 36th street and 5th avenue.
December 28 Saturday
DMT Ski
DMTski Trance Party tonight we are having a housewarming party at the DMT ski house in Stockholm NJ. It’s an hour out of the city. We’ll be up late. If you are interested in coming call Vlad at 973-896-3142Oh and thanks everyone for your donations in getting us rolling!
December 31 Tuesday
Dreamcatcher NYC & Onetribe Communication present Tour de Trance
Main stage:
DJ Icycoil (NYC) DJ f.o.f.a (Omnitribe NYC) Influx (Dreamcatcher NYC/brazil) Liran (hommega, phantasm (Israel) Jason& Vladim (SubtleChaos NYC) Boris (Burningelf NYC) DJ t.e.d. I (Israel) Electrofunk (psychodog-Israel) Machinelf (DMT) Dragonlotus (NYC ) Manic Mekator (psychodog-Israel) DJ Juggernaut (Dreamcatcher-NYC) Progressive : DJ S.h. I.kid (Omnitribe-NYC) Fx Mike (Omnitribe-NYC) DJ Vitalik(Omnitribe-NYC) DJ Icycoil (icycoil-NYC) Dragonlotus(Dragonlotus-NYC) DJ Marco (Spain) 840 5th Avenue at 36street, Brooklyn NYC, NY 11220 Contact: atagino at cs Club Mundo (840 5th ave, Brooklyn) The club is on the corner of 36th street and 5th Avenue.
From: Charlie NYC at the new year’s party at Club Mundo the security force tried to rob me (Charlie), Tony, Scotty, and they probably stole Michel’s cell phone. they took some vitamins from me, beano, b-12, and multivitamins, all because I went behind the tapestry in the corner. I was playing, it was a PARTY! the tapestry was 4 feet off the ground and there was no way I could have “hid” behind it to do anything warranting a search of my pockets. they take any excuse to search people hoping to find something to take. they threw Scotty to the floor and then into the bathroom because they “thought” he was smoking pot. after the party, when everyone was gone, Michel left his cell phone on the table for a second when only security was left there and the only ones who could have taken it. I do not enjoy having to fear a gang of thieves who are paid to patrol a territory my people are worshiping in. this hurts the vibe. this is wrong. by using clubs to hold our sacred events we are compromising our culture and, ironically, our security. we should not do this. we should not put up with this. I will not go to club Mundo again and I ask that others avoid clubs in general too. sorry Omnitribe but my advice is to find a warehouse space, a loft, or a bar/lounge/club that does not try to rob its patrons. do this for your people. we deserve a space to practice, in freedom, our unadulterated culture. oh, and they were taking pens at the door, yes, pens. how do we write, with blood? that’s stupid. ~Charlie
Mundo Security Gang of TheivesTo: SafetyDance From: Benjamin R Not only security but bar-maids are also thieves. On a couple of occasions when I ordered drinks at the bar downstairs I had to remind those maids to give me my change back – after waiting for it for 10 minutes. I thought it only happened to me but a friend of mine complained about it as well. I don’t think it’s costumery to leave a 200% tip. Boris Ben L wrote: APPARENTLY, pens are now deadly weapons. I think these guys are watching too many Schwarzenegger movies. I guess you could stab security in the eye with this.
