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Belgium DJ and producer StanV showcases his first single on the iconic Enhanced imprint in the form of A Little Brighter.

If you love that catchy mix of progressive house and trance music,A Little Brighteris definitely the track for you. Kicking off with a hypnotic baseline driven by the catchy progressive main theme, the tune features a soothing vocal as well. The breakdown slows the record down creating a mystical and magical feeling. More relaxing vibes perfectly collide with an angelic synth-driven melody painting incredible soundscapes once the beat drop.

A Little Brighteris StanV debut track on Enhanced Musics Enhanced Progressive. The tune has been featured in Beatports Best New Hype Trance list for March 2021, and charting in both the main Trance chart as well as the Hype Trance chart. The song itself is a burst of positive energy using layers of frenetic synths & melodies.

With an innovative style that blends a modern sensibility with traces of the melodic and atmospheric trance of the early 2000s, StanV has received great support from the progressive and trance world. His recordThe Vaulthas been featured on Armin van Buurens A State Of Trance 977. StanV layers haunting melodies over hypnotic beats with the touch of a fully-developed recording artist who knows who he is and exactly where hes going.

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Two anthropologists have discovered that the heartbeats of those who practice Sufism, a mystical dimension of the Islamic faith, beat in tandem during a communal ritual in which all of the congregants join in deep meditation or an ecstatic trance. Rabbis and cantors told the Forward they were not surprised.

Anyone who has been at a really good worship service knows the power of kinetic worship services, said Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, a professor at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. There have been prior reports of such things. For instance, kids who play in a playground will get into sync with one another. There are reports that if you videotaped them, you would see they eventually hopped or skipped in sync with one another. Human beings are aware of the possibility of being in sync.

In fact, according to Cantor Matthew Austerklein, all musicians of any religion try to achieve a sense of oneness, and there is no greater oneness than singing with other people. And the nigun [melody] is a primary vehicle. I was part of a Mincha service at the Jewish Theological Seminary where everyone began with a nigun to set the mood for prayer. One of the things that singing a nigun teaches is that we can be sensitized to each other through music.

Asked about the study that found heartbeats of participants sync during meditation or an ecstatic trance, Austerklein, who serves as cantor of Beth El Congregation in Akron, Ohio, replied, Im not surprised at all by that. One of the things that nigun singing teaches is that we can be sensitized to each other through music. We feel closer to people around us and with God when we sing with other people.

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The two researchers who conducted the study, Dimitris Xygalatas and Christopher Manoharan, are anthropologists at the University of Connecticut. They went to Istanbul, Turkey, and affixed heart monitors under the clothing of 20 congregants. They then watched as the worshippers performed the largest and most important Sufi ritual, the dhikr (remembrance), which is often referred to by Sufis as the way to the heart.

Their hearts really did beat as one, Manoharan said. The heart is variable. It has a range of normal heartbeats and, within seconds, you can align it with another person. You can place your hand on a bulb when it lights at a particular time to a rhythm or a vibration or a sound. If you have a group of people all doing it, your heartbeats will line up in short order; its a form of biofeedback.

But congregants attending religious services over Zoom do not get into sync with other congregants who are also participating over Zoom, Austerklein pointed out.

Its just not the same, he said.

Manoharan agreed, saying: When you are shoulder-to-shoulder [with other congregants] there is a heartbeat and spiritual sensitivity it gives you more of a connection with your neighbor. If you are uttering the same chant and feeling your body resonate, the resonance chambers inside your chest mesh with those of others.

At Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the students are taught that it is important to develop a regular rhythm of the service to get them in sync, Hoffman pointed out.

Thus, if in the middle of a prayer service someone gets up and makes an announcement or introduces all of the prayers with an explanation of each one, you have learned a lot when the service has finished but you do not feel the satisfaction of having prayed, he said.

Hoffman said he has learned that at conferences that bring together people from many different synagogues it is best to begin a service with music, otherwise the person leading will have trouble getting everyone into sync. If they start with 10 minutes of singing, everything will then go smoothly. Similarly, camps have song leaders because once they get kids from all over to sing together, they have a community. I would not be surprised if all of their hearts then beat together.

A new study has found that heartbeats actually harmonize during this religious ritual

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As their first official stint with a live audience following the world-wide pandemic, venerated trance trio Above & Beyond have announced their return to the UK for a weekend-long celebration. Commemorating 450 episodes of their weekly Group Therapy Radio show, the band will be hosting a two-day outdoor festival in their hometown of London.

Set to take place Saturday, August 14th and Sunday, August 15th, the festival will showcase a star-studded roster of trance and progressive acts from the band's two record labels, Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. Playing host to the festivities will be the Drumsheds, a groundbreaking London event space with ten acres of outdoor use and state-of-the-art-production. A brainchild of the famed Printworks venue, Drumsheds sits to the north of London in Meridian Water and offers an immersive experience allowing it to stand as a unique destination.

