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Singapore Psytrance Scene

26 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment

by goamusic in Uncategorized Tags: consciousness, dance, electronic, global, music, nature, psy, psytrance, singapore

The Trance scene in Singapore was born in 2006, when the Om Project crew started organizing small gigs at Baba Black Sheep in the nice and colorful neighborhood of Little India. The scene soon moved to Home Club in Boat Quay, where you can dance to the underground psy tunes selected by Om Project and friends once a month. Home Club changes look for the monthly occasion with Balinese backdrops, lycra decorations, styrophones and international decorators’ creations and a colorful and smiley crowd. The line-up is always different and over the years it has included resident djs as well as djs and producers representing Asia and the rest of the world. Artists from Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and other Asian countries have played at Om Project parties, but also a wide range of international psytrance music artists from the five continents. The atmosphere is incredibly cozy and welcoming. Home Club is a nice location with a big outdoor area and the Singaporean Trance family open its arms to guests, Trance lovers, artists and visitors and gives a new light to a city’s ordinary clubbing scene. Most support comes from local people, who increasingly attend Om Project parties at Home Club. This greatly differs from other Asian countries, where mainly tourists and foreigners are the ones promoting and organizing Trance parties. The scene is still small and familiar, but it has grown over the years and it keeps attracting people who are interested in experiencing a different atmosphere when clubbing in Singapore. The new crowd shows that more and more people listen to and love dancing Trance music in this city, a meeting place and crossroads of cultures in Asia. In fact, Singaporeans love Trance!

The expansion of the Trance scene in Singapore has pushed the Om Project crew to explore more genres within psytrance music and at the monthly meeting at Home Club you can now expect to fill your ears with and move your body to dark as well as underground full-on tracks. Furthermore, Om Project has recently launched the Om Project in Progress Sunday sunset parties in collaboration with Going Om, the best Chill Out café in Singapore, located in the tiny streets of the Arab district. From 6pm till late, the Om Project crew meets in Haji Lane to play and listen to progressive music in the street. The aim is to bring Trance to the streets, to get out of indoor parties and to share some time together before the beginning of the busy Singaporean week. It is also a way to go towards people and not to wait for them to come to clubs. In fact, these are free events open to anyone and happening on a random basis on Sundays.

Beside being an important platform for young local music producers and artists, Om Project is also collaborating with foreign artists and labels on many levels. The Om Project djs have been traveling and playing at festival and parties around the world since the very beginning. They share a special connection with Malaysian Epic Tribe and Trance crews in Thailand and Japan and they have recently established a strong relationship with the Indonesian scene in Gili Air.

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