From: “ricard siagian” (Chay) at that time, before I digest all my trip tickets, I went to the bar with $20, they give me seven dollar back by getting one water. I said to them, “Yo, I am not drunk yet, give me another ten”. They just pretend like a stupid innocent thief by trained. I could just have free drink at that time, but I tried to make the money moving in a market cycle. Unluckily, I was a victim of another empty brains. This time the player are not the ugly fat bumpers but the girl behind the bar and the man behind the register.It was a sweet soap opera in club Mundo. daya sakti>From: Machinelf >Reply-To: SafetyDance >To: SafetyDance >Subject: Re: [SafetyDance] Mundo Security Gang of Theives>
look what happened to Tsunami… enough said.last I saw, which was New Year’s Eve, HOTsunami was completely rockingly full-on, esp considering it’s no longer TsuYanni. And if you’re only as good as your last party, then guess what… HOTsunami is on fire. Clubs rule.I danced naked at Vinyl. They let me stay. Club Mundo is as good as we can ever expect from a club. Security pulled a used syringe out of my backpack and still let me in. (it was so hidden long ago even I forgot it was there) every time I was there I bought beer well into 8am, which is great if you are sober.So don’t tell me Club Mundo is not “cool.” You should always hide stuff so as to make it invisible. If they can find it, you deserve to lose it.I hate it when the organizers and locations make squat from us penniless trance trash, and we complain about it. Why bite the hand that feeds you? Why not go and use your energy to make Your Own Hobbit Hill? (sound of a gauntlet being thrown across the dancefloor)
Charlie NYC wrote: I think you should understand to do parties in new york is very hard, especially dealing with cops which we know had busted many of our parties in the past; however, I just spoke with the owner about complaints on the internet about security on nye, and he told me he will take care of this in next events, He also said that he had to hire extra stuff because it was a 24hs party. He promised that next time the security will be better and smaller, as far as I know. I think they saw a lot of people smoking inside and they have to their job and at least tell the person to not smoke anymore and I know they didn’t put anybody out for any reason if you remember there are places that I don’t mention names where security usually put people out if they see you smoking. give Club Mundo another chance they are nice guys “owners” willing to work with us and make good parties,in these days is very hard to find a place with all the licenses and with a nice owner like that! Dreamcatcher crew and edmundo (club mundo) > but let me remind all that in my first email
i have a piece of that gauntlet stored away in a safe place…….on the light side…and for some people (me ) it is so not pleasant to hide things, and I am not good at it.call it dork syndrome, but I just don’t find it fun to have to hide things and look over my back all the time. I do not have the energy to manipulate security guards.at Jeff’s B-day party I was sober, and someone handed a joint to me…my first instinct was-how nice… I wasn’t even thinking about smoking anything, and it was so nice for it to appear …as soon as I touched the joint I remembered that I was in the middle of the club-i wasn’t planning on doing drugs…. I had not scoped out the scene to know where in proximity to me there might be security guards that might get mad about this… I took a hit, but time stopped and I became completely vulnerable… I couldn’t stand feeling like this…didn’t care about the joint that much….just wanted to get rid of it…so I quickly just handed it back to the hand it came from…and then there was a flashlight in my face, and me and this guy who was just being nice to me got kicked out… I tried to vouch for the guy…cuz I didn’t care about leaving, but I think they kicked him out anyways…I FELT HORRIBLELike I was bad and just ruined this nice guy’s night because I was a dork and couldn’t work my way around security guards. Now this is all my responsibility……it is my own fault, but I was really sad that it was not a safe welcoming environment(yeah okay so I wasn’t so safe and welcoming either) but… I don’t have a point, except maybe Jeff is working undercover with the security to kick out the people he doesn’t want there.Just kidding…………..I have also had great times at various clubs, and other birthday parties.It just really does take away something to have to be watching your back all the time. I have a piece of that gauntlet stored away in a safe place…….on the light side…and for some people (me ) it is so not pleasant to hide things, and I am not good at it.call it dork syndrome, but I just don’t find it fun to have to hide things and look over my back all the time. I do not have the energy to manipulate security guards.at Jeff’s B-day party I was sober, and someone handed a joint to me…my first instinct was-how nice… I wasn’t even thinking about smoking anything, and it was so nice for it to appear …as soon as I touched the joint I remembered that I was in the middle of the club-i wasn’t planning on doing drugs…. I had not scoped out the scene to know where in proximity to me there might be security guards that might get mad about this… I took a hit, but time stopped and I became completely vulnerable… I couldn’t stand feeling like this…didn’t care about the joint that much….just wanted to get rid of it…so I quickly just handed it back to the hand it came from…and then there was a flashlight in my face, and me and this guy who was just being nice to me got kicked out… I tried to vouch for the guy…cuz I didn’t care about leaving, but I think they kicked him out anyways…I FELT HORRIBLELike I was bad and just ruined this nice guy’s night because I was a dork and couldn’t work my way around security guards.Now this is all my responsibility……it is my own fault, but I was really sad that it was not a safe welcoming environment (yeah okay so I wasn’t so safe and welcoming either) but…i don’t have a point, except maybe Jeff is working undercover with the security to kick out the people he doesn’t want there.Just kidding…………..I have also had great times at various clubs, and other birthday parties.It just really does take away something to have to be watching your back all the time.
Sat, 18 Jan 2003 02:45:09 From: “ricard siagian” I am from Far Asia were I experienced most of the trance life and surround it (not the synthetic ones in my everyday life, school, ceremonies, etc). But most European Artist (mostly German not UK) has driven me crazy(+++) for so many times without drugs. I Don’t know why perhaps because of their unique struggle for freedom create the blast of energy. And now we are also hunting for one name (from german) that has disappeared since Lovina Hill Black Beach 3d3n Foolmoon Party (North Bali) 1995. ….still haven’t found him. But everybody like variety, I don’t want to eat chocolate everyday, I also want to taste something else. So lets two-party make the variety.
