VORTEX ~ Open Source 2014 ~ 20 Years of Psy-Trance ~

Wed Dec 3, 10:00 - Mon Dec 8, 18:00

Riviersonderend

ABOUT

The Only 5 Day Psy-Trance Gathering in Southern Africa...

In Celebration of 20 Years of African Psy-Trance Adventures
Summer is here, bringing a NEW season of fresh Beginnings and Adventures ♥ A New Season of Peace, Love, Unity and Respect ♥

Vortex was born on the 24th November 1994, a Party called The Essence Of Fluroesence, location, a warehouse in Woodstock, in the very year that South Africa was embracing Freedom & rejoicing in the birth of a new era, a truly magical & special time in African History, guided by a true visionary of Peace, Love, Unity & Respect, Nelson Mandela.

Twenty years down the road, we invite you to please join us for our 20th Birthday Celebration, an International Psy-Trance Gathering on the Southern most Tip of the African continent where the Indian & Atlantic Oceans meet, Cape Town - South Africa. Home to Table Mountain, one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the world.

Experience Psy-Culture as it should be, 7 Days of Friends, Fun & Sunshine in one of the most, unique, organic, beautiful, comfortable, amazing & user-friendly locations we have ever found. In celebration of 20 Years of Outdoor Gatherings & the dedicated promotion of the way of life it teaches.

Right now Cape Town South Africa is without a doubt one of the booming outdoors trance destinations of the world & one of its best-kept secrets. Our outdoor summer season is from November to January & with massive outdoor parties every weekend there is no shortage of killer Psy-Trance experiences in beautiful outdoor locations all summer...
♥ ONE DANCE-FLOOR, ONE ENERGY, ONE LOVE ♥

NB:Monday 08 December is a Public Holiday - National Trance Day
After 20 Years we felt the Trance family deserved our very own holiday, after all Mondays after parties have very often proved troublesome, so a day off is most welcome for a change Make sure you apply for leave from work!

♥ COMPETITIONS ♥
CityLifer: http://goo.gl/O5KltE
Cape Town Parties: http://goo.gl/DoH6H8
Missing Link Productions: http://goo.gl/hsTs9l

♥ ??? THE MUSIC ???♥
A Super Psychedelic Sound Journey over 5 Days & 4 Nights in a Magical Sacred Circle. The Featured Magical DJ Sound Masters Gathering from far & wide...

Bim (Germany) / Symbolic (Israel) / Waio (Brazil) / Cylon (Japan) /Creator (Switzerland) / Materia (Austria) / Driss (France) / Kristian Dejavoo (UK) / 2012 (Brazil) / Thaty (Brazil) / Kai Mathesdorf (Germany) / Tim Duster (Finland) / Ozmali (Holland) / Miazu (Finland) / Korento (Finland) / Tripsy Gypsy (Durban) / State Of The Arb (Durban) / Headroom (CT) / MOOG (Wilderness) / Killer B (Joburg) / Skragg (CT) / DJ Mark (CT) / Shift (CT) / Bruce (CT) / Connecto (CT) / Itone (Corona) (CT) / Bernz (CT) / Deliriant (CT) / Archive (CT) / Jamal (CT) / Zentradi (Knysna) / Dala (CT) / Tune Raider (CT) / Kalahari (FreeState) / TRIP (Joburg) / Silo (CT) / Skitzo (CT) / Humerous (CT) / K-JOS (CT) / Jukebox (CT) / Psyops (CT) / HegChick (Joburg) / Rubix Qube (CT) / Conscious Chaos (CT) / PsyTronik (Wilderness) / Wyndham (CT) / Fractal (CT) / Sway (CT) / Satori (CT) / SwiTcHcaChe (CT) & Special Mystery Guests...

14 Years ago we honored the Artists who make the music with the SA 2000 Millennium Party & 14 Years later, on our 20 Year Birthday, we honor the Art & Expression of the DJ. The SA 2014 Party will feature 4 Hour JOURNEY DJ sets from some of the finest exponents in the art of Electronic Music Mixing.

The Millennium saw Vortex produce the hugely internationally acclaimed party on New Years Eve, SA 2000, This was a worldwide groundbreaking event, featuring all the formulative Artists at that time of the trance scene. There were no DJ sets at all in this first ever Exclusively Live Festival Format.

