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Fall & Winter
July 2003
Tuesdays at GET TRANCE at Liquids (226 East 10 th b/w 1st and Ave A) 10pm to 4am ID21+ Contact mail to: unknownshroom at yahoounknownshroom at yahoo Bonus: Bui lt in Smoking Room inside lounge (Really Cool) Biggest weekly in New York! DJs: Sonixpark Dima Primate P.S. Dima will be leaving fo r the UK for a while so come down to hear his set and wish him well. 266 E ast 10th bet 1st & A All is welcome See you there. unknwnshrms
A friend from Nepal/has a variety of artifacts that I’m going to offer to NYC trance people first at a discount before they go to stores. If you’re uber cool then you would get it with one of the Moroccan Berber (sic?) anyone know where to buy a Berber cloak in NYC? Secondly, I’m doing a membership drive this week. Trance in New York, the crossroads of the world, thrives because of new people whether they are small-town Midwesterners here to make their mark or cultured travelers who carry home fond memories of the trance family here. Everyone, do me a favor and fwd out this message to your friends and invite them to join by sending a blank It’s free, it’s weekly, and it will exist as long as the circulation keeps rising… And the more on trip Out, the more eventually get funneled to Safetydance, and that’s where things start to get really interesting! Because then, if female they end up in my web rdrop/glacier/yurt yurt, and if male, I end up with their bank account 🙂 Thank you all The 15 minute Inflatable Guru and P.S. if you’re not on the safetydance list, do something about it. find me at the next party and ID yourself andI’ll grill you (and maybe serve you at Bereket)
July 4 Friday
Barbecue at Chay’s
From: “ricard siagian” Jeff, we are having a backyard bbq party here in sunset park Brooklyn. Jen’s and Chay (DAYA CAUNG). This will be good to feed the belly before heads up to the BOOM party. We start BBQing from 3pm and watching outdoor movies from dusk till later. We will mess with three floors. Call us (718)7654150. Also want to get Jacobs’s number if you have. Plenty of foods. Bring a bottle if you have the energy for it. Please come with gangs Thanks Chay
July 4 Friday
Trip Out New York presents “Trance Independence Day”
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First Art Gig: Nanpsy
First DJ Set: Mark Lorenz Trancellor Ogg Mod (he had been denied in 2002 at Burning Bert – “Wiley’s party was great. best ever. the orc’s set got cut off and the party was ended so Trancellor OggModd and Nils from Norway didn’t get to play.”
an All-American Trance Fourth of July Party.. you can smoke outside 🙂
We the Nu Jorvik strung out, blissed-out, wired leading the tired do hereby rise from this post-serotonin neural apocalypse and declare arseElves co-defendant and co-dependent on psytrance culture for life, love, the pursuit of happiness, liberty, egalite, clarite, fraternite… Festivities begin 10pm-4am at Boom 152 Spring between West Broadway and Wooster ID21+ $10, $5 if you know the password, which is the name of the explorer that the word “America” comes from, $5 if you bring an American flag Free if you bring a fluro American flag Free for those dressed in costumes, i.e. Uncle Sam American DJs (in order of appearance) Machinelf (US) Ogg Mod (US) Berzerx (US/Israel) Liran (Israel) more American DJs TBA Fluoro flags by Ogg Mod Art Direction & sparklers by Machinelf & Nan at hipchix.net VJ by VJ Exeris “Many people have probably wondered why we celebrate Independence Day with fireworks. It’s because John Adams, the nation’s second president, said so. He decreed that “this day of deliverance ” be honored with “bells and bonfires and illuminations.” Bells and bonfires galore will occur at Macy’s 30-minute pyrotechnics show, which sports an appropriately patriotic theme “The Lights of Freedom.” Starting at approximately 9PM, fireworks will launch from two locations: off 34th Street and below South Street Seaport on the East River. The FDR Drive between Houston and 63rd Street will be closed to traffic to accommodate the thousands of revelers lining up for the fireworks extravaganza. Arrive a few hours early to snag a spot (and take mass transit as parking near the event is next to impossible). If you live in Queens or Brooklyn, skip coming into the city, find an unobstructed view of the East River (Joralemon Street or the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights is a great locale) and enjoy the show without being jostled by the mob. And don’t miss the Fourth of July all-genre American trance party at Boom! –
Just got back but this time I have something to say which might not please everyone but its important for all to know how the scene in NY is getting pretty f**ked up
Reached the place at 11:30 for a change… early to celebrate independence all nite long…my friends and me paid $5 each to this Chinese gurl at the door takin care of the entry….Hardly 10-15 ppl there for the first hour wid some descent dark music playing, me and a friend of mine decided to bounce to grab a quick bite(Note no stamps or marks were been giving to those goin out to get back in)…got back there like at 2:30 and the scene seemed to have changed a bit wid 30-40 ppl….the gurl at the door had changed at this lady who was pretty much WASTED I must say was takin care of the entry…she stopped me and my friend and asked us to pay $10 each for entry tho she saw us getting in earlier and we also spoke inside for a sec….I refused to pay and opted to stand out and watch the show this gurl was creating and there it goes….she stopped these 2 other guys also who apparently had been outside for a bit smoking but am sure I had seen them in earlier…2ndly there was another dude who was short on money and was pleading the lady to let him in and I heard her say “pay me a couple of bucks and I will push you in”
Now my point here is not to cribb about money or me not getting inside again which I knew I would, if I had opted to Create a scene and talk around a bit there in front of all which I chose not to….what I ask here is not to f***en promote and support such ppl who organise psy parties for the namesake and just to earn some money out of the public…. It’s disgusting to see such petty things happening at a party and spoiling the whole vibe and meaning of what a psytrance party is all about…At straight I opted to leave that place wid my friends cuz I was pretty much harrowed wid what was goin on there
My post here is just a lil note of concern to the psy scene here in New York which has been fallin down and is gettin in the hands of some lame-ass stupid unorganised wasted ppl who just put up a show and are there to grab the $$ of the public….It definitely was a not a good night as expected but am glad that I saw what was goin on and have posted it to make you all aware of it!!!
Peace to all!
As organizer of these and many other events, who has seen the scene wax and wane and promoters come and go over 7 years, I respond. This is my first complaint about the door in the 7 months we’ve done things there. I’d hate for you to be stuck with a bad taste on the commercial end of our hard work (we do free outdoor events in NYC that are slamming)
a) organizers come and go in NYC. Not counting the controversial Tsunami, I have thrown more parties than anyone in NYC starting around ’96, I have survived by reducing expenses and charging to get in the door. the relief doorperson has a great heart and I’d be happy to refund any cash to anyone charged twice. (more on that later)
a) parties cost money. DJs, artists, and equipment and lighting people all need to be paid a pittance for their hard work so that Trance Consumers (an ugly word, only in America) can come and consume. I prefer the people who get involved in the spirit of the particular trip we may be on in a given week – and do creative things!! And get in free. You receive more than what you get. My ideal event is an event where everyone gets in free because everyone contributes something. It’s only the outsiders and Trance Consumers who pay to get in.
b) we did another all-Russian the following weekend with ~20 different passwords. So many ways to get in free. the official outdoors afterparty organized by the same people was free, in Manhattan, and went all day. Also, it was slammin’ I might add. I would divulge more, but this is a public forum. If you’d like to get on the “Safetydance” list for free outdoor events, shoot me an email describing who you are and we can meet up somewhere.
the door person was relieving the Chinese girl. I tell all door people to stick to the posted passwords etc. or guess what. we lose money and do not organize events. which leaves the Trance Consumer with no $5 events to go to.
if anyone ever gets stung at the door for $5 then I will be happy to return your money, if that’s what it’s all about.
PS I have a weekly newsletter with every single commercial trance event in NYC called TripOut NY. You can get this free newsletter by sending a blank email to tripOutNY-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
PSS If you’d ever like to get off your ass and do a party yourself I’ll be happy to send it out to the 1,065 people who get the newsletter!
web site www.brainmachines.com
July 5 Saturday
Smeared Cosmic Cross-Section Injestion at Pine Barrens
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Highly recommended – jeff> Heads up all shamanic plant reflection blenders and energetic resonance junkies: Parties in the pine barrens are going to be starting up again in july. The first will be on Saturday July 5 and there will be a party for the next few weekends after that! Friday 11, Saturday 19, and Saturday 26. All FREE and all completely transcendental, blistering with psychic juice splotches and timefabric crinkles.FREE party Saturday, July 5Smeared Cosmic Cross-Section injestion.In the “Usual” Pine Barren Spot.
Keep this information away from police people.Be prepared to camp. Bring necessities (ie. food, water, etc.).Be kind to our universe- do not leave trash at this sacred place.
just spoke with adam everything is definitely on rain or shine. adam and ian have always been good about just doing them, not canceling, and certainly not canceling without notification. I’ll see you there! Saturday (24 hours): A few thunderstorms possible. Highs in the mid-90s and lows in the upper 60s.
This was the third of three parties out at the Pine Barrens and it was just as good as the two previous ones. Many, many thanks to Adam, Joey, Eddle, Chris and Ian. Without them, these free parties would never have happened. One thing I want to mention is that on the way to the beach today the VW had car problems and we had to stop at several automotive stores. The air filter was temporarily being filled by two diapers and it had started choking. Needless to say, we lost our caravan to Seaside Park because of this. Apologies to Mike, Raffi, Emily, and the rest of the crew that was behind us. Hopefully, you all made it to the beach without us and had a great day! We finally found the right air filter for the VW, changed the diapers and hit the beach ourselves.>:-)
July 6 Sunday
A1 FUNKY TEKNO
This Sunday the 6th of July and every Sunday thereafter a1 funky tekno a night of full-on trance & techno downstairs at Guernica located on Avenue b btwn 2nd & 3rd week 1 line up jason (subtlechaos/a1) Severyn (subtlechaos/a1) kazu (vinylmarket) vitalia (Omnitribe) full-on psychedelic environment brought to you by Severyn (subtlechaos/a1) no cover 9pm till 3am bring i.d & do bring ya granny.
July 11 Friday
DMT at the Bridge – Elphatrance
Yes, we threw an outlaw the night before the commercial party. – Jeff in 2024
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July 12 Saturday
Elphatrance
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This party is a salute to the original Alphatrance, a Russian collective that started throwing psychedelic trance parties in New York in the late 90s. Featuring DJs from the former Eastern Bloc, the Brati Trance-o-nova, in three movements. 9:30 pm Downtempo/eclectic Dima (Omnitribe) 11 pm – minimal progressive/house Andrey (Elektrolus t, Russia) Vitalia (Omnitribe, Russia) 1:15 am Full on Gosha/Indra (Alphatrance) Dima (Burning Elf/Goa Trash, Russia)Vlad Kife, (Russia) Last track a podobnee paranormal sensational tribute to Alphatrance Waiting confirmation: FX Mike (Alphatrance), video projection; check back at this page throughout the week for updates! Boom! 152 Spring between West Broadway and Woost er in SoHo in Das Kapital of the world, New York, NY Tapestry art by Severin (Ukraine) Soviet Flag art by Trancellor Ogg Mod Flyer gallery of old Alphatrance flyers Sound electronic equipment provided by Omnitribe Socialist realism artwork by a smattering of refuseniks ID 21+ Free before 10pm Free all night for anyone who shows a n Alphatrance flyer at the door Free all night for card-carrying communists of the American Communist Party E28093 bring your card. Counterfeiters will be sent to the Gulag. Free all night if you can say Leni n’s term for pro-Soviet flacks, apologists and lickspittles in the Capitalist West in English or Russian US$1 for drummers US$2 for those dressed as bears or Boris Badinov or Natasha (pictured). Or anything else crazy, up to the discretion of the door dyevochka. US$3 if you can describe what was officially mandated on the back of the Soviet flag after 1980, or if you can name the country in which Natasha won the beauty pageant US$4 if you know the etymology of the word “Russia” (a Viking root) or if you wear traditional clothes from your former communist country, or if you wear a T-shirt with a communist revolutionary emblazoned on it. US$5 before 11pm or if you are a passport carrying formerly oppressed minority of the forme r USSR or if you can name the field that Gosha is getting his PhD in or if you can name the country that Boris & Natasha are from or if you say th e the name of the woman with the strange hut that the encompanying piano ar rangement is named after: US$6 if you can name the producers from Russia that played at Fun-o-Rama and under the GW bridge several years ago or if you can name the CITY where Alex of Alphatrance currently lives US$7 if youre a zhyentina or if you can name the COUNTRY where Alex of Alphatrance currently lives US$8 before midnight or if yo u can explain why the efforts to kill the man in the pictures last days were like Psychedelic Trance: US$9 if you can say hello corr ectly in Russian or if you can name the openness program developed by Gorba chev in the late 80s or if you can name the co-author of MarxE280 99s Communist Manifesto Otherwise, US$10 for all you kapitalist n o-goodniks plus the Russians, Israelis, Americans and Inner Mongol ians are bringing you a free outdoor afterparty in Manhattan, 25 flyer s distributed early in the evening at Boom! So get there early so you won’t miss out!! Links to Alphatrance DJs web tranceam.org/DJs /A web tranceam.org/181 web brainmachines/181 This party brought to you by the crazy ex CCPers and the hard-working Yankee kapitalist pigs at Trip Out New York. Russians: The other White Meat
Thanks for coming to the Alphatrance reunion – that was our most commercially successful party ever. We had so many passwords no one remembered them! ! In case you were stumped last week, the passwords were/are located at www.brainmachines/elphatrancepasswords.doc The Sunday morning Elphatrance free outdoor afterparty in Manhattan went without a hitch. We’ll do it again monthly, daytime, for the remainder of the season. Thanks to Wylie for use of his Mackies and Omnitribe for use of their generator and everyone else who was a party! At the end of the email is lyrics to an old Rush song that perfectly captures my feelings Sunday
NEUROMOTOR ALERT: L train out b/w midnight and 5am… Omnitribe Soooooo get there early or get fru$trated L train travel advisory yet another PSA For folks traveling to-from W’burg and East to Neuromotor/Bridge party… There is NO L train service between 8th Ave and Lorimer this weekend as of 12:01 am Saturday till 5am Monday…Neuromotor show is off Lorimer stop on L. There are shuttle buses between Lorimer Street and Broadway Junction.
July 13 Sunday
Bridge – Elphatrance Afterparty- Free Atmaa (India)
This is our first attempt since right after 9/11. That was a NIGHT party and they let us just go. This time, 18 months later, it will be in the morning, so we are not violating any curfew. We honestly don’t know how this will shape up. As always, be discrete, don’t fwd out to rave lists, bring water, and don’t walk down in groups larger than 5-6. Our equipment carried in not from 181st & Amsterdam but several blocks down. We’ll definitely need help. Feel free to meet us there around 5-6am to help set up.Info Line – 646-752-5456 – the phone itself will be off but will have a recorded message If you’re concerned about the party being busted or moved just call the number.
6am Opening Ceremonies Machinelf
7am Dima (Burning Elf/Goa Trash, Russia) DJdima76 at mail.ru DJdima at sprivetom 8am Assad Free Atmah (Goa, India) freeaatmah.co. In
9am Icy Coil (USA) Icycoil 10am El Nadiv AKA Alladin Project (Israel) alladinproject
11am Ogg Mod OggMod13 12pm Noam (Mind Engine, NYC) noam at mindengine
1pm Akin AKA Manic Mekator (Nigeria)
2pm Serge Izzy (Inner Mongolia) XDreamer123
2:21pm Full Moon in the afternoon!!
3pm Ori Psychodog (Israel)
4pm Len (Russia) lenmoroz
181st & Amsterdam, Under the Hamilton BridgeUsed by A Physcks, Paradox, Subtlechaos, Alphatrance, DMT, House of Trance, Omnitribe House of Trance
Elphatrance at boom was the most commercially successful event we’ve done, everyone forgot one of the 30 odd passwords we had ahaha! the afterparty was a great day – Got things going by 9amTapestries, stretch fabric, mural painting pictures posted soon. Collected cash for a gas can, gas, water, beer, juice.great crowd, people coming and going all day. People brought their kids. The Pine Barrens people Ian and friend and Joee and her daughter came at the last!! Done by 7pm. Took all the trash back up the hill (an improvement over previous years where we just got a big pile of trash bags going)Really smooth day all day except fpr the late start and the lack of cheap you-know-what.
Special Thanks to Wylie (speakers and equipment), Mark Ogg Mod (transportation), Ben (jerry-rigging), Vitalik (generator), Akin, Yacc, Leo and others who carried the equipment up and down the hill and 5 flights at Wylie’s, Ronek and Michel who went to get supplies, the DJs, people who made donations, and all who came and helped. We’ll do this again in a month or so. day only. some house/techno raver guys came by and had flyers for a party they were doing there in a week or so. I gave them the lowdown on not making flyers, not doing shit at night, I guess they’ll learn their lesson. But I am only going to promote these events on Safetydance and DMTNY. As for the DMT, we lose a bit by not having equipment so that we can vote on DJs but OTOH democracy moves very slowly and we are not a huge nation. It’s an acceptable compromise for now because why buy when you can borrow and get more people involved with a stake in an event’s success.. But make no mistake, when I get my shit together the DMT will have a full system again.Also, we left the gas can in the bushes. If anyone lives by there it’s worth $20. We DID find another gas can, on our way back, on Houston, but it’s only a single gallon container..
peacefulwatcher to all at the gathering….. thank you for making my trip to new york even more interesting… the part under the bridge was a super experience for me… as aDJ and as a dancer…i met many beautiful people and energies… an extremely enriching experience. to be spinning, for such a positive group of people even though only for an hour, I feel honoured… thank you all. love and
Neuromotor + Barrens + Beach a well rounded weekend
Assad DJ Free Atmah from Goa and Mumbai is playing at Liquids toni ght midway through the night. If you missed him at The Source or at the o utlaw 2 days ago, come check him out!! (see below) Also – Akin the black dude got a lot of raves for his set.
July 16
Swim – Gavin – Spectra
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July 18 Friday
El Nadiv’s First Party: Neuromotor
NEUROMOTOR (Aciddance rec)
PLASTYK ELEPHANT (Mechanik sound)
Crazy Lions Cult (Avtar rec/Israel)
E.S.X.S. (Mechanik sound/Barcelona)
YONI (h.o.t/global trance/Nyc)
Willamsburg Public House 363 Union Ave Brooklyn Tickets in advance $20 @ global trance $25 at Door 212-477-4440 201-892-0216 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327030016/http://www.homeoftrance.com/
We brought you together at the Brooklyn Public House with Neuromotor & friends for his first NYC appearance. We went till 8am as promised.
everyone get their asses down there, Neuromotor’s gonna rock your world. Yeah, that’s right. and Pooja and Nico from Greece who originally banged out that space with the Karan party a couple of months back! Interview with Talaa Frederick below.
hi guys, I usually don’t write reviews but this guy blew my mind off perfect mixing skills, perfect music selection and the vibe was great. I wanna thank Alladin for the wonderful party and hope to have another party soon. I’m just sorry that I missed nobu set, but in general, was one of the best parties this year keep up the good work guys peace and love
I traveled from Houston to attend this party because I really dig Hux Flux, and I’ve never been to NYC, yet I’ve been entertaining the thought of making a trip to NYC to visit my friend MachinElf for a couple of years. I finally took the plunge, and as far as I am concerned, I picked a GREAT party to attend for my first FULL-ON trance event. I’ve been labeled a “trance nerd” by my friend because I’m REALLY into Goa/psytrance music (I’ve an extensive/eclectic collection), but have little experience with actual trance events. I was active in the Texas rave scene for a while before a good friend turned me on to Goa/psytrance.
Though Hux Flux was great, I thought the volume was kinda low during their set. I like their new album “Division by Zero”, and I’ve been a HUGE fan since Cryptic Crunch. Though the two albums are decidedly different, I dig Dennis’s Scandinavian crunchy/crisp/squelchy/pretty sounds in whatever form they take. Hux Flux – I love you, but I’m really writing this post because Neuromotor’s live set caught me completely off guard. I have had little to no exposure to Neuromotor, but this intimate first contact had a profound effect on me in many ways.
At first I was grooving to the organic “wet” sounds that he produced, but these sounds took a strange and unexpected turn toward what I experienced as aggressive male misogynistic energy. Neuromotor’s live set made my loins wet and had me wishing that my girlfriend had made the trip with me to NYC. He introduced a bizarre aggressive SEXUAL politic to the dance floor that I have never experienced under any circumstances. Although I was digging the sound he put out, it made me feel dirty inside.
But, it was dirty in a good way … yet dirty in a bad way. I felt as if someone had violated my genitals – I felt a visceral urge in my groin but knew in my head that this was not where I wanted my energy to go. Neuromotor played with me like a puppet on strings. I felt as if I was violated sexually – as if someone had molested, me, but I secretly enjoyed the uninvited groping and wanted more.
During this seizure of my sexual-neuro-motor control – the sample that I heard { I don’t know what the actual sample was, but what I heard on the dance floor was this ” dance, or die, between my (your) legs”).
Though the explicit architecture of this sample can surely be debated, – this was what I heard on the dance floor ” dance, OR DIE, between my(your) legs”. What? … “Dance, OR DIE, between my(your) legs” — Neuromotor used organic, tangibly sensual noises and neuro-linguistic programming to reroute my bio-brain stimulation “between my (your) legs”.
Admittedly, I was digging this at first (with guilt), but as it progressed and I found myself noticing the female forms around me, I became distracted and the dirty feelings really took hold. I was part of a psychosexual trance orgy on the dance floor. I really felt violated (but still horny) – as if I hade been run through the “Orgazmatron” many times over, yet never spent my seed.
Neuromotor reached out and stroked me uninvitedly.- repeatedly – I ultimately had to leave the dance floor because I felt herded into this sexually aggressive male mode. Yet something inside of me enjoyed this sexual intrusion, though my overall “vibe” at the party was completely thrown OFF.
>What’s with listing four different acts names to make it look like there will be four international acts on the line-up when in reality they’re only bringing over one guy (Fred Talaa), who records under four different names? Synthetic Sadhus used to go a similar thing all the time (listing the same artist under multiple names so it looks like the line-up is more impressive than it is), and I still think it’s a sketchy policy.
(For those that don’t know, Fred Talaa records under the name of Neuromotor, Plastyk Elephant, and E.S.X.S., and is also 1/2 of Crazy Lions Cult together with Gill of Hyper Frequencies.)-Selim
C’est Vrai mon ami! Very true, but Selim, you are missing here one thing, the party organizers can make so much more money this way! this trend started here by these H.O.T (now Global Trance) is a sure way to inflate with H.O.T air any venue. eg:
1. 2 months ago, duvdev played – on the flyer, a big BPEmpire background, and Inf. Mush. written as big as duvdev’s name… people aren’t smart here as they are in Europe to the scene, so they say: Hey infected Mushroom! let’s pay $25!!!!! woooo! and they get a Yoni Dj set (typical full-on clone type music selection, good mixing skills) and a Duvdev DJ set… cost of the event – 2 pioneer cDJ 100 and sound system… no need for live equip, and no need to bother Erez so its much cheaper for them.
2. the more recent GMS-1200mics-Zorba-Bansi party- $30 = Yoni Dj Set, Bansi DJ set…. equip needed? = 2 cDJ1000 (Banzi is a big shot)
3. the most recent Logic Bomb, Alternate Vision, Oforia, Pigs in Space, Tandu event =30$ =Yoni Dj set, Junya (who was better than all of them, and I heard was in town anyway) Oforia DJ set , logic bomb never even showed. equip. needed? well you get the drift…..
This party shouldn’t be any different… maybe Yoni just really wants to play and is setting up these parties… maybe the fools get fooled….. maybe……. not me.
This city is hollow, empty of a soul, its a shame, Fred would be sad if he knew.
Brain still in pieces… what an event! really good gathering of good people, about 300 or so, very good vibes, very nice setup. Neuromotor played for a very long time, starting with ESXS stuff and moving into his own, mixing it up with Xenomorph and Paranormal Attack. sound could have been a bit better, but all and all it was an unforgettable event. Nice to meet the Isratrancers here: Demi, arrya… hope these events can keep happening like this. This was much needed
grand respect 2 Fred and all the New Yorkers! It’s hard even 2 type cause I worked my whole body until the after-party finished(around 6-7&*^%$$^), which was also amazing. Under the Bridge> Nice dimensions! I saw ppl rocking this party. A very good sets on the afterparty of Soverin, Mike. Thanks to all the freaking out.
I’m so happy to met this crowed ……what a killer energie ,all of u people amazed me the sound was not that good but the guys of global trance had some problems with the owner of that venue, but at the end, we did it all together …..so just one thing thanks a lot again for those that take the risk to come and play with us, I really found in love I want to come again for an outdoor I promise u more madness …..believe me.
global trance are doing a really great job, u can trust me I saw them from the inside and they really give u all their energie to do their best for your nights ……
actually I have to tell u that I’ve been so surprised by the new-york crowd, well just arrived in the place and everybody is dancing and smiling. Then until the end, nobody is missing …..we had a really great time it was a super mega killer party, thanks a lot to global trance crew who bring me there. You did a real nice job. I won’t forget it. love and light freddy
See, I told you guys that Fred was the BOMB Factory It doesn’t matter how many different names you call the guy, he can take a whole party to heights unimaginable Glad to hear it went off for the East Coast Family! Fred is the man, I wish I could have been there to see him do his thing
Neuromotor Interview
Neuromotor – Review
July 19 Saturday Morning
DMT Bridge Party – Good Luck Cata
There’s no name for this event but I’d like to think it’s the Good Luck Cata party, she goes to INS court on Monday and this may be the last time we see her..links, photos, vibe 6am-dusk?
Morning, so we are not violating any curfew. As always, be discrete, don’t fwd out to rave lists, bring trash bag, water and cans of beer 🙂 and don’t walk down in groups larger than 5-6. Feel free to meet us there around 5-6am to help set up.
Plus, make sure you carry your own trash back up the hill!!!
6am Opening Ceremonies MachinelfJason & Severin (Subtlechaos) The Omnitribe CrewAladin Project (El Nadiv)181st & Amsterdam, Under the Hamilton Bridge
Used by A Physicks, Paradox, Subtlechaos, Alphatrance, DMT, House of Trance, Omnitribe
Found — Light green scarf with shells I have it. email me off list.big thanks to everybody who made yesterday such a blast. all the DJs, people who shared/hauled equipment, shared food and drinks etc. You guys are all my heroes.It was great. What a beautiful day, beautiful place, beautiful music, beautiful people, beautiful dancing…I loved how you came off the streets of Harlem, down that little windy path with all the flowers and herbs and stuff into such a magical place! It was like Through the Looking Glass, into our alternate universe. You folks from San Francisco and Philly were really cool. come and hang out with us anytime. I can’t remember your names (doh!) but you were really fun. also, Heidi and Malcolm from CT!! Glad you made it!! Madeline said to tell you all what a really beautiful day she had, she was really glad to meet you and wants to do it again soon.(but there was a ton of trash leftover after almost everybody left, and Jeff, Madeline, Sharon ended up cleaning up most of it. we need to get better at leaving no trace…this is a cool spot and we don’t want to blow it by being litterbugs.)
July 19 Saturday
Shamanic plant reflection blenders and energetic resonance at Pine Barrens
Another free outdoor party in south NJ!!
Highly skilled psytrance DJs + guests from NYC iin the morning… last few weeks had 40-50 people, some naked! If you haven’t been, these get down there because aren’t going to happen forever!!!and bring your kids!!
in the morning… last few weeks had 40-50 people, some naked! If you haven’t been, these get down there because aren’t going to happen forever!!!and bring your kids!!
jeff>Heads up all shamanic plant reflection blenders and energetic resonance junkies: July.19, and Saturday 26. All FREE and all completely transcendental, blistering with psychic juice splotches and time fabric crinkles.
In the “Usual” Pine Barren Spot Keep this information away from police people. Be prepared to camp. Bring necessities (ie. food, water, etc.).Be kind to our universe- do not leave trash at this sacred place photos http://www.hipchix/SmearedCosmic/smeared.htmfor rides send an email to brainpooling-subscribe recommended
and I highly recommend us doing another beach gathering afterwards in Seaside Park on Sunday!!
