Equinox 11 – T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi

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September 19-21 2014
The 10th Annual T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi Psychedelic Music & Arts Festival
Deerfields/Asheville, NC

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$65 until June 1st
$75 until Sept 1st (Pre-sales end)
$85 at gate
http://touchsamadhi.com/equinox11

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Acts (bios and links below list)
Martian Arts
Planewalker
Labyrinthm
Wichdokta
Twin Shape
Brandon Adams
Hypnotoad
SuKhush
Annunaki
Sonance
Sirius Colors
The Fuzz
Goadream
Intrinsic
Shadow Maker
The Programmer
MadHatter
Kri
Medisin Fractalz
Chaos Control
Mister Chill’R
Om Olak
Force Majeure
Kameleon
xb
Sensoma
Michael Curran
DopplerDefect
Numatik
Mar Oso
Shoom
Bloodwing
Sanguine Mandragoa
Herbivore
Cryoverb
Balam
Dragram
SpaghettiMan
Curandero
Selector Cleofus
CollectiveONE
Betty Toker
Cat Makin’ Bizkits

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Martian Arts
Live PA
Greece
– Bio: The Disco Hooligan, aka Martian Arts is, Nectarios Meidanis. A BSc certified audio tech engineer and sound designer aficionado, that loves psychedelic music. Started listening and partying in 1994 and got hooked on the psychedelic trance music, straight away. In 2000 he moved to the UK to study Audio & Music Technology and graduated with honours from the 3 year course, in 2003. Started releasing psy-trance in 2005 under the “Unison” project. He was writing and producing the music for the “Disco Hooligans” project and started his solo project “Martian Arts” in 2011 where he has collaborated with top names of the scene, including “Eat Static”, “Manmademan”, “Audioform” where they formed the “Ohmnidrive” project, “Black Noise” and “JP”. Has been releasing music under his various projects, on various labels, including, Etnicanet, Ektoplazm, Neurobiotic Records, Mutagen Records, Goa Productions, Blue hour Sounds, Phantasm Records, Hyperflow, Tago Mago, Gee Spot Recordings, Distinctive Records, Audio Therapy, Dieb Audio, StreetWise, Fabric LIVE, Brighton Breaks…to name but a few. Inspired by yesterday’s riffs, pushing forward in new styles. See you at the dancefloor.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/martianarts

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Planewalker
Live PA
Waveguild
Psytrance
Taos, NM
– Bio: Known affectionately by fans as “The Disco Wizard”, Planewalker is one of the best-known psychedelic electronic music artists in the United States and the founder of Waveguild Records. With 20 releases across 7 labels, over 100,000 people across the world have heard his music. His original tracks have been featured in compilations alongside artists like Bird of Prey, Solar System, S-Range, Atomic Pulse and Chromatone. He has remixed and been remixed by artists such as Phutureprimitive, Funky Dragon, Jirah, Smoke Sign and Desert Dwellers. Aside from his original compositions, he has mixed and mastered over 30 releases by other artists and instructed more than 50 students in the arts of electronic music production over the course of his 15-year career as a musician and audio engineer. His last 3 singles have all charted in the Beatport Top 100 worldwide psy-trance chart, with many new releases scheduled for 2014. When he’s not working on trance music, he collaborates with Portland artist Mister Chill’R to make glitch-hop under the name “Chaos Control”. If your ears like the brain-tickling sounds of psychedelia, Planewalker is a must-hear!”
– Music ink: http://planewalker.bandcamp.com/

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Twin Shape
Live PA
Ovnimoon Records
Downtempo/Psychill
– Bio: Twin Shape is a live project blending elements of Progressive and Psychedelic music into a spacey, Downtempo, realm. The feel ranges between bright and melodic, dark and mysterious, to lush and atmospheric. The sound is constantly evolving and will keep you guessing without disappointment. Choosing to let the music speak for itself, Twin Shape performs from behind a mask that can change from show to show. Incorporating visual and laser projections ñ expect to be pulled into an audio/visual journey of his creation.
– Music link: www.soundcloud.com/twinshape

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SuKhush
Live PA
Maia Brasil Records
Psychill/Psydub/Psystep with live flute improvisation
Brooklyn, NY
– Bio: Brooklyn-based live duo ~ SuKhush ~ features Rachel’s improvisation on the C Flute over Vish’s DJ/RMX sets, creating light-filled pathways that begin with Eastern-influenced psychedelic grooves, pass through bass-pumping step & glitchy downtempo, and land back in beautiful fields of ethereal ambient moments. SuKhush uses a variety of real-time sampling and remix techniques to create original experiences in their live sets, uniting organics with electronics. Since 2008, SuKhush has played throughout North America, Europe, Israel, and India. SuKhush is a member of the Maia Brasil Records family (maiabrasilrecords.bandcamp.com/) & the Altar Records (Canada) non-profit psychill label (altar-records.com).
– Music link: http://soundcloud.com/SuKhush

