[Need advice for choosing town/city to start a crew for psy parties in houses]

14 minutes ago, Padmapani said:

if you're also interested in throwing illegal underground parties in the woods, we could definitely use more of these here.

i can offer an established, but small anough to be very familiar, scene, nice crowd, ok djs,  european average drug laws, nice natural settings and the police are very reasonable as long they don't find out where the parties take place  

Hey Padmapani, thanks a lot for your reply, sounds awesome! I'll PM you

[Need advice for choosing town/city to start a crew for psy parties in houses]

Hi!

Im looking to start a cicle of house psy parties. It can be anywhere in the world, so long as there is a suitably-sized psy scene there. Idea is to make parties in houses, with no defined end to the party, bring good Djs locally and maybe from other countries as well. Goal is to create a really cozy setting so people can relax, bond, and have fun :3 with great decor and music.

Some things to consider:

+No very strict drug laws

+ Relatively established psy scene

+ "Flexible" police and neighbors

+ If there is some natural setting around could be good but its not a must

+ Friendly-fluffy crowd xD

+ Good local Djs (Full-on, proggresive, UK-style, tribal, psybient, psydub)

 

Thanks so much!

ps. If anyone is looking to start a crew for parties at houses anywhere, lemme kno. Or maybe you have a crew and need new blood xD

[Living in Italy... any tips/suggestions?]

Hello!

 

(I cant post on travel section)

 

So.. Im moving to Italy cause of family.. I plan to stay for a couple of years to learn italian, and take some art course, and find a job hopefully

 

MY question is::: where in Italy is a good place to live?

 

Things to consider could be

 

- a youthful city/town

- good nightlife (psy-trance, dubsptep

- alternative culture

- nice nature surrounding the town

- good for studying art

 

hm... good food i guess everywhere

how about organic shops?

 

what else... hmmm... friendly and sexy people =^.^=

 

And people that talke like thise.. hehe =p

 

Grazie , Thank you!

[Traveling the world full-time]

Thanks guys.

 

Teaching English is good, though its not very flexible... if you wanna travel more fluently. The ideal thing for me would be to either sell a product or offer a service as I go, something I can take with me.

 

Of course, if I do stay in one place for a long time, then teaching English or working at bars/restaurants is always a good option...

 

Same with fruit picking...

 

I'd skip drug dealing and pig slaughtering for now

 

... Freelance yeah sounds good but i dont know graphic design and can't think of anything I could offer online.. but ima give it a though

 

And buying bulk and selling at stall is good, I just can't think of what to buy/sell. I guess it would depend on the town/city im in.

 

Anyway, thanks again! keep them coming :3

[Traveling the world full-time]

Hi all,

 

First of all I apologize I should post on Travel section but it won't let me.

 

 

Anyone traveling the world full-time? (or has done it in the past?) Could you give me some tips particularly on sustenance/making a living?

 

I wanna travel around visiting the different scenes, while making a living as I travel. I thought of couple of options but I don't know how reliable they are since I never tried them.

 

All I hear is people either doing "Web-design/IT" which I can't do. Or knitting necklaces/wristbands which I also can't do and not sure it fits me.

 

Any other ideas?

 

I appreciate it

 

Annica

 

 

ps. If you don't wanna publicly reveal your awesome secret that will make me millionaire you can pm me

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

Australia but most the big festivals here are in summer & the smaller ones only via facebook hunting. Also the bigs ones have moved more towards incorporating a lot of progressive house & techno music in to their line ups which is fine but if you're not in to those styles is can be messy. I gues Maiteria (I think that's it) is still inda psy but prog and full on mostly.

 

Personally I'd never move to another country just to folloer music. Travelling the globe and experienceing the different scenes was always more fun.

 

Awesomes... what about weekly parties? Where in Australia you feel is the nicest scene?

 

I kno I wont just move to a country for psy alone, but its one of the things Im considering.. though yes, it is quite important for me.

 

Also.. id love to travel the globe and just experience all the scenes... I just cant figure out a realistic way to earn a living as I travel.. if you've got any ideas you can enlighten me

 

Thanks x

 

Annica

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

not really. by the requirements you list, i guess london would be the best place . other european cities might also qualify if laws favourable for squatters aren't a necessity.

 

for india, you'd have to look at goa obviously, and even there, while you have enough alternative people, old hippies, vegetarian food, there's not too much psy happening outside the time around christmas/new year (but lots of parties around that time). during my stay in goa a few years ago (3 weeks in february) i haven't been able to locate a single psy party. at the parties i found they were playing electro or minimal (not even the progressive/minimal crossover stuff you hear at european festivals at daytime).

but besides small villages where the locals live, huts at the beach, yoga teachers and parties at peak season, there isn't really much going on there. it has a very laid back, rural feel and every "town" is spread over a comparatively huge area.

