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Welcome to the best time of the year, during which we are finally freed from the grey winter time and happily cruise from festival to festival. Welcome to the world of words, in which every letter has its own short life, until it is replaced by it successor, yet is still happy to have briefly existed. Yes my dears! Welcome to the 14th birthday of your beloved Goa Rolling Stone which was your steady trip companion in both good and bad times. Reaching the fourteenth Birthday in Germany means one is finally free to officially chose ones religion. Of course we already made up our minds light years ago that this should be Trance in all its shapes and colours, and even as our beloved music morphs and mixes with various other electronic music styles, our community still remains something special to this day. This is something we can all be aware of when we venture on our more or less psychedelic sound safaris in the coming months, and behold each other on the floor with an ear to ear grin. Of course there is also a free tack for our mushroom subscribers. You can listen to it with by creating a log in at mushroom-online.com. The 8th place of our past Trance Producer Contest is IMIX "Watch your hands". Stay tuned Mat and the mushroom Team ----------------------------------------------- Ritmo - Disharmonic Silence (IONO) ----------------------------------------------- Dubi is playing a leading role in Israeli trance scene for many years now. After he has shown his various musical taste by compiling IONO's latest compilation 'Grand Slam', he now delights you with his very own progressive trance style. Comprising deep driving basslines, escorted by warm, never persisting melodies and surrounded by atmospheres which only can be created with long lasting experiences and excellent skills. http://www.mushlink.com/109984.html ----------------------------------------------- V.A. Through The Eyes Of The Ancients (Vision Recordings) ----------------------------------------------- This is a truly varied mixture of dark psychedelic music, with some progressive and techno influences included. It features artists from Canada, Isreal, South Africa, Australia and England. http://www.mushlink.com/109985.html ----------------------------------------------- V.A. Tree Dimensional (Regen Records) ----------------------------------------------- A journey through psytrance genres going from stomping full on, to a touch of dark, some beautiful melodic morning tunes and a little chill time to finish. Manufactured from recycled & recyclable/compostable material using natural inks. All profits go to environmental restoration projects. 2 trees planted for every CD sold! with Space Tribe & Azax Syndrom, Mr Peculiar, Psyboriginal and a prime selection of Aussie artists. http://www.mushlink.com/109987.html ----------------------------------------------- V.A. "Progressive Movement Vol. 2" (Blue Tunes Recordings) ----------------------------------------------- Montagu & Golkonda are moving on, showcasing one step ahead progressive vibes. With Duca, Peter Gun, True Lies and some others, "Progressive Movement Vol. 2" rounds up catchy grooves and extraordinary sound constuctions on the highest production level with pure creative progression and is reflecting the motion of todays progressive trance genre. This will force the crowd to move. http://www.mushlink.com/110027.html ----------------------------------------------- V.A. "Tshitraka Project Vol. 5" (Blue Tunes Recordings) ----------------------------------------------- Tshitraka Project is a 7 days festival full of freaky and memorable moments. DJ Zosma collected fresh progressive sound to bring you the lovely sunday morning vibe to your speakers. Pure deep magic of an open air dancefloor with the groove and power of smiling people, dancing in the sun, enjoying intelligent, ingenious dance music. A highlight for this festival season for every Dancer as well as for every progressive DJ. http://www.mushlink.com/110028.html ----------------------------------------------- V.A. "Desert Dreaming Part 1+2" (Geo Israel) ----------------------------------------------- Desert Dreaming is the magical euphoric dancing series with a serious mission to spread peace, joy and a strong sustainable global community. Mindstorm aka Doctor Spook assembles all of the essential components for the occasion to help you dream and journey to those special magic moments that you have had and will have again some day soon to keep you fueled and inspired in the recharge time between your travels. http://www.mushlink.com/110079.html ----------------------------------------------- Nitro "Rainforest culture" (Dooflex) ----------------------------------------------- Nitro has begun producing electronic based dance floor music in 2003, his sounds can be best described as a groovy & pumping mixture of Funky progressive elements, with a hard edged blasting Psychedelic full-on beats. Rainforest Culture, Nitro"s long awaited album, icludes a mix between hard progressive elements & thick, soothing & pumping Full-on motifs. Powerful rhythms, which goes well with the unique Dooflex style, Organic, Emotional & banging. http://www.mushlink.com/110100.html ----------------------------------------------- V.A. "Through The Eyes Of The Ancients" (Vision Records) ----------------------------------------------- Vision Records takes a new direction in this third compilation, featuring 9 brand new, unreleased tracks from around the world. It kicks off with a collection of slower, atmospheric tracks and then builds progressively through a mixture of pumping full-on and dark night-time trance. This is a truly varied mixture of dark psychedelic music, with some progressive and techno influences included. http://www.mushlink.com/110109.html ----------------------------------------------- Morphonix "Off The Grid" (Vaporvent Records) ----------------------------------------------- A new divination of music and should be heralded as a genre melting masterpiece. Ushes