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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
People who join us every year bring always more
motivation and some brilliant ideas to share with
us all, and that’s the magic of it, it’s mind expanding.
PM: In an ideal world there would be [?]
N&G: We can make this world ideal to each one
of us, that’s the key to free ourselves from the
oppressing systems that were created to enslave
us all…. Fight instead the silent revolution, the
revolution of the mind.
{EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE HEADS OF FREEDOM FESTIVAL}
Freedom Festival returns this summer to the place where the spirits can run wild.
2015 is the year of it’s tenth anniversary, and we take the opportunity to know
who are hearts and minds behind one of the biggest festivals of Psytrance in Portugal:
Nuno and GonÇalo.
PM: After all, who are you?
N&G: If you’re talking about our names, here’s:
Nuno de Sá and Carlos GonÇalo Baptista. 39 and
40 years old but don’t tell anyone, ok? (laughs).
We grew up in urban areas of Portugal and our
route before entering the psytrance world is very
different from the other. Nuno was a freelance
photographer and artist décor, as well as soul
surfer. Gonçalo has a degree on International Relations and worked in an office. We changed our
life, to pursue what inspires us: art, music, open
spaces, nature and good people ...
PM: What does it mean for you the Psytrance
universe? How it changes your life.
N&G: For us, psytrance world means freedom of
the mind, and the gatherings and partys are an
inspiring opportunity to regain ancient philosophies and knowledge, bringing to us lost practices used by ancient cultures that should never
have been forgotten. The spirit of unity and free
expression makes us more lighter and more human .
PM: Do you remember the exact moment
when you decided to give birth to the Freedom Festival?
N&G: Of course we do, it was in 2004, during a
casual conversation in a beach bar, with the wonderful scenery of the Anguna beach, in Goa.
PM: What are the values that drive the forces
of Freedom Festival?
N&G: We are all freedom fighters, so the respect
for mother nature, respect for other points of
view and love are our fuel values.
PM: Riding a festival like the Freedom Festival is the realization of a way of life possible?
Providing the time and space where people
live in community, exploring / expanding
their inside is your best inspiration?
N&G: We are the fruit of a synergy. Freedom is a
gathering that opens and inspires minds of individuals in many ways. That’s our best inspiration
as well.
PM: In your festival, you have look careful to
have a related environmental awareness program, awareness that is also felt in the way
you structure the event. How do you see that
relation between humans and respect to human nature, are we smarter in nowadays or
are we commiting the same mistakes as ever?
N&G: We