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Trance Generation by Transformation
Trance generation by transformation Darrell Conklin1,2 and Louis Bigo1 1 Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebasti´an, Spain 2 IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain 1 Introduction Music generation methods can be broadly divided into two categories: rule-based methods use specified rules and constraints for style emulation and algorithmic composition; machine learning approaches generate musical objects by sampling from statistical models built from large corpora of music. In this paper we apply a mixed approach, generation by transformation, which conserves structural fea- tures of an existing piece while generating variable parts with a statistical model (Bigo and Conklin, 2015; Goienetxea and Conklin, 2015). In recent years several music informatics studies have started to explore electronic dance music (EDM) using audio analysis (Diakopoulos et al., 2009; Collins, 2012; Rocha et al., 2013; Yadati et al., 2014; Panteli et al., 2014). The symbolic generation of EDM is a new problem that has been explored in the work of Eigenfeldt and Pasquier (2013), who use a corpus of 100 EDM songs for the extraction of low order statistics. In our approach to EDM generation, a single template piece in Logic Pro X (LPX) format is transformed using a statistical model. As in most digital audio workstation formats, an LPX project contains e↵ects, instrumentation, and orchestration, which can all be inherited by a transformed piece. 2 Methods In this work we focus on generation of the EDM subgenre of trance.The approach to trance generation follows three steps: chord sequence extraction and transformation; chord voicing; and LPX streaming. -
The Psytrance Party
THE PSYTRANCE PARTY C. DE LEDESMA M.Phil. 2011 THE PSYTRANCE PARTY CHARLES DE LEDESMA A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London for the degree of Master of Philosophy August 2011 Abstract In my study, I explore a specific kind of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) event - the psytrance party to highlight the importance of social connectivity and the generation of a modern form of communitas (Turner, 1969, 1982). Since the early 90s psytrance, and a related earlier style, Goa trance, have been understood as hedonist music cultures where participants seek to get into a trance-like state through all night dancing and psychedelic drugs consumption. Authors (Cole and Hannan, 1997; D’Andrea, 2007; Partridge, 2004; St John 2010a and 2010b; Saldanha, 2007) conflate this electronic dance music with spirituality and indigene rituals. In addition, they locate psytrance in a neo-psychedelic countercultural continuum with roots stretching back to the 1960s. Others locate the trance party events, driven by fast, hypnotic, beat-driven, largely instrumental music, as post sub cultural and neo-tribal, representing symbolic resistance to capitalism and neo liberalism. My study is in partial agreement with these readings when applied to genre history, but questions their validity for contemporary practice. The data I collected at and around the 2008 Offworld festival demonstrates that participants found the psytrance experience enjoyable and enriching, despite an apparent lack of overt euphoria, spectacular transgression, or sustained hedonism. I suggest that my work adds to an existing body of literature on psytrance in its exploration of a dance music event as a liminal space, redolent with communitas, but one too which foregrounds mundane features, such as socialising and pleasure. -
Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival DC
Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival GRAHAM ST JOHN UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Abstract !is article explores the religio-spiritual characteristics of psytrance (psychedelic trance), attending speci"cally to the characteristics of what I call neotrance apparent within the contemporary trance event, the countercultural inheritance of the “tribal” psytrance festival, and the dramatizing of participants’ “ultimate concerns” within the festival framework. An exploration of the psychedelic festival offers insights on ecstatic (self- transcendent), performative (self-expressive) and re!exive (conscious alternative) trajectories within psytrance music culture. I address this dynamic with reference to Portugal’s Boom Festival. Keywords psytrance, neotrance, psychedelic festival, trance states, religion, new spirituality, liminality, neotribe Figure 1: Main Floor, Boom Festival 2008, Portugal – Photo by jakob kolar www.jacomedia.net As electronic dance music cultures (EDMCs) flourish in the global present, their relig- ious and/or spiritual character have become common subjects of exploration for scholars of religion, music and culture.1 This article addresses the religio-spiritual Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 1(1) 2009, 35-64 + Dancecult ISSN 1947-5403 ©2009 Dancecult http://www.dancecult.net/ DC Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture – DOI 10.12801/1947-5403.2009.01.01.03 + D DC –C 36 Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture • vol 1 no 1 characteristics of psytrance (psychedelic trance), attending specifically to the charac- teristics of the contemporary trance event which I call neotrance, the countercultural inheritance of the “tribal” psytrance festival, and the dramatizing of participants’ “ul- timate concerns” within the framework of the “visionary” music festival. -
