Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage at the country's southernmost tip. It is one of only two countries in South America that does not have a border with Brazil. The Pacific forms the country's entire western border, with a coastline that stretches over 6,435 kilometres. Chilean territory extends to the Pacific Ocean which includes the overseas territories of Juan Fernández Islands, the Salas y Gómez islands, the Desventuradas Islands and Easter Island located in Polynesia. Chile claims 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of territory in Antarctica.

History

From the birth of the scene in the beginning of the 90s and the Total Solar Eclipse of 1994, Psy Trance in Chile has risen from the underground to become the most dominant tribe. Since the legendary Full Moon celebrations high in the Andean Mountains and the first parties in Santiago, the Psy Trance scene in Chile has ascended the underground thanks to Earthdance festival. After 10 years of history, the festival has grown to 12,000 people, and through this Trance has conquered the Chilean electronic scene.

[2010] Sending waves of peace to the world: CHILE

written by Dew
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The Chilean Psychedelic scene is getting ready to celebrate the Total Solar Eclipse on Easter Island this 11th July 2010. Honu Eclipse festival will feature some outstanding international guests. The last astronomical phenomenon of this nature in the country was in 1994 and it consolidated the scene that was born in the beginning of the 90s.

During the middle of the 90s the scene kept very underground with the legendary Full Moon celebrations high in the Andean Mountains organized by DJ Cl.ear. The movement opened when Cl.ear and Dew founded Dreamvibe, starting some of the first parties in the capital Santiago, gathering new members to the crew. In 1998, Dreamvibe moved back to open air with a particular festival concept for the initiative of Earthdance in Chile, uniting all the electronic tribes and giving the main stage to Psy Trance so it passed from the underground to be the most dominant tribe.

After 12 years of Earthdance Chile history, reaching around 12.000 people on its latest versions, the festival has evolved its name to Earthfest. It is still produced by Dreamvibe and stands firm in its concepts for Peace, Ecology and Ancient People. The influence of the festival in the new generations brought new collectives to the scene and a different outdoor festival culture was born: Massive Landing by Phenomenon, Montemapu by Global Blue, Universus by Vortex, amongst others.

On the artistic side, our most well known international Music producer is Ovnimoon, one of the top sellers in Psyshop, but unfortunately for personal reasons he has only performed in Chile. Other international talents are Ital and Moai Act (Psypsiq Jicuri), both releasing on the fresh local label Antu Records. On the DJ side, the beginning the scene grew thanks to the local legends from Dreamvibe, DJs Cl.ear and Andean Trip. Nowadays, other DJs have taken over such as Amanito (Etnicanet), Panchodelic (Antu), Humento (Trancetour) and Arditti (Vortex). Also a new young dark scene has formed a movement.

Recently, a cataclysmic earthquake in Chile damaged much of the central-south of the country. Nevertheless, the capital Santiago was not affected much and Easter Island was untouched. So the Honu Eclipse festival is ready to receive psy travellers from all over the world. Produced by Dreamvibe, it will be a low impact ecological festival for around 1.000 people but proud to present international artists such as Alex Grey with live painting around the performances of artists such as Raja Ram featuring Shpongle DJ Set, Eat Static, Headroom, Earthling, Michelle Adamson, Penta, Chicago, Zen Mechanics and DJs such as Shane Gobi, Reagan Nano, amongst many others. A true once in a lifetime opportunity to send waves of peace to the world.

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