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Denmark (Danish: Danmark) is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member (with Greenland and the Faroe Islands) of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries. The mainland is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and many islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has long controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea, and these waters are also known as the Danish straits.
HistoryWith a population consisting of less than 5.6 million people, it’s quite a surprise that Denmark has played such an important role in the development of the psychedelic trance culture as it has. Danish artists and labels has always been on the forefront though; from the early releases with acts like Koxbox, Psychopod, Elysium, Sheyba, Orion and The Overlords and up to today where two of the leading labels in their respective fields are Danish; the progressive-minded Iboga Records based in Copenhagen and the psychonaut-friendly Parvati Records based in Aarhus. The music coming out of Denmark seems split up into exactly these two styles; acts like Phony Orphants, Behind Blue Eyes, NASA, Flowjob, Beat Bizarre, Reefer Decree, Cujorius One, Genetic Spin, Bufo and Timedrained are already well-established names on the progressive scene, but there are also other names on the way, such as Time In Motion, Virb & Padd, Phaxe, Centrino and Multiphase. On the other hand we have the more night-time oriented psychedelic trance from acts like Jahbo, Mussy Moody, Onkel Dunkel, Zoolog, Maniac Bubbles and Papiyan. After some years where the scene was split up into separate full on, progressive and dark psychedelic parties, there has been a bit of combining of the scenes in recent years. It’s not unusual to see both progressive, full on and dark psychedelic acts playing on the same scene on one night, but generally especially many dark psy parties seem to be split from the rest of the music and focus only on dark psy.
[2010] Progressive and psychedelic pioneering in DENMARKForeigners coming to Denmark might be surprised by the prices of the parties. Prices for getting in usually start at around 10 Euros and go up to as far as 45-50 Euros for a one-night party, which is mainly due to the high standard of living in Denmark and high level of prices in the country as a whole, which also means that beers and drinks aren’t cheap. Indoor parties usually start around 22:00 and end between 5 and 7 in the morning, with the peak time being from 1 to 4 in morning. The biggest parties are usually in either Copenhagen (with places such as Amager Bio and Docken as the biggest) or Århus (Ridehuset and Århus Firma Sport are the biggest locations here) with attendances up to 3000 people at Docken, while the other locations have room for around 1000 people. Most other indoor parties usually attract around 2-400 people. There are still free parties to be found though, and in the summer-season (May to September) there are a lot of (mainly free) outdoor parties happening across the country. Most are in the Copenhagen-area or in the eastern part of Jutland (around Århus). Most are illegal, but rarely closed down even though they are published online. There has also been some legal outdoor parties this summer. Some of the crew connected to Iboga Records are for instance connected to the free Copenhagen Carnival weekend-event in the beginning of the summer, which has a huge electronic stage with big progressive trance headliners one day, and minimal, techno, tech house and progressive house on the other days. Freaky Fields (a semi-secret festival with invitation required) and Summer Angel are other examples of legal festivals with psychedelic trance, although they can’t be compared in size to the big festivals in Germany for instance. The biggest website in Denmark for psytrance and related music is without a doubt electrobeat.dk. Most parties are published here, but with the recent explosion in use of facebook, some events are more heavily promoted on facebook. electrobeat.dk is still the best starting point for foreigners looking for a party though.
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NetworksElectrobeat.dk Community website Psychedelia.dk Psychedelic Community website Party OrganisersPlease just post links to organizers and party crews here! If you want to post a Party date please register at our party database: http://www.goabase.com and post your date and details there, your party will automatically be displayed in the party box in the right column! AndThenSome Events Viborg based organiser Blue Machines Frederikshavn based organiser D.E.K.I.D. [Den elektroniske kultur i Danmark] Jutland based organiser Divalicious Aalborg based organiser EMP Events Århus based based organiser Follow The White Rabbit Århus / Silkeborg based organiser Freaky Alliance Copenhagen based organiser Karmalicious Århus based organiser Luxudellic Århus based