Switzerland

From Psychedelic-Traveller

Switzerland (German: Die Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra, officially the Helvetic Confederation) is a landlocked alpine country of roughly 7.7 million people (2009) in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km². Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federal authorities, while the country's economic centres are its three global cities, Geneva, Basel and especially Zürich. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world by per capita gross domestic product. Zürich and Geneva have respectively been ranked as having the first and second highest quality of life in the world. Switzerland is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. The country has a long history of neutrality — it has not been at war since 1815 — and hosts many international organizations, including the Red Cross, the World Trade Organization and one of the U.N.'s two European offices. However, it is not a member of the European Union.

[2009] Enjoy with all senses in SWITZERLAND

written by ResQ & Nygma

The Swiss trance generation knows no musical limits and is experiencing a revival of psychedelic open-mindedness felt in all parts of the country. The Psytrance culture is popular more than ever in Switzerland, a country renowned for its welcoming hospitality, high quality events, spectacular natural scenery, and for the most fun loving dance crowd on this planet. In short, it is truly a place to be enjoyed with all senses.

According to its population of 7.7 Million people, Switzerland is a relatively small country in size but offers a wide range of events covering all psychedelic music styles. It is a real psychedelic paradise, not only for Swiss partypeople but also for partyfreaks from neighboring countries and international travelers alike who want to discover a friendly and familiar psytrance scene with its parties set in a stunning and unique natural scenery. At present, tradition is making space for innovation and changes are happening fast. The unique cultural melting pot of different languages, musical backgrounds, styles and influences has developed throughout the years into a popular life style and constitutes to a modern way of thinking, uniting everyone who wish share this vibrant vision of collective consciousness. No longer are the three major language parts in Swiss distinguished by their own trance style and with the help of current communication technologies, these invisible boundaries are overcome and have opened new exciting ways & possibilities for all kinds of arts.

Generally on a high level, most party events follow similar organizational patterns, consistently providing a great musical lineup, powerful sound system, colorful and vivid fluro-decoration with a deeper connection, always made with a lot love to details. The breath-taking Swiss natural scenery high up on a snowy mountain, deep in the lost forest, or wide-open on a juicy green field allow the openair trance community to explore and fully appreciate the environmental assets of Mother Earth. Outdoor parties of all kinds of styles are spread throughout rural parts of the country, most of them taking place in the german-speaking part, since it is easier to obtain legal permits from the more tolerant local authorities there. Unfortunately in recent yeats it has become more and more difficult to get permissions for outdoor events, especially but not only if they are promotoed as psytrance. This is directly linked to the fact that Switzerland used to have a couple of annually held big outdoor festivals, but only two of them "survived" and took place in 2009: Atmosphere and Summer never ends festival.

Additionally, there are smaller outdoor parties more than ever nowadays. Many of them emit a very underground feeling with a very special spirit - non-profit & free :-)

Most travelers will start their trip in Zürich and we highly recommend to take your time exploring the city's metropolitan indoor scene, which is said to be one of the most vibrating throughout Europe. Most of the Swiss Psy-Clubbing activity is concentrated here. However, indoor events with a high quality lineup can be found in all major cities of the country.

Switzerland is very famous for a long line of highly talented Progressive artists, whose latest newcomer is Synthax. On the FullOn-Side of Psy Gameboy suprised with a couple of crispy and energetic live-acts and chances are promising that he will deliver some dancefloor bombs this year, which is also the case with the Italian-Swiss Psytrance Duo Rasael&Herve.

Some DJ's with a long tradition and background in the scene have expanded their definition of psychedelic dance music in a minimal-electroid way, which resulted in great technoid Dj Sets played by former Psytrance Guru's like Jackomo (now Jack-Attack), Müstik (now ...) or Fidimohnius (now ...).

In the French Part between Geneva and the Wallis, there is an underground scene full of very talented night artist, the most known are Electrypnose and Ajja from Peak Record, constantly travelling around the world at the biggest festivals spinning their Psychedelic tunes.