Serving as a pilgrimage to their legions of fans from around the world, the annual Group Therapy festivals have become an annual tradition for the trio. As such, the group was ecstatic to announce their return back, stating. "Thrilled that our first time back in the saddle will be for one of the worlds greatest live music audiences," Above & Beyond said in a joint press statement. "UK fans sing louder and dance harder than just about anyone. We can only imagine the energy theyll bring after a year trapped indoors. Cant wait for this one.

The full lineup for the two-day event will be revealed soon. Registration for first access to pre-sale tickets can be found at here. Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 10AM GMT on Thursday, March 25th.

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Its the hottest new exhibition in town: an immersive digital art experience filled with futuristic light installations that doubles up as a sauna complex.

The sweaty but spectacular art show in Tokyo, which opened Monday, allows visitors to experience art in their finest mental state.

People must wear swimsuits but can put indoor clothing on top to enter the exhibition, which contains seven saunas of various temperatures lit up atmospherically in bold colors from magenta to deep green.

After a few minutes relaxing in the heat followed by a cold shower to pique the senses they can wander through different rooms to marvel at the artworks in a sauna trance.

Exhibits include fluttering butterfly illuminations, solidified light crystals, and a large red sphere that radiates through the darkness.

Some of the viewing spaces also feature streams of cold water or cooling mist to create a physical, as well as esoteric, impression.

The sauna and art experience has been put together by teamLab in collaboration with TikTok. | AFP-JIJI

The exhibition, called Reconnect: Art with Rinkan Sauna, is the latest offering from the Japanese art collective teamLab, which collaborated with video app TikTok on the project.

Internationally renowned for their innovative digital art, teamLabs work combines projections, sound and carefully designed spaces to create otherworldly experiences.

By taking alternating hot and cold baths, visitors open their minds, experience an ever-expanding physical sensation and become one with the art, the group said.

But an instruction sheet provided at a preview event acknowledged that for some visitors, it could all get too much warning them not to overdo it in the sauna rooms and to make sure to drink water frequently.

Increasing the sweat factor, visitors are also required to wear a mask inside the exhibition, which will run until August 31.

At the new teamLab and TikTok exhibition, visitors can enjoy the steam of a sauna, before enjoying the art in a sauna trance. | AFP-JIJI

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Dopapod opened a two-night run at the Ardmore Music Hall on Friday night, marking their first show in front of a live audience since March 7th, 2020 at the now-shuttered Rex Theater in Pittsburgh, PA. Presented in partnership with Live For Live Music, the two-night run, live-streamed run was billed as Were Gonna Get Through This. Now, over a year since the pandemic began, its finally starting to feel like we can adopt that phrase in the present tenseor even the past tense. While we may not be quite there yet, these showsalready rescheduled once due to the early winter COVID spikeare perhaps indicative of a larger-scale recovery for the concert industry.

As Keyboardist Eli Winderman explained of the shows when they were initially announced, We didnt know the next time we would see each other again back in March when we had to abruptly leave tour and head home. We thought it was going to be just a few months and wed be back to normal. Obviously, that didnt happen but now here we are announcing our first shows since the start of the pandemic and to say were excited is an extreme understatement. We wanted to call the event Were gonna get through this because we want to help all our fans stay positive and optimistic to get through the rest of this time where we cant play shows like we used to. All things must pass as will this pandemic!

Related: Dopapod Plays Quarantine Concert At Weird Music Studio Following 2020 Tour Cancellation [Photos/Full Video]

The past year has been a story of widespread suffering sprinkled with silver linings and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. This show fell under the latter category. Tickets for this Ardmore run were not sold in the conventional sense; instead, Dopapod offered fans the chance to win a pair of Golden Tickets through raffles and silent auctions. Accustomed to hosting capacity crowds of 600 during normal times, only twenty (!) fans attended Friday nights show in person, seated in pairs at high-top tables, five each on the main floor and upper balcony. With perfect sight lines, dialed-in PA sound, and plenty of room to dance. When Dopapod took the stage to emphatically punctuate their involuntary 377-day live-performance break, every single one of us felt every ounce of our privilege, making Were Gonna Get Through This the understatement of the year for those who attended in person. For those not physically in the room, the livestream and Zoom dance partyprojected on a screen at front of house for the band to seeoffered a tangible connection from afar. Guitarist Rob Compas mom even made an appearance, to the audible pleasure of both the band and the tiny audience.

