“The Psychedelic Years”

My music has always had a psychedelic or surrealist bent to it, but

from 1992 to 1997 I embraced a more overt politicized expression

of the consciousness culture that has woven through the counter-cultures

since the Beatniks. While living at the Sooke Potholes on Vancouver

Island (1997), Tobias c. van Veen and I thought of making a video similar

to Pink Floyd’s “Live at Pompeii”, using the abandoned lodge structure

there as a “ruin” of sorts. We reflected upon the juncture in history

of “rave culture” and how we were in a similar space that Mason and

Gilmour speak of in that film. We were part of a psychedelic underground

but no longer wanted to have our identities limited by that movement.

Ultimately my aim was to promote a sense of always pushing boundaries, that

altered-states experimentation was one of many possibilities to explore

but it was never an end or lifestyle in and of itself. – Victoria, 2009

Unless noted, these mixes were all made as retrospectives in 1998.

The tracks used were mostly from the 1993-1996 period,

although some newer material is used to bridge.

Elder – Psychedelic techno, trance

PART ONE PART TWO

Growth – psychedelic tribal techno

PART ONE PART TWO (feat Terrence McKenna)

Hurdy Gurdy Ram Dass (1996) – progressive trance

Ambient Set (1996) – featuring Dr. Stanislav Grof

Ambient Set (1994) – featuring Dr. Timothy Leary

Other Counter-Cultural Treats…

Timothy Leary’s “How to Operate Your Brain”

I was in touch with Leary from 1994 to 1996 via Genesis P-Orridge and

The University of Toronto’s (Marshall) McLuhan Program. This film was

premiered at the McLaughlin Planetarium on May 20, 1995 at an event I co-produced.

Robert Anton Wilson – Victoria, August 2001

Terrence McKenna – Austin TX, 1996

In autumn 1996 I worked at the Whole Life Expo, where I met

Terrence McKenna. We shared a sporatic email correspondence

for almost a year afterwards. He was an entertaining orator

with a good sense of humour about how he marketed himself.

Hakim Bey – “Temporary Autonomous Zone”

spoken word recordings:

“Chaos”

“Immediatism”

“Amour Fou”

“Poetic Terrorism”

“The Tong”

“Boycott Cop Culture”

The Church of the Subgenius – Media Barrage

Genesis P-Orridge / Temple Ov Psychick Youth

A world of sleeping people?

At Stockholm – Excerpt 1

At Stockholm – Excerpt 2

At Stockholm – Excerpt 3

TOPY Message 1

TOPY Message 2

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