Psytrance & Progressive Trance Music

Melbourne Shuffler - Main Documentary

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Underground Epidemic Productions (www.uep.com.au) has produced a ground breaking documentary called the "Melbourne Shuffler". Beginning in the late 80's in Melbourne's underground party scene, a revolutionary freestyle dance began to grow and has now developed into the most unique and robust dance style since the birth of Breakdancing.

Initially grown from the roots of Acid Techno/House music along with back stepping and psychedelic arm movements. The Melbourne Shuffle has no set steps but encourages individuality and imagination, incorporating dance moves from numerous styles such as miming, popping & locking, liquid and breaking. But the basis of the Melbourne Shuffle has traditionally been the footwork either performed sliding left to right, on the spot or in a triangular direction, but is evolving everyday.

Known as "Rocking" to the Melbourne locals the name Melbourne Shuffle has been derived from international DJs, overseas visitors and the media trying to describe this phenomenon.

The Melbourne dancers don't dance for competition or to show off but for themselves, for fun and self-expression.

Learning by watching other dancers and incorporating variations into their own style they create an individual style representing their own personality.

The documentary traces some of the early beginnings of the Shuffle and shows how it has evolved and progressed into what it is today.

Interviews with Melbourne's dancers old and new; discover why they dance, how they learned and what they get out of it!

To capture the Melbourne scene in its entirety the UEP team also interviewed lighting crews, party organizers, VJ's and promoters to encapsulate all angles in which run together within the rave/electronic music dance community. The interviews featured also include homegrown DJ's/Producers along with internationals, learning their thoughts on the rave/electronic music dance scene, Melbourne's scene and the Melbourne Shuffle.

Melbourne based talent alone has produced the uniquely sounding "Melbourne Shuffler" soundtrack. It contains various styles of electronic music including: Acid Techno, Hard Trance, Hard Dance, Hard House, Psy-Trance, Break-beats and more. Therefore this DVD contains the Melbourne Scene, the Melbourne Shuffle & the Melbourne Sound and is loaded with over 200 minutes of special features.

Eclipsed

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:05:00 +0000

Non-narrative documentary about the total solar eclipse, celebrated at the Soulclipse gathering in Antalya, Turkey.

The piece is a collage of images from travels through Turkey, culminating in the eclipse itself.

This is a single-channel edit of the original 3 channel piece. It's 45 minutes long vs. the original which is 30 minutes, in order to accommodate all the extra material.

Geospirit 1 - Virtual Vortex - Watch Online

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:38:00 +0000

Beautiful animation DVD and psytrance compilation.
Must watch!

Second part is DVD - After stunning the world with the first compilation, Magnus, we return with a mind blowing new concept in immersive psychedelic journeys presented as a continuous play DVD. Not only are you taken on a 3D Animated excursion through Dr. Spook's vivid imagination, you will be treated to the best of the worlds most innovative psy-producers as well as some blasting new surprises that have been exploding in San Francisco and soon all over the planet!

Each video takes you to a uniquely amazing environment filled with characters and creations that will both boggle your mind and astound your senses. This continuous ever changing thematic adventure is presented in a seamless mix. Using Academy Award winning software Alias Maya this multiple International Award winning and highly recognized animator-author Nathan Vogel aka DJ-VJ Dr. Spook opens a gateway into his exotic and detailed psychedelic world.

DVD Video Format TRT: 60 Minute Seamless DJ Mix set to 3D Animation. Special Features incl. VJ clips and Artist Bios/Discographies AC3 Audio mix in Letter BoxHigh Resolution 24p 6.5Mbs encoding.

Tracks List:

1. Metadimension
ALTOM, CHROMATONE, PHOENIX FAMILY

2. Higher sensory Perception (Random vs Dr.Spook rmx)
DESERTDWELLERS

3. Mightonchondria
CHROMATONE

4. Crystal Myth
MR. PECULIAR

5. Thundermental (Redeux)
SCORB

6. Decentralize
CPU WITH PHOENIX FAMILY

7. Danger High Voltage rmx
NEUROMOTOR

8. Evil Extraterrestrials
RASTALIENS

9. Perpetual Sun
PHOENIX FAMILY

10. Killer Dope (Phoenix family rmx)
EARTHLING, RANDOM, CHROMATONE

11. High Volume
NOMAD, JEREMY TSUNAMI

Geospirit 1 - Part 1

Geospirit 1 - Part 2

Geospirit 1 - Part 3

Geospirit 1 - Part 4

Geospirit 1 - Part 5

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Eat Static

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:40:00 +0000

Biography

Eat Static were formed in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton, then drummer and synth player respectively for the band Ozric Tentacles. They were joined by Steve Everitt, a library musician and occasional Ozric member. The band made a name for themselves on the Megadog/'live' techno scene of the early '90s, playing alongside the likes of Orbital, Underworld and Aphex Twin.

They were the first signings to Megadog-offshoot Planet Dog records, releasing their debut album 'Abduction' in 1993. In 1994 Steve Everitt retired from the group's live performances, though he has continued to collaborate in the studio. Since then the band have played hundreds of gigs worldwide and become one the most respected and spectacular live dance acts around. They have been voted 'Best Dance Act' in the NME, achieved a top twenty album, headlined the first dance tent at Glastonbury in 1995 and recorded two Peel sessions. Whilst essentially a sci-fi influenced, trance/techno outfit, they have also incorporated drum and bass, breakbeat, latin, garage and ambient styles into their sound at various stages. In the past few years the band have become heavily involved with the psy-trance scene, playing parties and festivals the world over and releasing numerous tracks on trance compilations.

