Matt Allaby is a trance producer from Manchester in the UK. His unique sound has been forged through his background in the acid house scene in the 'Madchester' nineties and the years following where Matt played his part in the beginnings of the Northern psytrance scene.
He was a resident dj and co-promoter of the 'Sunrise' party in Manchester from its creation in 1997. This became a launch pad for his studio work which first saw fruition on Spiral Trax in 2002.
In the last 2 years matt's gigs include Glastonbury and Glade (UK), Sonica (IT), Voov (DE), Taz (Israel) Rainbow Serpent (Aus) and Kabbalah and Universo Parallelo (Brazil). Released tracks since 2002 on record labels including Nano, Spiral Trax, Twisted, Neurobiotic, Alchemy and Digital Structures.
One unique facet of Allaby's music is that he is able to tailor his set to suit a both the full-on scene and a more progressive sounding arena. He has worked affectively both as a headliner and as an act that can smoothly create a transition from progressive sounds to full on and vise-versa. Listen out for his more deep progressive vibes in his remix of Landmark, and for a stomping psy-trance track, the epic and trademark sound that is also Allaby, 'Angel of My Soul.'
To catch a live performance of Allaby this year look out for him at the Glade, Glastonbury, Ozora, Sonica, Aurora to name a few.
Flip Flop are Chris Hanson (aka Touch Tone/Sketchy Pimps/DJ Crispy) and John Beesemyer-Monkman (aka Hemi-Sync/Pink Noize), two producers from the UK. Both have been writing trance for over seven years, using this time to hone their production techniques and allow their sound to develop into the kicking Full On/Progressive hybrid that it has become.
With influences from many different genres of music and a tendency to think outside the box,their music stands out at home as well as on massive sound-systems. Huge slabs of groove and tripped out sonic sound-scapes are interlaced with a melodic structure subtly easing its way out of the arrangement. Both Chris and John DJ and Play live regularly around the UK in addition to international gigs played in Brazil, German, Thailand, France, Sweden, Denmark and India.
Touch Tone is the solo project of Chris Hanson (Flip Flop/Sketchy Pimps). Having been dj-ing for the past twelve years and producing for nine, he has refined and reinvented his style over many years and is committed to making highly polished productions which deliver both on the dance floor and at home. Tight pounding grooves, epic soundscapes and surprising twists and turns interlocked with sneaky production tricks keep the listeners and djs firmly on their toes. Having spent the last five years touring and working on the Flip Flop Project (with John Monkman) he has acquired an instinctive knowledge, both as a dj and a live act, of how to deal with rowdy dance floors when they step out of line. He has been working on lots of new material to unleash with releases on Nano and Alchemy soon to be dropped on the unsuspecting world. In addition to djing and playing live regularly on his home turf in the UK, he has rocked a multitude of parties spanning Brazil, Thailand, France, Germany, USA, Denmark, India, and Sweden.
Johnson & Haske are Thomas Johanshon and Sascha Haske from Hamburg (Germany) They know each other for almost 10 years now. Thomas better known as DJ Mapusa Mapusa was working on projects like Auricular and Human Traffic. Sascha is also producing under Bitmonx and Buzzmonx . In 2008 they decided to start a new project together for more minimal,techno or house stuff. The first release (Duca-Canadian Visa RMX) on Tribal Vision Rec.was supportet by well known Dj..s like D-Nox and Umek and stayed in the Beatport TechnoTop100 for more than 6 weeks. Thomas and Sascha are quite busy in the studio right now and there will be more releases coming soon... For more info and latest music visit :