I’m running out of ethnic identities to do parties at Boom. Israel is the last grail. If a nyone out there is from some fertile area for trance and knows of enough D Js from that area that live around here to make a party, let me know! How about Gay Trance! haha. Too bad no Scando DJs here! OK… I am looking for female DJs for an all-female event coming up in a couple of weeks. (T his weekend is bad) if anyone knows of any females who DJ send me their Info. I’m really looking for bedroom DJs, ones who’ve been practicing their skillz but haven’t been out. I’m also thinking womyn in free could be resurrected. If I can find four DJs we’ll do a party On a different unrelated note, are there any South Africans in the house? Please email me privately.
July 20 Sunday
A1 Funky Techno
Every Sunday at Guernica subtlechaos sessions present a1 funky tekno a night of progressive / psychedelic trance and techno. Downstairs at Guernica located on Avenue b btwn 2nd & 3rd street b2b3e5week 3 line up Jason (subtlechaos/a1) Severyn (subtlechaos/a1)shi-kid (Omnitribe) special guest full-on psychedelic environment brought to you by Severyn (subtlechaos/a 1) no cover 9pm till 3am bring i.d & do bring ya granny (news) lookout for subtlechaos outlaw events all thru the summer!also we are proud to introduce serge a.k.a surge as subtlechaos v.j artist
July 23 Wednesday
Spectra at Swim
Thanks to everyone that came down and played last week: SO NIXPARK DJ SOCH JASON PRIMATE all spun awesome sets. Tonight, it will be a night of great music and as usual, everyone is invited. If you can’t make it, please forward this invitation. DJs for the night: STEFAN (decompression-NYC) STIMEY (sonic labz-NYC) DJ FREEAATMAH (para diso-Mumbai, INDIA) ARIF (unknwnshrms-JAPAN) at -Wednesdays Spectra at Swim (Orchard between Stanton and Rivington) Free 10pm-4am 21+ Smoking lounge I n the basement…Open-air patio in the back… Please join us! Optical Delusion & Spectra present……YARE (Visionear, Spectra) NYC (Eduardo has be en recognized as one of NYC’s most experienced producers with releases on Yanivs Cosmophilia label and the wizard resident responsible for some of Synthetic Sadhus Spectra & Subtle Chaos most memorable journeys.JASON (SubtleChaos, Spectra) NYC ( Jason residency for the likes of Spectra, Synthetic Sadhus has led him to play alongside the likes of Llopis, Atmos, Peter Digital, Eargear, Gms, Bamboo Forest, Planet Ben, S-Range, Mahasuka, Shiva Chandra,Micha (E), Raja Ram, Shakta & Sw ayzak to name but a few. An interpretation of Tek house, progressive and psychedelic trance and withing walking distance, doable now that there’s no farrakhan loving security… at Omnitribe at Opium Den (29 E 3rd b/w 2 & 3 rd ave) Free 10pm-4am ID21+)
July 25 Friday
Psyforia
July 26 Saturday
Trance Neuro Sexpress at Boom!
Forget Montreal.. coming from the real Euro capital of North America: t’apportez pour votre plaisir…From the sandy beaches of Ibiza to the dank clubs of Berlin, from the festivals in Barcelona to the parades through Amsterdam, from the fields of England to the rocky shores of Greece, we gather with one Goal – to dance in the transcendental light of spiritual ecstasy and (for some) existential decadence featuring the very best beats that NYC has to offer this weekend. This is as clean and washed as we’re gonna get in this very messy grungy summer! Presenting an all-star cast of minimal progressive maestros – basically the very best minimalists in town this weekend. Expect a lot of Scandotrance and other strains of booty shakin’ trance too.
Hea dlining genre DJs confirmed so far: S.H.A.I.KID & Andrey Elektrolust
Night opens with 80s/Eurotrance/Eurodisco/Electro/Acid House sets from Kraftwerk to Happy Mondays to Acid Horse and beyond by Jeff Whit more and evolves through the 90s into today’s stylin’ minimal progressive beats. Ends in funky full on by Boris (Burning Elf) Door by Sophie (Sweden) and Michelle Fluro European Union flag Om Art by Trancellor Ogg Mod
Party is at NYC’s Eurotrash HQ: Boom! 152 Spring between West Broadway and W ooster 10pm-4am ID21+
Free before 10pm (warning: there will be Eurotrash people eating dinner everywhere, the tables will be cleared one by one as they finish) Free if you bring something to hang on the walls that’s Europe an or Neuroscientific (you’ll get it back) Free with European passport. Fr ee if you can name the orginal Balearic Island styled club… (click HRE to continue th e hint) Free for those with “I love Hans Blix” posters $1 with you bring n on genetically modified food or hormone free beef (see $3 option) $2 with imported Italian Olive Oil (extra virgin – dollar off… slathered over se lf with swimsuit – free) $3 for women in satiny bras and body-conscious str etch skirts and dresses $4 for those with current or expired Eurailpasses $ 5 for drummers or before 11pm $6 for those in Balearic garb or those bringi ng a bottle of Euro cologne to spray around $7 if you say the password (nE urotrash) $8 if you’re wearing jeans that cost more than $100 or clothes em blazoned European fashion houses (Pierre Cardin does not count) $9 if you have a supremely arrogant superiority complex (see $10 option) or for men I n shiny shirts in man-made fabrics $10 for everyone else Half off if you pa “Free” tips for those who dance on the t ables more hints and DJ updates at.. .co m/neurotrash web tranceam.org/neurotrash (updat ed daily) from /trance web brainmach Time Out New York (our crosstown rival schmatte) doesn’t know shit about trance but t hey had this to say:
“Two strains of trance are currently in vogue. One, commonly referred to as Eurotrance (Eurodiscus hypnoticus satinus), is essentially a heterosexual version of HINRG that has found enthusiastic champions in English Victrologists like Paul Oakenfold. The male of the species seems fond of shiny shirts in man-made fabrics, while the female often sports satiny bras and body-conscious stretch skirts and dresses. Goa, or psychedelic, trance (Eurodiscus hypnoticus hippie), on the other hand, is Eurotrance’s grungier parent. Born of the hippie beach parties of India and Thailand, this style emphasizes pseudo- Eastern psychedelic motifs and the heavy acid sound of the Roland 303 bass synthesizer. Goa trancers are believed to be descended from the Deadhead and trustafarian orders, both of which have, through evolution, developed the ability to survive for months without a shower or haircut. Additionally, much of the population is of Israeli origin, although science has yet to come up with an explanation for this.”
July 27 Sunday
Shamanistas – Ayahuasca
for those in the know a Sunday long ceremony with the Shamanistas!!
July 27 Sunday
A1 Funky Tekno
downstairs at Guerni ca (Avenue B Btwn 2nd & 3rd)Jason Subtlechaos, others. Art by Severyn (Subtlechaos/A1) Free 9pm-3am ID21+ (News) Look Out For Subtlechaos Outlaw Events All Thru The Summer! Also We Are Proud To Introduce Se rge A.K.A Surge As Subtlechaos V.J Artist
July 29 Tuesday
Liquids
Waddap Transients! Hope all had a great weekend Thanks to everyone who came down last week and all the DJs that played awesome sets: Ben Light-O-Matic Icycoil DJ Illusion Tonight it will be another night of music from psychedelia. DJs: Sonixpark Dima Primate P.S. Dima will be leaving for the UK for a while so come down to hear his set and wish him well. 266 East 10th bet 1st & A All is welcome See you there.
August 2003
August 1 Friday
Myspace launched
August 1 Friday
Omnitribe
Trance benefit Party for the Q’ era tribe of Peru at the Brecht Forum (another communist party 🙂 flyer
August 2 Saturday
Omnitribe Beach Party
Last weekend’s events all went off very well…the Brecht forum was a perfect place for the communist party. each beer we drank fed villages of (native) tranceheads in Peru and in the morning when the rainforest action crew came in to lick envelopes they weren’t freaked out (wonder what it was like when there was a dusted techno event there) Omnitribe needs places like this and places like this needs Omnitribe thanks guys… it felt like the fencing school all over again… ..and we won’t even discuss our little beach gathering on Saturday thanks everyone!!
August 2 Saturday
Shamanistas
Small beach party just so you know, the Shamanistas are having a ceremony this Saturday night along some woods near a beach an hour or so from Manhattan. If you’d like to come chill with us you are welcome, email me privately. We’ll have a small fire and a small sound system (JVC Kaboombox)We’ll be there by 6pm and be out there pretty late
now that as it gets dark we are along the beach or visible from it not too far from the bridge. another number you can call anytime is Stefan at 646 752 5456..bring cds, food, drink, incense, radios, batteries, CANDLES!!! etc.we’ll be there very late. but don’t show up too late. expect 20 people at least!
ps we’ve done this before, just don’t drive as the parking closes at dusk.
My friend Dmitri will be at Village Lantern tonight so come
August 7 Thursday
DJ Influx presents and hosts: The Final Scratch @ The Village Lantern
10pm-4am FREE 21 + id THIS WEEK LINEUP S.H.I.K.I.D BERZERX SEE U ALL THERE village lantern 167 Bleecker st btw Thompson and Sullivan train:,B,C,D,E,F,Q/W. 4 , 1,9/Houston
August 8 Friday
Trance party in Wall Street with some of NYC ‘s best psytrance DJs. Recommended! Flyer at: web brainmachines/elnadiv web tranceam.org/elnadiv
August 8 Friday
El Nadiv – Disko Futur
First DJ Set: El Nadiv
We produced Astral Projection at the Limelight (Estate). We brought you together at the Brooklyn Publik House with Neuromotor & friends for his first NYC appearance. We went till 8am as promised. Now join us for an EXTRA special event featuring the finest foreign talent around! SH.I.K.I.D. (Omnitribe, Moscow) SLEX (Global Trance, Tel Aviv) DJ Influx (Dreamcatcher, Sao Paolo) Alladin Project (Doof Records, Tel Aviv) Knob vs Jun (Technological Arrow, Tokyo) We are open again from 11pm till 8AM 21 and over, full bar, and its only $15! Sample the musical vibe we have by traveling to Contact Information web yume.be/ ance at hotmail effetetrance at hotmail vinfo:201 892 0216
The Disko Futura party was a blast. Thanks El Nadiv for a wonderful event!! The rain prevented me from rallying to the outdoor on Saturday, but I heard it was good.
I had a great time, and I hope all others did as well. We regret the tech. difficulty we had in the beginning, but we resolved it by 12. (The electrical wiring in the venue was as older than Jesus.) We went on till 8am as promised, as others can’t and close at 5AM:( To all those who attended, I would like to say thank you! Our next event will contain even more EnErgy, featuring an artist long sought after here in NYC… Hope to see you at the COSMA party, as I would never DREAM of going to a party that ends at 5am… BOOM SHANKAR!
August 9 Saturday
Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative – Open Air Pine Barrens
Free outdoor psytrance minifestival in NJ T BA on Safetydance (Philadelphia Shamanista Initiative)
Pray for no rain! it’s currently forecasted for scattered thunderstorms through SundayWhere else but the Pine Barrens: we bring you a new and improved set of > directions and a growing list of DJ’s including a live act.> >> >Onnomon (live)> >Light-o-Matic> >IcyCoil> >Mescalinium (back from Spain)> >Neil> >> >enviromental lighting friendliness provided by Ben (light-o-matic)> >visual athestics by Aurora Design.> >> >Anyone seen Jason Sannachan around?> >> >Directions will be sent out Friday, along with any last minute changes, > updates, drama or other bullshit. > >
Weeklies Around this Time
Tuesdays Get Trance Tuesdays at Liquids (226 shroom at yahoo Biggest, most happening psytrance weekly in N ew York.
Before Spectra at Swim… Trip Out New York/Ne Eurotrash brings you web tranceam.org/neurotrash2 l Roots of psytrance Machinelf’s on-again, off-again bang-out 80s electro eurodisco and acid house afterwork party at Swim 6pm-11pm!! (Orchard b/w Stanton & Rivington) Smoking lounge in the basement…Open-air patio in the back… web tranceam.org/neurotrash2 lmore info)
Wednesdays Spectra at Swim (Orchard b/w Stanton & Rivington) Smoking lounge in the basement…Open-air patio in the back…
Wednesdays Omnitribe at Opium Den (29 E 3rd b/w 2 & 3rd ave)
Thursdays Dreamcatcher at Village Lantern DREAMCATCHER and INFLUX introduces THE FINALSCRATCH SESSIONS web finalscratch/web finalscratch.co m lineup: DJ leo (Dreamcatcher – influx) DJ influx (Dreamcatcher NYC) 167 Bleecker b/w Thompson & Sullivan. Subway:,B,C,D,E,F,Q/W. 4, 1,9 /Houston
Sundays A1 Funky Tekno downstairs at Guernica (Avenue B b/w 2nd & 3rd)Jason Subtlechaos, others. Art by Severyn (Subtlechaos/ A1) 9pm-3am (News) Look Out For Subtlechaos Outlaw Events All Thru The Summer! Also We Are Proud To Introduce Serge A.K.A Surge As Subtlechaos V.J Artist
August 14 Thursday
Neurotrash 2
“Roots” of Trance, “Good Hair Day” at Swim 6pm-11pm FREE Before Spectra at Swim… come hear the Roots of psytrance – code-named Neurotrash! Machinelf’s on-again, off-gain bang-out 80s electro Eurodisco and acid house after work leading into minimal progressive party.. with DJs Akin, Machinelf, others… Art by L. ‘Ko. See web site for full details. Swim is at Orchard b/ w Stanton & Rivington Smoking lounge in the basement… Open-air patio in the back… Come hear Machinelf before his roots grow out bang out Kraftwe rk remixes, Alphaville, New Romantics, Happy Mondays, Acid Horse. more. Then you’ll experience Manic Mekator AKA Akin bring it up through the 90s to the 21 Century with playing Depeche Mode, Shpongle, Koxbox, Saiko-Pod, Juno Reactor, and with video projection by Optik al Delusion { Thursdays Aug 14 at B3 Psychedelic dub and chill-out set, Corner of3rd & B –
August 15 Friday
SUPER LUCKY TRANCE
Ben light-o-matic& Jaime Present: SUPER LUCKY TRANCE 11PM – 4AM at Boom! 21+, $5 Door. Psytrance to benefit the Shrine of Super Lucky Cat within Super Lucky Camp (citizens of Asylum Village) Black Rock City, Nevada. DJ’s (in no particular order) Neil & Pat (PSI) IcyCoil Lauryn & Ammon EP (Boston) Ben light-o-matic Oriental and/or Cat attire suggested! Boom! is at 152 Spring between West Broadway and Wooster Subways: Take 6 to Spring C/E to Spring F to Broadway/Lafayette 1/9 to Houston N/R to Prince. Info: lightomatic/pa rty/superlucky/lightomatic/party/superlucky/
This Saturday during the day come witness the return of the web Yahoo Groups/group/DMTNYDevotional Ministry of Trance. Taking advice from an unlikely source – Don Rumsfeld – we return not as the army but as marines. Why buy when you can borrow? That night is a true clusterfuck, two parties, that I won’t get into. I honor Cosma’s untimely death – and would also love to see Club Arc do psytrance finally…. oh, the moral choices… Would that we be numerous enough to avoid bankrupting the smaller draw’s event . So everyone get out. Let’s pretend for once that we’re in London and trance is a multi headed beast.
wondering if there is anyone else out there who is interested in helping tidy up the bridge space before the India Pakistan party on the 16th? I have to work Friday afternoon, but could do Friday early on the day, or anytime on Wednesday.I need someone to help as I can’t do any heavy lifting bc my shoulder is wrecked. thxs.suzi
From: “nan” I’ll help out. Just let me know when etc. Hefty bags to go!>;-)
August 15 Friday
Field Day 2
strongly recommend going to the backstages and getting dosed with Goa/psy,techno, experimental, downtempo, electro, and other mind phuck music that
can’t be classified. Drum circle at the Goahead stage 4:20 am Saturday 8-16
Only $5 for a weekend of camping and fun. Infoline 216-491-2126
www.GoaheadProductions www.controlthenight for a full lineup of stages and info.
Goahead Dj’s: Andy James – Techno, The Funk Detective – Techno, Boompsie -Techno, Malachi – Goa/psy, Meghan – Goa/psy, Moke – Alien tribal funk, Uzi – trance, Sheherazade – Goa/psy, Nox – House, Klockwork – Tribal breaks
Sidetrakkt Dj’s: Electric Mayhem – Goa/psy Psyphon – Goa/psy Sweet Chaos Goa/psy
Technoir Audio Showcase: Techno live p.a and DJ’s Ratana Jwan Allen Chris O’conner Curtis Jackson
Experimedia Stage: maki performs the Japanese tea ceremony jbible (DJ SET: Electro-mayhem) Geoff White (LIVE PA: Tech hauz) Famous Amos (DJ SET: Tech hauz) Twine (LIVE PA: electro-acoustic waves) Joshua Treble (LIVE PA: post-everything) In Broken Key (LIVE PA: inteli-glitch Zeljko (LIVE PA :Texturalism / Ambient)
Quartet (LIVE PA : Maximalism / Ambient) themoonstealingprject (LIVE PA :
Breakfast Of Ambience (tone poems) Cleveland Connection (LIVE PA: Glitch pop
Notekhu (LIVE PA: IDM / Glitch) Three M (LIVE PA: IDM / Glitch)
Andy Hegler (DJ SET : Detroit Classics 50 Pence / Lickshot 1 (DJ SET: Ragga jungle
Sean Stillion (DJ SET classic electro-funk) Twinhooker (DJ SET: Ragga Mash Ups)
Jugoe (DJ SET: dub-a-dub-dub) Nimrodpower (DJ SET: IDM vs. Electro)
Counter-Couture (LIVE PA : electro-funk Scan 7 (DJ SET :D-town electro)
Helen Keller (LIVE PA: robot electro) Mesu Kasumai (LIVE PA: electro-funk)
Ultradyne (LIVE PA: future robot electro) Auxmen feat Posatronix / Blak Tony / DJ K-1 Detroit live pa electro James White (LIVE PA: electro-funk) Manasyt (LIVE PA: electro-funk)
Clockworm (LIVE PA: ambient) DJ Boompsie (DJ SET : Tech-hauz) No Pan (DJ SET: electrotech) The Trinity Goahead, Sidetrakkt, Technoir
Luke & Luke live pa Rumor is Shawn Rudiman/aka Tr Generation may show up
All the heads on this list will be happy to know that the psy-Goa-progressive scene was very well represented at this multi-stage/style event in Wooster, Ohio. Thanks to all the psy, Goa & progressive DJ’s/crews who came from all over to the Goahead tent: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus (I hope I didn’t miss anyone’s origins). Because of them, any unsuspecting raver with a binky on a string at that event could hear these sounds that we all love and enjoy, and even take for granted here in the city. Be it daytime, peak-time, or morning. Every time a psy, Goa or progressive DJ would get behind the decks, a crowd would gather around and get really excited. Who knows, maybe the house nation is starting to get a crack in its foundation because one could easily tell the kids are just dying for a new sound (all other stages played house, d’n’b, house, cheesy trance, house, and more house, oh experimental stage was great tho too). Two obstacles hindered the event from being all it was meant to be: rain and the subsequent flooding and mud; and of course, the man. After 2 am, the bass was supposed to be off entirely until 8 am. Good thing toward the morning most of the stages said fuck it and kicked it back up. This event has the potential of becoming a staple in the north-east/mid-west scene. It reminded me a lot of what Toronto crews do with WEMF, my hope is that Field Day will continue to grow and attract bigger crowds. That rests in part on the shoulders of the promoters who this year went in with the complete understanding that they will be picking up the tab. And they did. That is a community service worth praise. Props to Goahead Productions for representing all the way. They are planning quite a bit for the future of Goa, psy & progressive in those parts. If anyone has any ideas on how to participate, be it with DJ’s, art, tour bookings, var. connects, taking trips to events, or whatever, let’s hear it. I think there is a certain responsibility that we have before the rest of the region, being in NYC and having a thriving scene as we do. I don’t wanna come off too utopian, but we are a movement only when we get together and make things happen, collaboratively and sometimes over distances (in this case only 7.5 hrs drive). To sum up though, the event was a kick-ass time and an indication of good things to come for trance in that neck of the woods.
August 16 Saturday
Psytrance Indian Independence Day
During the day: free – legal – outdoors – Manhattan All day Saturday, August 16th 8am-8pm. DJs from India, Boston, San Diego, plus d-voted DJs from New York. Actually “Indian Independence Day” is on Friday, but we want to celebrate outdoors in the joyous day. Rain or shine As of Tuesday there’s a small chance of a thunderstorm. I hope it happens, then we’ll all be under the covered bridge as opposed to lolling about on the grass. But it probably won’t rain. Blast!! Attractions & Contributions bicoastal psytrance guru s, Indian dancing, chillum workshop, potluck Indian food, art, henna, wild people, poojas, performance art, juice, chai, blankets, yoga, incense, fire dancing, face painting, didgeridoo, drums, etc. No one is untouchable.. We’re also shooting for bar-b-q; if anyone has a grill please bring – email me – and we’ll announce BYO BBQ. We are resurrecting the “free” area wherein we leave offerings to our ancestors and our sister s and brothers. Bring water, food, special brownies, money, trinkets etc. Leave your spectator and consumer hats at home. Indoors. Security & legality This is a DAYTIME EVENT. That means we pack up when it gets dark. It’s 100% legal. Feel free to forward this out to your friends – but not email lists. As always, be discrete, don’t fwd out to rave lists, bring water, and don’t walk down in groups larger than 5-6. Can you help us? -We’ll definitely need help with equipment. Feel free to meet us there any time between sunrise and 8am to help set up. -We are cleaning the park in the morning. There was a techno party at this spot several weeks ago and I’m fairly certain it’s still a mess. Let’s be responsible citizens. -Donations to pay for gas, both for the generator and the DJ’s from Boston. You are responsible for bringing your own water, food, etc. DJ Lineup and Schedule – From morning full-on to late progressive 7am Bridge Clean-up (Scooby Snacks for those who help)
8am Opening Ceremonies Machinelf (d)
9am – Influx (Dream om
10am Samsher Sachdeva (India/NY) mellowmoments at hotmail
11pm Dino (Changmian/Boston) deanmanning75 at yahoo
12pm Kamal Dragonlotus (In dian/NJ) krsnalotus at aol
1pm Hidro-Ponik (San Diego CA) mailt o:trz303 at hotmailtrz303 at hotmail
2pm Open Slot TBD by d membe rs
3pm Lauryn (Boston) psyonica at yahoo
4pm Mayura (India/NYC) VilIAlnNyC at aol 5pm SHAIKID (Omnitribe, Israel/NYC) nodrux at yahoo 6-8pm Open Sl ots TBD by DMT members Updated DJ schedule located web br ainmachines/bridgelineup here (updated daily) History Location of New York’s (America’s??) first underground p sy-trance parties. Used since 1998 by Acid Physicks, Paradox, Subtlechaos, Alphatrance, d, House of Trance, Omnitribe, and Safetydance. The ance formed in 2000 and has staged several dozen events. The DMT was formed with a core belief/observation – that trance dance can lead to spiritual enlightenment and transcendence. Wounded by an equipment seizure by the NYPD on July 13, 2001, it struggled along until a week after 9/11, when at night the feds warned us not to break curfew again. This event is a logical outgrowth, an escape to a higher level of complexity. This is the second psytrance Indian-themed event, one of the larger events of its kind.
August 16 Saturday
Bridge is on but.. Generator problems.. Only have large boombox. We are here until 10pm or so. Happy indian independance!
August 16 Saturday
PSI – Acid Boogy at Pine Barrens
The Funkmaster Fleish – Burning Elf – Dharmaz Reptile – Light-o-Matic
August 16 Saturday
Hommega Productions
To The Memory Of Cosma Talamasca (3D-Vision Records, France), Xerox – (Hommega Records Israel) Liran – (Hommega Phantasm Us a) Shi.K.I.D – (Omni Tribe Nyc) Knob – (Technological Arrow Nyc) Brand New Location 6000sqft Of Large Loft With Great Lighting And Windows All OverLooking Onto The Phenomenal View Of The West River And Jersey City! Daylight Studio (450w 31st Street 8th Floor B.9th & 10th Ave N yc) Doors Open at 23:00p – 8:00a / Tickets:$25 Adv / &30 Door / 18 Party -21 Alcohol Info: 212 995 1097 / 917 553 4424 trancemotion2 000 at hotmail web phantasmrecordsweb phantasmrecords web homeoftranceweb homeoftrance web daylightstudioweb dayli ghtstudio Avihe Livne (1979-2003) this party is in memory of Cosma, a very talented musician, a good friend and an extremely special person. on Feb 10th we lost you in an unfortunate motorcycle accident in Goa india.you will be missed by all of us. We keep dancing to your music until we meet again!
Tsunami does not have the best reputation re: ethics & vibe. Tsunami has apparently double booked this event without any explanation. Now an argument COULD be made that Tsunami could only get Club Arc on Saturday nights. (All of Tsunami’s cards lie in club owners ‘owing’ them x amount of nights) Too bad, because most people I know will go to Talamasca.. The final “juice” lies in who announced their event first, and in this case it was not Tsunami. I’ll go to both, just to hear Tim Schuldt. I’d love to see Tsunami get Vinyl/Arc back just like I nt he old days, but absolutely not at the expense of the In Memoriam party
one of the best parties NYC has ever seen… great energy, great crowd, great DJ’s, great location, great great great….. my ears are ringing… its too loud for me to even type… hopefully post more later… Talamasca was brutal, Xerox was smooth as ice… local Knob and Liran played good sets as well. I’m glad this event took place, very positive power there, a melange of people in the crowd… happy to see everyone there, karnaf, chakalaka, droozi, cedric, arrya, good to see you all there. psychoclown, you were missed.
I loved it!!! Talamasca’s track selection was good but I felt that the speakers didn’t sound so good when he was spinnin. Well, they fixed what they had by the time Xerox came cause he did sound better. Of course, I may be biased after all I have only been waiting about 5 years to see xerox play. I’m sorry I missed knob set I am really starting to dig the music he plays. Thank you for throwing this party I loved the location and the music – maybe next time you don’t have to get that many speakers though?
-also that night –
August 16 Saturday
Tsunami Presents”Back To Where I t All Started”
Alien Project- Live! (Phonokol, Israel) Ari’s Live And Dj-Se ts Are Known Around The Globe As The Best Of Full-On Dance Explosions. Tim Schuldt, Live! (Aurinko Records, Germany) Tim, Since Many Years The Pillar Of German Trance, Has Not Been In New York Since 1999, And Will Be Gracing Us With A Very Rare Live Set. Ari, Dj Set (Alien Project) Mind Of The Demented, Dj Set Manti And Darkrad In Their New York Debut! Plus Another International Surprise!! Chillout Room: Green Apls – Ahim – Sonixpark – Zvika & Much More… Club Arc (Formerly Vynl) 6 Huber Street (Off Hudson Street – 3 Blocks From Canal) Trains – A,C,E To Canal Street Or 1,9 To Franklin Street) Hours: 11pm Till Late! $20 In Advance (+ Store Commission) $25 at The Door
Alien Project never showed – Alien P. is booked for tonight in Achziv Israel and tomorrow for Nitzanim in Israel as well… anyone know if he is coming in by Spaceship? cause otherwise he might miss his gig.
John Emmanuel has no office, as he ripped off one person too many. Yoni kicked him out of the office space with a court order. He has a voicemail, but that will probably go dead soon…
His last financial backer gave up after throwing more than 40 money-losing parties (hmm maybe it’s the dates he chooses? He always insisted on throwing the parties on the same date as everyone else, because he wanted them to go broke.)
Very few were ever profitable, and of the 6 parties we promoted for him 1 Failed.
It failed because no one wanted to pay $27 to be in a small room with a weak sound system, ala CULTURE CLUB (a cheesy 80’s CLUB. the place has a neon PAC MAN on the awning…)
When the people who paid saw how bad the sound was, and that there were no decorations, they called their friends and told them not to come.
