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Universally Owned | Paperless Edition Issue No. 14 – Saturday, February 22, 2020 – Independent And Free

MESSAGE MESSAGE Turning Point Moment of Change

Change is life, life is change. and our dream to bring it to think of how our perception of Throw an apple in the needed .. but inevitably We can’t really prepare for the more and more people. It has the world can be very subjec- air, and watch it… There the only sane choice. changes we face in life but we the ability to transform young tive, and our views are formed is a fracture of a second Dream of a new society can choose the way we handle minds, create connections and by the things that happen to us. when the apple stops where we had forgotten them. compassion by showing that We often simply reflect what in the air and changes the role of being the Our world is in the midst under all those layers of culture, we learn and this is only a slice direction. Just like if abused or abusers... of a great transformation, tradition and belief, we are of reality. That is why it’s so we imagine jumping on where all that is taken our awareness is broaden- fundamentally the same. For important to step outside our a trampoline and you away is given back and ing rapidly, and our values many of us, the week we spend “normal” lives and collect expe- can feel the thrill of nurtured... and the su- are challenged by the shared together in our magical Ozorian riences that differ from the ones that particular moment. percharged race for the knowledge of the entire human reality marks the beginning of we are familiar with. You would still elevate mindset of being discon- race. This shift in our global a new year – it is a time when The New Moon in Cancer (in yourself when your body nected/connected is not consciousness can cause shock, we fill our hearts with love July) is described in astrology already respects the call part of our daily reality… disagreement and conflict but and vitality for another orbit as your feeling of safety related of gravity. It feels like After 150 000 years... it is hopefully paving the road around the Sun. It so happens to your home and family. You the moment of open po- our most significant to a more enlightened future. that the Opening Ceremony will may be prone to emotional fluc- tentialities. The moment achievement is the capa- However, questions still arise. be held on 20.07.2020. with a tuations; you should learn to where you can ignite any bility of telling stories, Are we at a turning point now? special surprise: the New Moon forgive and forget in order to sort of new visions... The and through these to Can human society as a whole, at 19:32 that exact day. avoid depression from thinking moment to dream a new manifest new dreams and raise to a higher level of living The New Moon is the primary too much about things. Due to direction of a rebooted directions. It’s time to by changing its attitude? We phase of the lunar month and your rich emotional manifesta- reality. tell a different legend... can’t be sure what the future it occurs the moment when the tion, you can create a real sense We are in a pinnacle a legend of the turning holds but history tells us that by Sun and Moon are aligned, with of belonging in the world. moment these years, of the tides... the story sharing and helping each other the Sun and Earth on opposite This is everything I wish for all when we can consciously of a turning point... it all we can accomplish anything… sides of the Moon. This instant of us for this year’s gathering: choose new directions. starts with us... dreaming Our gathering went through has a strong spiritual meaning a deep, calming feeling of Humankind uses all and adding all of our great changes in the last 15 everywhere; the symbol of a belonging, peace of mind, and kinds of ceremonies, personal dreams into the years and so did we as individ- new beginning. faith in a new beginning with substances and methods common, new paradigm. uals. What always kept us in The Moon doesn’t have its each other. to get to a point of a motion remained the same: our own light, it shines by reflect- new perspective... a per- by Marton Naray love for the psytrance culture ing sunlight - this makes me by Pony spective that is not just

INSIDE

STARDVICE AMPLIFIED NEW MOON – P2

OZORART BLUE DREAMS FROM OZORA INTERVIEW WITH NEKO – P3

MUSIC ONE DAY IN TBILISI – P4

FESTIVAL FREQUENCY TRIBAL GATHERING PANAMA INTERVIEW WITH ZAGI – P7

NEW FEATURE THE PROPHET ANSWERS – P2

MUSIC SPONGHLE STATIC INTERVIEW WITH MERV – P5

FYI THE BATTLE OF OZORA – P2

NEW FEATURE PICSTORIES – P6

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the prophet: - olrajt - editor-in-chief: - novishari - supervisor: wegha andere layout: robot contributors: pony, nedda nemeth, marton naray, suzi wonka

photographers: gergely somogyi, Somogyi photo by Gergely pawel wieloch, peter szoke, renodeyn christophe, sasha hippie koala, gabor hadron orchestra website: ozorianprophet.eu email: message@ozorianprophet. eu, [email protected] 2 Paperless Edition Saturday, February 22, 2020