The Feature of the Festival was exclusive 2-hour live performances from artists like - Hallucinogen, X-Dream, Total Eclipse, Psychaos, Pleaidians, Kox-Box, Cydonia, Etnica, Deviant Species, Tristan, Tim Schuldt, Joti Sidhu, Infected Mushroom, Droidlock, California Sunshine, Medicine Drum, Bamboo Forest, Dino Psaras & Slinky Wizard, in honor of their contribution towards the development of Psy-Trance music over the first 10 Years of its history.

Then came The SA 2002 Total Solar Eclipse Festival & voted by many as one of the best Trance Experience of their lives. On tribal land on the border of one of the world's largest wild-life sanctuaries, The Kruger Park, this 5 day festival saw thousands of International Travelers again visit SA shores.

A collaboration between Vortex, EtnicaNet & Alien Safari the feature of this festival was to gather the primary party organizers of the Trance scene worldwide in celebration of Trance Culture.

With representatives attending from Party organizations Solstice, V00V, TBE, Solipse, Zoom, Celeb Brazil, Samothraki Dance Festival, TimeCode, Mushroom Mafia, The Glade Pioneers & a dynamic line-up of 50 Artists from around the world, including Etnica, Bamboo Forest, GMS, Pleaidians, Droidlock, Tristan, Antidote. Skragg, Akira, Twisted System, Shift, Droidlock, Slinky Wizard, the Festival ran for 5 days & turned into one of the most powerful Southern Hemisphere Eclipse Dance-Floor Energy Experience & Psy-Trance Gatherings in history.

♥ THE LOCATION ♥ "Circle Of Dreams" CAPE TOWN - SOUTH AFRICA - Riviersonderend / Endless River - GPS 34*08’16.27”S 19*59’43.14”E . A place in consciousness, where you are one with your soul and its purpose to enjoy every moment of your incarnation. A place which invites the contemplation of divine mystery, and encourages an attitude of spiritual openness not necessarily where answers are grasped or understood but rather where questions are asked, conversations occur, rituals are perpetuated, dances are performed and silence is heard.

A place that exudes harmony, beauty & peace & has the magic of trees & hidden forest beings & the mysteries of the ancients. It has wide mountain views, yet is completely secluded. A beautiful Private forested River Party Sanctuary giving us a magical party space, perfect for multiple days of psychedelic adventure. An Endless River, underneath ancient majestic mountains ranges. The cry of the African fish eagle, a lush forest, a circle of oak trees used by travelers for 100’s of years as a sanctuary, shaded camping for every tent & a beautiful river for swimming.

With the tailor-made CIRCLE OF DREAMS venue providing you with full facilities - Hot Showers, Flush-Toilets, FREE Structured Drinking Water, Shaded Camping WITH YOUR CAR, communal 24 Hour Braai Fires in all camping Zones, FREE camping for one day before & after the festival, around the clock security, Medics, Art Performances, Food Vendors, Trade Stalls & so much more. Give yourself Seven days to uplift the soul, nourish the mind and feed your universe.

? DIRECTIONS ?
From CT International Airport - Take First Exit Left N2 Somerset West. Go over Sir Lowry’s pass. Through Caledon to Riviersonderend. From Caltex on RHS in Riviersonderend Travel 7 km’s & turn left at DR1306.
From George - Take N2 to Cape Town - Past Swellendam & turn right at DR1306. LOOK FOR SIGNS! Distance is relative to your desire to travel. Life’s a Journey, Enjoy the Ride.

? FESTIVAL PARTY BUS ?
The Safe Way to Travel to Vortex!R350 Return, R180 One way Leaving Green Point Lighthouse at 12pm Thursday
Booking and payment in advance essential - Contact Pieter de Wet for more info: E-mail: [email protected] Cell: 082 5772 772
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/festivalpartybus
Web: http://www.festivalpartybus.com/contact.html

Join us UNITED as we venture as ONE into the next 20 years of Psy-Culture in South Africa! A Pure Psychedelic Sound Journey of 120 Hours of music, over 5 Days & 4 Nights, ONE Amazing , ONE of a kind African Psy-Trance Experience in a Magical Forest Location. Main Stage runs from Thursday 4thtill Monday 8th December, with 20 Years of Vortex Festival Experience in combining Music, Art, Nature & Technology , with the express aim of connecting YOU together as ONE, in a Truly Unique Tribal Gathering.

