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I visited a special event yesterday here in Israel. I wasn’t playing there, and it’s part of my belief that artist, no matter how busy he is, should attend some parties in order to party, just to remember what he actually likes, how he likes it, and what has changed during the time he wasn’t at the dance floor, as what we see from the DJ stand is only our subjective reality..

Moksha crew in Israel, been running their brand parties for over a decade now. I remember playing the first party with them back in 2001, near Benyamina ( small town 1 hour drive north from Tel Aviv ) as BLT, and was a frequenter at their events ever since. Moksha’s “turning point” from where I stand happened 5 years ago, when they have produced their first “Sunset to Sunset” event – 24 hour rave at the Jewish New Year – Rosh Hashana. From my perspective, Moksha guys simply decided to move forward and not only think out of the box, but to risk and invest big sums of money into their production ( way more than what been used to until then ) and this way to create an extremely hyped up event. Their move brought with it very big success in all parameters, and Sunset to Sunset became a traditional Rosh Hashana party in Israel. So far the heads up of this small article.

The “story” behind this specific Sunset to Sunset event was to do with the big retro movement in Israel and around the world, that brings back the Psy Trance / Goa Trance of the 90’s, and had to do with the nowadays legendary label “Flying Rhino” that came with a storm at late 90’s and offered some of the best UK psy sound ever made. The lineup obviously boasted mainly old school music direction from Flying Rhino label, with help of local talent ( Eyal Yankovich Hommega head honcho and D-Addiction solo project of ex Quantize Adi Ashqeazi to name but a few ) and one guy called Man With No Name.

For me personally the ultimate highlight of the party was when Dick Trevor played Green Nuns of The Revolution DJ set, right after Man With No Name around noon time. I must admit that I always been a fan of the GNOTR style, very fresh and super dirty, full with humor psychedelic music, no dull moment. I also have to admit that Dick Trevor and James Monro are my personal friends and are dear people to me ( so anyone that feels its a suck up article can stop reading now 😉 ). But the GNOTR DJ set, blasted me away… The tunes I loved from the past and those that I didn’t fully recognize just made a big neuron parade in my head and I had the best time – way to go!! I had such a good time, that I danced my way up till the first row of punters ( and there were few thousands of them ) to express my love and gratefulness for the old music that probably came ahead of it’s time, as it sounded so fresh still. While doing that 😉 I witnessed mr Trevor ( that normally radiates good vibes ) simply ping ponging love between himself and the huge crowd – and realized…

Ain’t it the best feeling in the world, being an Artist with 20 years of hard work behind you, coming to a huge party that is actually a tribute event for your efforts in last 20 years and get so much appreciation from the public? Especially today, when Artists have such a hard time to get acknowledgement from wide public, and the musical industry sales are on the constant decline, I think that this moment is pure bliss.

Shana Tova!!