IT’s all true, everyone is>right. THE ONLY THING IS THAT IT IS OMNI TRIBE WHO IS>LOOSING MONEY EVERY PARTY. AND THIS IS NOT COMPLAIN.>IT IS DETAIL. And most around don’t care about this>little detail. Oh Oh Oh if you do it then you benefit>out of it. HA HA HA. How about if you love it and you>do it… So as long as it gives me pleasure I’ll do>it. and money comes from day-time jobs and donations.> As for SBK we were hunting this guy for the last 7-8>months and he is very hard to get hold of. On top of>that you have to work with travel agent and pay him>%20 fee. Another just detail for smart ass like you.>>And you can’t blame us for this or that cause you>have no idea what we do and how. We do invite everyone>to be happy tribe and despite all the crap online we>are happy tribe. Most of the people who write the>negative don’t even go to our parties>>If you want to help, send some money or pay for the>artist you want to bring and we’ll do the dirty job.>We are open for all….>>Happy vibes,>vitalik>>— suril desai wrote:> >> > why is it that NY trance scene has so many ego> > issues?? capitalist v/s non capitalist, alien> > project being called alien reject…its like a total> > dis to the whole psytrance community ….the basis> > of which is being together and not dising ne one> > even though there is a clash of ideas and motives> > and all the other things…. Its always bout the> > money in the scene in the east coast….that makes> > it bad…always complaining that the DJs charge too> > much…well why shouldn’t they? if you are going to> > organize events to profit your self with popularit> > amongst people why cant the DJ profit himself with> > money? all the promoters in ny always complaining> > and yet they do events …no one is forcing you to> > do the events …if you think its too expensive wh> > the hell are you wasting your time trying to be all> > cool and just to be something you don’t want to be> > and ultimately staining the scene with your dirt and> > filth…it feels like the NY promoters are like a> > polluting agent that are contaminating the scene.> > well with respect to the partyers I have no> > complains. the promoters should be clear in their> > intensions that is they out to make profit which is> > not wrong…Thump Radio does the same thing it> > collaborates with other promoters and brings them> > under one banner to create great events…ever> > month a great DJ is brought by them…and they help> > new and upcoming promoters to organize> > parties…thats how its supposed to be …hope all> > the promoters in NY stop the dissing> > omni tribe wrote: thank you for great news. I am> > sorry, but won’t be> > able to attend your party. Happened to do the part> > the same day. Next time, please notify me a little> > earlier so I could change my plans…> > It looks like you’ve decided to come with vengeance> > upon omni tribe head. You might think we had> > anything> > to do with your new year party? NO man. no no no.> > Mechel used “one tribe communication” so people> > might> > thought it was us, but… our name was just used for> >> > Mechel’s own benefit (he got burned btw). And omni> > tribe DJs were just invited to play. So what?> > you never replied when I twice asked you to put us> > on> > the your guest list. Just wanted to be happy and> > enjo> > NYE, check out both parties…> > the upcoming omni tribe party has both full-on and> > progressive floors. We are binging the best acts for> >> > both floors. Kri & BSM killer full-on DJ set. The> > bring flouro artist to have fresh vibe with the Goa> > style deco… Do you know how much it is to bring> > SBK?> > fuck man it is 3000EURO which is more then 3k usd. +> >> > all regular party costs….> > Last week when Shai came to talk to you, you said> > nothing…. thank you for “TRUST IN TRANCE and BOOM> > SHANKAR”> > oh, and you are using the venue that we discovered.> > calling it “contra Productions” party. Can’t believe> >> > it…> > take care capitalist! and this is a gift for you ->
From Double Dragon Oh! I’m now working on a special live set for NYE, including old stuff, new stuff and stuff from the futureI’m sure you’ll like it. Great … see you soon. Really looking forward to it .. Take it easy, Steve stuff and stuff from the futureI’m sure you’ll like it. Great … see you soon. Really looking forward to it .. Take it easy, Steve
