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I need some peer help/condolences! I was supposed to attend this and that fest this summer. Karma decided otherwise. I know it is good for the scene to be attentive, to be present, to bring your LIVE enthusiasim on board. But if one just can't. Family, work, money etc. Thanks god we have psynews that does not take the membership (of psynews) away according whether one is attending the fests or not. Have an awesome fest season all you who will cherish goa trance LIVE!

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Good Magical day. I had a really good summer festival bookings, looking to spread more Magic. Please come visit my performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0U9mV9oNUQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCtPAmdnVik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9NE_9Sho4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR01uR6O8eY I wish you a magical day. Karine / Twisted kala https://www.facebook.com/Ka.TwistedKala https://twistedkala.bandcamp.com/ http://www.twistedkala.com

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Waveform Electronic Music Festival 2013 September 6th – 9th 2013 Waveform Electronic Music Festival will be in its 7th successful year in 2013, and to celebrate this magical number we have some new and unique experiences for you. We are moving to a new site, a stunning location in Somerset, which will enable us to run all the main music stages later and louder! Exact location details will be coming soon but first let’s highlight what we will be bringing back..... The Vibe... everyone who attends says the same thing, there really is nothing like the vibe felt at Waveform...it is just out of this world, and we want more! The Music ... 2013 will see the return of all 5 Stages from 2012... Cats Cradle Solar Stage, The Psychedelic Stage, The Electronica Stage, Chooneys House Stage/Eartheart Stage & Gaia Chill Space. We are also bringing back the Waveform Outdoor Stage. The full eclectic music line up of Live Electronica, Psy Trance, Breaks, D&B, Techno, Progressive, Classy House, Downtempo and Ambient is coming soon. Consciousness...For those of you who want more than the music, we are pleased to welcome back the highly successful Worldshift Space after such an incredible debut last year. There will be even more thought provoking talks, workshops and performances, including a second installment to the Merkaba Activation talk from 2012. Greener Ethos....we will of course be bringing back the beautiful Green Village with all its loveliness, beautiful vibe and educational aspect. This year there will be an expansion of the village to include a solar cinema and a host of cutting edge site art and installations. Art Gallery....we welcome back the Psy Art gallery, and expect some pleasant surprises! Healing Temple...we had so much positive feedback from the newly expanded healing space that we want to give you even more this year. So What’s New For 2013? You can be sure the priority is the Waveform festival vibe. Musically, we can confirm the return of the Waveform outdoor stage...yes it’s back after a 4 year absence...we have the location and the line up to deliver an outdoor space, and a dream music line up for all the stages coming soon! ....but we want to give you more....this year we want you all to feel something new and very special.... Waveform introduces the Sun-Moon arena... Waveform 2013 Sun-Moon Arena Fancy a cosmic ride to the stars and back...would you like to feel the astral planes....how about really feeling the ultimate expression of our reality? Well you have come to right place...the Sun-Moon Arena. Here is a list of just some of what you can expect to feel, see, taste, touch, and hear: - · Legally lift your mind to a higher vibrational state, how you may ask? A combination of technology, natural resources, flower of life sacred geometry, Merkaba meditation, healing grids and a few more secrets up our flared sleeves! · Art installations and visuals that will make you, as the expression says, well beside yourself! · Catch the best sunset of your life, yes that’s an ancient pastime, but not whilst sipping our sun-moon infused elixir that has an extra magickal kick! So if like many before you, you yearn to experience something more than our 3D reality and vibrate faster than the speed of light....then come and join us. ALL ADULT TICKETS ARE NOW £99. LIMITED AMOUNT ON GATE AT £115. www.waveformfestival.com/tickets/ Location: We will be able to confirm the exact location soon, but it is in Somerset, the nearest city is Bristol. Waveform website www.waveformfestival.com 2013 FB Event Page http://www.facebook....96504680493897/ Official Facebook Fan Pagehttp://www.facebook....121148311242865 Official Facebook Group http://www.facebook....roups/waveform/ 2013 Facebook Event Page http://www.facebook....96504680493897/ Soundcloud http://www.waveformf...com/soundcloud/ Forum http://festivalweath...d95afd1d2d32136 PEACE AND LOVE. PS – Well worth a read: http://psypressuk.com/2013/03/04/waveform-festival-2013-the-psychedelic-bonanza-is-back-for-its-7th-year/

