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2018-09-03
2006-05-13
2006.05.13: The SBK party was legendary. Thank you to all.
the post-script:
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cosmic babies
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cosmic babies
would like to thank
all those who made
our party
a rousing success
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we hope you enjoyed the party
and the fine music
as much as we did that night.
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interesting note: the party was selected as a "Best Bet"
in Eye Magazine, Toronto, week of May 10, 2006
we'll put a scan of the writeup here as soon as we can
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SBK | live & DJ | 05.13.2006
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On May 13, 2006, COSMIC BABIES present[ed] SBK - live & DJ
The owner and founder of Avalanche Records and Slope Records, Sebastian Krueger is one of the most requested producers, DJs, and live acts in the international psychedelic progressive trance scene. Under the names Bushbumpas, Tarsis, SBK, Kruger & Coyle, and others, he has released more than 130 tracks on 12 LPs and has played them in almost every corner of the world.
His tracks and remixes have been featured on almost every major psychedelic label in the world, including, to name only a few: Spirit Zone, Global Trance Network, Spiral Trax, Transient, Free Form Records, AP Records, Green Ant Records, Yellow Sunshine Explosion, Leguan Records and others. Some internationally renowned international DJs like John '00' Flemming are consistently featuring SBK in their sets.
This will be his FIRST appearance in Canada, giving Toronto the opportunity to hear his new sound, encompassing the best elements of progressive house and deep psychedelic trance, in an exclusive live set.
SBK's more recent work includes the following impressive releases:
SBK - Treibstoff (2001, Spirit Zone)
This is SBK's first solo effort and the result was an instant classic in the vein of the German minimal progressive sound. Most people in the psy-trance scene will recall the summer hit "Morgenlatte" and all of its various remixes. This track alone was a huge influence in defining the sound of what would become the sub-genre of "morning progressive" at psychedelic festivals throughout Europe.
SBK - Hertzattacke (2002, Spirit Zone)
After the smash success of "Morgenlatte", SBK followed it up with a slightly harder-hitting album. Still with the percussive elements of before, he upped the ante with a few morning dancefloor smashers, and kept the rest of the tracks in the percussive vein. Standout tracks that have appeared on psychedelic compilations include Retro and Demosong. This last track will get tired morning crowds on their feet in no time.
Tarsis - Evolve (2002, Nova Tech)
This album marks the beginning of SBK's journey into sublime psychedelic progressive tapestries. Evolve has it all with groovy progressive rythms, super clean and intelligent percussion and subtle dreamy ambient accents. This really is one of those lesser appreciated early progressive gems which deserves greater attention. Standout tracks include "Lakota" and the title track "Evolve". Most of the rest of this album is simply outstanding as well.
SBK - Borderline (2004, Avalanche Records)
With this album, SBK's sound achieved a new level of dynamic style and composition. The tracks on "Borderline" exhibit SBK's new confidence to blend tribal progressive house rythms with his already impressive knack for deep psychedelic landscapes. This is definitely a new and welcome sound for the psychedelic trance faithful while also attracting attention from the other progressive genres. Standout tracks include the not-to-be-missed dance floor driver "Rubbaworm", and the deep hypnotic "Borderline" but, as with Tarsis - Evolve, the whole album is very strong.
Kreuger & Coyle - Randy Expander (2005, Acid Casualties)
Here, SBK teamed up with Greg Coyle (of Purple Lunar fame - he wrote the banger hit track "Subtle Thrust") to churn out another whole album in the percussive deep-yet-dancey style of "Borderline".
However, the addition of Greg Coyle to the mix appears to bring with it more blatant sex appeal and in-yer-face house elements. It only takes one glance at the cover art and track names to see this, and get a sense for where these guys are coming from with this release. From anyone else, you'd expect to get fun dancey house. From these guys, it transcends house with perfect percussion and incessently hypnotic psychedelic elements. Standout tracks include the genre-crossing hypnotic hit "The Witness Remix" and the intense psycho-builder "Kiwi-Rider".
However, the addition of Greg Coyle to the mix appears to bring with it more blatant sex appeal and in-yer-face house elements. It only takes one glance at the cover art and track names to see this, and get a sense for where these guys are coming from with this release. From anyone else, you'd expect to get fun dancey house. From these guys, it transcends house with perfect percussion and incessently hypnotic psychedelic elements. Standout tracks include the genre-crossing hypnotic hit "The Witness Remix" and the intense psycho-builder "Kiwi-Rider".
V/A - Avalanche of Sound Vol. 4 (2005, Avalanche)
There isn't enough to say about this album. Plenty of great tracks here, particularly the fresh and groovy blockbuster SBK - Miles and More.
V/A - Deep Proggy Choons vol. 1 (2005, Slope)
This is the first compilation released on SBK's new progressive house sub-label Slope, which also features SBK's brother making his own mark with a recent release and a bunch of excellent remixes under the moniker Philo. Check out the deep funky psychedelic journeys on tracks like SBK - Deep Down Inside and Kruger & Coyle - Love Juice.
We encourage everyone to take the time to get to know SBK's music to make the experience that much better on May 13th.
We encourage everyone to take the time to get to know SBK's music to make the experience that much better on May 13th.
ADDITIONAL MUSIC GUIDANCE BY:
Digbeez (Lakura Rec.)
Pharmakon (cosmic babies, Comfort&Joy)
Generator (cosmic babies, Comfort&Joy)
IN ADDITION
Neil Gibson: This event will also feature the UV artwork of Toronto's own Neil Gibson. Come see why Neil has joined the global trance jet set, having recently shown his work at parties in Europe and New York City.
Live Performers: In addition, there will be a number of live performers and dancers giving the party a unique festival-like atmosphere.
INFO
Venue: Funhaus, 526 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario
Price: Admission is $20 before 1 a.m. and $25 after. Party expected to run past 5am, so prepare yourselves!
We look forward to seeing all the familiar faces and hopefully a few new ones as well. Mark your calendars and spread the word...
Well wishes,
the cosmic babies crew
Other sites to visit:
Also visit www.toronto-goth.com for more event listings.
