Argentina
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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina), is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. It is the second largest country in South America and eighth in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous. Its continental area is 2,766,890 square kilometres (1,068,300 sq mi), between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentina also claimed 969,464 square kilometres (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile (Chilean Antarctic Territory) and the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory); all such claims have been suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961.
HistoryThe Argentinian scene started in 1994 with a beach party in Mar de las Pampas, generating a psychedelic revolution still spreading throughout the country today. Since then, a lot of psy freaks have appeared, showing that Latin America is becoming an ideal shelter for this global movement. Buenos Aires is the center of our scene and the last 12 years have seen several generations of organisers, artists and DJs appear. At first parties were occasional events and it was common to put on free events in parks downtown. As the scene grew, many parties moved indoors, although recently outdoor parties have started to become popular again. [2009] Most curious ones around in ARGENTINA
The psychedelic trance scene in Argentina is one of the most curious ones around the world and Latin America. A lot of new artists have appeared in the last 2 years but the parties are quite small, our music has been recognized all around the globe, but our scene is still kept by a very small group of people. 2009 looks very good for the scene, as many releases of Argentinean music are planned to be released, and cities inside the country have become more active, giving birth to new parties and festivals. The center of the scene is still Buenos Aires where parties are done by 3 organizers. Ritual Alien are the more relaxed and family outdoor parties, usually featuring only Argentina music, they manage to bring international artists once in a while, usually around 100/200 persons assist to this events. Then you have Enter Trance and Dancing Budhas, who makes bigger and more commercial parties, bringing full on international artists with a crowd of around 400 persons. Enter-Trance is responsible for the Goa Gil party and also small festivals near Buenos Aires. Dancing Budhas has become one of the most constant and well known organizers, offering at least one party every weekend. Inside the country there has been a new development in cities such as Misiones, Cordoba and El Bolson, where different festivals have popped up, slowly gathering a crowd inviting the tourists traveling around. The biggest of these events is the Moonflower festival, done in the south of our country, in El Bolson, in the region known as Patagonia. On the music side, a whole new generation of artists has appeared, on the bright side you have Heterogenesis and Pragmatix, and on the intense side you have Megalopsy and Frantic Noise, as well as new producers such as Badajalash, Glosolalia, Pandora’s Box and Will O’ Wisp. There are also new upcomers such as Trebolaktico doing ambient, Soundloop doing full on, and Xynapse on the dark side. In deco, the most impressive work was done by Ion who worked on many parties and festivals, and the group called La Nave, responsible for Moonflower festival. The only label for now is Dark Prisma Records, who host many of the artists mentioned before. They have many releases planned for the future featuring mostly Argentina music as well as friends from all around the world. Argentina does not have any trance clubs or trance shops, but it does have cool places to hang out such as Palermo, San Telmo, Recoleta, where you can usually find other fellow travelers. There are parties almost every weekend, usually the outdoor season is between September and March, then all parties are indoor. Parties are an average of 20 pesos which is around 7 dollars, beer in clubs is usually 15 pesos which is around 5 dollars, water is around 5 pesos which is around 2 dollars.
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