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by: Ross GoldenbergDec 14, 2021

It wasnt exactly a coincidence that we decided to induct Far Out into Dancing Astronauts Artists to Watch in 2022 on the week of his EPs arrival, although it was genuinely was pure serendipity that Somewhere In Between was planned for mid-December after wed already cemented the idea that hed be placed into our forenamed class. After reenrolling into the musical cycle this past October after nearly a full calendar pause, the interstellar mastermind began a descent towards a follow-up EP on Ophelia Records, with Far Out now slotting in Somewhere In Betweens remaining two pieces to mark his first original project since Beyond The Horizon.

With both Waterfall alongside RIOT and Dancing Astronaut Supernova RUNN as well as Ultraviolet with Leonard A, Far Out didnt squander a millisecond in descending his cosmic production onto the imaginative bedrock of Ophelia Records, tackling polar melodic ends that went from dubstep to trance. Somewhere In Betweens latter side sees Far Out venture even deeper into the unexplored cosmos of his sound, tapping in DVRKCLOUD for the first of two supplements in Elevate as they spawn a transcendent synthesis of melodic dubstep, psytrance that sets a proper pace for those jumping into the EP blind. A familiar Ophelia face joins on the other end of the fresh EP additions, with Far Out and Dani Carra gracefully meshing on Start Over, boasting a bracing dose of melodic dubstep before accelerating head first into a rhapsodic trance finale. With all four pieces of Somewhere In Between now sonically tangible, its more than evident that Far Out made his 11-month silence of original releases worthwhile as he adventures through another melodic masterclass thats a preemptive testimonial of whats to come in 2022.

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The second helping of the show, which sees Henry Cavill star as Geralt of Rivia, is almost upon us. Find out when it's released and who returns in the cast.

The Witcher is set to return to our screens this month and fantasy fans can't wait.

The series, starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, has taken the globe by storm and fans are waiting patiently to find out what happens to Geralt and the host of characters in the series, which is based on the Andrzej Sapkowski books of the same name.

Find out everything we know about season two of The Witcher, plus how things were left in Season 1.

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The Witcher season 2 is released this Friday 17th December 2021.

Fans can also expect new actors such as Kim Bodnia as Vesemir Kristofer Hivju as Nivellen, Adjoa Andoh as Nennek and Liz Carr as Fenn.

The Witcher season 2 will comprise of eight episodes and you'll be able to binge them straight away.

The end of The Witcher season 1 sees many left dead after the battle for Sodden Hill at Nilfgaard and Fringilla's hands. Yennefer is recruited to Tissaia's cause and coordinates the defence structure. After a heartbreaking moment with a wounded Tissaia, Yennefer lets out a stream of fire which brings the entire battle to a standstill.

Geralt finds himself in the woods defending a farmer from monsters. After becoming wounded and falling unconscious, Geralt wakes up and has visions of his mother Visenna and his mentor Vresemir. Both Geralt and Ciri have fall into a trance and meet each other in the woods. The farmer takes Geralt back to his farm where Ciri has also ended up, fulfilling their eventual destiny.

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On December 24, 2020 at 10:30 a.m., Mrs. Elizabeth Castillo Cervantes received her first dose against SARS-CoV-2 at Christmas. Less than a year later, the same Elizabeth, now 92 years old, received her third dose, which finishes her vaccination treatments and begins the 3rd vaccination dose process for people over 65 years of age throughout the country.

The road we have traveled during the pandemic has taken a different course since the vaccination. Although the pandemic continues, today we are in a better place, because we went from uncertainty to hope and from hope to action, today what protects and what keeps the indicators of infection, hospitalization and death so low is vaccination. We urge all senior citizens with more than 6 months of having completed their vaccination schedule to go to the vaccination centers, affirmed the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado.

As well as Mrs. Elizabeth, the rest of the residents of the PROPAM long stay center located in San Ramon de Tres Rios were vaccinated. On site with President Alvarado were the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas; the President of the National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Attention (CNE), Alexander Sols; the Vice-Minister of Health, Pedro Gonzlez; and the Medical Manager of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), Randall lvarez.

