From Psychedelic-Traveller

[2009] Live the GREEK Mythology

• written by Nick Miamis aka Side Liner

Dear psychedelic travelers i shall try in next lines to provide you as much possible info about trance scene in Greece, remind you what already know, update you with latest news and encourage to check what you have miss from our scene. Let we flow in text lines .....

The first thing that you should know for Greece is that Aurora repeats herself in August 2009 with a new great festival experience at Asprovalta North Greece and a wide line up. So if you always wanted to join us, don’t miss this great opportunity! Of course i am sure that many, if not all of 2008 aurora partygoers, will follow up again after their wicked experience last year.

Until summer, we shall warm up our feets with our local promoters as Natural High, Psyacoustics, Neverland, Plasmatica, FSI ,Moonsun, Eternal Motion,Cyberians, Void Network, 220Volts and more…

In this point I shall pass by our local musicians, since now we have so many great producers who hit the international scene from dark trance to Goa psychedelic, from ambient to funky dub and freestyle. So don’t miss the opportunity to catch a Greek music talent near you or a release of them. At last after many years we offer lot of talented artists in many genres and not just few names.

Fast Forward to our labels issue now…..Prefer Uptempo? Moonsun, Helicon Sound System,Night Oracle,Unicorn Music,Harmonia,Exposure still offering great trance releases and more to come in 2009.

Like Downtempo? Cosmicleaf Records pushing out the most diverse aural ambient chill aesthetics and Timewarp Music the funkiest freestyle rhythms around, on the more electronica experimental side Poeta Negra and Spectraliquid labels do a fantastic work! Those labels put for well Greek downtempo scene in worldwide music market and you have to check them out.

You want to buy music? Have a music chat or check for events? If you are in Athens you can find your favorite cds on Discobole, It, Radical Soundz, Zulu and Flying Agaric. In Thessalonica, try Lotus, Underground and Noise. Most of them have also online shops like Beat Box (located in Serres) which offers a wide catalogue of our favorite music.

What about radio broadcasting? In Athens at last a we have a station which plays many hours music from our favorite trance genre, Free 98 FM. Our alternative choices coming from internet with Dance Radio, Bassline with programs from downtempo to dance and the newly formed Echoes Radio which plays only downtempo.

On the newspaper stands you can found every month our national electronic music magazine Freeze with freshest news from local and worldwide scene.

And if you wanna a place to read Freeze and drink something go to Elf Coffee Bar, a magical forest in the heart of Athens which plays our favorite music.

Greek uptempo and downtempo scene is growing, so except more fresh music from our artists, wicked releases from our labels and more great events and festival experiences in near future.Prepare yourselves for a blasting new year!