Merv has also recently collaborated with the likes of Steve Jolliffe (Tangerine Dream), Will White (Propellerheads) and Simon Posford (Hallucinogen). In addition, Joie plays with Here & Now, Zubzub (with ex-Ozrics bassist Zia) and Dream Machine (alongside former Ozric flautist Jumping John). Both Joie and Merv also occasionally play live with Ozrics leader Ed Wynne under the guise of Nodens Ictus and have recently been playing with the Ozrics again. Eat Static released their long-awaited new album 'De-Classified' through ..Solstice Music.. in July 2007. In February 2008 it was announced that Joie would be leaving the group in order to spend more time with his family. Now going it alone, Merv released a downtempo Eat Static album entitled 'Back to Earth' in July 2008, followed by a string of festival appearances.

The next project will be the 20th Anniversary album plus a break-beat orientated album under the name Dendron (the follow up to 2003's 'Supernatural Jazz').Mesmobeat has also sprung back into life and Merv will be releasing a string of other people's work,the first being Groovuscule with his album 'Theatre'.. Watch this (my)space for more details as well as keeping an eye on www.mesmobeat.com..

Eat Static

Stratil

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:26:00 +0000

Biography

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Stratil

Soundexile

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:18:00 +0000

Biography

Formed in december 2006, the guys had a clear idea of what they wanted...not to sound like anyone else.
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In an era, where cloned copies are made of each successful producer,where music lost it´s soul, just to become a mere income, these guys have the nerve to state: “... we´re not gonna sound like anyone else, we won´t stick to formulas, and we´ll make music for the fun of it, and for everyone to enjoy...”
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And that´s exactly what they´re doing.

One track may have minimal influences, while the other borders techno, some will be sung, some will be downtempo , and some will be just pure experimentation.

This attitude has made them some nice friends in the music industry, such as Hernan Cattáneo, Sasha, Satoshi Tomiie, Laurent Garnier, Anthony Pappa, Nick Warren, Ben Watt & Oliver Klein to name but a few.

Also, prestigious record labels such as Urbantorque, Triptik, Sprout & Kumquat Tunes have released several of their tracks, and some of them made it into Beatport´s Top 10 chart.

Most recently, the duo worked alongside Hernan Cattaneo on 6 tracks for his new Masters Series album on Renaissance. Some of those songs will surface on Hernan Cattaneo´s own label, Sudbeat.

This year will also see the guys work on a full album to be played live with 2 laptops, 2 controllers, assorted fx & keyboards and a drum pad, for those Terry Bozio moments.

As the guys themselves state in their website: “... we could bore you with why we chose Soundexile as our name, but we know that in the end, the music is the only thing that matters. We put our hearts and souls into each song, and we benefit from the diversity of influences each one of us has, to break the barriers of genre and style, and make a different type of electronica.

Soundexile

Incolumis

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:14:00 +0000

Biography

Incolumis is Jani Rantanten, finnish electronic music producer with very distinctive dark and underground style.

Born 23 Sep 1981 and raised in Finland, Incolumis is an active participant in the international electronic music scene. He currently produces music under three different aliases (Incolumis, Outgate & Yaraform), participating in two on-line labels (Starfleet Records & Sublogic Corporation), as well as being signed to and producing original music for Black Tiger Recordings (BTR), Nth Degree Records vinyl releases published by Nice Kitty Music Entertainment Ltd. in Canada and the United States, also having production released on famous John ‘00’ Fleming label J00F.

In the summer of 2001, after almost five years of composing and producing, Incolumis took his music to the next level by building a professional music studio from which the massive tracks “At the Gates”, “North Stone”, “Karma”, “Tsunami” and many others were created.

Later on in 2006 his production “One with Sanctuary” got to Armin van Buuren himself and apperead in his regular radioshow A State Of Trance. Having played it twice in his show, he confessed, “I’m not doing many charts, but if I had a chance to make a chart, this would definitely be my number one at the moment”. In the spring of 2006 “One with sanctuary” was featured on A State Of Trance yearly compilation.

Jani also collaborated to establish two other dance-orientated projects Raastin and Dualfire with Antti Lampinen.

Incolumis

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D-Tek

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:04:00 +0000

Biography

David Durst is a Mexico City native who started his endeavor in the infinite universe of electronica all the way back in 1987.

His audio engineering career, his extensive studio work, his professional DJing and his key role playing synths for his Electro 7 band, drove him to become one of the leading and most pioneering artists shaping the Mexican trance scene of the day. By the turn of the millennium, D-Tek was releasing tracks on all the World's major psytrance labels.

Who can't remember his exceptional first hit single Psychedelic Cowboy on TipWorld's Assassinations? His first album, Earth Technologies, was a storming release and instantly became a top choice for trance connoisseurs and DJs all over the globe. Since then, David's powerful live act has been heard all around the planet and all over Mexico, along with his highly acclaimed DJ sets, cross-tying with only the greatest artists alive. David is currently developing new and exciting sounds that are taking his project skywards onto a totally new level as he works on his third artist album.