The health minister reiterated the call to continue reinforcing hygiene protocols in the midst of the festivities and the relaxation of sanitary measures, particularly in light of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron virus variant. The pandemic has been a very long trance, we must keep in mind that pandemic phenomena continue to evolve, but the authorities continue to gather and study the necessary information to learn more about this variant, which at the moment we know is more transmissible and that vaccines are effective against it, he commented.

As happened almost a year ago, with this opening ceremony begins a vaccination process that continues simultaneously with the first and second doses in people older than 12 years who have not yet started or completed the vaccination schedule.

We make an extensive call for senior citizens, starting tomorrow, to go to any CCSS vaccination center to receive their third dose. This process is part of the strategies that the institution maintains to avoid hospital collapse and the spread of the virus, said the medical manager of the CCSS, Randall Alvarez.

In order to carry out this process of application of third doses, the obtaining of 500,000 vaccines with the Government of Spain is at an advanced stage, which are expected to be received between the end of December or the beginning of January. These would be added to the pending doses to be delivered this year by the company Pfizer/BioNTech (336,830).

The country has received more than 7.9 million doses, of which 90.78% have been applied by the CCSS. The country is ready to receive what was agreed in the contracts for the year 2022, we also have contingency plans according to the need for vaccination in the different epidemiological scenarios, mentioned the president of the CNE, Alexander Solis.

As of December 6, the CCSS reports that 39,060 people have already received their third dose, corresponding to first line of response personnel, and are part of the accumulated application totaling 7,222,020 doses applied between first, second and third doses.

The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, announced that childrens vaccination is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2022. This process would start once the country begins to receive gradually doses from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer/BioNTech, with which the acquisition of 3,500,000 more doses for the year 2022 has been agreed.

Salas mentioned that the strategy for the application of the pediatric vaccines is still under analysis, but as part of this, the educational centers will be involved in a process that will cover the minors in the vaccinable age range.

This process would be carried out with the consent of the person in charge, but always respecting the best interest of the child, which implies the obligatory nature of the vaccine, as it is traditionally done with other vaccines such as varicella, polio, measles-rubella, among others.

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The explosive poetry of San Franciso Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen Martin exists ina category, nay, dimension all its own. His work is not exactly political poetry as conventionally contrived, since it doesnt bash the reader over the head with obvious polemical intent. Rather, his poems expose the terrifying truths therein by way of jarring juxtapositions and brutally shocking or even humorously coded images.

This is not to say that Eisen-Martins poetry is surrealistic, even though his incongruous imagery could almost be pegged as such. Eisen-Martins verse moves beyond prototypical surrealism to create a self-contained idiomatic universe.

Finally, it hit me that Eisen-Martins poetry might be best described as savagely satirical. His words snake their way into ones consciousness and viciously bite at the utter, tragic absurdity of American society and politics. His poems inhabit that paradoxical place where they are subliminally subversive but in the most scathing way possible.

In his latest work, Blood on the Fog, released by City Lights Books in their Pocket Poets series, A Sketch About Genocide is one of over 100 poems that surreptitiously and searingly satirizes American society.The poem begins offhandedly enough: A San Francisco police chief says, Yes, you poets make points. But they are all silly.

As the poem progresses, however, the lines maneuver into a startling place: Police chief sewing a mouth onto a mouth/ police chief looking straight through the poet. Here, the reader begins to sense rage at senseless police brutality. Later in the poem, the poet declaims, Anglo saints addicting you to a power structure No pain/ Just a white pain, and references to slaves and civil rights take the poem to an even darker realm.

By the end, a firmly outraged anti-authoritarian tone has taken hold, as the poet weaves his way partially into the persona of the policeman while still retaining his own identity: If you shred my dreams, son, I will tack you to gun smoke/ The suburbs are finally offended.

Later in the collection, in Kick Drum Only, Eisen-Martin pronounces, All street life to a certain extent starts fair. But then, the garbage is growing voices and white supremacist graffiti is reauthored. So, the scene, which seems to start out on an even note, has morphed into horror, as white supremacy rears itshideous head and again and again, with no end in sight.

