Archive for August, 2007

Posted on August 30, 2007 - by dionysus

man burned 5 days early in black rock city

The ritual of Burning Man was disrupted by an amusing act of counterculture fundamentalism when the effigy was burned five days early by an embittered veteran Burner.

The blaze began at the apex of a total lunar eclipse — stunning beautiful in the open desert — and drew an amusing mix of reactions from the crowd. Cheers, boos, screams of outrage and terror.

In our own professional dionysian opinions, Larry Harvey’s response was most appropriate.

Larry Harvey, Burning Man’s co-founder and director, was on a platform in his camp watching the eclipse when he noticed his Man on fire. Once realizing that the fire was under control and no one was apt to be hurt, he says, his immediate reaction was laughter.

The early burn, he said, will help show that the Man itself is “nothing but a wooden doll,” and that the event is really about the joint effort of attendees to create it. It will turn this year’s Burning Man into a “narrative of community and redemption” as the attendees get to see or assist in the public rebuilding of the statue, he said.

linkage

• The Burn Will Go On
• Wired News report on the Man who Burned the Burning Man

Posted on August 29, 2007 - by dionysus

…and now for something completely different

In the spirit of Psylab is Battles, a rock band that “…will close the season with some serious math-y insanity.

Seeing them is believing that rock will forever evolve. To call what Battles does “math-rock” doesn’t really give them or their rhythms justice. Call what they do “quantum-physics-core” or something. Every band that didn’t have a singer and liked to guitar-noodle mid-song were called math-rock. But Battles does more than shift tempos and create time disruptions.

-OhMyRockness

They are appearing Friday August 31st at the South Street Seaport Music Festival, a free outdoor concert series.
They go on at 8pm; the music starts at 6. It is of course free.

South Street Seaport,
Pier 17 Stage
Fulton & South Street
Subway Directions
J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5, to Fulton Street
or
A, C to Broadway-Nassau

Additional Info
Call 212-SEA-PORT
Map

Posted on August 22, 2007 - by dionysus

She fears neither dancing crowds nor loud music.

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Anushka (sp?) the trance rabbit made her first appearance at the 28thday 2nd Anniversary at Dycker Beach Park in Brooklyn, NY. August 20th, 2007.

Posted on August 15, 2007 - by dionysus

where to find psytrance at burning man 2007

Here’s the hearsay on trance music at this year’s Burning Man.

• Come visit Gaian Mind.

  Several of us will be camped with The Philadelphia Experiment at 7:30 & Esplanade. Our camp will have 2x 25′ geo domes, one of which will be decorated by the Gaian Mind crew with Blacklights and UV reactive artwork. I will personally be laying down a smooth progressive psy/electro/house set at the PEX camp, and a full-on psytrance set at the Psycircle Camp at 10:00 and Intertidal (times TBA).

  The PEX camp will also feature:

  Live Perfomances by the Philadelphia Fire Arts Tribe, Arche-Dream for Human Kind, B-Tru Collective, Quentini the Great, Haale and more TBA.

  Throughout the week:
  PEX Selectors: King Britt (Philly) Nigel Richards (Philly) Dj Everyday (Philly) Justin Paul (Philly) Dave Hughes (Ireland) Osunlade (Greece) Michael Nightime (Philly) Lina Luv (Philly) Karmakanik (Philly) Meeshu (Philly) Rafael De La Cruz (LA) Lee Mayjahs? (Philly) Marques Wyatt (LA) John Spetrino (Philly) Ross D (Philly) Smitty (LA) Plus special guests: Selector Science (Mendo, Ca) Jomai Etu (NYC) Small Change (NYC) Been Jammin (NYC) Diva Danielle (LA) Wolfie (LA) Tuhin Roy (SF) JZ (SF) Miles Maeda (Chicago) Foxxy (SC)

  Video By Jeff King & Peter Parker

  Yoga with Angela Boltz on Tuesday Afternoon and Thursday Morning with Live Dj sets by Meeshu.

  Camp Design by Big Jawn, Reno Roxx, Jah Sun, Lauren Raske, the PEX collective.
  Camp Layout by Jose Roar

  Dome Design & Manufacture, Shower design & Evaporating towers by Robert Shugart.
  Dome Decoration by Gaian Mind & Jah Sun.

  “Dusty Kitty” Art Car by Sammy Cakes

  “Tripod” fire sculptures by Reno Roxx & Big Jawn.
  “GasLamp” series fire sculptures & “burning bush” by Lee Mayjahs?

  Hope to see some old friends and meet some new ones out on the playa this year! So come on by and don’t be shy

• Psycircle – Greenman @ 10:00 and Intertidal
  Green Moon @ 2:00 and Fresh Water
  Outpost23 @ Boreal and 9:30

  Green Sector and MoonTribe have a camp (Green Moon) with some Area709 (Calgary djs) this year at Burning Man. There’s sure to be some fab psy there.

• Don’t forget to stop by@Camp Do Nothing/Zendipity/Body Temple (7:30 & Habitat) so you can chill(um) with Chillumafia

• The Gatekeepers from Santa Barbara will be having a small psy area, look for us around 2:30.

• PsyCircle will be hosting a sound-camp at 10 O’Clock and Intertidal.

  Expect many days of wild psychedelia on our 8,000 watt P.A. system featuring dj’s from all different parts of the country and some international travelling musicians as well.

  We are accepting invitations from any and all DJ’s interested in playing as well as deco teams to share in their vision of setting up a trippy visual setting for the mind-bending music that will be provided. Please contact me if you’re interested in setting up some tapestries, alters, or sculptures/art projects.

