Various Artists - Shaltu

Label: Suntrip Records

Cat No: SUNCD24

Format: CD

Release Date: March 2nd 2012

Barcode No: 5 060147 128093

Tracklisting:

1. Ra - Lifethread [09:28] 2. Crossing Mind - Hydrophonic Visions [08:46] 3. Nebula Meltdown - Mindstream Continuum [07:38] 4. Shakta & Deedrah - Lepton Head Pt.3 (Filteria’s Z Particle Remix) [07:52] 5. InnerSpace - InnerSpace [11:18] 6. Ephedra vs Imba - Emergency Acid System [07:59] 7. Shani Yantra - Fractal Memories [09:03] 8. Ra - Time Current (E-Mantra Remix) [08:34] 9. Sirius - Universe [07:24]

Total playing time: [78:02] http://www.suntriprecords.com

Mastering : Tim Schuldt @ 4CN studios Style : Melodic Goa Trance

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Label Profile: Recent Releases: Showing alternatives to nowadays’ psy-trance scene, SUNCD19: VA – Temple of Chaos (May 2010) Suntrip focuses on melodic psychedelic music in all its SUNCD20: Electrypnose – Sweet Sadness (nov 2010) forms. All original music ranging from melodic goa trance to SUNCD21: Antares - Exodus (mar 2011) melodic deep ambient are welcome! SUNCD22: Artifact303 – Energy Waves (may 2011) SUNCD23: E-Mantra – Pathfinder (nov 2011) History: The label Suntrip Records was set up in the summer Album Profile: of 2004 by Fabien “Mars”, one of the founders of the

Psynews.org website and Joske “Anoebis”, a Belgian Shaltu, an ancient Amerindian word for the helping DJ and Party-organiser. They’ve been sharing the spirits of dancing shamans, brings us back to our same love for melodic psychedelic trance for years. Suntrip roots! They created Suntrip to release more melodic psy- Deep trance & dance music for people that like warm, trance like in the good old times, but with modern spiralling, full power melodic “old school” Goa Trance! production.

Like usual with our compilations Shaltu features a mix Filteria is one of Suntrip’s headliners with 4 albums full between known names and newcomers. The opener by of mind blowing tracks & uplifting psychedelic veteran RA is pure deep, spiritual, Goa-Trance melodies. In 2009 only, the mythic Daze of Our Lives followed by two emotional morning-monsters filled with and a digital Remix album saw the light. spirals and melodies by Crossing Mind and Nebula

Meltdown! RA, Khetzal and Goasia provide us with what Suntrip They are followed by three in-your-face dancefloor is well known for: true storytelling Goa trance albums tsunamis that will fit perfectly the climax of every wild with down and uptempo spiritual and floating party! Filteria’s remix of Shakta’s classic “Lepton melodies. Afgin and Merr0w and Radical Distortion Head” is simply stellar, while newcomers InnerSpace & deliver pure classical Goa souns from sensitive Ephedra vs Imba show us that there is a new sunrise music to massive drives and melodies! generation of crazy musicians! Dimension 5’s classic Transdimensional was The last part of Shaltu brings us back into deep, warm remastered & re-issued, and it still blows dance floors! morning music… Music for epic sunrises! The debut of

Shani Yantra, and the floating remix of RA’s Time The darker side of Suntrip is embodied by Ka-Sol with Current by E-Mantra give us a new definition of “Goa a perfect mix between melodic, dark & twisted trance with modern production”. The Macedonian Sirius soundscapes. At the opposite, Electrypnose, known ends this compilation with a very melodic masterpiece! worldwide, also joined Suntrip for an ambient album.

Rarely have we been so satisfied with the result of a Suntrip released 6 compilations as well, featuring compilation and we hope you’ll share that feeling! talented artists within the Goa and Ambient scenes as well as new talents. Praising morning trance melodies or acidic neuron smashers, each Suntrip compilation offers a unique thematic experience.

