Well, they need to fill the place with underage kids, you know...

Probablement la meilleure chose qui soit arrivé à la scène rave (la "pénurie", je veux dire).

Well Mark, I personally love having a smartphone (well, an Iphone in my case, but it's not better than any other smartphone I guess) cause I need to have a calendar, access to internet and that I like the possibility to have apps that do lots of useful things (having a desjardins access on your phone, a gps, a QR code reader, fun games for when you're bored in the subways and all those not-so-useful but still enjoyable things...)

[ soundcloud.com ]

Experimental/Glitch-Hop/Breaks mix by Circuit Bent.

It's a damn phone...not a way of life, or a clothing style, or a way of expressing one self. Therefore, I chose to go with what I find the most practical. The Iphone does it's job pretty well for me: it's simple, straight to the point, and offers me all I need.

I'm not saying that the iphone is better than other smart phones...but I'm used to the apple interfaces and don't have any technical problem with their products.

The other phone I was thinking about at the time when I got mine was the Google phone (Nexus one). But it wasn't out yet and I decided to go with the Iphone. I'd say you should check the Nexus if you don't wanna get an Iphone.

There's much more in store. Just wait buddy. We're going to push the whole thing forward :)

Sick man, love the sound of that second trac (the first one sounds a bit pop-ish to me, but still sounds good).

Will definitely sign it if someone brings it at Sundari.

+2

Tonight!

YES!!!!

Sounds like a killer festival. Cannot wait!

It's been said before, but maybe you should stop looking at posts by psytrancers on this forum as representative of the whole psytrance scene. If I was to consider posts by people on this forum as representative of the whole human race, I'd sure as hell feel depressed because of all the drama and nonsense.

I personally think this scene war thing is totally unproductive.

I may not be a fan of Hardcore but I don't see why I should despise the Hardcore scene or wish it any harm. I see myself as a countercultural element much more than anything else. Sticking to one specific scene, limiting oneself to one genre of music, one group of friends or scene, I feel is a bit restrictive.

Woah, just saw that Kraddy is on the line-up!

Will be :)

Claude Vonstroke
Scuba
Dâm Funk
Appleblim

Official video now online:
[ vimeo.com ]

If they tax marijuana, it would bring more money for to the government to spend on social services or something else, would be more expensive and therefore would stop some people from smoking too much. Anyways, we are at that point where there probably wouldn't be more people smoking if it was legal.

I'm all for marijuana being legal and taxed.

Woah, nice! I didn't even know there was a new Boxcutter.

[ www.phidelity.com ]

Random Rab live at Synchromystic 2009 (mix)

Isn't it a bit weird to accept a booking to play some kinda music you don't really know ... ?

Some very good bassy beats from Heyoka's last album, Mandelbass.

There is a clear difference between letting companies look at precise informations on individuals, and using programs to look for keywords on profiles and use that for targeted publicity...

What kind of downtempo music are you looking for? These are some projects that goes from ambient to midtempo (with some also having more uptempo tracks) that you may find interesting.

Ott (psydub)
Ashtech (dub/psydub)
Mythematica (psydub)
Bluetech (psydub)
KilloWatts (psydub)
Mental Extensions (psydub)
Gaudi (dub/psydub)
Tim Hecker (ambient)
Brian Eno (ambient)
The Orb (dub/idm/ambient)
Coil (ambient/idm/industrial/experimental)
Aphex Twin (ambient/breaks/drill n' bass/etc) [selected ambient works 1 and 2]
Proem (ambient/idm)
Hecq (ambient/idm/dubstep)
Kaminanda (psydub/dubstep/world)
Kaya Project (psybient/world)
Nalepa (dub/idm)
Prefuse 73 (hip-hop/experimental)
Rumpistol (dub/idm)
Random Rab (dub/idm)
Wagawaga (dub/idm/dubstep)
edIt (glitch-hop/idm)
Tipper (ambient/trip-hop/glitch-hop/breaks/idm/etc)
The Flashbulb and his Benn Jordan project (ambient/drill n' bass/idm/breaks/instrumental) [depends on the tracks...]
Shen (dub/psydub)
Heyoka (dub/psydub/dubstep/glitch-hop/drum and bass/idm) [first albums]
Deru (trip-hop/glitch-hop/idm)
Bonobo (trip-hop)
Massive Attack (trip-hop)
Portishead (trip-hop/acid jazz)
Asura (psybient)
Amon Tobin (trip-hop/acid jazz/drum and bass/idm) [look for his more jazzy and experimental stuff]
Ben Frost (dark ambient/etheral rock)
Sigur Ros (ambient/etheral rock)
Shpongle (psybient/psydub/world/idm)
Shulman (psybient/psydub/idm)
DJ Krush (trip-hop)
DJ Spookey (trip-hop/illbient)
Kettel (idm)
Boards of Canada (idm)



A downtempo set by Tipper : [ soundcloud.com ]

It's actually DJ Spooky, not Spookey.