In the recent years the swiss "dark"psy scene has grown bigger and bigger with the most popular indoor events (USP, Hotzenplotz) attracting more than 500 people in average.

The beauty of Switzerland and the sum of all its parts will set your soul on fire. One thing remains constant wherever you party: Always smiling and many of them freaky-multicolored dressed, the party trancers are one of the best crowds on this planet. Experience the passion of a nation full of dance hungry freaks always seeking the next higher thrill of pleasure. This has made many international travelers & artists fall in love with this scene. Psychedelic trance welcomes you here on a playground of higher consciousness and open mindness

Swiss psychedelic pulse

The Mystical Forum is the country’s largest psy forum. Mainly in German, this is the meeting point for many interesting discussions.

The Swisspsy Platform unifies all 3 major language parts, there is a music player that gives talents and professionals trance musicians a chance to be heard.

Goatrance.ch site displays an up-to-date party calendar and report section.

Dideldum is home to one the largest photo collection of Swiss and international parties. More than meets the eye.

On goabase.de under Switzerland you will find the most updated infos about partys in the french part and in the italian part of Switzerland.

Shops & online CD Stores

Avarox - Tribal clothing and fluro rugs, flyer info - Münstergasse 33. CH 3011 Bern

Secret Nature - Ethno botanic shop, herbs, incense and magical items.

Goastore.ch - Online cd store, vast selection of psychedelic music & merchandise

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average price for a party,

average price for water/beer,

how many parties a week,

how long is a party in average,

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legal situation on drugs

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Facts

There are 4 national languages in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, and Romanch. Most local people understand English
The national currency is called CHF; Euro is widely accepted in most cities.
OpenAir Party season is from April – October, however in winter many outdoor parties can be found, if you’re lucky even snowy ones
Switzerland is a small country. Most destinations can be reached within 4hrs traveling distance.
Public transportation system is excellent. Swiss Travel Systems offers special rail passes (Swiss Pass) for unlimited use on the SBB network

Links

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Networks

goatrance.ch

Mysticalforum Switzerland's most visited Psytrance board, founded by Dj Muestik

Swisspsy Swiss Psytrance community with party agenda

Parties

Fractal Events

Switzerland has one of the most exiting locations of the goa nation. This is due to the lowland and the mountainious area. The web adress in which most of the partys from Switzerland are listed is this one: http://www.goatrance.de/goabase/ There are several festivals wich are carried out at least every second year.

The fastes growing festival is the Summer Never Ends Festival wich took place the first time in 2006 in the county Graubünden. It was carried out each year scince 2006 but in 2012 they will make a break due to lack of organisation time. So hopefully it will be back in 2013. http://www.summerneverends.ch/

The oldest of these festival is the Atmosphere Festival wich took place the first time in 2002 in Graubünden. The Atmosphere Festival of the year 2012 will take place on the 06 - 08.07.2012. Informations are to be found on Facebook.

Next, a more recent dounded festival, the Burning Mountain Festival which was actually founded with the name Engadin Spirit in the year 2010. But owing to opinion differences of the organisers, the festival organisers changed as well the name changed to Burning Mountain Festival which took place the first time in 2011. This years Burning Mountain Festival will take place on the 28.6-1.7.2012. http://burningmountain.ch

Last but not least, the Somuna Festival. This is a bit of a different kinde of festival. It is the smallest festival with around 2000 party people. It is very much based on the creativ, musical and spiritual side its a very familiar festival. Families are most welcome too. Besides, different work shops are organised like art, music and dancing. Furthermore, it has not just Psycadelic music, but bands and other oriental music. On the homepage it sais that the Somuna Festival is the right thing for people which want to experience the magic of life together, really love nature and act accodringly and as well as act with respect to themselves and others. http://www.somuna.com/

Besides these festivals there are also a lot of different outdor and indoor partys. The fist Goa club in Switzerland is in Zürich wich is called the Om Club Zürich. It was founded on the 5.12.2009. http://www.om-club-zuerich.ch/