Aliens are us: Cosmic liminality, remixticism, and alienation in psytrance

Journal of Religion and Popular Culture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-204

  St John, Graham ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aliens; electronic dance music; ET; mysticism; popular culture; psytrance; remix; space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884567976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1703289X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.25.2.186     Document Type: Article

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