Greetings, gatUlish is an Architecture student in Sydney. For his Graduation project he’s exploring the terrain of trance music and the rave experience. The investigation is based on the belief that Architecture and our understanding of the human/built environment can benefit by understanding the music, the ‘experience’ and the spatial setting it take place in. The investigation outline is available online (http://members.lycos.co.uk/gatulish/). If you can, please answer the following questions… your help is most appreciated and very important. gatUlish Some questions: How would you define trance music? What makes a good track? What makes a successful party/rave? What’s the importance of the ‘trance’ experience (musical, spiritual, cultural etc’)? Is it interconnected with other fields? (science, complexity, new age, politics, drugs etc’)? How important are the visuals for the ‘trance’ experience? What makes successful visuals? Do you think the spatial setting can enhance/is important for the ‘trance’ experience? (how) What makes a successful spatial setting for you? How do you go about making a track/ designing an event? What annotation/scoring system do you use when creating/designing music/visuals/spatial? Do you think the idea of a place for trance music lovers/makers – a central node for the culture – is relevant? If yes, where would you locate it in the urban fabric? How would you envision such an environment? Other: Many many many thanks, gatUlish ** please feel free to forward this e-mail to whoever you think might be interested to get involve…