and dreamy atmospherics soar over a mountainous landscape of buoyant bass lines. Gargantuan grooves and playful percussions dance within majestic melodies and swirling psychedelics. Listeners will find themselves more enchanted with every play of this futuristic album. Produced in the magic vibe of both San Francisco and Ibiza. http://www.mushlink.com/110111.html ----------------------------------------------- Tribal Records Label founder Tribal Tul will release his second album "Inspired". ----------------------------------------------- Being more than a mere label, Tribal Records is a whole network of scene activists and party promoters. They are well known in Israel as well as Eastern Europe and organized the biggest Trance festival in Slovakia for example. Founded in 2001, Tribal Records delivered five Psychedelic Trance and Chill Out releases so far and have a brand new CD to be published at the end of May. Label founder Tribal Tul will release his second album "Inspired". As a varying collaboration with artists such as Eat Static, PsySex or Cosmo this release delivers nine powerful psychedelic tracks. http://www.mushlink.com/110164.html ----------------------------------------------- Free Download Imix "Watch your hands" ----------------------------------------------- Typical for Imix good looking full-on psy trance are hard-kicking bass drums and massive rolling bass lines, he likes funky licks, psychedelic and crunchy synth sounds and harmonic melodies for night and daytime. His music is influenced by the power of good looking rare psychedelic funk coming from the legends of the 70´s: George Clinton, Bootsie Collins, The JB´s, Herbie Hancock, Sly und Family Stone. http://www.mushlink.com/110258.html ----------------------------------------------- Trance Fashion Fashion under the sun ----------------------------------------------- Our psychedelic culture has many different forms of expression. Besides music, deco and bodyart, clothing is an important element which many designers are choosing to explore. If some claim Trance fashion was a Technicolor unity blend in the past years, today this look has diversified into wildly different directions. Hip, chic, cool, sexy and also everything combined. In our current fashion special we take a peek inside the closets of the Elves of the past, as mythical creatures of course also undergo an evolution.... http://www.mushlink.com/110151.html ----------------------------------------------- Pyramiduna 15-18 August / Dunaremete (Hungary) ----------------------------------------------- Not only in Egypt or South America are there pyramids - now one has been discovered in Hungary! And close to it some mysterious wooden horns have been detected. Is it not the best thing to jump into some refreshing waters on a hot, sunny festival afternoon? And has not a party location close to the water always very special engery? In this respect the Pyramiduna in Hungary seems to become a pretty special festival. The venue is situated on an island in the middle of the river Danube. On the one side there will be quiet swimming places, on the other side you can also go for a little "rafting tour" with your air mattress at your own risk. The venue is tree-lined and provides enough shadow. And the exotic sound system will be a novelty for most of the visitors. It features some giant wooden horns which will blow away the audience with some exquisite Psychedelic sounds during the weekend. http://www.mushlink.com/110188.html ----------------------------------------------- Winds of change in BRAZIL country profile from Trancers Guide to Galaxy 2008 ----------------------------------------------- Brazil is nowadays one of the countries where trance music is most listened. Mixing different races and all kinds of crowd, Brazil is the biggest epicenter of trance earthquake which shakes the planet. Its worth to visit it! Since the very first crazy parties at Trancoso beach back in the middle of the 90‚Äôs a lot has changed in Brazilian psychedelic trance. Years have gone by and the music has left the shores of Bahia conquering the whole country and psy-trance pumps in every single state of this continent called Brazil. http://www.mushlink.com/109938.html ----------------------------------------------- Antaris Project 11-14 July / Near Berlin (Germany) ----------------------------------------------- There are two open airs that are called the primitive rocks of Psy Trance festivals: If the VooV (VuuV) is the grandfather of festivals, than, without doubt, the Antaris Project can be called the Grande Madame of the Psy Trance scene: On the second weekend of July 'she' invites the global Trance freaks for the fourteenth time already to some cheerful "Laugh & Dance". The recent years have not been easy ones for main organizer Uwe because he had to struggle with serious health problems. So we are really happy that he is now doing well again and full of positive energy to create this years' Antaris Project! His return means some interesting news. This year there will be the Spritual Healing Arts Area by the name of "Yogatown" for the first time. This new area of the festival will glisten from heaps of esoterical decoration and enables party visitors to engage in a lot of activities that go beyond the scope of a normal party. At this area you can attend workshops in Yoga, Qui-Gong and massage, have meditation or drum sessions. Furthermore, there will be a real Indian cermony and a great tabla concert. An integrated movie floor will show as a premiere, the first part of the long awaited Antaris movie "The mystery of the funkstrom" and other movies. Anyone, who was disappointed by the drowned mainfloor last year will be compensated now: The gorgeously decorated mainfloor will run full three nights and four days! The line-up is simply gigantic, so there will be something for every taste. http://www.mushlink.com/110179.html ----------------------------------------------- FullMoon Festival 16-21 July / Wittstock-Dosse (Germany) ----------------------------------------------- In 