Prayers handed over at the end of the Kuwait Promo

We are one global family

All colors, All races

One world united.

We dance for peace and the healing

Of our planet Earth

Peace for all nations.

Peace for our communities.

And peace within ourselves.

As we join all dance floors across the world

Let us connect heart to heart.

Through our diversity we recognise Unity.

Through our compassion we recognize Peace.

Our love is the power to transfrom our world

Let us send it out .

NOW…

- Blessings from the 604 Shaman

Mandala Ticket for Last Year !!

The picture above is the tickets which were issued last year at the festival and was really appreciated by all the people who attended the festival.

This ticket was designed and executed by Damodharan. He was the brains and in now the Creative Director of our festival.

Storytellers is his crew who handle the deco for Mandala Project exclusively and bring out their new designs and work every year to make the guests feel they have reached another planet all together.

Looking forward to his crew doing wonders this year as well.

Peace !!

Mandala Prep Work !!

So back to reality and work we have now an extremely intresting concept for the dance floor roof which the Damu and his crew are working on meticoulsy. And getting a sneak peek on the design made me go nuts.

Madhavan is busy travelling and I end up talking more with him online on the train than on the phone which goes to show how much time and effort he is putting into travelling and spreading the good word for Mandala this year.

Rohit is just going crazy and saying dude I cant wait anymore and the anticipation is just killing me !! He is going nuts waiting for the festival’s first day and has take leave from work for just this purpose. I don’t blame cos I have done the same and am getting goose bumps waiting for the festival to take off.

Mandala Project is our baby and we are definitely taking care of it. This blog is just an expression of our feelings and making sure that people know how we go about it.

The dance floor and other places at the island are being cleaned and flattened as I write this with people at Rangers gearing up for the festival. Stocking of material , sound is being rechecked and deco material being sourced. Wrist bands are being printed and marked for making sure the festival attendance is controlled. Security is being sourced and local boys being talked on how to avoid unwanted elements at the festival.

We are really looking forward to seeing all of our guests at the festival feeling extremely at home and want everyone to go back with happy memories.

Mandala Project Promo - Kuwait Chapter

So well we did a small gathering, the second edition of the Mandala Project Promo- Kuwait Chapter and let all hell break lose.

Our “location” was given to only the attendees, the food and sound picked up and we were on the way !! Though we had been to the location previously we got lost for a while in the crazy deserts of Kuwait and eventually found the place !!

Deco work began with kudos to Jayan, Baba Tony, Prarthana, Sam and Tamara who went full force to with the limited availability of resources and well the outcome was something which kept us happy till the next morning!!

Music began and eventually reached a pinnacle with no return. All in all a good party but somehow after this waiting for Mandala Project has become more difficult and eagerly looking forward to the festival of good vibes with smiles and huge expectations !!

See you happy people there and when at the festival look out for Jayan and the Kuwaiti gang who will be flying the “Kuwaiti Trance” flag really high. People who know what they are doing and know the right way to do it !!!

Till the next write up see u soon !!:)

Mandala gets closer

We have been getting a daily response on our webmail with various queries and such about ticket sales and question asking if all the artists will be arriving and will we be having a repeat of last year .

Well to be frank we have completed all the tickets and payments as requested on behalf of our artists and have been promised complete attendance.

Artist attendance is our number one priority and we are making sure before the festival each and every artist is going to make it for the festival with a lot of other artists coming down for the festival to have a good time.

Also moving on our deco team aka Storytellers are doing some amazing work on a regular basis but their head and our partner in crime Damodharan makes sure he keeps his best storytelling skills and tales for Mandala Project.

With a huge surprise coming your way we have a special console and the dance floor will just make u go nuts in terms of detail and art work being done by the boys in the Storyteller crew.

We have also been asked through our webmail about our ticket prices being steep.

Well we had 3 months of pre sales prices at INR 1500 and then another presale price of INR 2500 which is till the end of this October.

So let me give a bit of an insight regarding the pricing of the festival tickets.

Tickets prices are INR 1500 –

3 days of music. Each day breakdown is INR 500.

Ticket prices @ INR 2500 – 3 days of music. Each day breakdown is INR 833.4

Ticket prices @ INR 3500 – 3 days of music. Each day breakdown is INR 1166.7

24 Artists as of now – 2 Stages with music – Break down for each artist is INR 62.5, INR 104 and INR 145 respectively.

We still fail to understand that how can we be overpriced looking at these prices ??

And please have a look at the line up in our previous post.

I hope this is answer satisfies people sending emails complaining about the prices.

Well that’s it for now folks.

Hope these rants are justified and would love to hear more.

Cheers.

Update Mandala Flyer for 2010

Mandala Project is coming !!

Ok so now that we are getting closer we will begin talking about our festival as how we completed it last year and how we grew from an idea to a full blown festival.

Mandala was basically an idea to meet like minded people who have been seperated by the winds of time. Couple of the guys who started Mandala met in Orissa and decided to sit and talk about having a festival away from the city life in our small corner fo the paradise.

Choosing Orissa as our location was because of the simplicity and serene and peaceful location and extremely friendly locals who looked forward to something like this.

Mandala Project is our answer to all the people who kept saying why is good electronic music dying in India. For people who kept saying that they want good music and only that. It is an avenue for people who kept saying that they are only in it for the music.

Well we all have been to a point in our lives when we listen to music and decide this is our calling. Maybe it be rock,reggae or anything at all.We listen to it , enjoy it and then eventually idolise it. Music is and always will be the most purest form of joy and sound representation of a persons feelings.

Well rather than being more philoshipical I just wanna say that Mandala Project is just trying to do just that. We at Mandala last year made sure we delivered what we promised.

However being our first year we were severly handicapped and also our artists of the first year failed to show up . Not to be thrown off track we pulled up our socks and with the help of a couple of artists were able to pull of the festival with them playing massive set each of 6 to 8 hours each.

We began our journey and learning from our mistakes of last year we have booked all the travel arrangement for all our artists for this year much in advance and as of now we can very happily say that all artists are on schedule and will me making it to the festival this year !!

Well there is so much more to write about but lets keep it for future posts.

Till then spread the good word for Mandala. Cheers.