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Tehelka is a weekly independent newspaper in India which covers social and cultural in-depth articles which are not seen in the major newspapers. The paper's motto is "The People's Paper - Free - Fair - Fearless".

seminar attempts a departure from the usual journal. Problems, national and international, are posed and discussed. Each issue deals with a single problem. Those who hold different and at times opposing viewpoints express their thoughts.

A Winter celebration of cold sonics and chilling beat driven live music, featuring artists exploring a range of genres including EBM, Industrial, Electro and Psy-Trance. Live, loud and intense.

Friday 28th July 2006 Dream Nightclub 229 Queensberry Street, Carlton VIC

read more or visit http://www.demus.org.au for more details

The Biennale of Sydney is Australia's largest and most exciting international visual arts event. The Biennale of Sydney is held in Sydney's leading museums and galleries and is renowned for showcasing the freshest and most innovative contemporary art from Australia and around the world. Since 1973 the Biennale of Sydney exhibitions have presented the work of more than 1200 artists from over sixty countries. Most of these artists were also brought to Sydney by the Biennale, which often facilitated their travel and co-ordinated their professional engagements in a national outreach program to art schools and universities across Australia. Please visit the Biennale of Sydney website for more information on the Biennale's mission, history and past exhibitions. The concept 'Zones of Contact' forms the framework and organising principle of the 2006 Biennale of Sydney, which will include a range of artists from around the world practising in all forms of the visual arts. 'Zones of Contact' is about the spaces in which people live in and move between, the spatial dimensions of cities, settlements, territories, the land and home. The work refers to the temporal dimensions of those spaces, the body, everyday life, places in which people encounter one another and other cultures and sense of self and their histories. Visit http://www.bos2006.com/ for more details.

The Sydney leg of the annual Liquid Architecture festival of sound arts starts Wednesday 5th July at the Performance Space. The Sydney Morning Herald has a preview: http://tinyurl.com/gqkoj. The week will be packed with performances, talks and workshops from local and international artists. Liquid Architecture is an essential event for anyone interested in contemporary sound and music. visit http://liquidarchitecture.org.au for more details

A Winter celebration of cold sonics and chilling beat driven live music, including EBM, Industrial, Electro and Psy-Trance. Live, loud and intense.
Live performances by: The Crystalline Effect (SYD), Plague Sequence (SYD), TikTokTek, Mystral Tide
Melbourne Friday July28th, Dream Nightclub Carlton

earthcore & sunny presents HONTO winter edition
Saturday 1 July, 2006
@ Brown Alley, Colonial Hotel, King St, Melbourne CBD

Two of Melbourne's favourite party crews, Earthcore and Sunny serve the winter HONTO edition, Saturday 1 July at Brown Alley. Featuring trance dynamo SAFI-CONNECTION (Spliff Music) direct from Israel, local goon support will be provided by Earthcore main man Spiz playing a prog set, Rantzi (Israel/Ultrasound) plus local trance maestros Dr B and Suntribe. Safi Connection a.k.a. Mishel Bitton launches his new album Shout Aluma which has been receiving a flogging across the globe. The music demon from Israel has released tunes since '97 under numerous projects including Neo Logic, B-Tone and Central Nerve to name a few. Never stopping, always producing and performing across the globe with a live show that staggers the imagination and keeps you glued to the dancefloor, Mishel is as unique as his name suggests.

Sleepy Brain was an online magazine created by Simon Sellars, a freelance writer and editor. Hess also the founder of the Liquid Architecture festival of sound art; of Subterrain, a magazine of writings about homelessness; and of Ballardian, a website recording the career and influence of the novelist J.G. Ballard. For the past three years Simon has been performing extensive work for Lonely Planet Publications, including a notable stint in the Micronesian region. Sellar is also a co-author of the forthcoming Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations. visit http://www.sleepybrain.net for more details

Presented by the UTS Sound Collective, the next Dis_or_ien_ta_tion live music event will feature: Toydeath, Rik Rue & Fold, Lecter Macabre, Kamusta, Funkmeister G & The John RA Benders, plus Wake Up and Listen DJs.

When :: Friday 16 June, 8pm-12am
Where :: Hermann's Bar, Cnr City Rd & Bultin Ave (opp. Sydney Uni Main entrance), Darlington
Cost :: $7/$5 concession

++ ABOUT DISORIENTATION ++
Disorientation is a monthly live audiovisual performance night in Sydney which has been running for just over two years.

Broadly concentrating on experimental and electronic music, as well as elements of performance art and experimental film, the event aims to present challenging new work to as wide an audience as possible.

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Founded in 1995, Studio XX is Montreal's foremost women's digital resource centre. Through a variety of creative activities and initiatives, the Studio works with women to demystify digital technologies, to critically examine their social aspects, to facilitate women's access to technology, and to create and exhibit women's new digital art.

Tempest Recordings launch the 'Escape from Chaos' compilation. Local electronic groove imprint Tempest have gone from strength to strength in recent times, achieving a global presence. After joining forces with European labels Cosmic Leaf and Unicorn, they have now scored a global distribution deal with the UK's Arabesque, giving their releases a truly international flavour. It is therefore with supreme pleasure that they announce the release of 'Escape from Chaos', a showcase of psy dub, downtempo breaks and chilled grooves featuring a truly world class line up of artists including Red Eye Express, Psyburbia, System 7, Side Liner, Terra Nine, Emu and more. The official Victorian launch is Saturday 20th May at Horse Bazaar 397 Lt Lonsdale Street Melbourne featuring Andrew Till (Psy Harmonics); Psyburbia (Chillosophy/Tempest); Red Eye Express (Tempest); Rip Van Hippy (Psy Harmonics/Tempest) and Arcane Trickster (Tempest). Entry is only $5 or $15 with a copy of the CD. These artists have played literally hundreds of shows between them and have been mainstays of Australia's outdoor party and festival scene for as long as there has been a scene. Catch them in a uniquely intimate environment playing grooves that you know will move you. Read more for more information or visit : Tempest Recordings Horse Bazaar, or click here to View the flyer attachment

The organizers and speakers at EGA believe that information about psychoactive plants and chemicals should be readily available. Also that only through creating such a space, where we can talk freely on such matters, can methods for harm reduction and the true benefits of such substance be explored. Entheogenesis Australis is a collection of thinkers from all walks of life, we come together to share knowledge about sacred plants, chemical alchemy and states of consciousness. We are coming to tune in to the Mother Earth and take her fight back out into the world. We want to share and explore experiences, trance and dance. it is about growth, for the mind and the land.

This experimental workshop is an invitation to those individuals who are interested in the trance dance experience as providing an opportunity for mind/body/spirit/soul development. EGA 2006 will be a unique opportunity for people who are experienced in the dance floor and consciousness development approach to try something new, different, fun and well focused, that is totally aimed at extending the boundaries of each participants current experiential and knowledge paradigms.

Read more for details or visit http://www.entheo.net

Trans:Com - Brisbane's electronic music label - continues its Silhouette Series this Saturday night May 13 at the Brisbane Powerhouse Visy Theatre, with a retrospective on Bernard Sumner - New Order/Electronic/Joy Division songwriter/technologist extraordinaire. Featuring live performances from Ponyloaf, Tycho Brahe, and Victor Xray (aka Now:Zero / Nerve Agent), the night will be a brilliant showcase + tribute, presented in the unusual intimate context that is the Visy Theatre space. Tickets only $9/$10 at the Powerhouse Box Office, program starts at 8pm sharp. Full details at http://www.trans.com.au/silhouetteseries/