BRASIL
89 This article was taken from the Goa book. You can buy it at nachtschatten.ch
The Brazilian scene started to explode in 1999. Brazilian audiences from the main cities outnumbered the foreigners and parties jumped above the 500 people mark. In July, the producers XXXperience and Kranti created Spadelic, a ten day festival in Alto Paraíso, in the centre of the country, and which is considered to be the first national Trance gathering, linking and connecting the two national Trance spots, Trancoso and São Paulo. The major breakthrough was in the year 2000 on New Year’s Eve with 3,000 people. All the first Brazilian tribes participated and Brazilian DJs had finally arrived on the world stage. Trancoso, with its new projects and ideas, was the place that acted as a stimulus for the national Trance scene. In March 2000, Celebra Brazil (Etnicanet and Klatu) was the first international Trance festival in Brazil and was held on the São Paulo coast, followed in June of that year by the Trancendence festival in Alto Paraíso de Goiás. The first party producers in Minas (Psicotrance), Rio (Trancefusion) and Florianópolis appeared on the scene shortly after that. Alternative festivals were also organised in Goiás (Transformation and Kranti`s) and Minas Gerais also became a festival spot, first with Earthdance (Raveon/Psicotrance)
followed by Cachoeira Alta (DJ Gui) and Sansara (DJ Miague) - all of them continuing until today. From 2001, the scene spread even more. Trance Reveiilons took place in São Paulo and Rio, and Universo Paralello started off in Alto Paraíso, and grew to become the biggest Brazilian festival continuing until the present day. Trancoso broke all records with twelve 3-day-festivals between 2001 and 2003. So, the main international DJs and producers such as GMS, Dimitri Nakov, Antaro, Serge, Edoardo, Shanti, Lotus Omega and producers from Boom, Voov, Sonica, Samothraki, Vision Quest, Raja Ram and Chicago came to Brazil. Many of them started their DJ career here, such as Wrecked Machines. Trancoso became a kind of Mecca of world Trance just like Goa, the difference being the hot and sexy Brazilian dancers. But as in other regions of Brazil, conflicts arose with the police due to economic interests. When Universo Paralello moved to the north of Bahia in 2004, the Trancoso parties changed a lot. It is still the Brazilian Trance capital during the summer with parties but also serves as a chill-out place for many international and national DJs and producers.
pic: Ganesh
(Daime Tribe/klatu), Swarup and Ekanta, who were the first nonforeigners to make the connection between Goa and Brazil and brought over new music from Goa. Joti Sidhu, Dino Psaras, Orion, and Shiva Space were also involved.
Its wild palm-fringed beaches still provide that cosy magic vibe and being the birthplace of Brazilian Trance, Trancoso is a historical part of Brazilian Trance culture that will remain for ever. Apart from Trancoso, São Paulo developed its own Trance scene. The three first parties organized in 1994 to 1996 were done by the three initial local producers, Daime Tribe/Klatu (André, Mil, Nena,Tomas), XXXperience (DJs Rica Amaral and Feio) and Avonts (Dimitri). Together with Space, Digitalis, Psycogarden they made remarkable parties in the late 90s when Freakadelic and Orion and Respect showed up.
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