Shankar vs Lexicon
Rook
Basilisk vs Plan B
Sketi

Apparently this is the very last Phink’s Night Out!

This Thursday, Oct 12, will be the last EBM Thursday @ Funhaus. This means no more cutting edge ebm/electro or psytrance on Thursdays. Why are we closing the night? Total lack of support. It is sad that in a city of millions we can not get enough people out on Thursday to dance and drink to ebm, electro, and psytrance. Toronto has just become a whole lot more stale musically. Come out one last time to hear what Toronto will be missing.

Thursday Oct 12, 2006
EBM Thursdays – Very Last One
Funhaus – 526 Queen St West – Toronto
10pm launch *no cover*
http://www.djlazarus.com

Mainroom: DJ Lazarus playing ebm & electro
Backroom: Phink playing psytrance

This has generated some interesting discussion on the OMMB.

DJs on hand were: Phink, Lexicon, Basilisk, Sketi, Plan B.

The global psytrance community has yet to embrace the blogging medium, but there are a handful of worthwhile publications out there. Here are a few of the finds I have made in my virtual travels:

di.onys.us

di.onys.us is succinctly described as:

…the ongoing chronicle of psychedelic trance society in New York, the U.S., and the beyond. Moments, places, people.

Without question, di.onys.us is the most serious psytrance blog on the net. The entries are well-written, timely, informative and filled with relevant photos, quotes, and links. The entities behind this blog often engage in genuine underground journalism, covering political issues such as the recent police actions at Alex Grey’s Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. This is psytrance blogging done properly! Be sure to visit.

Megalopsy Travel Blog

Filter & z1P^ are known as Megalopsy, hailing from Argentina, form one of my favourite dark psytrance groups. They have recently opened a blog to document their travels around Europe as they perform live sets and DJ, attend festivals, and experience life on the other side of the pond. The writing is solid, and they post lots of photos to make their entries visually appealing. Check out their extensive review of Boom Festival 2006, for example. What a trip!

SunriseSupplies

Danish DJ and reviewer pr0fane aka Jannick Andersen finds his home on SunriseSupplies, regularly posting quality mixes and top tens. I highly recommend his comprehensive archive of reviews and plentiful mixes–we tend to have a similar taste in this kind of psytrance, and I certainly respect his efforts!

talk progressive

Phacelift aka Kostas Alekoglou is behind this infrequently updated blog. He makes personal recommendations of artists, events, and releases which suit his taste, crossing the progressive divide between house, techno, trance, and psychedelic sub-variants. His entries are concise, lucid, and informed.

Psytrance Music @ Blogspot

Quick reviews, festival news, and rapid-fire commentary that will suit those with short attention spans. This is a standard aggregator service with a small measure of personal opinion injected every now and then. For the big picture, check this blog out.

Shakti Collective Presents its biggest event to date with one of the trance world’s most influential icons . . .

Atmos LIVE
(Digital Structures, Spiral Traxx-Sweden)

Tomasz Balicki, aka Atmos, is one of the most successful producers in the hypnotic and atmospheric trance scene. His genre-shifting track “Klein Aber Doktor” and album Headcleaner ushered in the era of progressive psychedelic trance, influencing a whole generation of Swedish trance artists like Son Kite and Ticon. His sense of merging rhythm programming with delicate strings into a well-produced groovy sound is guaranteed to make everyone get down to the dance floor. About to release his third album, Atmos performs for the first time in Toronto and is certain to create a magical evening.

Also Featuring DJ sets by:

Tomasz Balicki (Atmos)
Shankar (Shakti Collective, Tribal Vision Records) vs. Lexicon (Shakti Collective, Metamystix)
plan b (Shakti Collective) vs. Rook (Shakti Collective, Metamystix)

DJ Chill in Holy Joe’s

Kristian Sunflower (Sumkidz)
Hexagen
plus more . . .

Deco by
Marmalade & Co.
plus more TBA

Visuals by
VJ Guy
Wuzzle

Tickets
Early Bird (before Nov. 9) – $20
Advance – $25
More @ door

Tickets will be available at (but not quite yet)…

Shanti Baba – 546 Queen Street West
Metropolis Records – 384 Queen Street West

Out of town email shakticollective@gmail.com

19+ Event
ROAR

Location
Reverb Night Club
651 Queen Street West (at Bathurst)
Doors open at 9pm

http://www.shakticollective.com
http://www.mpdqx.com/digitalstructures
http://www.tribalvision.cz

Back from Taiwan and moved by the deep and pulsating beats of techno, Alex K (DJ Lexicon) has been exploring new musical trends and laying down serious beats at events in and around Toronto. Alongside DJ Basilisk, Alex is about to launch a new techno net label “Drumlore” to further explore this sound and introduce this auratory experience to a dance floor eager for a change.

Mixes

Legal Demeanour (August 2009)
Summer Groove
Soft Sounds