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40844_Trancersguide_TTG 03.03.2004 11:58 Uhr Seite 1 40844_Trancersguide_TTG 03.03.2004 11:58 Uhr Seite 2 40844_Trancersguide_TTG 03.03.2004 11:58 Uhr Seite 3 TRANCERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY www.trancersguide.com • [email protected] 3 TRANCERS GUIDES It was in Goa (India) in the 80’s that labels, parties, shops, links, contacts ... Hippies got bored with the same old It is spiced up with amazing photos PUBLISHING COMPANIES: guitar music and included electronica from the countries. On top it contains mushroom media e.k. in their parties. The seed flourished a calendar for you to stay ”up-to-tran- Arnoldstrasse 47, 22763 Hamburg (Germany) and soon a heavy breeze spread new ce” all the time! fon: +49 (0) 40 398417-73 seeds all over our galaxy – a new The Trancers Guide is beeing published fax: +49 (0) 40 398417-50 movement called ”Psychedelic Trance“ by mushroom media (publishing trance [email protected] was born! print magazines for ten years) and www.mushroom-online.com A movement irresistable to everyone Chaishop.com (trance website for seven Chaishop c/o Jankowski I.C. who experienced it. Its center were the years). It was created as a special edi- Kleiner Schäferkamp 35b parties: colorful microcosma of an tion of mushroom’s intershroom maga- 20357 Hamburg alternative society. Respectful, prefera- zine. Anyhow due to cost optimization fon: +49 (0) 40 4111-5913 fax: +49 (0) 40 4111-5915 ble, open air, inspiring, long-lasting intershroom will appear in the future as [email protected] gatherings of creativity for people to a special part inside mushroom maga- www.chaishop.com change their minds! zine distributed worldwide. More infos The movement has come a long way at www.mushroom-media.com CHIEF EDITOR: Thomas Samuel Jankowski since then and in many countries ([email protected]) emerged from the underground to We collected an amazing amount of overground or even mainstream. It has high-quality information, too much to EDITORIAL CREW: Nanda (photo editor), Liese, become massive and today carries publish here. You will find extra infor- Mat Mushroom, Claus Baldauf, Yoyo, names like goa, psytrance, trance, pro- mation in our online version. A link to Doc Sonic (translation: Pablo von gressive trance, minimal trance, tech the relevant country addition is with Waldenfels) ... and more than 50 trance, full-on, neo full-on ... Some every profile. Check also the trance- editors and photographers worldwide ideals diluted, others are still shaping action map at the next page. as mentioned in the chapters. and outlining our scene - making it a If you like the Trancers Guide - please DESIGN: bit different. support it and the trance scene so we Cynthia Grieff, Jessica Ruge, One of them is the internationality – can continue our work! Buy the maga- Liese, Yoyo, Franziska Gangloff, Claus Baldauf festivals with 10,000 freaks happen, zine at the distributors who paid for it, half of them being foreigners. send us feedback and tell your friends! TITLE DESIGN: Cynthia Grieff ”Trancers“ like to travel. They like to If you’re interested in helping in distri- discover, exchange ideas, experience bution please contact us. The next ADVERTISING CONTACTS: Matthias van den Nieuwendijk foreign beauty, be inspired and free! issue is scheduled for February 2005 – (Mat Mushroom), Liese, Yoyo, contributions are welcome! Thomas Samuel Jankowski The Trancers Guide to the Galaxy is Pricelist: www.trancersguide.com the travelling trancer’s friend. It’s a Peace, love, unity & respect! DISTRIBUTION: new annual overview about the gala- THE TRANCERS GUIDE CREW Worldwide via mushroom / Chaishop xy’s trance-infected destinations. It Distribution Network, for sales points bursts of information to make you Publisher and authors do not take check www.trancersguide.com review, choose and enjoy alien trance responsibility for factual or textual PRINT RUN: 25,000 worlds. It contains profiles for 27 tran- mistakes. We often refer to illicit drugs ce countries, general country info as only as ”drugs”. Far be it from us to call well as someone to consume illegal or legal trance drugs or to deal with those substances! related What we are up to is remind people to history, use their brains when in touch with artists, drugs and live consciously. Photos: Voov Experience (Kai Mathesdorf), Psychedelic Circus (Gerhard Hübner), mushroom Open Air (Tommy Alles) 4 e it e S r Uh 58 : 11 2004 5 • ARGENTINA . 6-7 • AUSTRALIA 03 8 • AUSTRIA . 