based organiser PsySociety Århus based organiser Rowdy Copenhagen/Roskilde based organiser Reconstruct Copenhagen based organiser Scientific Sequence Hadsund based organiser SeeD Copenhagen based organiser Sumeru Copenhagen based organiser SummerAngel Østerhurup based organiser Triptonite Randers/Århus based organiser TranceCph.dk TranceCph.dk (Facebook) Copenhagen based organiser V.I.P. Club Southern Jutland based organiser Witch & Wizards Århus based organiser LabelsCrotus Records Independant Crotus Records Iboga Records Major Progressive Trance Label Gerningsstedet Records Small underground label Sofabeats Chillout Ambient Sub-Label of Iboga Rec. Triptonite Records Free Promo Releases Parvati Records Major Psychedelic Trance Label Zealotry Records Free Chillout Promo Releases Rump Copenhagen based Label Pureuphoria Records Web-Based Record Label / Free Releases ActsAjmagard Århus based Minimal Progressive Liveact Alrune Århus based Psychedelic Trance Liveact Ambient Flesh North Jutland based Ambient Downbeat Liveact AnnoyingNinjas Århus based Psychedelic Trance Liveact Behind Blue Eyes Copenhagen based Progressive Liveact Bio Tex North Jutland based Minimal Techno Liveact Bufo Horsens based Minimal Progressive Liveact Bugswapp Frederikshavn based Liveact Cujorius One Copenhagen based Progressive Liveact Erot Aalborg based Chillout liveact EstefanO Haze Århus based Progressive Trance liveact Elysium Danish Goa and Tribaltrance Pioneer / Liveact Feeding Spring Copenhagen based Progressive Liveact Flowjob Copenhagen based Progressive Liveact Frogacult Copenhagen based Progressive Liveact Gaiazentrix Aalborg based Progressive Psy Trance Liveact Genetic Spin London based Progressive Liveact Jahbo Århus based Psychedelic Trance Liveact Kox Box Ibiza based Progressive / Psy Trance Liveact Lady Crunch North Jutland based Minimal / Progressive Trance Liveact Lauge Copenhagen based Chillout Liveact Maelstrøm Copenhagen based Progressive Trance Liveact Mantra Flow Randers based Progressive Psy Trance Liveact Meloo Copenhagen based Minimal / Progressive Trance Liveact Monoque Skanderborg based Progressive / Tech House Liveact Moses Horsens based Minimal / Progressive Trance Liveact N.A.S.A Copenhagen based Progressive Trance Liveact Onkel Dunkel Århus based Psychedelic Trance Liveact Otium Ritual Frederikshavn based Chillout Liveact Particle Image Velocimetry North Jutland Experimental Ambient Liveact Phaxe Copenhagen based Progressive Trance Liveact Phony Orphants Copenhagen based Progressive House Liveact π=m² Copenhagen based Progressive Liveact Psypox Horsens based Minimal Progressive / Psy Trance Liveact Rishi Copenhagen based Fullon / Psy Trance Liveact rObotz Copenhagen based Fullon / Psy Trance Liveact Senzar Århus based Chillout Liveact Shalal Horsens based Chillout Liveact StaticCorn North Jutland based Minimal / Progressive Trance Søvnigt Sind Århus based Chillout liveact Spectroscope Århus\Silkeborg based Progressive Liveact T.A.C. Frederikshavn based Psy Trance Liveact The Propper Dropper Aalborg based Progressive / Psy Trance Act Timedrained Copenhagen based Progressive Trance Act Time in Motion Copenhagen based Progressive Trance Act Tribalistic Society NZ/DK Based Progressive Trance Act Virb & Padd Copenhagen based Progressive Trance Act Vonoom Copenhagen based Chillout/Psychedelia Act Wombatmusic Danish experimental Downbeat project Yum Kaax Copenhagen based Chillout/Progressive Psytrance Act Xun Århus based Progressive Trance DJsDjane Ashera Aalborg based Djane Dj Betterøv Aalborg based Dj Djane Black Swan Aalborg based Djane Dj Boomer Viborg based Dj Dj Brandt Aalborg based Dj Dj Cowan Copenhagen based Dj Dj Debugger Århus based Dj Dj Electrocute Randers based Dj Dj Emilio Copenhagen based Dj Djane Erosion Aalborg based Djane Dj Freaky G / Dj Greenlandish Silkeborg based Dj Djane Frikaleika Western Zealand Djane Dj Jespar Copenhagen based Dj Dj Joel Foreal Copenhagen based Dj Dj Krell Århus based Dj Dj Kris Andersen Dj Kris Andersen Copenhagen based Dj Djane Lil´Li Aalborg based Djane Dj Meik & Dj Y Not Aalborg based Dj Team Dj MessyMads / Krycek Randers based Dj Dj Midizen Frederikshavn based Dj Dj Naturalize Århus based Dj Dj Norup Midtjylland based Dj Djane Patty Whack Holstebro based Djane Dj Peter Trust Frederikshavn based Dj Dj Pepz Midtjylland based Dj Dj Piv North Jutland Based Chill / Downbeat Dj Dj PlayPlay Randers based Dj Dj Profane Dj Profane Århus based Dj Dj Psyorganiser Århus based Dj Dj Raider Copenhagen based Dj Dj Sailor Århus based Dj Dj Samsara Aalborg based Dj Dj Senzar Aarhus based Dj Dj Shrek Århus based Dj DJ Sigvaldason DJ Sigvaldason (Facebook) Copenhagen based Progressive/ Fullon Dj Dj Smølf Aalborg based Dj Dj Umbrex Århus based Dj Dj Vonoom Copenhagen based Dj Dj Zoolog Århus based Dj Visuals / DecoFlik Flak Patruljen Copenhagen based Deco Group Crackwhoremodels Copenhagen based Deco Crew Umbrex Århus based String Artist
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