Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Sonic Species – vibrationally enhanced and inspired Sonic Species is a psytrance artist who garners god-like devotion from his fans. Mention the groundbreaking album Unleash The Beat to any psytrance aficionado and you’ll notice an almost immediate misty look in their eyes. 2017 has seen a prolific output of killer singles, EPs and collaborations from […]
DJ Regan talks Nano Records, Psytrance at EDM festivals and relocating to the UK DJ Regan has spent the better part of 15 years releasing some of the biggest albums and compilations in the psytrance genre, on his label, Nano Records. He has also played at many of the biggest festivals Europe, and indeed the […]
James West interviewed ahead of ORIGIN 2017 Seemingly out of nowhere James West appeared on the Nano Records’ compilation called ORIGIN 5 back in 2015 with his debut release, Lost Horizons and we all asked, ‘who is this kid?’ “…music can make me feel so much so quickly if it touches the right combination […]
Origin 2017 Competition – Win FREE tickets and tented accommodation We have an Origin 2017 Competition for all our IDM Mag followers and it’s a goodie. Experience Origin 2017 on us with: TWO FREE TICKETS FREE dome tent accommodation compliments of Belle Tent Village A FREE car pass Event info A weekend of Psychedelic Music, […]
Origin Festival 2017 Full Line Up Announced for both stages The full lineup for both the Origin Floor (psytrance) and the Beats Floor (techno, house, electronica) has just been announced for Origin Festival 2017. There are a notably large amount of international artists playing at this festival, which once again will solidify it as one […]
Origin Fest 2017 announces international headliners Origin Fest 2017 have just announced three international headliners for their Music and Arts festival taking place from 27 – 29 January next year. As we‘ve come to expect the headliners are from the Nano Records stable of artists and this year is a really great list. Here are […]
Southwild – Interviewed ahead of Earthdance Cape Town 2016 When Southwild was announced as an Earthdance 2016 headliner the excitement online was palpable. Taking the path less traveled these days, the good folk at Good Times Events, who host Earthdance Cape Town, have picked out two far less predictable and mainstream international headliners for this […]
NANO releases A Taste of South African Psychedelics for FREE A Taste of South African Psychedelics is a brand new double-disc compilation from leading psytrance label, Nano Records. Nano Records originates from South Africa, although the label is host to some of the biggest names in global psytrance. Legends such as Tristan, Dickster, Burn in […]
Tongue and Groove – Hard to categorise, easy to love Tongue and Groove are a refreshing new take on the psytrance theme. They’re not progressive, they’re not fullon; their music is just an incredibly funky concoction of infectious psychedelic grooves at slower bpms guaranteed to get any dancefloor smiling. Offering a unique blend of […]
15 Things you never knew about AVALON Leon AVALON is a firm favourite in South Africa, someone that we could almost call one of us locals. I have load of new tunes and I am gonna tune you!!! The okes be jolling!” It may be that his signature sound resonates with the fullon vibes of […]
