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)
Mescaline
1200 Micrograms Lyrics
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'Come on now, let's all take some mescaline!'
'One of the things you learn after years of dealing with drug people, is that you can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug.'
The above lyrics from 1200 Micrograms's song 'Mescaline' speaks about the experiences of an individual on mescaline, a psychedelic drug derived from the peyote cactus. The first line, 'the ether was wearing off, the acid was long gone', suggests that the person had previously taken other drugs and was now left with only the mescaline effect. The song then goes on to describe the effects of mescaline, with the line 'good mescaline comes on slow', indicating that the effects take time to manifest. The first hour is described as a waiting period, and the person feels that nothing is happening. However, halfway through the second hour, the effects of the drug hit them in full force, as seen in the line 'and then...zang!'.
The chorus of the song, 'Come on now, let's all take some mescaline!', may be perceived as promoting drug use to the listeners. However, it may be argued that this is a satirical take on drug culture, as the artist, 1200 Micrograms, is known for creating Psy-trance music that borrows heavily from the Psychedelic culture. The last line in the lyrics, 'one of the things you learn after years of dealing with drug people, is that you can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug', is a warning of the dangers of addiction and the factors that contribute to it.
Line by Line Meaning
The ether was waring off. The acid was long gone. But the mescaline was running strong.
The effects of ether and acid were fading away, while the impact of mescaline was getting stronger.
Good mescaline comes on slow.
The effects of high-quality mescaline take time to set in.
First hour's all waiting, and then about halfway through second hour.
The initial hour is spent anticipating the effects, and midway through the second hour, the drug starts to kick in.
You start cursing the creep who burned you because nothing's happening.
When the effects of mescaline don't show up immediately, one might feel frustrated with the person who sold the drug to them.
And then... zang!
Suddenly, the effects of mescaline hit hard.
Come on now, let's all take some mescaline!
The song seems to promote recreational use of mescaline and encourages everyone to try it.
One of the things you learn after years of dealing with drug people, is that you can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug.
The singer implies that while they may disassociate from a person who is drug-dependent, they will never underestimate the power of that drug.
Contributed by Carter A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Lincon Rocha
When you open the packet
You don't see a powder
You see thousands of tiny, shinny, shimmering crystals
Reflecting a kaleidoscope of glowing psychedelic rainbow colors
Your vision and sense of colors comes alive
In a new and special way
All the colors became richer than you ever seen before
Come on now let's all take some mescaline!
Lincon Rocha
When you open the packet
You don't see a powder
You see thousands of tiny, shinny, shimmering crystals
Reflecting a kaleidoscope of glowing psychedelic rainbow colors
Your vision and sense of colors comes alive
In a new and special way
All the colors became richer than you ever seen before
Come on now let's all take some mescaline!
Baron Lovat
4:00 That fusion of Psychedelic and Guitar..... Perfection
Markonati
The best ever
KingCactus
Bliss's remix of Beyond the Senses also does this and its incredible.
El buen Mich ;V
la escucho y aun siento el poder en esta melodia parece que fue ayer esaq rave ... cuando vinieron los 1200 mics live aca en GDL ojala vuelvan pronto ASTRIX i love u broo ! please come visit mexico soonly
Jon Snow
one of the few songs that could make me cry real tears for some weird reason
dzoni
Masterpiece
A LENDA TV
SE VC E BRASILEIRO I ESCUTA ASTRIX, SAIBA QUE VC E FODAA MAN🍁💪
Renan Cardoso SCCP
Só gnomo ihaaaaa
20Comer70correr
Daleeeee