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Produced and directed by Magnetic Field.
Production for Oktava Records - Samotraki Dance festival.
Mastering: Sweetspot Productions.
Video creative & editing: Bassilis Katsaras.
Special space animation: Nasa & Esa.
Printing: Digital Press Hellas.
Art direction, Designs: (LeUsPlay creative).
Celebrating three years of an unforgetable festival that has connected more than 30.000 people from around the globe. A documentary about the only Hellenic dance festival that gathered people from over 80 countries worldwide and placed the hellenic festival scene into the international map of dance music festivals.
A masterpiece of psytrance history including more than 150 musicians of the global trance & electronic music culture.
An anniversary double DVD not to be missed...
Almost 4 hours of footage, including 100 live acts and 130 DJ's that performed at the Samothraki dancefloors. Multi-angle views, helicopter camera views, live concert footage, visual arts, animation and graphics.
30 interviews from artists, crew, participants and organizers. Festival facilities, making of footage, views from Samothraki island, waterfalls and ancient monuments.
Includes interviews of Adham Shaikh (SonicTurtle, Can), Akira (Solstice Music, Jp), Thomas Balicki (Atmos, Swe), Yann & Stephane (Bamboo Forest, Fr), Chester (UK), Dimitri Nakov (UK), El Geko (A), George Barker (UK), Riktam & Bansi (GMS, Sp), Simon Posford (Hallucinogen/Shpongle, UK), Ian Ion (KoxBox/Saiko-Pod, DK), Matt Hillier (Ishq, UK), James Monro (Flying Rhino, UK), Joie Hinton (Eat Static, UK), Marios (Gr), Michele Adamson (UK), Nick Mindscapes (UK), Martin Freeland (Man With No Name, UK), Nick Ladd (UK), Jean Borelli (Orion, DK), Dino Psaras (UK), Serge Souque (The Antidote, Fr), Frank E (KoxBox), Avi Algranati (Space Cat, Isr), Olli Wisdom (Space Tribe, Aus), Jan Müller (X-Dream, Ger) and Xavier Morel (Fr).
Live performances at the Samothraki Dance Festivals:
Absolum (Fr), Abaton (Gr), Alien Project (Isr), The Antidote (Fr), Atmos (Swe), Bamboo Forest (fr), Bigwigs (pl), Citizen (uk), Crunchy punch (dk/isr), Dinos Psaras (uk), Disco Slickers (d), Eat Static (uk), Electric Universe (d), Element (d), Etnica (it), GMS (sp), Gus Till (uk), Hallucinogen (uk), Ishq (uk), Jaïa (gr/fr), Jairamji (uk), Joti Sidhu (uk), Jupiter 8000 (d), Koxbox (dk), Kiwa (fin), Logic Bomb (swe), Loop Guru (uk), Lotus Omega (it), Man With No Name (uk), Mindfield (uk), Orion (dk), Ott (uk), Palyrria (gr), Patchwork (d), Phony Orphants (dk), Pleiadians (it), Prometheus (uk), Prisma (aka interstellar overdrive, gr), Quirk (uk), Red seal (uk), Saikopod (dk), SBK (d), Shakta (uk), Slinky Wizard (uk), Son Kite (swe), Solar Quest (uk), Space Tribe (aus), Irina Mikhailova (us), Stress assasin (uk), Synthetic (fr), Taki Percussion (gr), Talamasca (fr), Tarsis (d), Ticon (swe), Timewarp (gr), The Egg (uk), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (fr/uk), Total Eclipse (fr), Tristan (uk), Tromesa (pl), Tube (isr), Younger Brother (uk), Weird Conclusion (uk), Without us (gr), Wizzy Noise (gr), X-Dream (d), Zen Lemonade (uk/jp) & Zorba (sp).
DJ sets at the Samothraki Dance Festivals:
Akira (Jp), Akan (A), Andrew Interchill (Can), Antaro (D), Anti (Swe), Arash Atman (Gr), Ari Linker (Isr), Bansi (Sp), Blend (Gr), Bushava Azbuka (Fyrom), Christof (Fr), Dado (Fr), Dimitri (UK), Dino Psaras (UK), Dino (Gr), Doc (Gr), Dominic (UK), Doof (UK), Ed (UK), Eddie Piller (UK), Edoardo (It), Emok (DK), Frank E (DK), Freesound (Gr), Gabriel Le Mar (D), George Barker (UK), Gordon Field (Can), Graham Wood (UK), Greg Lunar (UK), Grey Area (Aus), Gus Till (UK), Humphrey (UK), Ian Ion (DK), Irina Mikhailova (US), Ishq (UK), James Monro (UK), Jeppe (DK), John Phantasm (UK), John Om (UK), Joti (UK), Leni Ibizaree (Sp), Leyla (UK), Loic (Fr), Lofi (Gr), Lorry (Gr), Ma Faiza (In), Mack (Bra), Mael (Fr), Mahasuka (D), Marios (Gr), Mark Allen (UK), Mat Mushroom (UK), Max Lanfranconi (It), Merv (UK), Michele Adamson (UK), Natasha (UK), Neerav (Can), Nick (uk), Odo (uk), Ooze (swe), Ott (uk), Pathaan (UK), Paul Taylor (UK), Peter Digital (Swe), Reefer Decree (DK), Sam Chaishop (D), Serge Souque (Fr), Sid Shanti (UK), Simon H. (UK), Simon Posford (UK), Solasonic (UK), Stavros (Gr), Stefan (Fr), Space Cat (Isr), Species (Fr), Super Cozi (Jp), Tim Healey (UK), Tiya (Fr), Tolis Q (Gr), Toirés (Fr), Tristan (UK), Tsuyoshi Suzuki (Jp), Unity Dub (UK), Xavier Morel (Fr), Xp (Rus) & Youth (UK).
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Total Duration: 220 Minutes
Concept: Approax. 180 Minutes
Extra: Approax. 40 Minutes
Nearly every single dj or live-act who played there gets covered in chronological order, with a constant mixture of artists performing on stage & people going crazy to it on the dancefloor.
This whole thing was made in high quality with trippy visuals mixed through the footage of 2001-2002. The images of 2003 didn't get this special treatment, but to make up for that the quality is (almost) perfect & we get a special section of shots from the sky. At the end of the 2nd DVD, there are also interviews with the crew & some of the artists.
The only thing I would have liked was a little more info about this magical island & maybe a few short interviews with visitors? Oh yeah & nobody mentioned the massive drug-raid by the police neither ;-)
Anyhow, this is a great souvenir to anybody who attended SDF once & a nice document for all other psy-people!