Art Show Begins at 5:00pm, Music Starts at 9:00pm
919 York Road in Guelph, Ontario

Tickets are $5 for the first 50, $10 for the rest of the advanced tickets, and more at the door. Advanced tickets can be purchased through paypal to kevinstargazer@msn.com

If you buy a ticket for Transendence, admission to the art-show is free. If you just want to go to the art show, it is $5.

DJS:
Basilisk – Psytrance
Stargazer – Psytrance
Sinister Warlocks – Psytrance
Inner Space Cowboys – Psy-breaks
Dima Krush – Ambient Style (all the way from Russia!)

All profit goes to Ronald McDonald House – a charity that houses families of sick-kids while they are in the hospital.

The biggest shop in the U.K. is shutting down at the end of the month! From their mail-out:

Chaos Unlimited, the original Psy Trance webstore, will close on 31st August 2006 after 10 years in the Psy Trance scene.

This is due to personal health issues combined with the continued decline in Psy Trance CD sales.

When I began to collect back in the late 90s, CU was an essential stop-over for buying fresh material. I must have ordered over a hundred vinyls from them as the years went by. One has to appreciate their dedication to a business which promises little more than hard work and getting by. It will be sad to see them go, but it’s been a good run!

The mail-out suggests that customers seeking music in the future should check out psymp3.com, which says a great deal about the way the psytrance industry is shifting gears to adapt to the changing times. After a quick look, my first thoughts are that £1.25 for a 320k MP3 seems a bit steep, and the selection isn’t great. They are sure to regret their choice of domain name in the years to come, as MP3s are gradually phased out, but it must be remembered that this is only the beginning for digital download shops. Just as the emerging online shops of the late 90s went through frequent upheavals as the technology of the web advanced, so too will the digital music emporiums adjust to new developments and buyer preferences. I wish them luck in the years to come!

While ripping a number of new purchases a week ago, I discovered that EAC was no longer receiving a response from freedb, the service responsible for providing track titles. After a quick investigation, it became apparent that freedb had imploded in an ugly fashion after a dramatic turn of events saw the departure of key development personnel from the project. Slashdot has an article detailing the affair, with links to backstory as well as a number of alternatives (Musicbrainz, and the freedb2 beta). If you are making use of original CDs, chances are that you will probably want to update your software.

Update: everything is back to normal! freedb service has been restored.

Basilisk will be playing in Vancouver at Organix on August 4th! All you West Coast types had better come out and say hi! Check the website for general info on the event in case you were caught unaware.

Club 23 West
23 West Cordova
10-4am
$6 cover, free before 10:30