DJ Shankar

Shakti Collective is proud to present it's holiday bash for the christmas of 2005. It will be a celebration of music and great holiday spirit. For that reason, we have prepared a special line-up: FREQ (Iboga Records, Australia) ~ LIVE! Freq has become highly regarded in the Australasian progressive/trance scene due to the success of radio playback, record releases and touring performances, such as; Rainbow Serpent Festival, Outback Eclipse (Australia), Sound Furnace4 & 5(Tokyo/Nagoya Japan), Earthdance (Melbourne), Alpine Unity (Castle Hill) and peek time sets at five Gatherings (Canaan Downs/Takaka, Nelson) - to name a few. The first successful FREq Album, ALLOYS, was released on Positive Ion Records, New Zealand and was backed with a 12” EP on Euromedia, Germany in 1997.The second FREq album was released on Iboga Records in 2004 and represents a rich journey into deep, slick, and phat progressive music. FREq is currently based at POLYGON studios in Melbourne, Australia. Active projects include collaborations and remixes with other international artists, including Antix and Sensient - as well as a host of forthcoming releases on Plusquam, Candyflip, Interzone, Iboga and many other progressive labels. MANOMANTRA (Shakti Collective, Toronto) ~ LIVE! Manomantra consists of Walter and Jerry Homem, two brothers with an extreme passion to play and produce music. Having come from a Portugese background and growing up in the heart of Toronto, Manomantra's sound includes a great variety of influences and styles that blend into one groovy progressive mix - a positive sound for mind and body. Don't miss these guys at work! DJs: Yann Montreal, Canada Tech Safari, Amazone, Headroom recs. Shankar Toronto, Canada Shakti Collective Plan B Toronto, Canada Shakti Collective Marz Toronto, Canada Blacklight Activists Visuals: Elfmaster Toronto, Canada Elftrance.ca, Shakti Collective VJ Scott Guy Toronto, Canada Shakti Collective The event will take place on Sunday, December 25th, 2005 Party from 9pm-5am Location: Footwork 425 Adelaide St. West Cover: $20 (only at the door - no presale tickets availible) This event is 19+ Infoline: 416-838-4577 www.iboga.dk www.shakticollective.com www.elftrance.com www.footworkbar.com www.techsafari.ca

our Line-up looks as following: 9:00 - 10:30pm Max Q (TranceAddict) 10:30 -12:00am Waltix (Shakti) 12:00 - 1:00am Echoplex - LIVE 1:00 - 2:30am Plan B (Shakti) 2:30 - 4:00am VIBRASPHERE - LIVE 4:00 - 5:30am Shankar (Shakti) 5:30 - 6:30am Luddite - LIVE 6:30 - 8:30am Special Surprise out-of-town set 8:30 - ???? Shakti special DJ set Boom!

Our FLyers are FINALLY ready! Excpect some good selection of out-of-town guests playing at this event! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pmccolm/deta...a20.jpg&.src=ph

Unfortunately due to family tragedy, Tim (Sensient) will not be able to play at our event on September 24th. Tim had to fly back to Australia and had canceled all of his parties for the next month. Our condolences to him and his family. However, Sensient will be coming to Toronto in the end of November, so prepare. Meanwhile, Shakti Collective have decided that the show must go on. Thus we are bringing another live act! Here's how our updated line-up looks: VIBRASPHERE (Digital Structures, Sweden) - LIVE Vibrasphere are Rickard Berglöf and Robert Elster from Uppsala - Sweden, whose paths in connection with the trance scene go some way back in time. In 1995 Rickard started recording with fellow Swede Fredrik Axelsson as Subcouds and the release of four singles, appearances on several goa trance compilations and playing live gigs over the following years made them a reputed name on the scene. Around the same time in the same city, Robert was taking his first steps in production with inspiration from trance music and help from the home studio equipment available, an Amiga computer. So it happened that Rickard's younger cousin was a good friend of Robert and through him they hooked up and started to exchange music and ideas. In the summer of 1998, Rickard and Robert finally decided to enter the studio together to produce some music. This gave birth to the very first Vibrasphere tracks and the most well known of these is definitely 'The Open Sphere' which, even now over 4 years old, captures the essence of the Vibrasphere sound with it's dub influenced soundscape and rich trance groove. With great feedback and big appreciation from djs and audience worldwide they decided to take the Vibrasphere project to the next level and went on to start producing their first full-length album. In December 2000 'Echo' was released on Swedish label Spiral Trax and was an instant success. Many of the tracks were licensed to various compilations and the down tempo track 'San Pedro' even caught the ears of British producer Talvin Singh who included it in his mix for the 'Back to Mine' series. An extensive touring schedule followed the release and the Vibrasphere live show was performed in countries like Australia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Mexico and the United States. Throughout the past two years the development and progression of the Vibrasphere sound has been released on labels like Acid Casualties, Digital Structures, Dragonfly, Plastic Park, Spiral Tax, Transient and appreciated by a worldwide audience. Rickard and Robert's desire to unite the deepness of dub with the energy of trance was the catalyst that originally formed the project and whatever progressions to come, this will still continue to be the guiding star of Vibrasphere. Rickard will play Vibrasphere's new album material which is due to be out in October!!! Ekoplex (BLA/Sound Pressure, Toronto) - LIVE Ekoplex, aka Ray Vincent is one of Toronto's best kept secrets. Ray produces music that moves and grooves everyone and his style can be descibed as dark but groovy tech-trance. Do not miss this amazing talent perform! DJs: DJ Rickard (Vibrasphere) Plan B (Shakti) Shankar (Shakti) Waltix (Shakti) Date: September 24, 2005 Venue: 2032 Dundas St. West (back entrance), Toronto, Canada Admission: $20 (only @ the door) Doors open @ 10pm Hope you'll join our celebration!

