We live in a universe of absolutes. The fathomless darkness and absolute cold of space is punctuated by the blinding light and searing heat of the stars. It is only at the intersection of these two inhospitable extremes that there is room for color and life.

April 17th in Cannon Falls, Embrace the Light, LLC will be hosting an all-night psytrance event. As the primal forces of our world collide, battling for supremacy, we will come together to embrace the light and the dark within ourselves and our universe. As a community we will celebrate the battle that exists within us all. Letting go of what was, in order to experience what is, we will transcend the conflict and arrive together in a new day...

Guests are encouraged to wear black and/or white to this event.

Possibly more information on our Facebook page.

If you still haven't committed to going consider this: the weather is as perfect as it can possibly be; it's less than an hour from Saint Paul in a sweet house with an even sweeter sound system; we're already guaranteed an excellent crowd; and if you don't go your going to regret it for the rest of the summer.

We look forward to seeing you!

Strooya - Twighlight/Morning Psytrance
http://www.mindoutpsyde.com/music/
Originally from Croatia, Strooya brings his unique perspective to moving whoever is on the dance floor with a wide variety of electronic dance music; although positive energy, melodic development, and driving rhythms characterize most of the music he shares with others. By uniting different individuals through music, movement, and trance, people just might find it easier to see they are not so different from one another!

christoph - Dark, Nighttime
Minnesota's angry man is gonna be throwing down some mind expanding nighttime psytrance.Prepare for multiple layers of disintegation and subsequent layers of reintegration.

dj noise
http://www.myspace.com/uvnoise
what needs to be said of the king of Minneapolis DJs?

Aktif - High-Trance
Grown in the Ukraine, Nick was "trance-planted" into the fields of Psyowa. Being immersed in classical music from birth, has given Nick an insatiable thirst for quality sound. Coupled with intense white-hot passion and relentless energy for the music and culture that he discovered; Aktif is a reciprocation of the energy that resonates throughout the music and all of us. Refining and redefining his musical palate for the past 9 years now, expect only pure psychedelic energy of the highest degree, delivered to you from the inside out! Precise, off-the-cuff mixing, a ravenously wild stage presence and a ticket to the outer-realms of where your mind dares to venture is what your in for.

Ekim Skrid - Neuro/Dark
From the Great Plains of the Midwest, EkimSkrid spends most of his time hiding in the shadows, waiting for unsuspecting trancers to unleash havoc upon with mind-altering rhythms that will tear open the fabric of time and space. Be prepared and don't miss this hard hitting act.

Hardkor Nate - Mash-up Psy
http://hardkornate.com
The one, the only, the original face wrecking menace from Minnesota is back for one night only, to regulate your face and leave you feeling less than dignified. You have to experience this first hand or you just don't know, so be sure to wear a helmet and bring a clean change of underwear if you are a first timer.

toki
http://www.audiognomes.com/knowyourgnomes.htm
Toki is a maker of mischief. A tinkerer. One need only visit his workshop, where teetering junk piles are fashioned into anything from hypnotic mind rays to doomsday dancefloor devices...all of which he tests on us, whether we realize it or not.

darkmaTTer - Dark
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DarkmaTTER
it has been said that, "darkmaTTer is a dark psytrances dj and loves to melt faces". who can argue with that?

Jagno Gaia - Goa / Melodic Psytrance
http://www.myspace.com/jagnogaia
what can we possibly say about Jagno Gaia?

Last minute addition!

Transiant - Goa
http://soundcloud.com/ianmader/
" I am me. We are you."

We're also looking for a small number of people willing to volunteer to help set-up, run and clean-up the event. Interested parties are encouraged to send an email to .

There will be a small number of vendors at the event for your convenience (vendor list coming soon?). If you'd like to vend your wares contact us as soon as possible. We aren't asking any additional vending fee - but space is limited.

Light vs. Dark will be taking place in the massive guest house on the grounds of Pachyderm Studio, less than one Earth-hour south of Saint Paul on Highway 52, just outside the city of Cannon Falls. Directions are fairly simple: travel south on Highway 52 for about thirty miles. Take a left on Rochester Boulevard (aka County Road 86). A couple miles after that take another left onto Washington Street (aka County 17). Our destination is about two miles east, and will be on the right. The driveway is easy to miss so we'll mark it with something glowing.

7840 County 17 Blvd Cannon Falls MN 55009-4048