A bit later, we are lured into a merciful Marxism, wherein A disquieted home life has someone relaxing next to a gun. This is unsettling imagery at best, alluding to, perhaps, a kid feeling the constant trauma of growing up in an unjust society where Black people have to defend themselves constantly against attack.

Most arrestingly, the poet writes, You know what the clown wants? The respect of the ant and it also wants to pull a .38 out of a begging bowl. The insistent reference to guns throughout Blood on the Fog is disquieting when considering the horrifying context of Americas gun-saturated society.The poem ends drearily: Baby, I dont have money for food/ I have no present moment at all.

Despite the dreary turns in his verse, Tongo Eisen-Martins words have the capacity to liberate both the senses and repressed society. While his poetry is never exactly ebullient in tone, it can certainly evoke ebullience by way of its jolting, sometimes humorous style, replete with poetry meta-references.

Above all, and maybe somewhat contradictorily, Eisen-Martins poetry is vigorously musical. The feverish delivery of his poems at a reading hit me like a tornado, causing chaos in my consciousness. When I came home and read his words on thepage, I was blown away once again.But it was his trance-like, intense reading that I could not shake off.

Beware, because his readings can be deceptively casual at times; he can start out sounding like he is in the middle of a colloquial conversation, but then he builds toward a frenzied crescendo, all the while his soothing voice undulating rhythmically. Other times he spits fire, suffusing your senses, and doing so with an urgent and unorthodox lyricism.

Indeed, Eisen-Martin is a powerhouse poet whose vivid, scorching satire is humane to the core. He subverts the way that political poetry is presented and calls for a smashing of the state that is so imprisoning for so many.

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The connection we have with music has proven to be remarkable one. Especially in recent times, it has helped us stand united whilst offering the spark of hope that lights up the road ahead. Music has always been there to draw strength from, and that unbreakable bond shines through fully in the eighteenth edition of Armin van Buurens year mix series: A State Of Trance Year Mix 2021.

Weaving together a handpicked selection of 106 tracks in its two-hour mix, this brand-new year mix from the five-time #1 DJ in the world is designed to guide fans back to the dance floor in both body and spirit.

Including the years most beloved productions from genre stalwarts such as Above & Beyond, Aly & Fila, Andrew Rayel, Cosmic Gate, Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery, Kryder, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Tinlicker and of course Armin van Buuren himself, the mix album serves as a reminder that our love for music can help us overcome any obstacle or setback, as brilliantly illustrated by the spoken-word intro and outro.

Heres what Armin van Buuren had to say about the Year Mix:

Its a tradition to close the year with a year mix that holds all the best of trance and progressive, and it also gives me a moment to look back and reflect. This year, I am more grateful than ever for having music in my life. Its been a constant source of light in these troubling times and I love music all the more for it. Music will continue to light the way, and I hope it will lead us toward the end of the tunnel soon.

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Above & Beyond are getting ready to honor their most iconic release in a huge way.

It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since the legendary trance music trio dropped Group Therapy. Since then, we've seen them produce countless originals, remixes, and collaborative works all while reinforcing their position as one of the leading figures in trance music.

Longtime fans have kept the massively popular album that would go on to become the name of their long-running radio show in a special place in their hearts. In honor of this, Above & Beyond have called on some of their favorite dance music producers to reimagine some of their biggest tracks for an upcoming two-part remix album.

Some of the artists who've lent their talents areOliver Heldens, Manila Killa, Braxton, Pretty Pink, Ilan Bluestone, and many more, alongside the trio themselves for good measure. Sadly not much is known about the upcoming remixes, so fans will have to exercise patience before release day.

Super-fans and vinyl aficionados will be excited to hear that the group are releasing a special edition, hand-numbered vinyl box set. Included in the release are art prints, a slipmat, and the original Group Therapy album to round out fans' collections.

10 Years of Group Therapyis slated for release on Friday, December 17th, 2021. You can pre-save the record and pre-order the collector's edition box sethere.