Hands up Classics Pulsedriver Hands up Magazine Anniversary Edition
HUMAG 12 Hands up Magazine anniversary Edition hANDS Up cLASSICS Pulsedriver Page 1 Welcome, The time has finally come, the 12th edition of the magazine has appeared, it took a long time and a lot has happened, but it is done. There are again specials, including an article about pulsedriver, three pages on which you can read everything that has changed at HUMAG over time and how the de- sign has changed, one page about one of the biggest hands up fans, namely Gabriel Chai from Singapo- re, who also works as a DJ, an exclusive interview with Nick Unique and at the locations an article about Der Gelber Elefant discotheque in Mühlheim an der Ruhr. For the first time, this magazine is also available for download in English from our website for our friends from Poland and Singapore and from many other countries. We keep our fingers crossed Richard Gollnik that the events will continue in 2021 and hopefully [email protected] the Easter Rave and the TechnoBase birthday will take place. Since I was really getting started again professionally and was also ill, there were unfortu- nately long delays in the publication of the magazi- ne. I apologize for this. I wish you happy reading, Have a nice Christmas and a happy new year. Your Richard Gollnik Something Christmas by Marious The new Song Christmas Time by Mariousis now available on all download portals Page 2 content Crossword puzzle What is hands up? A crossword puzzle about the An explanation from Hands hands up scene with the chan- Up. -
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This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from Explore Bristol Research, http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk Author: Charles, Christopher Title: Psyculture in Bristol Careers, Projects and Strategies in Digital Music-Making General rights Access to the thesis is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Public License. A copy of this may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode This license sets out your rights and the restrictions that apply to your access to the thesis so it is important you read this before proceeding. Take down policy Some pages of this thesis may have been removed for copyright restrictions prior to having it been deposited in Explore Bristol Research. However, if you have discovered material within the thesis that you consider to be unlawful e.g. breaches of copyright (either yours or that of a third party) or any other law, including but not limited to those relating to patent, trademark, confidentiality, data protection, obscenity, defamation, libel, then please contact [email protected] and include the following information in your message: •Your contact details •Bibliographic details for the item, including a URL •An outline nature of the complaint Your claim will be investigated and, where appropriate, the item in question will be removed from public view as soon as possible. Psyculture in Bristol: Careers, Projects, and Strategies in Digital Music-Making Christopher Charles A dissertation submitted to the University of Bristol in accordance with the requirements for award of the degree of Ph. D. -
House, Techno & the Origins of Electronic Dance Music
HOUSE, TECHNO & THE ORIGINS OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC 1 EARLY HOUSE AND TECHNO ARTISTS THE STUDIO AS AN INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY AND ‘MISTAKES’ OR ‘MISUSE’ 2 How did we get here? disco electro-pop soul / funk Garage - NYC House - Chicago Techno - Detroit Paradise Garage - NYC Larry Levan (and Frankie Knuckles) Chicago House Music House music borrowed disco’s percussion, with the bass drum on every beat, with hi-hat 8th note offbeats on every bar and a snare marking beats 2 and 4. House musicians added synthesizer bass lines, electronic drums, electronic effects, samples from funk and pop, and vocals using reverb and delay. They balanced live instruments and singing with electronics. Like Disco, House music was “inclusive” (both socially and musically), infuenced by synthpop, rock, reggae, new wave, punk and industrial. Music made for dancing. It was not initially aimed at commercial success. The Warehouse Discotheque that opened in 1977 The Warehouse was the place to be in Chicago’s late-’70s nightlife scene. An old three-story warehouse in Chicago’s west-loop industrial area meant for only 500 patrons, the Warehouse often had over 2000 people crammed into its dark dance foor trying to hear DJ Frankie Knuckles’ magic. In 1982, management at the Warehouse doubled the admission, driving away the original crowd, as well as Knuckles. Frankie Knuckles and The Warehouse "The Godfather of House Music" Grew up in the South Bronx and worked together with his friend Larry Levan in NYC before moving to Chicago. Main DJ at “The Warehouse” until 1982 In the early 80’s, as disco was fading, he started mixing disco records with a drum machines and spacey, drawn out lines. -