OOOD’YOU THINK IS TALKING? Way back in the ‘90s, Parallel PR’s Steve and Dex were involved with a monthly dance event called ‘Skankadelic’ in their home town of Banbury, and enjoyed performances from many up-and-coming young musicians and DJs. One band that stood out from the rest was ‘Out Of Our Depth’, who since then (and after a couple of personnel changes) have gone from strength to strength to achieve almost legendary status in the worldwide Psychedelic Trance scene, under the acronym ‘OOOD’. OOOD was formed as a three piece in 1994 by Colin Bennun, Steve Callaghan, and Nigel Bradbury. They immediately made their mark, and have worked with some of the top names and labels around the Psy/Goa Trance world. Since losing Nigel, and gaining Ramsay Melhuish and Ryokan Potier, OOOD has continued as one of the most sought after and original live Psytrance festival favourites, as well as being prolific in the ‘STOODIO’. Their latest album, ‘You Think You Are’, out on the ‘Vertigo’ label, is ample proof that the group’s creativity is as fresh and exciting as it ever was. Ahead of their much-anticipated sets (yes…that’s ‘sets’, plural) as a band and as individual artiste’s at this year’s Waveform Festival, Parallel PR managed to get the guys to take time out from their busy schedule to talk to us. PARALLEL: Hi, fellas. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to have a chat. You guys are absolute veterans of the Psy scene, what were you all doing before OOOD? Colin – I was unemployed, having just finished a stint writing music for computer games. I'd been in bands and worked in studios since I was 15 but by then I had a little MIDI setup at home and was making dancy, dubby tracks on my own, and with random friends. Rama - After being involved in a noise band called Conform or Die in the late eighties, I made the transition onto 1210’s just as acid house morphed into harder-edged acid techno. Living in London at the time was amazing, it was total carnage in terms of the quantity and size of free parties. Ryo - Fiddling my other knobs, raving in the 90’s in between DJing on lovely vinyls, working, studying and getting too farted for studying. Oh, and vinyl shopping. Lots and lots of vinyl shopping. Musically, I was in a school band (drums) and orchestra (violin). Steve – Before OOOD I was in various other bands, DJing, and putting on psytrance parties in Oxford with Rama, and writing mostly psychedelic dub. PARALLEL: Who were your earliest influences? Steve – The Beatles, Hendrix... then a million others. Rama – My first 7'’ was Nellie The Elephant by The Toy Dolls, then making endless compilations of John Peel shows off the radio; he opened up the Pandora’s Box of musical mayhem, from Spacemen 3 to Napalm Death and so much in between.. Colin – I guess my very earliest influences would have to be my parents for sitting me in a room with a piano and an EMS Synthi at the age of 4. Human League, Art of Noise (and other Trevor Horn productions), ELO... Bob Moog got in there pretty early too, via Wendy Carlos. Ryo - The Blue Hearts (80’s Japanese punk rock band), Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (no, not that Tsuyoshi), Led Zeppelin. PARALLEL: In the nineteen years since you formed, you’ve become regular world travellers. Are there vast differences in people’s approach to the Psy scene, or is it generally the same the world over? Rama - Wherever you go there’s a shared love in surrendering yourself to the 4/4 beat in a visually spectacular environment, it transcends language and culture. Ryo - Definitely different, but at the same time the essence is similar everywhere. Some places like Japan, where there are not many sweeties to help you fly with the pink rabbit, the scene is clean, wholesome and organic, yet their love of the music is enough to take people to that pink rabbit and beyond. Steve – There is a beautiful vibe the world over, they're all slightly different. We're all very lucky to be a part of this scene. Colin – Everywhere has its own slight take on it but even with the differences of location and culture it's kind of all the same party, just different stages and rooms of the same global celebration. PARALLEL: You’ve played at some of the best festivals in the world (Boom, Fusion, Glade, Universo Parallelo, etc.), as well as clubs large and small. What kind of venue do you enjoy most? Colin – They all have their moments! Small clubs can be very intense and intimate, but large venues have their own special tingle up the spine. Indoors is best in the winter or if the weather's bad, outdoors is best when the sun is shining. Ryo - We enjoy the experience of festivals and parties in all the ones we go to, just like everybody else. It is after all why we are doing this and it is as important for us to enjoy and dance with all the lovely people who bring us there as it is for us to play for them. It's what keeps our creative juices flowing. Steve – I've got a bit of preference for outdoor nature parties/festivals, big or small, but there's been some great indoor parties too. Rama – Whether it's indoors or out, it's as much about the people you're with as the place you find yourself in. PARALLEL: While we’re on the subject of festivals, what is it about Waveform that keeps bringing you back? ALL: We have had many memorable moments in the history of Waveform, many good times. We played at the very first one and ever since then we've supported it through its various changes and improvements. We keep coming back because it's local to us, with a great crowd and a dedicated crew – particularly Jason and the TRiBE of FRoG team who we've had strong connections with since 2001. PARALLEL: Do you all involve yourselves in side-projects? Steve – I'm currently writing a few dance tracks with various people, an acoustic experiment with Alex Gaves, and will soon be doing a remix of a Sidewinder track, and a chillout track of my own. Ryo - Yes, I’m writing music with 3 separate projects, all for the compilation I am putting together. And I am also writing a tune with my sister Yas-ko on vocals, which will be somewhere on the House spectrum. It’s good to stretch your boundaries in terms of writing different stuff. Colin – I'm currently involved with one main side-project with my friend Mark Kerridge, making deep rolling trance-influenced tech under the name Kleesh. We've got an EP out right now on Horns and Hooves Entertainment. It's also my turn to work on the new Voice of Cod track Andrew and I started; I've been very slack with that and I need to get a move on. PARALLEL: What other genres of music do you prefer to listen to when it’s time to kick back and relax? ALL: Everything from 15th century spoon music to next level Acid Chav. PARALLEL: What’s next for OOOD? ALL: We've recently started to be asked to do a few remixes so we've got our heads down right now working on a version of the huge 'Killer Wheels' by Acidova, for Rune Recordings. We've also just done a remix of Hedflux's classic track 'Rhythm Prism', which should hopefully be coming out on Broken Robot at some point – Colin's also done a more techy remix with Kleesh. We just finished a new psy track called 'That's Why We Shwing', which clocks in at 148bpm; gotta balance the psybreaks with some heavy four to the floor action! Steve, Rama and Ryo have a new track on the go called 'Pythagopus' which is heading in a psy-techy direction and is most likely to be released on Aux Records, and there's a drum+bass track in the pipeline for Ryo's compilation, which itself is looking very interesting. It's provisionally titled “Liquid Acid Bass”, and will have a heavy drum+bass emphasis with a serious dose of psychedelia. Some of our favourite artists have agreed to write tracks especially for it, like Dick Trevor and Hedflux. Summer is coming up, and we're playing across the country, and heading Nordicwards a couple of times too. Pick of our summer dates are probably Pearl Festival in Norfolk, Waveform (of course!), and Existence Festival in Finland. PARALLEL: And a cheeky final ask, how much have your rider requirements changed in the last nineteen years, and what would be your ideal rider? Colin – Personally I'm happy just to be kept fed and watered. One nice thing that happened at a festival we were playing at the other week was the organiser gave us a carrier bag full of high-grade booze after our set, which was great. More of that please! Steve – I require one medium-sized lake populated by a pod of mermaids, a 50cc multicoloured flying fluoro wheelbarrow and at least three remote-controlled pineapples. And biscuits... lots of biscuits. Rama – I'm grateful for anything from a beer to a... Ryo – Don't get me started. How long do you have? PARALLEL: Thanks a lot, guys. Some excellent responses. We’ll definitely enjoy reading them back later. We wish you well in all of your future projects, and we are gritting our teeth in anticipation of what you will pull out of your magical Psy bag at Waveform. WORDS BY DEX FLETT (Parallel PR on behalf of Waveform Festival) www.waveformfestival.com www.oood.net https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parallel-PR/34168036863

