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Bez23

Unstable Electronic Psychedelia

About Me

UK Psytrance DJ::Party Organiser::Music Producer

Bez23 started DJing in 1992, after discovering that he could compile 'tripping tapes' much more fluidly by using two record players and a mixer. Involved in the free party scene since the early '90s promoting trance, then Goa, then Psytrance parties.

Bez23 currently organises the chill-space for Bradford night 'Kulu' where he is also a psytrance resident. Summer 2008 will be the third year Bez23 has organised the chill-out space for northern festival 'Shamania' as 'Synchronistic Sounds' - a collaboration with good friends Si Splatt and Steve Superboss from Leeds psytrance night Cabbage, and Chris Nanook of Strange Daze Sound System fame.

At Hawkfest 2007, Bez played psychedelic electronic music inbetween the bands on the 'Strangeness' stage, and enjoyed it so much he almost burst. Hawkwind rocked his world in a BIG way :)

He is also to be found baring his soul/arse at other events and festivals, including Sunrise Festival, Wickerman, Eastern Haze, Glade, Big Green Gathering, IDSpiral, Northern Green Gathering, Thornborough Music Festival, Masterpeace, Solfest, Psycle, Midday Mooners, Strange Daze, Acid Monkey, Stereo Chemistry, Sunrise, (an early) Wingmakers, Kaboodle, Bad By Design, Project Ozma, Alien Resonance, Awakening, Planet Zogg, Relativity, Fat Moon, Karma Sounds, Floroworld, MessMedia, Soma Sonic.

His 'bonkers' style of hard, mind zorching, face melting psytrance is becoming increasingly unpopular ;)

Bez23 maintains that this music is outstandingly psychedelic, and therefore probably very good for you.

Sometimes, Bez23 writes about himself in the third person, which he finds both bizarre and mildly entertaining.


Grant Morrison

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/1/2006
Band Website: kulu.info
Band Members:

'Darth Gravy' is a new 2008 collaboration with Distortion Orchestra, under the name 'Treacle Freaks'

'Mama Matrix' is the result of an as yet un-named project, collaborating with Si Splatt, co-organiser of long running Leeds night 'Cabbage'

'Jadoo' for my downtempo projects, and 'Dorje' for my psytrance projects.

Collaborations with Judson Eiloart of 'Distortion Orchestra' on 'Dementia' and 'HulkBeef'

'Life on Earth' is my remix of a Distortion Orchestra tune from 2004, made specifically for TranceVisuals 'Das Produkt' DVD, available from TranceVisuals - Thanks for the support Yodhe :)

'Dry Nose (Whatever)' is currently a work in progress. As ever!


Influences:

Music:

Gong, Minilogue, Hallucinogen, Shpongle, Soft Machine, FSOL, The Orb, Juno Reactor, Kindzadza, Hawkwind, Pete Namlook, Superboss, Pink Floyd, Higher Intelligence Agency, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Sonkite, Green Nuns of the Revolution, Amy Winehouse, Sufjan Stevens, Raymond Scott, Joey Beltram, Butthole Surfers, John Coltraine, Ocelot, Ozric Tentacles, OTT, Orbital, Eat Static, Distortion Orchestra, Big Chief Humming Bobbar, System 7, Seb Taylor, Pogo, Martha Tilston, Etnica, Shakti, Para Halu, Robert Wyatt, Datakult, Dead Kennedys, Aes Dana, Gaudi, Sensient, Greg Hunter, Django Reinhardt, Makyo, Tangerine Dream, Pitch Black, Mudhoney, Bluetech, Solar Fields, Parasense, Bob Dylan, Midival Punditz, Irresistable Force, Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia, Tripswitch, Mike Oldfield, Biosphere, Mile Davis, Nada, Tetchi, Plastikman, Scorb, John Martyn, Trentemoller, Talvin Singh, Laughing Buddha, Simon & Garfunkel, Penta, Sonic Youth, Logic Bomb, MoWax, Ninja Tunes, Santana, Tranan, NRS, Psykovsky, Ojos de Brujo, Joanna Newsom... etc. etc.

Music has always been massively important to me, and my record collection sprawls all over the place in terms of style and genre. I'm a total music whore;)

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

Kaboodle party, Wales

(Proper party!)


Sounds Like:

Us. Sharing a reality.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None