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Small and important – DENMARK

Despite its small size, seated in the North of Europe, and despite a relatively small population, Denmark has played a huge role on the international trance-scene from the very beginning, spawning some of the pioneering acts of the genre, like The Overlords, Koxbox, Psychopod/Saiko-Pod, Jean Borelli/Orion, Elysium, Bypass Unit and Orichalcum. Most of these acts are still around, but have since then been joined by countless newer Danish acts and labels.

Iboga Records is run by Emok and Banel, and have established themselves as one of the most important labels on the progressive scene, with Danish artists like Reefer Decree, Frogacult, Phony Orphants and Beat Bizarre, as well as international acts like FREq and Antix. Parvati Records is considered one of the key players in the development of the dark psychedelic sound, releasing tracks from both Danish locals like Grapes Of Wrath and Jahbo, as well as international artists like ParaHalu and KinDzaDza.

Three other labels worth noticing are Crotus, Nervine and Virus Tekk; Crotus is focusing on the darker, minimal/progressive sound, Nervine is a progressive/tribal house label, and Virus Tekk is a new label focusing on full on. Apart from that, one should not forget the memorable two closed labels; CreamCrop and Hypnotic Records.

The party-scene in Denmark today is centred on the capital Copenhagen, with several parties each weekend. Bryggen is the most active venue, with parties Friday and Saturday every week, but also larger venues like Amager Bio and Halvandet with capacity over 1000 people are used several times each year by various organisers.

In the mainland Jutland (Jylland) parties aren't as frequent. In the northern part of Jutland, organizers like Scientific Sequence and Audiobahn regularly have parties, while Denmarks second biggest city, Århus, which previously was a hotspot for lots of psytrance parties, have quite few parties nowadays. The underground scene still flourishes in Århus - especially in the summer.

Summertime is outdoor season in Denmark, with the first underground parties happening around May or June, and the last usually around August or September, depending on the weather. The biggest outdoor parties in Denmark in later years are SEMF and Middle Earth. Both stretch over 3 days, happen in the mainland Jutland, again in 2006.

Musically, the Danish scene is quite diverse compared to other scenes. The biggest, and increasingly more commercial parties are generally focused on big international full on headline acts, while progressive psytrance comes in second. The darker psychedelic sound isn't as popular at the biggest events, but can be found at smaller parties.

Let me finish of by saying that Denmark generally isn't a place that attracts a lot of international travellers coming only for psytrance events, but if you happen to be in the area, there's definitely a party going on, most of them posted at the biggest Danish trance-communities, electrobeat.dk and trancetunnel.dk.

Facts

Population: 5.4 million people
Currency: Crones – though member of the European Union, Denmark decided not to take part in the Euro
Danes are generally very good at English, so international travellers will have no trouble finding their way in Denmark.