So keep a close eye on D-Tek, because once he rockets off the surface of the Earth, you won't be able to catch him at all!

D-Tek

Audio-X

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:51:00 +0000

Biography

Audio X is one of the Southeast USA's premiere Hardcore artists, emerging onto the scene in late 2005 with releases on Addictive Vinyl and Audio Reanimation. Later hardcore releases followed with the relaunch of AC Slater's label, Pitched Up Recordings, and the ensuing album, "Plains, Trains, and Alcohol Bills: A Compilation of Excess", as well as with the critically-acclaimed Electronica Exposed family of labels and an appearance on the OneFive compilation, "Hardcore Underground 2".

First introduced to the rave sound in the early nineties with The Prodigy's album, Experience, Audio X has been a lifelong fan of electronic music. He began producing in the late 90s, at first toying with trackers to create old school mashups, and then moving on to more advanced MIDI studios in 2001 and eventually enrolling at Middle Tennessee State University to study Sound Engineering. Taking influences from Old Skool, Happy Hardcore, Jungle, Psy Trance, and the dark, twisted atmospheres of Finnish Freeform, Audio X delivers a diverse, unique experience in an otherwise stagnant hardcore scene.

Audio-X

Terahert

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:57:00 +0000

Biography

Terhert is Interactive Noise. Please check his bio here

Terahert

Monod

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:38:00 +0000

Biography

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Monod

S-Range

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Biography

One of the most innovating and experimenting artists in the Trance scene, Anthony Sillfors, aka S-Range has performed Live and DJ-Sets in almost every country around the World, including Brazil, USA, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Australia, and all over Europe. With four albums under his belt, the Swedish artist started producing trance and sending his own sonic frequencies throughout the world with his hypnotic music that brings nice harmonies and a huge sound scape influenced by science fiction books and movies.

After his hugely popular debut album, 2001, Anthony Sillfors released Space, another piece of sci-fi sample laden high-energy morning trance, and, in 2005, his third acclaimed album, Another Theory, came out in a limited promo edition, which never got official released edition, mastered by Kevin Metcalfe. Celebrating a decade of music producing, Anthony Sillfors released a remix album in 2009, named "Remixed Memories", which brings re-edits of S-Range's classics signed by top trance artists such as Atomic Pulse, Zen Mechanics, Mad Maxx (fr. Sirius Isness), Sangeet, and many others. Under all these years of career as a producer, Anthony Sillfors has sold more than 800 000 copies of his music featured on Albums, Singles, V/A compilations and Digital downloads.

Over the next year, S-Range has a busy release schedule ahead. Starting with the long awaited 5th album, which work-title is Spaceport Sweden. S>Range plans to release this record early in 2011, continuing the journey through his unique style of "Sci-Fi" Trance. Diversifying styles, he will also release a progressive album in the lower BPM regions under the artist name alias Tony Silver. Anthony was a part of Team Cubase for almost 10 years, a relationship with his former Sponsors Steinberg Media Technology, one of the major suppliers of Music applications, including the award winning Cubase 5.

Today Anthony has joined the Presonus team with their music application Studio One, which is developed by Wolfgang Kundrus, who was one of the masterminds behind Cubase. The producer is now building his new Pro studio which is also designed for 5.1 surround mixing and production. In this new work environment, Anthony intends to write a new page in history of electronic music. Expect nothing more than the finest and highest quality productions from this Swedish top artist.

S-Range

Visua

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:27:00 +0000

Biography

Rodrigo Raggi is a Progressive - Psychedelic trance musician from Mexico that performs under the name Visua.

He has published tracks within prevalent trance labels around the globe, including IBOGA, Spin Twist Records, Planet B.E.N. Records, Iono music, Midijum Records, Blue tunes, Yellow Sunshine Explosion, Groove Zone and Plusquam records. He has collaborated in tracks with projects of many countrys such as Gaudium, Aerospace, Zen Mechanics, Motion Drive, Vibrasphere, Liquid Soul, Ocean, Sun Control Species and S-Range.

Visua

Dj Hanzo

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:09:00 +0000

Biography

Mexican Producer & Dj with almost 10 years of experience. He is one of the pioneers on his region of the trance movement. He started to mix tracks playing in friends house were he developed hi skills, technics of mixing. After this, he started to get more involved in electronic music, audio production, and start growing up in the scene as a top dj.

He start to play in local parties and raves, after some time of maturity, he started to get interested in more sofisticated sounds among the trance, and start to mess up with techno and house musics founding in this last one the favorite to mix and create, working by the side of many producer friends of the scene, he travels fist time to sao paulo in 2008 to work in a friends studio as an assitant, and play in some partys in the brazilian territory after this first time he gets all his experience concreted and start to produce music by the professional way, after one year of working hard in the studio in mexico, he came back in 2009 to Brazil to play in several party, getting also another assitant job in one studio in sao paulo, and singing contract for music realesing by "Lo-Kik" Recordings.

The most important house & techno label nowadays in brazilian territory, besides playing on several hotspots in mexico & brazil, his talent has been taking him to play in important festivals and clubs such as Soulvision Festival (www.soulvision.art.br), Native (www.native.art.br), Lowsession (www.lowsession.art.br) important clubs as Delux-e, Bazuah, Club A, Baoba, Porto del Forte, Target.