STARDVICE THE PROPHET ANSWERS FYI

“Hi, I’m a big fan of the ozora festival since it 2020 is Leap Year! AMPLIFIED NEW MOON was the first psychedelic gathering I went to and it really added fuel to the flame, that is, the psytrance energy that at that time was already growing inside LET’S GET STARTED! me. Anyways, do you wonderful people happen to know who founded the ozora and who runs it now? Because I’ve heard lots of different stories all across the scene, most of them link the same people,

Sun and Ozora. But I’d love to know what and if photo by Sasha Hippie Koala anything did go down. I hope to hear from you even if it's just a sorry can’t help, I hope you have an amazing week. Cheers, Luc”

This is a letter that eventually arrived in the Prophet’s mailbox, and since we’d love to encourage dialogue, though we have no sense of actual time, here’s a belated The year in which there’s a Leap Day, an extra answer to Luc’s question: day added to the month of February (2/29) on the Sorry, can’t help. Just kidding:) solar calendar, is a Leap Year. It comes every four The Pisces New Moon on February 23 brings us opportunities to develop ourselves and reach our years, except when a year ends with “00” that full potential. Let’s start the new cycle with courage The first psychedelic gathering on today’s festival cannot be divided by 400. Leap years keep the and with the fortune and power of this transit! grounds, part of the Zimányi family’s estate, was held in 1999, the legendary Solipse Festival (August 9-15). calendar year consistent with the seasonal year – This New Moon energy is supported by many helpful German party organizer, namedly Fish, chose Hungary the earth’s annual orbit around the sun every 365 aspects. It is happening at the midpoint of Mars trine for his upcoming solar eclipse festival location due to and about ¼ days (instead of 365 exactly). Were Uranus, which gives the fuel to this transit. A sextile to the good visibility of the August 11th phenomenon from it not for leap years, the seasons would start a Mars is encouraging and increasing our strength and the area, and stumbled upon the territory by chance in vitality. The fixed star Fomalhaut is also in the picture, his search of the deep countryside. (The Main Stage day earlier on the calendar every four years, and forming a neat triangle. This influence strongly helps has been in the same place ever since! There was also eventually, after 360 years, spring would begin us in reaching our goals, and let a really transforming an ambient tent and the first Pumpui too! ‘99 lineup new cycle begin. ‘Material’ can be converted to ‘spiritu- on December 21, instead of March 21. highlights: Electric Universe, Etnica, Highlight Tribe, al’ now. Star Sounds Orchestra, S.U.N. Project, Total Eclipse, by Sasha Hippie Koala The Aquarius Sun motivated us to seek innovation in- X-Dream...) stead of convention. Our perception is changing (con- tinuously) and we are transforming into something Five years later, the landowner, Daniel Zimanyi, new. This New Moon and the Sun’s new home is in the decides to recreate the 1999 event, but as head The Battle of Ozora Zodiac Pisces since February 19. This transit makes us organizer, teaming up with several (goa trance) party put our world in soft focus until March 20. Pisces is a organizers as artistic directors, and the so-called Sonar mutable water sign. It is emotional and flexible, help- Plexus Festival takes place in 2004 (August 10-15), ing us see the world in multi-colour shades, instead of again headlining goa , but also featuring black and white. It is a very emotional time though, local artists next to greats like Astral Projection, for when it’s time to let our intuition, compassion and example. The festival is held the following year too, imagination lead the way. Pisces analogies are: self- less love, wisdom, empathy, but on lower levels it can renamed O.Z.O.R.A. (Organic Zones of