Electronic Awakening 11 Year Anniversary – SAVE THE DATE
After 11 years of the film Electronic Awakening being screened at over 250 locations worldwide, AC Johner and Julian Reyes are celebrating with a special event in San Francisco, Wed, Dec 21st, 2022, at Temple SF! The event will feature a presentation, a panel discussion, and a dance party with DJs affiliated with the film.
SPEAKERS LIVE
– AC Johner (Writer, Director, and Producer of Electronic Awakening)
– Ken Jordan (Formerly one half of The Crystal Method)
– Robin Sylvan (Author of: Trance Formation: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture)
– JIVANA (Janine Jordan, Author + Co-Founder of Electronic Music Alliance)
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SPEAKERS ON ZOOM:
TBD
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DJs FOR THE AFTERPARTY
– Ken Jordan (Formerly one half of The Crystal Method)
– Satsi Sonik (DnB set)
https://soundcloud.com/satsi
– Random (Progressive set)
https://soundcloud.com/djrandom-1
– ManyNames
https://keyframe-entertainment.com/manynames
********* VJ – Doctor Spook (GEOMAGNETIC) ********
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SPEAKER BIOS
– AC Johner (Writer, Director, and Producer of Electronic Awakening)
A.C. Johner is an author of fiction, cultural journalist, and documentary filmmaker. His work has been featured in the Appalachian Anthology, Alien Skin, The Village Idiot, Dirty Cricket, Second Creation, and Mushroom Magazine. In 2006 he received the Jill Loucks Award for anthropology. He is also the director of the documentary “Electronic Awakening” released in 2011, and is currently completing an ethnographic novel on the mysticism of electronic music culture. He is dedicated to producing creative fiction, and written ethnography having to do with the shifting paradigm of human culture.
– Ken Jordan (Formerly one half of The Crystal Method)
The Crystal Method is a Grammy- nominated electronic music duo which formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s. The duo, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, is well known for having many of their songs featured in films, television shows and video games. They have become one of the best-selling and well-known Electronica bands in the United States, with their platinum-status album, Vegas. Featured guests, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland, and others, like Doug Grean, DJ Swamp, Ryan “Ryu” Maginn, and Julie Gallios, have all appeared on tracks with the group.
– Robin Sylvan (Author of: Trance Formation: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture)
Robin Sylvan, Ph.D., is a spiritual explorer, practitioner, and guide; religious studies scholar, teacher, and author; singer, songwriter, guitarist, and music aficionado. He has maintained ongoing meditation, ceremonial, and other spiritual practices for over forty years, including working with psychoactive plants and compounds. He has a strong background both in mainstream academia and in alternative experiential education, and has taught in colleges and universities as well as workshop and retreat centers. He has written two books, Traces Of The Spirit and Trance Formation, and conducted a study with a grant from the Templeton Advanced Research Project on Music, Trance, Religious Experience, And The Human Brain. He has been involved in the electronic dance music scene for over twenty years.
– JIVANA (Janine Jordan, Author + Co-Founder of Electronic Music Alliance)
JIVANA is the Founder of Green Wave, Executive Director and Board Chair of Electronic Music Alliance, Author, Performance Artivist, Yogini and Costa Rican Ambassador.VJ – Doctor Spook – For over 10 years, Nathan Vogel (aka Doctor Spook) has been spearheading the underground North American Psytrance movement by touring relentlessly as an international DJ, averaging 50+ shows a year, and by founding the largest USA-based Psytrance A/V record label and distribution network, GeoMagnetic and Goa Records. As a DJ/VJ, he has achieved phenomenal international success. Since the legendary SF Fusion Festival in 2000, Spook has been a pinnacle in the visual dance music movement. In 2007 Spook played the Bonnaroo Music Festival with over 100,000 attendees and was their first festival Psytrance DJ. GeoMagnetic.Tv and GOA Records now have over 20K tracks in their distribution/online catalogs, making them world leaders in the international Psytrance music scene. Doctor Spook is a pioneer for introducing new music into the scene and always has something fresh to play! geodistro.bandcamp.com
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DJ BIOS
– Ken Jordan (Formerly one half of The Crystal Method): The Crystal Method is a Grammy- nominated electronic music duo which formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s. The duo, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, is well known for having many of their songs featured in films, television shows and video games. They have become one of the best-selling and well-known Electronica bands in the United States, with their platinum-status album, Vegas. Featured guests, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland, and others, like Doug Grean, DJ Swamp, Ryan “Ryu” Maginn, and Julie Gallios, have all appeared on tracks with the group.
