The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance (Routledge Studies in Ethnomusicology)

This lively textual symposium offers a collection of formative research on the culture of global psytrance (psychedelic trance). As the first book to address the diverse transnationalism of this contemporary electronic dance music phenomenon, the collection hosts interdisciplinary research addressing psytrance as a product of intersecting local and global trajectories. Contributing to theories of globalization, postmodernism, counterculture, youth subcultures, neotribes, the carnivalesque, music scenes and technologies, dance ritual and spirituality, chapters introduce psytrance in Goa, the UK, Israel, Japan, the US, Italy, Czech Republic, Portugal and Australia. As a global occurrence indebted to 1960s psychedelia, sharing music production technologies and DJ techniques with electronic dance music scenes, and harnessing the communication capabilities of the Internet, psytrance and its cultural implications are thoroughly discussed in this first scholarly volume of its kind. This Lively Textual Symposium Offers A Collection Of Formative Research On The Culture Of Global Psytrance (psychedelic Trance). As The First Book To Address The Diverse Transnationalism Of This Contemporary Electronic Dance Music Phenomenon, The Collection Hosts Interdisciplinary Research Addressing Psytrance As A Product Of Intersecting Local And Global Trajectories. Contributing To Theories Of Globalization, Postmodernism, Counterculture, Youth Subcultures, Neotribes, The Carnivalesque, Music Scenes And Technologies, Dance Ritural, And Spirituality, Chapters Introduce Psytrance In Goa, The Uk, Israel, Japan, The Us, Italy, The Czech Republic, Portugal, And Australia. As A Global Occurrence Indebted To 1960's Psychedelia, Sharing Music Production Technologies And Dj Techniques With Electronic Dance Music Scenes, And Harnessing The Communication Capabilities Of The Internet, Psytrance And Its Cultural Implications Are Thoroughly Explored. This Stimulating Collection Of Essays By Some Of The Key Researchers In The Field Provides A Genuinely Insightful And Engaging Contribution To The Study Of Psytrance, Which Students, Tutors, And Researchers Will Be Turning To For Many Years To Come. I Warmly And Enthusiastically Welcome It.--christopher Partridge, Lancaster University Graham St John Is A Research Associate At The University Of Queensland's Centre For Critical And Cultural Studies, And Was Recently A Postdoctoral Research Fellow In Interactive Media And Production At The University Of Regina, Saskatchewan, And An Ssrc Residential Fellow At The School For Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico.--jacket. Goa Trance. Goa Is A State Of Mind : On The Ephemerality Of Psychedelic Social Emplacements / Luther Elliott ; The Decline Of Electronic Dance Scenes : The Case Of Psytrance In Goa / Anthony D'andrea ; The Ghost Of Goa Trance : A Retrospective / Arun Saldanha -- Global Psytrance. Infinite Noise Spirals : The Musical Cosmopolitanism Of Psytrance / Hillegonda Rietveld ; Psychedelic Trance Music Making In The Uk : Rhizomatic Craftsmanship And The Global Market Place / Charles De Ledesma ; Re-evaluating Musical Genre In Uk Psytrance / Robin Lindop ; (en)countering The Beat : Paradox In Israeli Psytrance / Joshua I. Schmidt -- Liminal Culture. Demencze : Psychedelic Madhouse In The Czech Republic / Botond Vitos ; Dionysus Returns : Contemporary Tuscan Trancers And Euripides' The Bacchae / Chiara Baldini ; Weaving The Underground Web : Neo-tribalism And Psytrance On Tribe.net / Jenny Ryan ; Narratives In Noise : Reflexivity, Migration And Liminality In The Australian Psytrance Scene / Alex Lambert ; Liminal Culture And Global Movement : The Transitional World Of Psytrance / Graham St. John. Edited By Graham St. John. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Figures......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Psytrance: An Introduction......Page 14 Part I: Goa Trance......Page 32 1 Goa is a State of Mind: On the Ephemerality of Psychedelic Social Emplacements......Page 34 2 The Decline of Electronic Dance Scenes: The Case of Psytrance in Goa......Page 53 3 The Ghost of Goa Trance: A Retrospective......Page 68 Part II: Global Psytrance......Page 80 4 Infinite Noise Spirals: The Musical Cosmopolitanism of Psytrance1......Page 82 5 Psychedelic Trance Music Making in the UK: Rhizomatic Craftsmanship and the Global Market Place......Page 102 6 Re-evaluating Musical Genre in UK Psytrance......Page 127 7 (En)Countering the Beat: Paradox in Israeli Psytrance......Page 144 Part III: Liminal Culture......Page 162 8 DemenCZe: Psychedelic Madhouse in the Czech Republic......Page 164 9 Dionysus Returns: Contemporary Tuscan Trancers and Euripides’ The Bacchae......Page 183 10 Weaving the Underground Web: Neo-Tribalism and Psytrance on Tribe.net......Page 199 11 Narratives in Noise: Reflexivity, Migration and Liminality in the Australian Psytrance Scene......Page 216 12 Liminal Culture and Global Movement: The Transitional World of Psytrance......Page 233 Contributors......Page 260 Index......Page 264