Archive for June, 2007

Posted on June 28, 2007 - by dionysus

sustainable communities discussion group

I caught the second half of the Sustainable Communties workshop at Gaian Mind on Saturday.

Met a diverse mix of cool individuals; many backgrounds, different skillsets, unique perspectives. Shoshannah, the moderator, held it all together nicely in the short time allotted to topical exploration. We needed more time, and space, to continue.

I offered my social media services to organize the virtual discussion after the members dispersed. I decided on the Google Groups platform for the community. Anyone interested in joining the round table discussion should sign up below. Visit the Groups homepage to learn more about us and our vision for evolved social configurations.

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Posted on June 26, 2007 - by dionysus

Gaian Morning

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Gaian Mind 2007, originally by alchemism.

Just back from Gaian Mind…

Posted on June 15, 2007 - by dionysus

Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. In botany the term refers to the way individual flowers are arranged on the plant, in which single or multiple flowers develop on the same stem.

After spending all day meeting and partying with the Eyes of Gaia in virtual reality on Saturday, we struggled our way out to PA and arrived as the sun fell.

About half the gathering came as campers. Their tents surrounded the dance floor and its still-rising dome.

The musical progession adhered to tradition. Psychill as the campers lounged and the dome went up; opening progressive, coursing into the different veins of night music; twilight trance as ambient light returned; an energetic dawn; an extended morning goa mix; oscillating between the shades of morning music, until closing with day progressive; dispelled finally by a transient burst of rain and wind.

The first unorthodome proved to be an excellent focus. One could dance in or out, or weaving back-and-forth between the two. We mounted a white sheet on an upper section of the dome through which Etienne projected visuals. To to side, across a still pond, i projected electric sheep on a brace of trees. The moving patterns of light were mirrored perfectly in the water below.

Deco included the neotribal fluro of Waking Dream. She cultivated a tented relaxation space alongside the pond. Etienne’s visuals were projected onto a section of the unorthodome. Alchemism situated his visuals across a stillwater pond, onto a brace of spruce and alder trees.

Its been a slow digesting since we returned from Inflorescence. Four hours of footage and little video editing experience will make entertaining output slow in appearing, perhaps, with only a bit of time left before the immanent Gaian Mind.photo linkage

• Lauryn’s
• Raffi’s
• Mirdul
• orbicles
• alchemism

complete lineup:

BRAINCELL (Glowing Flame | Rastaliens, Switzerland) LIVE + DJ
AGALACTIA (Aleph Zero, Israel)
ETIENNE (Psybooty | Seizure Lab, SF) LIVE
HUGH SHARPE (28thday, NYC) OLD-SKOOL GOA MORNING SET!!
LAURYN (Peak Records | 28thday, NYC)
KARMAKANIK (Gaian Mind | PSI, Philadelphia)
MAYUR (Spectra, NYC)
TONY UNORTHODOX (28thday, NYC)

Visuals by:
Etienne (Psybooty | Seizure Lab, SF)
Alchemism (28thday, NYC)

Psynvironment by:
Waking Dream (Montreal)
Dan (Zometool Inc., NYC)
Tesseract (28thday, NYC)
unorthodomes ltd

Explorations of multidimensional geometric forms with:
Dan (Zometool Inc., NYC) | www.zometool.com

Posted on June 11, 2007 - by dionysus

psychedelic summer festival guide

The 2007 (and first) edition of the North American Summer Psy Festival Guide is up. There are a total of sixteen eighteen twenty multi-day gatherings this summer. I’ve listed them chronologically, with no distinction made between psy-only, psy-friendly, or TAZ festivals.

Response has been so positive. I will certainly do this again next year.

• Read the Guide

Posted on June 2, 2007 - by dionysus

24hr open-air trance picnic – 6/9/07

Get all your gear ready for the summer festival season with a two day campout & trance picnic in Allentown, PA.

The location will open at 2pm so people can set up their tents and settle in to dub and psychill. Expect to leave by Sunday afternoon.

Bring food and drink for yourself, and to share with others.

Our hosts 28thday will be providing the geodesic dome, fresh morning chai, stickers, CDs, electricity, visuals, and of course music:

• Braincell is headlining with a live set and a Rastaliens DJ set;
• Agalactia from Israel will also be featured;
• Etienne will be doing a live set and projected visuals;
• Lauryn, Tony Unorthodox, and Mayur will provide the local color;
• Hugh Sharpe will greet the morning with a traditional goa morning set;
• Other visual delights from Montreal’s Waking Dream, and New York’s Tesseract and Alchemism;
• Dan will visualize multidimensional geometric forms with Zome constructs;

There will be public transport to the trance picnic for all the green urban trancers in New York:

Those of you without a vehicle, or simply looking to lower your carbon footprint, may be interested to know that Inflorescence is easily reachable from NYC by bus. There’s a bus running every 2 hours from Port Authority in Manhattan, to a stop in PA about 10 miles from the party. 28thday will be offering a free shuttle between the PA bus stop and the event, for the times listed below.

A round trip bus ticket costs $36.50, available at Port Authority on 42nd St. Full mass transit instructions will be provided to ticketholders upon purchase.

$30
• Information and Tickets