Dj Hanzo

Quantize

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:07:00 +0000

Biography

Reshef Harari and Adi Ashkenazi is behind the ambitious project aiming to conquer the global stage with their crunchy pumping progressive trance music. The boys have created a style and an expression, which is rarely found in such a high quality.

Quantize has previously released music with Domo records for whom they in 2007 compiled the CD “Stepping forward”. Blue Tunes Records had the pleasure to release the lovely Womanizer remix from early 2008. Also in 2008 a digital download EP was released on Iboga with the track skywalker along a remix by Virb and Padd (ex frogacult). A track which also was featured on the iboga compilation Set:8 Electronic ballroom.

Quantize has also written a marvellous remix of the Ace Ventura / Intelabeam effort “The john”, due out on Iboga at the autumn of 2008. On the album the boys have on three tracks collaborated with some fellow countrymen, namely BLT and Ace ventura as well as O-Grinker.

Get ready for some serious and super well produced progressive Psy-trance from Quantize and Iboga Records.

Quantize

Buttersonic

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:59:00 +0000

Biography

Buttersonic is the solo project of Shahaf Efrat from Israel (Also known for his fullon project “Freedom Fighters”). Buttersonic project was created back in 2006, when Shahaf decided to take the bpm down, and kick the groove up. Step after step he managed to craft his own style while blending ground breaking Progressive Trance, Electro & House.

During the last 2 years, Shahaf has been working hard in his studio, crafting his own sound which so far took the world by storm with releases all over in labels such as: Tribal Vision, Blue Tunes, Spintwist, Iono, Domo & Yellow Sunshine Explosion, while touring the world in places such as: Brazil, Japan, Mexico, England, France, Portugal, Russia, Italy, Turkey & Israel. As for the moment, Buttersonic is working on his debut album that will be released around 2009.

With this repertoire, the future seems greater then ever for this young artist. .. .. ....Releases.... : .. Buttersonic - Ear Peaks | Spintwist Records .. Buttersonic & Aquaspace - True Colors | Y.s.e Records .. Buttersonic - Passion | Domo Records .. V-Tunes - Simple, Dirty & Side Chained (Buttersonic & Quantize Remix) | Domo Records .. Buttersonic - Ear Peaks | Blue Tunes Records .. Buttersonic - Flowers | Spintwist Records .. Buttersonic - Ear Peaks (Duca Remix) | Tribal Vision Records .. Buttersonic & Quantize - Think Different | Blue Tunes Records .. Buttersonic - Ear Peaks (Mute Remix) | Iono Records

Buttersonic

Minoru

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:50:00 +0000

Biography

Born in 1973, Germany, grown up in a musical family, piano lessons from the age of 4 to 16, starting DJing + producing music in 1995, 2001 first album with GMO" "Einblick" / Nova Tekk, 2004 second GMO album "Groovy day" / YSE-Rec., coming soon 1st Minoru album@ IONO Music.

I'm working as a Full-Time-Educator, Producer, DJ + Dad IONO Music welcomes the year 2009 with a new excellent version of the popular "Private Rooms Sessions" series. Minoru is the other musical face of trance old-stager Olaf Gretzmacher, the man behind the legendary GMO project who has already successfully released three album works with well known labels like Millennium Records. Minuro is the Japanese word for "seed" or "naked truth". Therefore Olaf consequently bounded his music on the constituents of modern electronic music - you will listen to decent but driving basslines, warm melodies combined with tricky sound details, constructed in tidy arrangements.

Minoru's music is based on Olaf's musical education and his mellowed technical skills. His debut album is a collection of 10 warm and intelligent tracks, presented as modern electro and techno grooves, but never forgetting his roots in trance. Influenced by GMO's unique defined style, this amazing album can be either enjoyed at home or on the misty-eyed progressive trance floor. With no doubt Minoru will be your swinging companion for a long time. Check it out!

Minoru

Slow Control

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:33:00 +0000

Biography

Slow Control is the Project of Taicir S. Elias a.k.a. Tarta. Starting as a DJ in the mid-2004, Tarta always enjoyed the line of Full On overhanging groove to Progressive Trance.

After attending college in Advertising, decided to enter the time of electronic music. Instead of indulging in the Progressive, Tarta brings in their productions heavy bass grooves and subtle at the same time following the line of true Progressive Trance and following the trends with sounds of Electro, Minimal and Tech-House, Slow Control brings melodies in their songs striking rhythms and bass lines sour, creating his own style of psychedelic music.

In three years with the project Slow Control, Taicir has performed alongside big names such as Progressive Trance Strange Doctors, Analog Drink, among others Neelix

Slow Control

The Invention of MDMA or Ecstasy

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:06:00 +0000

MDMA has the full chemical name of '3,4 Methylene-dioxy-N-methylamphetamine' or 'Methylenedioxymethamphetamine'. The 3,4 indicates the way in which the components of the molecule are joined together, as it is possible to produce an isomer which has all the same components but is joined differently. Although it is derived from organic material, MDMA itself does not occur in nature, and must be created in a complex laboratory process. There are various popular street names for MDMA such as Ecstasy, E, Adam, X and Empathy.