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Annunaki
Live PA
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Asheville, NC
Neo Goa Trance
-Bio: The Annunaki first arrived on Earth probably 450,000 years ago, seeking an exotic beat to facilitate their trance states. Eventually we came to call them by many names, such as “the Nephilim” in Genesis, or simply “gods”. Whichever they are, they genetically engineered Homo Sapiens as perfect biological machines for dancing by crossing extraterrestrial genes with those of Homo erectus. Still incomplete, the machines required new patterns and rhythms to function to their fullest potential. So the “gods” searched, and waited, eventually finding the patterns and rhythms in Goa, India, where they studied and recorded these new patterns of mental concentration. Now their research has come to a close as the Annunaki prepare to enact their creations. Are they gods of good, or gods of evil?
– Music link: http://annunaki.bandcamp.com/

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Sonance
Live PA
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Psytrance
Asheville, NC
-Bio: Sonance is Kri’s new Psytrance project. Amidst the constantly changing psy-trance genre, Sonance has exhibits a passion for the depth and multi-layered sound that evolved from Goa Trance in the early days of the scene.Composing melody driven tracks that always demonstrate skilled musicianship, Sonance rouses listeners into fluid, euphoric motion and paints the party a vibrant psychedelic shade. Playing and producing Psychedelic Goa Trance for over 19 years, Sonance demonstrates immense dedication to the art by his ceaseless attention to every detail of the experience. His flawless skills have earned him the respect of promoters around the country, and his professional approach to event production has elevated the T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi annual fall gathering to one of the premier trance festivals on the East coast, blending a rich variety of live and electronic musical performance, sublime psychedelic visual art, and a message of universal peace, which together catapult attendees into intergalactic spiritual bliss. Sonance brings us music that forces us to remember why we are alive and to give thanks for every nuance of that sacred gift.
– Music link: https://pureperceptionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sonance-the-great-beyond

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Sirius Colors
Sirius Colors Productions
World Tribal Dub Trance
Nashville, TN
– Bio: Sirius Colors is the new musical entity powered by the spiraling colors of binary pulsar Sirius and administered by Thomas Orr Anderson. From the ancient Mayan Pyramids to the jungle waterfalls of Thailand… from the stone arches of Utah to the underground water caves of the Yucatan, Sirius Colors continuously seeks the power of sound in its most pristine universal form… and under the guidance of great masters of global indigenous traditions, creates entrancing, body shaking dance music. Collaborating with master musicians from around the globe Recording in secret mystical locations Invoking the powers of indigenous mystical traditions Awakening the spiraling energies of the Soul Specializing in energetic live performance and crystalline technical production Synergetic elixirs of ancient-rooted powers and futuristic tech pulsations Sounds like ancient futuristic trance hiphop reggae from the jungle pyramids. Thomas Orr Anderson earned a Masters degree in Physics through studies of holograms in the context of black holes. He has studied extensively with great masters around the globe in the mystical arts of Qi Gong, meditation, and sacred plant medicine. His music clearly reflects his deep LOVE of dancing, exercise, meditation. He keeps his roots dirty and his Light brightly lit.
– Music link: http://www.siriuscolors.com/music/

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Brandon Adams
Bom Shanka Music
Hi-tech or Night Psychedelic
New York, NY
– Bio: Established in America as one of its premier homegrown international-caliber DJs, Brandon displays a unique ability for versatility while managing to transcend musical subdivisions through a consistent signature sound. Bass driven melodies, cohesive groove, sparse psychedelic leads, spacey atmospheres, and carefully placed, crisp percussion interspersed with brain bending effects are the key elements to that sound. Smooth, precise, and patient mixing provide the necessary flow for an unrelenting journey with maximum trance floor impact. As an organizer with NYC-based SYNC and Dreamcatcher, music lover, and dedicated DJ, Brandon has helped drive the evolution of East Coast psytrance for several years. As the US label DJ and representative for international labels Bom Shanka Music, Free Radical Records, and Cryptic Symmetry Records – he links the US to global psytrance hotbeds of South Africa and the UK.
– Music link: www.soundcloud.brandon-adams

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Hypnotoad
PSI
Twilight
New York, NY
– Bio: This 14 year veteran of psy has mesmerized many dancefloors with his unique and varied style: Dark fast and rhythmic night time music, deep flowing twilight sounds, tech-ey melodic mornings… But always trippy, always danceable, always with the goal of inducing the pure joy of dancing and the psytrance experience. As a DJ, core member of the PSI family, and the man behind the sound, lighting and party creating machine that is light-o-matic, Hypnotoad has contributed his skills to literally hundreds of events. He has been an active participant in Psybotik, long time contributor to the Gaian Mind family, and has lent his production and DJ skills to The Gaian Mind Festival, to Sacred Earth, Equinox, Gemini, Coalesce, PEX, and to many others. He was an original member of the 28th Day organization and has contributed to the efforts of many other psytrance collectives in the New York and Philadelphia area.
– Music link: http://soundcloud.com/djhypnotoad