Tsunami and Home of Trance team up and bring in Xenomorph, Double Dragon, and Sesto Sento (Israel) For The first time In the US, Tsunami: “America’s Leading Trance Organization” & Home of Trance:
December 31 Tuesday
HOTsunami
Tsunami and Home of Trance team up and bring in Xenomorph, Double Dragon, and Ses to Sento (Israel) For The first time In the US, Tsunami: “America’s Leading Trance Organization” & Home of Trance: #1 Trance Store In The USA Are Joining Forces For An Auspicious & Monumental New Year! New Year’s Eve
For the 1st time on the east coast! Xenomorph LIVE!!! (Koyote/Peyote Records, UK/Acidance, Greece) This Berlin native, Mark is the leader of the full-on trance masters. For the 1st time on the east coast! Double Dragon LIVE!!! (Phantasm, UK,/Plusquam, G Germany) Stephan, Originally from the UK, residing in Japan is an authority on several trance styles and will demonstrate the full range of his talent. For the 1st time in America! Sesto Sento (Compact/Phonokol, Israel/ Alchemy, UK) Sesto Sento has emerged in the last 3 years at the forefront of the full-on psychedelic trance international movement. Yoni (Tsunami/Home of Trance)Aladin Project ( Doof Records, Israel/Home of Trance)
Deco: Nagual Creations (Barcelona, Spain) This internationally renowned artist, with his images and 3-dimensional structures, will transform this magical Spain to a psychedelic shamanic temple. Ticket Prices: In Advance: 65$ in advance at Home of Trance. 65$ + store commission at other locations. On the Website 70$ At the Door 80$ Happy Holidays & A Happy Healthy Trancy New Years!!! Location: Cinema World Studio s 220 Dupont St, Brooklyn Doors 10p.m.-10a.m. www- homeoftrance www-Tsunami-trance Home Of Trance-212-477-4440 Tsunami-212- 439-8124 Ticket Prices: In Advance: 65$ even only at Home of Trance. 65$ + store commission at other locations. On the Website 70$ At the Door 80$, Hello everyone Home of trance is wishing all its customers and friends a Merry Christmas happy chanuka and a happy new upcoming year. This is a letter to share with all of you what we are planing on the new year’s eve party that we are organizing together with the Tsunami production group. The idea behind the party is to deliver the ultimate trance experience which begins with The people behind the production that wish only to deliver the highest level production and service to the people of new york and all the other cities. It continues from the artists that we have booked that each one is a master with his own unique style. The concept of Goa trance as we know it is based on two specific types of music in the genre of psytrance: Psychedelic “night music”.(closed, condensed very psychedelic music!!) and “morning music” (open, flowing refreshing tunes and beats!!!) the line u p of the party is gonna be set in a way that each one of the artists is go ing to play the music, And time slot suitable for their expertise We checked with our artists ( some of whom are sound engineers.) about the equipment and sound system we are using.All to assure that we are using the best sound system we can rent for this event, and their needs. Sound is the most important thing for us, we learned that an explosive party is based on a powerful, Crisp, Clean sound system. The next important thing is the dimension you set for a party if it is outdoors(unfortunately not possible in dec.) or indoors like the space we took for the party. Nagual creation s the artist we are flying in along with all the other musical artists is a magician in taking a space and changing it into a psychedelic magical 2a hanging sculptures. We also know that an explosive event depends on the vibe, We can promise like everyone already experienced in our previous events (Goa Gil upstate) (jorg,ups tate) We dance and enjoy and care about all the aspects that the common party goer cares about.WE PROMISE K A R A H A N A !!! HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THIS EVENT, WICH IS ORGANIZED WITH ALL THE LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE TRANCE SCENE!!! BOM SHANKAR!!! HOME OF TRANCE for further info you can log on to groups.yahoo/group/SafetyDance/message/web homeoftranceweb homeoftrance wich we are proud to announce is up and running.(wait 10 seconds when you log on for a flashing popup for info about the party.)
