German director Wenzel Storch comes to cinemas this year with his Reise ins Glück, a "feary and psychedelic adventure comedy".
German VJ and experimental flash design crew Retina Funk have at last relaunched their website. At the new address RetinaFunk.com they will release various visual experiments, and there is now a regular blog covering news and thoughts from the world of visuals, VJ'ing, breakbeat and trance parties, as well as philosophical and psychedelic ideas.
Searching for the one and only center of Europe, Mucha (director), Susanne Schüle (camera), and their team meet strange - or rather quite normal? - people in Europe, and we learn once more that reality is sometimes stranger than fiction. If you saw the film "Deckname Dennis", you know what I mean. From Hessen, Germany, to Lithuania, there are lots of "center of Europe" spots, and the locals are convinced that theirs is the real and only one. Mucha's film also shows the local people's other convictions and how they live. The focus is on eastern Europe, for "they want to enlarge Europe now" like someone in the west said. In the east there are newspapers called "Echo of the Dog" or "Militia News" and clocks tick differently ...
Singer and songwriter Hans Söllner ("Hey Staat") may be hard to understand for his dialect, but the meaning of his songs are easily understood and concern all of us. Can it really be true that his songs are never played on the radio? May be, because his free speech made him go to court more than once. Söllner once went to a police station, showing a piece of hash, denouncing himself for illegal ownership of drugs. "Söllner's music is real folk music, but the State of Bavaria can't quite accept it," his sollicitor Jürgen Arnold said. Maybe it must be said, that Söllner's music has more Reggae vibes in it that what is otherwise know to be German folk music ("Volksmusik"). Nice to see the man on the big screen - don't miss him!
Retina Funk's mission is to explore the interactive fusion of music, live mixed realtime visual projections, video art and entertainment. They aim at blending the boundaries between music and visuals. Retina Funk as a project was started in 1997, performing as Openmindflash Visuals and changed its name to Retina Funk in 2001. The team around Andy Weisner changed over time, with Andy, Ingo, Benni and Claude in the nineties, Basti in between, Daniel and Astrid in present times. Past Retina Funk gigs and live visuals mix performances included most Openmindflash events Gleis 22, Luna Bar Club, Hassos Keller in Münster, Palm Project Festival Nürnberg, since 1999 resident VJ @ all Pathfinder Recordings, a famous german drum and bass record label and party organisation, many events in Cologne (locations Gebäude 9, Kunstwerk, Fuilmhaus, Stollwerk) and Bonn (locations: Pantheon) including Rheinkultur Festival ( DJ Storm ), Openmindflash Shima Open Air Festivals Marl, Confyouth drum and bass events Cologne, various houseparties @ Baikonur Essen, Psidehlia psy trance events @ Fusion Club Münster. Performances with Element Live and many other psytrance DJs, Belgian Connection Party@ Zeche Bonifacius Essen, Mind Sound Chill Open Air @ Hot Jazz Club Münster, and many more. If you want to contact Retina Funk or for any booking informations check RetinaFunk.com
OPENMINDFLASH is a network community of friends and artists, working together and exchanging ideas and energies. Beside making art, visuals, music, websites and pursuing various other creative projects, we chill, party and enjoy life. Based in Germany (Münster, Düsseldorf, Berlin) the community extended itself by connecting to international artists. Take a look around our website to learn about all aspects of psychedelic art, music and flash your mind with the humour of Mind-Flash.
After the Brasilian Culture Centre CCB at Dahlweg, Münster closed its doors years ago, there hasn't been any more Culture Clash parties. But since April 2004 the party series is back, and its motto is once again musical diversity. At the newly opened Favela Club at Hawerkamp, the team invites us to "Electronic Beatz & Brazilian Flavour": The Osmotic Effect (Souldfood, Mindsounds & Electrophile Wildstyle), Kai Brinckmeier (Rare Grooves, Brazil & Bossa Nova), Flat Erique (Nu Jazz, Sam'n'Bass & Brazilectro), Special Guests on Live Percussion, Videoshow.
06.03.04 : The Return of the Culture Clash @ Club Favela - Am Hawerkamp 31 Münster
03.04.04 : The Return of the Culture Clash @ Club Favela - Am Hawerkamp 31 Münster
At 11 April 2004 there's a MindSound-Easter-Festival, it already starts at 4 p.m. and until 7 p.m. you can get in for lower entrance fees. Children up to 14 get in for free. The festival's on 2 areas, one outdoor with partial roof against Müster rain, and the indoor area with extra electrophile deco! The program features a great variety of music, performances and a VJ set on six beamers. Artists include orange (percussive-ethno-trance), fargow (polka-rock-punk-reggae-tango-folk-crossover-splash), DJ's the osmotic effect & live perc. (mindsound/ free-d-trance), sam @ chaishop.com (chaishop / psytrance)
, mat mushroom (mushroom magazine / psy trance), queen easy & sista lexa (bangarang sound crew / dancehall, reggaetunes), djane era & tribal fatoo (protoplazma, ungarn / morning trance), cydata (mindsound / nu jazz, broken beat), roberdo (münster / psytrance), t.om (freiland express / tribaltrance), jácint balász (cinetrip, ungarn / ambient), waktu loopa & friends (mindsound / groovy triphop, downbeat), graf x (mindsound / wildstyle chill), sonic clothing (mindsound / electro pop, rare groove), klara daunbiet (freiland express / dub, drum'n'bass, downbeat), interactive visuals by Retina Funk, and Deco by felix, toshi and openmindflash.org.
11.04.04 : MindSound-Easter-Festival @ Hawerkamp, Münster - Fotos
"A town with no drum'n'bass parties can't be called a town. But isn't Münster a town?!" Spring 2004 brings an end to years of waiting. After a recent Old School Breaks feature at Luna Bar club, April will be real massive: DJ Phil Barbee, Bangarang Crew (Sista Lexa and Queen Easy: Tribal, Ragga, Jungle), Waktu Loopa (Nu-Breaks, Big Beats und Psychedelic Breakbeat!) and special guest Man at Cuts (Turntablist from Rheine) bring back a music that may be forgotten, but which is alive and kicking. This should be worth the entrance fee of 6 Euros, so tell all steppers, junglists and other breakbeat lovers!
08.04.04 : Phil Barbee, Bangarang Crew, Waktu Loopa, Man at Cuts @ Tryptichon - Am Hawerkamp Münster
28.05.04 : Waktu Loopa, Phil Barbee, Man at Cuts, Giana Brotherz, Visuals: Retina-Funk @ Tryptichon - Am Hawerkamp Münster
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Clusterball is an online sport, designed to invoke the same adrenaline rush as Quake and Unreal, but replacing the splatter and gore with pure gameplay. By combining the feel and gaming experience from ball, flight and racing games, Clusterball is totally unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. The base version of the game and the membership is free of charge. February 2004, Clusterball's new owner, Resolution Interactive, and Ballsnatchers join forces, one site, one staff, to relaunch game servers and start development of a sequel. Clusterball's even going to be developed to fit right into your mobile telephone. It is Resolution Interactive and Overloaded who has signed a deal for the development and exploitation of a 3D version of Clusterball on mobile phones. The revolutionary mobile 3D game Clusterball will be available for download to mobile phones before Christmas 2004 and available at operators around the world.
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