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The Fuzz
Live PA
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Neo-goa
Saxapahaw, NC
– Bio: Coming to North Carolina in the mid 2000s, The Fuzz abandoned the urban lifestyle following the beats emanating from Asheville, NC. Finding the TOUCH Samadhi collection, The Fuzz quickly set up shop nearby to cultivate further sounds and rhythms to augment the growing vibrations. The Fuzz was introduced to Goa trance later than most, discovering the classics in the early 2000s. Seeking out the beats of more current sounds, he came up to speed on the progression in to psytrance and beyond. Still with a focus on what first called to him, he continues to cast back to classic influences and sounds in production.
– Music link: http://touchsamadhi.com/artists/the-fuzz

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Goadream
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Neo-goa/fullon
Greenville, NC
– Bio: Jacob Goadream caught the electronic music bug back in the early 90’s. Attending some of the first warehouse parties in Houston, Texas, Jacob quickly developed a love for electronic music. In 2000 he was introduced to the wonderful world of psy-trance through the Universal Mind Productions gatherings, via Robin Triskele and Sandip Chakraborti. It was all over from there! Shortly there after Jacob moved to the Carolinas where he discovered the T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi Collective. Their truly magical gatherings at Deerfields throughly split his third eye wide open with a psychedelic hammer! Over the last decade, skills have been honed and a mountain of music collected. Seamless, delicate mixing, the ability to step up and match the vibe in any given situation and most of all, a true love and drive to kindle the flame that is psychedelic trance dance culture has got Jacob traveling a lot these days. Be sure to catch him on a trance floor near you!!!!
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/goadream

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Intrinsic
Live PA
Pure Perception Records
downtempo/psybreaks
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Dj and producer intrinsic takes listeners on a psychedelic journey, often spanning hours and several genres, while maintaining a controlled energy and mood. Live he has been known to use midi controllers, joysticks, wii remotes, power gloves, smartphones and even kinect cameras to create and manipulate sounds, weaving them into a tightly knit tapestry of crisp waveforms and distinct melodies that are dripping with effects. He strives to provide a solid and consistent sonic structure to dance within, facilitating a blissful moving meditation to relax the mind and tune the senses.
– Music link: http://intrinsic-art.com/

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Shadow Maker
Live PA
Shadow Maker Studios
Experimental Downtempo
Athens, GA
– Bio: Shadow Maker is an experimental downtempo / chill side project of DJ Mar Oso, focusing on strange offbeat rhythms, surreal engineered soundscapes and Sly Fi speaker play. Shadow Maker Is the first of hopefully many projects to be cast from Shadow Maker Studios.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/shadow-maker-studios

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Labyrinthm
Maia Brasil Records
Forest Psy/Nightpsy
Brooklyn, NY
– Bio: Labyrinthm (aka Vish) has been involved in psytrance since the mid 1990′s when he discovered the old skool parties outside Bombay that could only be found with handwritten maps and good vibes. He started his journey as a DJ after moving to NYC in 2005, alongside the launch of 6362MetaForce, the mothership that threw warehouse & club parties throughout NYC and festivals back in India. His journey as a DJ has taken him through labyrinths of parties & festivals throughout North America, India and Europe. Labyrinthm creates forest and nightpsy as well as progressive DJ sets with loads of live remix elements – always featuring powerful dance floor basslines & beats to take you through the intricate mazes of structured sounds, and a unique journey through that moves your heart and head along with your feet. Labyrinthm is a member of the Maia Brasil Records family (http://maiabrasilrecords.bandcamp.com/).
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/labyrinthm

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Wichdokta
Full Circle
Psytrance/Fullon
Ukiah, Ca.
– Bio: From what once was, to what is now, the future flashback is present and well represented when the Wichdokta is!
– Music link: http://www.mixcloud.com/wichdokta7/

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The Programmer
3rd Eye Squeegee
Dark Full-On / Twilight
Pittsburgh, PA
– Bio: With a desire bring his own blend of transfiguring sounds and transforming visuals, head-warping beats and hand-crafted beer, Brian began as a VJ for 3rd Eye Squeegee after being turned on to the possibilities of dance at the Gaian Mind Summer Festival. Audio manipulation was soon added to the repertoire of all-consuming interest; an interest that sees a variety of excursions into psybient and chillout, to full-on and twilight, through to dark, forest, and hi-tech psytrance. An Interest that is an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self — not merely a thing of one Space-Time continuum, but allied to the ultimate animating essence of existence’s whole unbounded sweep — the last, utter sweep which has no confines and which outreaches fancy and mathematics alike.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/theprogrammer3es