It is a mood/mind altering drug and like Prozac works by effecting the chemical level of Serotonin in our brains, a 'neurotransmitter' naturally present in the brain which can alter our emotions. MDMA also adversely effects blood pressure and pulse rate. Chemically the drug is amphetamine like, but psychologically it's what's known as an empathogen-entactogen, empathogenic means the ability to communicate things to others or the ability to feel empathy towards others and entactogenic means feeling well or good with yourself and the world.

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Ecstasy Effects

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:57:00 +0000

Users claim that MDMA produces intense feelings of pleasure, empathy, warmth and happiness. It also increases sensitivity to music, makes people more emotionally open, and has a stimulating, speedy physical effect.

When Ecstasy is swallowed, the full effect is usually felt within one hour. It starts with tingling and little rushes of exhilaration. Some people may experience nausea or dizziness while coming up but it quickly passes.

The effect builds quickly, coming on in waves within the first two hours, strengthening with each pass. A lightness of mood and relaxation gives way to waves of physical pleasure, euphoria, openness and empathy to others around you. The awareness of touch is strongly heightened. Sexual activity may be more satisfying.

The muscles relax. Perception of sound and colors may be more intense while under the influence of the Love Drug.

Along with feeling good, a person who takes E may find that communicating with others is much easier. They are more open and trusting of others than when not under the influence of the drug. Not only is it easier to talk to others after using X-TC, but the person is also more introspective while under its influence.

The peak arrives and then the effects last 4-6 hours, with a gradual tapering come-down in the last two. Not everyone who tries Ecstasy has a good experience. Some people who use it feel anxious, depressed or even paranoid after using the drug.
Other users report feeling nauseous and complain that their arms and legs feel stiff after ingesting the drug. Excessive thirst is another side effect of using X-TC. The user may not be able to sleep after taking a dose.

Jaw clenching and "clamping" is a common side-effect of Ecstasy and many people get relief by chewing on dummies or gum, smoking cigarettes or sucking on lollipops. Users may also experience muscle cramping. Vision can become blurry.

Coming Down From Ecstasy

On come-down, you may feel physically and emotionally drained. Without the artificial stimulation of E, the body and mind can suffer from exhaustion and anxiety.

It's very important to have somewhere warm and comfortable to go back to, preferably stocked with refreshments, and gentle 'chill' music. General health and regularity of use play a very large part in the harshness of the after-effects.

Ecstasy is rapidly broken down by the liver but about 60% enters the urine unchanged. The urine could be drunk to recycle it, in the same way that Siberian tribesmen drink each other's urine after eating magic mushrooms. This is known in most circles as 'desperate'.

Effect of X-TC on the Brain

E causes (5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) and dopamine to flood the brain. Both are neurotransmitters which influence the flow of information throughout the brain. Changing the balance between the two changes your mood. Ecstasy gives you a glow of well-being, happiness, empathy, euphoria, increases your sensitivity to rhythmic music, and makes you want to dance.

The latest studies show that Ecstasy use can impair the serotonin system and memory performance. Research conducted on subjects who had used E on a couple of hundred occasions showed that people who use the drug had suffered brain damage. The level of brain damage users experience is directly proportional to the number of times the drug was used.

The brain damage found among X-TC users involved the cells responsible for releasing serotonin in the brain. An imaging technique known as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) was used to study the brains of a group of Ecstasy users. Researchers found that the number of healthy serotonin cells in the participants' brains was between 20-60 percent lower than normal. This type of change in the normal level of cells in the brain accounts for the memory loss that long-term users of E may experience.

Side Effects of Ecstasy Use

Here's one side effect when you use ecstasy: your heart will beat faster, you begin to sweat because your body temperature is rising. The other side effects are confusion, depression, insomia, amnesia, hallucinations, paranoia and panic attacks.

Long term side effects are the following: dehydration, hypertension, hyperthermia, heart failure and kidney failure. A small number of E users experience liver damage as a result of their drug use. The fact that Ecstasy increases body temperature may be the cause of this health issue.

The Good Drugs Guide

The Invention of LSD

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:54:00 +0000

LSD was first synthesized on November 16, 1938 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in Sandoz Laboratories in Basle, Switzerland. However, it was a few years before Albert Hofmann realized what he had invented. LSD known as LSD-25 or Lysergic Acid Diathylamide is a psychoactive hallucinogenic drug.

LSD-25

LSD-25 was the twenty-fifth compound developed during Albert Hofmann's study of amides of Lysergic acid, hence the name. LSD is considered a semi-synthetic chemical, the natural component of LSD-25 is lysergic acid, a type of ergot alkaloid that is naturally made by the ergot fungus, a synthesizing process is necessary to create the drug.

LSD was being developed by Sandoz Laboratories as a possible circulatory and respiratory stimulant. Other ergot alkaloids had been studied for medicinal purposes, for example, one ergot was used to induce childbirth.

LSD - Discovery as a Hallucinogen

It was not until 1943 that Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD. LSD has a chemical structure that is very similar to the neurotransmitter called serotonin. However, it is still not clear what produces all the effects of LSD.
According to a Road Junky writers, "Albert Hoffman deliberately dosed himself [after a milder accidental dose] with just 25 mg, an amount he didn't imagine would produce any effect. Hoffman got on his bicycle and rode home [from the Lab] and arrived in a state of panic. He felt he was losing his grip on sanity and could only think to ask for milk from the neighbors to counter the poisoning."