2002 a new event appeared on the German festival landscape. But what was this - an error in print? Not at all: The Fullmoon-Festival really took place during the week! And those who attended this event rapidly realized why. People who had traveled here were really euphoric about this party and had taken their holiday just for it. And the atmosphere was likewise: Absolutely no "casual visitors" as you might meet on some weekends, who sometimes bring negative energies to parties. Instead, there were only open- minded, cheerful party fraggles from many different countries. After the intial concentration on FullOn sounds in the beginning, the musical bandwidth has expanded through time. So this year you will find not only top-notch Psytrance acts playing here but also an alternative floor where you can listen to Progressive, Electro and even Techno sounds - for full six days and five nights! Sophisticated decoration, light installations and an impressing laser show will upgrade this anyhow attractive venue even more. Watch out for this pretty special event! http://www.mushlink.com/110183.html ----------------------------------------------- Spiritual Healing 25-27 July / Gerdshagen (Germany) ----------------------------------------------- Since this summers' parties are getting closer again, both location and date-wise, it sure is a good idea that there will be a shuttle service. Collecting the people at the Fullmoon, sending them and their cars safely to the Spiritual Healing and finally to the VuuV. Another highlight for me will be the oldschool session on Friday night, when the promised sound from 1993-1998 will take me back into the ancient times of Goa. http://www.mushlink.com/110206.html ----------------------------------------------- Tshitraka Project 3-9 July / Near Berlin (Germany) ----------------------------------------------- Take an old Soviet airbase, a high-grade organization team, some matured decoration artists and a selection of world- class Trance musicians, stir it up and let it brew for seven days in the warm summer sun. The resulting cocktail is called Tshitraka. This festival distinguishes itself from the mass of Trance festivals in several ways. The location, an old military airbase, has a very spacy flair and only at a few events you can sit on top of a hangar, sip your cocktail and watch the colourful dancefloor activities. This year the party will run full six nights and seven days without break, so be prepared for a busy party holiday! The line-up is definitely remarkable, heaps of top-notch artists will give this event a very special groove. Not only but especially lovers of Progressive Trance will be teased by the musical program. http://www.mushlink.com/110176.html ----------------------------------------------- Party News ----------------------------------------------- Th 26.06. Trancedance Hamburg, Atisha DJs: Konstantin http://www.mushlink.com/110153.html Th 03.07. - Wed 09.07. Tshitraka Project OA 7 Day Festival Airbase Alt-Daber near Berlin / Germany Live: Astrix, Basic, Biotouch, Bitmonx Vs Fabio, Chakra, D Nox & Beckers, Dualsnug, Earsugar, Freakshow, Freakulizer, Galactika, Gms, Hyperjoint, Jey & Ex , Khainz, Klopfgeister, Krunch, La Baaz, Liquid Soul, Magoon, Mos Aka Manuel Sofia, Neelix , Perplex , Popstream, Prahlad Rocky , Chemical CrewSilent Sphere, Sun Control, Symphonix, Vaishiyas, Vibrasphere, Lauge, Aes Dana DJs: Lex Ligowski, Bakke, Banel, Beauty And The Beat, Bull, Bim, Chriss, Creator, D Nox, Diro, Doc, Emok, Fabio, Freakshow, Gammer, Intellifex, Jeremy R, Johan & Manes, K-Isuma, Kairoo, Koszki, Kristian, Magical, Mapusa Mapusa, Martin, Montagu & Golkonda, Pena, Peter Didjital, Phantoma, R"deem, Riktam & Bansi, Roam, Ronen Aka Perplex, Scotty, Shane Gobi, Shankara, Shybe, Starsky, Syncron, Tulla, Walter Bradu, Zombi, Zosmaa, Miller, Terra, Jared, Acid & G√ºlle, Neobeo, Aes, Dana, Martin, DerBus http://www.mushlink.com/107884.html Th 03.07. Trancedance Atisha, Barmbeker Str. 62 Hamburg DJs: Lavinia http://www.mushlink.com/110048.html Sa 05.07. Psychedelic Intentions 3 OA / Indoor near R√ºthen/Dortrmund, Hamm Live: Nobusan, Akira Psy Project... DJs: Dr. Changra, Der Loth, Arkadius & Lil¬¥Momo, Toksy vs. Giftzwerg, Grimlock, Psylogenetix, Hendrixxx... Chill: Escobar, Toksy, SDT & Friends http://www.mushlink.com/109882.html Th 10.07. Trancedance Atisha, Barmbeker Str. 62 Hamburg DJs: Mullekular http://www.mushlink.com/110049.html Fr, 11.07. - Mo, 14.07. 12:00 Antaris-Project OA Stölln bei Rhinow / Germany Live: Ace Ventura, Ajja, Commercial Hippies, Flooting Grooves, Ganga Giri , Headroom, Hilight Tribe, Hyper Frequencies, Genepool,m Klangstrahler, Master Marguerita, Parasense, Psymetrix , The Peaking Goddess, Whicked Hayo feat. Hilight Tribe, Yab Yum DJs: Ace Ventura, Alice D, Joanna, Amrit , Apache , Anneli, BuzzT , Domino, Gautama & Melburn, Heribert & Jaaved, Impuls.e, Kai Mathesdorf, Konstantin, Leung, Louis Ley, Magical, Mat Mushroom, Naveen, Nigel, Orange, Sabai Sabai, Sangeet, Shore Bar Axel , Trevor, Tschan, Zimon http://www.mushlink.com/108553.html Fr 11.07. - Mo 14.07. Space Pirates Revolution OA Cinoble (France) Live: Rev, Neuromotor, Ccl, Ajja , Illegal Machines, Early Reflection, Phonic Request, Orca , Principles Of Flight, Bombax, Stu Altik, Jaws Underground, Lenz, Dissociactive, D-Sens DJs: Kindzadza, Juggler, Gaspard, Elden, Miss Tick, Apex, Flooting Grooves, Reeshibaba, Yuka, Nuky, Wistiti, Toto, Doog, Hoffman, Amit, Kustom, Nikosh, Zebulon, Miss Tara, Milko, Jean Mix, X-Treme http://www.mushlink.com/109974.html Sa 12.07. Elmazing Night/ Elm Glarus (Switzerland) Live: G.M.S , Paul Kalkbrenner, Tristan, Liquid Soul, M√§rtini Brös, Xv-Kilist & Rocco, Galoppierende Zuversicht, Format:B, Pitsch & Magnano DJs: Muestik, Dj Orpehus, Emok, Dj Buko, Marc Maurice, Dj Silvy, Creator & Martin, Rino, Don Ramon, Kido http://www.mushlink.com/110115.html Th 17.07. Trancedance Atisha, Barmbeker Str. 62 Hamburg DJs: Dr. Berger http://www.mushlink.com/110050.html ----------------------------------------------- furthermore