I should know. the volume was so low I could hear other people’s conversations.
This is because John didn’t want to pay $1000 more for sound reinforcement.
The few who did get stuck with nowhere else to go were pissed.
CB told john he should give a partial refund or a discount.
John said “fuck them, they will never remember”
CB insisted and began to collect names for a reduced list for the next party.
When John actually gave those refunds at the Transcendental Love party, he became pissed again. He said “What the fuck? I had to give a discount to 80 people because of you, and no one remembers how good we are. They just remember the bad things.”
I guess maybe its because very few things went as planned. (at that party Parasense didn’t show. We later found out that John knew all along, But didn’t want to lower the ticket price.)
CB reminded john that at 2am that the best costume at the party should get $100.
John said “Fuck them, what about me?”
Oh and that party that Gilles referred to when the artist would not play was The Antidote, and it was this same party. He said the sound system was garbage and refused to plug in his Toshiba laptop.
We worked for him despite all the people who told us he was dishonest and a sellout.
We believed we could re-finish his image as long as we delivered the goods when the time came.
Well we upped his website visits 100x but he couldn’t keep his word because he almost never has signed contracts.
Even when he does, they are useless as he is no longer a company functioning with a valid tax i.d. (he can’t pay the taxes).
So even when it was not his fault, (Estate closing), he has no recourse but to wait for the place to hopefully re-open (which it will, and he’ll make another party from 11-till???).
Psyfire, it’s ok to believe in something. Just recognize that I am not lying, this is not fiction. This is all true.
We were partners until we found out some other dirty secrets that are too juicy to leave to the public.
We no longer work with fakenami.
Why don’t you ask someone about the Neuromotor party we threw at the Williamsburg Public House. It was packed and they begged us to do a monthly.
They even called us again because people asked about it. We were open 11pm to 8am.
No early closings, as we had contracts, and we are a legitimate company with a tax i.d. that could take recourse on behalf of the patrons.
Basically, John is a fraud, and w/o advice from someone in the scene, he has no idea who to book or where to do it.
If you want to handle his internet campaign you are going to need more than opinion to make people believe you.
Every time someone posts to tell people about one of his great parties, we will release more and more of the inner workings of this faker.
And we have many.
Did everyone survive the blackout?
This weekend, Brecht Forum and Spectra.
August 19 Tuesday
Unknown Shrooms
What’s Up Transients! Another week already Hope all had a great weekend. Respect to Hommega Productions for throwing a party in memory of Cosma. Like to thank everyone for coming down last week and showing your love and support and to the DJs for that played: Stefan Jehan Serge and Stas who helped fill an hour slot and Influx all spun wonderful sets. Tonight it will be another night of sweet beats and sounds of psychedelia. As usual everyone is welcome. Djs Serge and Icycoil will be your guides. Liquids is at 226 E 10th bet 1st & A Lower East Side FREE ADMISSION 10-4am Bring: Friend, Smile, Flyers See You There unknwnshrms
August 20 Wednesday
Neurotrash
Early Trance Early Wednesday 6-11pm at Swim Before Spectra at Swim… Trip Out New York/Neurotrash brings you HR Psy-Trance Machinelf’s bang-out 80s electro Eurodisco and acid house after-work party at Swim 6pm-11pm!! (Orchard b/w Stanton & Rivington) Smoking lounge in the basement…Open air patio in the back… ww.brainmachines/neurotrashweekly more info) This week – Mars Needs Women!!! Pump up the Volume! Early Acid House!! at -Wednesdays Spectra at Swim (Orchard b/w Stanton & Rivington) Smoking lounge in the basement… Open-air patio in the back…
August 22 Friday
Brecht Forum
122 West 27th St. 10th Floor, between 6th and 7th Aves. 9pm-9am donations $5-$10 featuring DJs from OmniTribe, Digital Circuitry and Subtle Chaos probable visuals by opticaldelusions “The Return of the Q’eros” – this is the 2nd of a 3-party series to benefit the Q’eros tribe of Peru and to help preserve the message within their weavings. Brought to you by TAPPT’s “ProJect Q’eros”
Malcom: the organizers and the commies who were nice enough to let us use that great location. I got there at about 11 with a nice beer buzz going. I liked the venue…not to big or small and very beautiful girls dancing around to trance 🙂 I liked the variety of trance being played…the more downtempo psytrance played early in the party was a nice build-up to the full-on harder trance later on… I had a “few” more beers and the music carried me away… I hope someone recorded last night’s mix…oh yeah there was a really cool presentation on the Q’eros tribe of Peru at the end of the party… – I just want to say thank you guys and girls for a really chill party it’s a shame more people didn’t know about it… I could totally see bringing in some jazz cats to that venue to have a listen to some psytrance.
August 22 Friday
Psyforia in Boston
August 23rd Saturday
Spectra
Oliver (reefer decree/oryx) Denmark Lori the Hifi Princess (futuretechartists/shimmy records) Gavin (Spectra) New York Vitalia & Shi.k. I.d ( Omnitribe ) New York 10 p.m E28093 7 a.m $25 18+ 320 W.37th St Between 8th & 9th 7th
Dave Henshaw: OK, so all you nay-sayers and doubting Thomases want to whine and complain about how the “scene” in New York is broken up and dwindling. “Competition is killing us,” cries the peanut gallery! “It costs too much money to hear these International acts,” declare the vagrants from the Financial District! “What happened to the “good old days?” When entire dancefloors of 500 people who would be violently shaking to the sounds of Ticon, Noma, Hux Flux, and Logic Bomb?,” ask the latest fallouts from the forward thinker category? Synthetic Sadhus has stopped, Tsunami parties cannot be trusted anymore, and the days of Spectra Parties at the Key Roller arena are gone. And all these people want to jump ship and throw in the towel. Pedro Martinez comes out and gets shelled and all of a sudden there’s not a Red Sox fan anywhere from Southie to Charlestown. Likewise, a few bunk attempts at trance parties unfold and all of a sudden there’s not a single trancer in the whole Tri-State area. Well, guess what? I’ve got something to say to all those who’ve seemingly vanished from the face of New York/Boston psytrance nation: “It feels and sounds so much better from in front of the speakers!” I need to thank the ever-wise Jacob for that comment, but nothing could be closer to the truth of the situation. Ask yourself, what is it about trance parties that I love the most?” And if the answer is “the music and the people,” then I can only hope your portable discman is generating about 6500 watts and your apartment can hold around 100 of your closest friends! All I can say is, “there’s still an amazing musical and psychedelically-oriented “scene” here in the Northeast US, but there seem to be only around 100 or so people who wish to take part in it!” This past weekend was yet another example of a musically exceptional yet poorly attended New York City trance party. Spectra Productions, leaders in the propagation of the progressive psychedelic sound, brought Oliver Beirlich back for another New York appearance and, once again, the Copenhagen native didn’t let anyone down. After outstanding and eclectic opening sets from NYC favorites Vitali a & S.H.I.K.I.D, and Lori the Hi-Fi Princess (playing relatively hard and stomping tech-trance), Oliver took to the helm and busted out with track after track of upbeat Danish and Swedish progressive psy. Tracks he had produced under his two projects, Reefer Decree and Oryx, started the night and dotted the first hour or so. Once the crowd was moving; he opened it up with some more driving and aggressive Israeli third-wave from the likes Asterix and others. The lucky 100 or so who attended were treated to yet another great set’s worth of dancing and another audible massage from one of Denmark’s finest. But perhaps the highlight of the night came when the closing Dj took the decks; Spectra’s own Gavin. Fresh off over a month of international travel and gigging; Gavin seemed to bring all the dancefloors he played for in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Brazil back to the United States and treated the crowd to tracks which even the most dedicated and anal-retentive progressive psy collectors have never heard. It was a set’s worth of tracks the likes have never been heard here in the Eastern US. Gavin has had some amazing sets this year – including those at Omni-Fest, Gaian Mind, and all the international travels. But (of those I’ve had the pleasure of hearing) this one ranks as the best. And with the end of the night came yet another sigh, yet another walk out into the sunrise-soak ed New York City streets, yet another cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee, yet another batch of fresh peaches and bananas, and yet another cracked-out car- ride with Marria back up to Beantown… More prevalent, however, than any of those habitual phenomena was a distinct feeling that I was treated to something that only a select few had the privilege of hearing and experiencing.To live in the past and wish for the “good old days” is a false nostalgic earn. To say the “scene” in New York “sucks” because there are very few parties that can draw 500 or 600 people is ignorant and judgmental. To stop coming to parties because “nobody ever goes” is self-defeating. For, if everyone said that, then nobody would come anyway. Like the wise-man says, “if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” So maybe this review is going to turn into one giant, “GET UP NEW YORK AND BOSTON!! Get off your couches and out of your offices! Get away from Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. Get off your Bunton Lawn Mowers and out from behind your Apple G4’s! Once or twice a month, somebody is giving you the chance to hear the sounds that will provide the soundtrack of our generation played live and in stereo over a massive sound-system. And if you can’t come up with a couple of hours of pay to enjoy eight hours of amazing music, then maybe you do belong cooped up in your cubicle all day or sitting in Starbucks reading the latest gossip on the back page of the Post!….The next Spectra party will feature Emok, the head of Denmark’s Iboga Records, and will take place on September 13th, 2003 …. 🙂 …… Oliver and Gavin will also be performing this Wednesday, August 27th, at Anitya in Boston…. 🙂 *This conversation is OVER! 🙂 🙂
August 30-September 6
Burning Man: Beyond Belief
September 2003
Waddap Transients! Another month already. Hope everyone had a lovely labor day weekend. Thanks to the Japanese kids (Fumi, Knob, Jun Tetsu & Kota) for the fruits and for having the after hours on top of that phat rooftop loft. You guys need to throw a party up there. Like to thank everyone that came down last week and to the acts that played; Arif, Knob, Sonixpark and Primate all played awesome sets. Tonight it will be another night of the sounds from psychedelia. DJ s that will guide you: EVAN, STAS, JEHAN As usual everyone is invited. See You All There P.S. Bring Friend, Smile, Flyers/Card
Tuesdays Get Trance Tuesdays at Liquids om at yahoounknownshroom at yahoo Biggest, most happening psytrance weekly in New York.
Wednesdays Spectra at Swim (Orchard b/w Stanton & Rivington) Smoking lounge in th e basement…Open air patio in the back…
Wednesdays Omnitribe at Opium Den (29 E 3rd b/w 2 & 3rd ave)
September 3 WEDNESDAY at Plaid
Tonight – right now – put on weird clothes, get out the door and go to this TripOutNY Sorry for the late mail, but if you’re checking your email NOW, check this out, wish I was back tonight and not tomorrow…
Party Monster Premiere Party with Susan Bartsch
Susan Bartsch is an old school promoter that throws the most extravagant parties in New York, since back in the old Limelight days & beyond. It s fitting that she is hosting a party for a new movie about NYC s killer promoter Michael Alig called Party Monster, starring McAuley Caulkin, Seth Green & Chloe Sevigny, tonight with us at Plaid. So, don t stay Home Alone! Due to a private party, doors will open at 1am.
You asked for it! You got it! Come get infected at the Wicked Screensaver party this Friday. The SoBig virus, which is the sixth and latest strain of a virus that first emerged in January, spreads through Windows PCs via e-mail and corporate networks. Besides clogging e-mail system s with messages carrying subject lines like “Re: Details” and “Re: Wicked screensaver,” the virus also deposits a Trojan horse, or hacker back door, that can be used to turn victims’ PCs into relayers of spam e-mail… this Friday we’ll come through your back door and turn your brains into relayers of the trance virus.
September 5 Friday
Wicked Screensaver the Party
Trip Out NY and the headz of NYC604 bring you – The So Big Virus has everyone unwittingly emailing each other back and forth messages about “Wicked Screensaver.” It’s time we fought back and reclaimed our wetware!
10pm-4am, ID21+ Free inoculation before 11p m, $10 after… but… free for those with his (& her)pes blisters, viral medication (Valtrex, etc), antibiotics, printed copies of infected email attachments, bottles of alcohol, pirate copies of infected Norton/Symantec /McAfee software, laptops with “trippy shit,” skinny puppies, warez, Linux penguin T-shirts, amyl nitrate, fake syringes, infected Fungi, multiple face piercings, nurse/doctor/bondage/Pinhead etc gear, or those who just plain look weird or diseased. Click web bra inmachines/wickedscreensavertheparty here for the password to get in free. Note, people with drums do not get in free this time. NDJ lineup.. N10pm – atmospheric EBM music that descends into madness by Machinelf N11pm – 4am dark machine psy/tech/minimal/progressive trance along the vein of Tim Schuldt, Dark Soho by Nimbus (Mike Nzipi) Surge (Subtlechaos) then ending in a ruined plateau of hardcoreIndustrialEBMrenegadeVi rus(TBA) NElectrogothic fluorescent tapestries by Uta (Asian Georgia) NVisu als by Chris Exeris web mindlessfaith/MINDLESS FAITH – industrial electronic 5 out of 5! – Outburn Mag 4.5 out of 5 – got hicradio web vjexeris/VJ Exeris – intense sound responsive visuals NDoor by your favorite inoculated postmodominatrices, Pamela and Michelle NThe BOOM VIRUS INOCULATION CENTER is located at 152 Spring between Wooster & West Broadway, Dark Soho, Manhattan, NYC. The place has a deceivingly comfortably Mediterranean feel, star ts the evening off as a restaurant and ends in a posh pit of despair… web tranceam.org/wickedscreensavertheparty
September 5th Friday
MAATAA MANDAARA III in WV
First DJ Set: Coral
3 Days and 2 Nights of Full-On psytrance in the West Virginia Mountains!
New Vrindaban, WV, USA Join us for the third annual gathering of the Mid-Atlantic trance tribes in the beautiful, rolling mountains of West Virginia, as we close the summer season I n sacred dance in the open air.
DJs/Artists: KRI T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi – Asheville, NC ALLEN Gaian Mind/Metropolis Records – Philadelphia, P A ONNOMON Soular Records, Philadelphia ELECTRIC MAYHEM Sidetrakkt Productions – Pittsburgh, PA BLUE SPECTRAL MONKEY T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi – Asheville, NC ELEKTRONKIND Psychokinetics – Baltimore, MD PSYPHON Sidetrakkt Productions – Pittsburgh, PA CORAL T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi – Norfolk, VA SWEET CHAOS Sidetrakkt Productions – Pittsburgh, PA NAUT P.T.L.F. – Chicago, IL ALB ERTO Cosmic Traveler – Columbus, OH BINARY Sonic Beating, Boston, MA Deco: THE DEVOTEE T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi – Asheville, NC Sound: COSMIC TRAVELER Location: New Vrindaban, North America’s largest Hare Krishna community, near Moundsville, WV. Everyone is welcome to come to New Vrindaban early or stay late. You can: -take a tour of Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold. -visit the temple and see the Darshan (deities). -visit the Goshalla and learn how to milk a cow. -browse Krishna’s Attic (a transcendental thrift store) or Vrindavan-Dham Gifts. -buy organic food at Hanuman’s Health Foods. Additional information: web NewVrindaban and web palace of gold Food: Vegetarian Indian meals are available at Govinda’s Snacks and the temple. Please make a suitable donation. Groceries are available at Hanuman’s Health Foods. Stay until Sunday afternoon and join the feast! Rules: Please respect the community’s rules when you are in the temple/lodge area: -No Meat Eating: If you bring your own food, please do not bring meat. -No Intoxication: Please do not smoke in the temple area. Alcohol and contraband are prohibited. -No Illicit Sexual Relations. -No Gambling. Camping /Lodging: Camping is available in the spacious field surrounding the event location. No potable water or bathrooms are available. Ashram lodging with modern bathroom and shower facilities may be available on location at an additional fee. Admission:$25 Camping Fee (payable at the Guest Lodge) is required by everyone attending to pay for land usage. In addition, a suggested $20 Event Fee (payable at event location) is being requested to defray the production costs (equipment rental, fuel, and artist fee s). RSVP: If you are planning to attend, you must register your Name/Address/Phone/Email at info at Gaian-mind Promotional Support: Safetydance – Trip Out New York Gaian Mind – web Gaian-Mind T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi – web TouchSamadhi Sidetrakkt – web Sidetrakkt Psychokinetics – www.Psychokinetics.org Cosmic Traveler – web CosmicTraveler M-Laboratories – web M-Laboratories.net web Gaian-mind/mmiii –
September 6 Saturday
TSUNAMI presents: “AFTER THE BLACKOUT”
ARC MAIN ROOM: ALIEN PROJECT, live! (TIP WORLD, UK/Solstice Japan) Ari’s full-on live and DJ sets bring audiences around the globe to a roaring frenzy. Ari and his wife just had early their first child, a baby boy called Ben – and was waiting to board a plane that never arrived from NY cause of the BLACKOUT. HE IS NOWHERE WITH A VENGEANCE AS WELL AS SOME REINFORCEMENT! ORION, live! (Soltice Japan) Jean Brian from Denmark, is since many years a consistent and solid trendsetter in the international trance scene. CRUNCHY PUNCH, live! (TIP WORLD, UK/Solstice Japan) Aris (Alien Project) and Brians (Jean Borelli) BRAND NEW COLLABORATION PROJECT It’s First Album on Solstice, Japan is eagerly awaited by their peers. ARI, DJ set! (Alien Project) JEAN BOR ELLI, DJ set! (Solstice Japan) SONIXPARK, DJ set! CHILLOUT ROOM: MIND OF THE DEMENTED GREEN APLS and More! club arc (formerly vinyl) with its steve dash/Phazon is without a doubt New York’s #1 Venue! – PREPARE YOURSELF! located at 6 Huber Street (off Hudson Street – 3 blocks from Canal) Trains – A,C,E to Canal Street OR 1,9 to Franklin Street) Hours: 11pm TILL LATE! Admission: $20 in advance (plus store commission) $25 at the door Tickets at available at: GLOBAL TRANCE, 122 St. Marks Place (betw. 1st Av & A v. A) 12 noon – 11pm 212 477-4440 SATELLITE NYC, 259 Bowery212 995-1744 SATELLITE Boston617 536-5482 VINYL MARKET, 241 E 10th Street212 539-1203 SONIC GROVE, 11 Carmine Stre et 212 675-5284 HOOMOOS ASLI, 100 Kenmare Street 212 966-0022 611, Philiadelphia215 413-9100 ELVIS 917 609-8700 A whole series of TSUNAMI events, at two killer venues, to be announced shortly! ALSO be on the lookout for the newly released TSUNAMI compilation Info Line: (21 2) 439-
Yeah! it did not work (25 bucks man!!!!!!) but the > party was great, although I preferred Orion set to > Alien Project’s one (who was playing before Alien > Project &Orion by the way?). People were much more > into the music when Orion played. Guys, it was my > first trance party in NY, and that was really > cool….I am now looking forward to outdoor parties…if > there still are…one little thing: I found that> people at ARC were less communicative than what I used
to in Europe…is this a NY thing or it was just this > party? >
it was just this party.. the NY economy sucks and everyone is too broke to pay $$$ to go out. lucky me, I get in free. wow. woo. hoo. so are you new in New York? I was the blonde dude with the very floro trousers that wandered in at 5:30 and actually copped some PCP out in the “terrace” how fun!! not recommended btw.not enough UV..but the art by Daya was a beaut! Elvis, the card reader at the door (formerly manager of Amazura) is – I believe – Tsunami’s secret weapon. In Warcraft 3, he’d be a Hero >:-O yo man 98% of the people there were not from the typical NY trance familia. a lotta jappy Israeli clubsters that I never saw before. quite honestly, some people have beef against Tsunami, but I hope that Tsunami succeeds at Vinyl/Vile-O again (around ’98 – ’99 or so they carried the period with biweekly parties there) the whole scene is in disarray as it does every so often. expect more chaos..the virus party rocked too Friday thanks especially to serge for saving the night with a missing cord- but he lost some T-shirts did anyone find them? signed, the ny trance old timerps s sss s sssoh yeah, here’s the new mr. brain machine MAN LIVES TO TELL OF DRILL THROUGH HEAD TRUCKEE, California (Sept. 3) – Ron Hunt’s friends and family have been calling him the “Miracle Man” ever since an 18-inch-long drill bit poked through his eye and out the back of his skull.
September 11 Thursday
Bon Voyage Influx at Boom
Bon Voyage Influx at Boom (Free) our friend DJ influx is going back to Brazil for personal problems. because this is an emergency call, we are raising funds for him to travel back to Brazil, because his mother is sick. this might be the last time we ll hear him play ing in NYC, he has plans to come back however, the visa issue as we all know is very tough. our guru jeff is helping us to do his last party in NYC before Influx leaves at boom tomorrow night, this is a free party. this will be an all-night DJ influx event, please come and show him our support.
September 12 Friday
GAIAN MIND Monthly Philadelphia
Philly’s Premier Psychedelic Trance Party! Resident DJ: ALLEN (Gaian Mind, Philadelphia) midnight-2am Special Guest DJ: SOPHISTO (Psychokinetics, Baltimore) 9am-midnight
Chillout with: EIM (Gaian Mind, Philadelphia) DR. JAMO (Diner’s Club, Philadelphia) UV Decor by GAIAN MIND Fluorowear by GAIAN MIND BAZAAR 9pm – 2am $7 cover ($5 before 11pm) 21+ w/ ID @ Ulana’s – Second & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia, PA, USA
GAIAN MIND Monthly – second Friday of every month! www.gaian-mind.com
September 12 Friday
55 Lex Evan and Raffi
September 13th, Saturday
Spectra
Emok (Iboga records) Denmark, Gavin (Spectra) New York, Kalyx (Growroom, Spectra) Mass, Dave Henshaw (Changmian) Boston, Eduardo (Visionear, Spectra)
New York 11 p.m E28093 7 a.m $25 18+ 320 W.37th St Between 8th & 9th 7th floor
Spectra busted by NYPD, Gavin, Leah, and several others were arrested for cabaret violation and disorderly conduct. The owner got arrested for more serious charges. For those of you who are interested in finding out more about the cabaret laws in NYC, and want to get involved in changing them, there is an organization who is actively fighting….you can contact them via their website: www.legalizedancingNYC/web legalizedancingNYC/ from kamal – “I just got there at 3:15 about on Sunday morning, I saw Changmian outside the venue chatted, for a minute, seemed alright they said it was packed upstairs and smoky. I then proceeded to take the elevator upstairs and was greeted by the same girl with that weird 80’s Pat Benatar hair cut who works at the door, paid my reduced list 20$ admission. Oh when We were taking up the elevator Changmian and I saw a cop car pulling up and he was joking and said it was over, ha haws very funny cuz if he really knew they were coming I wish I wouldn’t have wasted the 20$. It’s all good I got 15 minutes for my 20$ but I also heard they took all the money they made or whatever was in that box. Poor Gavin I did not Hear Leah got Arrested. The place was small and they were serving alcohol or beers I think. There was also a Monkey present at the party. When the Cops arrived they would not let anyone leave the party. Eventually, they escorted us out and we waited outside the party was moved to show and Emok got to finish his set, was alright but knowing what happened didn’t help make it feel better. Shows sound system kicked ass. That was it.”
Malcolm – I had a great time at the Spectra party, despite the NYPD party crashing. I got there about 11, relaxed had a couple of beers. After I was properly refreshed (intoxicated), the party started. Music was banging…girls were banging :-)!The party really got going around 2, lots of good vibes. I heard there was a monkey at the party. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to buy it a couple of gin an’ tonics (It has been a lifelong dream of mine to get a monkey drunk)…Then the real downer came! The NYPD walked in around 3:30…some of those girl cops are nice, even though the police shirts are like a burka for the chest on those girls…I feel so bad about Gavin and his friends getting arrested for breach of peace… I don’t really know what to say, I didn’t see them get arrested… But no-one deserves a night in the tombs for responsibly throwing a party. Afterward, I ended up going to club show…which was chill, getting in for free, and listening to psytrance thereafter the house DJ had been booted off the decks…I think it was the first time many people there had listened to psytrance……It was fun….but I much prefer outdoor parties…there is a much more spiritual vibe in outdoor parties, and you get to have more real conversations with people, which isn’t always possible in a crowded club with your ears bleeding next to the 100000-watt amplified speaker.
September 16 Tuesday
the weekly Tuesdays at Liquids is moved to: DELFT, located at 14 Avenue B at 2nd Street 2 floors, very nice sou nd, atmosphere and area Beer Specials FREE ADMISSION Bring ID, Smile, Frie nd and Flyers The lineup for this Tuesday: SERGE BERZERX SeeU at dan ewspot thats hroom at yahoounknownshroom at yahoo Biggest, most happening psytrance weekly in New York.
September 13 Saturday
ENDOPLASMIC CEREBRAL ENDORPHIN BLAST at Pine Barrens
Free psychedelic trance party Be careful Be ready to camp – FOOD – WATER – FRUIT etc. Keep this info away from police people !!! Yeah!!!
PINE BARRENS PARTY CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT(BAD WEATHER)we hope to schedule another party before the cold weather sets in–we will keep you posted-joey.
rEscHedUleD pInE BarRiNs PartY – wEdnESdAy Sept. 17th
wonderful people, music, and weather… can’t wait for their next. For those of you who ever complain about the lack of solid outdoor events, you’re missing out wonderful people, music, and weather… can’t wait for their next. For those of you who ever complain about the lack of solid outdoor events, you’re missing out
Thanks for the Pine Barrens party last night/today Here is where Jeff thaught the music was best !!! See you next time !!! Chris had attached the photo but it was too large to send thru the mail so I put it up on my site..you can’t say I don’t have a sense of humor 🙂 but really do we HAVE to ingest drugs to have fun?
From: Meri wow. that Wednesday party was rockin. had a blast. please…..be sure to keep me updated on future fun events….I sure wouldn’t want to miss out on anything.karma—
September 16 Tuesday
Emok at Delft
Emok from Iboga Records Denmark playing for free in East Village tonight iggy’s Tuesday party is moved for several weeks to Delft, Ave B and 2nd street. gavin’s outta jail… and emok is playing at Delft!! elft, Ave B and 2nd street.
September 17 Wednesdays
Spectra at Swim (Orchard b/ w Stanton & Rivington) Smoking lounge in the basement…Open-air patio in the back… at Wednesdays Omnitribe at Opium Den (29 E 3rd b/w 2 & 3rd ave)
September 19 Friday
Alladin Project
Transmitting Sound Domestic and Pixel first appearance in USA together, at El Flamingo at 21st between 10 & 11t h Listen to the music our artists play: web yume.be/image s/trancemitting/DomesticNPixel.mp3Domestic + Pixel Domestic and Pixel are both leading Israeli DJs and music creators, who have collaborated in the past with the best of the best. They will be playing their freshest unreleased works alongside their tracks released on their new compilation, “Think Sync”. This is their first appearance ever in the U.S. and it is one you will never forget! web yume.be/images/trancemitt ing/KnobNJun.mp3Knob + Jun Knob and Jun do things others only dream a bout. Combining decks and Efx is their trademark sound, which makes a unique set everytime. web yume.be/images/trancemitting/Influx .mp3Influx Take a trip with Brazil’s finest export, who will be delivering a FULL-ON trance experience. web yume.be/images/tr ancemitting/Alex.mp3Alex This Global Trance DJ will take you to the next level. Decor and Sound Reinforcement by: YUME!!! The venue is El Flamingo, located at 547 west 21 st street. Guestlist is also $20 AlladinProductions at hotmail For Information call: 201-892-0216 H – at
September 19 Friday
Omnitribe at Brecht Forum
Awareness Expands We Invite you to the last of 3 Benefit Trance Parties at the Brecht Forum. Featured DJs: Dr. Zinnober & Nikto (Electrolust) Live Set! Serge (Digital Circuitry) Lukas Vickers DJ Indra (OmniTribe/Alphatrance) DJ Kife (OmniTribe) Vitalik (OmniTribe) Jason (Subtle Chaos/Reality Engine U. K.) Severyn (Subtle Chaos) Liran (Hommega) Visual stimulation by Optical Delusion The Brecht Forum – 122 West 27th Street (between 6th & 7th Aves) 10 th Floor $5-$10 Donation Without a written language many ancient civilizations communicated their wisdom in cloth. Help preserve the message of the Incas. web weaversofwisdom.org web weaversofwisdom.org/A info at weaversofwisdom.org MSept 19-21 Graffiti show
September 20 Saturday
Earthdance in Pittsburgh
Bob Wallace
September 20 Saturday
Turbulent Resonating Time Globs in the Multisensory Riptide at Pine Barrens
From: jowe at juno Keep this information away from police people. Be prepared to camp. Bring necessities (ie. food, water, etc.).Be kind to our universe- do not leave trash or cigarette butts at this sacred place.
