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Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:42 pm
by Dattington
Hey guys, here's a party that I run with a few mates.

Escape From Samsara/I Love Hard Beats/Hard Trance Europe are running a combined party covering a range a rave music including techno, trance, hard trance and hardcore.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 tickets have sold out already but CLICK HERE to buy Tier 3.

Maybe see you there!

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Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:07 pm
by Lost to the Void
Christ... I used to go to escape from samsara back in the 90`s.

Mark Sinclair and K90, not seen those names on a flyer for a looooooong time.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:58 am
by The_G
Lost to the Void wrote:Christ... I used to go to escape from samsara back in the 90`s.

Mark Sinclair and K90, not seen those names on a flyer for a looooooong time.
So did I, occasionally, circa 1997/1998. There was another one similar--at Bagleys, I think--but can't remember the name.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:14 pm
by Lost to the Void
There was Pendragon at Bagley's occasionally, and Freedom.
I always liked tyssen st.

Cosmic carrot.
Kundalini.
Astral phoenix.
Return to the source
Enlightenment
Trancentral

Good festival type psy parties in the late 90s

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:34 am
by The_G
Return to the Source, that's the one. I've never much liked goa/psytrance, but I had a good time at some of those parties.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:54 pm
by asm
So many good times

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:54 pm
by Dattington
I never got to experience Escape From Samsara or Pendragon (yes, i'm gutted about that!) but some of the best tracks I've heard were played regularly at those parties. They sound of those raves probably had the biggest influence on me too.

One of the parties mentioned in this thread is also running the afterparty.. Will post up details when it's officially announced!

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:14 pm
by Lost to the Void
Astral Phoenix was always the best. Huge soundsystems, always the latest sounds, really went overboard with the decor, and EVERYONE was on LSD.
Man they were some of the best partying years I ever had. The music was only half the experience.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:08 pm
by Dattington
Lost to the Void wrote:Astral Phoenix was always the best. Huge soundsystems, always the latest sounds, really went overboard with the decor, and EVERYONE was on LSD.
Man they were some of the best partying years I ever had. The music was only half the experience.
Come on man, don't rub it in ;)

All of the decor at those raves looked next level - can totally see why it was a music and visual experience.

It's mad to think that Samsara were running at (and selling out) the fridge weekly. I don't really know of any parties that could do that now.

I did see a video of Reaktor in Amsterdam recently. That looked to have the musical and visual experience nailed so would love to go there.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:35 pm
by Lost to the Void
They used to ram the fridge too. Chill out upstairs, chai bars, stalls selling hippy shit and fluoro stuff. The fridge was one of the more commercial parties. It was at Pendragon in the Fridge that I pulled my missus, and I'm still with her 17 years later.
But all the parties were busy... The Tyssen St parties were the best. 4 rooms, big warehouse, super messy.
The psy trance scene in London was really big.
I'm not sure historically how aware of this people are.
Megatripolis was the ultimate though....

I'm tempted to go to this party advertised but I'm not sure I could do it sober...

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:21 am
by Mono-xID
Then get yourself some Acid and go nuts. 8-)

Though I never listen to Psy stuff, I absolutely love the vibe of psy events. I usually visit Fusion, Nation of Godwana and Antaris Festival and when I resume at the end of the year these events are always the best amongst every other stuff I went to.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:24 pm
by Lost to the Void
Mono-xID wrote:Then get yourself some Acid and go nuts. 8-)
It`s such a fucking commitment though right?
The only stuff I know I can get is pure liquid.
And you are essentially signing up for 18-24 hours of a full on trip just on one drop.
I just don`t have the time or the patience for that any more you know.
I think, it may be sad to admit, that I have done my last LSD trip some time ago now.
I used to consume that shit like candy.

However, I`m not adverse to some entheogens now and again to give the brain a good scrub clean (twice a year actually). But they aren`t really conducive to a party atmosphere. I`d much rather be out in the forest or something.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:56 pm
by Mono-xID
I was kidding mate. ;)

But yeah, i was actually on Acid from the age of 17 until 19 on a weekly basis. I loved Acid and i think it's my favourite drug ever. I mean,once it opened your doors and you change your mindset about the whole world it makes you the person you really are. At least it made me the person i am today.
I would have been much more insecure about life in general if i didn't had Acid trips.

Though i couldn't take it anymore. I had my last one in 2008 on a festival. I knew it was my last one as missus just became pregnant and it was my "farewell trip".

Can't deal with psychedelics anymore, sadly....

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:14 pm
by Lost to the Void
I don`t mind em, it`s just the time commitment of LSD. IF they made a short duration version then sure, a couple of hours or so, yay for that.

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:25 pm
by Dattington
An interview with Tim Samsara has just gone live so though you guys might be interested!

http://www.dmcworld.net/features/tim-sa ... ns-london/

Cheers,

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:24 pm
by Dattington
Hi guys,

Another day, another interview - this time with Phutek...

"If more promoters realised a special event will come from the right musical programming on the night and being more adventurous with their sound-scope. This would educate the scene instead of segregate it. So I support whats being attempted here totally. "

It's nice to see he's picked up on this because multi-genre is exactly what we've always gone for.

Anyway, the full interview is here:

https://www.trackitdown.net/news/show/106048.html

Cheers!

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:37 pm
by Dattington
Not sure if there are any trance fans here but Sneijder is headlining the Hard Trance Europe room and he has recorded an exclusive mix for us which is here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-146428706/h ... x-sneijder

Some really nice tech trance (is that a dirty word on Subsekt?!) as expected!

Cheers,

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:17 am
by Dattington
**AFTER PARTY UPDATE**

So I hinted at an after party in an earlier reply so here are the details =)

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I'm going to feel seriously compromised on Saturday..

Main event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1820311964909403/

Tickets:
https://moreonthedoor.com/events/escape ... -state-en/

http://www.seetickets.com/event/elevate ... on/1061541

Re: Escape From Samsara/ILHB/HTE pres. Elevated State

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:35 am
by Dattington
Tonights the night!

Hope to see some of you guys (I'll be wearing a chicken hat and fried egg out fit - come say hi!).

There is also a free pre-party at Gigalum to get you in the mood - house/tech house/techno.

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Tickets for the main event close at 4pm today!

Tickets:
https://moreonthedoor.com/events/escape ... -state-en/

Cheers,

Matt