♥ FULL PRESOLD FESTIVAL TICKET ♥ R 500 ♥
CANNOT GET OFF THE COUCH, Confirmed Internet Junky - Online ?
♥ Full Festival Presold Ticket Available Online @ Quicket ♥ R 500 ? CLICK ? http://www.quicket.co.za/events/5436-vortex-open-source-2014-20-years-of-psy-trance/

? DO NOT TRUST THE VIRTUAL WORLD ? maybe a bit technologically challenged? Get Your Hard copy direct from these outlets.

CAPE TOWN CBD: Little Amsterdam - 4A Buiten Street – 021 4242320
CAPE TOWN CBD: Ska - 161 Long St. - 021 4265025
CAPET TOWN CBD: Sport n Surf – Long Street - 021 426 4550
GARDENS: Global Girl, Gardens Centre - 021 4611756
GARDENS: Ashanti Travel Centre - Hof St - 021 4238721
SEA POINT: Call-A-Pizza (after 5pm) - 021 4340818
CLAREMONT: Ska - Cavendish Connect - 021 6711367
PLUMSTEAD: Earth DNA - 153 Main Rd, Plumstead
OBSERVATORY: Zion Headshop - 122A Lower Main Rd.
OBSERVATORY: Bohemian Lofts Backpackers - 41 Trill Rd - 021 447 6204
HOUT BAY: Ta-Da Coffee Bar @ The Boardroom - 37 Victoria Rd - 021 7908132
NOORDHOEK: Namaste - The Milking Shed, Farm Village - 021 7891396
KALK BAY: Ska - Main Rd. - 021 7887437
KALK BAY: Gypsy – Main Rd – 021 788 6802
TOKAI: Sport Unlimited - Constantia Village – 021 701 0044
TABLEVIEW: Ska - Bayside Mall - 0839543391
CANAL WALK: Wild Fire Body Piercing Clinic - 021 5528929
CANAL WALK: Surf Centre - Shop 454 - 021 5554970
DURBANVILLE: Long Street - Tyger Valley Centre - 021 9143136
DURBANVILLE: Red Revenge Studio - Unit 27-28, Buena Vista - 021 9757086
SOMERSET WEST: Old Skool Tattoos - Main Rd - 071 3455096
STELLENBOSCH: Gypsy - 147 Dorp St - 021 8867157
HERMANUS: Funky Vibes - 145 Main Rd - 028 3121446
GEORGE: Shannon Smith - 082 3049731
WILDERNESS: Le Shop - Milkwood village
KNYSNA: Other World Tattoo - Oude Fabriek - 082 5147648

♥ VORTEX AMBASSADORS ♥
Christiaan Barnard - Garden Route
https://www.facebook.com/christiaan.barnard.50?fref=ts
Adriaan Smit - Mossel bai
https://www.facebook.com/adriaansmit3?fref=ts
Chloe Jones - Table View
https://www.facebook.com/chloe.jones.965928?fref=ts
Sean Roberts - Milnerton
https://www.facebook.com/sean.roberts.589583?fref=ts
Brandon Menzies - Table View
https://www.facebook.com/blmenzies?fref=ts
Brinley Pritchard - CBD
https://www.facebook.com/brinleyp1?fref=ts
Shannon Smith – George
https://www.facebook.com/shannon.hellzangel?fref=ts
Jamie Sacred Sister – Table View, Parklands
https://www.facebook.com/jamie.vortexopensource?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
June Jack Rabbit – Garden Route
https://www.facebook.com/Pshroon?fref=ts
Tamlyn Morgan – Milnerton, Somerset west
https://www.facebook.com/tamlyn.morgan?fref=ts
Johan Schultz – Milnerton

? AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW & DIFFERENT ? PRE-SOLD WEEKEND FESTIVAL TICKETS ♥ R 350 ♥ Valid from 10 am Saturday ♥ Can't get off for the whole Festival? No Worries! Vortex has a SPECIAL Weekend Pass just for you!