September 20 Saturday
Bridge party from the original House music people
eveready freddy has been doing things there since the 80s so expect ollllld skool and zero shady vibes. But no trance of course.https://tranceam.org/brainmachines /housebridgeparty.gifsupposedly eveready freddy has been doing things there since the 80s so expect ollllld skool and zero shady vibes. But no trance of course.
September 20 Saturday
House birthday keg party in Queens
If you know Hamza from any of the parties, or somehow I owe you, email me personally. The place can hold 50 tops so we can’t have anything over 10% of this list of this personal Friendster showing up 🙂
Or should I say, given the current political climate, shall we say > hamza is > throwing a RAVE at his house hee hee and I will help with the bar and> smoking > and cabaret shenanigans. too bad we are not charging mone> OUTLAW TRANCE RAVE> oh, hi hamza. we didn’t mention that there will be underage ravers on> date > rape drugs and such on the premises, not to mention New York’s Finest> > Narcoterrorists on hand to dispense enough substances to make a> monkey foam at the mouth > :-)> comin ‘atcha from the flipside
It’s on! Saturday Sep 20th. Last Minute Productions ;)Presents House Party Ver 1.0DJ Lineup includes: Hector – BreakCore, RaggaJungleDragonLotus – Full-on and progressive Tranceothers TBA – Probably will have a special guest psytrance DJ from Afghanistan by way of Burning Man & San FranciscoSpecial guest DJs to be announced (2-3 more peeps putting it on)All you can drink if you know how old H is turning When: Food and Drink starts at 2PM DJ and sound start at ~6/7PMTill Sunday morning???
Where: Forrest Hills NY 11375House and back yard fit 50 comfortablRSVP for subway/driving direx at Machinelf Its on!
September 21 Sunday
Park Party room: “Lori and Boris”
if yer still standing come to flushing meadows park after 8:00 AMwe’re mingling into the crowd of the Junta-Hispana festival -10:00AM to 6:00PM.there will be food and drinks aplenty (vendors/performances) from 22 countries). Going by usual park custom – there will be many sound systems and probably many bikini-top women among the attendees. we shall fade right in.we’ve got CDJ’s and kaboom boomboxes, the more the merrier(and louder). we’re going wireless. we’re shooting for the ‘Meadow Lake ‘ end of the park. it’s a hike from the train but worth it.
September 21 Sunday
Dalia Lama and l??? And I swear to you, in the first five minutes of his speech he said, it is a beautiful day, a beautiful day to take acid then he laughed. I will have to check it out when I get the audiotape next week but I SWEAR to you that’s what he said, and it was not just what I wanted him to say. (-:
[That was said by Terence McKenna at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – ed.]
hmmmm.. so far it’s 2 vs 1 witnesses who swear on “acid”) I’ll try to get the audiotape and post it online this week and let you be the judge.
September 26 Friday
Psyforia
This Friday, Spiritual Liberty bbbbiiiiiiiggggg party at Roxy. Main act Wizzy Noise has a track called “Brain Machine.” For those of you who went to Limelight a year ago and missed him, now is your chance! And trance music at Boom Sept 27. You don’t have to be Jewish (I’m not) nor Israeli. The sound system’s setup is improved, and the art alone will be worth checking it out, and there are as usual ways to get in free. We’ll play everything but the commercial “victory trance”.
September 26 Friday
Spiritual Liberty at Roxy
515 West 18th 11 Pm – 8 Am Line-Up: Wizzy Noise – Live (Candyflip / Spun Records, Greece) Eskimo – USA Live Debut (Phantasm / TIP World, U.K.) John Phantasm (Phantasm / Mindfield, U.K.) Dick Trevor (Green Ohms / Bisto Boys / Bumbling Loons Phantasm / Dragonfly / Flying Rhino, U.K.) Liran (Phantasm / Hommega, U.S.A.) Junya (Phantasm / TIP World, U.K.) Special psychedelic environment and projections from the U.K. by: IAINDUB & ZUVUYA 59 Experience the best sound system in N.Y.C. (and most friendly) Tickets: $30 adv. – $ 35 door 21+I.D.
To see flyer artwork please visit www.phantasmrecords/events
This party is not to be missed. Club Roxy is the biggest and most friendly Dance club in NYC known as well for the best sound system. The club will be Decorated with some of the best decorations ever seen. For the music part, a guaranty for you to here the best music out there now. the Evening will be built in a way that will lead you from the beginning till the ending the best way. Be advised to show up early, you don’t want to miss any of the lineups. We hope to see you all there! Peace and harmony to all of us. -Y bada booom .. !!
what a party – finally, after a while, it was good to see everyone ( well, almost – missing Gadi, shammy etc ) under one roof, losing their minds completely .. Junya played an incredible set – as Eskimo, I think – as I got there .. the security was uptight, as usual – so getting in took ages … but we were well rewarded by his set .. father john was right behind him and took over after that for a great darkish hour – a few familiar songs – then onto wizzy ..
great set – very different beats, not the usual five o clock Astrix gms routine we’ve come to expect in NYC .. finally, about an hour and a half ( id lost all concept of time and everything else by now ) later, Junya came on to deliver an insane, full-on set that had people running around the floor, jumping up and down like complete madmen .. – a total psychedelic circus …great party, some wonderful decor, especially under the lights in the morning .. too bad we missed the after party .. sound system was not bad either ..
on to Shiva Chandra and son kite .. so I traveled from Miami with two friends to this party 175 $ for plane plus entrance and it was worth every penny definitely the best party I’ve been to in USA a lot and I mean a lot of beautiful people beautiful atmosphere the set by Dick Trevor was so great I missed his set in Israel couple of months ago thus by closing the party by cops right after he started playing this guy rocks
then Eskimo played the DJ det by this time the dance floor was full by Israelis Russians Americans all together jumping and digging and stomping like one united tribe (beautiful sight) Junya played great i missed most of his father set (i was outside meeting all kinds of people) then wizzy noise came up they played very nice set although not exactly my kind of music after then we went to organize the after all in all the party was great huge respect to the organizers and of course to all the Israelis that came to celebrate Rosh Hashana shana tova le kulam nice to feel like home well, I also tripped myself from Fl 2 party and seemed to have enjoyed the party, except the only small detail – I didn’t get any NIGHT music! I mean, I am not against old-school Goa trance, but not 4 the whole night through. it was like if you come up and ask what r u playing and whatever there was a DJ, you might get a reply – “don’t you hear?! its GOA TRANCE!” I mean I didn’t get any new technics of night time kicking like I know there are! if it was open I would not grumble a word about that!
everybody mixed good, though at the beginning it was an unneeded morning sound…
the crowd was nice. it was a pitty so little ppl showed up 4 an afterparty!
thanx a lot 2 everybody – org, ppl, artists(all the PHANTASMS and Wizzy!)
GRAND RESPECT AND BHOLENATH!
There was an unannounced party out near coney island after elli’s Spirtual Liberty, which was a lot of fun and killer Phazon sound (Roxy, not the beach!)
September 27 Saturday
Trip Out New York – Messiba We are All Elohim
Israeli tribute/Rosh Hashanah party People from all creeds welcome. with all Israeli DJs SHAIkid (Omnitribe, Israel) Ori (Electrofunk/Psychodog, Tel Aviv) Bionics Records’s newest addition XLR8, the DJ team of Roco (Roy Moav) and Daniel Kovari, both of Tel Aviv Fl uoro Kabbalistic textual art and shofar by Devorah (Jerusalem). Appl es with honey and round challah bread by Kelly Newman Israeli flag art by Machinelf (Texas/NY!). ID21+, 10pm-4am $10, free before 11p, free for drummers, $5 password phrase on the .c om/messiba scintillating web site (also check here for updates) Boom is at 152 Spring between West Broadway and Wooster. More info at /Israelitrance com/Israelitrance ALL Elohim People from all creeds welcome. with all Israeli DJs SHAIkid (Omnitribe, Israel) Ori (Electrofunk/Psychodog, Tel Aviv) Bionics Records’s newest addition XLR8, the DJ team of Roco (Roy Moav) and Daniel Kovari, both of Tel Aviv Fluoro Kabbalistic textual art and shofer by by Devorah (Jerusalem). Apples with honey and round challah bread by Kelly Newman Israeli flag art by Machinelf (Texas/NY!). ID21+, 10pm-4am $10, free before 11p, free for drummers, $5 password phrase on the web brainmachines/messiba scintillating web site (also check here for updates) Boom is at 152 Spring between West Broadway and Wooster . More info at /Israelitrance /Israelitrance
ro5H H45h4n4 w45 off th3 moth3rfukkin hook yo!!! di5 w33k w3 got g4ngst4 tr4nc3 on frid3Y!!! Rosh Hashanah was quite splendid on Saturday. new york times came and took photos… they thought Boom was a Jewish restaurant. My favorite was a late arrival b y Lisa Renko still wearing her zombie makeup from a film shoot this week, come see RunDMT, the gangsta trance at boom on Friday.
September 27 Saturday
Satyr Scout Burning Man Campout at Camp Dionysia
looks awesome! I would definitely go be a “Satyr Scout” if I weren’t doing the rosh hashanah party Saturday. You guys feel free to use brainpooling >Camp Dionyisa — a/k/a the Corrigan Compound — is a slice of heaven. This seasonal private event has been announced exclusively over the years on the NY Burning Man list. Now, for the first time, it is open to Safety Dance subscribers… looks awesome! I would definitely go be a “Satr Scout” if I weren’t doing the Rosh Hashanah party Saturday. you guys feel free to use brainpooling >Camp Dionyisa — a/k/a the Corrigan Compound — is a slice of heaven. This seasonal private event has been announced exclusively over the years on the NY Burning Man list. Now, for the fist time, it is open to Safety Dance subscribers… To: Subject: Camp Dionsysia update from: “David” From: Machinelf >looks awesome! I would definitely go be a “Satyr Scout” if I weren’t doing the rosh >Hashanah party Saturday. The http://campdionysia event in the Catskill Mountains taking place this weekend is on! The weather forecast has improved so that no rain is predicted for Saturday; however, there is still a 50% chance of showers on Sunday. We’re hoping for even better weather. Ride or tent share requests can be posted after you subscribe to: newyork-list-subscribe at burningman
If you have any questions, you should e-mail the Camp Commandante Al Azar (Rndm) a/k/a Tim at rndmtim Latest news from the Camp Commandante as of 16:31 hours Thursday EST: There will be two portapotties, placed in the same place as last time -on the road about 200 yards down the hill from where everyone will beset up. I’m thinking about buying a generator (for a few reasons), but my current ETA up there is the afternoon, and I probably won’t have time until Saturday, and I think there was a run on generators since the blackout so I might not be able to do this in any case. If there is interest I might move a gas grill up to the firepit or the camping field… assuming it still works.
Weekend Review
Brian: I booked a flight into NYC when I first heard about wizzy noise
playing live about a month and a half ago (before I knew about the son kite/shiva chandra party.. I would have much rather have flown for that instead of driving down the following weekend).. I WAS ambivalent about the Phantasm party because the line up beyond Micky Wizzy and the other guy?? (runner up Dick Trevor) was total crap.
[skip to the Junya review/negativity].
I knew all of this going into the Roxy, and even when the bad music came on I realized I hadn’t prepared myself enough for the excruciating pain and torture of Junya’s sets. Junya (Phantasm’s jerk son) is a DJ joke, except I forgot to laugh. The flyer says that he’s a TIP World DJ, but has TIP world lowered their standards to the point where untalented DJs can be on their team? or did Jerk Sr, simply push the $ buttons? The Eskihomo (junya) was supposed to play live too, which I am pretty sure he didn’t… I honestly don’t think he’s even smart enough to play live.. He has been a DJ since he was 13, yet he still can’t beat match.. track selection poor.. no flow /
seamlessness, cds skipping.. I couldn’t escape it, the horrible sounds undid all great music that wizzy noise had created. Undid and then took some way. Okay, okay enough negativity right?!? One more thing… Security was robbing people in the bathroom.. at at
Wizzy Noise… wow their live set was a breath of fresh air (compared to everything else).. Yet the system sounded muddy / not crystal clear. Wizzy Noise rocked out for 2 hours and I was happy to finally be hearing some great live trance. They played a lot of tracks I had never heard before (new album maybe!!?).. a couple of times I heard the dark, heavy driving rhythms break into a couple of melodic licks that got my dancing (something I hardly did at this party). Appropriately people were going nutso dancing around to some of the newer progressive sounds.. (it didn’t sound full full-on to me).. I was almost in heaven, but something just wasn’t right… Besides my boys being absent.. they had all the crazy club lights on and shinning in my eyes the entire night was, I questioned myself:: was I at a trance party, a rave, or a Spectra party?? okay that was a cheap joke at Spectra’s expense, I admit it 😛
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[Now you’re probably wondering why I simply just didn’t leave right after Wizzy Noise left the stage (as soon as Junya reared his ugly carrot top head neared the stage I started to get antsy).. you’re still wondering no? I tried to leave.. going to the coat check I had a sudden b brain lapse and couldn’t remember where my ticket was.. I thought it was in my wallet, but somehow it had escaped me and I had lost it! (whaaaaat? I don’t lose anything what gives?!?).. being Lightly sLighted myself, I was a little embarrassed for losing the ticket. No big deal right? the attendant put my initials on the ticket, and there was only one and half racks left w/ about 20 items left so it had to be there. I told him exactly what it looked like, how big it was, my initials, ect.. he looked, I looked, we both didn’t see it. he really looked too, going through each one and didn’t see it. I thought it funny that I had lost the ticket AND the Roxy had
lost the bag……. so I went back into the club and tried to get to convince the friend I came with to leave, but to no avail (i just go that fuck off I’m dancing look.. crap!) so I went back to the coat check one more time and had him look again.. We were both convinced that it was simply missing… a short time later (an hour+ it was over) I found the ticket in a strange pocket, went to coat check and
it had magically appeared to both the surprise of the assistant and myself…]
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thankfully, the music for the weekend was just beginning. Sat. night was BEAUTIFUL.. I heard the best music of the weekend at tonic at 8pm.. John Zorn’s Electric Masada band played a 1.45 hour set.. from start to finish I had a smile on my face. I danced to the upbeat rock/jazz / electronic / percussion tango beats.. I don’t know how else to describe what I heard, Zorn’s music is like that, it was very powerful. During one of their slower songs, the percussionist was playing all kinds of weird gadgetry, while a woman playing a power book created several liquid modulations.. John Zorn, plays saxophone and rather crazy I would say.. playing lots of notes, all over three registers and at odd unexpected rhythms almost like he was saying the weirdest things possible in the small amounts of breaks given. Eyes closed I wasn’t inside a small bar, south of Houston, but I was floating somewhere a foot above a lake with a heavy mist lifting off the water, orange sun rays shining through the mist and refracting off tiny crystals hovering in the air and on the waves.. now I was in heaven and I didn’t take anything.. the music was awesome, exactly what I needed to hear.. real good organic music.. I left tonic feeling a renewed loved for life, and everything I saw seemed brighter
I am still so happy with my experience at tonic!! Thankfully the music for the weekend was not over, and I headed over to BOOM for dinner and maybe some dancing. Going to boom really hurt my pride; I had paid $35 for the Phantasm party and nothing for Boom (got there really early) and Boom was great. I sometimes find that the free trance parties have the best vibe, people, and music… in my mind if I pay $35 for a party I should hear good music, have fun, and be happy (but often I leave disappointed). Any other genre of music.. when you pay $$ you get good music / a good party this is SOMETIMES true for trance (i guess the days of good big $35 parties is over; RIP SYNTHETIC SADHUS). The DJs at Boom mixing was seamless/smooth and were playing lots of unreleased tracks I like.. sub6, rinkadink, and after eating a semi-large dinner I danced hard.. it felt good to really dance dance.. thanks BOOM for making food not war and helping to save my weekend!!
I’m really glad I got a little dancing in before I return for son kite/shiva chandra.. I really cant wait for oct. 4th, only a few days before my 24th birthday.. and it will be great to see all my friends together (Boston + NYC ) dancing to what I believe is two amazing live acts.. so excited!! especially after how great the April 2003 son kite NYC show was (magical fireqerks) and the venue is perfect.. this party is going to rip the roof off ) hehe I can’t wait… anyone else excited?!? ah.. to bee in new york city
From Junya: THIS IS JUNYA / ESKIMO. I will be using this account to say some things!!!!! Dear Mr. Brian….. I am not a rude or nasty person but how fucking dare you say these things you lifeless piece of shit. If you did not enjoy the party then that is your problem and maybe I don’t play the music that you wish to hear…But to mail to everyone these personal insults about me was just pathetic…..You seem to me like a very sad, lonely, frustrated person who needs to go home to his mother so she can change your dipper….I hate having to say shit like this but man, MY MUSIC IS NOT MY PERSONALITY! As for my live….My computer froze up just before I stepped on to the stage.So, you don’t think that I am smart enough to do live? LOOK AT YOU. You did not like my first set so you stayed to see my second! You are a few sandwiches short of a picnic if you ask me…My advise is you go home, listen to your dusty old records which I am sure to say they are better that the music today. And don’t go to parties that you will bitch and moan about, because you seem like a little kid who spits his dummy out! Warm regards The UGLY CARROT TOP (You sack of SHIT)
From: “AriCalmari” I would take issue with dogging the Phantasms like that. I think they both played the right sets for the type of venue/vibe it was. All the hours playing without a monitor. Not exactly a fun time I imagine. That sound system was bouncing sound off everything. But skilled or not, it was good dancefloor material from them I thought, and if the line up was reversed, it felt like the place could have almost emptied out by 3 am (accenting the melody vs the beat). Not to say that Wizzy Noise was disappointing, far from it, they were great, even groundbreaking for me! But holding a large crowd together on a club dancefloor for so long requires some give n’take, and loads of energy. And that is what those two were about, energy. I thought they balanced it pretty well (hated the Voodoo People part tho, who’s he kiddin?), but was not bored for a minute and danced my ass off the whole night. But I can see how the full-on purists could have frowned on their sound, and the party in general for that matter. There wasn’t much of that sound at all, the night was more about hard trance than any psyched out mayhem, I thought. So my 1st time at Roxy was not a disappointment. I’m sorry you had a bad time.
Due to renovations, the weekly Tuesdays at Liquids is moved to Opium Den tonight as the soundproofing is insufficient at Delft
Wednesdays Spectra at Swim with residents Mayoora (India), Eduardo Yare (Venezuela) (Orchard b/w Stanton & Rivington)
Wednesdays Omnitribe at Opium Den (29 E 3rd b/w 2 & 3 rd ave)
October 2003
October 1st, 15th, 29th
dj INDRA & friends at the Velvet Lounge Stoneybrook NY
Multiple Sarcasm Records presents FREE biweekly event:
October 1st, 15th, 29th
The Unknown Groove Psychedelic sounds for mind, body and soul
Transcend with us the boundaries of style, race, age, bad mood and bad weather
Where :: the Velvet Lounge is on rt. 25A 200 feet east of Rt 97 (Nicolls Road)
When :: Every other Wednesday from 101DM till tam October: 1st, 15th, 29th !NB! > over 21 only
October 3 Friday
RunDMT
Gangsta Trance by the NY Trance Mafia – – Action Packed! check the web site for password clues and daily body count updates… a tribute to gangsta trance and Jam Master Jay a Psychedelic Trance celebrating the people of all colors and creeds but not all musical tastes none a that vanilla progressive that ain’t no creed y’know what I’m sayin?? Frida y October 3rd 10pm-4am, ID21+ Dress code – Sneakers preferred, Om symbol b ling-bling Puttin’ you back.. $10 for whitey, $5 for peeps of color, free passwords and $5 passwords and explanations of who is “whitey” on tha HR 10pm Freestylin’ P imp Prana & Buddha the original gangstas, spoken word 11pm – Mooly Boyz Ro co (Roy Moav, Tel Aviv who just signed onto Bionics Records) and Daniel teaming as XLR8 are gonna party it up like it’s your birthday 12:30 Mixmaster MC Machinelf with a Public Enemy Numba One 1am DJ Primate with web cnn/2003/US/Northeast/09/28/gorilla.escape.ap/index DJ Lil’Joe (check web bmezine/ritual/chest001 ” here for his chest suspension and web bmezine/ri tual/chest001 here for his knee suspension!! don’t do this while eating!!) 2am The Original Bridge Taggin’ Thug Lior DJ Illusion (illsrael ) will tell you what time izzit 3am Tha Main Man, Akin from Nigeria, actually the whitest dude from tha hood Collaborative Graffiti by special gues t freestyle artist the original Kali bitch Queen Renkova, straight outta t ha Tombs recruiting new members for her freemansonic free style family!! C ome give her a bitch slap cuz she really needs one!! Holographic viral projections from an autonomous continuum by Chris Exeris (Mindless Faith) electronic 5 out of 5! – Outburn Mag 4.5 out of 5 – gothicradio als Liquor in the front, poker in tha rear Free Soul Food (limited supply !) Security by web cnn/2003/US/Northeast/09/28/goril la.escape.ap/index Lil’Joe Door by your favorite home gurlz, will search crevices for pieces BOOM is located at 152 Spring between Wooster & West Broadway, Dark Soho, Manhattan, NYC. The place has a deceivingly comfortably Mediterranean feel, starts the evening off as a restaurant and ends as a pimp palace… and whatevayado, don’t say that taunt that Dennis Hopper gave Christopher Walken in true Romance or we gonna go medieval on your non-super Sicilian ass… Subways: 6/C/E to Spring; F to Broadway/Lafayette; 1/9 to Houston N/R to Prince
A lot of reviews this last week on the NYC604 group. Here’s a recap. Friday RunDMT was great, we even served Soul Food (pork ribs, collard greens etc) I was in a tux from a slamming Saturday afternoon trance wedding, where Michael and Sherry Goldenberg got hitched. The wedding at Club Show was organized by Lisa Spudic and DJ’d by Iggy. They had all their friends and relatives from the whole place on their feet. I was in my tux so getting to the wilds of south jersey was undoable. So I went to Spectra, found some old Love in my pocket, indulged, wow. A new benchmark for progressive events, great vibe and music, a lot of Boston peeps were there, too bad it got shut d own at 530am due to noise I think, many went to the Lunatarium building for a great afterparty. A friend lost a painted art tank top at either Spectra or in the Lunatarium com A friend lost his cell phone at Boom. so I completely missed the free outdoor in NJ, it was great I heard here’s some web p base/cangileri/galleriesphotos.. This Saturday they are doing the last one of the season, if you’re not on the Safetydance list get on it already so you can get direx! (Speaking of last, there are no more Wednesday night parties anywhere, tonight at Swim is the final blowout)
October 4 Saturday
I’ll be at Mike & Shari ‘s weddin
October 4 Saturday
Spectra
SON KITE live! Digital Structures Sweden SHIVA CHANDRA live! Spiritzone Germany MARCUS Digital Structures Sweden GAVIN Spectra new york DINO Changmian Boston JASON Subtle Chaos, Spectra new york Chill Out: DJ SEB(DS, Son Kite) IGANIC SOUND SYSTEM…Dub Patrol (Massachusetts ) visuals by: OPTICAL DELUSION H 450 W.31st St. between 9th & 10th 8th fl Manhattan 18+ $30 11pm-7am
Is it me or has Mackie speakers become the featured speakers of the trance scene? I noticed them at Gavin’s party also. BTW, Gavin, if you’re reading this, IMO, excellent party. Thanks! Can’t be too mad at the police, they’re doing their job. It’s just that they seem to do it so well on little things like breaking up parties, not so much on major crimes in the area.
October 4 Saturday
Turbulent Resonating Time Globs in the Multisensory Riptide at Pine Barrens
NEW PARTY NAME: The Vernacular Spectacularall
, a Free Outdoor Psychedelic Trance Party in NJ…
so I completely missed the free outdoor in NJ, it was great I heard here’s some web p base/cangileri/galleriesphotos.. This Saturday they are doing the last one of the season, if
October 9 Thursday
KARMA
Evan, Kata, and Raffi would like to invite you to help celebrate Chachi’s birthday with us! with DJs Evan, Kata, and R affi! FREE Admission Trance Party downstairs Chill Out and Hoo kah Lounge upstairs 11p-Late **Smoking Allowed, and encouraged** Karma is located at 51 1st Ave between 3rd and 4th St Happy Birthday Chachi!!! “
October 8 Wednesday
Here’s a recap. Friday RunDMT was great, we even served Soul Food (pork ribs, collard greens etc) I was in a tux from a slamming Saturday afternoon trance wedding, where Michael and Sherry Goldenberg got hitched. The wedding at Club Show was organized by Lisa Spudic and DJ’d by Iggy. They had all their friends and relatives from the whole place on their feet. I was in my tux so getting to the wilds of south jersey was undoable. So I went to Spectra, found some old Love in my pocket, indulged, wow. A new benchmark for progressive events, great vibe and music, a lot of Boston peeps were there, too bad it got shut d own at 530am due to noise I think, many went to the Lunatarium building for a great afterparty. A friend lost a painted art tank top at either Spectra or in the Lunatarium com A friend lost his cell phone at Boom. (Speaking of last, there are no more Wednesday night parties anywhere, tonight at Swim is the final blowout)
October 10 Friday
Goa Trash – Koh Phangan – Full Hunter’s Moon
Photos (General)
Party for the Full Moon wherein we embark on a six-hour tour and get shipwrecked on the remote island of Koh Phangan off Thailand during Full Moon and walk right into a psychedelic rance party 10pm-4am, ID21+ $10, $5 for women Free before 11pm and/or drummers, those with “Thailand” stamped on their passports, those in hula or island native clothing, the password to get in FREE is on .co m/kpny the web site Hanging fluoro art by Daya (Bali) B R UV/Full Moon/NASA/islander environment by Machinelf Holographic viral projections from an autonomous continuum Goa Trance DJs. Trancepirate Trancer Vic AKA Machinelf and friends play surf trance 10pm – Midnight Jehan (Goa, India) Midnight – 1:15 am Lamabada contest at 2am Boris (Burning Elf, UK) 2:30 am – 4am web brain machines/kpny See site for DJ updates Door by your favorite hula gurlz (first ten people get lei’d at the door) Free poi hors d’oeuvres dishes served at 11pm And the next evening, we really go outside to the free psychedelic trance outdoor party in South Jersey!! BOOM is located at 152 Spring between Wooster & West Broadway, Dark Soho, Manhattan, NYC. The place has a deceivingly comfortably Mediterranean feel, starts the evening off as a restaurant, and ending up a place where you can see the Skipper and Gilligan hooking up in a dark corner… Subways: 6/C/E to Spring; F to Broadway/Lafayette; 1/9 to Houston N/R to Prince /kpny web brainmachines/kpny day morning Oct 11-12 – Defracted Honeycomb Mind Filter – Free Outdoor Psychedelic Trance Party TBA on the private Safetydance list – Last one of the season!! n Psychedelic Trance.
