absolutely kickass psychedelic journey. makes me wanna eat acid in my room with my headphones on and the lights out

- NIGHTMARES -
"A nightmare, to be fair.. but not one borne of despair
One borne of fire and air
One to rip and tear
Through the mind, the soul and the spirit..

A nightmare, not intended to scare
But as a night-time prayer
Whilst we glare at the soul, as we stare
At a collective no-one, a collective no-where."

A slightly re-arranged / re-recorded version of the closing set on Ascension Stage @ Esoteric 2019. 
To everyone who was there to rip it up with me.. thank you!
Enjoy the music :) 

Recorded on XDJ-R1 (no sync).

- TRACKLIST - 
1. Iron Lotus vs Brain Driver - Crepusculum Animarium - Fractal Records
2. Deliriant vs Rubix Qube - Illusion - Fractal Records
3. Iron Lotus vs Rubix Qube - World Underground - MMD Records
4. Scorb - Disturbulence - Mutagen Records
5. Iron Lotus vs Rubix Qube - Skog - MMD Records
6. Antispin - The Right Hook - 24/7 Records
7. Rabdom L - Kataloz - Replicant Records
8. Twisted System - Bisness Hippie (Rabdom L rmx) - Fractal Records
9. Iron Lotus vs Rubix Qube - All A Dream - MMD Records
10. Iron Assault - The Oath - MMD Records
11. TCN - Trouble - Phonix Records
12. TCN - Subjective - Phonix Records
13. Zinx vs Poizon - Hazardous - Terror Lab Industries
14. Poizon vs Artifakt - Versus - Timecode Records
15. Sub Zero - The Worm (2016 rmx) - Replicant Records

- LABEL LINKS -
Fractal Records - https://www.facebook.com/FractalRecords/
MMD Records - https://www.facebook.com/MMD.Records/
Mutagen Records - https://www.facebook.com/mutagenrecords/
24/7 Records - https://www.facebook.com/24.7recs/
Replicant Records - https://www.facebook.com/replicantrecords/
Phonix Records - https://www.facebook.com/PhonixRecords/
Terror Lab Industries - https://www.facebook.com/terrorlabindustries/
Timecode Records - Defunct (Much respect)

SUPPORT THE ARTISTS AND LABELS THAT MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE!
IF YOU LIKE THE MUSIC, BUY IT!

The Night Ritual Pt. 2 - Nightmares

- DIRGE -
Ascension Stage Manager @ Esoteric Festival
Australian DJ Rep @ MMD Records



- UPCOMING GIGS -

June 1st - PBS radio takeover @ Melbourne 106.7FM 
June 14th - "Fusion" @ My Aeon by Trojan Events
August 2nd - TBA - Melbourne


- BIO -
Dirge is the Twilight Psytrance project of Melbourne born Mike O'Shard.

For 10 years he has spread a sinister signal across Australian dance floors - a dark broadcast, transmitted by shadow; a message sent by the frequency of night.

Mike currently represents MMD Records from Cape Town, South Africa and manages the Ascension Stage at Esoteric Festival in Donald, VIC.


- CONCEPT -
A 'Dirge' is defined as a lament for the dead; as a mournful song, piece of music or sound. 

Almost a decade ago in the moonlit forest of Mount Disappointment, a strange message was received. Subtle at first; a barely perceptible hum underneath the noise of the local broadcast network, it was transmitted with one purpose - to corrupt the mind of a local human target and spread, relentlessly. Within the darker reaches of its human host body's imagination, this message would bide its time and grow - as a quiet voice in the darkness; as a ghost in the machine - until one day, it would be noticed.

On the surface, all was normal - a day like any other, until a disruption was felt within the network. It was only the slightest of shimmers; a most subtle shift in the pitch of the broadcast's frequency - but for one small moment, the broadcast faltered and faded out long enough for the disruption to be registered on the system. A team was deployed to investigate. 

Investigating the disruption, the message was discovered - and was identified as virulent. It had grown in such great measure that the network's signal, once thought to be untouchable, had been hijacked entirely. The broadcast was now a distorted shade of its former self. 

No-one had noticed the message spread, nor the signal grow. No-one had heard it whisper, as it redirected every connection on the network's server. No-one had heard its screams of contempt and rage, as it ceaselessly multiplied itself in the background... 

No-one had time to respond as the Signal, now a seething cacophony of sound, swallowed the network whole. 

The disruption had not been felt within the original network - there was nothing of it left. The disruption had been felt as the last remainders of the original network were extinguished, leaving only a strange and sinister signal in its place.

In that moment, a new message was received - one word, uttered in an unfamiliar tongue; in an endlessly repeating loop - "Dirge..."

ROCK THE BODY, BEND THE MIND

- LINKS - 
www.facebook.com/dirgepsytrance
www.facebook.com/MMD.Records

Credit and thanks to 0dB - Reversible Records (Justin Blij) for the profile shot: https://soundcloud.com/0_db

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