Flurodepths event represents the Circle of Life - as an example of the grand knowledge and healing practices, abandoned during the colonization period.Western cultures rejected the idea of a mind, body, emotions and spirit dialogue, returning to the ancestral voices for healing, looking to plants and animals for understanding and learning, and the power of the spirit in healing and wellness. This rejection had the influence of sending traditional practices underground, and in some instances traditional healing practices were eliminated from the cultural vernacular altogether. Presenting it to you we would like to focus on the primal directions of the circle. Each direction showing the growth and development stage of the human being walking this planet. March 18 Tuesday - East - Kids - “The Beginning” All beginnings start in the East, with the rising sun begins a new dawn. East is the direction of the physical body and renewal, including children and newborns. East represents Spring, when everything begins to grow and awaken. Yellow is the colour of this direction, it represents the path of life where you begin the walk as a warrior, to shine in everything you put your mind to. The sun rising in the East along with the beat of the drum empowers all of us. So comes the energy to do and to begin the action of the mind and heart. 6.00 - Opening ceremony (Native drummer, “Circle of Life” teachings) Roger “Waboose” Naganosh - Magnetawan First Nations. 7.00 - 9.00 - Drum Circle conducted by Firedance Drum Circle Founded by Charlene Crough in 2005 in Toronto, Firedance Drum Circle is a unique circle of drummers, musicians, dancers, artists, and earth centered individuals who honor our connection to Spirit in our music, magik, and events. Firedance has grown from a small handful of friends to a large community spanning all across Ontario. They perform and host workshops at summer festivals, community events, and host open jams throughout the year at various locations in Toronto. 9.00 - 10.30 Local Dj - Kadmon (One Love Movement) As the creative centre of the One Love movement Collective in Toronto, Kadmon blends together various styles of music into a blissful journey of self-discovery, inspired by love and the creative flow of rhythm. He's known for the fusion of dreamy but deep progressive psy track selections. During each performance Kadmon's intention is to explore the realms beyond dancing; to reach into the deeper roots and dimensions of the heart, and to always tell a story that uplifts, heals and empowers the audience. 10.30 - 12.00 - Local Dj - Mythrophan Mythrophan’s style of music can be best described as groovy progressive psytrance, with full-on, goa, techno, minimal and dub elements. He has been known to dab into morning and night-time music, as well as full-on psytrance and progressive psychedelic techno from time to time. Mythrophan has played at several outdoor festivals across Eastern Canada, such as ECLIPSE Festival 2012 (Quebec), OpenMind Festival 2011 (Quebec), OM Festival 2012 (Ontario), Shaman Tales: Aqua Festival 2010 (Ontario) and Last Bak’tun 2012 (Ontario) https://soundcloud.com/mythrophan 12.00 - 1.30 - Local Dj - Dj Time Simulation DJ Time Simulation - since 12 years old till 19 he enjoyed playing guitar and listening to scandinavian metal, being an organizer and active member of a few black / doom metal bands in Belarus and Canada, performing lead guitar / vocals and lyrics creation. Discovered psy / goa trance in 1999, shortly after he started to experiment producing and mixing tracks. Currently he is concentrated more on mixing and promoting deep hypnotic progressive sounds 1.30 - 3.00 Local Dj - Lizard Dj Lizard began his journey into psychedelic trance in 1994 when he found himself drifting through the cacophony of unknown sounds outgoing from his friend’s boombox. He carried this memorable experience through years until he had a second encounter 10 years later and became completely devoted to the beauty and diversity of psychedelic sound. He began playing records for his friends in 2010 and continues to surf and explore genres like progressive, melodic full-on and dark psy. He delivers positive, uplifting, joyful energy through his sets, opening space for intuitive dance as well as deep transformations and mind trips while listening. March 19 Wednesday - South - Youth - Growth - “The Nutrition of Being” Growth in the South, it is the time of youth. South is a direction of Summer. We transition from the bloom into the fruit of the labors. It is the hottest part of the day, the part when the sun is high and casts no shadows. Maturing and growing into an adult to be all that we are. It is the time to be accepting of change and learning to understand. The South is the place of passion in everything, sex, fertility, mating - the fires that burn within, represented by colour red. Similar to phoenix rising from the ashes, we rise from childhood into being an adult in the direction of the South. 