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DJ and record producer Paul Oakenfold has dropped his newest single, this time collaborating with DJ and record producerZHU, andVelvet Cash. TitledIm Into It the track is the newest to drop from Paul Oakenfolds upcoming studio albumShine On due to be released January 21, 2022. This is the second track to be recently offered by Oakenfold with the introduction of up-and-coming vocalist Velvet Cash. In October of 2021 Oakenfold and Velvet Cash put out aNervo remix of a single titledPray for Me.

Oakenfold seems to have moved away from his trance roots with this newest single. The track delivers a lyrical, future house vibe. While definitely danceable, the lyrics of Im Into It are those of a seductive, one sided love song. ZHU fans will easily be able to hear his influence on the sound of this super fresh and spellbinding song

Oakenfold has been busy collaborating with other singers and producers for this forthcoming studio album with already heard collaborations includingIm In LovewithAloe Blacc, andHypnotic, a Benny Benassiremixed track featuring Azealia Banks. Oakenfold also teamed up with the great trance DJArmin van Burrenfor a new trance trackSonata featured on Armins 2021 albumA State of Trance Forever.

Finally, Oakenfold is wrapping up 2021 with a few solo U.S. performances in December as early as Friday December 10, 2021, in San Diego, California. Oakenfold will again be revving up the stage in 2022 as the Special Guest DJ ofThe Unity Tour North America 2022.Thetour is headlined by Electronic Dance Music PioneersNew OrderandPet Shop Boys! 2021 solo performance dates and The Unity Tour North America 2022 dates and ticket information are available on Oakenfolds websitehere.

Listen to Paul Oakenfolds collaboration with ZHU and Velvet Cash, Im Into It below.

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Hey everyone! Im Phil Crifo, game director on Tchia. We just released a really cool gameplay trailer during The Game Awards and were excited to dive deeper into our Soul Jumping mechanic.

Soul Jumping allows Tchia to take control of animals and objects around the world, opening fun and emergent exploration and combat gameplay opportunities. In this blog Ill elaborate a bit on how this mechanic evolved over the course of development and how it works in the final game.

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Soul Jumping in Tchia is straightforward, you press a button and Tchia enters a sort of trance in this mode, time is slowed down considerably, allowing you to aim precisely. Objects and animals you can Soul Jump to are highlighted in green. Aim, press the Soul Jump button, Tchia is warped to the target Youre in!

Notice how Tchias tiar flower transfers onto animals ears while youre controlling them.

Tchia discovers her Soul Jumping abilities early on in the game, but that doesnt mean she has full control over her powers from the start. At first, youll be able to take control of things for a short amount of time only, but as you progress through the game, you will discover special challenges that, once completed, will grant you an additional slot on your Soul Meter, allowing you to use your abilities more extensively and start experimenting with complex combos.

Once youre controlling an animal or an object, youll notice Tchias Soul Meter slowly draining depending on what you do. This allows us to balance locomotion and abilities. For example, simply rolling around as a coconut will drain your meter very slowly, while covering long distances with a bird will be a bit more taxing.

Animals have very diverse abilities. Some are unique actions, for example dogs are able to dig up buried treasures and crabs can destroy locks and chains with their crazy pinchers. Other animals offer locomotion advantages such as flying or being able to swim super fast and deep, very useful for exploration.

Animals are fun to control, but objects can be very useful, too. When Soul Jumping to any object, you are able to control it and roll around using a fun physics-based movement system. From there, you can perform a Soul Throw; this technique allows Tchia to aim and shoot the object at a target while warping out of it at the same time. This is very powerful when used with explosive or flammable objects for example.

Soul Jumping is a core mechanic of Tchia, and weve been refining it since the early concept days of the project, here is a glimpse at its evolution throughout development.

At first, Tchia had a simple telekinesis ability. It was fun to move objects around but wasnt very dynamic and didnt feel super fresh.

Later on, we refined the mechanic to actually give direct control to the player while Tchia was stuck in place in a trance state. This was instantly more fun, but we realized it didnt allow for dynamic combos or locomotion perks, as you would always go back to Tchias initial location when unpossessing. It also left Tchias body vulnerable and that didnt allow for on the fly, quick evasive uses of the ability.

From there, the natural next step was having Tchia warp into her target in a quick and snappy motion, and jump out of it in location when unpossessing. This allows for very cool and dynamic combos, incentivizes the use of the ability in evasive and offensive maneuvers, and is just overall super fun!

