Rip Van Hippy, aka Geoffrey Hales began playing music in the late sixties in Australia, travelled the hippy trails of India, Morocco in the early seventies,studying and collecting percussion, returned to australia and performed with the white company,a group of musicians actors and dancers put together to tour australia to publicize the aquarius festival in nimbin,then toured and recorded with'captain matchbox'. eventually landing in Los Angeles, working with inspirational musicians such as, Herb Alpert,victor feldman,t bone burnett,abe laboriel, lee oskar,he performed and recorded with Osama Kitajima for ten years and on various movie soundtracks such as Shogun, The Year of Living Dangerously. Toured Japan and Europe many times and played at the Monterey Jazz Festival (81) and the Technics Jazz Festival in Tokyo and Osaka (83).
Returning back to Australia in the late eighties Geoffrey worked as a session percussionist for many of the top Australian recording artists,including crowded house,cruel sea,tiddas ,touring with ollie olsens'third eye'also recorded for several gus till projects and with japanese seminal art group'the boredoms'.his percussion featured on the peter weir film,'the truman show'.writing advertising jingles for Uncle Toby's, Mercedes Benz etc, while producing recording his unique style of psychedelic electronic music, first under the moniker of 'Tripitaka' with releases on Matsuri Productions (UK/Japan) and Return to the Source (uk).
Geoffrey also one half of Fluro Conspiracy (Psy-Harmonics /Transient) with Ollie Olsen and has collaborated with Andrew Till & Ollie Olsen on their The Visitors project (Psy-Harmonics/Transient/Matsuri/ Return to the source) and co-wrote Psyko Disko's hit single 'Getaway' released on Flying Rhino & Psy-Harmonics. Finally with Rip Van Hippy Geoffrey began experimenting with his intensive knowledge of rhythm, sounds and composition with the release of his debut album 'Waking Up is Hard to Do!' followed by 'When Bernie was a Tree' then 'the whole worlds hip and thats not cool'gaining a strong support from the media and loyal followers from around the World. playing at events such as the Outback Eclipse Festival (Australia)liquid room[tokyo], Mt.Fuji Rock Festival (Japan), Magical Forest (Greece), Rolling Thunder (Sado Island,Japan),nagisa[tokyo]the cube[tokyo],oshino dead[japan]many earthcores and other bush partiesl (Australia).
Presenting the 8th Annual GAIAN MIND SUMMER FESTIVAL Thursday, June 11th to Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Ramblewood, Darlington, Maryland, USA
VIBRASPHERE (Tribal Vision Records / Cloud 99 Music - Sweden)Live! Trance & Chillout Sets! HALTYA (Exogenic Records / Planetaria Recordings – Finland)Live! First USA Appearance! HEADROOM (Nano Records – South Africa)Live! First USA Appearance! FLIP-FLOP (Alchemy Records – UK)Live! First USA Appearance! HIGHPERSONIC WHOMEN (Exogenic Records / Planetaria Recordings – Finland)Live! First USA Appearance! REV (Doof Records - Netherlands)Live & DJ! First USA Appearance! HEMI-SYNC (Nano Records – UK)Live! First USA Appearance! ANDROCELL (Celestial Dragon Records – CO)Live! DISTANT SYSTEM (Celestial Dragon Records – CO)Live! NAASKO (Interchill Records / COZ&FX – Nelson, BC)Chillout & A/V Trance Sets!
Lectures & Workshops Featuring: Evolver Salon featuring CHARLES EISENSTEIN The Dance of Liberation by PARASHAKTI
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IONO MUSIC Crimson Underground 1. Sacha TIMEDRAINED 2. Holding Back INNER STATE 3. Thrilled Version 2 BBE VS MOTION DRIVE 4. Information I.S.Y.
ODISEO 5. Back Together (Klopfgeister rmx) TIME IN MOTION 6. Alive SENSE 7. Mind Expander (Solano rmx) AUDIOMATIC 8. Limited Velocity EMOTIVE 9. Traditional ways of healing INFINITY AND MEANDER
If it's too far from your home, if you have better things to do, if you're scared to go out...discover
Jack Dupon's video almost live at a private concert...
Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
Mrs. Gowanus, the line between us is so fine
What makes people act the way they do?
Mrs. Gowanus, this bar will be forever ours
Why did you have to leave us so soon?
It couldn’t have been the right time
It couldn’t have been so soon
Mrs. Gowanus, the lines between us are so fine
What secrets do you hide?
What futures can you tell me?
Looking into the cup you hold
Mrs. Gowanus, are you really so old,
That you alone know,
When the truth becomes lies,
Through the passage of time?
Mrs. Gowanus, why are you singing to the stones?
Do they tell you what you need to know?
Our seats are so far away
Mrs. Gowanus, the line between us is so fine
What makes people act the way they do?
Mrs. Gowanus, are we really losing you?