new at mushroom online ----------------------------------------------- Open Air Check List - you will never forget the important things for the festivals. Some things could ease the festival life dramatically. Probably this listing contains a bit more than you actually need, therefore all parts are considered for inspiration... http://www.mushlink.com/110190.html Izwoz is a team of three visual artists, music producers and fashion designers zwoz - 'an interlocking construct of syntax symbolizing the rolling evolving nature of universal creativity - everything in existence is in the constant process of becoming something else‚Äô. http://www.mushlink.com/110192.html White Lights - Explode and be free! The ultimate goal while being alive in a physical body is an internal ¬Æ-evolution that leads to an elevation in consciousness and a full realization of the true nature of the universe. http://www.mushlink.com/110194.html Featureman - The Test It had been a long and arduous journey, until I arrived at the beautiful location of Atzlan. Featureman was about to be proven right... http://www.mushlink.com/110196.html Drug-checking does a lot to maintain the health of consumers As the term implies by checking the dose and the compound of substances, drug-checking does a lot to maintain the health of consumers and was first tested in the Netherlands in 1988. http://www.mushlink.com/110202.html Mind Expansion Records a new independent digital record label http://www.mushlink.com/110019.html Brazil - Drug Possession no crime In late March, a Brazilian appeals court in S√£o Paulo declared that possession of illicit drugs for personal use was no criminal offense. The defendant possessed 7.7 grams of cocaine. http://www.mushlink.com/110237.html Mailorder - Beware Trap! If you buy certain products through a mail order company, chances are high your package will include visits to your home by the police [ http://www.mushlink.com/110239.html British government re-initiates hunt If you buy certain products through a mail order company, chances are high your package will include visits to your home by the police http://www.mushlink.com/110241.html Komplettsets by Grow In - Order it, set it up, start growing Order it, set it up, start growing http://www.mushlink.com/110245.html ten years ago - musroom june / july 1998 10 years ago in June we spoke with DJ Cosmix about the times when DJ mixes entered the scene, and took over from the DAT pirates. http://www.mushlink.com/110249.html

SummerTime Welcome to the best time of the year, during which we are finally freed from the grey winter time and happily cruise from festival to festival. Welcome to the world of words, in which every letter has its own short life, until it is replaced by it successor, yet is still happy to have briefly existed. Yes my dears! Welcome to the 14th Birthday of your beloved Goa Rolling Stone which was your steady companion in both good and bad times. Reaching the fourteenth Birthday in Germany means one is finally free to officially chose ones religion. Of course we already made up our minds light years ago that this should be Trance in all its shapes and colours, and even as our beloved music morphs and mixes with various other electronic music styles, our community still remains something special to this day. This is something we can all be aware of when we venture on our more or less psychedelic sound safaris in the coming months, and behold each other on the floor with an ear to ear grin. The right locations and parties for unforgettable experiences in the coming two months can be found united in this magazine, where else. See you on the floor! Coinciding with the 14th Birthday of our magazine we have now moved our office to the Griegstreet 52 (Hamburg), as we announced in our last edition. Make sure you make a mental note of this if you would like to visit us, or drop by for a Chai. Mat and the mushroom team. Inhalt / Content Trance Fashion __ Frequencies & Hot Releases: M-sphere & Tribal records __ Charts __ Festival & Party News __ Festival & Open Air Map __ Festival check list __ Party Highlights & Dates __ Kaleidoscope __ Goabase Pictures __ Visions __ Featureman __ Drugstore __ Shopguide __ Freakplanet ------------------------------------- Finally, please dont forget to visit our homes at http://intershroom.tribe.net and http://myspace.com/mushroom_magazine If you never have seen one of our printed issues please submit your address to us and save your personal issue: http://www.mushroom-media.com/free If you are interested in the older issues you could download them as pdf. On our site you will find a gallery with all issues of mushroom magazine back to January 2005, all international issues and all trancers guides: http://www.mushroom-media.com/?c=lib We would also like to invite you to present your pictures to a very huge audience, something that's very easy to do using flickr.com. flickr.com is a platform onto which, once you're registered, you can upload up to 100MB of pictures a month that you can then organise into groups or 'pools' for free. You can invite your friends to join these pools and they can then contribute their pictures too. This way, large picture communities develop and you're certain to find something of interest amongst them. You'll find the mushroom pool under http://www.flickr.com/groups/intershroom/pool and it already has more than 150 users from around the world. Cover Artwork by Izwoz ( http://www.izwoz.com.au )