2005-07-21
2005.07.30: Saturday July 30, 2005 - Psytrance beach party!
It's about time for some nice trippy beats on tbe beach! So we've decided to regale you (the dedicated party people) with some of the best tripped-out psytrance around.
Join us on _Saturday July 30th_ down on Cherry beach (the east side, just off the bike path, as norm). This is, of course, FREE, so you have no reason to miss it!
Musical guidance on this journey of the mind will be the usual suspects:
Pharmakon (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Generator (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Zev (lakura records)
& some other secret DJs still to be confirmed
Music should start night nice and early so we can get a full night of music in. So pack up some drinks (to keep yourselves hydrated ... you know ... from all the drinking), a lawnchair, and come join us for a night of rocking, truly psychedelic, music!
See you all out there!
the cosmic babies crew
Join us on _Saturday July 30th_ down on Cherry beach (the east side, just off the bike path, as norm). This is, of course, FREE, so you have no reason to miss it!
Musical guidance on this journey of the mind will be the usual suspects:
Pharmakon (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Generator (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Zev (lakura records)
& some other secret DJs still to be confirmed
Music should start night nice and early so we can get a full night of music in. So pack up some drinks (to keep yourselves hydrated ... you know ... from all the drinking), a lawnchair, and come join us for a night of rocking, truly psychedelic, music!
See you all out there!
the cosmic babies crew
2005-06-21
2005.09: Andromeda and Chromosome - double live act madness! Coming Sept/Oct 2005!
[***NOTE NOTE NOTE***: This party has been postponed indefinitely due to scheduling problems by the acts. Stay tuned as we try to reschedule.]
COSMIC BABIES will soon present...
CHROMOSOME (Sweden - Yellow Sunshine Explosion Records) - LIVE SET
- and -
ANDROMEDA (Sweden - Yellow Sunshine Explosion Records) - LIVE SET
Needless to say, this party will be about the super cool and progressive psychedelic TRANCE vibes ... tickets will be about $20
DATE is to be confirmed as soon as negotiations with the acts settles on one. Our previous agreed date fell through due to scheduling problems, and we're working like mad to get these guys in for you all! Definitely not-to-be-missed music!
More info to follow...
COSMIC BABIES will soon present...
CHROMOSOME (Sweden - Yellow Sunshine Explosion Records) - LIVE SET
- and -
ANDROMEDA (Sweden - Yellow Sunshine Explosion Records) - LIVE SET
Needless to say, this party will be about the super cool and progressive psychedelic TRANCE vibes ... tickets will be about $20
DATE is to be confirmed as soon as negotiations with the acts settles on one. Our previous agreed date fell through due to scheduling problems, and we're working like mad to get these guys in for you all! Definitely not-to-be-missed music!
More info to follow...
2005-05-10
2005.05.20: COSMIC BABIES - Fri., May 20 2005 - Volume Lounge
Greetings trancers, tweakers and tokers,
Join us on Friday, May 20, 2005 for a special evening combining various birthday celebrations! We'll be celebrating these special days with some excellent progressive psy-trance in the warm and opulent Volume Lounge on King West . . .
Expect some nice deco, killer sound, and, for that old-school feel, we'll try to provide some *extra-tasty psychedelic* b-day punch . . .
Musical Guidance:
Zev (Lakura Rec.) (recently confirmed!)
Basilisk (of Ektoplazm fame!) (even more recently confirmed!)
Pharmakon (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Generator (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Location:
Volume Lounge 577 King Street West
Time:
10pm until late
Cover:
$2 (yes, only two! This frees you up for more drinks at the bar!)
19+
See you there . . .
[edited to add Zev and Basilisk to the line-up!]
Join us on Friday, May 20, 2005 for a special evening combining various birthday celebrations! We'll be celebrating these special days with some excellent progressive psy-trance in the warm and opulent Volume Lounge on King West . . .
Expect some nice deco, killer sound, and, for that old-school feel, we'll try to provide some *extra-tasty psychedelic* b-day punch . . .
Musical Guidance:
Zev (Lakura Rec.) (recently confirmed!)
Basilisk (of Ektoplazm fame!) (even more recently confirmed!)
Pharmakon (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Generator (cosmic babies, c&j!)
Location:
Volume Lounge 577 King Street West
Time:
10pm until late
Cover:
$2 (yes, only two! This frees you up for more drinks at the bar!)
19+
See you there . . .
[edited to add Zev and Basilisk to the line-up!]
2004-11-13
2004.11.13: COSMIC BABIES Present a Night of Progressive Psy-Trance
[This is an old post, preserved here for posterity.]
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2004.11.13. COSMIC BABIES Present a Night of Progressive Psy-Trance
On November 13 we'll be taking over the beautiful Volume Lounge for a night of progessive and techy psy-trance ranging from the deep and groovy variety to the funky and twisted.
Anyone who hasn't seen the venue since the Area 51 days will be amazed at how sleek and sophisticated it now is. Volume Lounge will provide the perfect balance for those who either just want to get into some deeper listening while chilled out on the leather sofas and those who want to get their groove working on the dance floor.
Musical Guidance by: PHARMAKON, GENERATOR and our special guest will be Zev from Lakura Records/Productions. Expect the usual techy progressive romp!
Admission is FREE and we'll be running from 10pm until late. With good turnout this will become a monthly event so spread the word and show your support.
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2004.11.13. COSMIC BABIES Present a Night of Progressive Psy-Trance
On November 13 we'll be taking over the beautiful Volume Lounge for a night of progessive and techy psy-trance ranging from the deep and groovy variety to the funky and twisted.
Anyone who hasn't seen the venue since the Area 51 days will be amazed at how sleek and sophisticated it now is. Volume Lounge will provide the perfect balance for those who either just want to get into some deeper listening while chilled out on the leather sofas and those who want to get their groove working on the dance floor.
Musical Guidance by: PHARMAKON, GENERATOR and our special guest will be Zev from Lakura Records/Productions. Expect the usual techy progressive romp!
Admission is FREE and we'll be running from 10pm until late. With good turnout this will become a monthly event so spread the word and show your support.