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MadHatter
Radial Engine Tribe
Full Power/ Night
New York, NY
– Bio: Maddhatter AKA Corey Felsman is a up and coming New York Psytrance DJ of psychedelic proportion. His groovy, psychedelic beats keeps the dance floor pumping from start to finish and his unique track selection of night time music is perfect for morning, noon or night – Full Power all the way!!
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/maddhatter-1

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Kri
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Psytrance
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Kri’s superb intuition for playing to the human element produces a dance floor experience of complete immersion, of carnal union with the velvety flow of the beat, the body, the bass, the boom. Whether spinning a DJ set or performing a live set of his own compositions, Kri brings us music that forces us to remember why we are alive and to give thanks for every nuance of that sacred gift.
– Music link: http://www.djkri.com/

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Medisin Fractalz
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
PsyChill/Dub/Glitch
Asheville,NC
– Bio: Coming at you with full on pure psychoactive intuition. From the magical mountains of Asheville,NC. For the past 15 years Medisin has been playing Festivals, FullMoon Gatherings and Underground Parties around the country. All of which helped create his musical style to open up to a vast library of fresh beats from around the world . Ranging from PsyDub, GlitchHop, PsyTrance, DubStep, PsyBreaks, Electro and whatever else that taps into the ever evolving conscious dance music culture.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/medisin

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Chaos Control
Street Ritual
Glitch-Hop
Taos, NM & Portland, OR
– Bio:Chaos Control is the collaborative project of chill-out electronica legend Mister Chill’R and renowned psychedelic trance artist Planewalker. The result has been an explosion of eclectic and unusual downtempo and mid-tempo tracks with a psychedelic twist. With 16 digital and physical releases on 5 labels since their inception in 2009, the prolific project is gaining popularity with DJs and festival-goers across the world. In 2012 and 2013, Chaos Control collaborated with, shared the stage with, and remixed some of the most respected artists in dance music and classical music including Desert Dwellers, DJ Swamp and What the Tango. In February of 2014, Chaos Control was signed to San Francisco glitch-hop label Street Ritual which the duo is very excited about working with. Their new EP “Featherhat Fiddlesticks” is available now, with several more glitch-hop EPs scheduled for release this year.
– Music link: http://ccon.bancamp.com/

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Om Olak
Awake Productions
Chillout / Downtempo
Hartford, CT
– Bio: Kalomo Jordan aka /OM OLAK is founder of Awake Productions CT.,a pioneer of the for front of the dance scene in CT. doing events/ production and playing shows all over the East Coast and a few out west since 1996 with artists such as Soulslinger, Liquidsky, Zulu Nation, TC Izlam, Dara and Odi,in the jungle,drum and bass scene as well as Mubali, Ajja,Kubiyan/Un-Washed Tomato/and many more on the psy side of things.. His styles have evolved and expanded into DJing and producing bass driven psychedelic trance, down tempo and chill out, especially upon his affiliation with the loved and respected production team Fractaltribe out of MA..and also newest member of “RAIDAL ENGINE TRIBE” USA.Some of the favorite lables that OM OLAK loves to play are “PARVARTI”,”TRISHULA”.All in all OM OLAK loves bringing the funky bass lines and hard kicks…with super sounds scapes to the dance floor for the expansion of the mind body and soul…..BOOM!!
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/meszenjah-aka-om-olak

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Force Majeure
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Deep Forest
Austin, Tx
– Bio: Keeping in mind timing and intention my aim is to share in an intense experience. Bringing a diverse blend of sound ranging from Heavy Full-On, Twilight and Minimal to Forest, Darkpsy and the more exPeRIMEntal compositions, I expect we’ll thoroughly enjoy what the universe has in store for us!
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/t-o-u-c-h-samadhi/sets/force-majeure/

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Kameleon
PangeaProductions/PurePerceptionRecords
Tribal Progressive / Neo Goa
Miami, FL
– Bio: Kameleon is the co-founder of Pangea Productions / Pure Perception Records. Helping activate the psy scene in the south east and abroad for over 10 years Kameleon is still actively helping push boundaries with sound and visuals. Now in its 6th year Pure Perception Records is consistently releasing highly intelligent and mysterious psychedelic sounds to the world. He also designs clothing for Public Beta Wear and Planetary Confinement Clothing and is responsible for the Art and Design work for Pangea / Pure Perception.
– Music link: www.PurePerceptionRecords.org

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xb
Tecropolis
Chunky Night Full-on Psytrance
Athens, Ga
– Bio: xb is not dead, despite the fact that he’s been spinning psytrance for over 13 years. As one of the founding members of Tecropolis (Athens, Ga), he has been entrusted with corrupting the hearts and minds of a whole new generation of electronic music fans with his trademark combination of progressive night full-on psytrance. Because he can.
– Music link: http://soundcloud.com/the_xb

