Life can become a colorless routine.. So we decided ‘t was time for an experiment, of sorts… We placed envelopes and other packages with strange or mysterious writing on different places in the city. Hidden in those envelopes were one of our cds and a note, thanking the “lucky finders” for the “risk” of opening that package…

One of the main reasons behind the idea was that people often fall into routines, and forget to open their eyes for opportunities. Some studies and experiments show that when people are aware, and when they’re open to opportunities in general (such as helping people, taking a survey, or taking other risks), they say that they experience to have more luck in life.

Basically, in the first place, we wanted people to be confused, baffled.. We wanted people to look up, feel weird, or make them feel good by them daring to “take the risk”.. Secondly, by making these videos, we wanted to try and communicate that being aware of your surroundings and people around you, can be valuable.

The experiments were done in April and May 2012 at Antwerp City. We and documented it on video (see below). We might do this again – so keep your eyes open for opportunities – in whatever form they come, from us or from others!

Part 1, April 2012, Antwerp City – covers preperation, distribution of enevelopes…

Part 2, May 2012, Antwerp City — covers more distribution of envelopes and packages tied to a rope…

PS: If you were one of those, let us know " class="wp-smiley" /> – Call us crazy, but we sure had fun breaking our daily routine!

Grtzz,
PSY’AVIAH

Hi Everyone,

It’s time for another contest…

But, after hosting two remix contests, we thought ‘t was time to take a different approach.. So this time we want you to create something visual, based on a Psy’Aviah song… Be it a hand-made drawing, a photoshopped image or collage, an animation, a video, or whatever visually you think fits best to one of our tracks!

The rules are very simple thus,
- It’s a visual representation of a Psy’Aviah song;
- It’s your own work/design – or you have been granted permission to use parts of someone’s work;
- You are free to submit as many entries you want;
- The contest runs from March 30th 2012 ’till May 11th 2012 (last day that we accept entries) – thats roughly a month and a half time…

As for the prizes, We’ll give away THREE packages to the entries we like most. Each package includes the following items:
- a sticker;
- a postcard;
- sounds of the matrix sampler CD;
- a rare compilation CD “’till dead do us part 09″ – which features two tracks of ours;
- and the 2010 “Eclectric” album.

You can submit your entries to this form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHktTENmaUJmQzJ4QjhOR25BVmVfVUE6MQ#gid=0. As entries start to come in we’ll post them on a seperate page soon to be created.

If you lack inspiration, you can check out the following things people did in the past – without there even being a contest:
- someone once designed a synthesizer x0xb0x for us => wacth it @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTBcw2Wk1qo;
- a girl belly dancing to “In Silence” => wacth it @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNSnpelVVk;
- for our previous remix contest, Chaos All Stars created a remix AND a videoclip to “Something Evil” => watch it @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itooBkRxmA8.
- etc.. etc..

So, good luck everyone! And take your time, it’s not first come first served " class="wp-smiley" /> .. I guess the only limitation will be your imagination " class="wp-smiley" /> We’re looking forward to it!

All the best,
Yves, Emélie
PSY’AVIAH

• 'Introspection / Extrospection' CD
• 'Introspection / Extrospection' 2CD Limited Edition (including bonus disc "retrospection")
• 'Introspection / Extrospection' 2CD Limited Edition + 'Eclectric' 2CD Limited Edition