2004-08-14
2004.08.14 WIZZY NOISE - Aug 14 - Toronto
On August 14, 2004, Cosmic Babies presents...
Uriel of WIZZY NOISE
Here to promote the release of Wizzy Noise's fourth album "Stereo Electric" on Spun Recordings (Spain), Uriel will be treating us to a special 3-hour DJ set full of fresh material from the prolific Wizzy studio (www.wizzynoise.gr). Expect a night of complex and compelling psychedelic techno-trance brought to you by one of the global trance scene's most respected production units.
Additional Musical Guidance provided by:
Generator
Pharmakon
Urban Aliens
Chill-Out room featuring ambient and down-tempo by Marz and guests.
Psychedelic Fluoro Deco provided by Neil Gibson (see www.neilgibson.ca).
The Venue: FUNHAUS - located 526 Queen Street West and featuring 30,000 watts of sound, laser lights, video projection, excellent layout and friendly staff.
Admission: $25 before midnight - $30 after midnight (get there early!)
Wizzy Noise is one of the most briliant and dynamic production teams in the global trance scene. Their music has been routinely caned outside the psy scene by DJs like John "00" Flemming and appeals to listeners across countless genres. Serious electronic music fans will not want to miss this event!
Uriel of WIZZY NOISE
Here to promote the release of Wizzy Noise's fourth album "Stereo Electric" on Spun Recordings (Spain), Uriel will be treating us to a special 3-hour DJ set full of fresh material from the prolific Wizzy studio (www.wizzynoise.gr). Expect a night of complex and compelling psychedelic techno-trance brought to you by one of the global trance scene's most respected production units.
Additional Musical Guidance provided by:
Generator
Pharmakon
Urban Aliens
Chill-Out room featuring ambient and down-tempo by Marz and guests.
Psychedelic Fluoro Deco provided by Neil Gibson (see www.neilgibson.ca).
The Venue: FUNHAUS - located 526 Queen Street West and featuring 30,000 watts of sound, laser lights, video projection, excellent layout and friendly staff.
Admission: $25 before midnight - $30 after midnight (get there early!)
Wizzy Noise is one of the most briliant and dynamic production teams in the global trance scene. Their music has been routinely caned outside the psy scene by DJs like John "00" Flemming and appeals to listeners across countless genres. Serious electronic music fans will not want to miss this event!
2004-07-16
2004.07.16: Fri. July 16, 2004 - cosmic babies present @ Teknival
[This is a copy of an old post for Teknival, an outdoor festival that the cosmic babies presented at. This was not the official cosmic babies post. I've just saved this here for posterity.]
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Teknival [ Static Link : iCal ]
City: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Time: Fri Jul 16, 2004 @ 12:00am
Location: Ontario Canada
Description: F.A.K.(freakaddiction Krew) is doing a stage there this year
2k of sound, crazzy UV deco and blacklights
Music:
Room 1:
bowzer (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa) - www.bowzer.net
D.O.T. (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Data Decay (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa) - TundraRecords.org - Freak Addiction Krew \ Tundra Re
Dos D (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Ecto Gammit (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Inspectah Cut (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Ocean Fire (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Pi 67 (Canada, Quebec, Montreal) - Freak Addiction Krew
Psycronik (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa) - Freak Addiction Krew\Tundra Recs
Flyers:
Info: [ freetekno.toronto.on.ca ]
-- The Freespace Collective stage: (Toronto)
Lineup:
Ray Vincent (Psy Trance Live Act)
Halcyon 23 – (Psy Trance Live Act)
Full Metal Booty (Insane Live Noize)
Task+ Oddmyth (Experimental Techno)
Randy Twigg (Hard ass Techno/Electro)
Techno Tim (Detroit Techno)
Paranoize the Android (Glitchy Techno)
Gavin The Bass (Hard Disco House)
Divell (Acid Techno)
Jane Shorthand (Hard House/Electro)
Basilisk (Psy Trance)
SmokyDavy (Psy Trance)
Plasticmotive (Breaks)
Elixer (Trance)
Didimos (Trance)
-- [ Hardcoretechno.ca ] (Toronto)
[ www.hardcoretechno.ca ]
Lineup:
Iznogood
NickWright
Frenzy
Darkstar
Tyco
Virus Vs. Mannik
Fishead
Jorah F*cking Kai
End Vs. Saiyan
Tika Vs. Scoots
Kix and Bliss–USA
B7
Lord Tekken
Ms. Vibes
DJ Wolf and MC ED
Viper
Grimace
Fuzzboy Vs. D-Minus
S-Capade
Apathy
Dexyl – USA
NEXT OFFENSIVE SOUND SYSTEM (Toronto)
[ www.nextoffensive.com ]
Sound TeKnitians:
one900 (old skool hip hop)
Miz.Rebel (soulful d&b)
Vespa (jazzy d&B)
Piper Zulu (ragga jungle)
Dj Jeph w/ MC Fly Bry(tek-step/d&b)
D-Syfa (dark d&b) *unconfirmed
Syrum (knockin' d&b/breaks)
Stamina (funky breaks)
Tekno Tim (breaks)
Mz. DeMeaner (hard house)
Jane Shorthand (hard house soul)
Lady Bass (uk hard house)
Dj Kink (hard house)
Ken Finch (hard house/acieed tekno)
ATP (acid tekno/hard house)
Jezbone (aciieeed tekno)
Pauze (hard tekno)
Adi Taylor (tekno/tribal) *unconfirmed
C4 (tek)
Freeform (triabl tekno)
Paranoize (bleepy tek)
Flim (acid tekno)
Divell (hard trance)
Data Decay (psy trance)