Welcome to mushroom day In the middle of preparations for the summer edition for June/July of mushroom magazine this newsletter has found its way to you. – As always jam packed with loads of information about current releases, upcoming parties and festivals. In this Newsletter we take a closer look at the country profiles from the current Trancers Guide To The Galaxy, and set off with Australia and Austria. Http://community.mushroom-magazine.com The publication of the 151st mushroom magazine coincides with our 14th birthday, and to celebrate this occasion we would like to invite you to join us on the mushroom day for our free open air at Hamburg’s Altonale, which will take place in the pedestrian zone of the Neuen Großen Bergstrasse in Hamburg Altona.. The Altonale is the largest cultural city event of Northern Germany, and we have reserved the open air stage for Trance all day. A sandy beach floor and a second floor by Grünanlage with Electro sounds, and a Birch tree chilled installation await you. Add to this fat deco by Funplastica and Felix, as well as a plethora of fire and Poi performance artists and you’ve got a great way to spend your day. For those of you who would like to continue celebrating into the night we have organized an official after hour starting right after the outdoor event. http://www.mushlink.com/109485.html After the big birthday party we will have completed the move to our new office, so please make sure you use this adress starting in June: mushroom magazine c/o freshflyer Griegstraße 52 22763 Hamburg tel: +49 (0)40-398417-0 For all subscribers we have prepared a spezial treat this time: Fitting with the release of the Expect debut album „South Rockers“ on Midijum Records we present the exclusive bonus track "Weather". As a regular mushroom subscriber you can download the track in 320 kbit quality. Mushroom online members can also preview the track – and as a receiver of this newsletter that means you :-) You can expect the newsletter again in the middle of June. See you then! Stay tuned Mat und das mushroom Team Free Download - Track of The Week Expect - Weather (Midijum Records) - online bonus track from the new Album "South Rockers" exclusive at mushroom online Expect are Kevin Schubert and Achim Luethje from Germany.After several releases on compilations out on Tatsu Records, Midijum Records,Yellow Sunshine Records and Millenium Records - Expect worked hard on their debut album for several months. You can download the unreleased bonus track "Weather" now. All you need to do is log into mushroom online. Registering takes just a few seconds. http://www.mushlink.com/109932.html Ephedrix Sophisticated melodies, driving rhythms and sea-deep basslines It seems like nowadays quite a few artists orientate to minimal styled music. The more refreshing to meet some dudes who went the opposite direction: Jochem Peeters and Joris Marckx from Belgium started a Techno liveact in the late nineties. Visiting a PsyTrance party some time later was an initiating experience. You can hear this in their debut album "Far Away", coming out on Dacru records on April 17th: Cutting edge production quality, featuring sophisticated melodies, driving rhythms and sea- deep basslines. http://www.mushlink.com/109817.html Hyperion pumping morning Full-On Jan Drapala and Jan Holste the duo from Hamburg are Hyperion . They already performed as DJs at the end of the 90s. Straight-line, uncompromising bassline, playful high-tech sounds and the right dose of melodies with matching psychedelic impact: pumping morning Full-On. This is how the guys describe their music. But their enthusiasm for the music was so huge, that they fathered the project "Hyperion" to realise their own musical ideas. http://www.mushlink.com/109752.html Riding Out Compilation (Future Lovers) A blend of sexy, funky & progressive Electro-Trance with the right pinch of power to get it on! DJ Acan, one of the most known and recognizable DJs of the Austrian scene (soundrevolt.com), has collected a punch of hot electro trance tracks that make hips and asses swing. And the tracklisting is hot – really hot! Tunes by Israely`s best duo at the moment – Brisker and Magitman, Swiss masters Sonic Cube, the magnificant Tim Davison from UK and German risings Kaempfer & Dietze are on this soundcandy as well as tunes by Stuardo, the new project of the Allstar Ovnimoon from Chile, DJ Purple from the UK and Acan himself. http://www.mushlink.com/109936.html NEW RELEASES Tribal Tul "Inspired" (Tribal Records) Twisted acid psytrance with crazy arrangements. On this Release Tul also joyned forces with Eat Static, Cosmo and some others. The result is that goes beyond just listening, you could feel it in your bones. http://frequencies.mushroom-magazine.com Ephedrix "Far Away" (Dacru Records) Uplifting melodic trance for sunny morning hours, looking beyond the sky, expanding boundaries and borders. http://frequencies.mushroom-magazine.com Sunhize "Dream Machines" (Unicorn Music) "Dream machines" can be described as a classic timeless tool of progressive music for dj sets and airplays. A beloved part of your music collection for home listening. http://frequencies.mushroom-magazine.com V.A. "Tranchillizer" (Peak Records) Tranchillising must be something close to shpongeling. Thank you, Master Margherita for compiling that nice journey through psycho elastic spaces. http://frequencies.mushroom-magazine.com Party News http://party.mushroom-magazine.com Th 29.05. - Sa 31.05. - Eristoff Tracks Urban Art Forms Festival Wiesen / Austria When hearing the word "Wiesen" quite a few people might associate a certain annual festival in Munich which appears pretty weird sometimes. But at the latest after this summer this word will have a fixed name in the PsyTrance festival jargon. Wiesen is a beautiful venue located in Austria and it was 2004 when the first Urban Art Forms festival took place there. And since then it has rapidly evolved to one of the most important as well as probably most extraordinary electronic music festivals in Austria. While nowadays quite a lot of festivals claim themselves to be an "amazing audiovisual experience", this event follows a really special concept... Live: Skazi, Astrix, Azak Syndrome, Absolum, Astral Projetion, Electric Univers, Space Tribe, Future Prophescy, Entropy, Combinations, CPU, ESP, Shift, Kajola, Origin, Lagun, Pendulum, Digitalism, 2Raumwohnung, Gus Gus... DJs: Menog, Amitro, P_MAC, Dica, Maxximus, GI_O, Marcato, Astralex Rotama, Grooove Armada, Dj Hell... http://www.mushlink.com/109729.html Fr 30.05. - Mo 02.06. - Liquid Time - The Return Bresegard (Meck