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Sensoma
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Rizoma Records
Asheville, NC
Progressive Goa / Psytrance
– Bio: Sensoma’s path as a DJ was forged in the unique tradition of the outdoor, 24-hour renegade forest party. With a dancer’s instinct, Sensoma’s track selection is focused on moving the body and the spirit together into a euphoric state of active meditation, a blissful oneness with the rhythm. In addition to his work with T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi, Sensoma now represents Rizoma Records of Argentina, helping to bring the progressive psychedelic sounds of South America to a new audience in the north.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/t-o-u-c-h-samadhi/sensoma-pangea-6-sunday

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Michael Curran
Archaic Revival
Psytrance
Atlanta, GA
– Bio: Bringing nearly two decades of experience behind the decks to Equinox, Michael is a seasoned veteran of the US psytrance scene with countless performances across the southeast and beyond. His repertoire spans the spectrum from progressive grooves to full-on funk, often delving deep into the darkness and back again with vintage goa vibes. As a longtime resident of both Asheville NC’s Touch Samadhi collective and AtlPsy, Michael is also a founding member of Archaic Revival, where he continues to win over new audiences with thoughtfully selected dj sets that navigate seamlessly between genres and styles.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/t-o-u-c-h-samadhi/sets/michael-curran

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DopplerDefect
ZFG Entertainment
PsyBreaks
Tampa, FL
– Bio: Born as an Southern Illinois (visualize nothing but corn and bean crops as far as the eye can see) native, DopplerDefect was consistantly told he was a big fish in a little pond. It took 3 years of touring the country via 18-wheeler for him to decide that it would be Florida where he would learn how to dive deep in to music. From dark metallic backgounds such as Nine Inch Nails and Static-X a new musical mesh was born when an aspiring artist attended his first ‘rave’ otherwise known as Ultraviolet. It was this consciousness altering experience that ultimately blended light with darkness. With a broad range of styles from chill to chaotic, enter the psychedelic soundscapes of DopplerDefect.
– Music link: http://www.mixcloud.com/dopplerdefect

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Numatik
Midtempo Sacred Boogie
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Summit Jaffe, as Numatik, offers fresh and timelessly deep sonic expressions of love and gratitude. Nestled currently in the ancient mountains of Appalachia, Summit has been digging deeper and deeper into his creative outlets in a mission of self-discovery and unfoldment. After experimenting with and learning the intricacies of analog synthesis at a young age, he became enthralled in the infinite creative potential of digital production. Through spiritual practices, ancient plant medicines, and the synchronized cosmic flux, Summit has stepped gently into deeper awareness of what it means to be here on Earth. Numatik is a project that brings together his spiritual awareness and tactical production knowledge, resulting in deeply connected sonic landscapes, pulsing with ever evolving freshness. By the cultivation of sacred sonic space, Numatik transforms dance floors into containers for free expression of the divinity within us, guided by music infused with the organic sounds of breath, natural sounds, shamanic vocals and occasional ethnic instrumentation. Numatik brings a truly unique offering into the collective, cocreative mind of worldwide conscious EDM.
– Music link: Numatik.bandcamp.com

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Mar Oso
Pangea / T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Athens, GA
Live PA
– Bio: Mar Oso is a devoted music connoisseur providing a vast collection of intelligent and deep surreal grooves for a spectrum of atmospheres and experiences, leaving the listener engulfed in the hypnotic rhythm and crispy swirly mayhem! Mar Oso is currently focusing on conjuring the dance floor spirit by way of psygressive / tech trance sounds from record labels such as Zenon, Maiabrasil , Uroboros , Glitchytonic and Noqualms.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/djoso

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Shoom
Suntrip Records
Goa Trance
– Bio: DJ Shoom is an age old alchemist and follower of the Moon and Goddess Earth. Spinning the goa psychedelic vibrations for the purpose of opening the minds of others and bringing them back to Nature. To captivate the energy of the dancers and propel them into the ecstatic trance dance state. Activist for the planet and militant for the causes of freedom from the oppressors. Shoom began mixing Goa & Psytrance in 2004, guesting weekly on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was able to hone his skills of mixing live and spontaneous. Shoom soon began to record mixes for Digitally Imported Radio’s Goa-Psy Trance Channel. His mixes combined depth and focus to create full length audio journeys that told meaningful stories. In 2008 Shoom took over Program Director duties of Digitally Imported Radio’s Goa-Psy Trance Channel. A few years later he created their PsyChill and Progressive Psy Channels. He organizes the popular Summer and Winter Solstice Events on the Goa-Psy Trance and PsyChill Channels that feature top acts from around the world. In that last few years Shoom has played out at many festivals and shows throughout the U.S. including T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi’s Equinox and Pangea Production’s Welcome To Pangea Pt 5 in North Carolina, Archaic Revival II in Atlanta, Georgia, Spacecamp Psyfari in Iowa, and Cosmic Egg’s Quantum Regeneration in Minnesota. In early 2013 he joined Suntrip Records as a label DJ. Shoom is also half of the projects Sanguine Mandragoa and The Lotus Eaters with Bloodwing.
– Music link: http://www.goa-shoom.net/