info on the Tsunami/Home of Trance Party we making sure that our artist will play real live and not only computer live so this is the list that the only xenomorph ask from as (killer live with real guitars and the best equipment for trance sound I don’t mind if you see it interesting you can send it to your list to assure them the energy or to give them a good picture about our party thanks eran and now to the email that xenomorph send to us Hi guys, how Here is my address for the ticket: Mark Petrick,……. Germany.and my required equipment for the gig:2 CDJs 1 Live-Mixer (i need 4-6 channels on it) Either the DJ-Mixer gets put through the live-mixer (works usually best), or the live-mixer goes through the DJ-Mixer. 1 NordLead (Keyboard-Version) 1 Line- 6 POD Guitar-preAmp 1 Guitar 1 BassGuitar 5 Instrument-cablesOkay, have a nice day, Mark
THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT: CINEMA WORLD STUDIOS, 220 D UPONT ST, BROOKLYN, USA Click web mapquest/here for mapquest, so you can get driving directions… ve and not only computer live so this is the list that only xenomorph ask from as (killer live with real guitars and the best equipment for trance sound I don’t mind if you see it interesting you can send it to your list to assure them the energy or to give them a good picture about our party thanks eran and now to the e-mail that xenomorph send to us
A few weeks later:
On the strength of its New Years Party HoT shot up to the highest-rated large trance organization in New York. This was possible because they have done very few events, all great even the one that rained heavily. And who can forget when they brought Goa “Trance is not a disco in a forest, it is an initiation” Gil? Good to see you strong, bringing in th e psychedelic light to the darkest reaches of our embattled city. The only higher-rated group now is Burning Elf, and they are a two-Ent operation. I can’t wait for the Two Towers. The web brainmachines/orcbible New Orcs will prevail! Trance is not an exclusive quality – VIBE – has been lacking in our once fair city, and a lot of it has to do with 9/11 and the economy, and we live in the capital of Mammon, but the future looks very bright. I don’t know about you, but I have been spending the winter getting prepared for 2003. and a track for your journey by Gil web tranceam.org/TrueGoaSpiritVo cal.mp3
I had a pretty intense New Years… Pat and I went to the Tsunami party in NYC to see Xenomorph do a live PA. First we got on the Fung Wah bus in Chinatown and they played a kung fu movie from the 70’s! Then we got to NYC went into the venue and there was this massive psychedelic bird, with a 20ft wingspan, suspended from the middle of the ceiling. They made it flap its wings at midnight. Seeing Xenomorph live made the entire trip worth it. He was so fucking intense!He was wearing PVC pants, knee-high boots and pvc skirt, with a mesh shirt. He played for 2 1/2 hours, and busted out his GUITAR at least 8 times. It was like a mix of goth/industrial and psytrance from hell, totally unreal! We didn’t leave the stage the entire time and I got a satan salute from Xenomorph toward the end. It was definitely one of the top 5 performances I’ve ever seen. Double Dragon did a live set that was quite nasty as well. Happy New Year Everyone!
Tsunami…From a West Coast point of view. ~Psynthetic~ Just wanted to put in my thanks and appreciation to the New York family for making me feel so at home this new years. Wow, Xenomorph was amazing, this is my 4th or 5th time seeing him and this was by far one of his best performances. Don’t be fooled by his get up, he is one of the sweetest and nicest guys you could ever have the privilege of meeting, honored to call him my friend. Then Mr. Dragon, holy shit he absolutely floored me, nice mix of his new tracks with his legendary classics! And of course Sesto Sento, these kids are going to be huge, what aggressive sound, powerful stuff. The sound system was one of the best that I’ve ever heard at a psychedelic party and I’ve been to a lot, it damn near was enough to bring me to tears! The artwork was out of this world, it was really nice to see some fresh tapestries of that quality. And the vibe was of a serious dancing fun mood all night and all day pretty much. I felt as at home as I do with my S.F. freaks…thanks again for making me feel so at home. Anybody know what was up with turning on the lights in the morning only to have them turned back off later on.? It was kinda cool for a while to see everybody stomping around but after a whileirritatingrt of irritating…just wondering?
December 31 Tuesday
HYPNOGOGIA Asheville, NC
the conscious state between wakefulness and sleep with CHADWICK – liquifinity, Seattle WA KRI – touchsamadhi, Asheville NC
BLUE SPECTRAL MONKEY – touchsamadhi, Asheville NC JEREMIE – Seattle WA limited capacity please arrive early! $10 at the door 10pm until………..@future of traditions 129 Roberts st. Asheville NC
btw, this party was an absolute blast… 230 through the door plus another 35 guests, and positive vibes everywhere all night. we (Gandu, myself, and two others) got to the party a little after 10pm, and ended up staying there ’til things wound down sometime around 8am… there were, then I didn’t get a chance to meet them. it is a pretty long drive from Florida to Asheville (about 4 hours to a’ville from here in Atlanta, and about 7-8 hours from atl to Tampa/Orlando, and then another 9-10 hours from Tampa to Miami!), so I doubt that anybody would have driven that far… and I am sure that if there was anybody looking for a trance party in new England, they would have just gone to one of the two events going on in NYC.. from what I could tell it was mostly locals there for this event, and I wouldn’t be surprised if our group of four were the only out-of-towners there…
Just wanted to add that this was an awesome party…I had absolutely the most wonderful time!!! the people and the vibe was great…the only problem was that it was raining most of the way there which was a pain in the arse to drive in…other than that… I can’t wait to go for the next event!