• There is an eclipse early Tuesday morning around 2 or 3 AM. I’m sure Greenman will be cooking up some beats at the Psycircle camp.

• You should also check out the CODA camp late Wednesday night. Located at 2:00 & Arctic, on the corner>

• On Thursday there will be psytrance and techno at The Eye/Rumble/7. 8pm to sunrise.

• Only a few more days until our return home to Black Rock City, and this year we have been blessed with some really great opportunities to play the music that we love.

  We will be camping with the Greenmoon crew: a fusion of the legendary Moontribe and Green Sector crews of California, and we will be located at 2:00 and Fresh Water. We would love for people stop by and say hello if you are in the neighborhood. =)

  If you have never been to Burning Man, you may enjoy seeing some of our photos from last year:

  http://www.area709.com/darvin/gallery/view/72/

  And if you are not going to be making it to Burning Man this summer, feel free to forward this email on to anyone who is planning on attending that you think might enjoy our music.

  Here are some confirmed slots that Norris, Jay Michael, Nokturnal and Sons of Aurora will be playing at Burning Man next week:

  Tuesday Night

  Greenmoon Camp – Area 709 Presents: Dusty Circuits

  Location: 2:00 & Fresh Water

  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Schmid-E

  9:30 pm – 3:00 am – Norris, Jay Michael, Nokturnal, & Sons of Aurora 3:00 am – 5:00 am – Sentient 5:00 am – End – Norris, Jay Michael, Nokturnal, & Sons of Aurora

  Wednesday Night

  Greenmoon Camp – Psy Night

  Location: 2:00 & Fresh Water

  5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Norris

  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Pedro

  9:00 pm – 11:00 pm – Gatto Matto

  11:00 pm – 1:00 am – Kiva

  1:00 am – 2:30 am – Cromatone

  2:30 am – 4:00 am – Earthling

  4:00 am – 6:00 am – Dimitri

  6:00 am – 8:00 am – Zen Mechanics

  8:00 am – 10:00 am Treavor Moontribe

  10:00 am – 12:00 pm Nokturnal

  12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Morphonix

  1:30 pm – End – Manny

  Friday Night

  Lemuria Camp

  Location: 2:00 & Grassland

  10:30 pm – 6:30 am – Norris, Jay Michael, Nokturnal, & Sons of Aurora

  As well, we will all three of us be braving the dust with our computers this year, so don’t be surprised to hear us complaining about our pooched laptops once we get back home. Wish us luck in avoiding the dust gremlins!!!

  And if you want to check any of our tunes out, loads of free mixes perfect for the long drive, free to download on our site:

  www.area709.com .

Camp Placements

Look up camp placements at Burning Man 07.

Posted on August 12, 2007 - by dionysus

8/19/07: dance party in the park

The 28thday psy collective is celebrating its two-year anniversary with Eudaemonia, a free outdoor dance party at Dycker Park in Brooklyn, NY.

Voice of OOOD – a psy mix featuring their various psy tracks

We’ve been enamored with the real-time remixing, instrumental improvisations, groovy surprises, and straight-up novelty of VoC’s live ever since they first played for us. It is an honor to bring Andrew and Colin back overseas for another summer open-air experience. Let’s spread out on the grass, tense and then relax our jaded ears deep in the mother.

Community artists D-space, LAURyN, and Tony Unorthodox will be playing solidly-progressive psy .

Where To Find It

Dyker Beach Park, Brooklyn. We expect to be situated near the playground entrance, adjacent to the restrooms, along 86 St between 13 & 14 Aves.
12 noon until 7pm, rain or shine.

There will be a limited amount of free refreshments, but feel free to bring what you can. I’m pretty sure the City frowns upon drinking alcohol in city parks, so don’t.

How To Get There

• subway
• driving
• bus: B1 or B64 (86 St & 13 Ave, Dyker Beach Golf Course)

Posted on August 11, 2007 - by dionysus

Virtual Forest

the Virtual Mushroom Ring, originally by alchemism.

The psychedelic forest at the Eyes of Gaia enclave in Second Life.

 

Posted on August 7, 2007 - by alchemism

[album] Things Change by Kri

A longtime psyDJ and core member of TOUCH Samadhi released his musical creations into the wild, free. Producing tracks under the name Lost Baba, Kri is ignoring commercial concerns in the interests of cultural transmission. He recently re-mastered the tracks and announced their freedom. Lost Baba – Things change (2004 – 2005) All tracks written by Chris Johnson (aka kri). With help from Alex Falk (the bastard) and Calvin Boling (babar) on ghost.

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Track listing:
1. 160 Gigahertz
2. Bump in the night
3. Dance your life away
4. Ghost
5. Let us
6. Real experience (original version)
7. Still here
8. What is happening

Download Download Things Change by Lost Baba (free, .zip archive, 320kbps mp3s)

Posted on August 4, 2007 - by dionysus

Metaforce Marketplace Launches

6362Metaforce announced the opening of their digital psy marketplace. The site will also serve as their home and showcase on the net.

The goa-style digital bazaar debuted with a collection of trance CDs and leather accessories. Jewelry is promised next, with the eventual goal of being a full goa-style marketplace for ‘family’ artists in the global psy village.

Co-founder Rachel writes:

“…We’ve worked for 8 months to create this portal…the music, art, clothing, jewelry and accessories featured here come from artists around the globe, and all have been specially chosen for their high quality and unique creative essence – but also because of the purity of the souls who created them.”

The recent release of Metaforce’s first compliation shows that the husband-and-wife team at the heart of Metaforce is a potent business engine. We wish them luck in their new tribal enterprises.

linkage
• Psymarket @ Metaforce.net