Electric Ghost Punk: Big Dub Candy Mountain 2012

Z here, and I'm just coming back from a long weekend out in Pennsylvania at Big Dub Candy Mountain that took place at Four Quarters Farm, the home of many awesome festivals such as Wicker-Man which I was at earlier this year. I had an amazing time and there was a great atmosphere of the whole place with positive people spreading knowledge and good times, and today at EGP I'm gonna share with you an overview of the community and the overall feel of this beautiful event.

The scenery was absolutely beautiful with a lush forest dotted with hills and creeks with nicely done rock stacking that were breathtaking and clear water open for swimming. Every corner was filled with surprises to no end, there was a gigantic stone henge upon first coming in circling where the main stage was located which I thought was cool enough on its own with massive slabs of rock imbedded into the ground all pointing towards the show but upon closer inspection I saw every individual rock had some sort of charm dedicated to it weather it be a giant crystal geode hidden near it or some geometric tricket. It was a cool little easter egg waiting for whoever looked, and attention to detail like that is what really creates a soul of the place.

The set work was also impressively well done with a minimalist psy-trance-esque nylon set work that focused more on enhancing the natural beauty of the place rather than creating its own which was only pushed even farther being that the meteor shower was going on in the clearest of skies. it gave for a nice effect, and the psy-trance influence was more prominent on the second stage that was wooden platform raised a bit higher that the forest itself with tons of psychedelic artwork influenced from other tribal cultures. They also had geometric sculptures made of florescent painted metal and nylon hanging from trees making lots of well known structures, the life pattern constantly rotating being a predominant one followed some platonic solids and other interesting ones. I really had alot of fun just being in these places even when there were no sets going on, as they kept all their laser shows and lighting on the stages on all throughout the night for whoever wanted to hangout there, and that was awesome of them.

The staff and event goers there were by far the chillest collection of people I have ever had the privileged to hangout with as well. Never have I seen a more mutually intelligent, motivated, and talented crowd. Everyone was sharing lessons and experiences with each other, nobody was a shady character or out of place and the staff were all like minded and helpful as well. They even had a native American style sweat lodge meant for spiritual renewal with actual guides and collective harmonic chanting. I didn't get the chance to go in myself this time around, but it definitely caught my eye. Proving that they are kidding and they take this seriously which is beautiful of them.

The talents that showed up were some of the best light and fire artists I've seen hitup a festival, there were very few amatures and among the pros the ones that stood out were like elites. I saw poi chipsets that haven't even hit stores yet, amazing hoopers, and got introduced to a bunch of new dope gloving cocepts. This seems to be the trend at Four Quarters Farm since whenever I end up here people are passionate about this places and aside from whatever festival that goes on and brings whoever there are people that come to every event here regardless of what event it is. I saw alot of familiar faces and alot of new faces and honestly it was one of my favorite events this year.