SATSI SONIK: Whether you enjoy riding through the deep rippling grooves of Tech House, or stoking your flames with high-octane Drum N’ Bass, odds are Satsi has some primo picks of your preferred poison.
As a twenty-year veteran behind the decks and a professional visioneer providing VJ services for some of bass music’s biggest talents, it’s safe to say this guy knows his way around all sides of the speaker stacks. And as a resident performer with organizations such as Symbiosis and Raindance, he has proven himself to be a strong thread in the fabric of West coast electronic music culture. So open your ears and mind, and shut out your reservations and expectations, because we’re about to set out on a fantastic journey through the unpredictably awe-inspiring realms of dance music possibility.
RANDOM: “In 1996 I heard Psychedelic Trance and chose the path of being a psy-trance musician and DJ. I make and play music inspired by the environments where I have lived, and crafted for the parties that I have played at around the world. Growing up in Northern California placed me amongst incredibly diverse music scenes. My music is formed from all of my music tastes and is created for fun dance floor moments. I’ve played at events big and small throughout North America, Mexico, Japan, and Europe with many psy artist from around the world. Performing live and Dj sets at events such as Boom Festival 08′, Burning Man, the Ultra Music Festival, SF Love Fest, and countless more indoor and outdoor parties and festivals. There are four Random albums on the market currently including.”
ManyNames: ManyNames a.k.a. Keyframe has been deeply involved in Electronic Music Culture for decades and is released on Sofa Beats (Iboga) and Alien Breakdance. ManyNames conjures shamanic chill sounds that meld complexity & harmony. His Psychedelic Midtempo & Psychill mixes span a range of ancient cultures and weaves intentional memetic overtones. Past performances (as KEYFRAME) include: Ozora Festival (Hungary), Cosmic Convergence (Guatemala), Anthropos (UK), Burning Man (Opulent Chill/Coda/Elsewhere), Lucidity Festival (Santa Barbara), Red Marines Festival, Serenity Gathering, Wis.DOME (L.A.), and many SF Bay Area underground venues. Virtual reality performances include IDEATE/Center Camp (BRCvr), AltspaceVR after-parties, and The Mushroom (Infinite Playa).
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Electronic Awakening is an ethnographic documentary film released on Dec 21st, 2011 that investigates the spirituality of Electronic Music dance culture and its ties to ancient shamanic rituals.The film features dozens of experts, visionaries, and published authors who explore the premise that Electronic Music is spiritual technology that allows access to higher states of consciousness. Filmed over a period of 5 years at events such as Burning Man, Earthdance, LoveFest, Moontribe, Wicked, Shambhala and the Boom Festival in Portugal.With world-renowned artists such as Shpongle, The Crystal Method, Random Rab, Phutureprimitive, Govinda, Cosmosis, Vibrasphere, Bird of Prey and many more… Electronic Awakening is not to be missed!
