Trance Former Awards 2006 Results

Thank you for your votes and answering the long questionnaire. We hope to help support those who advance the psychedelic goa spirit. You may discuss these awards here. If you would like to vote in any blank areas, belated nominations (and de facto winners) will be accepted on a first come, first served basis - click here.

All responses are catalogued here, first in the popularity of each response, then in the order they were received. The coordinator Machinelf voted first and never voted for himsElf. Although Winners are included where clear cut, the sample size is too low for a meaningful comparison. But we had to start somewhere, and given the fractured decentralized nature of our genre, multiple choice was ruled out. It's still informative and a great read. In any event, just as in the last presidential election, every vote counts for those who care. For those who say voting doesn't matter, the U.S. threw $1 trillion into a gaping hole because of voter apathy.

New Categories for 2007 - Label of the Year; Book of the Year; Trance Food of the Year; Chai Brewer of the Year. Send category suggestions to machinelf at tranceamericana.org.

We've added selected links for those in the top of their categories; a very comprehensive link database can be found here - and you can add your links there as well. If you have a good link for something not yet linked in the text below send it to machinelf at tranceamericana.org.

UPDATE: Kamal Dragonlotus has made custom stickers for everyone mentioned on this page. Shiny gold letters on a black background, vinyl, 5" across.. Thanks Kamal! Winners, please send your mailing address to machinelf at tranceamericana.org. Winners may use the logos here.

At some point we may have an awards dinner with Transformer figures done up in dayglo - but for now the awards will be online only.

We include some commercial listings here for selected submissions. If you would like to make a donation to help fund these awards (if we get enough funding, we will get statues to the top categories), send an email to machinelf at tranceamericana.org (credit and debit cards accepted) or send a check or money order to: Machinelf 303 Beverley Rd #2P Brooklyn, NY 11218 USA. We may even be able to get creative for once and make a special gift custom tailored to each award, e.g. dried appleseeds spray painted metallic gold mailed to the Johnny Appleseed winners, Geritol or Depends for the Lifetime Achievement Award.


		International	East Coast	Midwest	West Coast	Canada	Mexico
Spiritual Leader/Shaman					Goa Gil; Dale Pendell		Goa Gil; Maria Sabina
		Dale Pendell	Daniel Pinchbeck (3) Alex Grey, Sharon of Gaian Mind, Machinelf
Lifetime Achievement Award			John Emmanuel Gartman of Tsunami; Daniel Pinchbeck; Nick Binary of Sonic Beating; Malcolm Lewis (WTF?)	Wilson Leary RIP			Goa Gil read interview
		Albert Hoffman (2) Zolod aka Terminator RIP (Parasense) (see player at tranceam to listen)			Sasha Shulgin (2) Dr Spook
Best Indoor Venue			WINNER - 55 Lex (3) Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors NYC; Third Ward NYC		Porn Palace; 550 Barneveld
Best Open Air Location		Glade	WINNER - Deerfields (3) Four Quarters (2); Pine Barrens	Anything in Iowa	Pigeon Point; Avery Ranch; Cutter Scout Ranch (Santa Cruz Mountains)		San Carlos Sonora
Mobile Sound System		Twisted Clarity	WINNER - DMT (Bought by 28th Day) (3) Sonic Beating (2)		Bag End; Network 23; Ataraxia
FLYER please upload images to the Gallery		Bad by Design - Nov 2006	Alladin Project				Horrorplace, Tijuana
Tapestry Art			WINNER - Severyn (2) Devotee, Bob Trahpek, Daya (read interview), Equus	Pyrite		Neil Gibson
Non-Tapestry Deco Art		Tripp	Bob Trahpek, Alladin Project
VJ - Video Projection		dave arc-i	WINNER - TIE - Peter Parker (2); Ed Vizzie (2) Psyonic, Guilleaume		WINNER - Dr. Spook (4) EgNogRa		Sinchro Maya
Let's be shallow for a moment	Adonis -Hottest guy		Ammon EP		Sentient
	Aphrodite Hottest girl	Michele Adamson, Ariel (X-Dream)	KT Sneider; Nicole; Erin; Katie	Meghan	Irena Mikhailovia
Non-Psy Event of the Year (except for Burning Man)		STFU and Rave - Bristol, UK	I Heart Danger (Techno, NYC); Firefly (NH)			Shambala
ENTHEOGENS		International	East Coast		West Coast
Most Used in your Circle		Shrooms (UK)	LSD (2); Aderol; Cocaine		LSD (2) THC (2)
Favorite Entheogen		Shrooms & 2CB	LSD (2); Ayahuasca, THC; Mushrooms		LSD (3). DMT (2)
Least Favorite Entheogen/intoxicant			Heroin, Glue, PCP		E, DOB, meth
What you'd like to see more of		Mescaline	2CT Special G; 2CB, LSD, Sexy Parties, Ketamine		Soulful connection, 2CB, Mescaline; LSD, Ketamine
Favorite Legal High			Ayahuasca, Peruvian Torch; Coffee; Valium; Supercool		Dancing, Music, San Pedro; Hawaiian baby woodrose; Vodka
ARCHETYPES (from Trancespotting - click here for compleat explanations & definitions) Discuss		International	East Coast	Midwest	West Coast
Angry Upstart		Isratrance
Armchair Trancehead		psynews.org	Matsyendra; Thew
Assgrabber			Stefan
Cheerleader			Astrid (lifetime achievement); Machinelf		Brina
Commune (name the place, not the people)			55 Lex (2)
Confused Enlightenment Seeker			Jacob, DJ Entropy
Crazy Man		Check (South Africa)			Thorn
Crazy Woman			Lisa R.
DJ Groupie			Nicole
Drinker			Remy
Drug Nerd		Check (South Africa)	B!		Evan (2)
Drummer			Dan Covan
Eurotrash			Derrick the Deutsch
Fake Indian			Jacob
Fire Spinner			WINNER - Crystal & Adam (2)
God/Arrogant Fuckwad/BMOC/Trance Guru			Machinelf
Hacker		Check (South Africa)	Shockwaverider		Tie-Dye Andy!
Hippy		Check (South Africa)	Henshaw		Tie-Dye Andy!
Johnny Appleseed			Mayur, Machinelf, Pierre (Disorient)	Avi Audiognomes
K-Head			WINNER - Stefan (2) Wylie, Jeff b4 Feb '06
Loudmouth			Alexis
Lurker		The Mechanic; Check (South Africa)
Naked Guy/Girl			PSI
New Ager		Check (South Africa)	Parashakti
Nuclear Unit (Family)			WINNER - Adam Jowe & Idyl (2)
Old Timer			Sunil; Thew; Machinelf		Tie-Dye Andy!
Philosopher			Evan, Charlie		Evan (2)
Pill Billy			Michell
PsySnob			Gadi; Dragonlotus Kamal (see player at tranceam to listen) ; Pat M.
Slacker			Lil' Scotty		Imani
Straightedge		Check (South Africa)		Mistical Productions TX "psychedelic trance has nothing to do with drugs"
Techie			Darrel O, Pat M
Traitor					Bassnectar; Matthew Magik
Vigilante			Machinelf
Yuppie			Sahil	Luke OH
Zoroaster			Severyn, Henshaw