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| Mindbenderz talk ‘Lord of the Rings’ and fishing, as well as the creation of their new album ‘Celestial Gateway’! | | Iono-Music artists One Function, Eliyahu, Invisible Reality and Dual Vision talk Robert Miles, kids, dogs and vinyl, while we chat about their current releases! | | Luke&Flex talk influences, the Irish rave scene, why Flex wears a mask and Play Hard, their new EP out now on Onhcet Repbulik Xtreme! | | Lyktum expands on his new album ‘Home’ – talking about his love of storytelling, creating new harmonies and the concept behind his musical works. | | Pan talks getting caught short crossing the Sahara, acid eyeballs and tells us Trance is the Answer, plus shares his thoughts on his latest release 'Beyond the Horizon' - all from a beach in Spain! | | Miss C chats about living with the KLF, DJing in a huge cat’s mouth, training her brain and the upcoming super-duper Superfreq Grande party at LDN East this Saturday, 16th September! | | NEM3SI$ - I Live for the Night – talks superficiality, psychopaths, and bittersweet success, ahead of a plethora of evocative, emotional, and passionate upcoming melodic techno releases! | | Psy-Sisters Spring Blast Off! We talk to DJ competition winner ROEN along with other super talents on the lineup! | | Blasting towards summer festivals with Bahar Canca ahead of Psy-Sisters Spring Blast! | | Shyisma talks parties, UFO's, and Shotokan Karate ahead of his upcoming album 'Particles' on Iono-Music! | | SOME1 talks family, acid, stage fright and wolves - ahead of his upcoming album release ‘Voyager’ on Iono-Music in February 2023! | | The Transmission Crew tell all and talk about their first London event on 24th February 2023! | | NIXIRO talks body, mind and music production ahead of his release 'Planet Impulse' on Static Movement's label - Sol Music! | | Turning the world into a fairy tale with Ivy Orth ahead of Tribal Village’s 10th Birthday Anniversary Presents: The World Lounge Project | | The Psy-Sisters chat about music, achievements, aspirations and the 10-Year Anniversary Party - 18/12/22! | | A decade of dance music with Daniel Lesden | | Earth Needs a Rebirth! Discussions with Psy-Trance Artist Numayma | | Taking a Journey Through Time with Domino | | New Techno Rising Star DKLUB talks about his debut release White Rock on Onhcet Republik! | | PAN expands on many things including his new album 'Hyperbolic Oxymoron' due for release on the 14th April 2022 on PsyWorld Records! | | Psibindi talks all things music including her new collaborative EP 'Sentient Rays' on Aphid Records, her band Sentience Machine and 10 years of Psy-Sisters! | | N-Kore talks Jean-Michel Jarre, unfinished tracks and fatherhood! | | Celebrating International Women’s Day and Ten Years of Psy-Sisters with Amaluna | | A Catch Up with John Phantasm ahead of his upcoming set at the Tribal Village 4 Day Outdoor Event in Kent 6-9 May 2022! | | 'The Maestro that is Tristan talks barn owls, Shazamming and keeping it Psychedelic ahead of his upcoming performance at the Tribal Village 4 Day Event in Kent 6-9 May 2022! | | DJ talk with Psyrenzo ahead of his debut set at Tribal Village, the Steelyard this Friday 14th January 2022! | | TENZO aka Overdrive talks freely about launching his new act which will be showcased at Tribal Village, Steelyard on 14 January 2022! | | A long overdue catch up with JourneyOM ahead of his next Tribal Village party this Friday 14th January 2022 at the Steelyard, London! | | Goa based party animal and artist extraordinaire Nirmal talks punk concerts, metal sculptures, flying and rippin' it up on a High Tide! | | DJ Wired talks to us about the Rise of the Hope and parties, ahead of his upcoming set at Tribal Village on 14th January 2022! |
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Eskimo prepares for Party Proactive
Reported by Joanna McEwan
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Submitted 03-10-06 03:45
Eskimo is riding high and fast becoming a global, cross-genre dj and producer. Having made his name on the psy trance scene with his dramatic, melodic, deep rolling sounds, he’s so damn good the rest of the dance world is sitting up and taking notice too! Producing since the age of nine with his first gig in Japan at the tender age of 11, at 21 he’s flying across the global scene headlining festivals such as The Glade (UK), Solar Eclipse (Turkey) and XXXPerience Special festival in Brazil — his age truly belying his enormous talent and the respect in which he’s held.