Recently, E-Mantra, Antares offered dawn-to-dusk acidic journeys, featuring mystical to intricate atmospheres. Artifact303 blew up the scene last spring with his outstanding “Back to Space” album. They are now booked in major parties and festivals, don’t miss them!

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Sales Points:

Shaltu, an ancient Amerindian term for the helping spirits of dancing shamans, brings us back to our Suntrip roots! Deep trance & dance music for people that like warm, spiralling, full power melodic “old school” Goa Trance!

Like usual with our compilations we presents a mix between known names and newcomers. The opener by veteran RA is pure deep, spiritual, Goa-Trance followed by two emotional morning-monsters filled with spirals and melodies by Crossing Mind and Nebula Meltdown! They are followed by three in-your-face dancefloor tsunamis that will fit perfectly the climax of every wild party! Filteria’s remix of Shakta’s classic “Lepton Head” is simply stellar, while newcomers InnerSpace & Ephedra vs Imba show us that there is a new generation of crazy musicians! The last part of Shaltu brings us back into deep, warm morning music… Music for epic sunrises! The debut of Shani Yantra, and the floating remix of RA’s Time Current by E-Mantra give us a new definition of “Goa trance with modern production”. The Macedonian Sirius ends this compilation with a very melodic masterpiece!

Rarely have we been so satisfied with the result of a compilation and we hope you’ll share that feeling!

Like usual this album is crystal-clear mastered by Tim Schuldt!

Press & marketing:

Suntrip Parties: Dozens of official Suntrip parties were organized last 5 years. In the beginning mostly in Belgium, but later other countries followed such as Hungary, Finland, Ukraine and Croatia. Of course the parties involved virtually all artists from the label, like Filteria, Khetzal, Ka-Sol, Goasia, Merr0w, Afgin, Dimension 5, Ra, E-Mantra, Artifact303, Antaris,… But also many non Suntrip artists were invited, like Jaia, Blue Planet Corporation, California Sunshine, Mystica, Sandman, Shidapu, NDMA, Moonweed, Crossing Mind, … In 2011-2012 many more parties will happen!

Suntrip live acts & Dj’s: Many of our live-acts such as Filteria, Ra, Goasia, E-Mantra,... and dj’s such as Anoebis and Ukiro are booked every week. They have played all over the world and drove the dancefloors crazy on many big festivals (such as Boom Festival in Portugal, Aurora festival in Greece, Universo Paralello in Brazil, Antaris in Germany, ...). But also many smaller festivals and cosy parties invited Suntrip artists in countries such as ARABESQUE DISTRIBUTION 29-39 STIRLING ROAD LONDON W3 8DJ UK TEL: 020 8992 0098 FAX: 020 8992 0340 EMAIL: [email protected]

Israel, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, France, Holland, …

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Magazines: - In Belgium an interview with Anoebis will be published in a magazine for young people during the first months of 2011 - Several Israeli Magazines interviewed us or our artists, and reviewed our releases. MNews in Israël featured a complete goatrance revival article with Suntrip as an example. - In November 2008 the Greek Magazine “Freeze” made a special about Suntrip Records. The issue included a free mix-cd by Anoebis, plus 7 pages of info about Suntrip Records and their artists. - In October 2008, Freeze had already performed an interview of Filteria. - In Sweden Filteria had an interview on the Zero Music Magazine, summer 2008 edition.

Radio: - In December 2010 there was a Suntrip Records special on a Belgian radio focussing on electronic underground music. The program called “uur obscuur” broadcasted 2 hours of Suntrip music and a special interview. It was also placed on the internet afterwards. - In April 2010 a live dj-set by Anoebis on the Once Upon A Festival was broadcasted on the Belgian radio Ugent - In April 2008, Pathan's musical Rickshaw on the BBC Radio, selected Solar Fields - Confusion Illusion Rmx from our compilation Opus Iridium as best Sunset soundtrack. - In June 2008, D-Trance radio station from Serbia made a special about Suntrip Records and RA. -We were also featured on various radio shows in Belgium (Gent) and France (Lille) in the past years, and a Canadian made also a radio show about our label.