Pomm) / Germany It finally worked out, that a new solid, dynamic team came together to organise "The Liquid Time - The Return 2008". This time a unique German/Danish collaboration resulted from this constellation. Indeed, they work like maniacs to present you a top four-day-magic festival-spectacle. Take this Monster-Line-Up with international artists, Live Acts and DJs. The sound spectrum ranges from Minimal, Ambient, Electro, Progressive, up to traditional FullOn Psy- and Dark-Trance. Live: Atomic Pulse, Azax Syndrom, Ambient Flash, Beat Bizarre, Oblix Project, Braincell, Burn In Noise, Cybergrass, Galactika, Gataplex, Gataka, , Ianuaria, Ibojima, Neelix, Onyx, Optokoppler/Tulk, Perplex, Psypox, PTX, Rastaliens, Shagma DJs: Akisutra & Tassilo,Djane Asherah, Benni Moon, Bugswap, Brandt & Smoelf, Broete, Chriss, Djane Electrosushi, Heribert & Jaaved, Jimbo, Johan & Manes, , Knorr & Schnorr, Mad Mango, Mairo Such, , MiC E.P, Meik & Y-Not, Djane Melburn vs Gautama, MFO & Good Vibes, Mindfunk, Montagu & Golkonda, Natron, Nis, Norby, Norup, Otium Ritual, Punka & Cebo, Pr0fane, Ryder, Scotty, Smiley, Syncron, Werner, Wimpy http://www.mushlink.com/109737.html Fr 30.05. Maya Nation Fundbureau / Hamburg / Germany Live: Hysterixx, Imago and more DJs: Dura, Francis, Isramon, Roland 808, Arkadius & Lil Momo, Hysterixx http://www.mushlink.com/109317.html Sa 31.05. Starflight - 2nd Trip Herzebrock-Clarholz / Germany Live: Lumbago, Franci und der Hang, Daniel Kapteina (E-Geige) Main Floor DJs: SBK, Feuerhake, Magical, Tulla, Alice D, Olli IFB, Luke Alternative Floor DJs: Buick, Anmirasha, Norman, Alex v. Linden Chill DJs: Bahana, Der Bus & die linken Haende http://www.mushlink.com/109571.html Fr 06.06. - Mo 09.06. - Psychedelic Circus OA Strohkirchen (MeckPomm) / Germany Live: Rinkadink, Fatali, Penta, Magoon, U-Recken, Day.Din, Nizzel, Midimal, Naked Tourist, Philter, Timedrained, Deeper, Lightsphere,m Slackjoint, Audiomatic, Ski Fi, Magnetrixx DJs: Rinkadink, Djane, Zottel, Dimitri, Matze, Montagu & Golkonda, Fatali, Gandalf, Syncron, Konstantin & Miko der Geiger,Zosma, Jackomo, Muestik, Starsky, Benny & Marco Moon, Mape, Nebuz & Toxico, Wedanta & PsyTrixx http://www.mushlink.com/109738.html Fr 06.06. - So 06.06. - Psytasia Castleval (Castle Festival) Schloss Leiben / Melk / Austria International Live-Acts: Bitkit,Delysid, Khopat, Klopfgeiser, Luap, Psysex, Rinkadink,Suncollector, The Path,Volu-Men National Live- Acts: Cos Cos, Ianuaria,Kajola, Lagun, Manju,Noize Hunter,Soth,Visionautica aka Materia & the funny Astronaut, The Alcimist´s Dream aka Psywolf / Michael & Zoid ...and lot of DJs !!! http://www.mushlink.com/109739.html Sa 07.06. 12:00 - 23:00 - free mushroom day OA Neue Grosse Bergstrasse / Hamburg / Germany Live: Prahlad DJs: Mat Mushroom, Mikadho, Tulla, Blue SpacE, Felix, Baq & die linken Haende Deco: Felix, Fun Plastica, fire + art performances http://www.mushroom-online.com Th 03.07. - Wed 09.07. Tshitraka Project OA 7 Day Festival Airbase Alt-Daber near Berlin / Germany Live: Astrix, Basic, Biotouch, Bitmonx Vs Fabio, Chakra, D Nox & Beckers, Dualsnug, Earsugar, Freakshow, Freakulizer, Galactika, Gms, Hyperjoint, Jey & Ex , Khainz, Klopfgeister, Krunch, La Baaz, Liquid Soul, Magoon, Mos Aka Manuel Sofia, Neelix , Perplex , Popstream, Prahlad Rocky , Chemical CrewSilent Sphere, Sun Control, Symphonix, Vaishiyas, Vibrasphere, Lauge, Aes Dana DJs: Lex Ligowski, Bakke, Banel, Beauty And The Beat, Bull, Bim, Chriss, Creator, D Nox, Diro, Doc, Emok, Fabio, Freakshow, Gammer, Intellifex, Jeremy R, Johan & Manes, K-Isuma, Kairoo, Koszki, Kristian, Magical, Mapusa Mapusa, Martin, Montagu & Golkonda, Pena, Peter Didjital, Phantoma, R"deem, Riktam & Bansi, Roam, Ronen Aka Perplex, Scotty, Shane Gobi, Shankara, Shybe, Starsky, Syncron, Tulla, Walter Bradu, Zombi, Zosmaa, Miller, Terra, Jared, Acid & Gölle, Neobeo, Aes, Dana, Martin, DerBus http://www.mushlink.com/107884.html Th 21.08. - Su 24.08. - Aurora Festival Thessaloniki / Greece Hallucinogen, Sphongle, Younger Brother, Logic Bomb, Talamasca, Vaishiyas, Liquid Soul, Andromeda, Vibrasphere, U-Recken,´Bamboo Forest, Massive, Sirius Isness, AES Dana, Asura, Solar Fields, Symphonix, True Lies, U-Recken, Freakulizer, Klopfgeister, Midimal, Zen Mechanics, Sun Control Species, Nok, Daydin, Aerospace, Dualism, Dualsnug, Gaudium, Odiseo, Jey & Ex, Prometheus, H.U.V.A. Network, Cosmic Tone, Vibrasphere (Downtempo), Carbon Based Lifeforms, Lightsphere, Quantum, S-Range, Chromosome, Galactika, Protonica, Visua, Visual Paradox, Visual Contact, Ultravoice, Earsugar, Audiomatic, Audiomatrixx, Magnetrixx, Rocky, Doc, Miraculix, AKD, Agent-17, Frechbaxx, Ion, Fatdata, Sensifeel, Cycklones, N.A.S.A, Psynthex, B. Moon, Aquatica, Cell, Nordlight, Quantize, Frequent Pill, Filteria Domestic X-Noize, Pixel, Safi Connection, H.X.O.R, Direct Connection, AWAKE, Terra Nine, Nova... http://www.mushlink.com/109450.html

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Hola Amigos ! This month we are not only looking back upon 150 editions but also upon seven and a half years in our office location at Arnoldstraße. By the end of April we will be moving into a smaller location. While looking back with some melancholy together with Freshflyer and full of new energy we are also looking forward to our new home. Besides this 150. edition of the mushroom also the Brazilian Trancers Guide To The Galaxy (in Portuguese) has been published. All subscribers should receive one this month. If you are no subscriber you can still order the Trancers Guide at mushroom-online.com at cost-price. Coming month we will celebrate the 14th mushroom birthday and do have the honour to do this free and outside amidst a pedestrian-zone during one of the largest district festivals of Hamburg, the Altonale. For a whole day we will be filling this pedestrian zone gone sandy beach as our open air floor with sound. Starting on a Saturday, 7th of June at 12 a.m. and ending after sunset with a fireshow approximately at 11 p.m.. We are expecting you! More info about this event and further mushroom events as always up to date our website and the connected news networks. Wishing you a wonderful start into early summer! your mushroom crew

