Canada
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Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest.
HistoryThe psytrance scene arrived in Canada in 1995 at the legendary event Emergence held in Montreal courtesy of Mobius productions and set off a steady spread across the major urban cores. While other genres of electronica were gathering huge crowds at very public venues at the time, psytrance for the most part remained underground and by doing so created a very close and vibrant community that continues to this day.
[2010] Abundant forests of CANADABeing the second largest country in the world, Canada has a lot to offer in terms of beautiful forests and wild lands to party upon. Due to the great distance separating most cities, it developped a few regional micro-scenes, while still keeping the wholeness of the movement by the people travelling from one region to the other. You will find that wherever you are in Canada, there will always be a friendly down to earth community that is welcoming and easy to relate to. The most psychedecized areas of Canada are around the bigger cities in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario, but there is also an interesting movement taking place in Manitoba and Nova-Scotia. Since it is generally considered safe to hitchhike in Canada, many party goers use that to travel for free the great distances between the east and the west, and make the most of their summer festival season. Although the long Canadian winter also has it's unique charms of more intimate club and warehouse gatherings and semi-private chalet parties, the best time for trancers in Canada is in the summer. The festival season lasts from the beginning of June until the end of September, and since it is so short compared to other countries, they try to make it up by it's intensity. The peak of this season is from mid-July with the Eclipse festival to mid-August with the Shambhala. Among other well known outdoor gatherings of the summer are Entheos, Space Gathering, El Hal and Motion Notion. The party organizers in Canada include names such as Tech Safari, Blacklight Activists, Organix, Tribal Prophecy, Techno Hippy Crew, FAK, Shakti Collective, Area 709, Oya and Neurovortex. Since Canada has such a low population density, a party is considered big when there are more than 1000 attending. The average parties usually attract anywhere from 250 to 800 people, which gives us more intimate parties and creates a strong sense of community. In cities like Montreal and Toronto, there are at least one party every weekend, and in smaller cities like Quebec city or Winnipeg, expect one psy-trance party every 2 or 3 months. Renowned musical producers from Canada include Adham Shaikh, Nystagmus, Anahata, Ekoplex, Cosmic Orgasm, Repeat Customer, Akentek, Virtual Light, Aya, and Nuclear Ramjet. For visual arts, you can count on artists such as Neil Gibson, Deliria, Julien Seyer, Crystal and Spore, Neuromantix, Waking Dream, Makinaw and Starfield to create environments that will blow your mind. Tell us more about CANADA 2011 Support your local scene and let us know about it. Please write in the third person and take a neutral point-of-view. An article about a country should contain the following things:
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