Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance
Equinox Publishing Ltd. eBooks October 30, 2012 G. John 93 citations
Psychedelic trance (psytrance) culture has grown from its origins in Goa, India, during the 1970s and 1980s into a global movement centered on festivals like Portugal's Boom Festival. Drawing on first-hand accounts from Australia, Israel, Italy, the UK, the US, Germany, Turkey, and elsewhere, the author examines this transnational phenomenon through its aesthetic roots, national variations, and internal debates. The book presents a multi-sited ethnography that analyzes the digital, chemical, cyber, and media elements of psytrance. It argues that the event-culture of psytrance incorporates rites of risk and altered consciousness, challenging existing theories of ritual, music, and culture.