Radiant Atmo- indicate a feeling of self-pity, passivity and being too sphere), and every year since 2005. emotional. In 2011 the core organizing team split from the festival Mercury turned retrograde on February 18, which will due to management-related differences, and went on last until March 9. This is a period of “slow down, think to create S.U.N. Festival, while a new team continued twice”, especially in the areas of technology, communi- organizing OZORA with the Zimányi family from cation, travel, logic, and information. It can also shake 2012. Members of both teams belong to the same you up, but if we are conscious about it, we can use it psytrance scene and family, and have been shaping wisely. Just listen to your intuition and observe a bit be- it together since its beginning in the 90’s, including fore acting. There is a chance to feel an inner conflict party promoters and DJs present at the same and each between our thoughts and feelings, mind and heart, other’s events throughout the year. which can lead to anxiety, indecision or moodiness. The During the 1848 Revolution after the Battle of “past” can show up again – people, situations can re-en- Pákozd, Croatian Ban Jelačić got such a scare ter our lives, just to clear up the picture. Hope you have an amazing week too! that he ran all the way home, forgetting to tell This week we also have several planets in Capricorn: his 9000-strong reserve troops that the fight Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and Waning Crescent If you have any questions (:or know the Moon for 3 days until Feb 21, and three in Pisces: Sun, was off. When they eventually got the picture, Mercury and Neptune. This stellium focuses the en- answers:) about ‘life, the universe, and their vanguard falling in battle against both ergies extremely impressively. Pisces influences us by Mór Perczel and Artúr Görgey, with the revo- making us leave our routines and comfort zone for everything’, something new and extraordinary. Capricorn helps us lution raging behind their backs, they too finally structure, consolidate and settle things. From this point write to us at: [email protected] headed home. On October 6 they reached Ozora of view, we are supported and even motivated to bring where they found the Sió Canal bridge burnt the spiritual into a material form. And all this together The Prophet might know the answer, is helping us fix and build our new realm, which we al- to the ground, the national guard and territori- ready started forming in the past year. but if not, somebody out there will. al army led by Vilmos Csapó waiting for them on the other side, making a lot of noise to trick We cannot talk enough about the Saturn-Pluto meet- ing and effects this year. This transit also gives a push them into thinking they were outnumbered. The to the building of our new order. If you want to re- miffed, exhausted army didn’t even attempt to check this influence, go here: https://ozorianprophet. eu/astronomy/the-affair-of-the-lord-of-time-and-the- cross the river, they set up camp for the night, lord-of-the-underworld/ and when Perczel and Görgey arrived the next day, the battle was over – without any bloodshed, The planet of love, relationships and wealth, Venus is in Aries from February 7 - March 4. Aries influence what’s more. Plus, this is when the Hungarian makes love spontaneous and direct. We love to chase troops took the most prisoners during the entire and seduce during these times. We feel much bold- War of Independence, who were marched to the er and fresher. Just avoid being too impatient, and do not forget that Sun is also moving into this zodiac sign photo by Peter Szoke border after their surrender and made to vow soon, and we can finally come out from our caves when never to attack Hungary again. I really like this Spring is here. Until then, just go with the flow, let go analogy, that we won by Making Some Noise:) and let it happen!

