Messenger of Dionysos · Mused by Apollo

In ancient times, Satyr was the horned and horny messenger of Eleusinian forest god Dionysos. He mesmerized the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute and made them dance till broad daylight. In our common present, the spirit of Satyr inhabits the body of a human boy.

Searching for a new way to spread the vibe of the forest, by Dionysian decree, Satyr switched to SL and CDJ instruments, which fit the job quite nicely. Apart from those, he employs the tools Apollo chose: a blank screen and virtual ink, to jot down all he likes to think - hence this his satellite here, orbiting Earth's blogosphere!

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Trancending - April 22, 2010



Trancending - April 22, 2010 - Amsterdam

Fasten your spacebelts and get ready for blast off
as our navigator sets course for a four hour trip
across the eclectronic universe and beyond,
accelerating from 120 bpm progressive
to 150 bpm psychedelic trance *

4D coordination

Korsakoff **
Lijnbaansgracht 161
Amsterdam, The Neverlands

click here for an online map

Thundersday, April 22, 2010
open from 23:00 till 03:00

entrance: donation
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* I will be playing a 4 hour set, starting at 120 bpm
and accelerating to 150 bpm, crossing the boundaries
between progressive, full-on and forest style psy.

To give your third ear an idea of what this may feel like,
download the following mixes and play them in order
of average tempo:

Noise Cleanse (126 bpm)
Spike My Cocktail Please (134 bpm)
44% On The Drops (143 bpm)
Sylvan Secrets (147 bpm)

.. or scroll down to my previous post
and play these mixes on Soundcloud


** Korsakoff is the alternative music club in Amsterdam,
born in last millennium's late 80s. In addition to offering
their traditional blend of rock, metal, goth, drum-n-bass,
industrial, ebm, techno, wave, electro and grunge,
they are hosting the local psychedelic trance hangout,
every Thursday night.

click here to visit Korsakoff online


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? what is Satyr

! in ancient times, Satyr roamed the Eleusinian forests as the horned and horny messenger of Dionysos - the god of ritual intoxication - who dispatched him to mesmerize the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute, and made them dance till broad daylight.

? where is Satyr

! in our recent past, Satyr reincarnated in the concrete jungle of Amsterdam as a DJ. At age ten, he recorded his first mix, displaying his love for early hip hop and electro, and soon his tapes were in high demand. After the Second Summer Of Love, he got turned on by new dimensions of synthetic sound and ventured into the realms of ambient, acid-house, techno and trance music, never looking back ever since.

? does he still play flute

! the Panflute has become an artefact in captivity, held safe and sound in the archeological archive of the Vatican. Yet, since them high-n-mighty early 1990s, Satyr became increasingly skilled as a player of the SL & CDJ instruments, spinning various styles of musica eclectronica, embracing a wide range of the bpm spectrum with remarkable sparkle.

Notoriously difficult to pigeonhole yet sharply focused on and specialized in ambient, chillout, psytrance & deep atmospheric techno; entertaining events for 5 to 50.000 people, by serving his spicy melange of clean cuts and dirty grooves, mixing it down and grinding it up from raw to smooth.

A few memorable events ecstasized by Satyr:
Amsterdam Dance Event (NL), Atmosphere (Berlin), Ballonnenfeest (NL), Burning Man (USA), Club A (Sao Paulo), Dance Valley (NL), Love & Magic (Oslo), Metsafestiwaal (Finland), Pan-O-Rama Festival (La Gomera), The Pi Club (Berlin), Q-Base (Germany), Senseblender Festival (Belgium), Universo Paralello (Bahia / Brazil), VooV Experience (Germany), and many more in Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, USA & all over The Netherlands.*

* a detailed gigographic list might appear later



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