Secret Fire III (2007)

META is the psychedelic trance project of Aeon La France, trance mastermind since 1999. Host of psytrance radio show “Highway 604,” he has hosted many parties at Santa Cruz's legendary Trance Mansion and has much gratitude and love toward all the Bay Area DJs who have helped shape his style.

His music ranges from melodic morning tracks to hard-edged night-time stompers. He has released several singles on GeoMagnetic Records compilations, a collaboration track on Mubali's debut album, and his debut full-length album “Ekstasis” was set for release on GeoMagnetic/Darkstar Records in April 2007.

Chuck Looper (AKA FaceHead) is one of those “saved by psy-trance” stories. Shortly after breaking free from a tarnished past, a friend took him to his first psychedelic event in 2002. It changed his life. Since 1998 Chuck had been DJing and producing his own blend of noisy experimental electronic music. After that first party, he went home and immediately started working on his first psy track. Since then it has been an obsession. Constantly searching for the most unique and bizarre sounds, FaceHead brings a style all his own that will leave you stomping away with question marks over your heads. You can expect dark and full-on with a wide variety of influences. Upcoming releases were expected on Geomagnetic and Anomalistic.

The Primordial Ooze project was created by DJs Kaiser Soze and S.O.T. as an experiment in genetic sound programming and nano-acoustic engineering. Self-replicating and mutating algorithms, swarms of frequencies that collaborate, breed and communicate, flourish in an environment of artificial selection and continual evolution. At the time of the event, the act was working on two albums and continuously expanding its farm of pet-frequencies with various sonic creatures. These lively pets can cause serious mayhem on the dancefloor, but with properly tied shoes, participants are generally safe and happy.

Dave recently pre-ordered a Jason Varitek action figure and spent too much on shipping. He threw away his cell phone two years ago and now prefers endmills to emails. He has a profound appreciation for the music of Iboga Records and the city of Boston. Two ninjas guard his two prized jade plants and his one pair of sox. He bleeds deep red. People usually smile when they hear his name and say, “Dave? He's like 75% baseball fanatic, 50% philosophy-geek, and 99% percent PROG-HEAD.” Not all his friends failed high-school math, though.

Professor X started DJing electronic music in 1998 while attending one of the top audio schools in the country. He started DJing in Orlando, Florida, playing at larger clubs such as Hard Rock Live and The Groove. Soon after meeting DJ Zero Six in his hometown in Illinois, he discovered psytrance and became a core element of the Trancepsyndicate. He has played at parties such as the Cosmic Outset, Earthdance, and the Apsylum for the Unsane.

After traveling around Europe collecting vinyl, Derby was introduced to the melodic and twisting sounds of psychedelic trance. Later he met Kri and became a member of Asheville, North Carolina's TOUCH Samadhi. One day Derby woke up in Chicago, Illinois. Now he is a prime psytrance vector, infecting the Midwest with his sound. Through international mail-order, Derby constantly updates his collection of morphing, multilayered psychedelic trance. In love with the music and the dance floor, Derby delivers the sounds and energy to the ears and minds of those “tuned in” and “turned on.”

Robert Houchin aka Mr. Roboto is a force majeure to full-on morning trance. Starting out in various garage bands, he yearned for something more—something crunchy. When he stumbled upon the Trance Psyndicate in their underground bomb shelter sessions, he immediately knew where he wanted to take his music. Originally from a one-horse town in central Illinois, he resided in Chicago and was rumored to be working on original material in the studio.

Poised mischievously between Light and Dark, KT toys with full-on midnight mayhem while beckoning the melodic morning to come closer. She intertwines the energetic edge of the night with the uplifting beauty of the daylight—pulsing one into the other—and weaves the two into an intricate dance of celestial balance in order to create the soundtrack of your psychedelic life.

Robyo was born and raised on the wrong side of the tracks in badass Rockford, where he played bass in several well-known punk and hardcore bands. At the age of 21 he moved to Oregon state and discovered electronica. While in the Pacific Northwest, he learned to play the djembe and didjeridoo, but returned to the Midwest with a vengeance. Robyo's style is analogous to the ocean's tides, where tempo, density, and color sway through time under a divine oscillating influence. An avid fan of psychedelic production techniques, he prefers tribal, dub, ambient, and trance soundscapes.

Listening to music is never enough. Damon continues to slather you within a seamless intervention of psymbient, downtempo, dub and world music. Within his love of melody and tribal elements he dives into all timelines, releasing a blend of articulately chosen worldly sounds. Listening to music is never enough.

With over a decade of mixing experience, Kent Vogel has defined a very unique style of uptempo chillout which is a perfect complement to psychedelic culture. Having been involved in the electronic music scene for many years, it was only a matter of time before his presence would be made known within the Trance Psyndicate and to The Chilluminati. Soon, the entire planet will feel his chill iron grip, squeezing HARD . . .

Experimental Sound Healing Set.

Trained since she was a girl by the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, Shai is a DJ, medical and Ayurvedic doctor, producer, and founder of the Divine Balance label. Her Indian fusion electronica is changing the planet. Her beats pry your Third Eye open with a sonic crowbar. Boom shanti!

Yidam had recently returned from India. Chillumafia don charsibaba's sound is about BALANCE. Mixing beatless atmospheric music and glitchy IDM, he creates space and time that transcends thump. Integrating organic instruments into the mix adds a live element to his music which is specifically used to send listeners on one long float through the stratosphere.

Trained since she was a girl by the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, Shai is a DJ, medical and Ayurvedic doctor, producer, and founder of the Divine Balance label. Her Indian fusion electronica is changing the planet. Her beats pry your Third Eye open with a sonic crowbar. Boom shanti!

Yidam had recently returned from India. Chillumafia don charsibaba's sound is about BALANCE. Mixing beatless atmospheric music and glitchy IDM, he creates space and time that transcends thump. Integrating organic instruments into the mix adds a live element to his music which is specifically used to send listeners on one long float through the stratosphere.