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Bolivia
The country of high historic wealth, high energy and high altitude is also among the poorest countries worldwide. Still a small trance scene has emerged and occasional parties are usually happening around La Paz – a city over 4000 meter high! Psyworks is doing events partly involving international artists.
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Brasil
Text: Sam @ Chaishop.com
Brasil – the paradise that occupies nearly half of South America, that is larger than the USA, where only the Amazon area produces one-tenth of the world’s oxygen and contains one-fifth of the world’s fresh water. Brasil – paved with waterfalls, forests and beaches as beautiful as the Brasilians. Brasil – a perfect location for a trancers holiday...
Without knowing, the portuguise seem to have planted prerequisites for trance culture whereever they went. The old portuguise colony Goa (India) became the birthplace of our culture, Portugal itself today holds one of the biggest trance scenes in Europe and finally Brasil got the most attractive remote-target for trancers.
Trance in Brasil is in it’s high! Parties in the megapolis Sao Paulo (fighting with Mexico City about the second place in the biggest-cities rating of the world) happen seven days a week. Open Air Festivals happen every weekend in locations one couldn’t imagine more beautiful. International Artists are constantly around – because Brasil and Brasilians are irresistable. Local Artists are emerging everywhere in highly respected quality. DJs like Rica, Gabe (Wrecked Machines), M.A.C.K., Tati and Swarup already played around the world.
All sounds great but looking behind the scenes also in Brasil it’s not that easy. Only wealthy Brasilians can afford the parties (like in Mexico) and even those are struck by the general economic crisis striking hard on Brasil with devaluation of the local currency, the Real. There are too much parties happening for the still-small scene (open air parties range from 200-4000 people) and expectations to lineups are high (since international artists are often around and play for small fees without charging travel expenses). Most of the open air party organisers currently make loss with their parties. The club owners have it a bit better – the drink prices are high. Like Mexico also in Brasil Trance is developing too fast thus drawing strange people in the scene and developing too commercial parties. Brasilians start to select the parties they visit more thoroughly and on these “inscene” parties – that sometimes last for 3-5 days - expect great vibe and unforgettable experiences!
Trance in Brasil has found it’s capital with Sao Paulo. Here clubs like Klatu, Freak-a-delic, A-Club, Shakti and others get you connected. In Galleria D’Ouro Fino you can buy trancers needs and meet the scene in the daytime. Clubbing around the week is no problem and once started it’s hard to stop.
In many other brasilian cities like Belo Horizonte, Rio, Curitiba or Goiania trance is rather small but developing. Alto Paraiso (State Goias) and Trancoso (State Bahia) developed trance resorts with a big attraction to nature loving international trancers. The open air festivals happen everywhere between these named places – Watch out for flyers and announcements in the websites.
Tourist-wise locations are the state Bahia for beaches, the Amazon for the ultimate rainforest experience, Foz de Iguaçu for the widest waterfalls in the world, Salvador for black music culture, the state Minas Gerais for gold and silver mining cities and beautiful landscapes, the state Pantanal for wildlife, Sao Paulo and Rio for the brasilian citylife and many many more... Keep in mind that distances are massive and you better choose an area to travel before you start your holidays!
Some words from Nazca (Soononmoon) about Salvador...
Salvador is an ancient and huge town (3 million people), the first metropolis on brazil, very blacky, sexy and colorful. here we have the highest amount of light of the world, maybe after athens, greece. its an wonderful site and the scene is getting bigger as the soononmoon work is reaching the right freaks, the right girls and boys tired of axé music, a shallow kind of pop music with no intention and no power that ruled the cultural life of my city since 80's. now its time is over and psychoactive events on the beach are attracting a new breed of djs and artists and beautiful people. here we have the power of the orixas, bringing more power and light to the scene. our biggest event was silex 303, 12 hours party on december 2002, with 2.200 hyperactive persons. it was beautiful, unforgettable and brought new life to the city. our next event will be 24 hours and it will happen on september 2003. its name is hexalia and you'll hear about it.
Parties:
- NYE 2003: Brazilian Trance Festival, close to Sao Paulo
- NYE 2003: Universo Paralelo, Bahia
Links / Contacts:
- http://www.chaishop.com/br
- http://www.zuvuya.net
- http://www.baladaplanet.com.br
- DJ Rogerio Martinelli (rogerio@chaishop.com)
- DJ Carbon 23 (bruno@chaishop.com)
- Nazca (soononmoon@hotmail.com)
Costa Rica
Text: DJ Prophet, DJ Brealey, Sam @ Chaishop.com
Since the late-nineties, groups of European old trance-heads and djs from far away places like India, came to this peaceful paradisiacal spot in Central America, Costa Rica. These foreigners settled down in natural magical places like Montezuma and Tamarindo where our scene grew up. They shared their culture and good vibes, showing us a completely new way to dance and feel the music.
People began to gather in hidden natural places experiencing the joys of trance, nature, unity and sense of respect among all. Also djs shared theyre music with the local kids, some of whom now are well-known national dj's and producers that had done a huge contribution toward the evolution of our scene.
So, year-by-year our trance community keeps growing and flowing with much better organizations, outdoors parties and now twisted live-acts. Parties with international artists are happening occasionally, mainly close to San Jose, the capital.
There’s a new out of the hook psy-trance live act which we are very proud off... They are Total Hyperactive Detonation, whackos from the local scene (Sir-G and Dusk) that just put a new album out, mastered by the dark mental twister of Tim Schuldt called Rampage. Full-on Dark Psy-Trance, floor filler!
Costa Rica appears to be a paradise spot for international trance festivals. The ecological diversity given to us by this country is incredibly amazing...you can choose between volcanoes all around, tropical humid forests to breath the best air ever, exuberant beaches from both Pacific and Caribbean sides to choose from, among many other beautiful hidden things. Anyhow the trance scene is still quite small and tourism all around the country is dominated by US-Americans. So it will probably take some time until these types of festivals can develop.
If you plan to visit us soon in Costa Rica and want to get in full contact with our electronic music scene and culture, you must definitely, arrive in a strongly way every Wednesday from 9:00pm in ahead to the Disco-bar El Yos in San Jose where we assured to you, extreme discharge doses of psychedelia in our highly acclaimed Global Trance Sessions. This is the local scene on its maximum expression and the way to have access to the real special underground parties that happens when you less expect ;) .
Costa Rica welcomes all the trance community worldwide with great parties, friendly warm people & fresh forest vibes... :)
See ya´ all here... PURA VIDA!
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Rio de Janeiro
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Sunvibe Festival 2003, Brasil
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Solaris Festival 2003, Brasil
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Chaishop Tour 2003, Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
Parties:
- Global Trance Sessions every Wednesday: El Yos, San Pedro, San Jose
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