October 31, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
Tuesday is the worst day of the week for holidays, as this year’s conspicuous lack of Halloween psytrance events demonstrates. Even the most dedicated party animal must rationalize long to cook up an excuse to go wild on a Tuesday night.
This past weekend saw intimate-yet-excellent family events; tonight promises only more of the same if [...]
October 29, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
(via National Geographic) Brazilian psytrance promoters now know where to hold their next festival:
Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out. At night a chemical reaction causes the fungus [...]
October 21, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
(via Area709)And now, a psychill mix. “…This mix is a smattering of psy-dub, psy-DM, and psy -breaks…it contains sections of warm tribal beats, funky dub basslines, glitchy IDM melodies and some high enlightening vocals.”
Mix comes courtsey of Nori. Check his site for more mixes and more information.
Tracklist:
1. vataff project – free space
2. kaya project – [...]
October 20, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
Need something to breathe new life into your dancefloor persona? There is always temporary hair color that glows without
black lights.
By mixing fluorophors with an appropriate catalyst a chemical reaction occurs that produces the byproduct of light. No blacklights, bulbs, or batteries are necessary to create the glow, and the illumination shampoos right out. Tiny, microscopic [...]
October 18, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
The openair gathering outside of Allentown proved the more rewarding of this past weekend’s events, despite freezing temperatures and an unorganized organizer. A few hardy souls managed to stomp around the dancefloor to stay warm, but for the rest, a home cooked dinner, large fires and an endless supply of wood kept them going [...]
October 13, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
An authentically-autumn trance weekend awaits us here in New York. First off is a dark psytrance party later today, a Friday the 13th in October as it happens. Saturday the 14th promises the last outdoor gathering of 2006, Burning Lotus. There will have to be a lot of burning, too, as the temperature is promising to dip into the thirties that night.
In the spirit of the season, here is a Harvest mix from up north, where Basilisk is presumably no stranger to the cold.
October 1, 2006
Posted by xavier watson
The weekend marked several momentous events in the local psychedelic trance history. Psychedelic trance itself first (officially) arrived on the shores of New York during a Return to the Source party at the Liberty Science Center, ten years ago this month.
In a fine demonstration of synchronicity, a number of the New York psytrance community [...]