Every Dopapod show is a palindromic journey in a microcosmic sense, and that notion rang true last night. Releasing a years worth of pent-up energy and musical rage, Dopapod metaphorically marked their new beginning in signature fashion with a deliberate synth-driven build that would soon find liftoff in the frenzied peak of Bats in the Cave. As Eli Winderman continued to drive the band and dazzle on keyboards, Like a Ball ushered in guitarist Rob Compas first vocals of the evening. The rhythm section of Chuck Jones (bass) and Neal Fro Evans (drums) had the small but effusive crowd bumping along with the beautiful stage-right harmonies of Turn By Turn before segueing into the rave-like feels of Freight Train. Hard rocker Nuggy Jawson closed the hour-long set, Compas face-melting guitar fluidly layering with the liquid trance of Windermans synth.

Indian Grits opened the second set with a decidedly different feel, one that would have felt equally at home in the funk-driven confines of New Orleans Tipitinas as the first set would have in at underground dance party. The groovy bass and drums of Mucho kept the funk alive even as Windermans synth found space in ambient trance before Neal Fro Evans heavy bass drum woke the music up and brought the party back to speed. Bubble Brain built to a furious peak that ultimately exploded with the New Years Eve-like trimmings of lighting director Luke Strattons disco ball confetti. The funky sounds of Windermans Hohner Clavinet portended the funk that was soon to come from Grow before Compa found time and space to let his PRS guitar lead the way in Present Ghosts (Fun fact: Compa noted that the band had not rehearsed the song before pulling it out on Friday night). Trapper Keeper put an exclamation point on night one, defying musical classification and reminding us all that there are no genres, just artists.

Tune in again tonight, Saturday, March 20th, at 8:00 p.m. ET as Dopapods Were Gonna Get Through This run continues live from the Ardmore Music Hall via L4LM, Dopapod, Ardmore Music Hall, and Nugs.net Facebook pages, as well as on YouTube.

Below, check out a gallery of photos from the Friday night performance courtesy of photographer Dani Brandwein and revisit a full, pro-shot video of the show.

Dopapod Ardmore Music Hall 3/19/21 Full Show [Pro-Shot]

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Setlist: Dopapod | Ardmore Music Hall | Ardmore, PA | 3/19/21

Set One (8:02 9:06): Bats in the Cave, Like a Ball, Turn By Turn -> Freight Train, Nuggy Jawson

Set Two (9:39 11:02): Indian Grits* -> Mucho* -> Bubble Brain, Grow^ > Present Ghosts, Trapper Keeper

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Photo: The events will be held in Southport's scenic Victoria Park

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Get set to party post-lockdown as two of the largest festivals of their kind are coming to Victoria Park in Southport, Merseyside, this summer.

Save The Rave is set to be the biggest ever outdoor 90s rave event to be held in Southport, whilst Lookalike Tribute Festival is the largest event of its kind in the UK.

With the announcement that outdoor festivals and events are back on, these two ground-breaking events in the seaside town are set to be huge with a top line up confirmed for both - as Southports picturesque park plays host to two fantastic festivals following lockdown.

Save The Rave is the largest open-air 90s rave event to ever be held in Southport and features a top line up of iconic 90s rave acts.

Lookalike Tribute Festival is the UK's largest tribute festival and features music from the Beatles, Oasis, David Bowie and more.

Save The Rave comes to Southport on Saturday, June 26, 2021, bringing some legendary 90s rave acts including the likes of Livin Joy, Angie Brown, N Trance, Baby D, 2Funky2, Ultrabeat and John Pleased Wimmin.

With more top acts being announced soon, the event is expected to sell out very quickly.

The biggest outdoor 90s rave event to be held in Southport runs from 12pm until 10pm and features top live acts, performers, pop up gin and prosecco bars, street food stalls, giveaways and more.

Early bird tickets are already sold out but standard tickets just 30 plus booking fee and VIP tickets (private bar, private toilets, private seating and queue jump) are just 70 plus booking fee.

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Lookalike Tribute Festival comes to Southport on Sunday, June 27, 2021, with some of the best tribute acts in the world for some of the biggest names in music history.

The epic event will showcase music from The Beatles, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, ABBA, Oasis, Elton John and Amy Winehouse.

Running from 12pm until 10pm, the biggest tribute festival in the UK also features top live acts, performers, pop-up gin and prosecco bars, street food stalls, giveaways and more.

Early bird tickets are already sold out but standard tickets just 25 plus booking fee and VIP tickets (private bar, private toilets, private seating and queue jump) are just 50 plus booking fee.

Event organiser, James Daly of Jaly Concerts, said:

He continued: Our aim is to put on huge events that are great value too. Weve been putting on events all around the world for years now but these two are particularly special given the pandemic. Although some events organisers are cashing in on the gold rush, were keeping the ticket prices very reasonable for these two huge events. We just cant wait to see people happy and dancing again.

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