4.00 Doors open. 7.30 - 9.00 Fractal Foods - Workshop: Building the Body Temple Sharing the wisdom and practical knowledge for growing into all you can be. Based upon the recognition that all programs for embodiment of our divine template are built into the DNA, that the process is performed by the parasympathetic nervous system which is engaged when the sympathetic is disengaged and we rest to rejuvenate after reaching peak performance states. Purity of the system allows the process to proceed unimpeded. As we progress towards 100% installation of our template into its physical form, we can run an increasing number of programs on our hardware. It is up to the individual to follow the rules of the basic equation and choose to what degree does one desire to experience the depth and beauty that life has to offer. It’s a conscious choice, of which the outcome is determined by attitude and willpower. 9.00 - 10.30 - Local Dj - Kamakshi (Organic Family) Dj Kamakshi fell in love with the world of electronic music at the age of 7. She remembers when her parents gave her very first cassette player with a built-in radio for her birthday. Many nights were spent in headphones surfing through radio stations until she heard something that she had never heard before - something that blew her mind. She is very inspired by electronic downtempo with rich complex yet melodic sounds, often containing folk samples and musical instruments. Her sets are powerful and full of loving feminine energy - Shakti. 10.30 - 12.00 - Local Dj - Mandelbrot (Zenon Records/Shakti Collective) A native of Eastern Canada, DJ Mandelbrot (Rob Cooper) has become well recognized in his local tribe for unleashing cutting edge psygressive trance, always emphasizing the ‘trip’ and vibing with the energy of the dancefloor. Inspired by the raw beauty of nature, Mandelbrot specializes in long open-air sets that explore many moods on many tangents. Reverence for the awesome power of sacred (or fractal) geometry led Rob to choose the name “Mandelbrot”, in honour of the late great mathematician Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, the man who coined the term ‘fractal’.http://www.zenonrecords.com/zenon/artist/mandelbrot/ 12.00 - 1.30 Local Dj - Machine Elf (Suma/40Hz/Oya Collective) Inspired by the tribal, spiritual nature of electronic music, Machine Elf has quickly established a following among the Ontario psytrance and techno community. Machine Elf focuses on quality in his music and event organization, and believes in integrating music, visual art, healing arts, food, and community in his work. His awareness of the music community and his personal connection to the music lends a uniquely compassionate and emotive quality to everything he does. 1.30 - 3.00 Local Dj - Xonica (Logic Vision Collective) Xonica incorporates the explorations of the powerful shamanic realms and healing work with uplifting psychedelic sounds and visuals. Musically, the frequencies resonating in her mixes are a combination of harmonic representations of the cosmos and elements of the earth, which include atmospheric sounds, deep ambient instruments, wicked synths, kicks fat baselines, outer space melodies, and drums intelligently blend to expand consciousness in a psychedelic journey. March 20 - Thursday - West - Adults - Worlds Storytelling Day Late adulthood the time of Fall, the time of twilight. The light fades and brings a new awareness in the time of gradual change. We must find the light inside and courage as the darkness falls. Understanding what we see in the darkness may not be real but only shadows. This is the emotional part of ourselves, like the flowing water we must learn to go with the flow of life. The time of the West is learning the responsibilities to everything. The time for preparation for the Winter. Gathering ourselves and family together to prepare for the coming. The place of emotions, place of family and love. Working hard together as a team. Black is the color for this Direction, and it symbolizes change. 4.00 Doors are open 7.30 - 9.00 - Trootootoo and His Story of the art, live painting. 