Archive for March, 2009

Posted on March 11, 2009 - by alchemism

Psytrance Animatrix

Dave Dittmer remixed sequences from The Animatrix to progressive psytrance and titled it Altered States. Watch it in three parts, below.

In Beyond, neighborhood children have stumbled across an amalgamation of anomalies within an old, broken building. They have learned to exploit this glitch in the Matrix for their own enjoyment, through several areas which seem to defy real-world physics. Glass bottles reassemble after being shattered;  rain falls from a sunny sky;  broken lightbulbs flickr with light;   a door opens into a void;  mis-aligned shadows; and a small bird’s feather stuck in mid-flight. There is a large open space in the middle where they take turns jumping off a high point and falling towards the ground yet somehow stopping just inches before impact; this proves amusing and they seem unbothered by the inherent strangeness.

Matriculated was written and directed by Korean American director Peter Chung. The film deals with a group of above-ground human rebels who lure hostile intelligent machines to their laboratory in order to capture them and insert them into a “matrix” of their own design. Within this matrix the humans attempt to teach the captured machines some of the positive traits of humanity, primarily compassion and empathy. The ultimate goal of this project is to help the intelligent machines develop free will in order to overcome their original “search-and-destroy” programming. The rebels’ hope is that, once converted of its own volition (a key point discussed in the film), an “enlightened” machine will assist Zion in its struggle against the machine-controlled totalitarianism which currently dominates the Earth.

The soundtrack alone can be downloaded from here…

Posted on March 9, 2009 - by alchemism

Dhia's Golem

A golem is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter (usually mud). In many tales, the Golem is inscribed with magic or religious words that keep it animated. Writing the Hebrew word “Emet” on its forehead activates it. By erasing the first letter, the golem is deactivated. Golems were a creation of those who were very holy and strove to approach God, and in that pursuit would gain some of God’s wisdom and power. One of these powers was the creation of life. Golem’s are more like robots in how they behave. If commanded to perform a task, a golem will take the instructions perfectly literally, and cannot disobey his owner.

Shaman Dhia‘s Golem is a derivative work of Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man.” This particular Golem is created from light, not mud. It is the first version depicting the chakras, nadis, and aura of a healthy, living, human system, including unseen geometries extending beyond the body.

Dhia says “…By using the internet to research DaVinci’s Canon, and by perusing sites such as www.goldennumber.net, I was able to put together the Higher Self-Portrait project. In this project, each person creates a self-portrait based on Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man with his own image inside the circle and the square. The Golem was developed as the portrait project evolved.”

Dhia instructed her Golem to duplicate through the internet and collect money for her, her family, and friends. It manifests for it’s owner when the file is purchased and printed.

• Visit the Golem at iloveyouthismuch.biz.
• The Higher Self-Portrait Project

Posted on March 4, 2009 - by alchemism

Green Radio Mix by Anya

Anya played at Psyforia on February 28th, 2009  then recorded this set live on Green Radio in Boston a few days later. She evolves from deco artist to DJ and pulls Sonic Beating forward.

Tracklist
• Highko – Beast
• Parasense – Do The Job
• Pogo & Dickster – The Hoff
• Digital Talk – ?
• Priciples of Flight – Gloopy Gum Gum
• Neuromotor – Lord of Noise
• AMD – The Reckoning
• Logica – Smack My Bitch Up (Prodigy)
• Burn in Noise – Bleuras

» Anya – Green Radio Show WZBC (live) on DJMix.net

Posted on March 2, 2009 - by alchemism

Psyforia 2-28 Party Photos

Boston’s Psyforia trance party, as of Saturday, February 28th, 2009.