Great party, good vibes, nice deco.

Glad there was two rooms. The psytrance room was cool but a bit too dark/uptempo for me (matter of taste). So I ended up spending most of the night in the second room.

Amazing sets by Zentrix, Subtone and Living Stone. Those guys totally blew me away.

Those who think psytrance sounds always the same should listen to this track :)

Mickos... Je crois que ce que tu comprends pas, c'est qu'il y a une bonne partie de la population, moi y compris, qui vont préférer payer un peu plus cher pour que leur soirée en vaille la peine. Ça me dérange pas de payer un 30-40 piaces pour un party si c'est un party avec une super sono, des bons headliners et de la déco intense.

Faire des partys pas chers pour que les gens paumés puissent avoir du fun, c'est super. Mais il faut pas oublier qu'un rave, à la base, c'est censé être une expérience d'immersion dans un univers musical et créatif, pas juste un endroit pour faire la débauche avec des jeunes de 15 ans défoncés sur l'extacy.

Qu'on le veuille ou non, ça prend de l'argent pour monter une expérience plus poussée qu'un rave dans un sous-sol d'église, où on doit se watcher pour pas parler trop fort quand on sort dehors fumer une clope pour pas faire chier les voisins. If you know what I mean.

Psytrance / Glitch Hop & Dubstep / Chill


3 Salles avec artistes internationaux dans chaques /
3 Rooms with international headliners in each (Psytrance/Dubstep/Prog/Glitch-Hop/Chill-Out/Idm)

Activités interactives sur place \ Interactives activities

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* Zagöra * (Psytrance Room) :

_-|l Biogenesis LIVE! l|-_ {Nutek / MEXICO}
[ www.myspace.com ]

BioGenesis is one of the most exciting, new projects to come out from Mexico. Behind BioGenesis are Mikeldi & Carlos, two young Mexican-born musicians, who have been making music together since 1999. BioGenesis appeared on the scene around 2006, and released their debut album " Harmonic Science " in 2008, which has had a great response form the dance-floors worldwide. They have also been releasing music with artists such as CPU, GMS, Mekkanikka, Xerox & Illumination, Sirius Isness, Atomic Pulse, Painkiller, etc, as well as various International labels, which has been a factor to their rapidly growing reputation.

_-|l Mekkanikka LIVE! l|-_ {Nutek, Phantasm / SPAIN}
[ www.myspace.com ]

Nikka began his own super psychedelic project of Mekkanikka, releasing Basic Tribal Pattern in 2003 on the famous label, Spirit Zone record. Since then he has received lots of postive attention from international dancefloors all around the world, and has had many released alums and individual tracks on compilations from labels such as 3d Vision, Spirit Zone, Nutek rec., Neurobiotic, Turbo Trance Rec., Spliff Rec, Agitato Rec., Phantasm Rec, Materia Rec... and so many others. His last album called "2046" is a masterpiece of production, and was released on Phantasm rec. Mekkanikka is now located between Barcelona and Ibiza, where he is producing his next album, He has been playing his cutting edge new sound around the world. His massive collaboration with other psytrance artists such as Bliss, Earthling, Mad Maxx, XSI, Painkiller, Chromatone, Vibraddict, Planet B.E.N, CPU, Sirius_Isness and more...., gave him the opportunity to express many different musical genre within the psytrance scene. So eat your veggies, dust out your dancing shoes, Get back into shape for this is a moment of pur psychedelik dancefloor bliss.

_-|l Terrafractyl LIVE! l|-_ {Vertigo, Sundance, Adapted / AUSTRALIA}
[ www.myspace.com ]

Felix Greenlees aka Terrafractyl has been playing and writing music for as long as he can remember. Brought up on a diet of Classical, Opera and Jazz he eventually went on to play Bassoon in several professional orchestras around Australia. He has also played piano for most of his life, and was over the moon when he discovered a genre of music into which he could incorporate all the different types of music he had grown to love. It was called Goa-trance. Since then Felix never looked back, and he is now one of the most prominent and sought after psytrance performers in Australia. He has perormed at most of the major festivals in Australia, and has been in constant demand for the past 3 years all around the country to play at parties of all shapes and sizes. Most recently Felix played at festivals for Vertigo records in Russia and Ukraine. His Debut album was released on Sundance Records in April this year and He has released tracks on compilations for 5 labels around the world including Sundance, Vertigo, Adapted, Regen, and Psynuematix records. He also has upcoming releases on Millenium records, Morning monsters and Up records.
Latley Felix has been spending more time expanding his other projects, Mental extensions, Hypnagog and free standing pickles. but psytrance is wedged firmly in his soul... and, he suspects it may always be.