10-11 • BRAZIL 12-13 • CANADA 03 14 • CHILE / COSTA RICA 15 • CROATIA / FINLAND 16-17 • FRANCE TTG 18-25 • GERMANY 26-27 • HUNGARY e_ 28-29 • ISRAEL / INDIA 30-31 • JAPAN id WORLD TRANCE CENTER 32-33 • MEXICO HEAVILY TRANCED 34-35 • NETHERLANDS INTERMEDIATE TRANCE-ACTION 36-37 • NEW ZEALAND 38-39 • PORTUGAL TRANSEED 40-41 • RUSSIA / SERBIA UNRECOGNIZED 42-43 • SOUTH AFRICA 44-45 • SPAIN rancersgu T 46-47 • SWEDEN _ 48-49 • SWITZERLAND 50-51 • U.K. 52-53 • USA 40844 40844_Trancersguide_TTG 03.03.2004 11:58 Uhr Seite 5 Underground trance in ARGENTINA www.trancersguide.com/argentina 5 The psy scene is concentrated in Buenos Aires / Capital Federal but in Cordoba, La Pampa and Rosario some people are organizing in- or outdoor LINKS events. Regular events don’t exist that much but they are some. Most of the • www.psytrance.com.ar outdoor parties are for free in public places like parks because of less capital • www.under-beat.com to rent commercial areas. The fraggles are mostly between 18 and 25 years • www.vivirzen.com.ar old, a "hippie community" with older members doesn’t exist in the scene. • www.mindprobe.com.ar Almost at every event people offer their talents to the public doing fire shows, • www.megalopsy.com.ar acrobatic and other amazing animations. • www.demontea.com • www.eleusisrecords.com.ar community of party organizers and • www.tercerojo.com FACTS djs called Terrestres Anonimos. The • www.subzerorecords.com • Inhabitants: 39 million first live act of Argentina called • Geographical regions - Argentina Mindprobe was formed and a new CONTACTS presents very dissimilar regions. group called X-Tribe started organi- • [email protected] There are plains and mountain zing parties. Everything was still • [email protected] ranges; woods and jungles; arid, underground. A small psychedelic • [email protected] swampy or clayish lands tribe of friends who acted with love, • Latitude: 3,694 km stability, energy and an incredible • Surface: 1,200,000 km2 vibe. At the moment there are discussions • Hydrography: A large number of 2002 the scene grew very fast. The about legalizing the consume of 5g of rivers which are extremely internet portal Psytrance.com.ar was Marijuana. Caught with drugs means important in hydroelectric terms. created as a community to unify the to spend some (or also more) hours • Climate: One of the most salient scene with discussion and exchange. in the police station. With strangers features of the territory is its 2003 was a very important step the gouvernment tries to go a mode- variety of climates: humid, dry, towards building a nice psychedelic rate way because of future plans of tropical heat or nival cold, scene in Argentina. More and more increasing the tourist industry. through different kinds of mild people started noticiting parties and Argentina is a transit route for cocai- climates. the organizers gave the scene a pro- ne from Bolivia. Emergency contact: fessional profile with good sound, +54 / (11) 43 81 91 55 PARTIES/ARTISTS locations and deco. • Fullmoon Trance / regularly @ 2004 started with a 3 day festival in Plaza Francia Buenos Aires - one of the most beautiful places, El TEXT Capital Federal; Psychedelic Bolson in Patagonia. The festival was magi.e Outdoor Experience / Province amazing in regards of diversity, unity [email protected] of Buenos Aires and energy! Event technician, • DJs - Yage, X-Ren, Neurona, organizer, deco & Filter, Fredy, Pepsan, Murray DOC SONIC INFORMS projection • Live acts - Mindprobe, Megalopsy The consumption of marjuana, mush- »Demand the impossible to reach Deco - Maia, Murray rooms and cocaine is very frequent the possible!« • Label - Subzero Records and inexpensive. LSD, ecstasy and amphetamines are expensive as Filter imported from other countries. Every Webmaster of psy- A beachparty in the middle of now- kind of drug is prohibited by the law trance.com.ar, here during 1996 started the psyche- except mushrooms and other plants. organizer, dj, and delic movement. It was organized by producer with Pierce, a traveller from Wales coming Megalopsy from his trips to India. The psy-addic- [email protected] ted visitors of that first event started a »Reach for the unknown!« Photo: Sebastian Photo: Magie 40844_Trancersguide_TTG 03.03.2004 11:58 Uhr Seite 6 Dancing kangaroos in AUSTRALIA 6 www.trancersguide.com/australia VICTORIA a decent online shop and music city, Sydney is built around one of the The biggest trance event in Australia is makers such as the Om Squad. Sugar world's most beautiful harbours, with Earthcore. Earthcore have been doing records for the Green Ant label, who more than 70 sparkling beaches in massive outdoor parties and presen- present the Rainbow Serpent Festival, ting selected indoor events for over and has played most major parties. ten years. They regularly tour acts as Psy Harmonics continue to release LINKS such as The Orb, Hallucinogen, Juno some of the most cutting edge music, • www.australia.com Reactor, Infected Mushroom, etc. whilst Andrew Till’s dj sets are always • www.australiens.net Earthcore takes place on the last ones to seek out. Tribeadelic now also • www.demontea.com weekend in November every year in has a label with some well regarded • www.earthcore.com.au an Australian bush setting and is releases, but the most distinctive ‘psy • www.greenant.com famous for kicking off the party sea- trance’ oriented producer in my view • www.psyburbia.co.uk son in Australia.