THE FILM FEATURES
Daniel Pinchbeck: Journalist Author of “Breaking Open the Head”
Alex Grey: World Renowned Visionary Artist
Terence McKenna: Author of “True Hallucinations”
Ken Kesey: Author and Producer of the infamous 1960s Acid Tests
Erik Davis: Author of “Techgnosis”
Starhawk: Author of “The Spiral Dance”, “The Fifth Sacred Thing”
Dr. Robin Sylvan: Religious Studies Scholar, Author of “Tranceformations”
Goa Gil: World-Renowned Pioneer of Goa Trance
Mark Heley: Author of “The Everything Guide to 2012”
Dr. Chiara Baldini: Researcher on Mythological Roots of EDM
Dr. Charles de Ledesma: Lecturer at University of East London
Dr. Graham St John: Author and Researcher of Electronic Music Culture
Dr. Anthony D’Andrea: Author of Global Nomads
Fred Huston: Hobby Researcher of The “Techno Tribal Underground”
Davin Skonberg: Published Author, Natural Healer
Peter Ziegelmeier aka Kode IV: Founder of Ceiba Records
Ross aka DJ Random: Psychedelic Trance Composer
Garth: DJ and Co-Founder of Wicked Sound
Sean Ocean aka DJ Disconnect: Founder of DEFSF Techno Alliance
Moontribe’s Founding Members: Hayworth, Dallas, Tania, Dusti
Sobey Wing: Founder of Tribal Harmonix
Micheal Gosney: Earth Dance International
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Awakening
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“In the summer of 2006 I traveled out West under a grant from my university to attend an assortment of parties and festivals investigating the mysticism of Electronic Music Culture. As an outsider to the scene, I was deeply intrigued to discover that such a deep spirituality existed within this community. Throughout the course of my initial field research I continuously encountered stories of life-changing experiences that were happening on the dance floor at these events. From my previous research into the subject of ancient religions, I questioned if what was being experienced at these parties were in fact tapping the same sacred source as shamans of the archaic past. I theorized that if there were some true and gnostic connection between ancient ritual and this contemporary youth phenomena, an intrinsic spirituality would have developed within this dance community. What I discovered was everything I could have imagined, but nothing at all what I expected… I hope that the inspiration and passion I received from my experience with this culture will prevail through this film, and that I may offer as much of the beauty of that moment of oneness we all have in the music to those who have yet to experience it.”
Original Music in the Film Score by
Androcell, Bird of prey, Cosmosis, The Crystal Method, Desert Dwellers, Drew Martinez, Eastern Sun & John Kelley, Elysium, Field Rotation, Govinda, Grouch, Jason Knight, Magic & Witchcraft, Nadis Warriors, Phutureprimitive, Random Rab,
Seamoon, Sheff, Shen, Shpongle, Solar Fields, Vibrasphere, Terrakroma, Xerxes.Interviewees in Electronic Awakening:
Adam Apollo, Adil Kassam, Alex Grey, Alli Gallixsee, Bartosz Majczak, Brad Moontribe (Smith), Brent Coons, Charles de Ledesma PhD, Chiara Baldini PhD, Chris Hill, Christo Pellani, Dallas Moontribe, Daniel Pinchbeck, Davin Skonberg, Deepak Ramapriyan, Dela Moontribe (Christina de la Fuente), Dustianne North, Eric Baumgartner, Erik Davis PhD, Eva Clay, Garth Wynne-Jones, Goa Gil, Graham St John PhD, Hayward Bracey, Jason Knight, Joan Forest Mage, Johnathan Human, Julian Reyes, Kalix Sky, Liana Sananda, Luna Ravenchild, Mark Heley, Michael Gosney, Morgan Markowitz, Nate Hogan (Nature), Nickolas Begich PhD, Nina von Feldmann, Osiris Ishpapalo, Peter Ziegelmeier, Rawsheed Patton, Rick Doblin, Robin Sylvan PhD, Ross DJ Random, Russell Feingold, Satchi Om, Satsi Sonik, Sobey Wing, Solis Soulsinger, Starhawk, Susan Bostwick PhD, Tania D Russell.
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WATCH ELECTRONIC AWAKENING HERE:
https://keyframe-entertainment.com/electronic-awakening/
GET YOUR EVENT TIX HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1192699461676835