_-|l DJ Anya l|-_ {Sonic Beatin / USA}
[ djmix.net ]

Anya is a Russian dj, member, promoter, and booking agent for the successful Boston-based Sonic Beating crew. She enjoys DJing many different styles of electronic music including full-on and dark psytrance, minimal techno/tech house, IDM, and progressive. Because she started listening to electronic music over 15 years ago, her taste is wide and varied, and her passion is to just see everyone dance. Anya has been involved with Sonic Beating for over 3 years and has worked with the SB...

_-|lCosmic Orgasm LIVE! l|-_ {Psykonexus, 20Hertz / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

_-|l Virtual Light Dj Set! l|-_ {Geomagenetic / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

_-|l E.T. LIVE! l|-_ {Mechanimals, Sketchy Labs / Montreal}
[ soundcloud.com ]

_-|l Bad Chemistry LIVE! l|-_ {Jester Rec., Sketchy Labs / Montreal}
[ soundcloud.com ]

_-|l Zentrix Dj Set! l|-_ {Digital Garden / Montreal}
[ soundcloud.com ]

_-|l Epinephrin Dj Set! l|-_ {Sketchy Labs / Montreal}

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* Oasis * (Glitch Hop, Dubstep) by Subliminal Frequencies:

-0-o Heyoka LIVE ! o-0- {Multimusic / USA}
[ www.heyokamusic.com ]
[ www.myspace.com ]

Heyoka, AKA Andrei Olenev, is a cosmic auditory scientist found in the Bay Area noosphere, who has been blowing minds with his sonic manipulations.Muti Music first released Heyoka’s “Space Case EP” in 2008 and included him on their growing ...roster of talented artists. His albums 'Whomp Gland & Pineal Dub', 'Gate Code' and the 'Marklar' and 'Cosmic Boogie' albums in 2010 have shown that he is a producer consistently evolving his musical style while managing to maintain a signature sound that is distinctively 'Heyoka'. He comes back in 2011 with the new album 'Mandelbass' that pushes the boundaries of bass music into unnexplored territories. His early influences in Downtempo, Dub and IDM combined with midtempo dancefloor genres have helped create a very unique sound that combines relentless basslines, hip hop rhythms, dub vibes, and musicality and melody, all within an atmosphere of heavy psychedelia and alien dimensions. The response to his emergence so far has been overwhelming with Heyoka developing audiences and playing festivals from US to Canada and Australia. For a mind bending experience in dub inspired Glitch Hop, keep your ear to the ground for Heyoka playing a city or festival near you.

-0-o Bil Bless LIVE! o-0- ...{Indie / USA}
[ bilbless.bandcamp.com ]

-0-o Living Stone LIVE! o-0- {Dig.iT.aL recordings, monkey dub, Daily City Records / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

"Living~Stone brings game. Genre hopping loop teaser, anywhere this boy is there’s a party. Even the most sceptical folk-rock fanatic has been known to drop their tambourine and break into the dubstep slow bump at the drop of his hi-hat shuffle over the dirty big bass. He is a jump up raver behind the decks- quite blatantly having as much fun throwing down the tracks as the bouncing pit of happy before him. He's behind the booth but there is no division between him and the dance floor. His IS the dance floor. Pushing the genre to its party maximum, while previously loved tracks are given a new lease on life new ones are tested, the reactions noted and all the while the revelry continues. Just try and stand still to this dub monkey’s big sound".

-0-o Construct Dj Set! o-0- {J'AIME LE DUBSTEP / Montreal}
J'aime Le Dubstep, Dub Cartel Recs., Crude Recs, Dubstep.FM, [ Jungletrain.net ] / Montreal

"A bricklayer in the Canadian Bass Music scene, Construct is the founder of the popular J’aime Le Dubstep mix series, the BreakBeat Elite crew and was responsible for the very popular CKDU 88.1FM [ ] radio show Broken Science. His resume of artists that he’s shared a stage with reads like a who’s who of International Producers such as Starkey, Bassnectar, Goldie, Bar 9, Borgore, Emalkay, Datsik, Excision, Nero, L.A. Riots, Dj Lord, 6Blocc, 0=0, RSD, DZ, Poirier, Mark Instinct, and XI just to name a few. With JLD drawing in international recognition and tour dates popping up Construct is a definitive source of cutting edge Bass Music that pleases the booty shakers and the serious heads every time he blows up a party. Construct currently releases a weekly J’aime Le Dubstep podcast on iTunes & [ Wickedbad.net ] Teamed up with Vilify, he plays on [ JUNGLETRAIN.net ] every Monday 7-9pm EST, SUB.FM every Friday 9-11pm EST and their weekly event Bass Drive Wednesdays at the Belmont, a staple in the Montreal Dubstep scene."

