Faxi Nadu and Ocean Star Empire - Summer Solstice 2014 DI.FM

Originally broadcast at DI.FM Psytrance channel 210614
http://www.di.fm/goapsy/

Just a little history as some people on the original broadcast's posting have mentioned. As Faxi Nadu I produce music for over a decade. In 2008 I took almost a three years break from production and at that time hosted a trance radio show, made some parties and all that. From that time come the various oldschool goa sets that are floating online :) Faxi Nadu music started basically as silly nintendoish noodles and went through and still is going through constant change, one of the things I pride on is that every one of our albums is a totally different story. In 2011 I met Oss who became both my partner in music and my wife and now the Faxi Nadu name is both of us. She has progressively taken part since The Last Kick of Your Life album and today she is a full partner in crime :) In 2013 Nuno Muacho (Nomad Moon from Portugal), Leander Winkler (Killik from Germany) and I met online and started to talk about music and from that the Ocean Star Empire project was born. Leander has left the group after the debut album, but we have been joined by Kyle Ramos (Bacchanalian Bass from the USA). There is a Faxi Nadu album waiting in the wings for 2015, and we are 6 tracks into the next Ocean Star Empire one. Also at the moment Oss and I are working on a live act where we perform REAL live with synths and controllers and jam the music.

Here is the complete tracklist of the Solstice Set.

Ocean Star Empire - Arrival (The Purest Form 2014)
Faxi Nadu - After People  (The Last Kick of your Life 2011)
Faxi Nadu - In Another Life (In Another Life 2012)
Manny Zagri - Absence Mmakes the Heart Go Yonder (Faxi Remix) (2013 unrl)
Faxi Nadu - Fusion Platform (The Way Back 2014)
Reefer Decree - Target Practice (Faxi Nadu Remix) (2014 unrl)
Kolishin - Fingerprints (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Never Denied 2013)
Ocean Star Empire - Three Dots On a Map (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - How Small We Are (The Purest Form 2014)
Faxi Nadu - Tears of the Morning Flower (unrl -The Dangling Thread 2015)
Faxi Nadu - The Other Day (The Way Back 2014)
Faxi Nadu - Half a Ship in a Bottle (The Way Back 2014)
Killik - Spaetzle (Ocean Star Empire Remix) (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - Woven Drops (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - Rain From Within (The Purest Form 2014)
Bacchanalian Bass - Astroidial Artifacts (Ocean Star Empire Remix) (unrl)
Syntezia - Chaotic Alien (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Free Download on SC 2008)
Ocean Star Empire - Nuno's Abduction (The Purest Form 2014)
Syntezia - Microman (Faxi Nadu Remix)  (Free Download on SC 2008)
TG Virus - Kilomix 98 (Faxi Nadu 2012 Classic Trance Remix) (Free Download)
Faxi Nadu - Who We Are (Who We Are 2012)
Faxi Nadu - Ancient Explorers (Kosmicheskaya Mechta 2012)
Faxi Nadu - Golden Axe (2011 Remix) (Free Download on SC)
Faxi Nadu feat. Eli Marshak - Boundless Love (Remix) (unrl 2009)
Ocean Star Empire - All Good Things (The Purest Form 2014)

You can find The Purest Form and The Way Back on bandcamp, still have a few cds left -

http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/
http://oceanstarempire.bandcamp.com/

Faxi Nadu - Ocean Star Empire Purity Live Act at Babaganousha Radio 070614 - Recorded LIVE show

Bookings: faxinadu@hotmail.com

Ocean Star Empire's Purity LIVE show is performed by band members Faxi Nadu and Oss - a journey of hypnotic levels. Real live psychedelic trance with constant interaction between the performers and the music using synths and controllers.

Gear:
Akai Mpk25, Akai APC40, Novation Launchpad, Access Virus, Waldorf Rocket

Perforned and recorded live over the web on June 7 2014 at Babaganousha Radio
www.babagaousha.net

Show Debut!!! Ocean Star Empire and Faxi Nadu PURITY LIVE ACT - 7.6.14 - Babaganousha Radio

Saturday 7.6.2014 - 1600 (GMT) - 1800 (CSET)

Ocean Star Empire's PURITY LIVE ACT

Debut ! ! !

