Rak Razam

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Rak Razam is a professional magazine feature writer and editor, specialising in underground and counter-culture, spirituality and technology issues.

He has written and edited for magazines and companies including Tekno Renegade Magazine (TRM), Gizmag.com, EnTrance digital magazine, Voiceworks, Paper Free Press, Zavtone (Japan), Dream Creation (UK), Mushroom Magazine (Germany), Marie Claire (UK), Sensis (AUS), See advertising, and is currently writing and editing Undergrowth magazine - Australia's premier underground culture magazine (www.undergrowth.org).

He has interviewed Australian counter-culturalist writer Richard Neville, electronic musician Ollie Olsen, American psychedelic writer and editor KilgoreTrout, DJ Krusty (Eugene-NRG), Des Tramacchi, Bear Owsley, Ollie Wisdom, Orryelle Defenestrate Bascule, Des Tramacchi, Robin Cooke and many other leading counter-culture luminaries, electronic musicians and assorted freaks.

His short stories have been published in Alternative Australia: Celebrating Cultural Diversity (excerpts of which were read on JJJ national radio), FreeNRG: Notes from the Edge of the Dancefloor; Global Eyes Electronic Music Yearbook; The Program.net, the Future Cities Project and his short story collection "Psyence Fiction" is now available from Undergrowth Publishing (http://www.undergrowth.org/psyence_fiction.php).

His forthcoming independent documentary on global Trance culture - Children of the Sun will be released in 2006 (http://www.rakrazam.com/index.php?source=doco).

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www.undergrowth.org
Co-founder, writer and Editor of quarterly Undergrowth magazine

www.gizmag.com
Lead writer on Gizmag emerging technology articles throughout 2004

http://slf.org.au/futurecities/
Short Story "Breakfast @ Yums" published as part of the Sustainable Living Festival 2005

http://www.theprogram.net.au/features
Short story "Mantra" published on TheProgram.net

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Short story "Directions to the Game" published in FreeNRG anthology

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Rak Razam shazaman's blog BIO Rak Razam is a professional magazine feature writer and editor, specialising in underground and counter-culture, spirituality and technology issues. He has written and edited for magazines and companies including Tekno Renegade Magazine (TRM), Gizmag.com, EnTrance digital magazine, Voiceworks, Paper Free Press, Zavtone (Japan), Dream Creation (UK), Mushroom Magazine (Germany), Marie Claire (UK), Sensis (AUS), See advertising, and is currently writing and editing Undergrowth magazine - Australia's premier underground culture magazine (www.undergrowth.org). He has interviewed Australian counter-culturalist writer Richard Neville, electronic musician Ollie Olsen, American psychedelic writer and editor KilgoreTrout, DJ Krusty (Eugene-NRG), Des Tramacchi, Bear Owsley, Ollie Wisdom, Orryelle Defenestrate Bascule, Des Tramacchi, Robin Cooke and many other leading counter-culture luminaries, electronic musicians and assorted freaks. His short stories have been published in Alternative Australia: Celebrating Cultural Diversity (excerpts of which were read on JJJ national radio), FreeNRG: Notes from the Edge of the Dancefloor; Global Eyes Electronic Music Yearbook; The Program.net, the Future Cities Project and his short story collection "Psyence Fiction" is now available from Undergrowth Publishing (http://www.undergrowth.org/psyence_fiction.php). His forthcoming independent documentary on global Trance culture - Children of the Sun will be released in 2006 (http://www.rakrazam.com/index.php?source=doco). Experience/ Work references www.undergrowth.org Co-founder, writer and Editor of quarterly Undergrowth magazine www.gizmag.com Lead writer on Gizmag emerging technology articles throughout 2004 http://slf.org.au/futurecities/ Short Story "Breakfast @ Yums" published as part of the Sustainable Living Festival 2005 http://www.theprogram.net.au/features Short story "Mantra" published on TheProgram.net Sub.asp?id=2111&state=1&category=43 http://thehumanities.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.61/prod.2 Short story "Directions to the Game" published in FreeNRG anthology Artists

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