From Hippies to Psytrance: Culture, Consciousness and a Way of Life
The psytrance culture did not emerge out of nowhere. It is the natural evolution of a consciousness that began in the 1960s, when hippies challenged war, consumerism and social conditioning, searching instead for freedom, unity and a deeper connection with nature. What was once expressed through guitars, communal living and psychedelic visions now pulses through basslines, fractals and hypnotic trance rhythms. The Biology of Freedom: Body, Rhythm and Nature Hippies viewed the human body as an organic extension of nature. […]