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58 MAT ON TOUR
A hot new year in Brasil
Every two years, during the last and the first days of the year, the Universo Paralello
becomes the most popular destination of the Psytrance-world, especially if it is
held on its original venue on an seemingly endless stretch of perfect white beach.
In order to preserve the paradise, the mainfloor was moved to
the interior, leaving the beach with the sound of the Prog floor,
the Chill Out and the 303 Floor, the place for new talents.
Despite the fact that flights from Europe are rather long and
expensive, there were quite a lot of European faces around in
this huge garden full of coconut trees. Besides the breathtaking
scenery, there were countless performances this year. A
first-class show by the Circo Loko and others could be watched
in the middle of the mainfloor during NYE and the last night of
the festival. While DJs and live acts came and left in a neverending
stream hour after hour, there were artistic tricks of such
stunning elegance that it really felt like being in a “Cirque do
Soleil on Psy Trance”.
In terms of music there was a very large spectrum, reaching
from Ambient to Tech House, from Progressive to Psytrance
and Dark, everything changing in the typical rhythm of day
and night. Really weird: The whole mainfloor was filled with
camping chairs brought by the braslians. This is something
like a tradition over there. Sometimes you really have to be
carefully not to crash into one of these chairs. And that’s why
the somewhat stressed out dancers had a new motto: “Fucking
Chairs Move Your Ass!“
Thumbs up for the overall performance of the Universo Paralello!
Especially in terms of toilets, showers, and performance
this open air was state of the art. In terms of music it would
be probably a good idea to downgrade a little, so the single
artists have more time. Also money could be saved in this way,
to decrease the prizes which where high even for European
standards.
In two years, I’m in again– without chair…
www.universoparalello.org Mat Mushroom
Alle zwei Jahre zum Jahreswechsel
ist das Universo Paralello
mit seinen kilometerlangen Stränden
und vier Dancefloors von Ambient
über Tech House, Progressive
und Psytrance bis bis Darkpsy
eines der weltweit angesagtesten
Ziele der Psytrance-Welt.
Trotz der langen und teuren
Interkontinentalflüge fanden sich
trotzdem recht viele Europäer
in dem riesigen Kokosnusspalmengarten
ein. Neben der schon
wahnsinnigen Natur haben die
Veranstalter diesmal auf kleine
und große Performances sowie
professionellen Zirkusartisten
gesetzt. Und selbstverständlich
wieder ein Wahnsinss Line Up
mit stündlich abwechselnden
internationalen Top Acts.
Eine besondere Tradition scheint
es zu sein Campingstühle mit auf
den Mainfloor zu schleppen.
Dies führte zum Aushang des
Schildes „Fucking Chairs, Move
Your Ass!“
Daumen hoch für die Gesamtperformance.
An vielen
Stellen wie zum Beispiel bei
den Toiletten und Duschen stieg
die Qualität. Preislich ist das
Festival aber leider mit Kursen
über europäischem Niveau etwas
überzogen. Trotz alledem: In
zwei Jahren bin ich gerne
wieder dabei.