THE FUNDAMENT OF MACHINE-GENERATED ELECTRONIC MUSIC CAN BE TRACED BACK AT LEAST TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. WITH THE UPCOMING OF THE TECHNO-CULTURE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETIES ELECTRONIC MUSIC HAS RISED TO PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN DIMENSIONS. MEANWHILE, NUMEROUS DIFFERENT STYLES, EACH WITH ITS VERY OWN CULTURAL INTERPRETATION, HAVE DEVELOPED. PHARMAKON IS BOUND TO ONE PARTICULAR OF THESE STYLES AND ITS LOGIC INTERWEAVINGS WITH NEIGHBOURING ONES. MUSIC IN DARK, HYPNOTIC, ELECTROID COLOURS WITH A TENDENCY TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL SOUND AND COMPLEX RHYTHM STRUCTURES PREVAILS IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

TO ALL THOSE SUCCUMBED TO THESE KINDS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC PHARMAKON SHALL OFFER THE APPROPRIATE SETTING FOR LIVING THIS PREFERENCE WITHIN THE FRAME OF A PARTY CULTURE. A PLAYGROUND FOR ONE NIGHT, WHERE PERFORMANCES AND LIVE-ACTS ARE AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE DJ-GUIDED DANCE RITUAL.

A PHARMAKON EVENT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS A RITUAL. A UNIVERSE CREATED FOR ONE NIGHT, A WAY OUT FROM THE ORDINARY REALITY INTO A NON-ORDINARY REALITY. EACH ONE TAKING PART IN THIS RITUAL PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT AND HENCE, CONTRIBUTES TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EVENT. THE ANCIENT GREEK TERM “PHARMAKON” – MEANING CURE OR POISON – REFLECTS THIS CRUCIAL ASPECT. AN EVENT SUCH AS THIS CAN BECOME A CURE BUT ALSO A POISON. WHAT IT SHALL BE, LIES IN YOUR HANDS. YOU DECIDE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOURSELF AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT – YOU BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY. EVERYTHING YOU SEE, YOU DO, IS IN YOUR HEAD – EVERYTHING IN THERE IS EVERYWHERE.

OUR SAYING “KEEP THE RITUAL ALIVE” SHALL DESCRIBE THE MAGICAL MOMENT OF A FUNCTIONING PARTY NIGHT. A TIMELESS MOMENT, IN WHICH ARCHETYPE PATTERNS IN YOUR HEAD GET ACTIVATED AND SHOULD YOU ADMIT THEM TO BE PROJECTED OUTWARDS, IT MEANS NOTHING LESS THAN “TO LET REVIVE THE GODS”. THE ENERGY WE GAIN FROM SUCH A FUNCITONING PARTY CONTINUUM WILL GIVE US THE POWER FOR SURVIVING IN THE JUNGLE OF THE ORDINARY REALITY.

TURN TO YOURSELF AND KEEP ON ANY PATH WHERE THERE IS HEART.