Performed by Faxi Nadu and Oss

A journey of hypnotic levels.

 Real live psychedelic trance with constant interaction between the performers and the music using synths and controllers.

Far beyond the farthest light is the domain of the galactic empire, hailing from the deep valley's of the ocean star, flowing down the river of time through the rise and fall of civilizations.

LISTEN HERE -

http://babaganousha.net/

Times:

1700 GMT

0900 Pacific USA Time (GMT -7)

1200 Eastern USA Time (GMT -4)

1800 Central Europe Time (GMT+2)

1900 Israel Time (GMT+3)

Faxi Nadu set @ Regular Resonance Podcast is online

Our set for the Regular Resonance podcast is up! Lots of new music from the latest releases as well as some stuff from 2012. Been asked to provide a write up for this, kinda got carried away and had fun describing every track :) have a nice listen and read!

http://stahnkefiles.com/volume-6/

Faxi Nadu started out as myself and up until 2011 it was just me. Since getting together with Oss FN Vaisband she has slowly begun taking part in the music, and now she is an absolutely integral part of the project. We are into various things and produce on a spectrum from drones through chill and techno, while always returning to our trance roots. We love it psychedelic, but for our tastes recent trends in psytrance have gone too extreme and into rigid formulas on all fronts - be it the dark side, the prog side, the neo-goa type stuff... Our concept is to tell stories with music, keeping something from the oldschool goa feel without being too corny, and going for a clean sound without being too plastic. We want to present tracks that have a unique story, tracks that you remember after hearing, and music that will take you places even when you are not on the dancefloor. We feel that often great intricacy and beauty can be found in clever simplicity and strive for that.

For this set we have included music from our psytrance side coming out of various releases from the past two years, as well as two tunes from the Ocean Star Empire project we are a part of.

Tracklist:

Faxi Nadu - Fusion Platform (The Way Back, Pure Chords 2014)
This is a track from our latest album The Way Back, a sort of goa inspired space tune with a lot of psychedelic sounds from the Scope DSP platform's modular system, as well as most of the lead synths coming from the platform's Minimax plugin.

Faxi Nadu - I Am The Night (E-Scape vs Faxi Remix) (Kosmicheskaya Mechta, Reactionary Faction Productions 2012)
The original version of this track was the first track on the 2008 album Modern Knight, so we found it fitting that this cool collaborative remix with E-Scape open up our Kosmicheskaya Mechta album from 2012. The story here is from a Twilight Zone episode, where slowly places around the world are engulfed by darkness, and this is due to the evil deeds and hateful nature of mankind.

Kolishin - Fingerprints (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Never Denied EP, Pure Chords 2013)
Taken from the Never Denied EP with Brent Malik. The EP consists of two originals from Kolishin and the two remixes to them by us, this one being my favorite. Lovely story told with Kolishin's sounds, and a cool round and dynamic analog bassline from our Doepfer Dark Energy II synth.

Ocean Star Empire - Three Dots On A Map (The Purest Form, Pure Chords 2014)
Ocean Star Empire is a group that came to life about one year ago through online discussions between myself, Nomad Moon and Killik. We started passing some stems around and got a few tracks going, and eventually our debut album The Purest Form was completed and we released it via Pure Chords in January 2014. Personally this is my favorite track on the album, mostly for the sotrytelling and layering, really proud of this one. When this was ready I think we first realized we got something going and should keep on making tracks and make an album. The Yamaha An1x is a beast here, all those cute little resonances flying all around come from that synth.

Ocean Star Empire - How Small You Are (The Purest Form, Pure Chords 2014)
There is a little sample in the begriming of our member Killik's voice saying "if we look, up to the sky, we realize, how small we are". I think this and Three Dots On A Map are the best interpretations of the sort of space opera stories we were going for in the album and also is a great example of how our individual styles merge.

Faxi Nadu - The Other Day (The Way Back, Pure Chords 2014)
Another track from our latest album The Way Back. Extensive usage of the original Access Virus and Yamaha DX200 synths. This track does something special to me, can't really explain what, sends me drifting, far, far away. Beauty in simple truths.

