Shakti Collective is proud to present it’s holiday bash for the christmas of 2005. It will be a celebration of music and great holiday spirit. For that reason, we have prepared a special line-up:

FREQ (Iboga Records, Australia) ~ LIVE!

Freq has become highly regarded in the Australasian progressive/trance scene due to the success of radio playback, record releases and touring performances, such as; Rainbow Serpent Festival, Outback Eclipse (Australia), Sound Furnace4 & 5(Tokyo/Nagoya Japan), Earthdance (Melbourne), Alpine Unity (Castle Hill) and peek time sets at five Gatherings (Canaan Downs/Takaka, Nelson) – to name a few. The first successful FREq Album, ALLOYS, was released on Positive Ion Records, New Zealand and was backed with a 12” EP on Euromedia, Germany in 1997.The second FREq album was released on Iboga Records in 2004 and represents a rich journey into deep, slick, and phat progressive music. FREq is currently based at POLYGON studios in Melbourne, Australia. Active projects include collaborations and remixes with other international artists, including Antix and Sensient – as well as a host of forthcoming releases on Plusquam, Candyflip, Interzone, Iboga and many other progressive labels.

MANOMANTRA (Shakti Collective, Toronto) ~ LIVE!

Manomantra consists of Walter and Jerry Homem, two brothers with an extreme passion to play and produce music. Having come from a Portugese background and growing up in the heart of Toronto, Manomantra’s sound includes a great variety of influences and styles that blend into one groovy progressive mix – a positive sound for mind and body. Don’t miss these guys at work!

DJs:

Yann
Montreal, Canada
Tech Safari, Amazone, Headroom recs.

Shankar
Toronto, Canada
Shakti Collective

Plan B
Toronto, Canada
Shakti Collective

Marz
Toronto, Canada
Blacklight Activists

Visuals:

Elfmaster
Toronto, Canada
Elftrance.ca, Shakti Collective

VJ Scott Guy
Toronto, Canada
Shakti Collective

Funhaus and Eloko would like to offer you a free psytrance party.

Line up is still being confirmed but will feature Toronto locals.

Confirmed Dj’s

Rook
Thailer
Basilisk
DJ Dam
Phink

Chill Room

Francois le Douche
DJ Quito

Location
Funhaus
526 Queen St. W
Doors are 10pm-?
19+

Shakti collective presents yet another fabulous event. This time we will celebrate the winter in Canada. Even though it is a cold and freezing season, we welcome you to join for a heartwarming session with the best of local and foreign talent.

Presenting to you artists:

OFFBEAT vs. SUSPECT SYSTEM (Shakti Collective/Soundpressure, Toronto/New Zealand) ~ LIVE!

This project is a collaboration of Will (Luddite) and Ashley (Cusp). Luddite is a local talent, known for its deep sounds and dark progressive grooves. Cusp is an artist who came to us from New Zealand. He had played in various private gatherings in the city, and is known for its amazing and groovy morning sounds. Toegther, the two artists have created a project that will move you without stop. Prepare for some bodyshaking.

DJ LAURYN (Mistical Productions, Boston)

Lauryn has been passionate about electronic music for the past seven years and has been actively djing for the past five years. She started out as a deep trance/ trance house dj, her musical tastes gradually evolved into psychedelic trance and for the past 3 and a half years this is the genre she has focused on. Lauryn has been known to play sets of dark full on psytrance, progressive psytrance, and downtempo/chillout as well. She is based in Boston, MA and is affiliated with production crew/sound company Mistical Productions, which are based in Texas. She has played alongside international artists such as CPU, Logic Bomb, Dark Soho, and Paul Taylor and has played in Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia and Vancouver. Check her out, as she will play one of her crazy sets right here on the Toronto dancefloor for the first time ever!

Also Feautring:

Plan B (Shakti)

Rook (Shakti)

Shankar (Shakti)

Visuals provided by:

Elfmaster vs. Wuzzle (Shakti)

Venue: Footwork – 425 Adelaide St. West (entrance from the alley)
Admission: $10 (no presale tickets- only @ the door)
Doors open: 10pm-???

this is a 19+ event

http://www.shakticollective.com
http://www.footworkbar.com
http://www.mistprodonline.com

DARKRAVE v.72

Funhaus – 526 Queen St West
launch 10pm 19+ event
$5 before 11pm $10 after

Mainroom: Basilisk, Phink, Lazarus, & Darq
Backroom: stormingthebase.com room

Shakti Collective and Tribal Vision Records present a one-of-a-kind event in the continent, the first ever Tribal Vison label party in North America!!!
Tribal Vision records is a prominant label in the progressive world. It has released countless albums and compilations, including recent POTS Album “Creating Social Success,” Meller’s “Rockable,” and the recent successfull compilation, “Street Art” which includes tracks by D-Nox, Jaia, Sonify and other significant progressive acts.
On this date we will celebrate a launch of a P.O.T.S. “Social Success Remixes” CD, which will be another Tribal Vision bestseller!

Featuring artists:

PRISONERS OF THE SUN (P.O.T.S) (Tribal Vision, Germany) ~ LIVE!

Thomas Wilhelmy and Achim Lutje met by chance in the late 90s in a studio in Cologne, Germany. They were pretty sure that they have found each other’s sonic mirror – the result was a blissfull fusion that formed the basis for their project, P.O.T.S. The eventual music was a dark and trancy mixture of infinite and fast basslines under the attack of cruel tones. Their moody sounds soon attracted the eyes and the ears of Sunset label on which POTS had their 1st release in 2000. From then on they turned their leitmotiv of what they called “scientific darkness” into a worldwide success. POTS has toured the United States, the EU and even South America. A huge number of successfull releases followed on labels such as Flow Records, Spiral Trax, Iboga, Manta and Plastik Park. After their first album, “Are You Scientific Enough?” POTS worked together in different projects like Groove Express and designed sounds for different multimedia productions. Influences have come from far and wide, in many ways, shapes and forms – guaranteed each track was a long time spent in the studio. Their brand new album, “creating social success” was released on Tribal Vision Records in November 2005, getting an amazing feedback from both DJs and listeners worldwide.

Special DJ Set by:

DJ SLATER (Tribal Vision Records, Czech Republic)

Michal Smetana aka Slater, is Tribal Vision Records’ label manager, A&R, and DJ representative. Since 1999, Slater has already played at many festivals and parties across the globe, including events in Switzerland, Portugal, Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Chile, Croatia and Slovakia. His style is ranging from electro – influenced progressive house beats to energetic progressive trance, always including a lot of fresh, new stuff from label related artists to his DJ sets. Occassionally he is performing together with live percussions with members of the “U-Prag” band. He is also the resident of a popular Prague underground club, “Cross”.
Throughout the world Slater’s sets have moved the dancefloors. For the first time, he will perform here in Toronto.

Also Featuring DJs:

Shankar (Shakti)

Plan B (Shakti)

Waltix (Shakti)

Chill Room:

Rook (Shakti)

Psyscribe

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