Colourful Greetings! By now it's already March, an thoughts of a great springtime, as well as the coming Open Air season are starting to sprout. The crew at mushroom are also preparing ourselves for a very special Open Air event, then on the 7th of June (note this down in your calendar), we will be playing tunez at a free outdoor party all day in Altona's pedestrian zone close to the Altona train station. The occasion is the Altonale, Hamburg's largest neighbourhood party. You can dance in the city next to some decorated sea fair containers, and enjoy nature feeling thanks to the sandy beach underground especially created for this event, as well as a Birch forest in the cities west. We are all already very much looking forward to this mushroom Open Air. This event will also coincide with the 14th birthday of mushroom magazine. Before this however, we would like to invite you to our upcoming party, celebrating the 150th edition of mushrooms magazine on the 29th of March. http://www.mushlink.com/108876.html We are already working hard on this issue, which will feature a summer festival special, present the winners of the New Model Army Remix Contest, the continuation of the Featureman story, and much more. Speaking of contests: The New Model Army Remix Contest is going into the final voting stage. We will be closing the voting stations with the publication of our next newsletter in the middle of March. Don't miss your chance to cast your vote, and elect your favourite track. http://www.mushlink.com/109327.html The TRAKTOR poll in association with Native Instruments has now closed, and the 3 winners have been randomly picked: Ulrike Hulin (Soest, Germany), Agustin Calabrese (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Oliver Schmidt (Hamburg) each won a full version of TRAKTOR 3. Congratulations! If you are an artist, in this newsletter I would like to heartedly recommend our article on the future of music distribution. You can find out how to get your music into the large online shops, and how much you can expect to make. http://www.mushlink.com/109235.html mushroom subscribers please note! If you're a mushroom subscriber, you are able to download the track of the Week in top grade quality. This time this is the number 7 track in our Trance Producer Contest. IN order to make this function available to all our paying subscribers we've set up a member account for you at mushroom-online. If you are somehow not able to download the Track of the Week in 320 kb/sec mp3, then please write a mail to mushroom@mushroom-media.com with your name and your subscription number, which you can find on the adress label of your mushroom subscriber envelope. After we receive this we will send you the access data. Once you're logged in you can of course change these into any new password you like. If you still don't have a mushroom subscription, including a free download ticket, then click http://www.mushroom-online.com/abo . We will meet again mid of March. Stay tunes Mat and the mushroom team Free Download - Track of The Week Antagon "Abstract" The 27 years old Lars started producing in 2005 under the name Antagon. Release wise so far he has chalked up a web release "Calvaire" on the Triplag compilation "Samowarez". Style wise in the Psy category he is primarily interested dark hard sound such as Kindzadza or Ocelot. He also plays DJ sets focussing on powerful Full On, in the direction of Abomination, Delysid or Painkiller. Lars is the 7th winner of our last Trance Producer Contest. You can download the Antagon track "Abstract" now. All you need to do is log into mushroom online. Registering takes just a few seconds. http://www.mushlink.com/109406.html Doof Records Visions for 2008 Sitting in our studio in downtown Tel-Aviv, desert dust still in our hair from last night"s party, we decided to send you a little update through our shroomy friends. 2007 flew like a breeze and we"ve just made a dive back into the underground acid pool releasing our Australian influenced compilation "LeftSpeakerDancer". This one is full of treats for the trippers and a good preview for what we have coming this year. Next is the debut album from Orca, a fresh and promising new member to the doof family. His music is hard and funny, the kind that makes you explode on the dance floor but with a stupid smile on your face. Just like we like it. http://www.mushlink.com/109102.html Skazi Live in Germany Asher Swissa & Assaf B-Bass began their trend setting style of Psytrance in 1998. Asher Swissa is still often referred to as "Skazi" despite that Skazi is officially a duo. Asher played in Jerusalem for seven years in the Punk band "Sartan Hashad" and for three years in the band "Rock Ba-Yarok". http://www.mushlink.com/109413.html new release Aeternal "Visiosonic"(Macky Mad House Records) CD Aeternal"s sound is a kicking Full On! Usable by DJs at night, twilight and even mornings. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/mmh/mmh1cd002.html The Future Of Music Distribution Insights in tomorrows label business Many labels are already distributing their music digitally. The others should get aboard as soon as possible. In this special we will give you insight into the label business, and info on how you can get your music into all important online shops worldwide, even if you do not have a label. http://www.mushlink.com/109235.html Magic Mushrooms in NL Update about the legal status Mushrooms will stay legal for at least five more months. Chances are getting higher that mushrooms will not even become banned at all. Even though the Dutch minister of Health wants to ban mushrooms, there will now be a parliamenty hearing. Scientists and health professionals will give their opinions. Most of those people see more truth in well performed research than in some badly tripping politicians. It may well be that the parliament will ask for regulation