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Talamasca

1. Talamasca (Cedric Dassulle, also known as DJ Lestat) is a psychedelic trance project based in Paris, France. Dassulle played piano for over 13 years before starting his career as DJ in 1992. Talamasca in Latin means "animal mask". Dassulle got the name from the secret society of psychic detectives in author Anne Rice's famous Vampire Chronicles. The same goes for his DJ moniker, Lestat, which was the name of the main character in the series. Lestat aso drew inspiration from the books when he created his record label, which he named Mind Control Records.

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SHOTU

David (DJ Leptit AKA Shotu) is an electronic dance music producer from France who has been an active member of the psytrance scene since 1996. He started DJing in 2002. Securing his spot as a “night psychedelic” act, Leptit came up with his musical project called “Shotu”. After successful collaborations with artists like Jahbo, Grapes of Wrath, and Barak he put together his first compilation “Twisted Vision” in the summer 2006 which received excellent feedback from around the world.

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Shanti

There are 4 known artists who promote under the name Shanti. 1. Shanti Matkin, a psytrance producer, who is part of Krome Angels too. He is brother of Riktam Matkin from GMS.
2. "Shanti", an Indo-American Group (1969-70) (...see bio below)
3. Shanti Snyder (1981.6.4; Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese/French lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host.
4. Shanti Wintergate is a Canadian/American musician/actress/writer.

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Archaic

Archaic was formed by 3 ex-members of Braindeath (2001-2004, Hungary) in 2004, setting a new path in musical experience - mainly thrash coloured with many kinds of other influences - but still based on the old style of the group. Among a couple of concerts, the band had its second blitzkrieg in Kiev (Ukraine) the same year, but for the first time under the name Archaic. The members have decided to record the first album and started prepare for the big event.

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Delusional

Delusional is the musical alter-ego of Ed Nunes, a young electronic music producer from Portugal and founder of the independent label Psylosophy Records. There is also an american rap singer & producer by the name of Delusional. There is an american hardcore punk band from Seattle called Delusional.

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Shankar

Lakshminarayanan Shankar (born April 26, 1950), also known as L. Shankar, Shankar or Shenkar, is a violinist, vocalist and composer. Early life
L. Shankar was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu. Growing up in Jaffna, Ceylon, where his father V. Lakshminarayan was a professor at the Jaffna College of Music, Shankar was exposed to Carnatic music and other styles from an early age. His father was an esteemed violinist, his mother L.

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Prometheus

Several artists are using the name "Prometheus": 1. Producer Benji Vaughan aka Prometheus is one of Twisted records leading trance acts. Along with Tristan and Hallucinogen he forms the forefront of the international trance scene, playing gigs as Prometheus, and Younger Brother with Simon Posford all over the world, from Greece to Japan, Finland, Denmark, Mexico, and the USA. Benji has been making trance music under various guises since the early 90’s and has featured as Prometheus/Younger Brother on Twisted...

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