Cooked in the Lab Dark, Techy D&B Trio Ivy Lab Break Bad on LP P.108
MUSIC DECEMBER ON THE DANCEFLOOR This month’s tracks played out p. 92 GO LONG! The long-players listened to p. 108 WILD COMBINATION The most crucial compilations p. 113 Cooked In The Lab Dark, techy d&b trio Ivy Lab break bad on LP p.108 djmag.com 091 HOUSE REVIEWS BEN ARNOLD [email protected] melancholy pianos, ‘A Fading Glance’ is a lovely, swelling thing, QUICKIES gorgeously understated. ‘Mayflies’ is brimming with moody, building La Fleur Fred P atmospherics, minor chord pads Make A Move Modern Architect and Burial-esque snatches of vo- Watergate Energy Of Sound cal. ‘Whenever I Try To Leave’ winds 9.0 8.5 it up, a wash of echoing percus- The first lady of Berlin’s A most generous six sion, deep, unctuous vibrations Watergate unleashes tracks from the superb and gently soothing pianos chords. three tracks of Fred Peterkin. It’s all This could lead Sawyer somewhere unrivalled firmness. If great, but ‘Tokyo To special. ‘Make A Move’’s hoover Chiba’, ‘Don’t Be Afraid’, bass doesn’t get you, with Minako on vocals, Hexxy/Andy Butler ‘Result’’s emotive vibes and ‘Memory P’ stand Edging/Bewm Chawqk will. Lovely. out. Get involved. Mr. Intl 7. 5 Various Shift Work A statuesque release from Andy Hudd Traxx Now & Document II ‘Hercules & Love Affair’ Butler’s Mr. Then Houndstooth Intl label. Hexxy is his new project Hudd Traxx 7. 5 with DJ Nark, founder of the excel- 7. 5 Fine work in the lent ‘aural gallery’ site Bottom Part four of four in this hinterland between Forty and Nark magazine. -
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Name: Niraj Singh ACOUSTAMIND Hometown: Mumbai Genre: Electronic Dance Music: Psytrance, Dark Progressive Likes (Facebook): 1270 likes About: Acoustamind - is Niraj Singh who is born and bred from Bombay, India. Niraj got acquainted with disc joking at a very tender age of 16. In his Djing journey, he was hit by the psychedelic music wave in 2005 which gave birth to his psychedelic project “Psyboy Original” under which he performed in several events and festivals throughout India. Completed his “Audio Engineering” from the prestigious SAE institute in the year 2012 to deepen his understanding of music production and is currently pursuing Acoustical instruments. He spends majority time of the day in his studio (Rabbit Hole Soundlab), producing music which consists of dark and harmonic atmospheres, deep and powerful bass lines, psychedelic melodies and synthesized rhythms. His music is a smooth blend of familiar Sounds from the nature and unheard Alienated sounds. “Acoustamind” as a project believes and focuses on working with collaboration with various artists like Karran, Shishiva, etc to produce music with cross collaboration of creative ideologies. Niraj has shared the stage with many senior artists of the dark and forest psychedelic trance genre on numnerous occasions in Goa and other parts of India. Acoustamind’s objective is to spread UNBOUNDED FRESH BREATHTAKING AND BRAIN TRANSFORMING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES with a humble smile through SOUNDCARPETS MELTED WITH PHAT KICKS AND ULTRAUEBERROLLING GROOVY BASSLINES and wishes to travel the world. http://bhooteshwara.com/artist/acoustamind/ http://soundcloud.com/…/acoustamind-vs-kosmic-baba-bad-robot Name: Ovnimoon records ALPHATRANCE Hometown: Toulouse, France Genre: Psychedelic trance, Progressive trance Psytrance, Trance Likes(Facebook): 10,588 About: Dj Alphatrance (Ovnimoon Records) is DJ who is spiritually enlightened by Buddhism. -
Street Parade 2018 Starting Order
