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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/

Genki Music Proudly Presents : TRIBAL DISCO III - Our third installment of genre transcending, mind bending, chakra mending disco beats.... Featuring Australia's finest: Jet More (Brainwash), Schwa (Tribal Vision/Beef), suncontrolspecies (Iboga), Jack Unit (Monotremes/Semi Retired), Andrew Haig (PBS/Nocturnal/Global Eyes). 11pm onwards Saturday May 20th @ Brown Alley. $15 Members (sign up for free at http://www.genkimusic.com) - $20 On the door

Our third installment of genre transcending, mind bending, chakra mending disco beats....

Earthcore are staging an “off the rails”, party on rails for 500 lucky party goers!

LIVE INDUSTRIAL + NOISE (signal error)
On Friday 19th May 2006 there will be a night of full blown underground dark electronic music entertainment in Melbourne, featuring the local talents of TikTokTek, Dark Organics, Mystral Tide, BasticH and Cassandra's Myth. DJs: Infectious Unease Radio presents an all Australian Mix

Venue: Dream Nightclub (Ground Floor) - 229 Queensberry Street, Carlton VIC
Tickets: $5 at Door
Time: 11pm - 4am
Visuals: VJTidal on dark data projections

Hot Chips - A night of all new electro / laptop rock - Saturday 13th May - The Lansdowne Hotel, 9:00pm, FREE.

Coming up at The Lansdowne on Saturday May 13th is a hotbed of huge electro-rock sound creativity, with Hot Chips, a night of all new laptop rock. Love Shark and The Stoner Funk Orchestra headline, with an exciting, fresh and even funkier new line-up and sound. Super Massive make their debut in support, with a sound that is electronic, dancey, and groovy with some heavy guitars thrown in. The Space Cowboys present electro-space-rock versions of country songs, and The It Boys start the night with some purely live-born computer-based dance music. Featuring some of Sydney's finest musicians in new sonic ventures. Entry is free, and music begins at 9:30pm.

Noisegate is a magazine of sound intrestes a magazine dedicated to the exploration and exposure of the innovative use of sound as a functional and creative medium. Distributing 500 copies per issue.It has had outlets in Sheffield, York, Leeds, Birmingham, London and Wiesbaden in Germany and subscribers from Europe, Scandinavia, U.S.A. and Japan. On the 25 March 1996 Noise Gate organised a Festival of Experimental Music at the Lescar,Sharrow Vale, Sheffield. June 1996 Noisegate participated in 7'8's Of A Second, The Midlands Art Centre, Canon Hill Park, Birmingham

A new magazine for the grey zone of Noise & Politics, Datacide provides information on the cutting edge of technological subversion via sound and ideas. Assembled as part of an emerging Post-Media flow, Datacide is fueled by a current of enthusiasm and desire that does not seek legitimiation through the usual channels, but works as a tool to prompt the inquisitive and those becoming increasingly tired of the expediencies of journalism and self-interest.

Electrofringe is now calling for proposals for this year's festival from artists, media makers, curators, researchers, writers, producers, enthusiasts, etc. Part of the 'This Is Not Art' umbrella of Festivals in Newcastle, NSW, this year Electrofringe will occur from 28th September to 2nd October and will feature artists from all over Australia as well as visiting international artists. A heads up, hands-on, all-in festival of experimental, electronic, digital and new media arts and culture. It is dedicated to unearthing emergent forms, highlighting nascent trends and encouraging participants to explore technology and its creative possibilities. The directors for Electrofringe 2006 are Ben Byrne, Cat Jones and Sumugan Sivanesan. Areas for investigation may include (but are not limited to) hybrid performances, media based practices, web, networked & online collaborations, wireless, wearable and locative technologies, sensor based interactions, software art, custom electronics, experimental interfaces, alternative energies, sound, video, installation and more. Read more or visit http://electrofringe.net/ for more information.

Boston based Keith Fullerton Whitman returns to Melbourne to perform under two of his numerous pseudonyms – Keith Fullerton Whitman (Kranky) and Hrvatski. The first set will be under the Keith Fullerton Whitman moniker, his Kranky-based solo guitar with electronics project. The second will be as legendary laptop composer, and sometime Greg Davis/Kid 606 sidekick, Hrvatski – his joyful/nutso/crazy hyper-programmed slice'n'dice laptop project. Support will be the long awaited return of ROBIN FOX'S LASER EXTRAVAGANZA. For those of you who missed the recent mindblower at the Spanish Club, here's your chance to experience this audio-visual genius' insane & incredible project! tickets available @ http://www.northcotesocialclub.com/ - visit http://www.keithfullertonwhitman.com for find out more about Keith Fullerton Whitman

Lullabot creates drupal podcasts and videocasts with useful tips on how to use Drupal as well as new module introduction.

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Not Still Art, a forum for artists working in abstract and non-narrative electronic motion imaging with music/sound design, disseminates artists' work via international screenings, live performances, conferences, publications, and hard and virtual media. Not Still Art produces historic and contemporary programs in collaboration with art institutions, broadcasters, publishers, and internet organizations.

LUX is a not-for-profit organisation that supports and promotes contemporary and historical artists' moving image work, and those who make it, through distribution, exhibition, publishing and research.