What a pleasure it was to look forward to a great festival coming up from the 29th May to the 1st of June. It’s the Sunrise Celebration and it was lovely to hear it’s back online and getting ready for launch. I spoke to one of the organisers, Sun Bird and it was fascinating to hear how he got back involved and the work that goes on in the background. On my show I regularly talk about ways that we’re finding together of working towards a kind of oneness and unity. There are so many different aspects of the festival for people to enjoy and get involved with, not just music. Included will be talks, workshops, a healing area and even activities for children to get involved with. It was lovely to hear how Sun Bird so eloquently described the process of getting a variety of different people of groups together to collaborate to make it happen, and even to find ways of getting the people who come to just enjoy the festival to feel more involved and able to participate. These processes and ideas will be manifested further at another up and coming festival Sun Bird is involved with in September, the Sundance Collective, more of which I’ll talk about in future shows.
The festival will be truly sustainable, with the infrastructure including an integrated power system in partnership with the Green Festival Alliance, a system for the waste generated, compost toilets and highlighting the importance and value of Permaculture. This information and more is also provided on their website and with their partners.
Lucas
As well as playing music by some of the artists that will be playing, before coming down to the show I was able to catch a phone conversation with one- Lucas, the psychedelic trance DJ and producer. We managed to cover a lot of ground, from his origins, DJing at very early electronic music parties such as the early acid house events and playing at the Tip Records parties with people such as his friend Raja Ram. He then spoke about getting involved in running the Flying Rhino record label at a difficult time for the music industry, but then how it helped him evolve his musical style down the psychedelic route. We also talked about his love for the Sunrise festival and how he’s looking forward to getting back there again this year.
You can hear it all again here:
and via my Soundcloud page.
Here is the playlist for 20th May 2014 (Albums in brackets)
1. Eat Static – Forgotten Rites (Abduction – 1993)
2. MC Xander – Sick of the Lies (Eyeopeness – 2011)
3. Space Tribe – Genetically Modified Human (2000 O.D. – 1999)
4. Hypnocoustics & Chameleon – Boomslang (Into The Light – 2013)
5. Tristan – Orangutangy (VA – The Garden Of Delights – 2010)
6. Lucas & Eat Static – Troglodyte (Tales Of Heads – 2010)
7. Lucas – Hooked on Machines (Tales Of Heads – 2010)
8. Orchid-Star – Deep Down (Birth – 2008)
9. Ott – Smoked Glass and Chrome (Blumenkraft – 2002)
Lucas