Albert Hoffman's Trip

Albert Hoffman wrote this about his LSD experience, "Everything in the room spun around, and the familiar objects and pieces of furniture assumed grotesque, threatening forms. The lady next door, whom I scarcely recognized, brought me milk… She was no longer Mrs. R., but rather a malevolent, insidious witch with a colored mask.”

Sandoz Laboratories, the only company to manufacture and sell LSD. first marketed the drug in 1947 under the trade name Delysid.

LSD - Legal Status

It is legal to buy Lysergic acid in the U.S. However, it is illegal to process Lysergic acid into lysergic acid diethylamide.

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Effects of LSD

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:45:00 +0000

What Are the Effects of LSD?
Answer: The precise mechanism by which LSD alters perceptions is still unclear. Evidence from laboratory studies suggests that LSD, like hallucinogenic plants, acts on certain groups of serotonin receptors designated the 5-HT2 receptors, and that its effects are most prominent in two brain regions: One is the cerebral cortex, an area involved in mood, cognition, and perception; the other is the locus ceruleus, which receives sensory signals from all areas of the body and has been described as the brain's "novelty detector" for important external stimuli.

LSD's effects typically begin within 30 to 90 minutes of ingestion and may last as long as 12 hours. Users refer to LSD and other hallucinogenic experiences as "trips" and to the acute adverse experiences as "bad trips."

Effects Are Unpredictable

Although most LSD trips include both pleasant and unpleasant aspects, the drug's effects are unpredictable and may vary with the amount ingested and the user's personality, mood, expectations, and surroundings.

Users of LSD may experience some physiological effects, such as:
Increased blood pressure and heart rate
Dizziness
Loss of appetite
Dry mouth
Sweating
Nausea
Numbness
Tremors
However, the drug's major effects are emotional and sensory. The user's emotions may shift rapidly through a range from fear to euphoria, with transitions so rapid that the user may seem to experience several emotions simultaneously.

Hearing Colors, Seeing Sounds

LSD also has dramatic effects on the senses. Colors, smells, sounds, and other sensations seem highly intensified. In some cases, sensory perceptions may blend in a phenomenon known as synesthesia, in which a person seems to hear or feel colors and see sounds.

Hallucinations distort or transform shapes and movements, and they may give rise to a perception that time is moving very slowly or that the user's body is changing shape. On some trips, users experience sensations that are enjoyable and mentally stimulating and that produce a sense of heightened understanding.

Bad trips, however, include terrifying thoughts and nightmarish feelings of anxiety and despair that include fears of insanity, death, or losing control.

Developing Tolerance to LSD

LSD users quickly develop a high degree of tolerance for the drug's effects: After repeated use, they need increasingly larger doses to produce similar effects. LSD use also produces tolerance for other hallucinogenic drugs such as psilocybin and mescaline, but not to drugs such as marijuana, amphetamines, and PCP, which do not act directly on the serotonin receptors affected by LSD.

Tolerance for LSD is short-lived it is lost if the user stops taking the drug for several days. There is no evidence that LSD produces physical withdrawal symptoms when chronic use is stopped.

Two long-term effects persistent psychosis and hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD), more commonly referred to as "flashbacks," have been associated with use of LSD. The causes of these effects, which in some users occur after a single experience with the drug, are not known.

Psychosis

The effects of LSD can be described as drug-induced psychosis-distortion or disorganization of a person's capacity to recognize reality, think rationally, or communicate with others. Some LSD users experience devastating psychological effects that persist after the trip has ended, producing a long-lasting psychotic-like state. LSD-induced persistent psychosis may include dramatic mood swings from mania to profound depression, vivid visual disturbances, and hallucinations. These effects may last for years and can affect people who have no history or other symptoms of psychological disorder.

Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder

Some former LSD users report experiences known colloquially as "flashbacks" and called "HPPD" by physicians. These episodes are spontaneous, repeated, sometimes continuous recurrences of some of the sensory distortions originally produced by LSD.

The experience may include hallucinations, but it most commonly consists of visual disturbances such as seeing false motion on the edges of the field of vision, bright or colored flashes, and halos or trails attached to moving objects. This condition is typically persistent and in some cases remains unchanged for years after individuals have stopped using the drug.

No Known Treatment

Because HPPD symptoms may be mistaken for those of other neurological disorders such as stroke or brain tumors, sufferers may consult a variety of clinicians before the disorder is accurately diagnosed. There is no established treatment for HPPD, although some antidepressant drugs may reduce the symptoms.

Psychotherapy may help patients adjust to the confusion associated with visual distraction and to minimize the fear, expressed by some, that they are suffering brain damage or psychiatric disorder.

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LSD

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:38:00 +0000

What is LSD?

LSD stands for: Dextro lysergic acid diethylamide tartarate-25. It is a man made drug. It was a little known curiosity up to a few years ago. Toda LSD is among the most potent -and most lethal- of the dangerous drugs. It is as Time magazine described it, "a brain eater"

It is non-addctive. But like opium and heroin, it is very hazardous, very dangerous. it is at the top of the psychedelic ladder.