***OPEN DECKS BTWN 9am & 3pm on Saturday.
-- SaugasoundCrew Stage (toronto)
drum and bass/jungletekno
Line up:
Dedication
Caution
Louda
Core-Techs
Chapel,
Liam
S.T
Jr. Cortes
Casey Jonez
Oranges
Rick Toxic
Livingston Diamond
-- Subtransit Stage (Toronto)
[ www.subtransit.tk ]
Line Up
Engine- acid techouse, house, techno
Batman- techouse, acid jazz, downbeat
Kat- hip hop proper
Techmission- warm summer loving house
Jef Alan- progressive techno
Naw- minimal techouse live PA
Randy Twigg- sexy electro
Patrixx- techouse & funky progressive
Deacon Struct- early morning atmospheric drum & bass
*we are accepting submissions and demos
contact: engine_dj@yahoo.com
-- Pin:ksox (Toronto) Stage
Line up:
Skeeter
Syscom
LafO
Belladonnakillz
c64
Crushkill
Talixzen
Gate
Merchant of Flesh
Joda Clement
Rion
sixteenarmedjack
noCore
Razor Edge
Optik Dementia
B7
Bacchus
Travesty
John Doe
Slobbering Anus
SiGourney Weaver
HardFlow
-- After Dusk Musical Society (Toronto)
Lineup:
Delv-X - Goa & downtempo psy (A.D.M.S.)
Fractal Equinox - Goa & Acid breaks (A.D.M.S.)
Corban - Experimental (A.D.M.S.)
Basilisk - Goa & Proggressive psy [ ]
SmokyDave - Psy trance
Suspect - Breaks galore
Miscreant - Goa & Proggressive psy (Eden Machine Productions)
strongbow - Goa trance [ ]
Shankar - Psy trance (Digitalienz)
RC 420 - Acid techno (Spark magazine)
Balance - Ragga
Jarek - Psy
Sketi - Psy
Ray Vincent - Live Psy
Syrum - Ragga
-- Cosmic Babies (Toronto)
Lineup:
Jarek (BLA)
Sketi (BLA)
Pharmakon (Cosmic Babies)
Generator (Cosmic Babies)
Urban Aliens (Cosmic Babies)
plus more TBA
-- Neurotik (Montreal)
[ www.neurotik.org ]
[ www.zone-33.com ]
Lineup:
Dunzy
Moebius
Trek
Fictional
Lili
Artek
Vir-Go
Mad K
Julie D
Mars Attak
Logiq
-- Freakaddiction Krew (Ottawa)
Booking info : Psycronik@hotmail.com
Lineup:
the friday night will be Breaks/DnB/Acid/Tekno
PI.67 (IDJ/MTL) breaks/dnb
Bowser (ott) DnB
Inspectah Cut (ott) DnB
one more Dnb dj TBA
Dos D (F.A.K./next offensive/Ott) Acid/tek
D.O.T.(F.A.K./???) acid/tek
Ocean Fire (Ott) acid trance/tek
Saturday is the psytrance night
.67 (F.A.K./Mtl) *special hard trance set*
Clown (alien crew/Mtl)
Asaph (freaks island recs/Mtl)
Psycronik (F.A.K./Ott)
Data Decay (F.A.K./Ott)
Ecto-gammit (F.A.K./Ott)
-- Mir Soundsystem (Toronto)
Lineup:
(D-Jungle, Dub, Breackore, Assorted)
we re bringing an elite squad of dj's who s indentity can never be revealed...
-- Blackmoon Stage (Toronto)
Lineup:
Toronto Techno Aliance and Blackmoon are teaming up this year to bring you some of Toronto's hardest banging techno dj's. We like our music loud so expect an awsome sound stage. We need a few slots to fill for this years Teknival. E-mail blackmoontta@hotmail.com if your intrested.
See ya there,
Blackkat (New York City)
[ www.blackkat.org ]
Lineup:
Blackkat is a collective of artists, dancers, DJs, and activists that has been throwing parties in New York City since 1996. Our events seek to provide an alternative to mainstream American culture, a culture that is increasingly sexist, racist, classist, nativist, and consumption-oriented. We try to create a community through our events. We try to make them places where people will talk to each other, be inspired, learn something, and have fun. Our events are participatory, they are created not just by the Blackkat collective but by all the people who help us and inspire us and all the people who attend our events. That means you!
Thanks, we’ll see you out there…
BufalOM (Buffalo)
When Afterglow, Freespace and EMP did a stage together at the Om festival, one of our acts was a couple of guys from Buffalo who call themselves Dharma Lab. They were awesome, they fucking rocked it! And they say they’re coming back for Teknival. This time, perhaps with friends and a whole soundsystem?
-- Renegade Virus (New York City) -- Havoc (New York City)
[ www.renegadevirus.org ]
[ havocsound.cjb.net ]
....FREE PARTIES * FREE PEOPLE * FREE LAND
NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!! we GOT VEGETABLE OIL!!!!!!!! .................
havocsound and virus renegade gonna represent, bring sound if all can be organized....so get involved!!! help make it happen, spread the word.
ALT (Montreal)
[ www.omnijectiv.org ]
STAGES THAT STILL NEED INFO
--AfterGlow (Toronto)
--northern exposure (Sudbury)
--squat rock project (Ottawa)
--bovine (sudbury/manitoulin)
--clonk stage (Montreal)
Expecting stages from:
--metek [france] - metek.free.fr ???
Extras: how much is it : it's FREEEEEEE!!!