by Nedda Magic Advisor by Suzi Wonka Saturday, February 22, 2020 Paperless Edition 3

OZORART Blue Dreams from Ozora – One Day of Mirador

The One Day in party series of the T.O.P: What is for you "character- Day in Tokyo party and make it a NEKO: There was a precedent for it season kicked off in Japan again but istically visionary" in artworks you tradition. in Pécs last summer. O. Z. O. R. A. with an extra visionary twist this year. chose? What makes an artwork created an arts-crafts-music garden The Prophet talked with NEKO, head visionary, first of all, and what role T.O.P: How would you develop within the Night of the Museums of the O.Z.O.R.A. art department, can visionary art play in general? this project for a second occasion? program. I can imagine running into about the first-ever Mirador exhibi- similar collaborations in the future tion at any One Day event ever, how it NEKO: The fine details that create NEKO: I would love to create a more as well. went down, and what the future holds... an inviting story with which one natural look to it and maybe making has to spend time with to read into it a bit bigger would be nice too. That T.O.P: How can such a trend T.O.P: You really packed this edition it. This very story is the trip into would also mean more artworks and -- such visionary exhibitions at of One Day in Tokyo with artistic the artist's vision. These visions can more live artists. (We had one live parties too -- shape our psy party content. Besides our Ozorian carry important messages and a painting now, Dorka Jakocs who culture? “Yeah!-san” photographer, Magu possible enlightenment through the painted the Dome). But most im- Sumita’s photo exhibition, you also experiences of the artist. It’s a safe portantly I wish to involve the local NEKO: These exhibitions should introduced some of the visionaries way to reach some altered dimen- visionary and psychedelic artists and create "safe shortcuts" for reaching whose artworks have graced the sions. their works more. certain altered spaces and dreamy festival’s Mirador art space to the or even scary worlds of visions. It is Japanese psy family. You selected T.O.P: Would you say the exhi- T.O.P: Can you imagine this a safe way to travel in other dimen- the artworks together with Yuki bition was successful? Feedback, working so successfully at all One sions or at least a safe peak through Ohira, inspired by the theme of future plans? Day in events and venues? a "window" into that other world. “Blue Dream’... What else did you People have to calm down and take keep in mind when compiling the NEKO: Absolutely. The gallery was NEKO: I’m sure people would ap- time to really enjoy these visionary selection? usually buzzing during the event and preciate spending some time among galleries and once experienced, the people even spent longer time here, wonderful visions, in between full pleasure of tripping on it (with NEKO: We wanted to share a fine as well as returned over and over checking out dancefloors. In certain or without), they may change their selection of the artists who have again to enjoy the art space, the mini states this may become the best ex- party habits and will go a bit more already been present at the festival, Mirador. It was easy to imagine this perience of the whole night. ‘shanti’ from then on. with the visitors of One Day in Tokyo. cultural addition to any future music The idea was to reconstruct a mini event at any such venue. But let's T.O.P: Other ways Ozora can show RANDAL ROBERTS : HOKUSAI - version of Mirador, the art exhibition hope for now that we can continue and share its artistic side at venues THE GREAT WAVE (ONE OF THE space at OZORA. with the gallery at the next One and events outside the festival...? ARTWORKS SHOWN AT THE MINI MIRADOR AT ONE DAY IN TOKYO.) “LIFE APPEARS TO BE MADE UP OF A TRULY OVERWHELM- ING GRID OF GIFTS, AND EACH ONE INCREASES IN ELEGANCE AND DETAIL THE CLOSER WE LOOK. UPON REFLECTION, THE ONLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THESE GIFTS SEEMS TO BE GRATITUDE. I TRY TO MAKE ART ABOUT THAT.” – RANDAL ROBERTS 4 Paperless Edition Saturday, February 22, 2020

MUSIC One Day in Tbilisi – Connecting with the Psy Family from Georgia

This Friday on February 28 we’re country... So the TREEBAL project expanding the psy frontiers in ‘One was launched and the first public Day in’ history with One Day in Tbilisi, event was announced. Our mission Georgia. We asked promoter-artist duo, is to create moments and places for Marcus and David of ACIDWAVE and spreading unity, freedom, art and TREEBAL, to introduce themselves and music to the people. This is our 4th this exciting scene we don’t yet know Anniversary and a big milestone for the much about. Georgian psychedelic scene because we are collaborating with one of the Hello, dear Ozorians and worldwide most iconic festivals in the world, psytrance culture supporters. We are OZORA. We’ve hosted more than 20 Marcuss and David, longtime friends, memorable and massive event series founders of the Georgian psychedelic and festivals during this period. All the family, organization, promoter, label big names and artists have been with and community - TREEBAL, and also us during this period and we created members of duo project - ACIDWAVE. unforgettable moments of unity with all our community. We have launched – How did you guys meet, start the first-ever Georgian psytrance label bringing psychedelic music to - TREEBAL RECORDS, and released Tbilisi? This is yourt 4th anniversary. the first massive compilation What are the important milestones with famous artists like Ital, Imaginar- for you in these past years? What ium, Hypnoise, Middle Mode, Spinal motivates, inspires you? Fusion and others...

– First of all, a bit of information Inspiration and motivation is the most about our country - Georgia. It’s a little important thing for creating and doing country with our unique language, something. All these happy faces, alphabet, personality and history. emotions, united dance moves and Where the beauties of nature meet in energy like a bonfire gives us reason to all seasons. continue and grow all of this for this As for the music itself, it is a big part of region and connect with all the others the nation, the scene around the world with our positive also started development in the last vibes. We share our experience and 10 years. During this time there were create something special for everyone some in-house psytrance activities with everyone. for a very limited number of people, but everything started around 5 years – How did you get involved with ago, when the idea came to bring Ozora Festival? searching for something, which is the limitless choice, to the lineup of the this magic culture and music to our – Life’s is a tricky thing, if you are real you, which gives you opportunity party, who would it be? to feel yourself deeply and discover the secrets of something unseen, then – We would definitely add two living we would say that it’s the psychedelic legends: Raja Ram and Simon Posford! scene and a highlight of this is Ozora Festival. First attendance was in 2013, – Who would you highlight from the and it was life-changing, in terms of lineup (Astrix is a top name, who else the whole idea and concept and that is a top artist for you)? you are the real you there, sharing yourself, your soul, your ideas and your – We would highlight Goa Jonas, emotions and connecting with all the with his interesting biography. There people around who have one goal, to are high expectations from the local experience life and things around it in psytrance listeners for his performance, a totally different beautiful reality. as it’s his first time in Georgia.

