Boom Festival 2012

Greetings beautiful people reading this Psynews forum post! :-) Seems we’re coming to that festive time of year as the party season kicks off across Europe… So if you haven’t been to the Boom Festival yet, this may be the year to do it. But first, sit back, chill out and check out this awesome compilation of sounds from Boom Festival artists past and present. http://soundcloud.co...festival/tracks And now… read on… The Boom celebrates this year, its 15th anniversary, and welcomes you to join the tribe from 28 July until 4 August around the shores of a stunning lake right in the heart of the Portuguese countryside. From dance-music shindig to trance-global Mecca, the Boom has become the epitome of the global gathering yet goes far beyond the confines of a music festival. Its cultural program pivots around an intense ethos for the environment and stimulates the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual experience. A seven-day celebration of Peace, Art, Environment, Psychedelic Culture and Love, the Boom invites a spectrum of international artists that cross multiple genres to perform at various stages across the festival. DJs, producers and live acts from the global underground of psychedelic trance music will converge at the infamous Dance Temple. Artists at the Alchemy Circle stage explore the sounds of psy-bass, dark prog, dub-step, new world music, deep techno and the sounds of dub, while the Ambient Source becomes a haven for pure music-magic-meditation-vibration. With the festival’s Healing, Sacred Fire and Liminal Village areas, the Boom triggers a multi-sensory experience that will stay with you forever. It’s gotta be done at least once, so come and join the tribe for an epic experience in 2012! BOOM! MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS… The Dance Temple: This is the heartbeat of the Boom! Live music highlights: Japanese Taiko drummers, Gocoo, ethno-instrumental infusions from Hilight Tribe and music magic vibrations of the Peaking Goddess Collective. Rewind the classics:Old school Goatrance mavericks, X-Dream and Manmademan kick-start the euphoria of those early days with that legendary Goa-licious synth sound of yore… Sounds of the Dance Temple follow the sun with dark, twilight, forest, tribal, prog, full-on, Goa and nu-Goa from artists spanning Tristan, Avalon, Liquid Ross, The First Stone, Zen Mechanics and Dick Trevor - to DJ Nuky, Illegal Machines, Giuseppe, Jahbo, Derango, Orestis, Kindzadza, Electrypnose, Atyss and more... The Ambient Source:Special highlights: a six-hour set from the legendary Mixmaster Morris, aka, Irresistible Force; Japanese musician and composer, Hataken; Pineal and Organic Shapes; Master Margherita, Tengri, Void Controller, Sarana, Mimicof, Astropilot, Chillumafia and Samadhi. Alchemy Circle:Live acts and DJs explore psy-bass, dark prog, dub-step, new world music, deep techno and the sounds of dub… A sublime journey inspired by: Extrawelt, Gaudi, Brujo’s Bowl, Sensient, Grouch, Val Vashar, Hypogeo, Kaminanda, Radioactive Cake, Two Fold, Protonica, Tom Cosm Kangdingray and Bird of Prey to name just a few… OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: Liminal Village: The knowledge portal of the Boom, Liminal was born in 2002 as a solution-based response to a world in crisis. Powerful global voices such as Vandana Shiva have converged here to address issues that impact our world. This year's Liminal highlights: Daniel Pinchbeck gives a talk on the global shift in consciousness in 2012 and beyond. Nepali artist, Romio Shreshtha explains the power of healing behind Tibetan enlightenment art. Rick Doblin of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) speaks about the substance of his research into psychedelics. The Healing Area: is a place to re-balance and re-connect with a series of workshops comprising: daily yoga, meditation, Chakra balancing, Reiki, sound journeys, massage therapy and a host of other holistic practices. The Sacred Fire: A world music stage, with healthy restaurants, awesome live music that features indigenous organic sounds and a spirited am Art: is exploding at the seams of the Boom with eclectic works from: digital alchemist, Android Jones; design and construction mavericks, Bamboo DNA; kinetic metal works from Patrice Hubert; the ARTivist, Dadara; visionary artist, Luke Brown; French collective, Moulin Aux Chimeres, prolific Portuguese graffiti artist, Ram and more… TICKETS: 160 euros. Available online and via Boom ambassadors Boom Ambassadors: http://boomfestival.org/boom2012/tickets/boom-ambassadors-list/ Online tickets: https://boomfestival.org/boom2012/etickets/shop/web/etickets_step1.php SEE YOU HERE! www.boomfestival.org http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNq1hJ-TvBI

Calling all ARTivists for BOOM 2012: The time is NOW There exists in the mass media a complex web of disinformation communicated in the most subliminal form. ARTivists have therefore become the historians of the future as they document the truth behind the headlines, raise the consciousness vibration and witness the transformation taking place in our world. So a picture is not just worth a thousand words, but a thousand actions and art has become a powerful tool for expressing activist dissent and for communicating information that impacts us all. Visual communication is thus fundamental to the Boom experience and so ARTivists are invited to submit their activism-inspired works of art for display at the Boom Festival this year. Mass demonstrations are synchronising with the 2012 global shift in consciousness as depicted by the Maya. The time therefore, is NOW, as ARTivism becomes a crucial component of this year’s Boom Art Program. So whether your art depicts the farce of democracy, reality of corporate ownership, injustice of war, marginalisation, immigration, environmental damage, police brutality, border control or any other issue or powerful campaign that communicates the message hard and clear: we want to hear from you. NB: Feel free to experiment with either traditional or technological mediums; graphics, canvass, digital, print, installation, video, animation - it’s up to you! Please send all entries to: media@boomfestival.org by 28th June 2012. BOOM!