where is is?? 2 hours from ottawa
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Teknival [ Static Link : iCal ]
City: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Time: Fri Jul 16, 2004 @ 12:00am
Location: Ontario Canada
Description: F.A.K.(freakaddiction Krew) is doing a stage there this year
2k of sound, crazzy UV deco and blacklights
Music:
Room 1:
bowzer (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa) - www.bowzer.net
D.O.T. (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Data Decay (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa) - TundraRecords.org - Freak Addiction Krew \ Tundra Re
Dos D (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Ecto Gammit (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Inspectah Cut (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Ocean Fire (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa)
Pi 67 (Canada, Quebec, Montreal) - Freak Addiction Krew
Psycronik (Canada, Ontario, Ottawa) - Freak Addiction Krew\Tundra Recs
Flyers:
Info: [ freetekno.toronto.on.ca ]
-- The Freespace Collective stage: (Toronto)
Lineup:
Ray Vincent (Psy Trance Live Act)
Halcyon 23 – (Psy Trance Live Act)
Full Metal Booty (Insane Live Noize)
Task+ Oddmyth (Experimental Techno)
Randy Twigg (Hard ass Techno/Electro)
Techno Tim (Detroit Techno)
Paranoize the Android (Glitchy Techno)
Gavin The Bass (Hard Disco House)
Divell (Acid Techno)
Jane Shorthand (Hard House/Electro)
Basilisk (Psy Trance)
SmokyDavy (Psy Trance)
Plasticmotive (Breaks)
Elixer (Trance)
Didimos (Trance)
-- [ Hardcoretechno.ca ] (Toronto)
[ www.hardcoretechno.ca ]
Lineup:
Iznogood
NickWright
Frenzy
Darkstar
Tyco
Virus Vs. Mannik
Fishead
Jorah F*cking Kai
End Vs. Saiyan
Tika Vs. Scoots
Kix and Bliss–USA
B7
Lord Tekken
Ms. Vibes
DJ Wolf and MC ED
Viper
Grimace
Fuzzboy Vs. D-Minus
S-Capade
Apathy
Dexyl – USA
NEXT OFFENSIVE SOUND SYSTEM (Toronto)
[ www.nextoffensive.com ]
Sound TeKnitians:
one900 (old skool hip hop)
Miz.Rebel (soulful d&b)
Vespa (jazzy d&B)
Piper Zulu (ragga jungle)
Dj Jeph w/ MC Fly Bry(tek-step/d&b)
D-Syfa (dark d&b) *unconfirmed
Syrum (knockin' d&b/breaks)
Stamina (funky breaks)
Tekno Tim (breaks)
Mz. DeMeaner (hard house)
Jane Shorthand (hard house soul)
Lady Bass (uk hard house)
Dj Kink (hard house)
Ken Finch (hard house/acieed tekno)
ATP (acid tekno/hard house)
Jezbone (aciieeed tekno)
Pauze (hard tekno)
Adi Taylor (tekno/tribal) *unconfirmed
C4 (tek)
Freeform (triabl tekno)
Paranoize (bleepy tek)
Flim (acid tekno)
Divell (hard trance)
Data Decay (psy trance)
***OPEN DECKS BTWN 9am & 3pm on Saturday.
-- SaugasoundCrew Stage (toronto)
drum and bass/jungletekno
Line up:
Dedication
Caution
Louda
Core-Techs
Chapel,
Liam
S.T
Jr. Cortes
Casey Jonez
Oranges
Rick Toxic
Livingston Diamond
-- Subtransit Stage (Toronto)
[ www.subtransit.tk ]
Line Up
Engine- acid techouse, house, techno
Batman- techouse, acid jazz, downbeat
Kat- hip hop proper
Techmission- warm summer loving house
Jef Alan- progressive techno
Naw- minimal techouse live PA
Randy Twigg- sexy electro
Patrixx- techouse & funky progressive
Deacon Struct- early morning atmospheric drum & bass
*we are accepting submissions and demos
contact: engine_dj@yahoo.com
-- Pin:ksox (Toronto) Stage
Line up:
Skeeter
Syscom
LafO
Belladonnakillz
c64
Crushkill
Talixzen
Gate
Merchant of Flesh
Joda Clement
Rion
sixteenarmedjack
noCore
Razor Edge
Optik Dementia
B7
Bacchus
Travesty
John Doe
Slobbering Anus
SiGourney Weaver
HardFlow
-- After Dusk Musical Society (Toronto)
Lineup:
Delv-X - Goa & downtempo psy (A.D.M.S.)
Fractal Equinox - Goa & Acid breaks (A.D.M.S.)
Corban - Experimental (A.D.M.S.)
Basilisk - Goa & Proggressive psy [ ]
SmokyDave - Psy trance
Suspect - Breaks galore
Miscreant - Goa & Proggressive psy (Eden Machine Productions)
strongbow - Goa trance [ ]
Shankar - Psy trance (Digitalienz)
RC 420 - Acid techno (Spark magazine)
Balance - Ragga
Jarek - Psy
Sketi - Psy
Ray Vincent - Live Psy
Syrum - Ragga
-- Cosmic Babies (Toronto)
Lineup:
Jarek (BLA)
Sketi (BLA)
Pharmakon (Cosmic Babies)
Generator (Cosmic Babies)
Urban Aliens (Cosmic Babies)
plus more TBA
-- Neurotik (Montreal)
[ www.neurotik.org ]
[ www.zone-33.com ]
Lineup:
Dunzy
Moebius
Trek
Fictional
Lili
Artek
Vir-Go
Mad K
Julie D
Mars Attak
Logiq
-- Freakaddiction Krew (Ottawa)
Booking info : Psycronik@hotmail.com
Lineup:
the friday night will be Breaks/DnB/Acid/Tekno
PI.67 (IDJ/MTL) breaks/dnb
Bowser (ott) DnB
Inspectah Cut (ott) DnB
one more Dnb dj TBA
Dos D (F.A.K./next offensive/Ott) Acid/tek
D.O.T.(F.A.K./???) acid/tek
Ocean Fire (Ott) acid trance/tek
Saturday is the psytrance night
.67 (F.A.K./Mtl) *special hard trance set*
Clown (alien crew/Mtl)
Asaph (freaks island recs/Mtl)
Psycronik (F.A.K./Ott)
Data Decay (F.A.K./Ott)
Ecto-gammit (F.A.K./Ott)
-- Mir Soundsystem (Toronto)
Lineup:
(D-Jungle, Dub, Breackore, Assorted)
we re bringing an elite squad of dj's who s indentity can never be revealed...
-- Blackmoon Stage (Toronto)
Lineup:
Toronto Techno Aliance and Blackmoon are teaming up this year to bring you some of Toronto's hardest banging techno dj's. We like our music loud so expect an awsome sound stage. We need a few slots to fill for this years Teknival. E-mail blackmoontta@hotmail.com if your intrested.
