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OWN SPIRIT FESTIVAL 2015
The ones who lived Own Spirit Festival know it
One month later of Own Spirit Festival I really
don’t know what to say. I’m still assimilating
things… I know that I’m not going to communicate exactly what we lived, but I have to try
luck! We just lived. Yes, we. This is the word I
have to use for describing Own Spirit Festival:
WE.
I had the pleasure of sharing my creations as
decoration of the Healing Area, a sweet place
where there were extraordinary workshops
during all the day. I don’t know if it was my little energy represented in my decoration, or the
energy that all of the Own Spirit’s Staff put in
that area as a energetic puzzle, but we lived an
strange and precious energy that nowadays I
can’t describe.
The workshops programmed were a delicious
schedule where it was difficult to choose, each
of them were compulsory attendance. Furthermore, every workshop was full of energy and
passion: each of the participants gave his energy and time, creating an atmosphere full of
magic, smiles, colours, hugs and shivers. I have
to mention two workshops I specially loved:
Firstly, the great man Josep Pàmies, who with
a confortable wisdom and sympathy exposed
about the possibilities of getting medicines
from what we have around, instead of using
pharmacy’s drugs. He encouraged us to look for
the possibilities that nature provides and alerted us about the pharmacy’s economic interests.
It is essential information just for remembering
we are still animals and not machines, despite
someone is interested in the opposite.
Secondly, I could mention all of them but I
won’t, because each was full of a unusual magic power. Let me remind some: Dj Shiva was
amazing with his “Dance workshop” were the
smiles, the shouts and the movement of the
participants instantly attracted all the people
around, making something so beautiful that
I can’t hardly understand; Maya made “family constellations” on the festival, and that was
huge and impossible to describe for my rational brain, only living it next year you will understand; the temazcal provided by the great and
human shaman Wiricuta from Mexico was outstanding and it was nice returning to my mom’s
womb listening psytrance.
Maybe I’m speaking too much of the workshops, but the Healing Area was so exceptional
that made from Own Spirit more than a music
festival. Be patient, I have left the best for the
last part.
First of all, WOW! The same magic I tried to describe on the Healing Area was exponentially
increasing with every sound that the Main Floor
emitted. I didn’t take drugs, I promise, but I saw
Butterflies dancing in spirals, little sand tornadoes, hugs everywhere and dancers giving their
best on the dance floor. My brothers Mimesis
decorated the Main Floor with their new creations full of psychedelic forms and amazing
colours, and what was really exceptional were
the special lights that produced a really psychedelic trip.
Making that magic possible, it’s not easy if the
place you choose is not the best. The place
where Own Spirit took place was perfect. Next
to Montserrat mountains, there is a little place
conditioned with dry toilets, cold water showers (believe me, it was terribly cold!), temazcal
structures, and a perfect area for a Camping.
When I arrived and saw the camping empty I
though it was small for the assistants the crew
expected, but the next day I got up and I had 15
neighbours next to my tend! The people found
their own place for camping, were conscious of
the nature and were really polite: they didn’t
disturb my dreams in any case. We had a great
neighborhood!
Next, the jewel: the music. As in the Healing
Area I cannot mention everyone of the greats
artists that played in Own Spirit Festival, although I have to make a little explanation of
ones that I felt they made the magic growing
up.
Firstable, U-Recken (live) who as usual set the
bar very high after him. BlackLite Records with
Nukleall (Live), Kimik Yiu (DJ set) and Sombrero
(DJ set) who were the surprise and the discovery of the festival. They stand up the night with
their psychedelic sounds and were the theme
the people talk the next day.
After, I have to talk about Djane Gaby… well,
what can I say about her? His sweet and feminine character raises the people. It doesn’t matter what are you doing, you feel connected with
her and his music, and the way she is explaining her history. Completely amazing and beautiful what she does with the music. She is the
one for doing that with the magic sounds that
psytrance can give us.
Personally, the Live that OwnTrip played represents for me the energy, the happiness and the
elegance all in one sound as a result of a hard
work behind. Really nice work, I could describe
his creations as small masterpieces sheathed
as musical gift.
Hypatia, I bet he is the new promise of Psytrance of Ibiza. He blew up with his new sounds
and rhythms and all the Main Floor turned crazy for a time and let him flow with his hypnotic
sounds. You really must listen him.
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The last day of the festival, Microstar from
Greece made the difference and the dancers
raised too much dust. On of my favo