9.00 - 10.30 - International Dj - Trootootoo - dark progressive trance 10.30 - 12.00 - Dj Sidra (gelatinous beats) (Kitchener) Since 2005, Sidra has been helping other celestial navigators wonder through the constellations of psychedelic music. Drawing inspiration from every aspect of the psychedelic electronic scene, his Dj sets are exciting, energetic, and always psychedelic https://soundcloud.com/sidra 12.00 - 1.30 - Scintalekt: LIVE (Kitchener) A groove focused, funky, and emotive project. Focusing on the uniting aspects of techno, house, psytrance, tech house, and progressive styles into a psychedelic menagerie. Another project of Rob Eckhardt aka (Omniopticontraption.) 1.30 - 3.00 Atheria (Neuromantix) Live and Dj Set Atheria is Colin Tantardini of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Since a young age Colin has been passionate about making music and over the years his taste has always developed and changed. Having spent most of his time as a teenager in garages and basements starting up bands and jamming guitar, he was always working on one project or another and on a constant quest for new musical experiences. After discovering the culture and music of the psytrance scene in Toronto, Canada around 2005 there was no going back. He set off to recording school and began to undertake the process of understanding electronic music creation. https://soundcloud.com/atheria March 21 - Friday - North - Elders - As our hair turns white when we get older we come to the time of Winter. Gaining wisdom with experience and age. This is the time to rest and contemplate the lessons. North is purity and wisdom, and healing. This is the time for dreaming, reminding us to stop and open our ears. This is when we rest and gather the wisdom from the actions that came before. 4.00 Doors are open 7.30 - 9.00 - “7 Elders Discussion” Elders traditionally hold crucial roles in supporting both formal and informal education in Ancient communities. They impart tradition, knowledge, culture, values, and lessons using orality and role modeling traditional practices. Elders are the carriers and emblems of communally generated and mediated knowledge. In the western paradigm, such relations and processes of knowledge transmission are considered "informal". Yet, these same processes are at the heart and soul of what is 'formal' to Indigenous knowledge. Elders are first and foremost teachers and role models. They are vital in the teaching process, from infanthood to adulthood and beyond. 9.00 - 10.30 - Trancisco After being introduced to electronic music in 2007 John Francisco AKA Transisco realized a profound connection to the energy surrounding psychedelic trance.As the years progressed and friends introduced him to quality psytrance including full on, and progressive techno John's love for the music raised higher and sparked a great desire to be a part of this beautiful energy transfer that is Djing.Since 2010 Transisco has been charging up dance floors and raising vibrations all around his performances at festivals such as;Om Reunion Project, Manifesting Magic (Ontario)Electronic Brain , Space Gathering, Open Mind (Quebec)Klim Trance Festival, Ressonar & Universo Paralello (Brazil) Always sharing a positive attitude and great passion for the love that surrounds these gatherings 10.30 - 12.00 - Local Dj - Shankar Diverse, unique, open-minded. These are some of the adjectives that been applied to Shankar by both fans and critics alike. Since 1999, Shankar has been taking his audiences on a musical journey around the globe, one dancefloor at a time. His sets tell deep and experimental stories; his music speaks the language of profound emotion. From Germany to Australia; from Mexico to Czech Republic, Shankar left every audience with a big smile on their faces. Since 2008, Shankar is a part of Aerodroemme, a Canadian Techno-music duo. He is also a part of Shakti Collective and OddSine, a group dedicated to bring fresh and innovative music to Toronto's electronic scene. 12.00 - 1.30 - Local Dj -K-DUST K-DUST makes you move, makes you feel, makes you wonder. K-DUST is global underground DJ/promoter, burner, House of Dust's co-founder. He's known for his captivating sunrise sets at Burning Man and festivals and for creating a dancefloor experience that is soothing and exhilarating all at the same time. https://soundcloud.com/kdustmusic 1.30 - 3.00 Local Dj - Jonah K Jonah K is a digital alchemist specializing in dark, bass-driven music, and detailed visual art. Taking inspiration from mysterious places, strange creatures and the outskirts of the sub-conscious, Jonah is a fearless explorer of the imagination and his music conjures deep and vivid narratives. Featuring eerie melodies and heavy syncopated rhythms, his music appears on Gamma Audio, Daly City Records, Permanent