– About the music scene in Georgia... – What do you think is the message and Khidi: or role of psytrance culture, if any?

– The music scene in Georgia is as – “Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, mentioned above. Nowadays Tbilisi is Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsi- one of the best destinations for elec- bility, Respect ” - Remember we are all tronic music lovers from all around on the same frequency! the world. It’s one of the centers of the scene and we are putting – What are you working on, looking ourselves on the map of the psytrance forward to the most? scene. There are many big and popular clubs in Tbilisi, which we have col- – Currently, we are planning our laborated with, and beautiful nature festival, which will take place in all around for outdoor festivals. As Georgia, in the summer of 2021 and it’s a winter time here, we decided to all other details we will keep secret organize a One Day Ozora series in one and will announce them time by of the most popular clubs, Khidi, and time. We are also working on several this is the first time ever a TREEBAL open-air parties this summer and from event is being held there. September we are relaunching the indoor event series. As Acidwave, we – The One Day in Tbilisi program are working on music production and is super, but if you could add one planning to release the first Acidwave or two names of your, totally wild, EP on Treebal Records. Saturday, February 22, 2020 Paperless Edition 5

MUSIC Shpongle Static

One of the Dome-busters last stage… and from that, many summer was Shpongle Static, other projects happened… the duo of pioneering legends, the collaboration with Ed Simon Shpongle Posford and Wynne last year for 'Tentacles Merv Eat Static Pepler who of Static', the project with put their creative minds, and Steve Hillage as 'System eons of sonic explorations, Static', Herbal Orchestra (an together for another one of improvisational project that those only-at-Ozora kind of does the Artibarn every year) collaborative fusion perfor- etc, etc… This is why I love mances. The project was fated Ozora so much and work to be a success, to say the very very hard preparing a least, and even if you were lot of new music every year… not there in person for their So back to your question - Ozorian debut, lucky you – I'd say the highlights were they released the Shpongle Strontium Dogs kicking off Static: Live in the Dome 2019 the opening set of Ozora last album at the end of January year, the System Static set 2020. The Prophet wanted to on the main stage 2 years mark the occasion with some ago and pretty much all Q&A with veteran Ozorian my Static main stage slots, and fellow psylien, our one though the one that was the and only Merv. most popular was when I was infected with a really bad T.O.P: When did you guys stomach virus in 2016 and was meet with Simon Posford? T.O.P: What do you like whereas Simon’s speciality and Zara from Turkey on literally collapsing on stage or Merv: I cannot remember most about the psy scene's was the melodies and vocal vocals.. running for the toilet during when we met! Too long ago… present? style things… so putting these the set! Rock n Roll baby! I'd guess sometime in the mid Merv: My favourite modern together really brought a T.O.P: Which has been 90s and I would guess it was psy is coming from the freshness and excitement your favorite stage and T.O.P: Which of your tracks somewhere like The Glade Psy Chill producers at the even to older tracks. I also performance so far at reflects the essence of stage at Glastonbury festival moment… there's plenty of loved the fact we both added Ozora (excluding Shpongle 'static shpongle' the most to ‘cos I remember seeing this variety and unpredictable alot of liveness to the mixes… Static:)? you? scrawny guy (with hair!) stuff happening… as it should fresh overdubs that were Merv: Oooh I have had so Merv: I think they ALL hit the playing before me as I was be! performances unto themselves many great gigs there! Ozora brief musically! Every track also playing an Eat Static rather than endless repetitive is one of the few festivals that worked so well! I guess my show… I remember Simon T.O.P: About the idea, looping programmed things… have truly respected what I personal faves were 'Strange telling me he was a huge fan preparation and content of it worked perfectly and made do and given me complete Planet' (love Raja Ram's voice of my other band ''Ozric Shpongle Static... it sound like a complete splice artistic freedom! The first bits in there!) Pharaoh and Tentacles''. Merv: It came from another of Shpongle with Eat Static… time I was asked back after DMT was also an epic… love great idea that Wegha from and yes, only