See ya there,
Blackkat (New York City)
[ www.blackkat.org ]
Lineup:
Blackkat is a collective of artists, dancers, DJs, and activists that has been throwing parties in New York City since 1996. Our events seek to provide an alternative to mainstream American culture, a culture that is increasingly sexist, racist, classist, nativist, and consumption-oriented. We try to create a community through our events. We try to make them places where people will talk to each other, be inspired, learn something, and have fun. Our events are participatory, they are created not just by the Blackkat collective but by all the people who help us and inspire us and all the people who attend our events. That means you!
Thanks, we’ll see you out there…
BufalOM (Buffalo)
When Afterglow, Freespace and EMP did a stage together at the Om festival, one of our acts was a couple of guys from Buffalo who call themselves Dharma Lab. They were awesome, they fucking rocked it! And they say they’re coming back for Teknival. This time, perhaps with friends and a whole soundsystem?
-- Renegade Virus (New York City) -- Havoc (New York City)
[ www.renegadevirus.org ]
[ havocsound.cjb.net ]
....FREE PARTIES * FREE PEOPLE * FREE LAND
NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!! we GOT VEGETABLE OIL!!!!!!!! .................
havocsound and virus renegade gonna represent, bring sound if all can be organized....so get involved!!! help make it happen, spread the word.
ALT (Montreal)
[ www.omnijectiv.org ]
STAGES THAT STILL NEED INFO
--AfterGlow (Toronto)
--northern exposure (Sudbury)
--squat rock project (Ottawa)
--bovine (sudbury/manitoulin)
--clonk stage (Montreal)
Expecting stages from:
--metek [france] - metek.free.fr ???
Extras: how much is it : it's FREEEEEEE!!!
where is is?? 2 hours from ottawa
2003-07-11
2003.07.11: TEKNIVAL - JULY 11-13, 2003
[This is an old post, preserved here for posterity. Please note the announcement below was not the official cosmic babies announcement for this free festival.]
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NEXT OFFENSIVE SOUND STAGE
:::TEKNIVAL:::JULY 11-13, 2003:::
Absoloutely wicked party... Respect to all the soundstages that came together to make this party happen, at times it was less of a party and more of an adventure...
To everyone who was there, thank you for contributing to such a fantastic vibe. Thank you for being so responsible with the way you partied and for cleaning up after yourselves.
Just to let everyone know, the park officials came by on monday morning just to check that we had cleaned the place up and had nothing but good things to say about how responsible and organized this party was. They also said that we are welcome back to use the crown land any time we like! All the DJs spun quality music and kept the party kicking the whole weekend. Special thanks from the Next Offensive sound system goes out to all the DJs who trekked through the wilderness to spin at our stage (especially MC Stylez from Washington who walked for 3 1/2 hours along the forest access road because his ride couldn't make it down the bumpy path)
To those of you who missed this party: you should be kicking yourselves. Just look @ the pictures.
Hope to see everyone back (and more) next year...and way to MaKe SOme fUcKInG noISe!!
- Kink
FRIDAY NIGHT VIBE: MAD BREAKBEATS, BO!!!
BELLADONNAKILLZ - BREAKCORE
(industrial strenth records, dross:tik records, smerk;^)- Toronto)
D-SYFA w/ MC PRICE - DARK D&B
(Impure Productions, D.A.R.K. - Toronto)
DYLAN D - JUNGLE/D&B
(Badman Press, CKCU 93.1fm, DubplateSpecial - Ottawa)
MC STYLZ - JUNGLE MAYHEM
(Vinyl Lab Records - Washington D.C.)
EAR 2 MUCH - HIP HOP/NEO SOUL
(Untouchable Allstars, Bassis, Ear2Much Concepts - Toronto)
PIPER ZULU - GABBAJUNGLE STYLEE
(Next Offensive - Ottawa)
PLASTIC MOTIVE - OLD SCHOOL BREAKBEAT
(Sourkee, ONdaFLY Promotions - Toronto)
THOMAS C LECTOR - JUNGLE/D&B
(Next Offensive - Ottawa)
STAMINA - BREAKS
(Next Offensive, Endurance Productions - Toronto)
DJ CATASHTROPHE - D&B, JUNGLE
(Df entertainment, One Up - Toronto)
DJ CAUTION - D&B/JUNGLE
(Wax Slinger - Toronto)
SATURDAY NIGHT VIBE: AGGRESSIVE 4/4
JEZBONE - HARD TECHNO
(Rampant Entertainment, 2thebeat records - Toronto)
ADI TAYLOR - HARD TECHNO
(moodyclub.com - Hungary)
EVOLVE - HARD ACID TECHNO
(emp-productions.com - Winsor)
KEN FINCH - HARD ACID TECHNO
(TEC Radio/SkratchWorld.com/Chills - Toronto)
DJ KINK - UK HARD HOUSE
(Next Offensive - Toronto)
ATP - NU-NRG
(Next Offensive - Toronto)
LADY BASS - HARD HOUSE, NU-NRG
(CHILLS, Skratch-n-Sniff, club246.com - Toronto)
CIRCUS CIRCUS - UPLIFTING/EUPHORIC TRANCE
(Three Ring, WorldSub Massive - OHIO)
C4 - PROGRESSIVE
(Next Offensive, MoodyClub.com - Toronto)
DATA DECAY - HARD TECHNO/GOA
(Next Offensive, FAK - Ottawa)
TRAYNE - UK HARD HOUSE/NUNRG
(TheElectronicCity.tv, SoGroove - Toronto)
ADDITIONAL SOUNDSYSTEMS
AFTERGLOW - Toronto (House, Jungle and chill beats) Afterglow is dedicated to providing educational and chillout spaces at clubs and raves throughout the GTA. We are decidated to making sure raving stays fun and enlightening by providing "brain food" in the form of chill spaces, afterparties, and instructional DJ/production sessions.
