Goa Gil

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Goa Gil in March 2011

Goa Gil , actually Gilbert Levey , (* 11 October 1951 in San Francisco , California ) is an American goa and psytrance - DJ , producer and organizer of festivals and open-air parties . He is considered the founder of the Full Moon Parties on the beaches of Anjuna and Vagator in the Indian state of Goa . These were the namesake of the subsequent Goa festivals and the music style of the same name.

Life

Goa Gil was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood . In the 1960s he grew into the hippie movement that had developed there. In San Francisco he played in various bands including The Family Dogg and Sons of Champlin . In September 1969 at the age of 18 he first moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands and then emigrated to India , where he arrived in February 1970. He was part of a movement with which thousands of hippie trail travelers , mostly former hippies, settled in the state of Goa. There he met several sadhus and also became a sadhu under the guidance of guru Saraswati Ji Maharaj . At that time he was called Baba Mangalanand. In the 1970s, Goa Gil and friends bought instruments from the flea market. He played in various acid rock bands such as B. The Anjuna Jam Band and The Big Dipper Band and worked as a DJ. He put on different styles of music, but always tried to unite the individual songs into a kind of story. Between the late 1970s and early 1980s, Goa Gil was inspired by electronic music from bands like Yello , Portion Control , Chakk , and Kraftwerk .

In 1985 he met Ariane MacAvoy, also a producer of psytrance and DJ who works and performs under the name Nimba, in Goa, with whom he lives. Ariane's interest in traditional West African music, primarily the Djembé , had a strong influence on the concept of Gil's Dj sets. In 1989 Gil and Ariane founded the live act Kode IV together with the two German producers Hans Schiller and Peter Ziegelmeier . In the same year, the first album called "Possessed" was released on KK Records . In total, the band released one tape , seven singles and five albums. Including a DJ mix by Goa Gil, recorded live at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert , USA 1998.

Gil bought his own musical equipment with a few friends and started throwing open-air parties with them on Anjuna Beach and, soon after, on Vagator Beach in Goa. There electronic music was played, which was influenced by exotic-oriental sounds. This was either produced by himself or among others by Goa Gil, who preferred to play music there as a DJ from the start. An event could stretch over several days. These parties became known internationally as the Full Moon Party or Full Moon Festival from the beginning of the 1990s, especially among backpackers from Israel and Europe. These parties in Goa are considered to be the first psytrance festivals, which are now colloquially called Goa festivals. The music styles Psytrance and Goa, which have developed from Acid Techno and Hardtrance , also emerge from these festivals .

Goa Gil in India in 2000

Goa Gil only publishes DJ mixes under his own name. However, in-house productions are included in these mix sets. The first album in this form was released in 1995 on the French label Fairway Records . It is called "Spiritual Trance" . A year later, "Spiritual Trance 2" was released on the same label. At the end of 1998 Gil and Ariane left the band Kode IV. In 2002 Goa Gil traveled to Brazil for the first time and organized an open air there called Núcleo Klatu . One year later Goa Gil took part in the documentary Last Hippie Standing , which was released one year later. In 2003 Gil formed the live act The Nommos with his wife Ariane and Peter Ziegelmeier . So far, two albums have been released under this name on the label Avatar Records. "Digitaria" was released in 2004. The next album called "Primal Meltdown" was released two years later. In 2005, Gil traveled to Brazil again to repeat the success of his first festival. This time he organized open airs in different cities. Since then, Goa Gil has organized festivals in Brazil every year. The Goa Gil Open Air has been held annually in Drebkau in Germany since 2006 . There are Goa Gil and Ariane z. Sometimes more than 24 hours alone at the turntables and produce live music in between. The most recently published DJ mix was released in 2009 under the name "Kali Yuga" on the label Avatar Records . Despite its age, Goa Gil still travels all over the world and organizes many festivals. He often makes music himself for many hours without a break.

music

Goa Gils DJ sets are particularly characterized by their unusual length of sometimes over 24 hours. The selection of records includes every kind of Goa and Psytrance music. Also Ambient plates are used.

Discography

Goa Gil in Moscow, 2010

DJ mix albums

  • 1995: Spiritual Trance - Javelin Ltd / Fairway Records
  • 1996: Spiritual Trance Vol. 2 - Javelin Ltd / Fairway Records
  • 1996: Deck Wizards: Goa Gil - Kosmokrator - Psychic Deli
  • 1996: Earth - White Label
  • 1998: Forest Of The Saints - Avatar Records / NMC Music (Israel)
  • 1998: Non Stop Trance Party - Super Metro Music
  • 1999: Na-Ma-Shi-Va-Ya - Mixed Live In Goa March '99 - White Label
  • 2000: Mixed Live In Goa 2000 - White Label
  • 2000: Cyber ​​Baba 2000 - Phonokol
  • 2002: Mahashivaratri - Mixed Live In Goa 2002 - White Label
  • 2003: Towards The One - Avatar Records / NMC Music (Israel)
  • 2005: Karmageddon - Avatar Records
  • 2007: Worldbridger - Avatar Records
  • 2009: Kali Yuga - Avatar Records
  • 2012: Shri Maharaj - Avatar Records
  • 2014: Music Baba - Avatar Records
  • 2017: Postcard From Kali - "Xexify Records"

With code IV

Albums

  • 1990: Possessed - KK Records
  • 1992: Insane - KK Records
  • 1995: Silicon Civilization - KK Records
  • 1996: Best Of… Compilation - KK Records
  • 1998: Kode IV @ Burning Man - Ceiba Records

Singles

  • 1989: Code IV - White Label
  • 1991: Scratch Attack - KK Records
  • 1991: Insane - KK Records
  • 1991: Final Demonic Madness Cut - KK Records
  • 1991: DJ Only Remixes - KK Records
  • 1994: Faust - KK Records
  • 1994: Dissolve - KK Records
  • 1995: Near To The Divine - KK Records
  • 1991: Cyber ​​Baba 2000 - KK Records

With The Nommos

Albums

  • 2004: Digitaria - Avatar Records
  • 2006: Primal Meltdown - Avatar Records

Web links

Commons : Goa Gil  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goa Gil birth dates
  2. ↑ a b c d Goa Gil at Artist Direct (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Goa Gil Biography (English)
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Interview with Goa Gil (English)
  5. ↑ Code IV at Discogs
  6. ↑ Code IV @ Burning Man at Discogs
  7. ↑ a b Goa Gil discography
  8. ↑ Bio of Goa Gil at Answers.com (English)
  9. ↑ Last Hippie Standing. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
  10. ↑ a b The Nommos at Discogs
  11. ↑ Goa Gil report on CulturaTrance.com (Portuguese) ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Gil, Goa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Levey, Gilbert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American DJ and musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California