Waveform Electronic Music Festival 2013 September 6th – 9th 2013 Waveform Electronic Music Festival will be in its 7th successful year in 2013, and to celebrate this magical number we have some new and unique experiences for you. We are moving to a new site, a stunning location in Somerset, which will enable us to run all the main music stages later and louder! Exact location details will be coming soon but first let’s highlight what we will be bringing back..... The Vibe... everyone who attends says the same thing, there really is nothing like the vibe felt at Waveform...it is just out of this world, and we want more! The Music ... 2013 will see the return of all 5 Stages from 2012... Cats Cradle Solar Stage, The Psychedelic Stage, The Electronica Stage, Chooneys House Stage/Eartheart Stage & Gaia Chill Space. We are also bringing back the Waveform Outdoor Stage. The full eclectic music line up of Live Electronica, Psy Trance, Breaks, D&B, Techno, Progressive, Classy House, Downtempo and Ambient is coming soon. Consciousness...For those of you who want more than the music, we are pleased to welcome back the highly successful Worldshift Space after such an incredible debut last year. There will be even more thought provoking talks, workshops and performances, including a second installment to the Merkaba Activation talk from 2012. Greener Ethos....we will of course be bringing back the beautiful Green Village with all its loveliness, beautiful vibe and educational aspect. This year there will be an expansion of the village to include a solar cinema and a host of cutting edge site art and installations. Art Gallery....we welcome back the Psy Art gallery, and expect some pleasant surprises! Healing Temple...we had so much positive feedback from the newly expanded healing space that we want to give you even more this year. So What’s New For 2013? You can be sure the priority is the Waveform festival vibe. Musically, we can confirm the return of the Waveform outdoor stage...yes it’s back after a 4 year absence...we have the location and the line up to deliver an outdoor space, and a dream music line up for all the stages coming soon! ....but we want to give you more....this year we want you all to feel something new and very special.... Waveform introduces the Sun-Moon arena... Waveform 2013 Sun-Moon Arena Fancy a cosmic ride to the stars and back...would you like to feel the astral planes....how about really feeling the ultimate expression of our reality? Well you have come to right place...the Sun-Moon Arena. Here is a list of just some of what you can expect to feel, see, taste, touch, and hear: - · Legally lift your mind to a higher vibrational state, how you may ask? A combination of technology, natural resources, flower of life sacred geometry, Merkaba meditation, healing grids and a few more secrets up our flared sleeves! · Art installations and visuals that will make you, as the expression says, well beside yourself! · Catch the best sunset of your life, yes that’s an ancient pastime, but not whilst sipping our sun-moon infused elixir that has an extra magickal kick! So if like many before you, you yearn to experience something more than our 3D reality and vibrate faster than the speed of light....then come and join us. STOP PRESS: ONLY 100 EARLY BIRD II TICKETS LEFT @ £89. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR LATEST HEADLINERS AND OTHER ADDITIONS? THEN DON'T BE A DISAPPOINTED DAN, OR A MIFFED MAGGIE....GET YOUR WAVEFORM TICKETS NOW! www.waveformfestival.com/tickets Location: We will be able to confirm the exact location in April but it is in Somerset, the nearest city is Bristol. Waveform website www.waveformfestival.com 2013 FB Event Page http://www.facebook....96504680493897/ Official Facebook Fan Pagehttp://www.facebook....121148311242865 Official Facebook Group http://www.facebook....roups/waveform/ 2013 Facebook Event Page http://www.facebook....96504680493897/ Soundcloud http://www.waveformf...com/soundcloud/ Forum http://festivalweath...d95afd1d2d32136 PEACE AND LOVE. PS – Well worth a read: http://psypressuk.com/2013/03/04/waveform-festival-2013-the-psychedelic-bonanza-is-back-for-its-7th-year/

We're pleased to announce the re-launch of Chilluminati.org with tons of cool features: -Event listings -Forums -Music Sharing -Networking ...with a lot more on the roadmap. Please give us a visit, register, and let us know what you think! Festival season in the United States is right around the corner! Get involved! http://chilluminati.org