Due to popular Demand Vortex is offering a Pre-Sold Weekend Ticket valid from 10 AM on Saturday which still gives you a full 2 Nights & 3 Days or 72 Hours of Open Source Magic. SAVE R 100 on the Saturday Gate Price of R450 by buying your Weekend Ticket Now. Available By Email Direct @ earlybird.opensource@gmail.com And as always for those couch potatoes ♥ Weekend Festival Tickets Available Online @ Quicket ♥ R 350 CLICK http://www.quicket.co.za/events/5436-vortex-open-source-2014-20-years-of-psy-trance/

? KEEPING YOU TOTALLY INFORMED AS ALWAYS?
Woke up late, heard it was cooking, FOMO kicked in & managed to wrangle the day off work with some creative thinking. Daily Tickets are available from the front gate with a reduction in price after every 24 Hours of Festival. Please be aware that should we reach veue capacity these will be unavailable. All Open Source Festivals are limited for your comfort, safety & security.

♥ DAILY TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DAY @ THE GATE ♥
? From 10 AM on Thursday - R 550 - Giving you 5 Days & 4 Nights or 120 Hours of Music + Camping (Festival Finishes Monday @ 4 PM)
? From 10 AM on Friday - R 500 - Giving you 4 Days & 3 Nights or 96 Hours of Music + Camping (Festival Finishes Monday @ 4 PM)
? From 10 AM on Saturday - R 450 - Giving you 3 Days & 2 Nights or 72 Hours of Music + Camping (Festival Finishes Monday 4 PM)
? From 10 AM on Sunday - R 350 - Giving you 2 Days & 1 Nights or 48 Hours of Music + Camping (Festival Finishes Monday 4 PM)

♥ FESTIVAL ACCOMMODATION ♥ - Fish Eagle Tented Camp:
Experience the Festival in style & comfort. Fully kitted 2 person tents available for hire in a spacious, fully shaded, secure, secluded, comfortable & safe space, situated in a prime river frontage location. Private serviced flush toilets, hot-showers, 24 Hour Security & a Charging station for mobile phones & laptops. Tent equipment includes, 2 x comfy mattresses, pillows, sleeping bags & interior light. Car parking @ your tent. For Bookings email [email protected]

R 400 / EU 30 / $ 45 / Day per Tent (2 Person Sharing). Minimum Stay of 3 Nights. Discounted Full 7 Day Hire ? R 1800 /EU 180 / $200 ?

♥ FESTIVAL ACCOMODATION & TICKET PACKAGES ♥
Package 1 – Full Party Package Includes:
2 x Discounted Tickets @ R400 each (SAVE R200)
1 x Discounted 2 man Tent at our Fish Eagle Camp for 5 Nights @ R1600 (SAVE R200) All this for R2400.00. This means you will save total of R400 from the standard price of the pre-sale ticket and festival accommodation. This package gives you access and accommodation at the event for the full 6 days from Wednesday the 3rd to Monday the 8th Dec.

Package 2 – Weekend Party Package Includes:
2 x Weekend Tickets @ R350 each (SAVE R100) Entry from Friday 4pm Only!! 1 x Discounted 2 man Tent at our Fish Eagle Camp for 3 Nights @ R1100 (SAVE R100). All this for R1800.00 Save a total of R200 from the standard price of the weekend ticket and festival accommodation. This package gives you access and accommodation at the event from Friday the 4th to Monday the 8th Dec.

♥ SOUTH AFRICAN TRAVEL INFO ♥
There are no Visa Requirements for EU citizens for up to a 90-day stay in South Africa. Tourist Visa available at Airport Customs upon entry to the country. For all your South African Travel Info, including Party Tickets, Party Transport, Airport Transfers, Accommodation, Car-Hire, Inter-City Transfers, Currency Exchange, Table Mountain Tours, Safari Packages & much much more:

Contact Ashanti Travel Centre:
E- mail: [email protected] / www.ashanti.co.za
11 Hof Street | Gardens | Cape Town | 8001 | South Africa Telephone: + 27 21 423 8721 | Fax: + 27 21 423 8790

