Sacred Earth Open-Air 2006

LOUD (Kobi Toledano and Eitan Raiter, located in the city of Haifa, Israel) were both infected by the psytrance bug and movement back in the mid-nineties. While both were travelling and experiencing global psychedelic culture, the two cosmically met and LOUD was born. LOUD has a significant and daring new sound, fresh and powerful, always seeking to expand their knowledge and results. LOUD have licensed many tracks to labels such as Trancelucent, Doof Records, Skykey Records and Divine Balance Records. Their full-length album was announced as coming soon on Com.pact Records.

Onnomon is rapidly emerging as one of the top psytrance producers in the world. His recent album, “No Monno,” was referred to as “An utterly smashing surprise...” on psyreviews.com. He had releases on countless labels and had recently returned from touring in Israel. His unique style was presented as not to be missed. CDs and album downloads were available through Psymbolic's online shop.

With his new second album “Efflorescence” just coming out on Celestial Dragon Records, musician and artist Tyler Smith, aka Quasga, was described as navigating a psychedelic night-time landscape anchored in dub and integrating organic and electronic sounds. Warm melodies are diversified against a framework of intricate rhythms and arching harmonies. Unique spoken samples are incorporated seamlessly and used with clear intent. Interstitial atmospheric sounds provide a continuous listening experience. CDs and album downloads were available through Psymbolic's online shop.

Coming out of the dark desert scene, Bodhi shares a bit of sacred magic as he twists your mind with new and unheard complex frequency function combinations. He is an award-winning electronic musician with releases on labels including Truffle, Trishula, Psybertribe and Vertigo. His highly anticipated second album, “Secrets of the Mojave,” was announced as coming soon on Geomagnetic/Darkstar Records.

Recently completing his fourth album, “Routes,” among numerous singles and remixes, James Watts continued to create dynamic and unpredictable moods with his music. He was generally known for complex rhythmic audio editing, sliced and diced to all hell, married to wistful melodic structure and vaporous soundscapes. His live sets combined intricate programmed beats and sojourns into improvised experimental groovology, often evolving into thick, layered violet walls of sound. CDs and album downloads were available through Psymbolic's online shop.

Merkaballah is comprised of Jym Fair, Avery Runner and Doug Beechwood. Formulated in 2002, the group had appeared at VideA in Barcelona, Spain in 2002; AVit Chicago in 2003; Motion Notion near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 2004; As One near Eugene, Oregon in 2004; and One Tribe functions on its home turf of Denver, Colorado. Merkaballah's DVD A/V single “Theta Drive” continued from “Alpha Code,” DJ Elf Arrow (Avery) and VJ Pixylight's (Jym) DJ/VJ mix DVD. “Theta Drive” was described as whisking viewers into theta consciousness by means of mixed archetypical imagery.

Josh Brill orchestrates and manipulates soundscapes, live instruments and dense modern harmonies while using a jazz/jam-band improvisational approach. The psymbient sound that Convolution Integral brings to the world is a duality of the ambient and the participatory. Its guitar soundscapes begin with a single note, and through loops, the past and present meet as they convolve with their distant relative, future. Josh had toured as a guitarist with numerous national and international acts.

Kourosh Dini is a classically trained musician and a psychiatrist focusing on the development of human and thought. The creation of his music is a reflection of the development of life such as that of a person's. His cycling flow of dark and light offers a soundtrack for philosophical contemplation, a backdrop for generating conversation, and a must-listen for those who wish to dig deeper to appreciate the beauty contained within. CDs and album downloads were available through symbolic's online shop.

Chicago-based Venus, i had been brewing its special blend of organic electro dub since 2005: a robust yet rich full-bodied tonic with a sweet manicured finish, leaving a pleasantly funky aftertaste. In just over a year, Venus, i had found a voice it was proud to call its own, expressed through tones ranging from ambient minimal soundscapes to melodic, beat-driven dub.