Goa – 20 Years Of Psychedelic Trance

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Release Date: 2010-12

Label: Nachtschatten Verlag

This English edition is the expanded version of the German issue - containing six additional chapters (Thailand, India, South Africa, Sweden, Ozora and Universo Paralello), some revised texts and a whole lot of new photos. In this comprehensive coffee table book, the editors Tom Rom und Pascal Querner have compiled the texts and statements of 45 authors into a comprehensive portrait of a music scene and its associated culture that has existed for over twenty years now. 700 expressive images from more than 40 photographers document the unique and colourful global culture of Psytrance events on all five continents, including the legendary Boom Festival in Portugal and the Ozora festival in Hungary. Not to forget the photos of Goa, the former hippie paradise on India's west coast, on the beaches of which, the roots of this culture started to develop back in the seventies and eighties. Founding fathers of the scene, such as Goa Gil, Chicago or Raja Ram are all represented in this exceptional volume. And not least, the works of visionnary artists such Alex Grey, Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann portray the genuine picture language of this culture.

The universal artwork finds completion through the DVD - produced by Psynema (El Geko / Buzz T) both part of Psytrance culture from the start - which has been revised to include previously unreleased footage and music from a number of festival.


Table of Contents
Publisher's Preface : Roger Liggenstorfer
Preface : Tom Rom and Pascal Querner
Introduction : Tom Rom

History and music
1. Goa – The Roots of Psychedelic Trance : Goa Gil
2. History of a Colourfull Culture : Chicago and Raja Ram
3. Magical spots : Pascal Querner
4. Evolution of Psytrance Music : Kai Mathesdorf
5. The Psytrance Labels : Kai Mathesdorf
6. The Cosmic Octave : Hans Cousto
7. The "Goa-Tribe" : Culture or Subculture ? : Wolfgang Sterneck
8. Cybertribes : Projects against the System : Wolfgang Sterneck

Culture, spirituality and drugs
9. Spirituality and Schamanism : Christian Rätsch
10. Anarchy with Codes : Tom Rom
11. Psytrance Media : Sam Chaishop
12. Ecology and Environmental Consciousness : Tom Rom
13. Goa-culture, Drugs and the Expansion of the Mind : Roger Liggenstorfer
14. Cosmic Vibes: The Total Eclipse Festival : Graham St John
15. The Solipse Festivals : William Miller and Hannah Cleaver

Art and Performances
16. Decoration and Design : Ananto/Julia Werner
17. Visions and Psychedelic Art :M. Hoffmann and Robert Venosa
18. Visuals – Moving Minds : El Geko and Omananda
19. Dance in Trance : Marc Brouard
20. Performances in Colours : Pascal Querner
21. Highway to Paradise : Pascal Querner
22. beautiful People : Pascal Querner
23. Psyfashion : Katarina Bartovicova

A global culture
24. Goa in Germany : Liese
25. Switzerland : Juerg Schmid
26. Austria : Tom Rom
27. Trance in the UK : Gregory Sams and Charles de Ledesma
28. Trance in Sweden : Bakke
29. Trancerussia : Anchor and Unitone
30. Trance in Israel : Roy Engel and Lior Perlmutter and Avi Nissim
31. Goa Culture in Japan : Kei Fujishiro and Jun Inada
32. Psytrance Centre Thailand : Tom Rom
33. trance in India Today : Ma Faiza
34. Psytrance in Brazil : Kranti Pessoa
35. Psychedelic Trance : A part of South Africa History : Dave Mac
36. Doof in Downunder : Albert Moses

Festivals
37. Voov-Experience - Vuuv-Festival : Scotty and Amrisha and Andreas Mueller
38. The Boom Festival : Artur da Silva
39. Ozora Festival : Balasz Verebes
40. Universo Paralello : Swarup
41. Psytrance @ Burning Man : Peter Zeigelmeier and Brad Olsen

Reflections
42. Critical Thoughts and the Future : Tom Rom


Editors, authors, photographers and artists
Literature
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