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interview with him and an exclusive unreleased track.

TV: - In 2010 a team was busy with making a documentary about Suntrip and Belgian Goa Trance in general. - In 2009 national Belgian television also broadcasted a press conference of a festival (called Eargasm) where Afgin presented his debut album. - In Israel Afgin worked together with a group of people that made a documentary of 10 minutes about the old school goa resurrection in Israël. This was broadcast on national television.

Ra discography:

Ra albums: To Sirius CD – Album – 9 Tracks - Blue Moon /2000-2001 9th CD – Album – 10 Tracks - Suntrip Records/2008

Ra Compilations tracks and EP’s: Reign of Madness Vinyl – Vinyl EP – R.O.M. EP/Blue Moon/1997 Azure Child Vinyl – Vinyl EP – R.O.M. EP/Blue Moon/1997 Crystalis CD – V/A – Psychedelic Gate 1/Zoomshot/1999 Sirius CD – V/A – Chill Out vol. 6/Nova Tekk/1999 Initiated CD – V/A – Goa Head 12/Leguan/2001 Astral Flight CD – V/A – Goa Head 13/Leguan/2001 Sirius CD – V/A – Psychedelic Chill 1/Leguan/2002 Energetic CD – V/A – Sanctuary/Synergetic/2003 Gates of Tiphareth CD – V/A – Twist Dreams/Suntrip Records/2007 Road to Shiraz CD – V/A – Opus Iridium/Suntrip Records/2008 Gateway Eight CD – V/A – Sundrops/Suntrip Records/2008 Other Self CD – V/A – Suntrip Warms Freeze/Freeze/2008

Ra Compilations tracks and EP’s (part 2): Crystalis CD – V/A – Psychedelic Gate 1/Zoomshot/1999 Cloudwalker CD – V/A – Air/Alter Records/2009 Icon CD – V/A – Sun Conkreti/Ultiva Records/2009 Tears of Fire CD – V/A – Fire/Altar Records/2009 Creation of Tefnet CD – V/A – Water/Altar Records/2009

Crossing Mind discography: ARABESQUE DISTRIBUTION 29-39 STIRLING ROAD LONDON W3 8DJ UK TEL: 020 8992 0098 FAX: 020 8992 0340 EMAIL: [email protected]

Crossing Mind album: The Holographic Paradigm CD – Album – 9 Tracks - DAT Records/2010

Crossing Mind EP: Ultimate Reality EP WAV – EP – 5 Tracks – UAF Records/2011

Crossing Mind Compilation tracks: Insomniac Xperience CD – VA – Psytrance from Paris/Green Nrg/2003 Flying On Mars CD – VA – Psytrance from Paris/Green Nrg/2003 Cyclone in Your Heart CD – VA – Temple of Chaos/Suntrip/2010 The Last Breath WAV – VA – Goa Overdose 2/UAF Rec./2011 Optronic Circles 2CD – VA – Exploration of Space/Dimensional/2011

Nebula Meltdown discography:

Nebula Meltdown Compilation tracks: The Sacred Code MP3 – VA – Neurological Broadband/Elxiria/2005 Nebulasphere MP3 – VA – Private Message/Elixiria/2005 Elemental Connector WAV – VA – Morning Psyche/People of But./2009 Encrypted Illusion CD – VA – Temple of Chaos/Suntrip/2010 Fractal Ethics WAV – VA – Anima Mundi/People of But./2011

Filteria discography:

Filteria albums: Sky Input 8 Tracks – CD – Sky Input/Suntrip Records/2004 Heliopolis 8 Tracks – CD – Heliopolis/Suntrip Records/2006 Daze of Our Lives 8 Tracks – CD – Daze of Our Lives/Suntrip/2009 Remixed + Unreleased 10 Tracks – MP3 – Remixed + Unr. /Suntrip/2009