Antix is not from Sweden..its from New Zealand. Yes, it is one day and it is inside, but air conditioning will be provided. This party is for those who won't be able to make it out of the city that weekend. That way noone will be feeling left out . Besides, you can always make to Upizden on Saturday after the Antix party, since its 3-days festival. I wish I could help you bring Antix to Upizden, but Hayden is flying right after the party.

Unfortunately Antix (Hayden) leaves right after his set to Vancouver, so he won't be able to make it up to Upizden .

After much consideration, we have decided to drop the cover price to $20. So now, the cover is $20 instead of $25. We have also added another act to the line up: Bush Telegraph (BLA) consists of Toronto's Brett Howes (DJ Sketi) and Dj Suckerpunch. Together the two DJs have been producing music for over 2 years. Their style is busy full-on progressive with organic overtones and driving basslines finished with a good dose of psychedelia. They will play a special DJ set at this event!

Shakti Collective is proud to present its next gathering, "Apparatus". Apparatus, a tool to move the universe around and to help restore order on Earth. This gathering is also a celebration of Canada's 138th birthday. For that matter, we are proud to present one of the best Progressive trance acts, Antix. ANTIX (Iboga Records – New Zealand) LIVE! Based in Auckland New Zealand, Barton and Hayden Strom are the producers behind the project ANTIX. The Strom brother’s dedication to pushing their style in new directions in the ever evolving Progressive Trance genre has made them one of the emerging acts to watch for in their scene. Both Barton and Hayden were introduced to music at a young age listening, to music from their parent’s vast record collections. They quickly became addicted to the hypnotic sounds of Trance in '95 when a friend handed them a tape urging them to check it out. Barton instantly purchased a mixer and started DJ'ing at small parties in the growing Auckland scene. Six months later he had moved to Japan to buy studio equipment and teach himself the art of production, and Hayden later joined him. Together they returned to New Zealand, setting up various studios around Auckland and refining a sound, which really came together once they moved to the West Coast of the North Island and set up Slow Burning Studios in '99. The sound that seemed to evolve was a kind of minimal organic groove influenced by the European sound being played by DJ PHILIPP from Plastik Park and ANTI from Spiral Trax. It wasn't long before a connection was made when Philipp toured Australia and New Zealand in 2000, and ANTIX were signed for their first 12", "Rainstick," on Plastik Park. Over the years the two have managed to put a few of the "big ones" under their belts, playing the U-Site Fusion Festival in Germany, The Boom in Portugal, and The Rainbow Serpent in Australia. And now three years down the line, ANTIX completed their long awaited debut album "Lull" released on the Danish label Iboga Records. The duo are currently touring the globe for the third year, they are only half way to completing this tour, but so far its been a huge success, playing parties in Denmark, Sweden, Croatia, Japan, the Voov Festival 2003 in Germany and then in London, where they played alongside other respected kiwi artists for the annual New Zealand music night at club Fabric. And now to continue the tour ANTIX will play in Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Austria and then to finish in France. On top of this they’ve also been involved in Auckland label Manta. The label has just released its second 12" and third compilation "Subduction" featuring a excellent selection of New Zealand and international, Progressive/Psy-Trance which are all available from Cyberculture Records at (www.cyberculture.co.nz). So at last... Here comes the second full length album from ANTIX - "Twin Cost Discovery." Since their first album - "Lull" - released on Iboga Records in June 2003, ANTIX had major success with their very groovy and unique style. They have been playing their live set at a great number of events and have made a very good name for themselves in the scene. Now two years later, Iboga Records is proud to be releasing another well produced album. From start to end the Strom brothers take you on a journey deep into their soundscapes. You can truly tell that ANTIX has spent many hours making this album come true, and once again they surprise with their style, going in a new direction. Other DJs: Waltix (Shakti) Yeb (ColdGrove, BLA) Shankar (Shakti) Plan B (Shakti) Sketi (BLA) Stefan (Elements, Eloko) Live VJ : Scott Guy Date: Canada Day 2005, July 01, 2005 Doors open: 10pm Cover $25 (only @ the door) 2032 Dundas St. West. (Between Lansdowne and Ronceswalles) side entrance. For info, call 416-838-4577. BOOM!

Great to see finally someone brought Tsuyoshi Suzuki! This is GONNA ROCK! Best of luck!