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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How To Dance



How to dance ...

"Somehow humans invented this trick
of synchronizing group activity
"

Rhythmetrically synchronized group activities will usually lead
to the dispersal of a certain collective somatic adaptation
to the atmospheric transformation by amplified sound
amongst the gathered dancing crowd
or summed up in another high-ku:

ripples in a pond
like ducks, floating up and down
after a stone's plunge


But even ducks, when learning to fly
will have to take off from the ground first (*)
so it's best to get adept to that foot stompin'
before reaching out to cloud nine and beyond.

I never took part in an active process
called "learning how to dance"
- just closed my eyes and let the music do the rest
until I ended up poking other people in the eye
so I learned to go at it blindly
only when dancing outdoors.

The one process of dancing
has verbalized itself to me
some time ago, as follows:

music plays the body
like an instrument
that takes the mind
into trance


Other than that, apart from sex, dancing seems to be
the best physical experience to share with one another,
whilst revolving'round the Sun on this blue-white-green rock.
So before I start drifting off ... let's dance!

_____


(*) Thanks Bill, once again.


.: live lovely - love lively :.


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Rave Infaders R Go!



Rave Infaders @ ADE - Thunderday October 21, 2010

For this year's Amsterdam Dance Event, Namasté and Infaders team up to realize a very special night at the Korsakoff. The Surfer Rosa label of Tim Healy will be hosting-n-boasting downstairs, while the Infaders will robotize the upstairs area.


- line up

Tim Healey (Surfer Rosa records, UK)
Tomcraft (Great stuff records, GER)
Atomic Drop (Liquid records, UK)
Haritas (Hatrax records, CA)
Edu (Dirtyloud, Surfer Rosa records, BR)
MNO (Basserk Records, NL)
The Tick (Infaders, NL)
Sleazy Ni! (Infaders, NL)


- 4D coordination

Thunderday, October 21, 2010
open from 22:00 till 06:00

at: Korsakoff
Lijnbaansgracht 161
Amsterdam, The Neverlands
click here for an online map

Presale: 6 euro (+max 2 euro commission)
At the door: 8 euro

Ticket outlets: all Free Record Shops
Tickets online: www.infaders.com

! don't miss it - don't miss out !


- onlinear informulation

click here for this event on facebook

ADE online
Infaders online
Namasté online


.: namaskaramba :.


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The Non-Weekly Goosebumper - 16.10.10



The Non-Weekly Goosebumper - October 16, 2010

today: Bigwigs - "Pars Pro Toto"

in memory of Osgatos


.: brrr and this lion goes purrr with herrr :.

_____

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Smoke Signals - October 16, 2010



Smoke Signals - Satyrday, October 16, 2010

Once again, I will be crrrreaming up the coffee with musical flavors at Siberië. What to expect today? Anything and nothing I could express in other words than electro-funk and tech-trance. Best to follow these links to listen in key with possible tones and tunes ..

Royal Smoke Signals - link to download
Noise Cleanse - link to download
Uptech - link to download

4D coordination

16:00 - 19:00 on Satyrday, October 16, 2010
Siberië, Brouwersgracht 11, Amsterdam
The Neverlands, Eropean Union

Public notice: the management may or may not be held responsible
for a new interhemispherical order rising from the musical chaos.


.: d[_] * [_]b :.


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From the Book of Changes



Ts'ui - Gathering Together

Hexagram 45 of the I'Ching, divine symbol of 2008

In the time of Gathering Together, we should make no arbitrary choice on the way. There are secret forces at work, leading together those who belong together. We must yield to this attraction; then we make no mistakes.

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Ch'u - The Taming Power Of The Small

Hexagram 9 of the I'Ching, divine symbol of 2010

Only through the small means of friendly persuasion can we exert any influence. The time has not yet come for sweeping measures. however, we may be able, to a limited extent, to act as a restraining and subduing influence. To carry out our purpose we need firm determination within and gentleness and adaptability in external relations.

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gratefully inspired by The Abysmal





.: zen - nothing zen at all :.

apart from the quoted,
all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa
(cc) 2010 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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The Non-Weekly Goosebumper - 05.10.10



The Non-Weekly Goosebumper - October 5, 2010

today: Junkie XL feat. Saffron - "Beauty Never Fades"


See a glimpse inside the pool - it's hollow
Come to know a time when he will haunt you
Snapping at my heals made me live
Someone take me back to the angel realm, today

Each step I take the shadows grow longer
Padded foot falls in the dark I wander
Come to steal your lifeblood away
Looking for a beauty that never fades



.: brrrrr and this lion goes prrrrr :.
_____

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freakuently unanswered questions


? 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 / D), Ballonnenfeest (NL), Burning Man (USA), Carnival (Varginha / Brazil), Club A (Sao Paulo / Brazil), Dance Valley (NL), Love & Magic (Oslo / Norway), Q-Base (D), Metsafestiwaal (Finland), Pi Club (Berlin / D), Senseblender Festival (B), Universo Paralello (Bahia / Brazil), VooV Experience (D), and many more in Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, USA & all over The Netherlands.*

* a detailed gigographic list might appear later



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