Groundbreaking psychedelic trance group Growling Mad Scientists -- Riktam (Shajahan Matkin) and Bansi (Josef Quinteros, who is originally from Barcelona)--regularly tour the world and have sold over 200,000 albums on over 150 releases. Their music pushes and blurs sonic boundaries and has inspired both producers and punters alike, making G.M.S. one of the most in-demand live electronic acts in the world.
DAVID STRONG Moreno was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) on on the 24th August 1969. Already at the age of 15 he became involved in communication media, colaborating on several local radio shows. In 1988 he won a DJ competition for DJs from Cadena Rato (now Onda Cera). But it was in 1989 when he arrived in Ibiza that he turned professional, creating the programme Ibiza Dance, which still runs today on Flaix FM 105.0.
1.) Dutch Death Metal band XENOMORPH was founded in 1992 emerging from the underground scene in The Netherlands. Their most steady line-up became: DeTombe (vocals), Coert Zwart (guitar), Kreft (guitar), JRA (bass) and Marc Bomber (drums). They most likely got their name from the "scientific" predicate given to the aliens starring in the Aliens movie series. Their lyrics are mostly about evil, Satan, and other dark and occult stuff more than once inspired by the work of artists like H.R. Giger and Sir Ridley Scott.
PsyTrance outfit from Denmark. Dark and weird sounds for hard-core acidheads and shroomers
Behind the production of symphonix are the brothers Sirko Wötanowski (28) & Stephan Wötanowski (25) Wötanowski from northern Germany, better known as dj montagu & dj golkonda. They started in 1998 with djing & organizing events. They based Tshitraka and the first Tshitraka Party was in the beginning of 1999 in a small club. This Project grows up to the Tshitraka Project Open Air Festival, which is every year in northern germany. Their famous indoor party event is called Amarasya.
(This page has music from two different artists. The following bio is for Redux (formerly Ripplegroove), the jazz/rock/funk band from New York)... Redux is so prone to change, even their name isn't sacred. Since 2001 the band has gone through four personnel line-ups, three hometowns, and four names. Recently, Redux found themselves in their most extreme state of renewal yet. One year after the release of their debut record Under The Microscope (2006) reached #14 on the CMJ Jazz Charts and #9 on Jambands.
Joti Sidhu is one of the pioneers of psychedelic trance.
He started making music in 1992 and his first tracks have been released as ayahuasca, together with dino psaras and steve ronan. after leaving ayahuasca, joti started his solo act psychaos, whose first legendary release psychaos "psychaos" was on the new concept in dance "tribal science" in 1995. this was when things really started to pick up in the scene.
There are seven different bands that go by the name "Ethereal":
1) A Metal band from Portugal
2) A psychadelic duo from Sweden.
3) A black metal band from Colombia.
4) A Melodic Death Metal band from the Netherlands.
5) A decent powerpop/rock band from Central Coast, Australia.
6) A black metal band from Colorado, USA.
7) A black metal band from Liverpool, UK. 1)
In the year of 1997, Ethereal is assembled in Setubal (Portugal), by the vocalist/lyricist Hugo Soares.
Skazi is an Israeli trance band, producing a unique style of full-on psychedelic trance music since 1998. Their first trance album Animal, released in September 2000 was revolutionary in its sound & direction. Coming from a punk and hardcore scene, Skazi brought a new and innovative twist to trance, combining electronica with live guitar riffs & storming sounds. In March 2002 Skazi released their second album, Storm, followed by Total Anarchy in the summer of 2006.