October 11-12 Saturday – Sunday
Defracted Honeycomb Mind Filter
Free Outdoor Psychedelic Trance Party TBA on the private Safetydance list – Last one of the season!! All right, attach your fractal hive cluster busters- a turbulent tide of multidimensional reflections (of environmental feedback resin, that is!) is about to flood the telepathic time tunnel. Ready your horizon splater and vortex pudding plopp- this will be among the last free outdoor parties for the pine barrens until the spring. DRESS WARMLY-if you want. Vegan chai will be served in the morning! Here comes…Defracted Honeycomb Mind FilterFree Outdoor Psychedelic Trance Part
Make sure that no cars are in the vicinity when you turn off of Route539. Keep this information away from police people.Be prepared to camp. Bring necessities (ie. food, water, etc.).Be kind to our universe- do not leave trash or cigarette butts at this sacred place.
From: Rebecca Patience Roman WoW Chris thank you so much for that little trip to Greece. You guys look like you had a great time. How was The Pine Barrens on Sat.? I didn’t have a ride down there so I went to a burning man house party instead. The Planetarium has Alex Grey! Rebecca
So I completely missed all the free outdoor last weekend, as I am broke and cramming for a job (this one doesn’t pay)… if you’re not on the Safetydance list get on it already so you can get direx in the future! (45 new members in the last 24 hours, this re-up is for them. ..)
A Message from Alex Grey
Hi Friends, The old Twilo is now: SPIRIT NEW YORK! Massive renovation underway! Opening late Nov-December… Very cool people. Oliver Vernon is an amazing artist who is doing some work with them. The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors is currently negotiating a plan to open a 5-year exhibition of the Sacred Mirrors and 20 other piece s on the 4th floor of the Spirit New York building. The trick will be whether we can raise the funds to open. The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors must renovate the raw industrial loft. We will need to pay for staff, insurance, utilities, and equipment to keep the Chapel open and functioning year-round. Estimates for renovation alone are around $90,000. If you or your friends have the means, we are seeking any level of support in matching a $25,000 challenge grant offered by a friend of the Chapel named John Gilmore. Your contribution, even of a small amount, will automatically be doubled due to John’s generosity. The Chelsea Chapel space will be designed to act as a tool for transformation, a spiritual catalyst for visitors. It will also serve as a walk-in brochure for the larger task of raising the 5 million dollars needed to realize our long term Goal: building third-millennium sacred architecture to house the Sacred Mirrors collection. We plan to announce the building site for the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors next year. World-renowned architect, Keith Critchlow, a leading expert in sacred geometry, has embarked on the design work. Over the next five years while located in Chelsea we’ll begin our capital fund-raising efforts in earnest. Please help us create a place to consider ourselves and each other as reflections of the divine. Allyson and I would love to hang out with you next year in the Chelsea Chapel! Together we can build a new vision! Love to all you folks, Alex Grey
October 15 Wednesday
Optical Delusion & Spectra – Swim
THE END That’s right my friends, it’s over. Seriously. It’s really over. Thank you for supporting our night for the last few months. Please come join us for the last Wednesday at Swim. See you tonight. MAYUR (Spectra) NYC STEVE-O (Goababies) NYC GAVIN (Spectra) NYC An interpretation of house, tech-house, and trance TONIGHT 11pm-4am Free SWIM Orchard St. Between Stanton & Rivington L.E.S NYC Open-air patio in the back… Sushi by John Woo… PLEASE JOIN US!!!
October 17 Friday
Ganjatron
High Times’ first film Pot Luck featuring Tommy Chong and others premieres a t Village East Cinema, 181 2nd Avenue, 212-529-6799. Whatever you feel about Cheech the nouveau Republican, come hear some of the best psytrance DJs in the Northeast at The Party to Free Tommy Chong!! GANJATRON FREE T OMMY CHONG Reefer madness downstairs at Tagine with DJs Gavin (Spectra) FX Mike and Dima (Omnitribe/Alphatrance) Ganjatron (Soular Records) and Terry the star of “Potluck” Friday 10pm-4:20am Early DJs 10pm – 11:30pm Dima Chong (Omnitribe) Russian reggae, downtempo Terry Spacehopper Chong, starring in Potluck (the hippy with the leading the Million Marijuana March) plays a 30 minute ganja set Psytrance DJs 1130pm – 4:20am: 11:30pm Gavin Chong (Spectra) 1:15am FX Mike Chong (Omnitribe) will play a lot of his new unreleased tracks 3am Ganjatron Chong (Soular Records, Philadelphia) SOME BODY’S gonna play REEFER DECREE! Artistes Hanging fluoro art by Daya Chong (Bali) Holographic viral projections from an autonomous continuum Electronic Drumming by Dan Covan Chong Hall of Famous Smokers and Shrine to Tommy Chong by Machinelf Chong Sound by Spectra Door by your favorite stoner girl Pam Chong FREE RE-ENTRY ALL NIGHT ID21+ $10, free for drummers, those wi th ticket stubs from the “Pot Luck” premiere, free before 10:00pm (free ja zz downstairs 7pm-10pm), and free for staff of “Pot Luck” and High Times, must present business or SAG card. Check website for additional ways to get in free!! Downstairs at Tagine is located at 537 9th Avenue between 39th & 40th near Port Authority, Manhattan, NYC. The place has a comfortably Moroccan feel, starts the evening off as a Moroccan restaurant an d ending up a place where you get the munchies because the kitchen closed at midnight and it’s like 4am. Just be sure to go downstairs because upstairs there’s a Moroccan band playing and we don’t want you to get confused! Subways: Take A,C,E,1,9,N,R,7 to Port Authority and walk! Some may ask why not Boom? Because Boom was booked this weekend, that’s why! TAGIN E is a smoke-free environment, please respect our hosts. Check site for daily updates: /reefermadness web br ainmachines/reefermadness Enjoy!! you’ll get one black on white email
The exec producer of Potluck is a wonderful warrior woman and I hooked up and almost got stoned with the Executive Producer and Director of Potluck. Allison is a dashingly comely blonde Aussie who has dated Russel Crowe, a beautiful spirit. Come see her film this weekend, let’s take Cannabis from Metropolis to Smallville with our attendance this weekend. If it does good here, it will go national. Allison, Terry, and the whole motley gang of actors will be at web tranceam.org/ganjatron Ganjatron, also a wide variety of headz. Friday evening we’ll be cruising about in a ’79 Camaro fitted with a 6′ spliff hooked up to a fog machine, me as the guy on the web page, she as Wonder Woman, and Stefan and Yac as green wearing balaklava Pot terrorists. We’re going to traipse through the East Village in the Ganjamobile promoting the film. And everyone who leaves the premiere will get the party invite.
For the first time, we at Trip Out New York have interviewed artists and will do a complete review after the event. I hooked up and almost got stoned with the Executive Producer and Director of Potluck. Allison is a dashingly comely blonde Aussie who has dated Russel Crowe, a beautiful spirit. Come see her film this weekend, let’s take Cannabis from Metropolis to Smallville with our attendance this weekend. If it does good here, it will go national. Allison, Terry, and the whole motley gang of actors will be at web brain machines/ganjatron Ganjatron, also a wide variety of headz. Friday evening we’ll be cruising about in a ’79 Camaro fitted with a 6′ spliff hooked up to a fog machine, me as the guy on the web page, she as Wonder Woman, and Stefan and Yac as green wearing balaklava Pot terrorists. We’re going to traipse through the East Village in the Ganjamobile promoting the film. And everyone who leaves the premiere will get the party invite. The Supreme Court just ruled that Bush’s branch can’t tell doctors what to tell their patients….
This is a new era… Now is a great time to say, FUCK YOU to the government for imprisoning Tommy Chong for 9 months for selling water pipes online. Get involved, now is a great time. Get all your friends to come and HELP MAKE HISTORY. Then when you are “old” you can say you were there. Next act: cloning Jesus from the Turin shroud.
This party didn’t work. The place smelled. No smoking. People just sat there and listened to Gavin spin. The fog machine made the air kind of noxious. It was hellish.
I hooked up and almost got stoned with the Executive Producer and Director of Potluck. Allison is a dashingly comely blonde Aussie who has dated Russel Crowe, a beautiful spirit. Come see her film this weekend, let’s take Cannabis from Metropolis to Smallville with our attendance this weekend. If it does good here, it will go national. Allison, Terry, and the whole motley gang of actors will be at Ganjatron, also a wide variety of headz. Friday evening we’ll be cruising about in a ’79 Camaro fitted with a 6′ spliff hooked up to a fog machine, me as the guy on the web page, she as Wonder Woman, and Stefan and Yac as green wearing balaklava Pot terrorists. We’re going to traipse through the East Village in the Ganjamobile promoting the film. And everyone who leaves the premiere will get the party invite. The Supreme Court just ruled that Bush’s branch can’t tell doctors what to tell their patients…. This is a new era… Now is a great time to say, FUCK YOU to the government for imprisoning Tommy Chong for 9 months for selling water pipes online. Get involved, now is a great time. Get all your friends to come and HELP MAKE HIS TORY. Then when you are “old” you can say you were there. Next act: cloning Jesus from the Turin shroud..
October 17 Friday
Psyforia
October 17 Friday
Gaian Mind Monthly
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October 18 Saturday
Tsunami brings SUN Project to Arc
First DJ Set: Minds of Demented
S.U.N Project, Live (Spiritzone, Germany/Emi,Asia) Marco, Mathias, and Mccoy, have thrilled audiences around the globe with their full-on S.U.N Project Show. They have played for us 5 times before, including Vinyl, The World, Trance Goes To Mars, and Millennium Party.
They will be playing their classic as well as brand new, still unreleased music, making them the perfect act for the anniversary party.
Dj Sets By: Marco Meniche lli ( S.U.N Project) Yoni(Tsunami) Yoni played at countless Tsunami Parties , and is coming from Florida to present his new collected, unreleased full-on music, exchanged with some of the greatest names of international trance.
Minds Of Demented Mantis And Darkrad Joa Ambient Room; Aaron Spectre ( Kinetic/Opiate, Moonbunny) Zveka Tamir (Israel) Deco: Psychedelic Atmosphere By Daya Dayung (Dreamcatcherstudio.Net)
Club Arc (Formally Vinyl) 6 Hubert St. 3 Blocks Below Canal Street (Trains
A,C,E To Canal – 1,9 to Franklyn) Hours 11 Pm Till Late
S.U.N. Project Interview & Reviews
SUN Project Interview & Review
If you are in New York I recommend you to come to SUN Project, even though we have seen SP and IM 5 times and PsySex ain’t been here yet… and even though there are beaucoup financial issue betwixt Tsunami and “a fucking significant backer of El Cuco” who shall remain nameless but is playing tomorrow night. I’m there. I need some hard guitar.&nb sI love you all! We all have our shortcomings which WILL be mended in time. They used to say in this country, what’s good for GM is good for America. Well, I say what’s good for Tsunami is good for trance. No matter what, I love John.. Come help John pay Gavin of Spectra yes Gavin of Spectra back! Come, and get the word out… We need the Spectral cute girl contingent at Tsunami again… Don’t lose hope. Club Arc has the best sound system in the world. Yes. I’ll see y’all Saturday, John gave me use of his list that has added 40-50 people here – and I am bringing UV. I haven’t seen Marcus since he and Koxbox came over to Wylie’s yuppie squat with a bottle of vodka and a shady Asian coke dealer a few new years ago… I bet they got fat off all that wiener schnitzel like DJ Bim 😀 !!! Let’s find out… (Re: the header, Harvey Weinstein is head of Miramax; because he sucks Disney’s cock, he eschew films that depict reality and just rally for sure-fire Oscars…. fuck that fat weasely fuck, I am sure he has toked up at the very least!!) …back to your previously scheduled programming
Hi there!!!! S.U.N Project show was AMAZING as always!!!!!! I just think that for DJs like them the party should had been in another place…. ARC is not the right place to make parties!!!!! But anyway…. it was good… S.U.N project’s show made this party special and brought a lot of trance people to it!!!! Psy hugs
SUN Project Review
By nan@hipchix.net and Jehan
WOW! That S.U.N Project party last nite at Arc was pretty damn skippy (as Paul would say). Huge kudos to Tsunami for one of the best big parties I’ve been to in a long time. And it was definitely needed.
For myself, last nite was the culmination of one long week from hell. I worked a nine-day stretch because I worked an extra day, as requested. Retail, remember? >;-) Plus, on top of the nine days the last 3 were about opening a new store up on 59th St. By Bloomingdales.
A lot of manual labor, breathing noxious paint fumes, and the general contractor’s cigarette smoke. And you all know how I feel about those! >:-P
And on top of that, last nite was the third party in a row, on top of a nine-day work week, that I attended. The build-up from Thursday night at Karma then to Tagine then to Arc was quite a ride. I had to make sure to pace myself and reserve energy not only for work but for last nite knowing it was the 3rd of the 3.
Only when I was cosmic surfing last nite did I realize that this party was pretty damn special and it was no mistake the rough road getting to it. And I ain’t talkin potholes in the city streets.
I got there around 1:30 with Jehan, his female companion (sorry memory shorts from lack of sleep keeps me from remembering her name, among at least 5-6 lately. Ouch. My apologies.) and Mr. Michel.
Not much of a line outside which was good. Bouncers a little gruff but that’s to be expected. Ha! And when asked for my I.D. a second time I questioned the dude inside as to why he needed it again and he said to make sure they were real. I had been watching him collect others and put them into a computer. That was the one thing that didn’t sit well with me and when I asked him why and he told me he waived my I.D. and Jehan’s girlfriend’s as well.
The reduced list worked! Wow! I was actually on it…hahahha. And, for lower than what I was expecting to pay which was $25. Mike got me in for $20 so that was a score. Thanks, Mike!
The space was nicely lit, cool, not smokey save for the smoke machines and crowded just enough.
Even as the night wore on it never got to the point where it was total madness. Everyone was chill and respectful of each other. Decent crowd of people. Not the usual psytrance heads or anyone faction say Israeli outnumbering anyone else. Though there were a few rather in-my-face guys that I had to jockey around. Not bad tho, not bad.
I ran into a couple of friends who told me they weren’t into the vibe of the party and thought they would leave. I told them to come back as it would probably pick up later. Most psytrance parties have to warm up, at least to some degree before the main act gets on. This was no exception. In fact, it was probably more noticeable than usual given how the party turned out vs the energy in the invisible landscape vs the visible landscape vs NYC vs the World, etc. Even I was skeptical at one point but didn’t linger
on it. I just bounced on the sidelines until it felt right to do otherwise. Which I eventually did.
I wanted a drink so when back to the bar and found them only to be serving juices, water and like that.
I got an orange juice and moved back to the dancefloor. Oh yeah, before that I noticed an Asian dude about to light up a smoke and you all know how I feel about those, right? Anyway, I bit my tongue because I wanted to go up and let him know that there was no smoking in the club. But, I didn’t have to because one of the security dudes was on him in a minute and you should have seen the look on this Asian dude’s face when security showed up! So…I got what I wanted and didn’t have to do a thing. Hehehheh. Nice
when things work out like that, right? >;-)
I was so impressed with the lack of alcohol and cigarettes. It’s really amazing (or is it?) how much alcohol fucks things up. It befuddles the mind. And not having any alcohol being served last nite was a stroke of genius in my opinion. When there’s a party of that caliber going on the last thing they want is to have the people braindead on alcohol. It’s incredible how dangerous that shit is. Especially when you’re not
paying attention. Guess they wanted everyone’s attention last nite and they got it.
Whoever played (MOD?) before S.U.N Project did a good job of energy shifting. I could feel it. I could see it and I think everyone else could, too. The lighting effects were hot and it’s interesting to note, more so than usual, that when it gets dark the mood changes vs when it’s lighter.
And the lighting effects were some of the best I’ve experienced in a long time. There were shifts going on last nite. I like to call it shifts in consciousness because I think that was what was happening. It was a really powerful experience.
I could swear at one point that the floor of the club was shifting under my feet and a thought came into my mind that this party was about shifting consciousness. I think that happened last nite. I think that’s why quite a few people were not too sure about the vibe and were waiting for whatever to happen. Meaning some people explained they were waiting to be impressed and I remember mentioning to them don’t expect anything and you won’t have a problem. Just go with the flow and let it take you there. It doesn’t just happen at once. It’s a gradual thing and if you trust it, it will come.
And come it did and in a blaze of guitars and drums and synthesizers. Yummy! Now, I’ve never been a big fan of what I call guitar trance but this was an exception. I remember reading one of Jeff’s emails about his party at Tagine and he described how much he was looking forward to hearing S.U.N Project because of the hard guitar energy in it. And I gotta say, I was impressed. I think a lot of us or some of us or two of us, maybe three? >;-) really liked heavy metal at one point. Good heavy metal, right? Not that cheesy stuff.
Anyway, before I came up through drum and bass to psytrance I had my metal moment and it was goooood.
Still have Case Logic loads of CDs that hold a collection of metal by Cold Chamber, KMFDM, Orange 9mm, Rage Against the Machine, White Zombie, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, Sevendust, to name a few.
So here comes S.U.N Project who, by the way, is listed at least once in my file of fave psytrance songs. I checked that out to make sure they were on it somewhere. Only fair, right? Heheh. So they were there and that was good. And they were spectacular last nite. I think NYC needed a good dose of rock and roll and we got it. I’ve never heard such a good combination of metal and psytrance combined. These guys were the ones
who really pulled it off. Guess it helps with the respective backgrounds of Matthius, McCoy and Marco. Their roots in grunge, heavy metal and recombined with the electronics of psytrance made for a wicked good time!
I think the edge that metal brings to psytrance, at least in the way SP does is refreshing. Especially for a genre that gets a little predictable from time to time. They have a signature that stands out and makes a great impression in psytrance. At first, I was a little apprehensive about how many guitars would be involved but after last nite, all apprehension was gone.
It was great seeing the crowd respond to S.U.N Project and SP returning the energy. You can tell when the crowd is in sync with the acts and last nite was no different. If anything, it was exceptional given the current state of affairs in the world. I think that last nite was a great boost of energy to the whole body. Spiritually as well as physically. The whole place was vibrating so it makes sense that the floor seemed to shift. (Oh, speaking of moving…go to the Sonic Vision experience up at the Planetarium. Tho the room vibrates I could have sworn at one point it was actually spinning.
Found out afterward that it didn’t spin which means that the experience is so incredible that if you let yourself be completely immersed in it you will feel weightless on top of feeling like the room is spinning. Wheeee!)
So, this was the second time within a month that I could swear things were moving. Big things. And I can only attribute this to a combination of thoughts and realizations that last nite was, indeed, a shift in consciousness. Literally, at least, in my mind. And what a cool feeling. It got down deep into the body and into the soul and it felt gooood. Really good.
The one thing that I don’t remember seeing were their masks. LOL
Anyway, thanks to Tsunami and everyone else involved in putting this party together. Special thanks to Mr. Yac who doesn’t always get the credit he deserves. Heheh. >;-) Nice job, man! And keep Valerie awake.
And before I forget, thanks to Yoni for playing an awesome set after SP that took the crowd the rest of the way til they turned on the lights at 9 or so in the morning. Really nice stuff, man.
And of course, thanks to S.U.N Project for a kick-ass good time! Rock on, boys!
😉
n
Another Perspective
from jehan7777@hotmail.com
I often judge a party by what happens to me after the party… am I
in a slump and tired, drained, and off to bed? or does the good energy from the party spin me off into more adventure, meeting more people, and meeting other sides of myself. So considering I just got home, I would say the music, people and general flow of the party definitely propelled me pretty damn far.
As Nancy mentioned security was not too bad, U kind of have to expect security to be a bit heavy when big clubs like Arc have to deal with constant police pressure… as long as we can have the party, I don’t really give a damn about security, once I get in the door, they don’t exist. I couldn’t help but notice, however, the electronic card-swipe-machine-elf that kept track of everyone in the club. None of us can run for president now, especially Nancy.
Got there around 1:30 am and was pleasantly surprised that the party was in full-swing already… sometimes it takes till 3 or even 4. But no, it was full-on. and Nice decoration Tsunami!
Very good, the space felt warmer, nice and psychedelic, and of course Arc has pretty good lighting.
The sound stage setup below the Dj booth set the silent tone for the first part of the party… it whispered through the booming trance, it kept saying…. “we know what’s coming…” The undercurrent of the SUN project live to come pushed the party along very nicely. Mantis and Darkrad, Minds of the Demented were playing when we got there, after some time, of getting my bearings on the people and space (and dodging the occasional raver swinging lights and tangling himself up in string…
It was quite a mixed crowd, trancers, ravers, explorers, and even a few of the “what the hell is going on here?” people – who all ended up with a “this is great” look on their face). So, tuning into Minds of the Demented, I would say there were doing a pretty good job, in fact, I think it was perfect for that time of the party, and considering who was going to play after them. Nice clean full-on with a dark but positive twist… forward driving sounds, with nice push. And they were having fun with the dancefloor too. Nice one guys, small-town Pennsylvania seems to have the trance too huh?
At some point I wandered into the chill-out room, and actually was slightly disappointed, it seemed a bit neglected (no decor whatsoever) too bright (club regulations perhaps?) basically it felt like I walked into a waiting room in a weird dreamlike airport where everyone would look for the shadows to sit in and catch the next flight to the dancefloor.
No big deal though, the party was more about the main space…. maybe its good not to have too much of a chill-out room, so that the party stays in one piece.
So back on the flight-path, and we are now cruising high with the SUN Dj set… I loved how casual Marco seemed to be while crashing the dancefloor with some good stomach shifting bass tracks, crispy psychedelic mids, and nice riffs. It seemed like there were all up there, making drinks behind a small bar, walking around, chatting… but basically mixing super trance with the back of their hand. Storing energy for the live set.
That’s when the real release came. At one point I was dancing right up near their sound stage during the middle of the Live set and looked up… the whole stage, all the equipment on stands, everything was shaking, the guitar was riffing, the drummer full-on, all of them kind of glancing at each other and then at the dancefloor, heads pulsing in synch. They had this intoxicated-yes look on their face, like a ‘yea..’ they were having
a good time and could see that we were too.
In terms of their sound, I thought that it was great, a good logical progression of SUN project as we know it…. the psychedelia had all the new edges to it, and their guitar style stayed basically the same, in sticking with their well-established style. I for one am not a huge guitar-in-trance fan, but am all for it when I see and hear it live. I know there are many people out there who complain about the SUN project type sound, and I
might too at times, but it is what it is, and that’s their style, and they do it great. It would be boring if all trance was super psychedelic, or super progressive. Trance is like a language and we should use all the words and tell all the stories.
I have this one image in my head of this guy who looked like he just got off his shift in China town and ended up at the party. He was standing in the middle of the dancefloor, his jaw almost touching the ground. He was zapped! amazed, and whenever the guitar riffs started his head would shake in disbelief. He definitely also had his share of ‘fortune cookies’.
So SUN project kept rocking on, and amidst the mixed crowd the majority of the trance contingent traversed worlds in the middle and towards the sides, where the sound reverberating through your body is best.
Welcome back Yoni! It was great to hear his new selection of music, but more importantly, like someone said to me on the dancefloor ‘he is such a good mixer’ and he loves the crowd (if he’s in a good mood) and having new music often puts one in a good mood, so the party kept rocking on. I spent a good 15 minutes up in the Dj booth while he was playing, observing from the other perspective and could feel the rushes that he was as the dancefloor would occasionally reach ‘that’ level. Soon I was dancing as full-on up there as I was on the dancefloor, and quickly went running back, and read my 3rd fortune cookie.
It said “U shall not go home for 2 more days”
So the party had a great push and super energy all the way till the end, with the lights on, people still dancing, and everyone with some form of smile on their face. (Have you people noticed one thing about Arc parties, that by the end the male-female balance is always off) What’s going on? are the women getting what they want and leaving, are the men not being men enough? Come on
people, sort it out.
Anyway, not to take away from the party though, it was great, refreshing, and I’m sure everyone is happy, Tsunami, SUN Project, Yoni, Minds of the Demented, and all of us on the dancefloor to return the energy and keep the flux going.
Good job to everyone involved…
keep it going.
Jehan
Go see High Times’ web potluck moviePotluck at the Village East cinema, 181 2nd ave.
Swim drowned, so Timothy Leary’s Party Wednesday is at Opium Den
Swim indeed drowned with no lifeguard in sight. I don’t wanna take it over because the place isn’t cozy enough..
October 22 Wednesday
Timothy Leary’s Birthday Party
at Opium Den with DJs Machinelf, Ben Light-o-matic and the Merry Pranksters
3rd street between 2nd & 3rd Avenue Free, ID21+ EVERYONE WELCOME; I don’t wanna take it over because the place isn’t cozy enough.. But it’s still 60s l guru Timothy Leary’s birthday… So, left with this what to do, tread water? What would Timothy Leary do? don’t ask.. Instead of getting naked or escaping from jail, we’re gonna party at someplace faux dodgey – yes – the Opium Den. You may remember the Opium Den as the site of The Brawl back in January. Rest assured I will not be dallying about in the bathroom with anyone, we have a thorazine spray hose at the bar, and more importantly Tony is not security any more. (there’s no security…!)