Please let us know what you think of our new gameplay trailer, and shoot us a message if youre excited about the game (We need the encouragement as we reach the late stages of production). Stay tuned for more deep dives into our sandbox mechanics in the near future, and give us a follow on Twitter for regular updates.

I hope this overview of our Soul Jumping mechanic sparked some interest and made you wanna explore the world of Tchia as a crab, a bird, a shark or any of the 30+ playable animals and tons of objects present in the game.Tchia is coming Spring 2022 on Playstation 4 and Playstation 5. Cheers!

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Taapsee Pannu on Monday, revealed that her upcoming movie Looop Lapeta is heading for a digital release on Netflix. She made the announcement with a motion poster with the caption Time is ticking, and it is time to run. Looop Lapeta is the official Hindi remake of German film Run Lola Run. It also stars Tahir Raj Bhasin.

The video has a trance-like feel to it and gives us a glimpse into the world of Looop Lapeta, promising it to be a fun-filled, thrilling ride. Taapsee, who is fresh from the success of Rashmi Rocket, wrote with the video on Instagram, Cant wait for all of you to see the film! #LooopLapeta, A Sony Pictures Films India Feature and Ellipsis Entertainment Production, directed by Aakash Bhatia.

In Looop Lapeta, Taapsee plays the role of Savi. Tahir on the hand hand plays her on-screen lover named Satya. Earlier this year, Tahir introduced his character to his audience with a social media post. Dearest Savi, tujhse mill kar meri life badal gayi (life has changed after I met you) and all it took is a day. Sometimes when were together I can feel time standstill. When you laugh it seems to slip by. We obviously bend the definition of time and now, quite literally, that must be put to the test. The only stakes higher than live or die are love & loss. So run, run like you must to keep us going! I place my bets on you, Tahir wrote along with a poster of his film.

Run Lola Run starred Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu. Taapsee steps into the shoes of Franka.Earlier this year, Taapsee opened up on why she was reluctant on signing the film but eventually went ahead with it.

In an Instagram post, Taapsee wrote, I ran behind some films and some have just thankfully fallen in my lap. This (Loop Lapeta) being the latter I couldnt be more grateful to these guys and the luck line in my palm. From entering the narration with the idea to say No, to leaving it with an immediate Yes, thanks to these gentlemen for hanging by a solid script and concept for years and being more sure of me being Savi than I was.

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Arguably one of the greatest electronic dance music tracks of all time, Love Is Gone by SLANDER and Dylan Matthew has been treated to its 12th (and standalone) remix by none other than Tisto.

Having racked up over 60 million streams on Spotify and captivating the hearts of music lovers all over the world, its no surprise that over two years since its initial release, this track is still so relevant today.

Love Is Gone was released on Gud Vibrations, SLANDERS joint label with trap lord NGHTMRE, in 2019. The beginning of 2020 welcomed a 7-remix pack including remixes from Danny Olson, Synymata and Kompany. This year, some of electronic musics finest graced the track, copping remixes from R3HAB, Kaskade, Alok and Armin van Buuren in a staggered release.

Tisto adds a nice progressive touch to the track, which will no doubt feature heavily in his upcoming sets. Hell be hitting up SOUNDSTORM festival in Saudi Arabia next weekend, as well as a busy run across the United States into the New Year and a small Australian stint in March.

Having just come off a hot run of shows, including multiple sets at EDC Las Vegas (one of them back-to-back with Said The Sky) and appearances at Lost Lands and Lollapalooza, as well as recent collaborations with Ganja White Night, MARAUDA and Elle Vee, SLANDER have had a 2021 to remember. Theyll be looking forward to 2022, with a live and exclusive performance at Ultra Music Festival in Miami featuring Dylan Matthew.

SLANDER have also been teasing the second part of Love Is Gone (titled Walk On Water) in their live sets for the best part of two years; the track also features British vocalist RRY (the sister of trance DJ Gareth Emery). Maybe in 2022, itll see the light of day?

You can stream the remix below, be sure to let us know your thoughts!

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