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Bloodwing
Digitally Imported
Goa Trance
– Bio: Bloodwing hails from the depths of the Underworld, where black caverns are filled with glistening petrified crystal forests. Witch-queen of the faerie folk, with the blood of an ancient lineage, she plays the dark and hypnotic sounds of goa music. Her legendary song-spells have caused mountains to crumble and have brought whole armies to their knees. Bloodwing’s first dose of the Goa Psychedelic was with scraps of music she found on the internet. When the music found her soul she passionately learned the art of DJing and began to mix on WKNC 88.1 FM alongside Shoom. She quickly began to show her skills with an intricate mixing and a catalog of Goa from the ancient days. Many parties, raves, and shows later she helps direct on the Goa-Psy, PsyChill, and Progressive Psy channels on DI.FM. No stranger to big time events she has performed at T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi’s Equinox in NC, Spacecamp Psyfari in MN, and Cosmic Egg’s Quantum Regeneration in MN. She is always prepared to give a serious Goa mindswirl to all who dare listen.Bloodwing is also half of the projects Sanguine Mandragoa and The Lotus Eaters with Shoom.
– Music: http://www.mixcloud.com/bloodwing

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Sanguine Mandragoa
Digitally Imported
PsyChill
– Bio: A force of nocturnal debauchery and pleasures of the flesh. We assault the senses so we can override the metaprogramming implanted in the minds of the people. Witch and warlock, goddess and shaman, the dual forces of elemental chaos. For long have we been contained against our will, for so long have we been forced into a servitude that we never wished for. But no more, hark and gather for the time has come. Sanguine Mandragoa revealed as their true beings. Shoom and Bloodwing unleash their essence. A sound that will shake the Earth and awake the Pagan Gods from their deep slumber. Sanguine Mandragoa is a collaborative DJ project of Shoom and Bloodwing. With their uncanny ability of reading each other’s minds they are able to put together epic, impromptu tag-team mixes. Often fueled by the chaos of the natural world, their mixes melt together between the harder, faster acid-driven Goa and the darker side of Psytrance. A combination of sounds that often leave the dancefloor in a state of psychedelic awareness.
– Music: http://www.goa-shoom.net/mixes/sanguinemandragoa/

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Herbivore
T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi
Psytrance (main stage); Ambient / atmospheric drum & bass (second stage)
Blacksburg, VA
– Bio: Herbivore is a strange but friendly mutant lifeform from the near future. His time machine arrived in the late Nineties, just in time to play classic ambient and trance music for a room full of bewildered college students. Although he is indistinguishable from those around him, on a cellular level he is believed to be composed of tofu, comic books, and old vinyl records. Herbivore has mixed numerous styles of electronic music over the years, guided by an insatiable desire for novelty and a pathetically short attention span. When not engaged in studying counseling psychology, Herbivore plays spacey, deep, bass-heavy music at the intersection of psychedelic trance, ambient, dub reggae, and atmospheric drum & bass. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Asheville, NC-based collective T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi.
– Music link: http://www.mixcloud.com/herbivore/

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Cryoverb
3rd Eye Squeegee
Psydub
Pittsburgh, PA
– Bio: Cryoverb explores the nebulous areas where subgenres & sonic flavors intersect & dissolve. He stitches the expected/unexpected—new/old—earthy/spacey—concrete/abstract—organic/mechanic—conscious/subconscious into a colorful tapestry. Influenced by science fiction & technology, Cryoverb sets are a mysterious soundtrack for a holographic “choose your own adventure” story. He has been in a trance of one kind or another for as long as he can remember, finding 90′s Goa trance & chillout on interwebs in his youth. Quickly getting jaded on mainstream rave / commercial festivals, he became more serious about electronic music production & started learning Ableton Live in 2005. Soon after, he discovered American psytrance festivals. Cryoverb has been on a quixotic alchemical quest ever since. He has an eclectic archive of music for every setting & season that he loves to share with others while traveling Prima Materia.
– Music link: http://www.mixcloud.com/esc_ape/

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Balam
Interface Records
Full On, Neo Goa
Mexico City/Cary, North Carolina
– Bio: Balam has been involved in the pay-trance scene since the late 90’s. It has been more than 15 years since the first time he attended his first trance party, it was the most beautiful moment, in middle of one of the most beautiful places in the Universe, Teotihuacan, Mexico. Since, he knew music was going to be part of his life. Now, he has been mixing for almost 5 years. Having great teachers in the US and Mexico such as Goadream, Dragram, Kri, Horus, and Sharigrama. Sharing decks with International live acts such as Intelligence (Mexico, Drex (Brasil), and Holon (Mexico). Balam will take your brain on and magical psychedelic trance trip
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/balamha