ALT - Montreal (Jungle, HardTekno, DanceHall Reggae, HipHop) La F�te par sa nature, est un lieu d'interaction sociale spontan�e. R�cup�r�e par le consum�risme, elle est devenue pr�texte � l'enrichissement mat�riel des promoteurs. Nous vous proposons de sortir du role passif de spectateur pour red�couvrir l'essence de l'attitude festive. LA PARTICIPATION! Association pour le liberation du Tekno Infoline 514-409-2411
COSMIC BABIES - Toronto (Goa and Psy-Trance) Somewhere between the living forest floor and the lush canopy above, old world mysticism and contemporary disconnect will meet and convey their understanding for one another. The soundtrack for this reconnection will be deep dark psychadelic techno-trance, ranging from minimal meditations to full-power aggression. Musical guidance provided by: Quivering Virgin / Jebediah / Twitche / Satori / Basilisk / Pharmakon / Generator / Urban Aliens + more
FREESPACE COLLECTIVE - Toronto (Goa and Techno) The Freespace Collective is aimed at creating free space. Space that is autonomous, space that has been reclaimed by the people, existing according to it's own rules. Our long term goal is to create a self sufficient world, free of hierarchy, free of competition. Where people can live their lives as they had dreamed, before the "reals world" crushed their idealism and their spirit. The stage will feature Full Metal Booty, Plasticmotive, RandomAznBoy, Rhythm Logic, Randy Twigg, Task, Panda, Didymos, Jackson Two Bears, Jonathan Doe, Kristian Sunflower, Psyklone, Tyco, Jane Shorthand, Divell, Gavin the Bass, Void (Sweden), Kinetix, Ray Vincent, Psyclone, DJ Malfoy, DJ Shankar + more
MIR - Toronto/Ottawa (D-Jungle, Dub, Breackore, Assorted)
SUBTRANSIT - Toronto (Techno) Crash bam blick whiz whip clonk wonk beep flink schlep quirk bucket of fish wakka buhh Jam puppets! Dance! DWA? Marty mcfly, kyomi, batman, myriad, dr fritz, alien, fusoulja, mc pryce, naw, harmonika, dan rocca, engine, jef alan, techmission, fringekid, lyphe, stewart douglas, todd smith, tommysmalls, optik, battle android trooper
RENEGADE VIRUS & HAVOC SOUNDSYSTEMZ - New York (All Sorts) A nonstop collective conscious devastating bass sound speaker mashing ready to keep you flowing in a nonstop frenzy of hypnotic beatz and subbass dub control. the gaiamind 23 impact , coming form the city that deosnt sleep to keep you up and dancing for the teknival tonronto weekend. The frenzy will consist of live sets plus dj.s in a sonik zolution style FREETEKNO,HARDKOR,BREAKOR,RAGGAJUNGLE,NOIZ,DUB,REGGAE some of the sikjayzz healing the gapz of mental distropy include. foodstampz,xylene,fury8,the tyrant,nic fit, nobody, s_l_i_t_s_c_a_n, madame chao, j.blackkat, sour, amok, tocsin (lowkey + tbone + dismal) aka deadsector + more we will not let you sleep , expect an array of audio visual zen..
-----
NEXT OFFENSIVE SOUND STAGE
:::TEKNIVAL:::JULY 11-13, 2003:::
Absoloutely wicked party... Respect to all the soundstages that came together to make this party happen, at times it was less of a party and more of an adventure...
To everyone who was there, thank you for contributing to such a fantastic vibe. Thank you for being so responsible with the way you partied and for cleaning up after yourselves.
Just to let everyone know, the park officials came by on monday morning just to check that we had cleaned the place up and had nothing but good things to say about how responsible and organized this party was. They also said that we are welcome back to use the crown land any time we like! All the DJs spun quality music and kept the party kicking the whole weekend. Special thanks from the Next Offensive sound system goes out to all the DJs who trekked through the wilderness to spin at our stage (especially MC Stylez from Washington who walked for 3 1/2 hours along the forest access road because his ride couldn't make it down the bumpy path)
To those of you who missed this party: you should be kicking yourselves. Just look @ the pictures.
Hope to see everyone back (and more) next year...and way to MaKe SOme fUcKInG noISe!!
- Kink
FRIDAY NIGHT VIBE: MAD BREAKBEATS, BO!!!
BELLADONNAKILLZ - BREAKCORE
(industrial strenth records, dross:tik records, smerk;^)- Toronto)
D-SYFA w/ MC PRICE - DARK D&B
(Impure Productions, D.A.R.K. - Toronto)
DYLAN D - JUNGLE/D&B
(Badman Press, CKCU 93.1fm, DubplateSpecial - Ottawa)
MC STYLZ - JUNGLE MAYHEM
(Vinyl Lab Records - Washington D.C.)
EAR 2 MUCH - HIP HOP/NEO SOUL
(Untouchable Allstars, Bassis, Ear2Much Concepts - Toronto)
PIPER ZULU - GABBAJUNGLE STYLEE
(Next Offensive - Ottawa)
PLASTIC MOTIVE - OLD SCHOOL BREAKBEAT
(Sourkee, ONdaFLY Promotions - Toronto)
THOMAS C LECTOR - JUNGLE/D&B
(Next Offensive - Ottawa)
STAMINA - BREAKS
(Next Offensive, Endurance Productions - Toronto)
DJ CATASHTROPHE - D&B, JUNGLE
(Df entertainment, One Up - Toronto)
DJ CAUTION - D&B/JUNGLE
(Wax Slinger - Toronto)
SATURDAY NIGHT VIBE: AGGRESSIVE 4/4
JEZBONE - HARD TECHNO
(Rampant Entertainment, 2thebeat records - Toronto)
ADI TAYLOR - HARD TECHNO
(moodyclub.com - Hungary)
EVOLVE - HARD ACID TECHNO
(emp-productions.com - Winsor)
KEN FINCH - HARD ACID TECHNO
(TEC Radio/SkratchWorld.com/Chills - Toronto)
DJ KINK - UK HARD HOUSE
(Next Offensive - Toronto)
ATP - NU-NRG
(Next Offensive - Toronto)
LADY BASS - HARD HOUSE, NU-NRG
(CHILLS, Skratch-n-Sniff, club246.com - Toronto)
CIRCUS CIRCUS - UPLIFTING/EUPHORIC TRANCE
(Three Ring, WorldSub Massive - OHIO)
C4 - PROGRESSIVE
(Next Offensive, MoodyClub.com - Toronto)
DATA DECAY - HARD TECHNO/GOA
(Next Offensive, FAK - Ottawa)
TRAYNE - UK HARD HOUSE/NUNRG
(TheElectronicCity.tv, SoGroove - Toronto)
ADDITIONAL SOUNDSYSTEMS
AFTERGLOW - Toronto (House, Jungle and chill beats) Afterglow is dedicated to providing educational and chillout spaces at clubs and raves throughout the GTA. We are decidated to making sure raving stays fun and enlightening by providing "brain food" in the form of chill spaces, afterparties, and instructional DJ/production sessions.
