Interview with Cosmic Sound, Prana Festival main head

Hello Cosmic Sound, thanks for finding time to talk to us. Prana Festival is one of the only of its kind in Santa Cruz, can you tell me more about the music scene in the country?
- Hello, thank you for the invitation, very pleased to tell you a little about the project. There are already other producers doing parties of the genre but we are the pioneers in doing festivals of several days here in Santa Cruz de la Sierra city.
The scene in our country is very small, at one time it was growing a lot but in a few years and with the pandemic the amount of public has decreased a lot. We hope that this will change and people will come back. We are working to make a differentiated well organized festivals so that people have a good time and the culture will grow again, I think that all promoters are doing the same, an incredible job to make it come back as before.
When did this project begin and what inspired you to create this festival?
- The project was created because I saw that Santa Cruz didn’t have the psytrance genre or parties, people didn’t know much about it, that’s when I decided to create a little space for art, culture and music, first I started with a 24 hour party and then with the festival that lasts 4 days of non stop music.
I know you have worked hard in the last month due to the change of date, what were the main difficulties to organize the festival?
- We are working with much love to make this festival and was postponed before due to covid-19 restrictions in the country sadly the pandemic did not let us do what was planned since authorities decreed prohibited mass events and as we are respectful of the law and mainly life we decided to change the date and make a Day Party that starts in the morning and ends at 11 pm another difficulty was the agendas of international artists to emphasize was difficult but not impossible thanks to the predisposition of the artists.
Do you have sponsors in Santa Cruz or do you finance the project yourself?
- Sadly I don’t have sponsors, the musical genre we do doesn’t attract big brands, so I finance the project on my own.
Do many foreigners come to the festival?
- A lot of Brazilian public comes and most of the international artists are Brazilian before the pandemic, I imagine that with the passing of time the tourism will come back and the foreigners will come back.
What musical genres will be presented during your festival?
- We will have a lot of different genres from Techno, House, Melodic Techno, Progressive, Full on, Full on Night.
What other activities do you have in the festival apart from music?
- We have many activities apart from having 2 music stages: healing area with yoga classes, juggling, reiki, therapies, etc.
Do you want to add anything?
- I think I have nothing left to add but to invite everyone to come together to dance together after these two long years of pandemic we need to dance to align ourselves and be in perfect harmony with mother nature. All the team is working hard to make this cultural space a reality. We are waiting for you all.