Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Peaking Goddess Collective, Juno Reactor, SHpongle, James Monroe, Real World Records, Ninja Tunes, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Motorpsycho, Tool, James Brown, George Clinton, Kickbong, Secret Vibes, Albert Hoffman, Bob Marley and any other good vibrations!
FLOOTING GROOVES is PEARCE VAN DER MERWE, born in Cape Town, South Africa.
He has been surrounded by music all his life. After having tried various intruments
at a young age including violin, piano and french horn he finally settled on the silver flute, heavily influenced by an encounter with Jethro Tull and the green and meaningful.
Jamming with Sean Strydom(acoustic guitar, electric bass) and his step brother Eliot Short (violinist, vocalist) the acoustic trio INFUSIONS was born. After the last few
gigs in Cape Town he left again for Europe where he floated and flooted in places like London, Edinburgh and finally settling for a 2 year course in Music Composition and Technology at the APM school in North Italy.
The next stop was Amsterdam and it is
here that he came into contact with the Trance scene, after a mindblowing experience
at a party in a church in Ruigoord.
Amsterdam is definitely a meeting point and so it its not surprising that one comes across like minded people, in this case Dan Symons and Ajja Leu two musicians just
getting into computers and production based in Lausanne, Switzerland. So with Moreno and Gaspard(who had in the meantime founded PEAK RECORDS with Tanya and Ajja)
the PEAKING GODDESS COLLECTIVE was born. The Collective played at various parties
in and out of Switzerland as an organic live-act playing from chill to downtempo to groove-based psytrance. From here everyone branched into other projects while keeping the Collective alive. Dan branched into dub (DYMONS) and nighttime psy (DRAGONS), Gaspard and Ajja started humourous, psychedelic project YABYUM (AJJA as solo live-act too), Moreno continued as MASTER MARGHERITA doing deep ambient, downtempo grooves and ethno beats.
First liveset for FLOOTING GROOVES was feb.2005 at TWISTED GROOVES in Geneva. His style incorporates ambient, downtempo, chill, funk,
groovy psytrance and progressive still using live flute at most gigs. He plays at parties
in Switzerland and around the globe, highlights in the last couple of years include (starting from most recent):
FREAKS BLAST (Portugal,New Year'07)
...AND FROGS FELL FROM THE SKY (Amsterdam,Oct.'06)
ZOOM (Switzerland, Aug.'06)
BOOM Festival (Portugal,'06),
WORLD PEOPLE (France,July'06)
LIFE festival (Ireland,June'06)
BELLALUNA (Switzerland,June'06)
HIGH-IN-THE-SKY (Switzerland, April'06)
SOULCLIPSE (Turkey,March'06)
ALIEN SAFARI-TRANCEGRESSION (S.Africa,
Feb.'06)
BEARTRAP (S.Africa,Feb.'06)
After a very successful debut album 'Upsyde Downe', he now presents his 2nd album 'Psydeburns' to be released on Peak Records, the 27 November 2009. Distribution Arabesque.
Here's a list of online shops where the album will be available:
How are You? I hope you still ok! I have News my friend, so listen the newest Track "Under Control" in my player! The Debut-Album "Time4Revolution" of my Project "2012Conection" is released on 16.11.2009 by digitalFrequenz-Records!
Do you like my music? I just discovered another cool site with lots of artists of various styles: amiestreet.com! Of course, I put my whole disco on it, and now it's available to you for downloading :)
hey pearce just dropping in to complement the new tunes. super nice feeling in the tracks, especially i think digeridont and kyrosmatik are great success. i like very much hope all is well
Olá Flooting Grooves, aparece na Good Vibes Party!!! Quinta 15 Outubro @ Santiago Alquimista
Good Vibes Party!!! Quinta 15 Outubro @ Santiago Alquimista
Ingredientes: Macacos do Chinês + Melo D + Skalibans + Kid Selecta + Camboja + Sessão de cinema com o documentário "Lusofonia a (R)evolução" + feira and visuals by Alatak!!!
Good Vibes Party: O Festão que faz do Outono Verão!! :) Bora lá!!!!!!!!!! Entrada Livre até às 21h30!!!
"Chillout Moods to Urban Grooves" is the second album by international artist The Smiley Pixie. The Pixie has built up a reputation on multiple continents for his freeform interpretation of live music, and this latest collection of works is no exception. Like a true wandering minstrel, the Pixie's life has been one of transnational, multicultural musical training, experience, and cultivation, and this dedication shows itself in his eclectic, diverse array of sounds and arrangements. From gypsy-style piano to freestyle guitar to nigh-futuristic electro breaks and drum and bass, the Pixie infuses his music with enough flavour for all to be able to enjoy. So, why wait? Listen for yourself and feel the heart and energy that this fairy folk has built his life's purpose around.
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