♥ STALL BOOKINGS ♥
Contact: [email protected] / Bookings close 25/11/14.
GENERAL INFO: Tel +27 (0) 71 4688339 / Email: [email protected]
Media & Industry Guest-list closed from 25th November
Contact [email protected]

? GENERAL INFO ?
Tel +27 (0) 71 4688339 / Email: [email protected]
Keep an eye on our FB Page RIGHT NOW for Competitions & Ticket Give-aways & while the Festival is going for Regular Up-dates. Such as Local Daily Weather, “Road-Works”, Road Conditions, Line-Up Times & all your questions answered.

WEBSITE:
www.vortexopensource.co.za
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/vortex.trance.adventures
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/TheVortexSource
YOUTUBE:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfTCVXdebBCz4LMFydUrhQ
PINTEREST:
http://www.pinterest.com/opensourcesa/
INSTAGRAM:
http://instagram.com/vortexopensourcesa/

♥ OPEN SOURCE ♥
Psychedelic Trance Parties are engineered experiences, usually by multiple sets of consciousness to create conditions that are favorable to the expansion of awareness. They are used to orchestrate individuals to awaken to a new concept, awareness, or to cross paths with a particular teacher or teaching event. Event Strings are catalysts to connect individuals with new concepts and energetic transfers that re-grid an obsolete men...tal model. They are most commonly used to shift awareness within the initiated light workers who are the vanguard of human destiny.”

Psychedelic Trance is a way of life, a way of living that teaches us the beauty of the world and our relationship to it. Trance parties for us are about the connection of the conscious whole through the expression of dance & Only the unified true intentions of the participants, organizers & musicians allow this to take place. Open Source is a collaboration of like-minded, dedicated Psychedelic Freedom Fighters committed to the revival of an authentic & profoundly transformative vibe in the outdoor party scene. This is realized through our unique family gathering in the magical realms of the Circle of Dreams, a river & forest camping setting located near the bewitching Mother City of Cape Town, on the Southern tip of Africa.

'Open Source' is an ideal initiated in the technological community as a revolutionary response to elitist corporate culture & reflects a struggle against oppression that resonates on many levels within our world & every living being in it. This renegade movement promotes free, universal access & redistribution of a design or idea & its implementation. It is typically created as a collaborative effort in which all improve upon the code & share the changes within the community. It unifies us as co-creators of transformative acts in our evolution & expansion as a global, synchronized family.

The Psy-Trance Community is an expression of this integrated remix culture & holds exceptional power & responsibility for unity, harmony and global respect. We believe that by aligning with the open source paradigm we can unlock this potential as a radical catalyst for change. As small as this change may be, we recognize the significance of every creative element in the bigger picture, and hold conviction in our inherent role as light-workers for conscious metamorphosis.

Across two decades of whole-hearted involvement & allegiance to this community, we have come to know and work with many sensational people from all over the world who echo this cause. People who are committed to leaving behind all illusions of separateness - including politics, race and religion - by connecting as one through music and sharing the moment. Who believe that the road is as important as the destination itself? It is our goal to encourage & assist the collaboration of these visionaries, as well as the expansion of this awareness to others, sharing the gift of giving without wanting back in return.

With this in mind, our productions are geared at combining the idea of carnival with the idea of spiritual and material transformation. For us, it’s about keeping the counter cultural spirit alive; providing a safe and spiritually charged space in which people can let go and experience the ancient energies of the communal dance! South Africa has an edge that needs to be celebrated – it’s a melting pot of cultures, traditions and energies and at this point in the history of humanity there couldn't be a better place to celebrate transformation of consciousness and the human potential for converting imagination into reality.

STRICTLY NO UNDER 18’s, FIRES, GLASS BOTTLES
The organizers accept no responsibility whatsoever for injury, death, loss or damage of any nature to persons, vehicles & belongings resulting from any cause whatsoever. Due care has been taken to make this event safe & secure. Participation at event is entirely at your own risk. RIGHT OF ADMISSION RESERVED!

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VORTEX ~ Open Source 2014 ~ 20 Years of Psy-Trance ~
Riviersonderend
Riviersonderend, South Africa
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