-0-o Wally Dj Set o-0- {Foward Music / Montreal}
[ soundcloud.com ]

-0-o Man of Zion Dj Set o-0- {Imperative Rec. / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

-0-o 11:11 LIVE! o-0- {Indie / Montreal}
[ www.soundcloud.com ]

0-o Kimazea LIVE! o-0- {Indie / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

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* SkyHigh Sanctuary * (Chill Room):

▀._ Hypnagog LIVE! _.▀ {Up Rec., Vertigo Rec. / Australia}
[ www.myspace.com ]

Hypnagog is a new experiment of Felix Greenlees' (Terrafractyl, Mental Extensions)... After years of writing Psychedelic dance music and experimenting with plenty of other sonic forms, Felix has recently been listening to a lot more downtempo psychedelic breaks, IDM and the like, and felt it was time to try and combine these styles with his own to try and create some kind of hybrid, beat driven yet melodic sound.

▀._ Sabi Non-Stop Dj Set! _.▀ {Big Member, Six feet high / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

▀._ Gulf Stream LIVE! _.▀ {Indie / Montreal}
[ soundcloud.com ]

▀._ Boyscout killers LIVE! _.▀ {Place Machine Rec. / Montreal}
[ www.myspace.com ]

▀._ Clectic vS Kimazea Dj Set! _.▀ {Indie / Montreal}

▀._ Field Equation Dj Set! _.▀ {Digital Garden / Montreal}

▀._ Temperature Basse Dj Set! _.▀ {Human Network, Sketchy Labs / Montreal}

▀._ Eck Dj Set! _.▀ {Indie / Montreal}

▀._ Nolin Dj Set! _.▀ {Human Network / Montreal}

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Billets:
Mars:25$
Avril:30$
May:35$
Door:???
===> Points de vente:
(Mtl) Psychonaut 154 rue Prince Arthur,
Off The Hook 1021 Ste Catherine Ouest
(Qc) Chanvre Du Nord, 38 de Martigny Est à St-Jérôme
Ainsi qu'au numéro suivant 514-290-7263 et 438-869-7660

VENUE: Theatre Sans-Fil, 411 av. Letourneux, Montreal

Une production de Skecthy Labs & Subliminal Frequencies en collaboration avec Digital Garden et Logic Vision

Don't think so (if I did, I was probably too busy being high and can't remember hearing his beats).

Sad to think he played there and I didn't get to hear him.

Really liking the fact that there'll be 3 rooms with a wide variety of music.

Vince, I love your flyers.

Can't wait to see the deco. Looks crazy.

You might want to check for some electronic dub and psydub instead of dubstep (Blisss) if it is that vibe that you like.

Heyoka, qui vas jouer en mai au Théatre Sans Fil :)

Some classics...

For once that there is a thread about music on [ rave.ca ] can we keep the bullshit away?

Most of the older (2005-2007) dubstep is really chill stuff.

Skream's self titled album. Kromestar, Mala and Coki (digital mystikz), Plastician, Distance, Burial...

Look for the DMZ releases for the older and more chill beats.

Kode9 is a true pioneer of bass music, his Memories of The Future is incredible. His label, Hyperdub, also releases lots of good stuff by amazing producers.







By the way...this "chill dubstep" is the original dubstep. It's a shame people don't know about this music a little more.

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Ok..tought I'd drop some more tracks...

Maybe you're not hanging around the good people? Haven't seen anything that could have gone wrong at Open Mind. No sketchy people, no one shaking and acting twitchy because of too much stimulants. Mainly people on psychedelic enjoying their festival.

Also...I guess that since drugs are that bad, bringing children to events where there is alohol being sold or consumed is also not a good idea?

Although Open Mind was amazing last year, and probably will be even better this year, I'd tend to think that if you've never been to Shambles, it's totally worth missing Open Mind. Shambhala is a life changing experience (or at least, it was for me).

À quelque part je me dis que d'acheter du styrofoam pour faire une sculpture c'est dans les limites de l'acceptable. On s'empêche pas de faire des festival même si tout le monde doit dépenser tout plein de gaz pour se rendre là en voiture...

I know. What I'm saying exactly is that if you look past the fact that it's getting "mainstream" and focus on the positive elements, you can still enjoy your party. I love small parties and more intimate settings with fewer but more select people, but those small parties don't have the mean to build huge deco/art/installations and bring tons of diverse music/headliners.

Shambhala's great even if it's getting more mainstream. But I've seen it already so if I gotta have a big party this year it's gonna be BM.

Also, there is tons of other interesting festivals in Canada and in the US.