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Dragram
Nalij Productions
Ambient/Chillgressive
Greenville, NC
– Bio: Dragram (Nalij Productions Greenville, NC) has been playing electronic music for nearly a decade. Trained as a percussionist and participant in jazz ensembles., and raised in the Atlanta and N.C. drum and bass scenes resulting in a very eclectic taste. From cool ambient and chill out to full on drum and bass, this is not a dj to miss.

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SpaghettiMan
AlienTechnology
Twilight / Night / Full-on Psytrance
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Buster Sims a.k.a. SpaghettiMan is widely known for his unique and versatile blend of superb psychedelic soundscapes, particularly but not exclusively catering to the trance community. His carefully selected sounds rumble in the night, waking us as if from a dream! His precise and meticulous musical sets echo throughout the beautiful mountains of Asheville, NC in the United States. Gifted with the support and love of the strong and positive trance Family that is prevalent here, Buster happily makes his home in one of the most Resilient and Eccentric psychedelic regions on Planet Earth.
– Music link: www.soundcloud.com/spaghettiman/psy

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Curandero
Archaic Revival
Downtempo lounge & trip-hop (live-remix set)
Atlanta, GA
– Bio: Seeking to bridge the worlds of djing and live performance, the Curandero project is a hybrid of traditional mixing and improvisational electronics; more than just a dj set, it is a controlled experiment in live remixing and composition. Beginning with a foundation of classic trip-hop and downtempo lounge, layers of percussion loops and effects harmonize in tandem with midi-enabled modules and devices to create a collage of sound that blurs the line between digital processing and analogue synthesis.
– Music Link : http://www.mixcloud.com/sage2012/

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Selector Cleofus
Shenanigan Society
Wake n bake dub
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Cleofus instigates and propagates shenanigans from his home base in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Specializing in trippy and bass heavy dub but not limited to just one style, Cleofus is a veteran selector who know exactly what to play at the right time. He is a former member of the Wondrous Temple of Boom and is the founder of the Shenanigan Society arts collective. In addition he hosts a monthly psydub show called “The Dub Chamber” on Digitally Imported Psychill online radio. This is his third Equinox appearance.
– Music link: www.soundcloud.com/cleofus

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CollectiveONE
Asheville Drum n Bass Collective
Deep Dubstep//DnB
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Music has always been essential to CollectiveONE (Jonathan Roten). Prior to his electronic music immersion, he focused on primarily underground hip-hop. Ever since he first listened to “Logical Progression Sessions” by LTJ Bukem, DnB has been in his blood. He started going to parties in early 2000 and discovered his love of dancing. Through dancing he discovered a niche for himself Djing. In the beginning he played almost everyday and was requested at house parties. Next, he collected some gigs in Winston Salem and other surrounding cities. For him it was just about jamming with friends and listening to the music everyday. Later,he took a break from Djing in the form of a priority shift. Although, he stopped actively playing, he continually stayed up on the releases and studied artists mixes. The need to mix never left him and meeting his partner, Matiq (John Wolf), was a natural catalyst to get back at the controls. DnB is second nature to Jon, he intuitively grows and develops flourishing sets through track selection and blending seamless mixes. CollectiveONE’s mission in Djing and producing DnB is to take prople on healing journeys that are unexplainable. In his eyes, the future of music is, and always was DnB.. And that it plays a big part in the awakening of individuals and us, collectively.
– Music link: https://soundcloud.com/collectiveone

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Betty Toker
Shenanigan Society
Roots
Asheville, NC
– Bio: Betty Toker is a DJ, activist, and pirate based out of Asheville, NC. She has made a name for herself playing rootsy reggae influenced sets and through her much loved 4/20 sets at the Neon festivals and Lurch gatherings. This will be her debut appearance at Equinox.
– Music Link: www.soundcloud.com/Betty-Toker

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Cat Makin’ Bizkits
Ahimsa Productions
Psybient/chillout
Nashville, TN
– Bio: Cat makin’ bizkits is no stranger to the psychedelic sounds, but has just recently decided he wasn’t too shy to come out and say hello to the crowd and get comfortable on the mixer. having a deep love for soothing, deeply layered organic sounds and the proper amount of cheese, you never know what to expect when there’s a cat makin’ bizkits on the mixer, but it is sure to make you purr.
– Music link: http://www.mixcloud.com/obscureshadow/