Merv and Si the early 2011 appearance, I ‘em all actually! T.O.P: Best memory Ozora had! Every year we would sound like that! was wandering around and I together? discuss a collaboration idea discovered the Dragon’s Nest T.O.P: How does the story Merv: Probably one of the for the festival… which is one T.O.P: Who else could you stage… I spent most of that continue? best memories was when we of the reasons that Ozora is imagine joining you for the week at that stage watching a Merv: If I can drag Simon were recording the track a favourite festival of mine… next Shpongle Static show? huge diverse range of music… out of bed, then there maybe ''Balloon Dance'' for the Metal he mentioned to me about Merv: Oooh if I could dream! It's a true musicians stage! some more gigs down the line! Sharon album… I was stood working with Simon and I'm sure we would both love Anyway I went back to Wegha (sorry Si! haha!) on his landing at his house before I could ask if Simon from The Cure and asked him for a slot on Well, we both enjoyed it… so squeezing and rubbing and wanted to do it, he told me he to sing with us! there for the following year, ya never know...xxxxxxxxxxx screaming into real balloons, had asked him already and We are both huge fans from not knowing what the hell I just at the moment his girl- Simon was into it… so I spoke back in the day… Other was even gonna do there… Huge gratitude, Merv, for all friend wandered out of the to Simon and we decided musicians I'd pick would be and that was the reason I the mind benders, and all else bedroom wondering what the that instead of writing a new Toumani Diabete playing his formed Strontium Dogs for… that is still cooking in your fuck all the weird noises were obscure set of unknown music, Kora, Talvin Singh on Tablas literally just for playing that psychedelic laboratory! while she tried to sleep! it was better to give each other 5 or 6 tunes of each T.O.P: What would you of our acts that were the bring back from the past? popular tracks… tracks that Merv: Most of the past resonated with our respective comes back around anyway… fans… and to have no rules analogue synths/modulars… about what each of us did to who would have thought each other’s tracks… as soon that, eh? I'd bring back some as I had kicked it off with decent film directors to get the Latin tune ''Beija Flor'' some decent Sci Fi movies we knew this was going to made again… minus CGI! work really well… it was also a good excuse to add a few T.O.P: The last goosebumps more 'live feeling' overdubs you remember? into those songs.. Merv: The last goosebumps I had was from listening to T.O.P: What made the music… as always! I have been project together exciting? archiving a lot of my old vinyl Merv: I think the thing that photos by Pawel Wieloch records recently and found surprised us the most was many records that still aren't how each of our own styles or found anywhere on youtube specialities fitted each other’s or spotify… Thank God! so well… My thing was always the heavier drums and rhythms (being a drummer), 6 Paperless Edition Saturday, February 22, 2020

PICSTORIES tune in On Postcard from Ozora Radiozora

Voted the most A photo that so many of you loved from last summer’s OZORA, speaks volumes of all that our astonishing artwork psy community stands for and believes in. Frequently asked question: But why the divider? of the month! Artist: Answer: It’s a safety regulation that all events above a certain number of attendees in Hungary Raving Jaguar, must follow, otherwise the event cannot be held. The festival team is working on alternative whose headdress solutions, as always. feathers have been stroked from Apple Valley to Paradise:D

"I made this photo- realism painting... Some of you may recognize yourself or other people in it. I may have enhanced the realism a bit to include the front of Ozora! Can’t wait to see you all again soon! This was during Ajja sets as you can see him in the back. My

painting maybe up Somogyi photo by Gergely for viewing at Ozora posted by mainstage if you want to see it “To get the full value of joy you must have in all its detail and glory. Hugs to you someone to divide it with.” / Mark Twain all." - Robbie

WHAT HAPPENS IN WINTER OZORA, STAYS IN WINTER OZORA...? SECRET MATERIAL SOURCED FROM THE HADRON ORCHESTRA SPACECRAFT, WHICH SINGLEHANDEDLY SPARKED THE MOST ENGAGEMENT ON THE PROPHET'S FB PAGE :) BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE" photo by Gabor Hadron photos by Renodeyn Christophe photos by Renodeyn "INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE THE ONES KEEPING THE HUMAN RACE FROM DESTROYING IT- SELF AND LEADING EARTH TO DISASTER." – NOAM CHOMSKY Saturday, February 22, 2020 Paperless Edition 7