LSD is so potent, laboratory test show, that a single ounce can gie 300,00 doses. It is 100 times more powerful than cocaine or peyote. A pin point of LSD is enough to blast a user's mind off to an uncertain journey.

It affects the central nervous system primaly. It works, therefore, in the brain. It creates, in its action, changes in the user's mood and behavior, perception and sensation.

LSD is aken orally. But it is also injected. Its effects last as long as 72 hours.

How Is LSD Taken?

LSD is usually taken orally. But it is also injected.

It is put in sugar cubes, candies, cookies, asperins, bufferins, colored tablets, liquor, bread and backs of postage stamps when taken orally.

It is not a quick-action drug, except when "mainline~' or injected into a vein and blood stream. When taken orally, it takes effect within 20 minutes to one hour; when injected, it activates in several minutes.

Its effects last as long as 72 hours.

Acidheads prefer to make their LSD trips out of doors (by the sea or a lake, in the mountains or woods). They also set up "sounds" (music, like Ravi Shankar's) and colors (strobe lights) when they take LSD. These make, they explain, for "good trips."

LSD, like any abuse drug's, depends upon the mood and makeup (emotional, intellectual, mental) of the abuser, the amount or dose of the drug, the atmosphere or setting in which the drug is taken. Secondly, LSD, more than any other drug, has a most unpredictable effect. Given these, it has been shown: the presence of a "sitter" or "guide" is no guarantee against trouble; "bad trips" are common in "acid" sessions where "sitters" are present.

It is a false reliance, therefore, to think that an LSD abuser, particularly the starter, is safe when he takes LSD under the guidance of a "travel guide." There, too, is the danger that the so called "guide" may not be that experienced and only worsen a "bad trip" by giving the "bad trip" victim all kinds of counteragents. What Are LSD's Common Dangers?

Hospitals have flashed "LSD dangers." These include:

Panic. An LSD user cannot stop the LSD action. He may fear he is losing his mind, especially if the LSD effect is a "bad trip." When this happens, he may panic, cause injury or death to himself.

Paranoia. The LSD user may feel someone wants to control his mind, harm or kill him. He becomes increasingly suspicious. He may hurt or kill the object of his LSD-made fear. This feeling lasts 72 hours after the LSD has worn off.
Mental Unbalance. As a result of panic and paranoia, the LSD user may get mentally unbalanced. This lasts weeks, months, even years. It requires psychiatric care to cure.
Flashback. When a flashback occurs, the LSD victim may become insane or driven to suicide. (See What Is a Flash- back? above).
Heart Failure. LSD has led to fatal convulsions. "His heart couldn't take it," as a doctor diagnosed an LSD death. It was: heart failure. Cause: LSD.

Accidental Death or Injury. When the LSD user is on a "trip," he may feel he can fly or float, leap out of a high window or tree, fall to his death. Or he may think lie is invincible, walk in front of a car and suffer injuries or even get killed.
Recently, in the U.S.: a young mother beheaded her baby. She was on a "bad trip." In another case, a young man in Brooklyn murdered his mother-jn4aw for no reason that was apparent to him after his LSD episode. In yet another case, an erstwhile "A" law student dug his eyeballs out of their sockets with his bare fingers; he was on LSD.

What Are LSD's Physical Effects?

An average LSD dose is a mere speck in size. But this small speck is powerful enough to keep the LSD user on a "trip" for 8 to 16 hours.

The physical effects are:

A speeding of heart and pulse beats.
A rise in blood pressure and body temperature.
Cold and sweaty palms; shaking of hands and feet.
A flushed face or paleness.
Widely dilated eye pupils.
Chills with goose pirnples.
Nausea, convulsions, vomiting.
Loss of appetite.
The effects disappear as the LSD action subsides.

What Are LSD's Mental Effects?

The psychological or mental effects of LSD may be divided into three groupings:

Changes in the Senses. The impact of LSD on the senses is striking: initially, the outlines of objects begin to waver and distort; in LSD's full effects, flat objects look luminous, colors appear to "run," a glow or halo may appear over another person's head. This phenomenon is a loosening of the normal boundaries of perception; the function of perceiving, organizing and interpreting sense impressions are severely affected by LSD as they reach the brain.

"Hallucinations," which LSD takers report, are among LSD's effects in this grouping. Sounds are "seen" or "felt," colors are "heard" or "tasted," objects "take life" and "pulsate," 3-D forms unfold in geometric or psychedelic patterns. It is, as Dr. Jerome Levine of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health puts it, "a false sensory perception without a basis in external reality." In plain talk, what the LSD abuser sees, hears or feels "arises from within oneself," is not rooted in objective reality.

Changes in Emotions. Emotionally, the effect of LSD is to sharpen or exaggerate the ups and downs a person normally experiences. The usual balancing of emotions is diminished, if not totally shattered. He becomes less stable, if not completely mentally unstable. Thus, LSD abusers are given to rapid and sharp shifts of mood, like: breaking into uproarious laughter for no apparent reason, then suddenly becoming very sad and depressed over no cause.

Actually, it is all in his personality and mood. It is enhanced by the action of LSD. In the LSD state, he can be gripped by emotional chaos; he can be seized by overwhelming fright, break into irrational out bursts of temper. He has no control over his emotions; he s fueled and propelled by the "acid" in him. He can suffer, terefpre, a mental breakdown, which is common among LSD trippers.