GREETINGS FROM BOOM... Just a quick reminder to let you know that SECOND-PHASE of Boom Festival tickets are available until 6 APRIL 2012 at the price of €140. There is also a special "Social Price" of €125 available to those countries that have suffered at the brunt of the economic crisis. These countries are: SPAIN, IRELAND, GREECE AND PORTUGAL. Please connect with a Boom ambassador near you for tickets and information, or go online. Ticket info right here: http://boomfestival.org/boom2012/tickets/info/ List of Boom ambassadors around the world: http://boomfestival.org/boom2012/tickets/boom-ambassadors/ Online tickets: https://boomfestival.org/boom2012/etickets/shop/web/etickets_step1.php The gathering of the tribe will commence from 28 July until 4 August 2012 under the August Full Moon... The line-up is looking AWESOME and the vibe will be even more so as thousands of sentient begins come together to celebrate, love and connect for BOOM TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE! ADVENTURE! See you there! BOOOOM! With Love and Light The Boom Team

You want old school? You got it baby... Manmademan perform a classic set at the Dance Temple that takes you back to the days of yore... It’s that Goa-delicious sythn-sound that successively evolves through the notes of a chord... You know you know it! The guys perform a special live Goa trance set that will kick off the euphoria of those early days... Prepare for the retrograde! We look forwards to seeing you on the dance floor... Are you ready??? Hehehe! :-D LoVe... ♥ http://boomfestival.org/boom2012/program/dance-temple/

Calling all spiritual alchemists and ARTIvists! With just a few days to go, first phase tickets for the Boom Festival will be available online at the lower price of 120 euros (works out at £99.43) until Monday 9 January 2012: https://boomfestival...ckets_step1.php Alchemy becomes the theme of Boom 2012, resonating with the 2012 Maya prophecy of global awakening - seemingly brought to life by movements such as Occupy and the tidal wave of activist dissent we've experienced of late... The phenomena of the global gathering has been epitomised by the Boom and the inextricable connection it has made to sixties counterculture movements. So this truly is the year to join the tribes! And if you happen to be an artist, we're currently in the process of collating activist-inspired works of art for display at Boom 2012! So please fire over your artivism-inspired works to: press@boomfestival.org. The line-up itself is looking truly psychedelicious... Grouch, Sensient, Hypogeo, Val Vashar take on the Alchemy Circle. Meanwhile, the dimensions of psychedelic sounds at the Dance Temple cross dark, twilight, forest, tribal, prog, full-on, groovy and Goa. Here's how the Dance Temple line-up looks so far, so good.... LIVE CONCERTS GOATIKA presents Trance Levitation Show (RU) HILIGHT TRIBE (FRA) THE PEAKING GODDESS COLLECTIVE (CHE) TJAK (POR) DJ SETS AND LIVE ACTS AJJA (Peak Records – CHE – 3 HOUR SET) ACE VENTURA (Iboga Trance – ISR – SPECIAL BOOM 3 HOUR SET) ATYSS (Sonic Motion – FR) AVALON (Nano Records – UK) BEARDY (Wild Things Records – UK) BRIAN SENTIENT (USA) BRAINCELL (Free Spirit – CHE) BUZZ_T(GER) CAPTAIN HOOK (Iboga Trance- ISR) COMA SECTOR (ITA) DAKSINAMURTI (Timecode – GER) DERANGO feat. PUROSURPO (Sanaton Records – SWE) DICKSTER (UK) DIGOA (Neurobiotic/Spun – BR) E-CLIP (SEB) EGORYTHMIA (MKD) ELECTRYPNOSE (CHE) FILTERIA (Suntrip – SWE) GIUSEPPE (Parvati – IT/DK) IANUARIA (Blue Hour Sounds – AT) ILLEGAL MACHINES (Bom Shanka – FR) JAHBO (DK) DJane LILL’LI (DK) FOG & PHOBOS (Looney Moon – ITA) KHAOS SEKTOR (Rockdenashi Productions – POR) KILLERWATTS (UK) KINDZADZA (RU) LIQUID ROSS (UK) LOGIC BOMB (SWE) LOUD (ISR) LUCA & DJane JAZZMINE (ITA/GER) LUCAS (Tip World – UK) MENOG (POR) NEUTRAL MOTION (Wild Things Records – JAP) DJane NUKY (Bom Shanka – POR) OLEG (HUN) vs TSUBI (HUN) ONKEL DUNKEL (DK) ORESTIS (Tantrumm Records/Sonic Loom – GRE) PARASENSE (RUS) PROCS (SWE) PROTONICA (GER) RAWAR (Akashik Records – POR) RINKADINK (ZA) REGAN (Nano – ZA) SHANE GOBI (Alchemy – ZA – 3 HOUR SET) SHORE BAR AXEL (Synchronize Records – GER/IRL) SHOTU (Hadra – FRA) SWARUP (BRA) THE FIRST STONE (Vagalume – BR) TECHYON (POR) DJane THATHA (BR) TRISTAN (UK) U-RECKEN (ISR) YUDHISTHIRA (MK) ZEN MECHANICS (HOL) We look forwards to seeing you there! LoVe only... The Boom Team www.boomfestival.org