FESTIVAL FREQUENCY TRIBAL GATHERING PANAMA

The Prophet caught up with one of our manager by any chance. It turned out programs and 1 full week of music, lifeguards of course… Basically, it’s a much loved Ozorian artist managers, Peter they were actually looking for one, while on Transition day (March 9) this Latin American festival with all its Zagorski, before he flies off to Panama and 2 weeks later they sent me a plane year you can hear acoustic local music natural and ancient cultural riches for the 2020 Tribal Gathering (Febr 29- ticket. So 2019 was my first Tribal bands from around the area. Psytrance organized by European or Western March 15) this Monday. Since his first Gathering. This year I’m going for a (the 18+ party time haha) is during the standards, you can’t have any worries visit to the festival last year, he’s been longer time, 4 weeks. final week, on the Lotus Stage, which in the world… telling us we’d keep wanting to return if we’d just once been to this Caribbean is built and beautified up until the gathering of the tribes. So, we asked Peter T.O.P.: Compared to the Ozorian dance celebration of the last 5 days. T.O.P.: Yet you’re off the edge of to tell us a bit more about this other kind of tribal gathering, how would you Then it comes alive with the finest psy- the map in a beachside jungle in paradise, and how he got to be so lucky to describe it? chedelic trance, a lineup much like the Panama… How about the wildlife? be doing artist management in a beachside one on the Ozorian Main Stage, with jungle. Zagi: It’s also a multicultural, ethni- the same international headliners… Zagi: During the first week you can see cally colorful and diverse, eco-friendly, The deco and the visuals are out of more wildlife but as we near the peak, T.O.P.: Your first time at Tribal transformational music festival, which this world, while everything is created the more people arrive, the animals Gathering was last year, but you also involves the local community from natural or recycled materials… retreat into the jungle. You have to be were already going there to do (who help build and tear down the The festival is not only located in a bay, careful though, because you can run artist management. You’re based festival, offer local delicacies and but also on a kind of peninsula where into scorpios… Or monkeys that are in Hungary, so how did you find out handmade arts and crafts) and it is all the trash from Caribbean cruise really protective of their territory. Last about it, and how did you end up located in the middle of unblemished ships washes ashore. They collect all year when the artist camp was closest festival-working so far away from nature. There are also several stages, this garbage and turn everything into to the jungle, we were just done setting home? though the programs here last 3 beautiful festival decoration and art. up a big, onion-shaped tent, it took weeks. After all, it is one of the largest the five of us to get it done, and then Zagi: I saw a Tribal Gathering flyer international gatherings in the world. T.O.P.: There are many similarities, some monkeys appeared and started for the first time at Ozora Festival in The first two weeks are dedicated to so how about differences? throwing their poop at us and all over 2012, and some of my friends ended Latin American live band music and the nice, clean, white tent... up going, they told me it was an connecting with indigenous tribes, Zagi: Well, an advantage is that it’s incredibly beautiful location and pure learning about their ancestral wisdom, a small gathering of about 2000 T.O.P.: So what are you looking awesomeness… (Though it wasn’t yet worldview, and relearning how to live festival goers. By the end everyone is forward to the most this edition? held on a beach then, it’s been on the more symbiotically with nature, to be a familiar face more or less. There are present location of Playa Chiquita for more in balance with our mother earth of course more American DJs too, but Zagi: Going back of course:) Also I’m the past 3-4 years.) Anyway, I found and each other… Representatives of both the organization and psy lineup going earlier this year, staying almost out that Chris from Nanoplex was 60 tribes from all over the globe gather is international … The weather is a month altogether, to help during the doing the lineup for one of the stages, here, and besides sharing their music, perfect for partying, even when it’s hot, building process, which I love doing. and when they were here gigging in there are all kinds of cultural programs there’s always a warm breeze, palm And this year more of my friends will Budapest in October 2018 at Ambient, and workshops through which ancient trees, you can swim, the water is good also be there for the final week… I I jokingly asked him about it, literally and modern knowledge can connect… too, though you have to be careful guess they believed me when I told at the bar, and if they needed an artist You can expect 1 full week of tribal because of strong riptides… There are them they have to see it to believe it. photo by Renodeyn Christophe photo by Renodeyn