Artist Interviews

Portal is Daniel Portal. He’s a young DJ with slick track selection and will be making his Cape Town outdoor debut this weekend at the Equinox Experience Outdoor 2012

Max Peterson has been performing psytrance music under various aliases since 1998. It wasn’t until 2007, when the Californian born producer started his solo project, Mad Maxx, now with 20 years of experience under his belt.

Dave Mac has been at the forefront and behind-the-scenes of not only the psy scene, but Cape Town’s music scene as a whole for over 20 years now. In July, Dave performed at Boom Festival in Portugal, arguably one of the biggest psytrance dance floors in the world.

UK producer, Magik, is a quickly rising name on the Nano Records roster. After collaborating with the likes of Tristan and Dickster, Magik has built a solid following for his top notch psychedelic productions.

The Circuit Breakers project brings together two psychedelic trance legends from different sides of the globe; Dickster from the UK and Burn in Noise from Brasil. Since their first collaboration a decade ago, the friendship has grown to bring energy fueled, acid licking, party tunes straight out of the studio!

Calvin aka Switchcache is the main man behind PsynOpticz Productions that is responsible for Jungala Festival taking place this weekend.

Ritmo is the solo project of Dubi Dagan. Once a metalhead, Dubi explored electronic genres, becoming fascinated with the sound of artists such as Depeche Mode, Jean Michel Jarre and The Prodigy.

Hey there, music enthusiasts and sonic adventurers! Today, we’re diving into an electrifying realm of sound with a true pioneer of psytrance vibes – none other than Martian Arts. But hold on, off the stage, we know him as Nectarios Meidanis. Hailing from the vibrant lands of Greece and currently

Imagine Mars is the solo psychedelic project of Oshry Ben Simon. A veteran of the psytrance scene, the producer from Tel Aviv, Israel has released on several labels including Nano, HOMmega, Yellow Sunshine, Iboga and his very own Sacred Technology.

UK psytrance veteran Lucas O’Brien will be making a quick return to South Africa for the four-day long Easter Vortex 2015 festivities.

UK artist Dan Thomas joins us in South Africa to play as 3 projects (Sinerider, Divination, Antispin) across 2 festivals.

Carin Dickson is the lady behind the name Artescape. Besides our local DJs and producers who’ve had an international break, Carin is a large contributor to the global trance scene, having worked with the majority of festivals on any trancer’s bucket list.

After humble beginnings in his hometown of Paracatu, Atha made the change to Progressive Psytrance in 2012 after initially DJing and producing Full On

Serbian duo Sideform made a bold move to remix Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus in 2013. The tasteful remix boosted their popularity, which lead to signing with TIP Records. We had a chat with Milos from Sideform, to speak about their upcoming tour and EP Vahana,

UK DJ and producer, Champa, will be making his first trip to the African continent in a few weeks, for the annual Mozamboogy held in Mozambique.