This flyer is based on a campaign poster when he ran for governor in 1967 against Ronald Reagan for governor of California.) If Timothy Leary never existed, there’s a chance the average person would never have had the opportunity to take LSD. So, one night and one night only the Opium Den will be resuscitated.. if you hate the place, don’t worry, I’m not gonna try to do a weekly there… and followers of Aldous Huxley are quite welcome as well… if you’ve ever taken l you should come.. and mark my words you’ll be surprised who’s coming to DJ! at 2am, we’ll play a recording of thanks to the NYC community from Wilson Leary, Timothy’s cousin from Texas tickets for Saturday’s boat party will be sold on premises by Machinelf p.s. drink the Koolaid Wednesday, October 22 at Opium Den with DJs Machinelf Ben Light-o-matic and the Merry Pranksters 3rd street between 2nd &am 3rd Avenue Free, ID21+ EVERYONE WELCOME
October 24 Friday
USS Trance
The First psytrance Party on a Yacht Cruising around Manhattan with Spectra, Omnitribe, Renegade Rock Stars, and much much more! Trip Out New York, Spectra and the Renegade Rock Stars, Omni Tribe, Pamela and Rob Cordially invite you onboard Casting off at midnight, return by 4am OPEN BAR all night on web mpcruises/yachts/01 the Half Moon yacht from the New York Skyport Aviation Marina at East 23rd.St. & FDR Drive, Manhattan $25, limited capacity – buy tickets in advance so you won’t get left in Trance s wake The Half Moon is Rob’s friends 85-foot privileged vessel. We’ll sail around the East River, Hudson River, past the South Street Seaport, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Governor’s Island, the USS Intrepid floating museum, Chelsea Piers, and more. Psy/Progressive Trance DJs:
Captain Gavin (Spectra) will run a tight ship
Mutineer Vitali k (Omni Tribe) will hijack the Half Moon and steer her to India
First Navigator SHAIkid (Omni Tribe) will swab the Decks Your host Pirate Captain Machinelf will make you walk the plank
Video Projection Sound by Spectra We have the whole ship psytrance will be on the top deck while the other floors will have electroclash, house, various electronic DJs This is a rain or shine eve but the weather is forecasted to be in the 60s on Saturday bring warm clothes Admission $25 until Friday, all ages welcome, costumes great, especially nautical ones. Ship capacity is LIMITED; tickets available online and on 14th street
USS Trance 70% sold out, act now to keep low rate, it looks like we’re getting into a great partnership, with great rates and yearlong access to the fleet. The day is coming very soon when we’ll see out of town psytrance DJs play on boat cruises… I’ve always wanted to have a Viking party with Hux Flux, Koxbox, Atmos (albeit he’s Polish..) Unfortunately, the party is 70% sold out.. (Pam and Rob sold a lot to their crazy friends) If you haven’t purchased any tickets yet I strongly recommend that you do, because we’re keeping a small number aside at a higher rate so that we can pay for the sound system and transportation. If you really want to get a ticket for sure, act now… It is apparently going to be colder than we planned… Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s with temperatures nearly steady overnight. For those of you asking if there will be any psytrance on the other floors, all I can say with certainty is that some of us will play at least an hour on the other floors… but it probably won’t be twisted GMS tracks! PAY ONLINE (Credit/debit card)Tickets immediately available via Paypal; Paypal $25 per ticket Thursday to Jeff/Machine Elf ht $30 Friday and $35 Saturday. We’ll let you know if any extras are available at the docks. Your tickets will be waiting for you at the dock under your name 11pm and midnight Saturday PAY IN PERSON (Cash)Tickets may be purchased through Saturday while tickets last from 12pm-12am at my friends Tex Mex restaurant web newyorkmetro/pages/details/4464.ht mEl Rey del Sol, downstairs 232 West 14th between 7th and 8th Avenue 212-229-0733 ask for Bill or Maiatien the bartenders or Michael the owner (he’s from San Antonio, I lived in Austin). October 25 – Saturday WEBSITE updated daily with new artists: com/usstrance web tranceam.org/usstrance machines
USS Trance is a sellout – so don’t miss. there might be some tickets at the dock, but advance tickets are all spoken for. Also, we might or might not have an extra hour on board due to daylight savings, which changes over at 2am, right in the middle of the party… we’ll make it a surprise if it happens. Bring protection! (it will be a little cold but stable, high of 59, low of 58!) we will have some playtime inside as well.. and speaking of sold out, I heard Dark Soho tix r going like, well Hoffmans
From: Jehan USS Trance Party…. review, I guess Castle in the Sky humbled by Dancer Species. NYC has a giant ‘mote’ around it. definition: ‘mote’: a body of water constructed to surround a fort for defensive purposes. Often a pleasant habitat for ghoulish monster type species. “Today we have sailed the mote, and come forth unharmed!” Screamed the proud crowd. The beasts watched from afar, snarling their useless teeth. The evening started with a ship horn. Well, there was quite a lead up to this point, but this was the instant the night began. The audio volume on our little outdoor launchpad was being kept low because we were still at the dock. 12 o’clock. So – oh ya, ship horn, its coming – the captain got behind his huge steering wheel aka. dharma chakra. Boat still on land, volume low.Captain sounds the horn, which was extremely loud, the only thing you could hear, was that horn, just for sec or two When the sound of the horn echoed away, the music volume had been tactfully pushed up to maybe triple of what it was. Probably a fast steady push on the master volume by a finger. So even behind a bigger steering wheel, two wheels rather, spinning, Vitalik. Who had been patiently mixing under very bad volume conditions, had obviously worked himself up to a fine instant. Now let’s back-track a bit. The line outside the boat was a scene on its own… most of the boat was rented out to electroclash, 70’s 80’s but confused now music party, and our group, so the dock sticking out of the water looked like a flea market of wave-watchers and feet stompers. We’ll be the wave-watchers. So as jeff leaped over the edge of the ship, half falling off and half putting up hangings in his silver knight type out-fit, which looked more like a klu-klux dude on A. And all many of us standing on the dock telling the bouncer (or shall we call him the floater) that our names are on a list. “Jeff! Where’s the list?!” He’s still falling off the boat.”Pam has it!” “where’s Pam?” jeff – “She went to get some food” Classic. Anyway, we all made it on to the boat, along with electroclashies dressed as fat naked ladies, and joker-pirates infused with Tequila… we all attacked the open bar. Anyway, the whole first level and enclosed dancefloor on the upper level, though it was the majority of the ship was just the lobby for the USS Trance party on the open-air part of the deck. >From the moment that ship-horn went off I would say 70% of all the people where out there with us, in the smallest section of the boat, basically the open-top in front of the captain’s steering mad. hydraulics. But a real-world of its own, sailing along now, Audio condition: as best as they could be (considering that the boat’s managers didn’t let us bring the Sub-Woofer aboard)Weather conditions: Cool but good, with a lot of crazy shit going on in the skies. People condition: Lovin it. Vitalik was playing really nice music. And Manhattan was looking nice and ominous, dark towers of babble sleeping by the water, have dreams of ghoulish monster species. The statue of liberty is green. of course, its green. It never occurred to me, however, that green also happens to be the ‘color of money’. Which brings us to the problem of money freedom, in this land of the free. Coast guards lurked amidst the waters, protecting the green statue of liberty from greed, also symbolized by the color green. hmmm. money, greed, and twisted ideas of freedom, the three monster species of the Mote splished and splashed in the small waves, occasionally getting cigarette butts thrown at them from the floating mote dancers. “we are not anchored people are we” Suzy whispers in my ear. Gavin took seat behind the double dharma wheels, pupils wide.playing some groovy progressive impressive. More grounded bass maneuvering tracks, a good balance to Vitalik’s slightly more psychedelic forward-moving progressive. Gavin was smiling a lot.So on it went soundwaves tumbling across the water, splashing up against Brooklyn on one side and Manhattan the other. If the water-ripple-readers were there they’d be able to tell that there was a good party on the water somewhere.Michelle was a neon glowing skeleton, except there were no blacklights, so he was more like a skeleton’s ghost.So he just went around giving people little electric shocks, like ghosts do.Gavin kept steering as we head back north.The extra hour that we hoped for because of the daylight savings bank account, didn’t really happen. The boat was back a little before expected and like always, they were telling us to turn the music off. and like always the party would push back (just a little) the Djs, neGoatiating and mixing the next track in at the same time. But we could tell that boat part of the evening was soon over, and well worth it it was. One of the electroclashers, and asian kid dressed like the Dalai Llama, a bouncer, and Jeff were in some kind of discussion that turned into a word fight, and then even holding the enraged monk down. Jeff would be like, “you can’t act like that you’re dressed as a Buddhist monk.” and the Dalai Llama would yell back, “just watch me break your face man! come here! what the fuck! etc etc… then the argument moved to the inner dancefloor where Jeff’s retaliation was bow down on his knees, facing the Dalai Llama in prayer, this made the kid feel pretty stupid and he didn’t know what to do with his rage, and of course just as the Monk starts to simmer down, Jeff jumps up from prayer, screaming, fuck you man!, I’m bigger than you, what you gonna do?!” And they went at it like two cats again. Me, eyes blazing, in the middle trying to help prevent the Dalai Llama and the tripping Klu-Kluxer from tearing each other apart. Meanwhile, word has spread on the deck that there was an afterparty at Swim. The moment the boat stopped at the peer. All of us looking down at the dock from the upper level, the boat door opens and this guy goes running out and starts throwing up. We were all screaming and laughing (yes laughing, forget being nice, this shit was funny) and yelling directions to him like we were his blind-aid, telling him when to watch out for posts and pillars as he stumbled down the peer throwing up wicked monster species. We all congregated back on land, like we always do… organizing and finding our way to Swim, while others made there way to some other party, which ended up not existing so they came to Swim later too. Swim was super, by 4:30 it was pretty much full, and after Mayur played a couple of tracks to lead up to Gavin to finish his set and take it further. Nice feel to the party, positive, family feel, people dancing, smoking anything freely. The bartender had her share of Moroccan that’s for sure. Jason (subtlechaos), who was on the boat the whole night, also wide-eyed, appeared behind the tables. Still surfing. He took the progressive riff handed over to him by Gavin, spun it down a little into a more trippy but mellow progressive sound with a more instrumental feel to it, and then pushed it back up to cruise speed nice one. So we kept feeding the bartender with smoke and extra tips till she couldn’t go any longer, and the party was great and over by 7am.The End.you wish…. so then, as usual, we had our half-hour street party, haywire conversations, and literal interpretations, and people figured out where their mind wanted to take their body. I’m sure everyone’s day of sailing, and then being unleashed back on land ended with many smiles on many faces… mine still isn’t over (whats new Jehan?) By 8am (its noon now) I, and Anna, Michelle, Derek (the German-PuertoRican with the crazy hats), Nancy, and others…landed up at what I would call a green-house apartment in the sky, especially the state I’m in. Two whole walls of the apartment are windows and we’re pretty high up. Paul & Carlie’s appt. and I’m doing the best mixing one can do without a mixer, its called imagine-the-mix. Never-the-less, the music is still going, and I seem to have typed, well-typed, and typed and typed. Sorry this is so long, but it’s been a long splendid night. ‘n’ took many pictures throughout, keep an eye out for the link for those pics within the next 36 hours. bom. Jehanbreaking news: Three drowned monster species found crawling out of their own skin, to be reborn and beat up their old misguided souls.
October 28 Tuesday
Dark Heaven – Jehan’s Birthday Party
Birthday party for Jehan (yes, me. sorry I have to post this because my friends who are organizing the party are not on IsraTrance)
I’ve been running around the parties in Goa since I was 7 years old, my dad used to Dj at parties there in the early days of Goa, Anjuna beach was my backyard, he used to play with Gill before he turned into ‘Goa Gill’
I’ve been playing at parties for a few years (Goa, Amsterdam, once in London, and NYC, where I live now)
My blood is trance, some friends of mine are throwing a party in a medium-size club for my 25th birthday, I will be playing, and there should be quite a few people from the local NYC trance scene, and we are trying to get as many in as we can and get new people also.
Who cares if its Tuesday, it’s a trance party!
Please come, everyone is welcome, and its free.
location: 579, 6th Ave, B/w 16th & 17th street
11pm to 4am (5am if enough people come)
IMPORTANT: the club has two floors, the trance
party is on the UPPER LEVEL, so don’t get confused by what you see when you first enter.
bom. see you on the dancefloor
Heaven *is* a visually supercool place. We’re taking it over on Tuesday, I’m assuming it will be mostly trance heads there. Someone said the sound system in there is really good. Hopefully, someone will do videos because there’s a lot of equipment there.. Everybody try to make it, it’s kickass and if the night goes well… Birthrance party for Jehan Scorpio Rising where? 579 6th ave, b/w 16th & 17th street. It’s a two-floor medium-sized club. Tranceparty will be on the UPPER FLOOR The place is called Heaven (sorry the owner of the club wouldn’t change the name for us ) Proper sound all ready to go (fully functional club) good dancefloor, not too big not too small. When? Tuesday, October 28, 11pm till 4 am (and 5 am if there are enough people.) Who? you…. please come… so what if its a Tuesday… with all the lunar eclipses and planetary alignments coming during Scorpio you’re gonna need all the charge up you can get. Mixing by… Iggy, Akin, and Jeha n. (check for updates)
The old Sound Factory/Twilo space is reopening as a new age haven/dance club/spa with four floors and Alex Grey paintings, the name is Spirit New York. Needless to say, this will not be a drug den.
October 31 Halloween Friday
Ecliptic Trance – Chapter I – The Rising at Club – Dark Soho at The Hook
Doors Open at: 11PM-8AM Line Up: Gavin (Spectra, NYC) – A veteran of t he New York trance scene, Gavin will deliver progressive sounds into the night, setting the tone and the mood for the nightish atmosphere. Dark So ho (Alchemy Records, UK) – Debut appearance in New York City. Influenced by Metal music, Dj Boxer delivers one of the most powerful dark sets in trance today. Finishing the South American tour, Dark Soho is due to release a new album upcoming on Alchemy Records. Total Eclipse (Tip World, Twisted of the true pioneers of the genre, Loic and Stephan have been providing psychedelic terrorism for about 10 years. Working on The Antidote project and several new releases, this show is not to be missed! Berserx (Ecliptic -Trance, NYC) – DJ Mike and Ohmboy (Gadi) – the dynamic duo unfold a mystical journey that will start in madness and end in a frenzy. Morning full-on sounds with groove and power. Electrofunk a.k.a Psychodog (Ecliptic-Trance, NYC) – DJ Uriel has been playing for three years in NYC and will surely bring you a new electric sound story. Special Fluro Psychedelic trance environment by Daya, NYC. web Dreamcatcherstudio.net Sound reinforcement by EAW web eaw Breakfast, chai, fruit s and surprises by the Ecliptic-Trance Crew. web ecliptic-trance Tickets: $25 adv. – $30 door 21+ I.D. to enter.
WOW!…the ecliptic party in Brooklyn was wicked! …I loved Dark Soho’s set… I loved the venue…it was nice having the beer garden in the back for us nicotine addicts, and the psychedelic artwork was sick… It’s nice to see good visuals at a club for once. Also there were some sweet Halloween costumes…lots of girlies dressed as nurses (I was dressed as an escaped hospital patient 😉 ). I want to thank surrender (Isratrance forum moderator) for serving the fruit (apricots rule!) and the tea and coffee. I want to thank everyone who made this party possible. I hope that that club is used in the future for more psytrance parties. -Malcolm “666”
Dark Soho Interview
Dark Soho last weekend… wow! Best show this year. Very auspicious start for Ecliptic Trance!!
November 2003
November 1 Saturday
Gnarling Galactic Resonated Time Pollinator
Probably the LAST party in the pine barrens until it gets warm again- > HOT vegan chai will be served in the morning. Bring telepathic hive > navigation receptors and shamanic plant energy tracers for exploring (on > an infinite quantity of dimensions) the digestive cosmic cluster, > splintering through the sensory riptide Park near other vehicles.> > Be careful driving – soft sand.> > Make sure that no cars are in the vicinity when you turn off of Route> 539. Keep this information away from police people.> > Be prepared to camp. Bring necessities (ie. food, water, etc.).> Be kind to our universe- do not leave trash or cigarette butts at this > sacred place.> and you said LAST one was the last. FALSE ADVERTISING!!! blah 🙂
And now we have become lean and mean. I consider myself a symbol of NYC trance, and I have learned to live on 20K vs 80K. So just imagine what a cash infusion would do! (I have an ad sales/event promo interview with the Onion this week, cross your fingers) Now allegory this out to the crew of trance organizers… Walla!! Yippeeeee (in the prankster sense!)!! L ist News s newsletter is finally hitting critical mass, doubling in the past three years. If anyone has names to add, I will get you one free drink for every five names at the next porno karaoke. I kinda wanna expand this list a bit in terms of demographics, geography, genre, and taste. So anything big or otherwise remarkable in Beantown or Philly will be here. York, I’m getting a lot of events and interesting links on the Friendster bulletin board – so this will also be a digest of all that is cool from my 269 crazy Friendsterites – keep them comin’! Plus I’m trolling the Burning Man list for weird stuff BTSwatch updated, /btswatch check it out! I got some new fashion/PR party sources
NYC Hiro the Samurai Ronin Bosozuku dude is back in town!!!
November 4 Tuesday
SubtleChaos Dark Heaven
New Tuesday weekly at Heaven (se e Free Weeklies, below)
11pm-4am, ID21+ NEW Tuesday Dark Heaven HRE beginning Tuesday 04/11/03 at Heaven 579 6th A ve btwn 16th & 17th street. Full on to Dark tekky progressive sound. JASON (SUBTLECHAOS U.K) JEHAN SONIXPARK
November 5 Wednesday
Spectra presents Vibr asphere Vibrasphere** (Digital Structures) Sweden live! Dimitri ** (Spun Records, GBU) Brasil Gavin ** (Spectra) New York Allen ** (Gaian Mind) Phill y Mayur** (Spectra) New York 11 p.m-7 a.m $30 donation 48 Bowery ( just south of Canal St.) 2nd floor ** this location is a legal after-hours venue, with all permits and no sound issues!
Speaking of, I somehow got Gavin Israeli Mike and Jeremy from Moontribe to play the next Kama Sutra Karaoke!! Mike’s gonna do $10 piercing all night, many prizes and libidinous/licentious art. If anyone has any contacts with porno shops that would sponsor us let me know!
Come to the smash web tranceam.org/ka masutrakaraoke KSK on Wednesday for Gavin, Nimbus, and Moontribe (Los Angeles) with 2 hours vodka open bar at Remote Lounge (see One Offs, below) Last time 80 people came out on a school night…
November 6 Wednesday
Kama Sutra Karaoke
Spectra, Nimbus, Moontribe (L.A.) “Giving the people What They Want” “Most twisted idea yet” Check out the website: / kamasutrakaraoke /kamasutrakaraoke Wednesday November 19th 10pm-4am ID21+ web remoteloungeRemote Lounge 327 Bowery above 2nd street Porno Karaoke is the latest kraze from Germany This koncept mated with psychedelik trance & mutant spawn is here in New York! The premiere was so insane, I work ed out the bad kinks and put in a lot of good kinks! If you haven’t experienced it, you are missing quite a mindfuck! Porn karaoke is somewhere between porn, comedy, and Weimar Republik era Berlin’s Kabaret Voltaire. Drinking is a must for many to perform karaoke; to perform porn karaoke requires some hammering so we’re giving you two hours of open bar to prepare. 10pm-4am ID21+ Remote Lounge 327 Bowery above 2nd street 10pm Vodka open bar, $2 PBRs all night with 72 erotic songs mixed in 60 minutes 11pm Kama Sutra Karaoke Kontest Midnight with psytrance DJs Gavin (Spektra/NYC) Nimbus (Prometheus Projekt/NYC) Dj Falkor (Moontribe-Los Angeles, Learning Party, Nova Express) Video projection by VJ Exeris Erotik art by Shirna of the Prometheus Projekt $10 body piercing all night by Nimbus Body Piercing Studios $1 for three hits of the red crop by Nurse Nancy Your Host, Machine lf For the Karma Sutra Karaoke Kontest at midnight, bring a friend or pa ir up on the spot to enter the kontest. Bring your own porn if you want on either VHS or DVD, you have one minute to do your best. Winners receive gift certifikates to NYC’s sex shops; all kontestants get free dr inks. $10 body piercing all night by Nimbus
Remote Lounge is a high tech voyeuristik death star with remote kontrolled kameras, screens, and phones on every table. Featured in this month’s National Geographik. Admission is free for those in fetish gear and for those who promise to lose their shirts! $10 before midnight, $5 after. $5 advance tickets via Paypal by klicking also that night..
Paris Hilton always wanted to be a celebrity now she’s starring ina hot celebrity sex video, maybe we can bring her to Porno Karaoke!
Note: Insteada Canada we’re getting a Texan (notmay 2003 me though!) Goldilocks from Austin/Boston will be replacing PsyClone of Toronto who may come up at a later date Eric a.k.a Goldilocks [ Texaliens] Boston, MA here’s the spam from the Anitya e-flyer: “This recent transplant from the third coast has been spinning weapons-grade psytrance groovers since ’98. If you didn’t catch his storming Boston debut at Sept ember’s Psyforia, you can look forward to a psychedelicious blend of progressive, psy-tech, and peak-time…” web texaliens.orgweb texal iens.org Eric used to live in Austin (like me) and is attending Berkl ee for audio engineering
See, outside of the Thursday night Kama Sutra Karaoke party, I was talking to the winner, a beautiful Kentucky blonde. Conflicts of interest aside, we started getting verbally friendly, then someone handed me a wet diesel-smelling James Brown cigarette and we share. Next thing I know, I’m at a dodgy after hours, the same space that Gavin threw that night. No Kentucky blonde insight. And she left Monday. The moral: Don’t smoke wet cigarettes if you are on the make. Here’s some web remotelounge/consolePhotos/index.php?directo k at Daniel the Original Party Animal passed out in 4 photos, post open bar 🙂 Oh yeah, you get in free if you promise to lose the shirt! And it was funny and an ego boost for me, Dmitri played a Junya track with my vocals mixed in with Bill Hicks sampled on it. I haven’t heard it, have to scam a copy from Natia… but I think it’s more alcohol drivel than vintage K-hole.No Heaven tonight! Saving our strength! ty of the season at the space Saturday in Brooklyn! Thanks Safety Dancers and NYC604 headz… The moral of the story is, get on either list to get into the best most intimate high spiritual energy gatherings
Buy your $10 advance tickets for Thursday November 6’s web tranceam.org/karmasutrakaraoke karma sutra karaoke with Psy-Clone from Toronto in his first US appearance, plus 10-12 open bar! with Jason from Subtlechaos, plus an out of towner from California, it will be a shag-a-delic night.
Karma Sutra Karaoke with DJ Ps y-Clone from Toronto Psyclone hosts web cyborganization.org/Cyborganization, basically a Toronto based Borg outlet 🙂 he has brought Neuromotor, Nuclear Ramjet, Analog Pussy… And now come hear him for the first time in NYC (last seen in the U.S. playing at Omnifestival) Oh yeah, a porno karaoke contest, vodka open bar, $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon and fetish & cyber dildonic prizes.. plus Mr Subtlechaos himself and a mysterious out of towner from California. web tranceam.org/brainmachines/karmasutrakaraoke Mayo packs will be considered cheating! With 60 remote cameras and twice that many monitors, the place must be seen to be believed web remotelounge/ web remotelounge wriit en up in Time and everywhere, including this month’s National Geographic under surveillance… Translation: do NOT come if you are a speed freak or have occasional bouts of paranoid schizophrenia From a bartender… So a “V IP” at Remote Lounge with all the remote control cameras got all tipsy and took his wife down on the closed basement and started shagging… of course it was surveilled by peeps upstairs and they tried to buy them drinks. .. .and if you can’t afford the $7-$15 to get in contact me and I’ll hire you to flyer, hire, pants on fire…
KSK last week was fun, thanks Gavin and Jeremy/Falkor (who drove down for HOURS through the long rain) Paris Hilton’s dad’s lawyer was there, wow. So was Time Out London.
Trancegiving at someone’s house in Brooklyn. I’ll be in Texas with my “real” family! If all else fails, play the evil turkey song by PsySex! I’m winding down for the year, no more parties from me for a long while… leaving it to you people to organize and do things. If you need promo help, DJ work, weird performance art, or someone to drain your keg, you know who to call.
November 8 Saturday
Spectra – Vibrasphere
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Vibrasphere** (Digital Structures) Sweden live! Dimitri ** (Spun Records, GBU) Brasil Gavin ** (Spectra) New York Allen ** (Gaian Mind) Philly Mayur** (Spectra) New York
11 p.m-7 a.m $30 donation 48 Bowery (just south of Canal St.) 2n d floor
** this location is a legal after-hours venue, with all permits and no sound
issues!**
Marria had a dream a few nights before the last Spectra party. A dream from which she awoke with a huge smile on her face – and a look in her eye that screamed, “are you ready for an amazing party?” When she started mumbling out the details, I was surprised and concerned. Had she started the party a little early, so to speak? Or was she just making more out of symbols and signs than I cared to know?In her dream, she was at the Vibrasphe re/Dimitri party and Gavin was speaking with her. The conversation was light, revolving primarily around the jibber-jabber about the Red Sox, psytrance, and European travel. What made the sequence interesting, though, was the fact that Gavin was cutting his own hair as he spoke. Literally, he was holding a normal conversation with his mouth and body, but his hands were busy frantically cutting his own hair. And, in the words of Marria, “do ing a pretty damn good job at it.” Being the bookworm I am, I immediately went to my primary symbolism resources and delved in to find the meaning of this symbol. What I found was one of the many portents that drew me back down to another Spectra party – another four-hour car trip – another rental van – another try at a good clean trip. According to most sources, “cutting one’s own hair represents a level of diminishing freedom, emaciated liberation, or a state of mind which portends such a state. To cut one’s hair shows a level of conformity with purpose, a lessening of rebellion in exchange for the realization of one’s Goals.” Why would Gav in, one of the most forward-thinking and free individuals we know, be doing ANYTHING that would LESSEN his freedom and ability to thrive in hostile environments? Perhaps the “change” was needed? But why? The answer came to me at the end of his set… The last four or five seething and bass-driven tracks, elevating the dancefloor with a new crisp entry every 16 measures… The final notes of the last track played and I was “on top” of everything. I was ready to go flying back into another 30hz groove when the music just stopped…. The people were cheering not for the extended breakdown – they were cheering because the party had ended.. .. And it had ended ON GAVIN’S TERMS!!! And that was the answer to all my questions! No police, no noise complaints, no silly neighbors making stupid phone calls, and certainly no rival promotors pulling crap to draw the crowd away from Bowery. Whatever he had done, whatever hoops he had jumped through, whatever strings he had to pull and whatever deals he had to make – Gavin had “cut his own hair” and found a way to have a party that rivaled Dimitri’s last Spectra/NYC appearance.. And, dare I say it, rivaled even those from the days of the Key Roller Arena. What we have here is selflessness incarnate. What we have here is somebody so concerned with delivering the best product possible that he’s willing to risk anything and everything to make it happen – even his own personal freedom. And the risk paid off! Police escorted us out of the venue instead of letting us hear Emok…. That same police forced us onto the street just as Son Kite was busy “getting into it…” But nobody but Gavin himself could escort us out of that venue! And he chose to do it ONLY after the party, as advertised, was officially over…. But simply saying “we made it through to the end” would not do this party justice… The electricity and the overall musical talent in that room were overwhelming! Like any Spectra party, we’ve come to expect the best that the world-wide trance scene has to offer. And tonight was no different. I feel like a fool for missing Mayur’s and Allen’s sets – of which I heard only good things… But Dimitri, Vibrasphere, and Gavin completely set the place ablaze – climbing the peaks, surfing the plateaus, and exploring the depths of electronic sound respectively… The venue was gorgeous…. blah blah blah…. I t was just those last four tracks….. for the first time in as long as I can remember was no calling for “more” after the last set simply out of desire…I was calling for more because after Gavin’s last four tracks I was in no condition literally, NO condition to walk out onto the cold streets of New York and “the real world.”Couples by the speakers – speaking in silence – speaking in dance…Computer geniuses in the “center” where the sound is at its apex. Assorted freaks in the side rooms doing god only knows what…. And friends in the smoking hall arguing that pornography is actually “art!” All I wanted was MORE MORE MORE!!!PLEASE!! PLEASE!! Hold on tight East Coast. Hold on. Someday you’re not going to have the gift that you have now.Someday the state you were in after Gavin’s last track WILL NOT be followed up by another track to “bring you back down.”Someday you won’t leave the room knowing “you’ll be back next month.”Someday you’ll find yourself wanting MORE and NOBODY will be there to give it to you.. And that’s when you won’t take the talent and genius you get delivered to your door for granted… That’s when there won’t be parties like the one we just had… That’s when most of you won’t be willing to “go with the flow” and chalk it up to “impermanence.”When Sweden’s finest musicians are not given to you each month, I expect many pseudo-Buddhists will be exposed – wishing and wishing that they had what they use d to… Praise Everyone!AND THANK YOU GAVIN!!!
November 8 Saturday
Lunar Eclipse Party at 55 Lex
Thanks Jehan Cata Raffi Zhenia Evan Akin
November 13 Thursday
Karma
51 1st Ave between 3rd and 4th Hookah Lounge and comfortable Chill-Out upstairs Trance Party downstairs with great sound and plenty of room DJs oraffi4200 at yahoo for more information
November 13 Thursday
Cat’s
DJ Indra, DJ Sh.I.K.I.D Cat’s 2027 Emmons ave. #(718)332-7979 10PM Near Brighton Beach; Take Q to Brighton Beach walk on 11th Brighton Street until EmmonsLounge out at Cat’s dance party. Come all and enjoy several DJ’s along with mind-blowing visual effects. Full bar all night in the beautifully decored Brooklyn Cat’s one. Come all. Brought to you by Dani Production.
November 14 Friday
Spectra Music at Swim
The Swim Grand Finale Friday, November 14th, 1 a.m – ???? 146 Orchard St . between Stanton & Rivington Manhattan Gavin (Spectra) Eduardo (Spectra) Steve-o (Spectra) Jason (Spectra) Mayur (Spectra) Well everybody this is finally the end… Swim will be closing their doors on Saturday for good. We have the space from 1 a.m until the early morning, and I for one think we need to gather together and go nuts one last time. Let’s give it up for Offer, Stacey, Flo, Oui, & John Woo for having us…. it’s been a blast and it could not have happened without all their support! Thanks guys! contact url: web Spectramusic.orgweb Spectramusic.org
November 14 Friday
Avalon
For all you ravers out there: , The Avalon NYC Presents: House, Trance & Psy Trance on main floor. Hours: 10:00 pm – 7:00am Avalon (former Limelight) – 6th ave at 20th street, NYC ok, OK!! So Psy Trance Mission is playing in the wee hours Friday at Avalon
November 14 Friday
Gaian Mind
Philly’s Premier Psychedelic Trance Party! Special Guest: JASON (Subtlechaos, London /NYC) Resident DJ: ALLEN (Gaian Mind/Metropolis Records, Philadelphia) Chillout with DJ EIM and DR. JAMO UV Decor by GAIAN MIND Fluoro wear by GAIAN MIND BAZAAR 9pm-2am $7 cover ($5 before 11pm) 21+ w/ ID at Ulana’s – Second & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia, PA, USA (one bl ock south of South Street) GAIAN MIND Monthly – second Friday of every month!
