The name 1200 Micrograms comes from a reference to the amount of LSD that it would take to dose the four members of the group. A Terence McKenna quotation sampled in the track 'Salvia Dinivorum ': "A substance so powerful that 300 micrograms is the dose. That means 1 gram will dose 7000 people". Their music is known for the heavy use of guitars and a focus on themes related to drugs.
The idea for starting the project allegedly came to Raja Ram while he was thinking about making an album about his favorite drugs. Thus, their first, self-titled album featured 9 tracks about Ayahuasca, Hashish, Mescaline, LSD, Marijuana, Ecstasy, Magic Mushrooms, Salvia Divinorum and DMT. Not surprisingly, the tracks featured many quotes from Terence McKenna and samples from movies like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The album has been a big success, and 1200 Mics even released a Marijuana music video in 2003.
The second album, Heroes of the Imagination, was dedicated to famous inventors and scientists, including Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, Charles Babbage, Albert Hofmann, Francis Crick, James D. Watson, and Tim Berners-Lee. This album also contains the 2003 party hit, Acid for Nothing, a trance remix of Dire Straits' Money for Nothing (the track also replaced the phrase "I want my MTV" with "I want my LSD").
Although immensely popular, 1200 Mics received almost entirely negative reviews because their albums felt rushed, cheesy and sounded too much like eurodance. In 2005 they released a live album "Live in Brazil". In 2006 a remix album was released with tracks coming from Eat Static, Astrix and Atomic Pulse amongst others. The 3rd album was called The Time Machine. Its songs were influenced by famous places and times in the past -- The Creation of the Universe, Stonehenge, Ancient India and Egypt and Greece.
Discography
1200 Micrograms (TIP World 2002)
Heroes of the Imagination (TIP World 2003)
The Time Machine (TIP World 2004)
Live in Brazil (TIP World 2005)
1200 Micrograms Remixed (TIP World 2006)
Magic Numbers (TIP World 2007)
Gramology (EP) (TIP World 2010)
1200 Mic's (TIP Records 2013)
DMT
1200 Micrograms Lyrics
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Hallucinations
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends. You wake up in your bed
and believe whatever you want to believe.You take the red pill -
you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole
Take the blue pill.
Hallucinations
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real?
What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you
know the difference between the dreamworld and the real world?
I remember the very very first time I smoked DMT.
The lyrics of 1200 Micrograms's song DMT seems to be influenced by the psychedelic drug DMT (Dimethyltryptamine). The song starts off with the artist talking about their first experience with DMT and how it caused them to have hallucinations. The next lines in the song reference the movie The Matrix, where the character Morpheus offers Neo a choice between a red pill and a blue pill. The blue pill would allow him to stay in the safe and familiar world he knew, while the red pill would show him the true nature of reality, which could be dangerous and unpredictable. The artist seems to be suggesting that taking DMT is like taking the red pill and exploring the depths of consciousness, which can lead to new experiences and understanding of the world.
Later in the song, the artist asks Neo an existential question from The Matrix, "Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dreamworld and the real world?" This again seems to be a reference to DMT, as the drug is known to cause intense and vivid hallucinations that can be difficult to distinguish from reality. The artist seems to be exploring the idea of alternate realities and questioning what is truly real.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember the very very first time I smoked DMT.
I have a vivid memory of the first time I smoked DMT, a powerful psychedelic that can cause intense hallucinations and altered states of consciousness.
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.
You are on the brink of a life-changing experience, and once you take the plunge there is no going back to your previous state of consciousness.
You take the blue pill - the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
You have a choice to make: accept the world as it is and remain in ignorance (represented by the blue pill), or embrace a new and unknown reality (represented by the red pill) and discover the depth and mystery of the universe.
Take the blue pill.
Reject the unknown and stay in your current reality. Don't explore beyond your comfort zone.
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dreamworld and the real world?
You may be trapped in a limited perspective of reality, and if you don't seek to expand your consciousness, you may never know the true nature of existence.
Hallucinations
The use of DMT can cause vivid and intense hallucinations, taking the user on a journey through their subconscious mind and beyond.
Hallucinations
Reiteration of the same idea, emphasizing the profound and transformative power of the psychedelic experience.
Contributed by Luke W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Phaota
The whole "1200 Micrograms" album is superb, as well as their other releases, Hereos of the Imagination (2003) and The Time Machine (2004).
@soujanyamohinta6778
Hellya
@bertomcbroom9733
still sounds soo good while rolling yearrs later
@ryandarko2115
Eating a few bags of mushrooms years later lol
@DropdownDropdown
this shit was more intense than any other video i could find, i was vaping dimitri for about 2 hours and holy shit it gets so nuts!
@djimpacto
wow impresionante musica y video.
@carstenbang2156
1200 mics is so underrated where i come from !
@aleksapetrovic1065
Carsten Bang where do you come from?
@carstenbang2156
Denmark all is on the mainstream balstoyz etc shit wagon ... cant stand it .. xD! same bassline, but one has pirate music over it, another with violin ... where did the trance go ..
@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath
Carsten Bang if you think this gets radio play or isnt underrated everywhere youre living in a bubble.