Faxi Nadu - The Way Back (The Way Back, Pure Chords 2014)
So what is this? Goa? Prog? Club? Psychedelic? Well, its a happy bouncy tune, with a bright and atmospheric sound and story. Drifting around, without a care in the world, maybe a little childish, but also assertive and bold  Made mostly with synths from the Scope DSP system and a few plugins. This one is also taken (obviously) from our The Way Back album.

Faxi Nadu - Finish The Course (Who We Are EP, Soundkraft 2012)
This was released on our Who We Are EP via Soundkraft Records in 2012. I usually never play this track, dont know why really, I somehow have it in my mind that people won't like or understand it, but lately I am digging it again. Drums and bassline were made with Rebirth RB338 and most of the synth sounds come from a Nord Modular and a Novation K-Station. The story of this track as told by the vocal samples is taken from Star Trek DS9, from an episode in which Sisko feels all defeated and wants to quit his job, then realizes he should stfu and man up to what has to be done, finish what he started and hold his head high. Oh, and there is also a rooster sample from Baldur's Gate

If you enjoyed these tunes have a look at our Bandcamps for the most recent CDs:
http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/
http://oceanstarempire.bandcamp.com/

There are over 120 tracks and mixes on our soundcloud profile, most of them full tracks and many of them free to download, feel free to dig in there as well!
https://soundcloud.com/faxinadu

Thanks for having a listen! Until next time, keep stargazing, much love!

Catch the Ocean Star Empire album in the mix on air at DI.FM

The Digitally Imported Goa-Psy Trance Channel is pleased to present the new album from Ocean Star Empire, "The Purest Form" in mixed format.

Tune-in at 2pm US Eastern, 7pm UK, 20:00 Central Europe

http://www.di.fm/calendar/event/36072

Ocean Star Empire album in-the-mix + Faxi Nadu Interview on Alpha's Crazy Sounds!

https://www.facebook.com/events/369939953149911/

Join the event to be reminded when it is LIVE <3

alpha.s crazy sounds - dec 19 - 20:00-22:00cet

 double album presentation: 

MIND OSCILLATION (greece) album SCIENCEDELIC (lycantrop) + interview 

OCEAN STAR EMPIRE album THE PUREST FORM in-the-mix + interview with FAXI NADU

www.babaganousha.net 

www.boomfestival.org 

www.interzone-pa.com 

Plug DJ Psytrance room - promote your music, enjoy others

hey all so now we have a trance and techno room on plug dj! you come in, hear friend's music and play your own tracks too in rotation! everyone gets a spin and your plays count on soundcloud and youtube. check it out and join the maddness ♥

http://plug.dj/psychedelic-trance-and-techno/

Radio Podcast / Set of Faxi Nadu music with commentary in Russian

Radio Podcast / Set of Faxi Nadu music, the psytrance side, with commentary in Russian. I don't understand what the guy is saying, but hey, let's hope he is pimping it ;) The set he used is "North by North", a psytrance set of my tunes I put online in 2012.

Follow the link for the podcast

http://likbezz.ru/dir/music/exaltation/ehkzaltacija_120_ot_09_07_2012_produced_and_mixed_by_faxi_nadu/50-1-0-392

Faxi Nadu show on Radio Schizoid - November 10

Hi all!!!!! Album release set and show at Radio Schizoid!!! Copy/Paste below from the Schizoid website blog:

Dear friends,

FaxiNadu ( Yaron Eshkar / Post Under Recs / Israel ) will celebrate the release of this latest album “The Last Kick of Your Life” on Radio Schizoid with a kickass djset at the following timings :

Mumbai (India ) Thursday, 10 November 2011, 21:00:00
Tel Aviv (Israel) Thursday, 10 November 2011, 17:30:00
UTC (GMT) Thursday, 10 November 2011, 15:30:00





Don’t forget to tune in!!!

Info and stream links:

http://schizoid.in/blog/?p=308&fb_source=message

Schizoid psy stream:
http://schizoid.in/schizoid-psy.pls