Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Vini Vici say, ‘Life is a Remix – Life is a Tribe.’ When you name your debut album ‘Future Classics’ you’d best be sure you can live up to such a bold statement, but the duo known as Vini Vici needn’t have worried. They clearly knew what they had created and where they wanted to go. If […]
Liquid Soul and Ace Ventura talk Psy-Nation Radio Psy-Nation Radio presents “Progressive Nation” out soon via Iboga Records. Liquid Soul and Ace Ventura need no introduction. Whether talking about their solo projects or collaborative projects- including Liquid Ace, their project together- they are at the top of the psychedelic trance game. Yoni and Capo have […]
Captain Hook reinvents himself with new album, ORIGIN Captain Hook exploded onto the psy scene in 2010 with his remixes of some of the biggest-name progressive artists at the time including the likes of Ritmo, Ace Ventura, Neelix and more. Then came ‘Jolly Roger’ with Ace Ventura complete with multiple remix versions and soon after […]
Tongue and Groove chat ahead of Origin Fest 2018 We chatted to Tongue and Groove a while back as I earmarked them as something really cool and different for the psytrance scene; lower BPM music but NOT prog! Super psychedelic, but not slamming! Now the UK duo will be closing Origin Festival 2018 and I […]
Freedom Fighters – “Follow Your Dreams People.” When I started making music, my only dream was to finish a tune! Who thought I would be doing what I’m doing now 10 years ago.” Freedom Fighters crossed my radar when he collaborated with Headroom on Tribalistic back in May, 2013. Its funny how, as a DJ, […]
Ace Ventura Interview – “I’ve always been true to trance” I’ve always been true to trance even at times when techno was hot in the scene or when offbeat became the new thing. It’s in my DNA…” Ace Ventura Interview… You’d only be half right if you assumed the prog trance moniker of Yoni […]
Ah the Korg Volca series… When Korg first introduced the first of their pocket sized gadgets, such as the Kaossilator, the Mini Kaoss Pad and their Nano Series (NanoPad, NanoKeys and NanoKontrol) I’m not sure if even they knew just what a hit these pieces of gear would be with travelling DJs and producers worldwide. […]
Record Label: Kaos Krew Records Release Date: 26 October 2012 In 2006 Telmo Pereira started his project under the name Tryon. These days he is one of the core Hypergate Records artists. His sound is characterized by intense power-full kicks and bass-lines, mixed up with hypnotic multi-layered leads. The result is a strongly build up track […]
<Progressive Psytrance> Keen proponents of progressive psytrance will take one look at the line-up on this Various Artists compilation and quite likely start salivating in anticipation. If it’s not enough that this new label, Source Code, is the brainchild of one Wouter Thomassen, yes the psychedelic stalwart known as Zen Mechanics, who has personally selected […]
<Progressive Psytrance> Carrots & Stick Vol.2 compiled by Cubixx (aka Matthias Sperlich – founder of Iono) is a yummy double album from Iono. These progressive psytrance tunes are from some of the cream of the prog producers in the world (e.g. Perfect Stranger, Sonic Sense, E-Clip, Ace Ventura, Osher, Static Movement and Mindwave amongst others). […]