John Phantasm’s (Junya’s dad’s) mother died. If you know him – or of him – please send condolences please to this address.
On a positive note, the legendary proto hacker John Draper AKA Cap’n Crunch is in town for a couple of days and will be at Astral Projection on Saturday, here are photos from ’97 f you know him – or of him
November 15 Saturday
Free All Night Boston Loft Party
November 15 Saturday
55 Lex
this Saturday (tomorrow) all the decor is still up, and equipment, so we thought of doing one again, before thanksgiving kicks in. maybe a little smaller this time… but everyone is welcome. BYOB. DRESS WARM. the directions etc.. are posted on 604 from last week.
55 Lexington ave, corner of Classon DJ’s will be the DJ’s just come. there will always be music.need info Evan: 917 620 9894 Jehan: 646 642 6206
Lord of the Rings Subway Party
it was mobbed. According to the MTA cops, “some woman” at the MTA tried to pull the plug, so it was lightweight and also cut short. Lifelike Gollums sitting on the seats though. No ents. Weird adhesive paper all over th seats, vines around the poles. THAT WAS IT. But a cop, seeing her disappointment, gave Lori got a free deluxe 5-DVD boxed set of Two Towers so it was all good.
November 21-22 Friday – Saturday
Third Eye, Cleveland
1. Bring your own alcohol (21 and over) 2. Psychedelic uv fluoro environment (By Sidetrakkt, Touchsamadhi, Goahead) 3. Drummers 4. Warm intimate environment (The 02 loft) 5. Free nonalcoholic beverages (while supplies last) 6. Will be showing the movie Baraka during Kri and Monkey’s set. 7. Colin Pierce 10:00-11:30 8. Product 19 11:30-1:00 9. Kri 1:00-2:30 10. Blue Spectral Monkey 2:30-4:00 11. Moke 4:00-5:30 12. Sound by DJmoose The Third Eye is being held at 02 1250 riverbed St. located directly behind Nautica Stage. Just down the street from Metropolis night club. Look for the upright bridge, 02 is located in the building behind. There will be someone at the door to greet you. Go to www.mapquest for best directions from your origin. Space is limited to about 150 head. Get there early to ensure admission. I am taking reservations until Thursday which will be held until 11:30. I have reservations from as far away as New York to Indianapolis. Infoline: 330-573-6969 Flyer /third_eye.html Bom, Luke Goahead Productions Cleveland, Ohio
ive been meaning to write this for a couple of weeks but my life doesn’t fit. time is elapsing like the race that doesn’t end and I’m feeling its grip today! two weeks ago, kri and I flew up to Cleveland for a Goahead Productions party. www.Goahead Productions they are a fine group of folks, very friendly and tapped into the headspace. luke fronted our plane tickets for the trip, big thanks to him for manifesting this adventure! the party was Friday night, and after a day of traveling, I was ready to let loose! a decent Thai meal, and Jed dred joined us for the festivities, his energy always welcome! the party was in a 4th floor private club , previously an oxygen bar, the space was primed for some throw-down. side trakkd crew arrives with some banners to light up the space and more familiar faces! Cleveland local colin pierce was first up on the decks and play ed a tight scratch-techno set. good to warm the space up with some beats, people showing up constantly. local DJ UZI showed up to throw down a set o f trance, 1.5 hrs earlier than we expected, the 2nd DJ was unable;e to make it, and uzi filled in and blew up the space early.. moving slickly from iboga grindy minimal to some guitar slammers, he proved his skills on the decks, and manipulated the sound system like a true madman with control. by the time kri went on there were girls grinding on couches, place filling up, crazy dance interactions and the eyeballs that were blown open were blown open further. as usual he brought a heavy rolling funk down upon the room, with long intricate matches and many slick mixer aDJustments. people not used to trance were heard commenting and generally astounded by the increase in energy and quality sounds. trance heads dominated the floor, stomping and moving ideas. Alberto and Igor and Jed and luke and Meghan and many new friends threw down on the floor trying to keep up with the cascading assault of power and intricate bomb-dropping knowledge displayed by kri. (just to let you know, the quotes indicate that KRI has taken over the writing of the review )” then came on the BSMLeshI t was a good thing that kri calmed down at the end of his set to give peeps a little break . Cause when the monkey came on the fucking gates opened up to send you full speed down the swirly zoob spiral launch ramp that blasted you into hyperspace. No lie on this one folks this set by the monkey you would have hated to miss. The boy was mixing like the pro that he is, going from one-floor blaster to another seamlessly! Sweat was flying, arms swinging, feet making holes in the floor, dam somebody needed to get the can opener out before this crew blew the top off the psychedelic worm can. By the time touchsamadhi got done with this crew of heads it was time for the moke to bang your brain with some proper trancey tek house from the other side of the coin. ” moke plays some weird variety of house that is strange and tweaked and pumping. plus his set was full of original tracks. and table tricks to freak out the heads who were jamming. there were raver s and thugs and yo’s and hos and heads and dreads and freaks and whothefuckisthats and a cop, who was nodding his head to the beat. and the party went off clean without any weirdness. except when kri and I found out there was red bull on tap and no3Done told us! raaaaaaaa! you already read about the afterparty and subsequent antics in sweet chaos post Saturday night was a blast too, at a cool cafe space in east cleve collected a jb l sound system from local DJ boompsie it got hooked up, a smokesesh and some dancing amidst afterpartyers she worked the dancefloor into a sweaty vortex, and then kri went on amazing trancers and pretty much everyone else he mixed a tight ass progggy deep set with a discman and a pioneer cDJ100 (shi te) and the mixes were tight and relentless every 3.5 mins to keep all the folks dancing and the drummers drumming! ” BSM and Naut (chill out banger oo) well of you never heard monkey deliver the chill tunes then you missed it again this time with the added Igor naut flavor even giving old monkey b oy some schooling. They started it of with some killer psy-dubish trks to lead you into a still danceable headspace of excellent tunes that still kept the party rockinB9. after naut delivered the jorg on mushroom and woke everybody the fuck up (7am), it was time to go catch the plane and go on Ass safari back to Asheville! “__ Blue Spectral Monkey I dissolve in order to play, Releasing illusion. I seal the process of magic with the Spectral tone of liberation. I am guided by my own power doubled. – bluespect ralmonkey
November 22 Saturday
Burning Man Decompression The Space 28-10 Queens Blvd (entrance is at the corner of Jackson Ave and West St.) Long Island City, NY
November 22 Saturday
Hommega
Duvdev – Infected Mushroom (B.N.E – Yoyo Records – Israel ) Silicon Sound (Moon Spirits Records – France) Liran (Hommega – Phantasm – Israel – USA) Knob & Jun (Technological Arrow – Japan – NYC) DAYLIGHT STUDIO 450w 31st Street 8th Fl oor B.9th & 10th Ave Nyc Doors open 23:00pm – 8:00am Tickets: $25 adv / $30 door – 21 to alcohol + I.D
November 22 Saturday
Tsunami – Astral Projection at Club ARC
6 Hubert St. off Hudson St, 3 blocks below Canal (trains A,C,E to Canal, 1/9 to Franklin) Hours 11pm till late Astral Projection (Trust in Trance / Phonokol, Israel / web astral-projection/web astral-projection) ASTRAL PROJECTION is the world’s most famous trance act. Avi and Lior can best be described as the veteran, the pioneers and innovators of trance world wide. They are the most recognized names in trance. Tsunami is currently working on an ASTRAL PROJECTION album release for the Americas.
Dj Sets – Avi (Astral Projection) Lior (Astral Projection) Yoni (Tsunami) Joa
Ambient Room Minds of Demented Mantis and Darkrad Admission $25 in advance (plus store commission) $30 at the door 18+ Event Valid Picture ID is Required For More Information 212.439.8124 While visiting our website, sign up to our email list, so that you will be informed personally of our upcoming world-wide events and releases. Psydeco Atmosphere by DAYA CAYUNG **Special Offer From Global Trance & Tsunami: Global Trance: 122 St. Marks Place – (212) 477-4440 between 1st Ave. & Ave. A) – 12 noon – 11pm**purchase $100 or more now thru NOVEM BER 14th and get one free ASTRAL ticket!
John Draper AKA Cap’n Crunch was at this event:
A trance celebrity is in town for a couple of days, the aged Cap’n Crunch, old friends with Goa Gil, famous around the world not only as a trance idealist but the very first phone hacker. I have a page for him on my site, when Tsunami did a party at the cooler..
I don’t know if any of you remember, but in some earlier review I mentioned that I often judge a party by how many days it takes me to get home after the party, the longer it takes, the better the party. Well I just got home. Monday 7pm. Yes, it was a good party. actually, it was great.To the people who complain about the crowd at Arc being too mixed up, and not enough trance people. Maybe you should relax a bit, lighten up… life is full of all types of people… dancing around with a couple of them doesn’t hurt. Secondly, if all of us who do not go to Arc trance parties because of the crowd… well if we actually went, then there would be more trance people there, and the $30 that isn’t worth it for some people, would def. become worth it. Anyway, I went, and am happy that I did. We got there at 2am and the place was full, and there was a pretty positive feeling in the air. One of the first things I noticed was Chai’s psy-fluoro paintings all over the place… they are so good, they really bring life to the space, a very trippy life. So the place was packed (even more people than the SunProject party), and the music going strong. MOD (Minds of the Demented), the boyz from Pennsylvania, were playing some pretty good sounds. I’ve heard them before, and appreciate there smoothness and consistency… full-on sounds hovering along, good track selection…. it’s good to play them before main acts, because they play pretty good, but you can still feel yourself anticipating and feeling the suspense of whatever is to come next. Their sound balance and EQ was pretty good, as Dr. Cata pointed out, though I did notice that the overall output had a bit of a muted, muffled feel to it, and the levels could have been higher. I assumed that they had been given a limit on master output etc… so that whoever came on after them could crank it up.I seem to have been right, when Astral started their Dj set, the sound levels went up, and the overall feel was crisper. And it sounded good! They did not only play their tracks, they mixed it up with others too. I really liked how they started their set, positive psychedelic sounds but not many layers… more groove than tune. Very good transition, and it left them lots of room to expand and move towards the full-on Astral sound. Which they did… 20 minutes into it and already there were euphoric overtones in the air and people’s faces. They slowly made their way down to the live-set stage, while keeping the set-music pumping out through the speakers. When they were ready they started what everyone had been waiting for.Astral Projection Live!!! They started very good, and it took them maybe 15-20 minutes to get to the point were suddenly the whole club was “swimming in the Astral ocean” – Dr. C Their new sounds were very nice, with a lot of push and mystery, but still positive, and almost sweet at times. I was craving for some new techniques, sounds, anything… and finally it happened… they started adding these twisted tweaked high pitched trebles, really loud and crisp, and they would pan through all the speakers. Sometimes jumping across the dancefloor, other times circling the whole space. I don’t know what equipment they were using to generate these sounds, but they had obviously done the output balance in a way that these added tweaks were not meant to hide within the music, they were supposed to be layed right on top of it, like a completely separate entity/organism within the music. I thought it was great and very effective. When they would do it some people would have this -what’s going on?- look on their faces, other people’s faces reflected that actual sounds that were being tweaked into the track. Mr Safi. came up to me and said “don’t worry Jehan, its not the lucy sky -a diamond in your system, they are adding those sounds… and they are too loud.” I told him that I wasn’t worried at all, I knew what they were and that I felt like I knew what universe they (the sounds) were from too, I told him that they were from a loud universe, and they were just visiting. 10 minutes later I looked over at Mr. Safi while those sounds were being tweaked in, and he was totally tweaking with them. Looks like they got introduced to one another. Looks like the lighting guy got introduced to them too, you could tell that the guy in charge of the lighting was having a great time, and he was doing a great job too… I’m sure he craves the trance parties, because its the most fun for any lighting specialist. So Astral kept on and on, doing what they have been doing for so many years, but to me, it seemed they had kept in tune with the change in times and sounds, but still kept their original Astral feel. I must confess that I was never a huge Astral Projection fan, most of the time their music was too layered, overly positive to the point of being unreal… I always felt that they abused the other side of sound…. the other side being silence. I felt that a good track is one that works with the positive and negative space… for example what makes a rhythm is not only the beat, but the silence between the beats. I often felt that Astral was not in tune with this aspect of music. I have noticed that the music starting to come out these days is more in tune with this, and was hoping that Astral Projections had tuned into some of the new styles and used them in their music. So I am very glad that I ent to this party because in my opinion, their music did have a sensitivity to the sound-silence balance but also kept to the original Astral Sound which they are so well known for. I now have much much more respect for them. And whether I used to like Astral or not, they are still the best in that style of trance. Yoni played after Astral Projection. While he was getting ready Astral played a track off a CD. Once Yoni was set up and ready to go he stopped the Astral track, not even on beat, everyone looked up, and you could tell he was saying – ‘what is this shit’ he put on his track, which started with the sample saying “This is a restricted area…” and some nice heavy bass came rolling on in after it. He hijacked their headphones too. He played a very good set. I couldn’t stop moving. If you are wondering what the chill-out room was like, forget about it. I could not leave the dancefloor. With half an hour to go, Astral had to leave and needed their headphones… there were no others around (!!!???!?!?) so Yoni had to give up the headphones. The trance went on. Yoni kept at it, with no headphones! Nice one. I don’t remember but I think the party went past 8am, and ended very nicely with still quite a lot of people there, and everyone looking good and happy. Thankyou Astral Projections, Yoni, MOD, Tsunami, Chai, the lighting guy, and everyone else involved. Bom Shankar.
Astral Projection Interview
November 27 Thursday – Onward
Trancegiving at 55 Lex
If dinner with your family proves impossible, join us travelers and globetrotters this Thursday the 27th to celebrate the American holiday of gratefulness with a couple of big birds, yams, cranberry, ritual and psytrance tunes. Respond or call Evan, Jehan, Nancy or Akin for info.(same place as those two great loft parties)If coming please bring some eatable/drinkable contributions thankyou! Evan, who lives there: 917 620 9894. call for info, updates, directions…. Since all the equipment has been cleared, I think they need an amp. They can use my mixer and CDJ equip, they have some speakers, they need Amp, if you can help with this, call Evan. THIS IS NOT A FULL BLOWN PARTY, its small, but still a party. If you plan on coming please send an email to me on jehan7777 , so we have a rough idea of how many people may show up…. if you wanna eat, I would advise coming before 9pm. Dont forget to RSVP. jehan7777 – if you forget, no problem, you can still come, but it would be helpful – bomshankar
Nan just gave me a call telling me that the party is still going strong! With some luck might be an all-weekend thing! Anyone up for DJing or to just work off that meal from yesterday head over to Brooklyn. The directions have been posted already-55 Lexington Ave. 4 day INDOOR party–when was the last time we’ve been to one of those in this area?
there is no internet at the loft. there are like 4 phone numbers posted, call them until you get an answer. or, just go.
Trancegiving Is Still Giving In Brooklyn From: “nan” Yep, folks…it’s true. This party will not stop!>;-)I would have stayed but have to work tomorrow morning. Retail, remember? Anyway, scheduled to appear are two OmnitribeDJs: SHIKID & Kief and Dreamcatcher’s Influx around 5 in the morning. All DJs welcome as there’s plenty of time…When I left there were about 25+ people and more arriving as I waited for the car service. The dance/dinner hall is amazing. Lori and Boris did wonders with a yellow light, a red light, and a mirror ball. Windows are covered w/tapestries that gave the appearance of stained glass earlier today. Sound system is also Lori and Boris’ and it kicks ass! Gotta love a space where you can have the music up as loud as you want w/out getting hassled.
And that was one of, if not the best, Thanksgiving Days I’ve ever had. Talk about family! Wowwowwow!So get out there! It’s worth weathering a little rain.And if it’s still going tomorrow nite you can bet I’ll be there!
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extended through the weekend People there now, still going strong, great spot. All info posted on NYC604 and Safetydance. I’m in Texas, I’ll be back Monday, just in time to completely miss the festivities. I would post the info here but there are just too many unknowns here to post non-commercial hookups..
The more you trancegive, the more you tranceget, and nekkid peopleTrancegiving rocked in Brooklyn for three days. See Nan’s “Top 10” at the bottom of this newsletter for her extended review. It’s a must-read. The Rainbows showed up, people got nekkid. They even had Death Metal John bring the lasers. James of Deeper in Zen woulda been happy. Wish I was there but I was in Texas. I gave Evan a very lame call midnight Monday to see if by chance the party was still going on.. he was on another plane! no amount of homegrown castanedan animal yoga is gonna bring that place back to reality! If you complain about the state of the scene and didn’t go at least one of the days/nights, you are nothing but a GOOBER. You just are. And if you ain’t on NYC604 or Safetydance (even better), get on them. ANYONE can be on TripOut, some sketchy dude on this list (bad bts wannabe) tried to get me to tell him the address of Trancegiving. Told him to stick it. I hate thieves and am launching new vigor into defending trance from known thieves. So if you want the detes on the best stuff, delurk yerself, find me in person at a party somewhere and tell me who you are, it helps to write your email on a piece of paper… ‘Nuff said.
Figured I’d *review* the Trancegiving party with a top 10 list, so here goes:
1. Officially started when the bird went into the oven which was 3:35 on Thursday afternoon and officially ended at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.
2. The turkey, for the first time in history, was an early bird finishing an hour ahead of time and eaten around 11:00 p.m.
3. Lori and Boris’ red/yellow lights on mirror ball reflecting around the room and ceiling producing the perfect Trancegiving colors.
4. Lori and Boris providing the kick-ass sound system for the duration of the party. And Knob’s CDJs included.
5. The biggest batch of homemade potato salad ever! There were still leftovers of it after the party stopped!
6. In a message dated 11/29/9:19:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, EViL9mm at hotmail writes: the party still goin on through tonite? what are you from Westchester? of course. until Sunday. bring food, drink, good vibes, wish I was there
7. Nonstop kickass psytrance from Jehan, Knob, Boris, Ian, Adam, Mayur, Evan, [and S.H.I.K.I.D, Stas, Fofa (OmniTribe)], Influx who never got to play but showed up anyway. See/hear his new stuff this Thursday tho. 😉 (Anybody I missed? Let me know, thanks.)
8. Cops sat outside on Thursday night/Friday morning just itching to do something but never had good enough reason to. Hehehh.
9. Hearing a description of the dining hall as first for *psychedelic pilgrims dining under black lights*.
10. Adam, Ian, Joey and Chris bringing the youngest (Adam and Joey’s daughter, Eddyl, age approx 3 years old) and the eldest (A Star, age approx 75 years old and the head of the Rainbow tribe) females to Trancegiving on Thursday and Saturday nights and dancing with them on the same floor.
And thanks most of all to Evan, Cata and Akin for their support and graciousness throughout the whole event. Without them and the loft in Brooklyn this would never have happened. And Akin with his potato and apple peeling skills…not to mention his runs to the deli to get papertowels, trashbags, mayo and tp. Heheheh. Thank you and I love you all so much. Your home is magical. See you soon to just hang out and chill. 😉 I’ll bring a pizza or somthin…heheheh. One nekkid dude who dubbed himself The Coolest Guy in The World tripped for the first time and got nekkid! Yes, we had a nekkid man dancing around for quite a while before Boris and Evan insisted he get dressed. That lasted for a short while before he got nekkid again. Eventually having totally exhausted himself he ended up sleeping, clothed, on the couch. Hope ya had sweet dreams, Cool One. Heheh.
I must thank everyone who helped make that party the special party that it was. I was only able to catch the sat night through Sunday morning and I saw and felt some amazing things and some not so amazing things, but ppl worked hard and fought through the night to keep the flame alive. there was no other way I could’ve spent thanksgiving . . .peaaace and love Zev(glowing shirt with Tibetan writing on it)
Excellent party! Thanks, guys: Evan, Kata, Akeem, Zhenia, Kenya (sorry
if I misspelled some of your names). It was like a magical 3-day indoor trance festival (like none before)! And, of course, a big thanks from all of us to the two DJs who spun like madmen non-stop through the first night and the next day: Jehan and the other DJ whose name I forgot, unfortunately. You played over 12 hours each, alternating occasionally for some rest. That’s some dedication! As I was lying on a couch late on Friday, almost passed out from all that dancing, but still shaking my body intact to your beats, I was wandering when you’d get tired and just say ‘fuck it’ (because no new DJs were in sight to replace you). But you never did.
December 2003
Charlie Brown Christmas is on right now on channel 7 As it is the holiday season, I am now collecting donations for being your trance filter. You tip your mailman and doorman, right? Click here to donate via PayPal. Anything will do, if you’re poor right now, that’s OK. I just want to keep doing what I am doing with the depth of commitment that this role deserves. We have so much to be thankful for, money comes and goes but the network of love that surrounds you is eternal.
Dec 20 tickets for a Very Special Spectra Christmas (my words!) are half sold out – email Gavin at Spectramusic.org right now if you don’t want to be left hanging. No tickets will be sold at the door no matter how much money you have, or how pretty you are. No word from Tsunami or Hommega if they are still doing events that evening. So don’t say you weren’t warned. Just look at the DJ roster below and weeeep!!
As for New Year’s, I’ll be at Alan Sax’s rave at Amazura with a new pair of brainmachines. Unless, of course, people get together and as the Israelis say, “make a party.” COLLABORATE OR DIE!!! Consider that a challenge mwaaahaha.
Oh yeah, and a free Christmas/Hanukah party too, please. In addition to Spectra on the 20th. Thank you in advance! Speaking of, my minion Klaus is doing brainmachines at Spirit!!
Trip Out New York is looking for interviewers who will interviewer their favorite artists, the results of which will appear here. I’m looking for people to interview both international acts and local producer/DJ/artist/empresario talent. On email. For example, Vitalik and Shai, Jacob, Son Kite, etc etc. Let me know before you do it! I want to see one interview a week here. And I don’t do enough crystal to interview everyone myself. Nor do I know enough to ask he most intelligent and appropriate questions. The ideal is, interview someone you know a lot about, and is active or is going to be doing something here soon. The world is your oyster… be your own – Gonad O’Brien. DJ Groupies: here’s your chance for an “entree.”
We take no shadenfreude in German online store Chaishop Bazaar’s closing their doors.. Abschied meine Freunde, reincarnate bald! Korean MENSAns make brainmachine add-on for PDA’s Ken Wilber’s spiral dynamics, fascinating, plus read his take on Iraq (excellent and right-on) Coming soon to a job opportunity near you!
But first I’ll have to get on it.. and to do that I’ll need your help. It’s been a long ass time since I’ve looked around and no one has eyeballs, only sockets. As Squarepusher said, Feed Me Weird Things. This is your moderator speaking. God, I better shut up, I sound like a loser. I mean, what kind of moderator wouldn’t be able to score!?!)
December 4 Thursday
Dreamcatcher presents: Psychegrounds at Thiasos
Free eaw sound system progressive and full-on sets by: DJ leo (influx – transmitmusic – Dreamcatcher) DJ influx – (Dreamcatcher – transmitmusic – ftp) from 10:00 til 04:00 21 w id location: thiasos- 59 w 21st( corner of 6th ave )
December 4 Thursday
Most of Spectra’s Christmas party with son kite et al are sold out. You WON’T BE ABLE TO GET IN without advance tickets. As a bonus with your ticket you get the funniest photo portraits I have ever seen of the artists who will be performing. email gavin at Spectramusic.org… it will be sold out probably by this weekend. see you there?
December 5 Friday
Omnitribe in Jersey City
Alphatrance art loft! Omnitribe presents 11pm-9am m I n d g a t e s andrey (elektrolust,NYC) dino (changmian/anitya,boston) fx mike (Omnitribe,NYC) stas hifi (Omnitribe,NYC) vitalik (Omnitribe/midijum rec,NYC) 10$ at the door location and directions web puchok/dirr Omnitribe elektrolust
The long-awaited party is finally happening. This time at the legendary loft in Jersey City (famous for being Russian Derevnia and Alphatrance parties back in 20th century)
December 5 Friday
Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV play live w/ Douglas Rushkoff
12.5 (11pm) The Coral Room (512 W 29th St, 212.244.1965) $15 web genesisp-orridge/ Psychedelic provocateur Genesis P-Orridge’s dedication to the fringe spans more than 20 years shocking all comers with audacious imagery and mindbending avant-noise, often bordering on the unlistenable. As Psychic TV’s gas began to run out in the late ’80s, P-Orridge became one of the first Brits to take on acid house. This Anglicization of acid is epitomized on Jack the Tab: Tekno Acid Beat (1988), a seriously perverted sound collage designed to rewire the listener’s mind. P-Orridge’s reassembled cast of characters, including author Douglas Rushkoff on keys and vocals, is joined by Honeygun Labs in what is sure to be the weirdest thing you see all week. Nick from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs opens with a DJ set.
December 5 Friday
I can’t wait for Friday in Jersey City with Omnitribe reincarnating the Alphatrance artists loft! et al
December 6 Saturday
Private Loft Party this Saturday – in Pennsylvania
(note to self: WORTH IT!!! WORTH IT!!!) If you have a car and are going, post that to brainpooling; if you need a ride just use the ultracheap Chinatown bus (better – $20 round trip, at most.. and post to brainpooling any info/direx you dind)) PRIVATE PARTY Full Evening/Morning of psytrance in an Intimate Setting for Our Friends and Family…Live Performances by: ONNOMON-(Soular Records, Philadelphia)EG-BOT-(Psy-Planet/Am-Psy, Philadelphia)AMERICAN PSYCHEDELIC-(Gaittins) (www.am-psy, Philadelphia)Plus DJ’s: ALLEN (Gaian Mind/Metropolis Records, Philadelphia)EG-BOT (Psy-Planet/Am-Psy, Philadelphia)GAITTINS (www.am-psy, Philadelphia)Fluoro Decor by: Gaian Mind-(www.gaian-mind, Philadelphia)Equus-(Psy-Planet/Am-Psy, Philadelphia)Aleysis-(Psy-Planet/Am-Psy, Philadelphia)Saturday, December 6th, 200311pm – 7amchai and fruit served in the morning$15 ($12 before midnight)no re-entry – doors locked at 3am1020 N. Columbus (Delaware) Avenue4th floorPhiladelphia, PApenthouse warehouse/studio with roof-top view of the Delaware Riverwww.gaian-mind www.am-psy www.onnomon
December 7 Sunday
Brooklyn Trance Party at Guilleame & Sean’s house
881 Bedford if you dont know where it is call your friends if you don’t know where it is call your friends Last nite’s Omnitribe party felt like the continuation of Trancegiving. Thank you Omnitribe and Michael for an incredible loft party. There were quite a few instant transformations. That alone is an excellent barometer for the health of the NYC, and growing outward, psytrance community. We’re a real family now with the youngest being 3 and the eldest being 75. And finally, it’s safe to say, we are truly psychedelic pilgrims.