STREET PARADE 2018 STARTING ORDER Opening: 13:00h, Start Parade 14:00h. Veranstalter Start-Time DJs Motto Genre The BPM Festival (POR), Club Bellevue (ZH), 1 14:00 Nicole Moudaber, Dubfire Tech-House, Techno Verein Friends Of Street Parade (ZH) 2 Tito Torres & friends, Chic Music (ZH) 14:08 Tito Torres, Joe T Vannelli, Sachi Toyama, B.K., Ron Red Passion Techno, House, Tech-House 3 Pat Farrell, Dukes (ZH, ZG) 14:16 Pat Farrell, Robin Tune, Bass Hours Garden of Eden Progressive, Bigroom, Future House 4 Vagabundos (ES), Terrazzza (ZH) 14:24 Luciano, Ezikiel, David Aurel, Murciano, Kantarik Tech-House 5 Mz Mz Mz (ZH) 14:32 Animal Trainer, Visionkids Tech-House, Techno 6 Mr. Da-Nos, LeeRoy, XworkX Artists (ZH) 14:40 Mr. Da-Nos, LeeRoy, DeeCello, Sven May, Black Spirit, Roger M. Be part of our One Nation Family! House, Electro, EDM 7 Synergy Events (VD) 14:48 Liquid Soul, Sean Tyas, Darren Porter, Madwave, Ferry Tale, Andy Wonderland «The Trance Journey Trance 8 Materiamusic (TI) 14:56 Fabio Florido, Stallo, Max Evolve, expand, impress Techno 9 JUR Records (AG) 15:04 Agent C., Nade, Hellchild, Z-Groove, Infernat Bastard, K-Base Louder Than Hell Drum and Bass 10 Attico Club (ZH), Carol Fernandez (BE) 15:12 Carol Fernandez, Basement Brothers, Jose Maria Ramonm, Sei B, Xicu Portas live, u.a. Egypt - Black'n'Gold House, Deep-, Techhouse, EDM 11 Klaus (ZH) 15:20 De La Maso, Raphael Raban, Nici Faerber, Pazkal, Aaron, Khaleian Klaus macht mobil Deep House, Tech Hous 12 Party-Fraktion Wattenscheid (DE) 15:28 Quicksilver, Spacekid, Pearl, PFW Allstars Back to the 90s. -
Genre in Practice: Categories, Metadata and Music-Making in Psytrance Culture
Genre in Practice: Categories, Metadata and Music-Making in Psytrance Culture Feature Article Christopher Charles University of Bristol (UK) Abstract Digital technology has changed the way in which genre terms are used in today’s musical cultures. Web 2.0 services have given musicians greater control over how their music is categorised than in previous eras, and the tagging systems they contain have created a non-hierarchical environment in which musical genres, descriptive terms, and a wide range of other metadata can be deployed in combination, allowing musicians to describe their musical output with greater subtlety than before. This article looks at these changes in the context of psyculture, an international EDM culture characterised by a wide vocabulary of stylistic terms, highlighting the significance of these changes for modern-day music careers. Profiles are given of two artists, and their use of genre on social media platforms is outlined. The article focuses on two genres which have thus far been peripheral to the literature on psyculture, forest psytrance and psydub. It also touches on related genres and some novel concepts employed by participants (”morning forest” and ”tundra”). Keywords: psyculture; genre; internet; forest psytrance; psydub Christopher Charles is a musician and researcher from Bristol, UK. His recent PhD thesis (2019) looked at the careers of psychedelic musicians in Bristol with chapters on event promotion, digital music distribution, and online learning. He produces and performs psydub music under the name Geoglyph, and forest psytrance under the name Espertine. Email: <[email protected]>. Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 12(1): 22–47 ISSN 1947-5403 ©2020 Dancecult http://dj.dancecult.net http://dx.doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2020.12.01.09 Charles | Genre in Practice: Categories, Metadata and Music-Making in Psytrance Culture 23 Introduction The internet has brought about important changes to the nature and function of genre in today’s musical cultures. -
Aliens, Afropsychedelia and Psyculture
The Vibe of the Exiles: Aliens, Afropsychedelia and Psyculture Feature Article Graham St John Griffith University (Australia) Abstract This article offers detailed comment on thevibe of the exiles, a socio-sonic aesthetic infused with the sensibility of the exile, of compatriotism in expatriation, a characteristic of psychedelic electronica from Goatrance to psytrance and beyond (i.e. psyculture). The commentary focuses on an emancipatory artifice which sees participants in the psyculture continuum adopt the figure of the alien in transpersonal and utopian projects. Decaled with the cosmic liminality of space exploration, alien encounter and abduction repurposed from science fiction, psychedelic event-culture cultivates posthumanist pretentions resembling Afrofuturist sensibilities that are identified with, appropriated and reassembled by participants. Offering a range of examples, among them Israeli psychedelic artists bent on entering another world, the article explores the interface of psyculture and Afrofuturism. Sharing a theme central to cosmic jazz, funk, rock, dub, electro, hip-hop and techno, from the earliest productions, Israeli and otherwise, Goatrance, assumed an off-world trajectory, and a concomitant celebration of difference, a potent otherness signified by the alien encounter, where contact and abduction become driving narratives for increasingly popular social aesthetics. Exploring the different orbits from which mystics and ecstatics transmit visions of another world, the article, then, focuses on the socio- sonic aesthetics of the dance floor, that orgiastic domain in which a multitude of “freedoms” are performed, mutant utopias propagated, and alien identities danced into being. Keywords: alien-ation; psyculture; Afrofuturism; posthumanism; psytrance; exiles; aliens; vibe Graham St John is a cultural anthropologist and researcher of electronic dance music cultures and festivals.