Austria

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienna on the Danube River.

History

Since 2003 Austria’s Psytrance scene has been associated with one of Europe’s biggest international festivals – Sonnenklang at the castle of Dobra in Lower Austria. As the 5-days-festival attracted somewhat 8000 people in 2006, because of heavy rainfalls only 1500 people came in 2007. Unforgettable was Olli Wisdoms gig with his new guitarist mixing Purple Haze and Star Spangled Banner of Jimi Hendrix. The future of the festival is still unclear – many questions are still unsolved.

[2010] Mountain Trance in AUSTRIA

written by Tom Rom
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Austria is the center for Psytrance in central Europe with parties and festivals every weekend throughout the year. From 2003 to 2007 Sonnenklang Festival was Austria’s biggest with up to 8.000 visitors. Now the 6-days-festival “Spirit Base” of organizer Goran is Austria’s number 1 with up to 5.000 visitors every June. Also the vicinity of Ozora Festival in Hungary invites lots of international crowds.

The Darkpsy scene is very strong now in Tyrol and Vienna – to mention the K.N.E.C.H.T tribe of DJ Soth and the circle around Goagnom and Lyserg. But the Oldschool fraggles are growing too. In Salzburg is to mention the Otherland guys and the 24/7-label-parties and in Tyrol the renowned Mystery World is still alive – and Malice in Wonderland are the Dark-Psy masters there.

In Upper Austria the biggest are Klangbewusstsein, in Lower Austria Sunshine Explosion and the Samsara group and in Styria Pro.Tuberance and Alchemy in Graz.

But the biggest scene you’ll find in Vienna and vicinity: The Cosmic Space Disco of the VJ and organizer “Funny Astronaut” established the regular Cosmic Space Club up to 1.000 people in the WUK and in Planetarium. He also created the Paradise Festival with nearly 2.000 fraggles in a quarry amidst the most beautiful environment you can imagine. Andi-Astronaut also organizes the Pratersauna party with pools and a nice garden in the heart of Vienna in this summer. The almost monthly Sunday Chaizelt in Flex of another Andi and team is THE family meeting point in FLEX. Other successful organizers are Funnymoon and Drops Reflections, the Wichtl events and Lucid Dreams with their Darkpsy-parties in different locations. Another favored club is the Florido Club at the shore of the Danube river. DJ Gobayashi’s Astralzone and Wolfgang’s Garden Eden parties are legendary for a decade and longer now. Recently also the big electronic music festivals integrated Goa-floors such as the Urban Art Forms Festival and Beatpatrol in St. Pölten.

Some of Austrias new uprising producers are Ianuaria, IMIX, Kajola, Materia, Freelander and Astralex from 24/7 record label. Austria’s most renowned Psy-VJs are El Geko, playing as Psynema with Basti, the Funny Astronaut, Fade FX and master-projectionist Sikanda. And not to forget the most psychedelic show group, the Phoenix Firedancers, that is based in Vienna. Austria is also the center hub for the new book about the international Goa-Psytrance history “Goa – 20 years of Psychedelic Trance Culture” – that should be published in fall 2010 (planned in German and English), maybe also with a DVD of Geko - see www.nachtschatten.ch/goabook.

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Austria has a Psy-scene in almost all provinces with lots of festivals and parties with also international acts around the year. Party folks are friendly and open-minded.

Police raids at parties are rare but happen sometimes on summer festivals. Drugs are illegal although smoking is mostly tolerated. Grow-shops are to find everywhere.

For informations check www.psyevents.at, www.goabase.de - Austria, for infos: www.goanet.at, for pictures www.psyshots.org and the website listed below.

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