The PR wire has gone international, it seems, and that rules because it only just occurred to me the other day that, potentially, there are people reading this site not in the greater Jersey area. Jukka H?tinen, organizer of the Psychotropic Caravan sent over a press release about the second installment of the festival, set to take place in Helsinki, Finland, in February 2010 (that’s the future!) with none other than the British bastards of doom Orange Goblin headlining. Looks like it could be a pretty cool gathering, so I figured I’d share the news. One assumes updates will be available at the fest’s MySpace going forward. Meantime, here’s this:

The first and nearly sold out Psychotropic Caravan was held at Nosturi in February 2009, featuring live performances from Circle, Lord Vicar, Vibravoid and Dark Buddha Rising. The next festival celebrating heavy and psychedelic music will be held on Saturday the 6th of February 2010 with Orange Goblin, The Heads, Litmus and Pharaoh Overlord as the main acts.

The headliner for Psychotropic Caravan II is the stoner rock/biker doom act Orange Goblin. The psychedelic fuzz rock band The Heads and Rise Above Records? 21st century space rock elite Litmus play in Finland for the first time. Pharaoh Overlord consists of members of Circle and play hypnotic stoner rock.

Temples, Mr. Peter Hayden and Tuliter? will play at bar Alakerta on the ground floor of the venue in between the main stage bands. Psychedelic visuals and cosmic projections will blow your mind on both floors. Psych rock fest veteran DJ Kozmik Ken will spin vinyl at Nosturi, while Psychotropic Zone and Club Planet Caravan DJs are present at Alakerta.

Psychotropic Caravan II Warm-Up is on Friday the 5^th of February at Alakerta. Big Naturals – a loud psych rock duo – and Semtex – green smoke reeking sludge – play gigs and the night culminates in an Open Stage Deep Space Jam Session.

Merchandise and distros will be present on both evenings.

Tickets for Saturday are 26 ?, pre-sold at Tiketti (www.tiketti.fi) and Lippupalvelu (www.lippupalvelu.fi). Warm-Up tickets are 7 ? and pre-sold at Tiketti. Pre-sales start on Wednesday December 2^nd. The age limit for the festival is 18.

Psychotropic Caravan II
Sat 6.2.2010 19:00
Nosturi & Alakerta
26 ?

Orange Goblin (UK)
The Heads (UK)
Litmus (UK)
Pharaoh Overlord
Mr. Peter Hayden
Tuliter?
Temples

Psychotropic Caravan II Warm-Up
Fri 5.2.2010 20:00
Alakerta
7 ?

Big Naturals (UK)
Semtex
Open Stage Deep Space Jam Session

Tags: Finland, Orange Goblin

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