ALT - Montreal (Jungle, HardTekno, DanceHall Reggae, HipHop) La F�te par sa nature, est un lieu d'interaction sociale spontan�e. R�cup�r�e par le consum�risme, elle est devenue pr�texte � l'enrichissement mat�riel des promoteurs. Nous vous proposons de sortir du role passif de spectateur pour red�couvrir l'essence de l'attitude festive. LA PARTICIPATION! Association pour le liberation du Tekno Infoline 514-409-2411
COSMIC BABIES - Toronto (Goa and Psy-Trance) Somewhere between the living forest floor and the lush canopy above, old world mysticism and contemporary disconnect will meet and convey their understanding for one another. The soundtrack for this reconnection will be deep dark psychadelic techno-trance, ranging from minimal meditations to full-power aggression. Musical guidance provided by: Quivering Virgin / Jebediah / Twitche / Satori / Basilisk / Pharmakon / Generator / Urban Aliens + more
FREESPACE COLLECTIVE - Toronto (Goa and Techno) The Freespace Collective is aimed at creating free space. Space that is autonomous, space that has been reclaimed by the people, existing according to it's own rules. Our long term goal is to create a self sufficient world, free of hierarchy, free of competition. Where people can live their lives as they had dreamed, before the "reals world" crushed their idealism and their spirit. The stage will feature Full Metal Booty, Plasticmotive, RandomAznBoy, Rhythm Logic, Randy Twigg, Task, Panda, Didymos, Jackson Two Bears, Jonathan Doe, Kristian Sunflower, Psyklone, Tyco, Jane Shorthand, Divell, Gavin the Bass, Void (Sweden), Kinetix, Ray Vincent, Psyclone, DJ Malfoy, DJ Shankar + more
MIR - Toronto/Ottawa (D-Jungle, Dub, Breackore, Assorted)
SUBTRANSIT - Toronto (Techno) Crash bam blick whiz whip clonk wonk beep flink schlep quirk bucket of fish wakka buhh Jam puppets! Dance! DWA? Marty mcfly, kyomi, batman, myriad, dr fritz, alien, fusoulja, mc pryce, naw, harmonika, dan rocca, engine, jef alan, techmission, fringekid, lyphe, stewart douglas, todd smith, tommysmalls, optik, battle android trooper
RENEGADE VIRUS & HAVOC SOUNDSYSTEMZ - New York (All Sorts) A nonstop collective conscious devastating bass sound speaker mashing ready to keep you flowing in a nonstop frenzy of hypnotic beatz and subbass dub control. the gaiamind 23 impact , coming form the city that deosnt sleep to keep you up and dancing for the teknival tonronto weekend. The frenzy will consist of live sets plus dj.s in a sonik zolution style FREETEKNO,HARDKOR,BREAKOR,RAGGAJUNGLE,NOIZ,DUB,REGGAE some of the sikjayzz healing the gapz of mental distropy include. foodstampz,xylene,fury8,the tyrant,nic fit, nobody, s_l_i_t_s_c_a_n, madame chao, j.blackkat, sour, amok, tocsin (lowkey + tbone + dismal) aka deadsector + more we will not let you sleep , expect an array of audio visual zen..
2003-06-27
2003.06.27: Psy Tech-Trance Party
[not the original announcement. Just put here for posterity.]
COSMIC BABIES - Psy Tech-Trance Party - June 27-28 *All Ages*
Location: A large private studio space in the Duff/Bloor area
Line-up:
Pharmakon
Generator
Urban Aliens
more to be announced shortly...
Cover: $5 - All Ages
Time: opens 10pm Friday and going until late afternoon Saturday...you better rest up for this one!!
We'll have high-end sound and walls full of trippy blacklight art in addition to the coolest dark psychedelic techno-trance to be heard!
Get ready for a twisted trip into the darkness!
EDIT:
More DJs to announce:
Jebediah (BLA, Cold Groove Rec.)
Quivering Virgin (BLA, Isms)
Expect some killer trippy tech-trance from our friends at Black Light Activists.
EDIT:
More line-up additions...
Sporadik will be opening the night with some ambient and then some twisted minimal beats...
Ray Vincent will be spinning some dark psy tek later in the night (hopefully we'll get to hear some of the latest tracks he's put together)...
Another note: the venue will be air conditioned! Hopefully this means more dancing with less dehydration...
COSMIC BABIES - Psy Tech-Trance Party - June 27-28 *All Ages*
Location: A large private studio space in the Duff/Bloor area
Line-up:
Pharmakon
Generator
Urban Aliens
more to be announced shortly...
Cover: $5 - All Ages
Time: opens 10pm Friday and going until late afternoon Saturday...you better rest up for this one!!
We'll have high-end sound and walls full of trippy blacklight art in addition to the coolest dark psychedelic techno-trance to be heard!
Get ready for a twisted trip into the darkness!
EDIT:
More DJs to announce:
Jebediah (BLA, Cold Groove Rec.)
Quivering Virgin (BLA, Isms)
Expect some killer trippy tech-trance from our friends at Black Light Activists.
EDIT:
More line-up additions...
Sporadik will be opening the night with some ambient and then some twisted minimal beats...
Ray Vincent will be spinning some dark psy tek later in the night (hopefully we'll get to hear some of the latest tracks he's put together)...
Another note: the venue will be air conditioned! Hopefully this means more dancing with less dehydration...
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