Lucky for us at Party Proactive he’s prepared to leave his tour of Mexico and fly back especially for our party on the 4th November. Now there’s a man who knows where the party’s at! With three critically acclaimed artist albums, collaborations with Israeli psy trance masters and numerous signings to labels and compilations, including releases on the legendary HOMmega Productions, Eskimo (aka DJ Junya) consistently displays his versatility and love of music as he blends and crafts psy trance tracks with hard dance, techno, progressive, whatever. Inspired by the likes of The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, GMS and Infected Mushroom and hailed as the future of Goa trance, Eskimo brings passion and irreverence to his cutting edge sound — breaking all the rules and laughing in the face of convention. Ha Ha Haaaa!
You dj’d under the name Junya (Junior) before creating your production guise of Eskimo. Why did you decide to change your name?
Because I said so… heheh. I did not change really. My dj/nickname is Junya, but I produce under the name of Eskimo. I used to just dj as Junya but these days I just do Eskimo shows.
Psy trance is more intense than the trance heard in many UK clubs yet can still be incredibly uplifting. From its roots in India back in the 60s to being the global phenomena it is today, would you still consider your style of music psychedelic?
Yes and no. I can't speak for everyone but I don't think that my music has to be pushed into only one genre. I originally listened to old rave music and then got into Prodigy after that (every release). Then I got really into hard house and hard dance in general while still playing ‘psy trance’.… Now I love electro music, dirty sexy stuff. I guess that it all comes out in my music, so for me my music is not just influenced from one time or place. It’s all put together.
You’ve talked before of music being the one thing you can control in this world. I find that really interesting because the music you create helps people to do the opposite and relinquish their control and go with the flow of where the music takes them. It must be a fabulous to create such emotion through music and take people on a journey. Do you ever take a map?!
Hehehe, Only the map to get home after a heavy night. I don't really wanna control people’s emotions, I just like to have my input in the dance floor when I play. I think the main thing I have my head around is the music for dance floors because I enjoy being on one so much and I think too many "Very Talented" producers make music that is too serious for dance floors given that a dance floor is, I think, the least serious place to be. As long as people are dancing with either their hands in the air or their emotions at least, I am more than happy.
You were inspired to get back into producing in 2000, as the psy trance being produced became more inventive and inclusive of other sounds. Who is inspiring you at the moment?
Well, like I said before, at the moment I am into electro big time and the last few months my doors have blown wide open to what I think can be used in dance music. The more genres of music you put into dance music the more it will grow, because people can relate to it if they are not so into the scene.
I think it’s hard to say who is inspiring right now but I am getting into using old retro sample like the old rave music and that area of music. I guess kind of Back to the Future.
It’s not often a dance music producer gets to create such a personal CD as you did with ‘Balloonatic’ (one CD each of influences, current sounds and collaborations). Did you achieve what you set out to do when you began creating it and how was it received?
Yeah, the main idea of the music was to show the progress from what I was, to what I am, and to what I wanna be, and where I wanna go with music.
The ‘Balloonatic Part 1’ album was loads of hoovers and horns like the old ravey stuff. Now ‘Balloonatic Part 2’ has just been released (on 17.09.06) and it’s more retro ideas and electro style vocal snips and things like that. It’s kind of my present style and after Part 3 will come, I hope to show the way I think the music will turn to. Anyway, it’s just tunes for dancing and enjoying, as long as people like it and blast it full volume, you can make your own concept for all I care… heheheh!
Psy trance is huge in Israel. Having recently moved back after living out there, what’s the scene like and how does it compare to the UK psy trance scene and the global scene as a whole?
Israel really is a huge donor to the trance scene, but I think mainly with the artists not so much the parties anymore. Of course there are killer events there but nothing that’s not happening in other places as well. I fell in love with the country, life style and people really, not just the parties.
The UK scene is getting tasty again I think, and it’s because producers and event organizers are realizing that the more influences a scene has, the more open it will become, attracting new people and new style to the parties. And for the devoted followers that go to all the events, they love it because it’s becoming like it originally was for them when they started going.
It’s brilliant that you’re flying over from Mexico especially for the Party Proactive gig at Turnmills. We think your sound is going to be the perfect partner to the techno and hard dance we also have playing in the main room. What do you think the psy trance fans will think of you playing in such company and how do you think you’ll be received by those new to the sound?