 

the hotspot for south east asia is koh phangan. while you'll find daily parties with psytrance at had rin beach (at the zoom venue), it isn't only psytrance anymore for many years. the whole beach is just bars/sound systems edge on edge and most will play horrible electro/house/dance/whatever is popular at the moment in the west. the zoom is pretty deserted most of the time compared to the rest. the people you'll find at had rin are mostly shitfaced drink and use the available fluoro-pant to decorate themselves with football tricots or national flags.

however there are also dedicated parties. at half-moon or black-moon you'll hear anything between minimal and neelix (or liquid soul if you're lucky), while at shiva moon there'll be darkpsy (and a croud of maybe 20 people).

with had rin overrun by people who have a totally different mindset the psy heads are scattered around the island, mostly settling for chill places far from had rin (if you do that you can have a pretty good time on the island. i've been to koh phangan mutliple times and it's gotten worse every time. if you want to go there for a holiday do it quick.)

also there is no "eco" spirit. the more beautiful a place is, the quicker it gets plastered with opportunities to make money off tourists.

another point that might be important for you is that it's almost impossible to find food without fishsauce in thailand

 

as for other places in south east asia where hippies used to gather:

forget vang vieng. besides the stunning view of the mountains, it's all drinking and watching reruns of popular tv-series over there.

i've also been to bali/lombok, but failed to find any psy community there. i hear they're still doing monthly parties on the uninhabited island gili meno, but i couldn't find the dates in advance and had my flight before one was happening.

 

Hey! thanks a ton, thats a lot of useful information! So I guess Goa is a no-no... have you heard of Malana at Kasol?

 

Also.. nevermind squatting... what are your views on the different scenes in Europe? Any city/town worth mentioning above the rest? I'd just narrow my requirements to... friendly/mixed/colourful crowd, weekly parties, and good local djs/artists.

 

Also considering Brazil but dont know much about the scene there, but I read is the biggest in Latin America.

 

Anyway, thanks a lot

 

Annica

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

anyone else has suggestions?

 

What about India? /South East Asia?

 

 

:3

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

K, awesome.. thanks for all the info! i appreciate it

 

I'll definitely do some research and maybe visit Zurich soon, as I plan on going to Italy during new years anyway.

 

P.L.U.R

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

Check out switzerland.

+ There are several parties every weekend, ranging prog to hightech/core

+ The 'normal' swiss people are a bit strange.. they are very friendly and obliging.. IF you have moneh. If you have no moneh they rather want you out of their country..

Switzerland is kind of the hippie-collecting-point for central Europe, so there are quite a lot of them and hippies are like they are everywhere.. no problem to find friendly fluffy/colorful folks

+ Just check out pictures and articles about switzerland.. they are in the middle of alps. Beautifully nature with lakes, mountains, ect and everyone takes care about the nature very much. Awesome public transport system, probably half of the country is a national park ( )

 

There are no real big cities there, although you won't miss it. Zürich feels like New York, but with the size of a village.

It's very multicultural.. you can meeting everyone on the caffe-bar down the street .. from the mulit-mio-$$$ bank chairman to the flower power backpacker which just came back from india..

 

Hey! awesome!! I've actually been to Switzerland, Engadine is beautiful.

 

When you say prog to high-tech/core, you still talking about Psy trance? (excuse my ignorance)

 

Anyway sounds great. How about the level of health/food consciousness; things like health stores/whole foods (unprocessed), raw, vegetarian/vegan, etc?

 

And do people squatt there? (occupy abandoned buildings for living or as cultural centers/ or for parties)

 

In which towns/cities is the psy scene more active/open, etc?

 

And finally, is it easy to get by speaking English?

 

Thanks again

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

Well, Los Angeles CA USA will have all those things, except a lot of psytrance - maybe 1 show a month and usually not the best artists..

 

True dat. My sister lived in Cali for some time, and loved it.

 

However, difficult to get permission to live there (green card, etc). And yeah, psy scene in US is still gathering momentum, not many parties/resident artists yet unfortunately.

 

Thanks tho, I'd like three doses of healium plz. Send to Happy Ram, Mountain number three, Da ridge.

[Help me find my new psy-home :p]

So, my name is Happy Ram, I lived in London for about 3.5 years, and met the psy scene there, and was great. Now I've been living in Argentina for some time and there's really no psy scene here which makes me an unhappy ram.

 

Im looking to relocate, anywhere in the world really, so I'd like to find a good psy-scene for me, please help:

 

(ps. I tried to post on Travel section but wouldn't let me)

 

I wantz:

 

+ Awesome psy-trance music (full-on, uk-psy, tribal, progressive, celtic), with good local djs/artists and weekly parties

+ Very Friendly, mixed international crowd (multi-cultural), more towards the fluffy/colorful as compared to darkpsy

+ Located in beautiful place (town surrounded by nature, rivers, mountains, somewhere where you can see the night sky, forests, jungle!)

+ Eco-friendly/conscious town/city. Vegetarian/Vegan/whole-food options, friendly people, rooted culture.

 

I say city but maybe im looking for something smaller (town), unless city is somehow in tune with nature (if this is even possible

Im thinking.. South East Asia, Latin-America, maybe Europe, but I'm open to other suggestions

 

+ Possible to squatt is a big plus. Somewhere where there's squatter's rights, or its commonplace to squatt and no problem with police/etc.

 

+ Alternative/progressive hub, things like grassroots social movements, new ideas, etc

 

Methinks dats it. Unless of course im forgetting about.. rams! there has to be rams roaming free thru my backyard, while I sip my cup of tea and talk to them cause im a ram.

 

Somewhere that advocates for Ram rights.

 

That is all.

 

Thxs

 

Happy Ram