Latin style in ARGENTINA
Argentina, deep in the south of Latin America, a country famous
for its beautiful girls and good soccer players, now home to one of
the fastest growing psychedelic trance scenes, read on to find out
what's going on in the southern corner of the world.
The first party in 1994 in the beach, with few people, some UV-lights
and a soundsystem, was the seed for psytrance in Argentina, which in
2005 proved to be one of the most healthy scenes around Latin America,
with a lot of international visits, new artists and more people coming
to parties.
In Argentina you can find all kind of parties, from small ones with 100 to
200 persons with nice vibe but little production, to more commercial events
with nice production with around 600 to 700 persons. On the more massive side
you have the events done by Underbeat, with artists such as Infected Mushroom
and GMS. Also in 2005 Rave Parties Corp started doing psy parties bringing
artists such as Talamasca and Wrecked Machines. On the other side there are
open air parties from Los Monos del Espacio and the events called Dancing Budhas,
also more dedicated to the spiritual side of trance. Another new organizer
appeared doing both, small and big events called Enter Trance, responsible
for the visit of Goa Gil to Buenos Aires.
With the overflow of parties and artists coming, a lot of people started making
music. Megalopsy released »The Abstract Machine«, their debut album
on the label Trishula Records, which received very good critics around the
world. Pragmatix, a new live act, doing dub and psychedelic trance, has started
to play live in some parties with very good critics from the people. In the
dj side Neurona was chosen by most of the scene as the best dj, also the all
time favorites Murray and Pandy earned the respect of the local public, new
djs like Fethe, D-Mension and Psyxel made their appearance with very good response.
Transition Records was the first Argentinian label, releasing »Obscure
Process«, the first official release of Mindprobe, a dark album deeply
psychedelic and very well produced. Megalopsy started Dark Prisma, a label
dedicated to release the new talents coming up from Argentina and Latin America.
These two labels joined efforts to release »Amalgama«, the first
psytrance compilation from Argentina featuring artists such as Mindrobe, Megalopsy,
Pragmatix, Durbamata and Cosmos Vibrations. This release had good reviews around
the world and surprised a lot of people showing the potential of Latin America.
The scene grew a lot after the visits of big acts, as more people started to
come to the parties, discussions started on the future of the scene, but also
this development made possible new proposals to appear. Now the scene is more
consolidated, more artists are appearing, more parties are being held and people
are very interested in this new music and culture, so it's just a matter of
time before Argentina and Latin America turn into another shelter for trancers
worlwide.
Facts
- A very big country, lot of places to visit, sea, mountains, valleys,
dessert and jungle. Buenos Aires is a very big city, a lot of travellers
and nice vibes from the local people, sightseeing, a lot of clubs
and bars to go out at night.
- Only young people and those related to tourism speak English.
- Template climate all year round, a little bit cold in July and very
hot around January, rain around March/April.
- If you have euros or dollars staying in Argentina will be very cheap,
specially food and places to stay. 1 dollar is 3 pesos, 1 euro is
4 pesos.
- Smoking marihuana is tolerated, but illegal and could end up in a
bad situation with the police. No tolerance for cocaine, ectasy, lsd
or mushrooms. Usually police does not bother tourists but better be
careful.
Links
Contacts
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caquex@hotmail.com
Party Organizer, Artist, Label Owner, DJ, Trance Activist, Cosmic Terrorist
"Meditation,
reason and action!!!"
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