instead of a ban. Regulation will mean that not everyone can sell mushrooms anymore; only specialized shops that have a mushroom diploma. http://www.mushlink.com/109365.html Global Psychedelic forum in Basel The long awaited second round of the LSD symposium In January of 2006 the international symposium "LSD - problem child and miracle drug" took place commemorating the 100th birthday of LSD's discoverer Dr. Albert Hoffmann. This year, the long awaited second round of the LSD symposium will take place. The psychedelic forum of 2006 was the largest event focussing on the theme: "Changes and Expansion of Human Consciousness" with over 2000 visitors from 37 countries. Now the long awaited second round of the LSD symposium will take place. http://www.mushlink.com/108201.html Party News http://party.mushroom-magazine.com Fr 07.03. Cosmic Tunes Juice Club / Hamburg / Germany Neodur -live-, Feuerhake, Frank Traumraum, Maik Hotz, Mikadho, ov-silence.oli Sa 08.03. Starflight 1st Trip Musik Knepie Muck / Herzebrock-Clarholz / Germany Magoon -live-, Bim, Olli IFB, Alice-D & D.Joanna, Andree, Stefan Lepper, Moonraker, Buick, Luke Sa 08.03. Blackout Andre"s Bday Kerpen-Sindorf /Germany Live: Audiomatic, Code Chaos FX, Pera-S-Kura, Djs: T-Gate, TeKaEh, Arowana, Tulla Fr 14.03. Deep Blue Sea 4 Traum GmbH / Kiel / Germany Live: Freakulizer, Khainz, Moontales, Tempest, Dj: Chriss, Marco Moon & Mr. Nice Guy, Wedanta & Psytrixx Fr 14.03. Midijum Label and Release Party Butan / Wuppertal / Germany Live: Mad Contrabender, Expect Project, Djs: Bim, Alexander Ligowski, Kevin Schubert, Exanimo, Tulla, T-Gate, Arowana, Treorm, Serenade, Chill: Don Cebo Sa 15.03. Audio Connenction Gerberei / Schwerin / Germany Sa 15.03. Audio Connenction Gerberei / Schwerin / Germany Live: Kerosene Club, DJ: Stagen, Kyra, Tavanic, Arkadius & Lil Momo , Miraculix, Till Eulenspiegel http://party.mushroom-magazine.com furthermore new at http://www.mushroom-magazine.com The artist is right! Into the djungle of performance right societies. Featureman - A fantastic story I was on a long journey through Europe, and happened to be in Spain when I first heard about him, but nonetheless I was sure I had known him for ages, the father of all thoughts, and the mother of all knowing. Space Buddha - The Uplifting Effect Space Buddha has visited every continent of our planet while touring with his music and has participated in many unforgettable festivals worldwide. As one could possibly interpret through Eliad Grundland`s project name, Space Buddha is simply out of this world. Master Margherita Tranchillizing Hamburg [Charts:] Juggler (Utopia Records - Crystal Matrix) · Portugal [Charts:] DJ Koszki (Blue Tunes Recordings) · Berlin / Germany [Charts:] Astralex (Animalx / 24seven media) · UK http://www.mushroom-magazine.com Links to outer space Special clothing for special people Under the label Alice D., Gabriela presents extraordinary and comfortable clothing for extraordinary people. Allow your self to be drawn into this fantasy world, and visit Magick Wear at www.magickwear.de

#148 / "The Passenger's Edition" Merry Trance-Mas ! Welcome to the month of perpetual partying. As christmas and new years both fall on week days, we are being flooded with parties this year. Our newly designed party planner now presents you with a clearer overview of this party mayhem, as we have combined the party highlights and the microplan into one giant party list. From now on you have all events happening at any given date in one overview, and no longer need to search through two lists. A novelty at mushroom-online.com, is our Trancewear shop in cooperation with shroomshirts.com, Starting on the 1st of December. Besides mushroom and Freakplanet clothes, you can also find many more mushroomy graphics printed on the finest cotton. In February we will connect with you again, this time twofold, as besides the double issue for February/March, the fifth edition of Trancers Guide To The Galaxy will be published, in which we will present you with profiles of over 30 trance infected countries. In the meantime, spoil yourself with free tracks in hi resolution mp3, which are presented in our weekly newsletter. The download of these tracks is completely free of charge, until the end of January, after which it will be a free service for our subscribers. You are invited to join us at mushroom-online.com, the whole procedure takes only a few seconds, and opens up all sorts of new possibilities. Enjoy your time under the psychedelic christmas tree. The entire mushroom team would like to wish you a great start into the New Year! Inhalt / Content Technical News: Traktor, Ableton 7, Matrox, Konnekt Live New Releases: Psynina, Solar Fields, Feuerhake, Syncronize Fashion Kaleidoscope Partypreview Party Highlights: more than 200 party dates Goabase Pictures Drugstore Visions Shopguide Freakplanet ------------------- If you never have seen one of our printed issues please submit your address to us and save your personal issue: http://www.mushroom-media.com/free If you are interested in the older issues you could download them as pdf. On our site you will find a gallery with all issues of mushroom magazine back to January 2005, all international issues and all trancers guides: http://www.mushroom-media.com/?c=lib We would also like to invite you to present your pictures to a very huge audience, something that's very easy to do using flickr.com. flickr.com is a platform onto which, once you're registered, you can upload up to 100MB of pictures a month that you can then organise into groups or 'pools' for free. You can invite your friends to join these pools and they can then contribute their pictures too. This way, large picture communities develop and you're certain to find something of interest amongst them. You'll find the mushroom pool under http://www.flickr.com/groups/intershroom/pool and it already has more than 150 users from around the world. Finally, please dont forget to visit our homes at http://intershroom.tribe.net and http://myspace.com/mushroom_magazine