Filteria compilations tracks: Psychedelic Non Stop CD – VA – Phase Tree/Etnicanet/2005 Tiny Universe CD – VA – Apsara/Suntrip/2005 (Vs. Unison) - The Phases CD – VA – Explorer/Etnicanet/2005 Flanger Saucer (Rmx) CD – VA – Full Moon DVD/BNE/ 2006 Operation Pulse (Live Rmx) CD – VA – Pure Planet 2/Kagdila/2007 Ultimator (Ultimated Rmx) CD – VA – Pure Planet 2/Kagdila/2007 Navigate (Live Version) MP3 – VA – Golden Vibes 2/Old is Gold/2007 Birds Lingua Franca CD – VA – Opus Iridium/Suntrip Records/2008 ARABESQUE DISTRIBUTION 29-39 STIRLING ROAD LONDON W3 8DJ UK TEL: 020 8992 0098 FAX: 020 8992 0340 EMAIL: [email protected]

The Snail Keeps Crawling MP3 – VA – Isratrance Comp/Isratrance/2008 The Predator (2907 Rmx) CD – VA – Organic Circuitry/Ektoplazm/2008 Back to Earth CD – VA – Sundrops/Suntrip/2008 Tiny Universe CD – VA – Suntrip Warms Freeze/Freeze/2008 Aqua Society (2005 Waterly Rmx) CD – VA – Alternative Colours/Ezel-Ebed/2009 Illogical Logic CD – VA – Temple of Chaos/Suntrip/2010 Big Blue (Live Version) CD – VA – Planet Riders/Dimensional/2011

Ephedra vs Imba discography:

Ephedra vs Imba compilations tracks: Travel on a Wednesday CD – VA – Project DIY/No Label/2010 E-Mantra discography:

E-Mantra albums: Arcana CD – Album – 8 Tracks – Suntrip Records – 2009 Astrograms CD – Split-album – 4 Tracks – Vimana Records – 2011 Visions from the Past CD – Album – 9 Tracks – Altar Records – 2011 Pathfinder CD – Album – 10 Tracks – Suntrip Records - 2011

E-Mantra Ep’s: Signals WAV – EP – 3 Tracks – Ultiva Records – 2008

E-Mantra tracks on compilations Menhir CDr – VA – Compendiu de Muzica – FIR – 2004 Neural Vortex CDr – VA – Neural Vortex – ResonantEarth – 2005 Monsoon (Sitra Mix) 3CD – VA – Bombay Beats – Global Beats – 2006 Liquid Frequency 2CD – VA – Goa Volume 18 – YSE – 2006 Liquid Frequency CD – VA – Re-Birth vol. 1 – USTA – 2006 Crop Circles CD – VA – Mainspring Motion – Par-2 Prod. – 2007 Moon Horns WAV – VA – Golden Vibes III – Old is Gold – 2008 Voyager II CD – VA – Opus Iridium – Suntrip – 2008 Secret Prophecy CD – VA – Opus Iridium – Suntrip – 2008 Liquid Frequencies CD – VA – Goa Moon 2.2 – Goa Records – 2009 Trans Neptunian Objects CD – VA – Ya Wichna – Phototropic Rec. – 2009 Metempsychosis CD – VA – Sun Conkreti – Ultiva Rec. – 2009 Radiant Vision (Dome Rmx) CD – VA – Organic Visions – Moonquest Rec – 2009 Telluric Waves CD – VA – Organic Visions – Moonquest Rec – 2009 Moon Walker CD – VA – Organic Visions – Moonquest Rec – 2009 Need You CD – VA – Kumharas 7 – Space Tepee Music – 2010

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Emptiness CD – VA – Ether – Alter Records – 2010 Moon Walker CD – VA – Indigenous SOS Benefit – Random – 2010 Ragnarok CD – VA – Spiritual Rising – Ezel-Ebed Records – 2010 Soul Searcher CD – VA – Planet Riders – Dimensional Records – 2011 Perihelion CD – VA – Erta Alé – Cronomi Records – 2011

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