December 8 Monday
Alex Grey
You are invited to a prayer gathering for the Chapel, held every month on the full moon. If you are near NYC during the full moon you are welcome to come and focus energy on manifesting the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Details for the next meeting are below. Dates will continue to be posted on the website. If you are unable to attend in person, you could join us in spirit by tuning in for a moment of meditation at approximately 7:30pm East Coast Daylight Savings Time on that evening. By joining in prayer we will create a vast field of prayer that will influence our collective dream into reality. When: Monday, December 8th. Time: Guests will be admitted at 7pm Where: Home/Studio of Ale x & Allyson Grey Address: 725 Union Street Brooklyn, NY &nb s718-789-2576 (No reservation or call in advance needed) (Nothing to bring. Donation will be requested)
December 10 Wednesday
Party tonight moved to opium den the other place didn’t have cDJs Tuesday 2nd ave and 3rd street, afterparty in queens
December 11 Thursday
Dreamcatcher – Psychegrounds at Thiasos
eaw sound system progressive and full-on sets by: DJ leo (influx – transmitmusic – Dreamcatcher) DJ influx – (Dreamcatcher – transmitmusic – ftp) from 10:00 til 04:00 21 w id location: thiasos- 59 w 21st( corner of 6th ave ) MR. MACHINELF – FROM 12:00 TIL 1:30 MR LEO – FROM 1:30 TILL 3:00 MR INFLUX – FROM 3:00 TIL 4:30
December 12 Friday
Bauhaus 196 Orchard St(off Houston) DjSpirit….and guests 21+ …..10pm-$10 (reduce $5 just say Spirit at the door)
December 12 Friday
Birthday party at Cata’s
Apology from Riad
Last night I had a phenomenal time at Cata’s b’day until the incident where I well and truly embarrassed myself. I endangered not only my health and well being but also the rest of the night for everyone. For that, I cannot begin to tell all of you all how sorry I am and will ensure I curb my gung-ho attitude. The consequences of my actions would have been far greater If it wasn’t for Brian who prevented me from falling flat out and saved me in the nick of time…Also a very big thank you to the girl with the black hat ( I’m sorry I don’t remember your name), Cata, Jehan, Emilia, Aken, Noby, and everyone who ensured I was safe and supported me when I needed it the most. It is cos of you’ll that I’m at home and safe rather than in a hospital bed with cops around me waiting for me to recover to through me in jail. Once again I’m very sorry and promise to be more responsible in the future. Bom Shankar!Riad
From: “Riad” As much as I find great humor in the circumstances… in retrospect ie….I don’t remember anything! All I know is that one minute I’m dancing my balls off and the next I have a couple of concerned faces staring down at me…So please if anyone can tell me what exactly happened, I would really feel much lighter…all I remember is black! Especially after naked boy’s escapade the other day I need some reassurance!! And thank you my dear Rebecca…you’re a gem! Bom Shankar! Riad
December 12 Friday
Gaian Mind
is having their monthly at Ulana’s at the corner of Second & Bainbridge in Philly this Friday night…..$5 to get in before 11….. $7 after 11. Time is from 10-2ish. If you’re desperate and willing to make the trip 🙂 equus924 at yahoo
December 12 Friday
Spirit
Also on Friday, don’t confuse “DJ Spirit” with the club “Spirit” More on Spirit on Friday Participants of the Shanthi Gospel Project this time around, the un/usual suspects: Jeff, Steve-O and Nicole, Jen Madar, Jehan, Gecko, Darryl Hell, Ammo, Tonya Ridgely, Fred Hatt, Rachel Lucille, Sarah Sparkles, Paige Stevenson, Knobe (if I can ever get in touch with him) and Isaac Koren all beautiful amazing magical souls who I could never do this performance without… Thank you thank you… OM HREEM SARVA JYOTI SARVA SHAKTI SWAROOPINYAI NAMAHA!!! Join us as we help open both evenings with ritual performance, ambient soundscape, visual delightS, and audience interaction. we’ll be doing different stuff each night, Friday at Spirit being the big night. Suzi * SCHEDULE: live in NYC- GLOBAL PARTY FOR A HUMAN PLANET 8pm-4am, Fri 12/12 ……Performance Art & Music Concert… at Spirit, 530 west 27th street, NYC (btn 10th and 11th ave.) $30 (+donation) 1-5pm, sat 12/13…..Global Forum 4 a Human Planet (discussing human rights,hunger,aids, etc….) at American Video, 380 3rd ave (btn 48th and 49th st) 12-4am, sat 12/13……Performance Art, Music & Party live internet transmission around the world from NYC with LOVE at Bowery Poetry Project, 308 Bowery(btn Bleeker and Houston) $10 (+donation) 2pm-5pm, sun 12/14……Silent Auction benefiting Empire State Aids Ride with African Services.org Christie’s Auctioneer at 423 west 127th Street 6pm-8pm, sun 12/14……..Private After Party, we give thanks !!! thank u dinner and open bar 4 u great peoples ….and party goes on ??????? open to the public after 8Friday Dec 12,Spirit Performance- GLOBAL PARTY 4 A HUMAN PLANET LINE UP Host MC 8pm-1:30 Missy Galore 1:30-4am Eric Roberson MC Host DJ Shane Digital Host Performers Akim Funk Buddha Dzieci Theater Company 8-8:30 Ras Kush Dzieci Theater Company- start with procession around space 8:30 5min Dagmawi 8:35 10m Reverend Suzi & the Shanti Gospel Project 8:45 10min Arlethia Lindsey 8:55 10m Solo Manifesto 9:05 5m Shaista 9:10 5m Elanit 9:15 5min Dzieci Theater Company 9:20 10m Dynasty 9:30 10m D Cross 9:40 20m Nzassa Dance Company 10pm 10 We Rise Million Voice Choir 10:10 10min Wayna 10:20 10m Infinity 10:30 10min Penny Arcade 10:40 15m Akim Funk Buddha 10:55 25m Jabali Afrika 11:20 15m Umar Bin Hassan(Last Poets) 11:35 20min Lila Downs 11:55 5m Diva of Distruction(video) 12 10m How Do I Look AIDs project 12:10 10 min Militia Galore: Sara Sparkles & Missy Galore 12:20 10min Gabrielle 12:30 5min Gecko 12:35 5m Angelo Rusciano 12:40 5min Chi Chi Valenti 12:45 10min Anthony Mills 12:55 15m Ladell Mc Lin 1:10 15min Frontburner 1:25 10min Celena Glenn 1:35 10min Ari Up 1:45 10 min Empire Isis 1:55 15m Dub Gabriel 2:10 15m MC Winston Irey 2:25 10m Andrea 2:35 20m Nik(Prodigy) 2:55 20m Body & Soul Crew 3:15 10min Ayo 3:25 15min Blackkat 3:40 15m Rhythm Collective 4:00 10m AndroGenius4PG2M Stage 2 Leesaw Kiva Oz Nik(Prodigy) +special guest MCs Ras Kush, Andrea Rhythm Collective BlackKat Ayo GLOBAL PARTY 4 A HUMAN PLANET FORUM Sat 1-5pm Forum Participants(Moderator Daryl Hell) African services, CCR w/ FIDH, UN, Water Stewards Network, Small Planet Fund, IMC, Freethe.net, SGTV,Public Citizen, We Rise, Tele Twin Towers, Pg2m, Dagmawi + special guests. midnight-4am Saturday, Dec 13,-Bowery Performance- Host MC Missy Galore Host DJ Androgenius Host DJ MC Levi & Infinity Akim Funk Buddha 10 1hr Transmission Mix of Forum 11 1hr Transmission Mix of Spirit 12:00 10m Intro 2 BPC Militia Galore 12:10 5m Reverend Suzi & the Shanti Gospel Project 12:15 5m Sara Delphine and Delphinia 12:20 15m Bina Sharif 12:35 5m Kaesha KVK 12:40 10m Amy Shapiro 12:50 5m Ann Lee 12:55 10m Dean Bowman 1:05 5m Faux Maux 1:10 15m Seth Tobocman of WW 3 Illustrated 1:25 5m Ann Lee 1:30 5m Adam Mata 1:35 15m Zeroboy 1:50 5m Hatty Hatheway 2:05 10m Microphone 2:15 15m Beat Boxer Entertainment featuring: Kid Lucky & Suck Data 2:30 10m Darryl Hell 2:40 45min Transmission Mix of Spirit 3:25 5m WE RISE Million Voice Choir sing-along 3:30 20min Open Jam 3:50 10m Dagmawi 2-5pm- Sunday Dec 14,-African Services- Silent Auction benefitting Empire State AIDS Ride Christie’s auctioneer check web africanservices.org for details
December 16 Tuesday
ARSHILE
166 First Ave (corner of 10 Street) DjSpirit, Machinelf & guests play psytrance (from progressive i.e Ketah Records/Antix to Magyar to full-on of the Mr. Peculiar variety) plus techno & house. LOVE: PEACE:+
December 18 Thursday
Thiassos
Last chance to make the Thursday weekly really happen
LAST CHANCE OR NO MORE WEEKLIES THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WEEKLY VENUES THIS SCENE HAS EVER HAD… GREAT LOCATION… GREAT STAFF (YOU CAN SMOKE)… GREAT OPPORTUNITIES DE FUMAR… GREAT SOUND SYSTEM SYSTEM… FREE IF YOU DON’T COME THIS WILL BE THE LAST NIGHT and trust me nobody has any plans to do weeklies any time soon. All the major players have tried and given up due to low attendance. There are 1270 people on this list, if less than 3 percent came out it would succeed. -THURSDAY!! Dreamcatcher presents: Psychegrounds at Thiasos eaw sound system progressive and full-on sets by: DJ leo (influx – transmitmusic – Dreamcatcher) DJ influx – (Dreamcatcher – transmitmusic – ftp) from 10:00 til 04:00 21 w id location: Thiasos- 59 w 21st( corner of 6th ave ) (they are resuscitating for one more week) Common people…. everyone is always saying where and when are the weekly parties, and when there are none, people complain. So then when someone puts energy into making one, for example, Mr. Influx… and his weekly Thursday party…. give me one reason why it shouldn’t be packed. Please, if you want weekly parties, please show up when someone does one for you… otherwise, the bar who hosts it is not going to let it happen. You need us to party, we need you to party. Help your local scene. If the turnout is bad this Thursday, it will stop, and then again there will be no weekly party, and then everyone will start complaining. Don’t let it happen. You don’t have to come every week… just show the bar owners that there are enough of us out there to make it work. because there are enough of us, and it does work, so make it happen. PLEASE! See you there. this week Leo, Vitalik, Knob. you cant get more killer than that.
December 19 Friday
GREEN
PARTY FRIDAYYYY!!!!! Everybody was asking me where tha party’s at Friday… so here it is! Look for me reprising my Ganjatron outfit as the Green Uncle Sam… bring party favors/gifts… Here we wear green, trade gifts for the sake of celebration, manifest music and bring our own bliss (discreetly). For location and details, call after 6pm on the day of. Expect to begin way-downtown long after sunset… Expect to bring and trade gifts, drink something stiff and see parts of NYC you never expected. To participate in the Boombox Cacophony Project bring a portable stereo, or bring any other type of music maker, bring friends, bring lovers, bring your madness and inspiration… Here, we are living out loud, wicked, reckless, and fucking fearless. (212) 252-5508 www.complacent.org/green (disOrganized by dozens of unaffiliated miscreants… owned by no-one.)
December 20 Saturday
Tsunami at Arc
December 20 Saturday
5 year Spectra Anniversary
*SON KITE* LIVE (digital structures) Sweden *PETER DIJITAL* (digital structures) Sweden *MARCUS* (digital structures) Sweden *GAVIN* (Spectra) New York *KALYX* (Growroom, Spectra) Mass *STEVE-O* (Spectra) new york Come join us for a very special, private event. We are celebrating many milestones with this holiday party…..The birth of Spectra Productions 5 years ago, and the birth of Gavin 30 years ago. We have decided to release 100 tickets for sale for this event. Tickets must be purchased via PayPal. There will be absolutely no tickets available at the door. The price is $35 and that includes free beer and mixed drinks. Only 100 more guests will be permitted so please act quickly to hold your place! contact PayPal at: PayPal (url: web Paypal) make payments to: Spectra at RCN Please include your personal email with the payment and the location and times will be sent to you.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein > From: dave henshaw Transforming space from secular to sacred is primarily done in two ways. First, there’s “flash transformation” – that is to say; a space goes from secular/profane to sacred with the realization and/or execution of some serious event. Mt. Sinai transformed because Moses was given the ten commandments at its peak. Calvary transformed because Jesus was crucified there. Sure, most of these “spaces” no longer exist in physicality, but their “sacredness” cannot be denied. There is no one “Bodhi Tree” in existence that Siddartha was enlightened under, but the event that supposedly “happened there” retains it as a “sacred space.” Secondly, a space can go from profane to sacred through a long process of ritual and repetition. There are monasteries along the northern route of the Camino de Santiago in Spain that were supposedly built by St. James himself. Though these spaces were not built-to-be-sacred, they have since become so through centuries of monastic and pilgrim-oriented use. In fact, some of the monasteries were simply built to protect James as he brought the word of the Lord through Spain – and were never intended to remain standing as long as they have… But we live in post-modern times where we have no more “great wars” like St James had.. We have no more “great moral-stands” to make like Moses did! Science and reason have found ways to take over! We have no more direct descendants of God. We have no more miracles and displays of power from some “force above.” Our faith is tested by the day! That said, we have to ask – is there any such thing as space transformation anymore? Some new-age proponents will stand up and argue that burning sage and reciting certain ritual chants in a room long enough will lead to that space becoming sacred… But will such ritual truly stand the test of time the same way, say, the Wailing Wall has? I contend that we must realize the weight of time and space, especially in such a subjective and sensory-overloaded epoch, can no longer stay constant enough to make and keep sacred space! Everything is changing so fast that all we really have is “flash” sacredness…. And, in these times, I’d say that any transformation is indeed merely temporary! That is to say, the space is ONLY sacred insofar as the ritual and/or event is taking place AT THAT MOMENT. And upon completion of that ritual or event, the space is no longer sacred…. Space can “become” sacred, but can no longer “stay” sacred through time… I used to live in a Co-op in New London, CT. (Bear with the tangents) It was occupied and run by about 30 people – all your basic commune-dwellers. Activists, Vegans, Hardcore left-wing fanatics, people who – like myself – were hell-bent on saving the world from itself. Anyway… We had a common TV for the house and every Sunday, we’d all gather to watch the new episode of “The Simpsons.” Thirty people packed into one room, staring at the TV in dead silence… When the commercials would come on – every person would turn to the person next to them and start talking. Immediately, ten conversations would begin and the whole room would feel like a cocktail party. As soon as the Simpsons came back on – the place would go silent again. Even those in mid-sentence would simply stop talking and turn their head to the TV. It was not considered “rude” or “anti-social” – or even a little bit weird… it was simply understood that there is NOTHING more important than The Simpsons. Whatever you had to “say” – no matter what it was – was NOT more important than the show at that moment. Because “The Simpsons” were on TV – that living room was (in the minds of the people of that Co-op) a sacred space… And just like nobody would dare talk during the homily at a mass, neither would anyone dare speak over that cartoon…. I saw parallels on Saturday….. Was there even anyone out on the smoking patio during Son Kite’s set? Did anyone use the bathroom? Did anyone engage in verbal communication? So Peter DiDJital plays his last track (amazing set, by the way – what was that Rolling Stones/Speak ‘n’ spell Remix thing going on??) and there is suddenly a level of “something is happening here” that goes over the crowd… But we have to ask, at this point – what comes first, the feeling or the sound? Did the crowd start to think “something is happening” and, feeling that emotion en masse, Sebastian and Marcus decide to put on a relatively “religious” and “sacred” opening track? OR did Sebastian and Marcus put on that track and hence create the feeling within the crowd?? Any way you slice it – the transformation of the space began…. People simply “shut the hell up” and began to slowly push their ways towards the front. I imagined Neo and Trinity when they got out of the elevator in the second Matrix and the throngs of people – who had all been waiting – were just gravitationally drawn to them… Slowly they rose and began walking towards “the one” – no haste, no panic, and – in my contention – no real conscious awareness! Just a simple (yet very complex) metaphysical gravitational pull towards the force that is not only transforming physical space, but also doing the same service to the emotional and/or maturation processes of those so lucky to listen…. > As the set progressed (and please, let me make one musical comment here: – who else heard the bass/kick line from Son Kite’s Remix of Cosma’s “Out of Range” being played underneath the synth melody from “Recieve Part II?” Maybe I was imagining it, but I had never heard those two played together and, might I say, it sounded AMAZING!!), Son Kite just played… and played… and transformed as they played…. Marria made the perfect comment when the set was all done. She said “I think everyone in that audience “evolved” tonight. I think we’re all a little bit more aware and a little bit more along in the evolutionary chain simply for hearing that set.” She couldn’t have been any more right on… And it wasn’t just Son Kite, and it wasn’t just the music, and it wasn’t just the space, or the DJ’s or the drinks, or the time of day… It was everything!! It was all of that and it was none of that! Without every single event and every single interaction that happened on Saturday, the same emotional import would not have arrived. “Synchronicity,” “Providence,” – use any fancy word you want to describe it – but the fact is without everyone and everything at that party that night – the whole event would have been altered away from the perfection that it represented… > And this is where I end up like Job…. My mouth ends up stuffed with dust and ashes. This is where my mind shuts off and I lose the ability to think, rationalize and philosophize and define the ways this party was. This is the moment I live to go to parties. This is where there is nothing left to say and nothing left to write. This is where the party will come back in my mind about twenty years from now and I can finally say “so THAT is what it meant to me!” For now, though, it’s merely an ineffable and religious experience that – even during Son Kite’s set – I could hardly give words to… (I actually remember my friend Peter coming over to me during the set and saying hello… and all I could do was partially mumble the slurred word “religious” into his ear. I felt like a divine idiot… I felt like Dostoevsky’s Mishkin…. I felt like Rain Man….) > And I guess that’s all that can be said…. And I guess that’s the greatest compliment an artist and event can be given! We no longer have anything to make us “believe.” We, as a culture, have almost lost the ability and capacity to “feel religious.” No matter what, there are only a few things and people in the lives of all of us that can make us feel the way those two women must have felt in the presence of the risen Christ. Or the way all those Zionians felt in the presence of Neo and Trinity… People want to feel that way – the nostalgic yearning is so apparent – but there are so few forces today that provide that feeling…. Maybe, just maybe, Spectra’s five-year anniversary party was one of those forces…. Maybe it went beyond any details and minutia of a “trance party” and became something totally different based upon the mixtures of the artists, DJs, dancers, and forces that were all present in their given proportion…. > > THANK YOU to everyone who was there, who helped out, who danced, who did anything to make the night what it was… onwards, onwards, onwards!!!!!
December 24 Wednesday New Year’s Eve
(LIRAN.S) HOMMEGA PRODUCTIONS & SMAC ENT PRESENTS CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY
Main Room Progressive, Club Trance One of the most popular artists emerging from the Israeli electronic trance and house music creators scene coming to USA for a live performance for his new 4th album HELLUCINATE. Hi also release a few successful singles under Black Hole Dj Tiesto label and a few singles released via cyber records in Holland. YAHEL is a very versatile artist floating between psytrance, deep trance and clubhouse. Is an artist that re-invents himself each time! DJ yahel (hom mega 13 phonokol records E28093 Israel) Hommega Productions invade u all to come end celebration the Christmas Eve In one of the best club in NYC the best sound system can hold up to 2500 p. This party will be different from what we do! don’t be missed! THE OPENING!!! CROBAR CLUB ( 530w 28thstreet b. 10th & 11th ave) Doors Open at 21:00p-22:00p Open Bar/ 21 + I.D Tickets: $20 adv / $25 door Info: 917.553.4424/212.995.1097 Mailing list: hommegaProductions at hotmail Liran would like to thanks everybody that support and help us all this year to make it happen. This party will b e the last for 2003, I hope to see all of you again in 2004! Happy Holiday Christmas and Happy New Year, peace and love.
I went down to the club with a friend. . .we waited on a line with about 20000 arsim for half an hour….eventually said fuck this and left. when I asked some guy next to me when yahel was spinning he answered of course “whose yahel?” that was my cue to bounce.
December 25 Thursday
A Very Psytrance Christmas (After) Party
Nan’s having a trance party at her house after Yahel, Christmas Day.
The DJ lineup is good with mostly full-on and some progressive, here’s the updated flyer Thiasos on Thursday is a now ago, except for of course this week because it’s Christm as
After we all get done with the HommegaChristmas Eve Party. Early a.m. ?? til Christmas Night. I’d pull a marathon and go another nite but have to work the next day. Retail, remember? >;-) DJs (Various): Cutting edge psytrance streaming non-stop from the ‘Net. Which looks like this: Link courtesy of Jeff W. Drinks: Spiced Tea. Recipe courtesy of my mom.Eggnog-dairy and non-dairy, iced ionized water, fresh squeezed organic orange juice.Food: Lattice Top Strawberry Pie for the non-vegansand Raw Live Apple Pie for the vegans. Both Nanmade,of course. >;-)Please RSVP for direx at nan at hipchixPhone: 347.743.3023Ohyeah, and this party is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Just bring whatever works. Simple, right? >;-) And like my mom says: Merry, Merry! Where: Nancy’s Place in NYC.http://www.hipchix/NansPlace/nan.htm When: Christmas Day, December 25th.Time:
December 26 Friday
Cata’s weekend-long birthday party
starts Friday (same spot as Trancegiving – 55 Lex) that was quick…. just talked to Penta on the phone. he is coming. s o there it is.
December 27 Saturday
Egos In, Egos Out~
…a communal psytrance affair open decks deco, lighting, and movie projections by and vapid DJ’s: come early to get a spot play psytrance (progressive early–>full-on late) bring tunes (cd or vinyl) know what you’re doing Saturday, Dec. 27th <10 pm til 4 am +> @ Rififi’s (aka CinemaClassics) 332 E. 11th St. (b/w 1st and 2nd) FREE 21+ w/ id
Saturday Night Party Review by musiccool2000 I took the metro-north train into NYC Saturday night. I hung out with my friend Orit at her apartment in the east village, celebrated the last night of Hannukah, drank beer, and smoked not-tobacco. I then headed off to the party Kamal was throwing at a bar on 11th street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. When I got to the party at 2am, there were only 12 people in the entire joint. Good trance, nice DJing by Kamal. But the bar turned off the music at 3am and closed because enough people didn’t show up. So I ended up hanging out with Ben from Lightomatic at his apartment in the village listening to trance with a couple of Trance DJs from Jersey. Oh yeah, I also met this cute 26-year-old Black Chick from Norwalk, Connecticut (I’m from Darien, which is the town next to Norwalk). Her name is Jen, She said she is on Kamal’s Dragontribe List on Yahoo Groups.I wish more people had shown up, it’s a FREE PARTY!
December 31 Wednesday New Years
SIN & Conduit Present: SYNTHESIS Trenton NJ
Industrial on one floor and psy another only $20!!! $10 1hr. NJ transit trains from NYC the industrial side of the flyer at sint hursday 2004 New Years Eve Celebrati on Featuring on Main Floor On Stage: Nilaihah Recording Artist – The Azoic (web theazoic/azoic) With DJ’s: VORTEX (Batcave, Evolution, SIN, D elaware) BLACKWIDOW (SIN, Limelight, Diabolique, Vesago, Philadelphia) ZI LLAH (SIN, Salvation, Dracula’s Ball, Vesago, Philadelphia)+ Special Myster y Guest DJ Visuals: VJ Exeris of Mindless Faith (web vjexeris) Massive in Mensch – MENSCHDEFEKT CD Release Party courtesy of Art of Fact Records (web artoffact) Featuring upstairs in Skyline Room GAIAN MIND – psytrance Blacklight Party (web gaian-mind) With DJ’s: ALLEN (Gaian Mind/Metropolis Records, Philadelphia) STEVE-O (Spectra, NYC) ELEKTONKIND (Digital Yeti Studios, Baltimore) Doors: 9:00pm – 6:00am 21+ with ID to E nter Admission: $20 Includes: Buffet, Champagne Toast at Midnight, Party F avors Location: Club Conduit 449 South Broad Street Trenton, NJ 08610 609- 656-1199 web conduitmusic for directions web sinThursday for party details Only 75min. from NYC (Penn Station) by train for only $11!! see web njtransit/sftrainschedules.shtm choose Northeast Corridor line, going to Trenton Conduit is less than 5 min. from T renton NJ transit train station, like a $2 cab ride. To reserve a room at a nearby hotel visit: web usa-lodging/motels/newjersey/Trenton. htm
Chay – Daya Cayung – Ricard Junjungan Siagian
This weekend after New Years’ celebrations the Shamanista 2004 Winter Retreat in ou are proficient in Peruvian ritual. as we have reached our newb quota. Lots of new photos at A $40 finder’s fee and a special unmentionable gift goes to anyone who has available for copying the original Blender CD-Rom from 1996 v2.6 with Jackie Chan on the cover. Email me!
WEDNESDAYS 7:00 TO 10:00PM Followed by DJ ADRIANO”s Soul Brazil Come dance, sing and play at BEMBE lounge on the corner of South 6th Street and Berry. Take the L Train to Bedford Ave. Fir st stop on the Brooklyn L train. From Bedford and North 7th… Walk south a few blocks to S.6th Street, make a right to Berry. B
PROGRESSIVE BEATS every weekend from Thursday till Sunday with DJ S H.I.K.I.D (OMNITRIBE/ELEKTROLUST) at CAT’S CAFE 2027 Emmons Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 718 332 7979 www.catspromo www.Omnitribe www.elektrolust
The NYC New Years Vibra venue has changed, and the online flyer may not reflect this. (See listings below for location details) Save $10 on New Years by getting them online through my Paypal account. Your ticket will be at the door. to send $50 per ticket via credit card/ PayPal. The DJ lineup is good with mostly full-on and some progressive may not have the new address) This is the first time the sole New Year’s party is a relative newcomer (non-Tsunami/Home of Trance), so the feel should be pretty underground.
December 31 Wednesday New Year’s Eve
Alladin Project – Vibra
VIBRA ( Neurobiotic Rec.)
New Year’s Eve will begin with fresh sound from an international artist who’s released music in:
Neurobiotic Rec. (Italy), DragonFly Rec. (U.K), *Compact Rec.(I.L) and he’s coming to NYC to perform LIVE and DJ SET!!!
NYE party VIBRA To guarantee a successful psychedelic experience we decided to change locations. Instead of being in midtown, it will move to downtown Manhattan. The place is much bigger and safe to hold more people. The new location
is 48 Bowery st. off Canal st.
Also it will be OPEN BAR from 9PM till 11PM PLUS champagne toast at midnight!!!
NO MORE online tickets for New Years – go to Home of Trance or get at the door
Alladin project – New York City Hi all. Here is my review of the Alladin Project’s New Year’s Eve party at 48 Bowery in New York City, and the after-party in Brooklyn. I took the 8:48 Metro-North train into New York City. I drank 4 beers on the train… a few minutes before the train pulled into the station I offered a couple of extra beers I had to a couple of cute blond girls sitting in the seat behind me. One of the girls asked me “Is your name Malcolm?”. It turned out her name was Natalie and she had gone to high school with me. After we schmoozed and caught up on old times, traded phone numbers, I hopped the 4 train from Grand Central down to Canal. I was impressed with the artwork hanging from the walls at 48 Bowery. The free open bar until 11pm (I drank 4 free beers) and the free champagne at midnight, helped off-set the 60 dollar cover charge. I was impressed with the music…I heard a lot of full-on and old school Goa remixes. I met a lot of Israelis and Brazilians and Cute Japanese girls at the party. I thought it was a wonderful night. Except for the sound system. It sounded as though the Sub-woofer was blown, and the high end of the mix was Way too loud. After the party, Kelly Was nice enough to drive me and a bunch of Israelis we picked up over to Brooklyn. The afterparty in Brooklyn at 55 Lexington was really chill. When I got there Akin was spinning a nice full-on set. I got a chance to hear a lot of new tracks of psytrance. I ended up staying all day….chilling drinking beer watching the Animatrix….after the party, I got a cup of coffee with Rebbeka and we discussed how the rainbow tribe (rainbow tribe Big group of hippies) is looking for a place to hold their potluck dinner….then I took the 4 train to grand central…and slept the whole way back to Connecticut on the metro-north.
December 31 Wednesday
Omnitribe DJ free in Brooklyn
There will be a DJ from Omni Tribe spinning Russian dance hits with crossover to progressive trance from 10pm till 3am. The lounge is called Estelle’s lounge and it’s located at the corner of Avenue U
and E 19th. there is no cover charge and the place is serving free Champagne at midnight. many smiles and the heart full of love in years to come!!!!!!
2004 it feels like a capacitor about to blow. We are being pushed to the limit. We feel crowded out of our current lives while being prepared for new shining realities. The problem seems to lie in the fact that we are stuck somewhere in the middle of joy. Starry-eyed folks.