Damage Records and more. He has performed at events throughout Canada as well as in the UAE, Iceland and Thailand alongside many incredible artists, including Biome, Author, Eskmo, Daega Sound, Beats Antique, David Starfire and Deadbeat. Jonah has also organized countless events in the Toronto area over the last decade and worked extensively with the Om Summer Solstice Festival. He is currently a co-director and resident performer with the Suma Collective. March 22- Saturday - Focus of The Circle - The Deep Dive The circle of life with its four directions reminds us of the need for balance in the world, and striving for it everyday within. We all carry a fire in us. Be it in the knowledge we possess, or from our experiences and associations, we are responsible for keeping that fire going. We would like to devote this day for every single one of You. For you to take a look within and see if this fire is being properly maintained. We will try to create an unforgettable environment for the active meditation. Starting with a community dinner and through the healing music vibrations we would like to take you into the unforgettable journey called Flurodepths. 6.00 - 8.00 Rya Shakti Soleil https://soundcloud.com/rya-shakti-soleil/tribal-trance-tim-short-demo "Tribal Trance," Live Shamanic Healing Music with Powerful Ceremonial Instruments from all around the World. For Tranceable, Danceable, Transformational Journeys of spirit and Love, that Inspires, Connects and Awakens our True Brilliance and the power to heal the world! 8.00 - 9.30 International Musician - Dohm Live chill-out 9.30 - 11.00 Munin (Organic Family) - progressive trance Dj Munin (Sasha Munin) was introduced to Psy Trance in the Summer of 2004 and from the first few beats he knew it was his music, his scene. A couple years later he started getting involved in organizing parties as well as DJing. His legendary, weekend long birthday parties on the shores of Lake Tamagami became quite famous throughout the Toronto Psy Trance community. Munin plays a variety of styles from Progressive to Forest and anything in between. He has played alongside such international acts as Vibrasphere, Perfect Stranger and U-Recken. No matter what style he plays you can always recognize his distinct melodic sound with a lot attention to quality of each track in his selection. 11.00 - 12.30 Ghamoo-ra (Organic Family) - progressive trance to forest trance Ghamoo-ra real name is Artem and he is originally from Moscow, Russia. Artem has been a DJ for the past several years playing various styles of psytrance music from “Progressive” to “Forest”, always with a psychedelic edge to it. Around 2003 Artem got more and more involved in the Toronto psytrance scene as he started to take great interest in the more powerful psychedelic music, and in the beginning of 2005 he started DJ'ing at psytrance parties in Toronto with her newly acquired tunes. 12.30 - 2.00 Banjankri (Organic Family) - forest trance Banjankri (Dima) was born as a Dj in Latvia among the almost non-existent psychedelic culture around 2002. Having been listening to psychedelic trance since 1998, Dima's taste evolved into a deep and powerful musical experience. As a Dj, he's played in numerous outdoor and indoor parties and festivals across Latvia and Lithuania. Moving to Canada, he also participated in the making of Shaman Tales: Aqua and other psychedelic parties, becoming a member of Organic Family. As a Dj he believes in the power of music to create an adventure for the mind, be it through trance dance or meditation. This adventure is the main purpose of creating sets for the party and it is how the music should be perceived. Not listened to, but rather felt and experienced. http://www.mixcloud.com/dima-banjankri 2.00 - 4.30 International Musician - Dohm - Live 4.30 - 6.00 Plan B (Organic Family/Shakti Collective) - morning trance DJ plan b is a regular feature of the Toronto psytrance scene, co-founder of Shakti Collective and the biweekly Why Not Wednesday events. Tomasz has been passionate about music since childhood and participated in many projects and bands in his native Poland. Upon arriving in Canada he continued to expand his musical knowledge and interests, discovering the magical sound of psychedelic trance shortly after the year 2000. Since then, Tomasz has become an accomplished DJ, playing at many festivals and events across Canada and US including Eclipse, Harvest , St. Jean Basstiste, Space Gathering and Sacred Earth Festival. As plan b never fails, he always delivers psychedelic and groovy sound.
DOHM (LT) Scintalekt Atheria (Neuromantix) Rya Shakti Soleil