Changes in Thinking. LSD's effects on the LSD abuser's thought processes are just as marked as on his percep- tions and emotions. His thinking is impaired, yielding: a false sense of time, disconcern about the future, altered mental images of himself and others, damaged capacity of mental recall and performance. Contrary to claims of the sc-called "priests" of LSD, LSD does not expand and, rather, restricts the range of the LSD abuser's consciousness. LSD abusers, for example, have been found to be unable to make simple arithmetical computations.

A mark of the LSD persons is: wistful thinking. They see

in their LSD experiences only what they wish to be true. This truth, their LSD truth, they hold, is the truth above all truths. It does not square off, of course, with reality; but that's how the LSD abuser, or acidhead, sees it.

How to Spot an LSD User?

An LSD user can be spotted by an alert person. Telltale signs of an LSD user are his strange behavior patterns:

Abrupt changes in personality.
Hallucinations.
Unusually profound statements involving self-awarness, God, the universe.
A sudden comprehension of life.
His physical surroundings become very important.
A widely varying mood. He may sit quietly. Or he may be seized by fear and tremor fits.
Signs are found, as well, in the LSD user's physical condition. He shows:

Widely dilated pupils.
Extreme sensitivity to light. (Thus, LSD users wear dark glasses even at night; they protect their eyes agalnst lights).
Sharp reflexes.
A marked sensitivity to colors.
A high body temperature. He gets sweaty.
Galloping hearbeat, irregular breathing.
Chills, fits, tremors.
Nausea, vomiting.
There, too, is: he looks drunk, but there is no smell of alcohol in hts breath.

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SmokeSign

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:14:00 +0000

Biography

SmokeSign is also PsychoActive.
PsychoActive is the solo project of Kristofer (Krysalis) Mosher. Born in Guatemala City in 1985, he was adopted, saved from death and brought to North America where he was raised with a rich musical background ranging from Punk Rock to Blues to The Eurythmics. Trained as a professional lead vocalist from the age of 2, his form has always been deeply rooted in rich melody. Although fresh to the world of PsyTrance (first hearing Dark Psy in '05) he brings a renewed life to the Genre, while at the same time taking us back to our Goa, Tribal and Spiritual origins.. weaving a deep and beautiful audio journey paired with an ecstatic stage presence that must be experienced live.

Recognized by many as one of the most celebrated Psy artists in his niche of the USA, PsychoActive has been a part of the Underground Electronic Music community in Eugene for a decade, and is going on year 3 as a Psytrance and Psy Breaks DJ as well as a very talented young producer. Melodic Psytrance was introduced to him by Agent Epsylon aka Planewalker (Astral Force Records/Metakinetics) in 2006 while at a summer gathering by the name of Illuminated Forest, he then began mixing the heavy, glitchy and resinous sounds of Aggressive and Full On with the rolling, electric bass lines and victorious leads of Melodic Psytrance, creating his own unique style. In the Fall of 2009 PsychoActive began his journey as a creator of the Music, and in a few short months he has already remixed tracks for some of the most well known names in the Trance circuit; Including: Peacemaker, SynSUN, Eat Static, Mekkanikka and Tikal.

PsychoActive has played in Various gatherings in the Northwest, his first set was in 2007 (Contact festival June 22nd-24th, Salem Oregon) at a three stage multi day gathering where he performed Saturday's sunrise set on a 20,000 watt Turbo TDX sound system. He has also loaned his music to the healing community, playing a set at the Emerald Empire Hempfest '07 (July 21st Eugene, OR) in collaberation with Deko. As a DJ he has played at gatherings with other artists such as MADD MAXX, PLANEWALKER, RANDOM, MUBALI, THE FRACTAL COWBOYS, FACEHEAD, RICK PRESTON, NATHAN STEWART, FOREST AVERY, HECTOR VILLANEUVA, Freaks Of Nature, Squee, Secret Society, Jeigh Baldwin, Psunspot, DJ Penguin, DJ Eep, Know One, Amanita, Sofa King Cool, Andrew Mataus, James Renegade, Luke Mandala and many others..

As a promoter Kris owned one of the biggest production labels in Eugene for three years (WAO EVENTS) and helped with countless events in Oregon. With the guidance of Planewalker he was also a major force in the creation of the Oregon Full On/Melodic scene. Continually working to bring Psy to Oregon, PsychoActive spends most of his time networking, making music and helping promote gatherings of love and light.

SmokeSign

Sienis

noreply@blogger.com (Psytrancer) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:06:00 +0000

Biography

Sienis is a soloproject by Eki Jokisalo, born with Finnish roots year 1981 in the southern parts of Stockholm, Sweden... The inspiration and ideas for this project came during a visit in Goa, India after the shift to the new millenium..... Now, with influences from every soundwave, he creates music that is focused on making the dancefloors go wild & crazy in a psychedelic frenzy with hard, funky, weird & twisted electronic party psy..... There has been more than a dozen compilation releases by Sienis on many labels across the world, along with the debut album 'From A Nutter Perspective' and his recently released 2nd album 'Seriously Unserious' !!!

OUT NOW !!! Sienis - Seriously Unserious (Peyotii Recordings)..

Sienis