I think that it will go off, because I have had my fair share on the "hardest" hard dance floors! As for the new listeners, it’ll be nice for them, because they will almost experience the same speed and drive of music, but it’ll be a little different. Myself and the other djs will work a little harder to fit around each others’ music (really we are all too lazy sometimes).
It’s also good for the psy trance fans because maybe they will hear another djs play other music that they like and get into it also, and altogether it’s slowly, slowly pulling genres together and when that happens it’s gonna be a huge bookmark in dance music history.… And we will all be there to see it!
Thanks, Eskimo, for taking the time to do this interview. We’re incredibly excited about the lineup we’ve put together for the 4th November. I’m so glad you’re able to be part of it. See you on the 4th. Booowai!
Me too of course. I might not rock up in the limo because don't I really wanna sparse it up too much, but I will be there for sure.… See you all there ppl!
Party Proactive: The BIG Bang!
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Saturday 4th November 2006
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Turnmills [map]
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22:00 to 06:00
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£10 Advance / £14 Paying Guest List / £18 On The Door
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www.proactive-records.co.uk
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We thought September would be our last event this year and all at Party Proactive HQ started to kick back and enjoy a well earned break… but NO!
The MASSIVE success of our event in September and ALL the previous events at Turnmills has resulted in Party Proactive being offered the HUGHE honour of being offered a bimonthly residency at what we can NOW call our home – TURNMILLS. This really does put Party Proactive at the very top of the clubbing industry with Party Proactive standing side by side with renowned events such as, The Gallery and Together amongst others!
And ladies and gentleman do we have one hell of a party to celebrate what has been one incredible roller coaster ride that started at the infamous Purple Turtle in Camden, just under two years ago!
PARTY PROACTIVE presents “THE BIG BANG” – with it being the fireworks weekend we couldn’t have a better weekend to celebrate this on and with plenty of reasons why we should make this the best event of 2006 and the end (for definite) of a simply incredible year!
In our continued mission to keep things fresh and exciting we think we really have excelled ourselves with a line up that we feel is completely UNIQUE and something you will never get to see at any other event and true mix of all that makes the underground UK club scene the very best in the world!
In the main room of Turnmills we are hugely excited to invite ESKIMO. ESKIMO has made a massive name for himself on the psychedelic trance scene smashing dance floors all over the world headlining the “must see” Glade Festival, in fact ESKIMO is flying in from Mexico just for this event, prepare to be AMAZED! Techno supremo MARKO NASTIC will be jetting in from BELGRADE to tantalize your taste buds, Party Proactive residents ANDY FARLEY and PETE WARDMAN will go head to head in a WORLD EXCLUSIVE.
In warm dark confines of T2 we have a delectable menu of the finest in electro, tribal house and breaks. Party Proactive are extremely proud to present PHILIPPE B, resident at the world renowned party palaces THE REX and QUEENS CLUB in PARIS. QUEEN MAXINE will be making a welcome return alongside BIG DADDY from PLAYTIME fame and STEVEN BLACK resident at Menthol. Top electro party, Trailer Trash residents in the form of Mikki Most and Hannah Holland will be making the debut.
The VIP Room and the Juno Room play host to our special guests NEVER ENOUGH and FAB. NEVER ENOUGH will be showing us how to have fun Brazilian style with tech house and tribal beats and FAB from Birmingham will show us why they are rocking the north with their brand of funky house.
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Hard Trance. Tech Trance. Psy Trance. House. Deep House. Funky House. Tribal House. Funky Techno. Techno. Breaks.
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T1 – Hard Dance and Techno
Eskimo
Marko Nastic
Andy Farley b2b Pete Wardman
Ilogik
Jacob Moss
K.A.R.L.
T2 – Tuff House, Electro and Breaks
Philippe B
Big Daddy - Playtime
Mikki Most b2b Hannah Holland - Trailer Trash
Alex Parsons
Steelo b2b The *Ting*
Steven Black
Juno Room – Funky House
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DJ Felix (UK) / Patrick Marks / Marin Sharpe / Alan Clarke / Dean Sheppard
VIP (open to all) – Tech and Tribal House Brazilian style
Hosted by Never Enough
Eduardo Herrera / Gaz James / Gustavo Peluzo / Eddie Santos
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Eskimo rocked The Glade outdoor stage last year with absolutely quality driving psy-trance and this is one set I cant wait to hear on the 4th at Turnmills 