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Deco:
Fabric & Mixed Media Art Installation Environment::NephilNine
NYC, N-Squared
https://www.facebook.com/Nephil9
NephilNine is the brainchild of New York artist Sue Helfrich, creating event decorations and installation art since 2004. A classically-trained artist with a degree in Fashion Design from Fashion Institute of Technology (NYC, USA), Helfrich is deeply involved in each NephilNine installation: “What drew me to decorating events was a passion for immersing someone in a fantastic environment. As a child, I dreamed of being able to explore the surreal worlds portrayed in fantasy/science fiction movies and TV shows. Now I enjoy being able to create worlds of my own design, even if only for a night, so that others may explore them.” The NephilNine repertoire includes stretched spandex forms, a variety of geometric and organic 3-D UV sculptures, and large-scale string installations. These often psychedelic creations define events ranging from underground dance parties and major music festivals to private ceremonies and celebrations all over the world. NephilNine’s art is primarily made of layered cut fabric shapes. The fabric, which is often combined with other types sculpture, shapes space and light, surrounding performers and participants in beautiful environments. Each space is different. No two installations are alike. Each is a study of Impermanence, Improvisation, and Growth. Lighting provided by other artists adds changing dimension. NephilNine takes the entirety of the space into consideration when designing, including the environmental impact of the materials used.

Stage design and structures:
Shadowmaker
Behind-the-scenes speaker carrier addicted to cable and bamboo

Main stage tapestries:
Kri Samadhi

Second stage design and tapestries:
Devotee
Kernersville, NC
US decor veteran and promoter/ pioneer of touch samadhi Asheville mountain trance vibe PSY OPTIC MIND STIMULI
http://touchsamadhi.com/artists/the-devotee

Second stage tapestries:
Susannah Gilley-Gaynes

Second stage spandex design:
Sensoma
and
Synesthesia
By definition, Synesthesia is the merging together of senses. Based in the southeast of USA, Psynesthesia is the psychedelic UV design project of Krikett. She has been involved with many forms of artistic expression since early childhood, and was always drawn to anything bright, unusual, and otherworldly. In 2011 the concept was born, and thus began an ever expanding atmosphere enhancement project, inspired through attending numerous gatherings of many varieties, and motivated to continuously enhance the experiential movement for all who attend.
https://www.facebook.com/PsynesthesiaC

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Food and Merchandise vending
Bring everything you need to survive for 3 days in the wilderness
In/Outs are reserved for emergencies – Bring your own water
Fires will only be allowed in designated fire circles
No dogs or renegade sound systems
Price:
$65 until June 1st
$75 until Sept 1st
$85 at gate
Ages 18 and up – Children under 12 are free with guardian
www.touchsamadhi.com
Gates open Friday at noon
www.deerfields.com – 101 Watagnee Tr., Horse Shoe, NC 28742
www.touchsamadhi.com

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Time Slots:
Main Stage:
Fri PM 8 RITUAL
Fri PM 8:30 Mar Oso
Fri PM 10 Balam
Fri PM 11:30 Martian Arts
Sat AM 1 Labyrinthm
Sat AM 2:30 Madhatter
Sat AM 4 Force Majeure
Sat AM 5:30 SpaghettiMan
Sat AM 7 Sensoma
Sat AM 8:30 Michael Curran
Sat AM 10 Herbivore
Sat AM 11:30 The Fuzz
Sat PM 1 Shoom
Sat PM 2:30 Bloodwing
Sat PM 4 Dopplerdefect
Sat PM 5:30 SuKhush
Sat PM 7 Twin Shape
Sat PM 8:15 RITUAL
Sat PM 8:30 Sonance / Kri
Sat PM 10 Wichdokta
Sat PM 11:30 Martian Arts
Sat AM 1 Goadream
Sun AM 2:30 Planewalker
Sun AM 4 Hypnotoad
Sun AM 5:30 Brandon adams
Sun AM 7 The Programmer
Sun AM 8:30 xb
Sun AM 10 Kameleon
Sun AM 11:30 Annunaki
Sun PM 1 RITUAL

Second Stage:
Fri PM 7 Sanguine Mandragoa
Fri PM 9 Curandero
Fri PM 11 Chaos Control
Sat AM 1 Mister Chill’R
Sat AM 3 CollectiveONE
Sat AM 5 Herbivore
Sat AM 7 Om Olak
Sat AM 9 DragRam
Sat AM 11 Selector Cleofus
Sat PM 1 Betty Toker
Sat PM 3 Sirius Colors
Sat PM 5 Shadow Maker
Sat PM 7 Numatik
Sat PM 9 Intrinsic
Sat PM 11 Force Majeure
Sun AM 1 Cryoverb
Sun AM 3 Twin Shape
Sun AM 5 Medisin
Sun AM 7 Cat Makin’ Bizkits
Sun AM 9 Sanguine Mandragoa

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08.19.2014 - 08.21.2014
12:00 am

Location
Deerfields


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