Artists

Nominated for the Grammy Award 2020 with Steel Pulse for his production work on their album ‘Mass Manipulation’, plus three-times #1 in the Billboard chart as a musician and songwriter on Lee “Scratch” Perry, Steel Pulse and Hollie Cook’s albums, marks this year a very important chapter for Gaudi’s career.

A global favourite in the dub, psychedelic and electronica scenes, producer and solo artist Gaudi keeps feeding his ever-growing fan base with his infectious bass-driven grooves and innovative production techniques. There’s no easy way to encapsulate London-based Gaudi’s vast body of work, for the past three and a half decades he has been shattering genre barriers, pioneering psychedelic-influenced dub, world music and reggae, amassing a stunning collection of originals, remixes, collaborations and production works with artists such as: The Orb, Mad Professor, Deep Forest, Lee Scratch Perry, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Trentemoller, Simple Minds, African Head Charge, Lamb, Sizzla, Beats Antique, Steel Pulse, Dub FX, Shpongle, Horace Andy, Michael Franti, Balkan Beat Box, Youth, Bob Marley, Dub Pistols, Grandmaster Flash, The Beat, Hollie Cook, Salmonella Dub, Grouch, Barrington Levy, Prince Fatty, General Levy, Afrika Bambaataa, Ace Ventura and Astrix to name but a few. Whether he is finessing high-profile projects in the studio, or whipping a crowd into a frenzy, Gaudi places all importance on sonic perfection, providing the best aural experience for his fans. He has done so for his entire career, which has seen the release of 18 solo albums, about 300 productions and remixes, plus a number of movie soundtracks. A consummate musician and live performer, in his shows he plays theremin, minimoog, vocoder, tape echoes, percussion, multi-effects, stylophone and dub sirens, mixing his live dub vocals through analogue equipment to maximum effect.

Honouring the traditions of old school dub, on stage he always leaves space for his music improvisation, resulting then with each of his performance been unique and unpredictable.

As an accomplished keyboardist and theremin player he is also part of live acts whom sporadically performs with, such as: African Head Charge, The Orb, Deep Forest, Mad Professor, Adrian Sherwood, Scott Page and Roberta Freeman from Pink Floyd, Stephen Perkins from Jane’s Addiction, Norwood Fisher from Fishbone and Youth.

Beyond the music, a burning passion reveals itself in a scathing rebuttal of tyranny and oppression through sonic resistance. In constant demand on the live touring and festival circuits, Gaudi spreads the words of peace, love on every stop, performing at some of the best worldwide clubs and festivals such as: Burning Man, Lighting In A Bottle, Reggae on The River, Burning Man, Symbiosis, Okeechobee, Wanderlust, Oregon Eclipse, Photosynthesis, Wakarusa, The Big Up, Gratifly, Kinnection in the USA; Shambhala, Motion Notion, Harvest, Eclipse in Canada; Boom Festival in Portugal; Glastonbury, Boomtown, One Love, Glade, Waveform, Gatecrasher, The Big Chill, in the UK; Vasundhara, Bass Camp, Sulafest, Indie March, Chilltop in India; Electric Picnic, Body & Soul in Ireland; Ozora, Samsara, S.U.N, No Man’s Land in Hungary; Indigo, Twistival, Doof, Klika in Israel; Rainbow Serpent, Earthcore, Eclipse 2012, Earth Frequencies, Peatsridge in Australia; Universo Paralello and Skol Beat in Brazil; Ometeotl in Mexico; Dakini in Romania: Sonica, Colisseum in Rome, Rototom Sunsplash in Italy; Tribal Gathering in Panama; Re:Birth, Solstice Festival, Zanpa Jam, Harbesta in Japan; Envision in Costa Rica; Space Mountain, Omni in Spain; Cosmic Convergence, Mayan Heart in Guatemala; Bubble in Malta; Harmonics, Trelaze, Vinelive in France; AUM in New Zealand; Sticky Jam in Russia and far, far beyond….

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Alchemy Records founder and Label Manager, Shane Gobi is one of the leading DJs on the global trance circuit. Originally from South Africa, Shane founded Alchemy in London in 2001. Since then, he's become a regular favourite at festivals and clubs from London to Japan. Voted DJ of the year on Isratrance in 2003, Shane is known for his technical wizardry and his unique journey sets.

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Jay OM aka Journey, Omsphere, Sonic Wave Control, The Wayfarers, Keewl and Scratch & Blast are all or in part Milan-born, London-based DJ and producer Giampiero ‘Jay’ Mastino. Label manager of Free-Spirit Records, Jay forged his earliest psychedelic-rock influences playing guitar in local bars in Milan in his younger days. His romance with the decks beginning in the late ’80s working for a local radio station, where he was given the opportunity to spin his first records.

With that love firmly in place the move to London followed in 1998. Soon thereafter he started DJing professionally as Jay OM and in 2003 he studied Sound Engineering and Music Technology before beginning a solo production project under the name Journey.

In 2004, Jay conceived the vision of a network of like-minded artists in the psy trance, progressive and ambient genres all working together to promote themselves, and each other, under the one banner. Thus, the Free-Spirit label was born. Originally intending to focus on artist management, the label’s skyrocketing success combined with the enthusiasm of Jay, the artists and their fans enabled Free-Spirit to outgrow its horizons, becoming one of the strongest and healthiest multi-genre electronic record labels around.

All the while Jay was expanding his production spheres. In 2009 he started a psychedelic progressive side-project called Omsphere; a tribal progressive trance act called Sonic Wave Control followed in 2011; then in 2015 a collaboration with Imry called The Wayfarers. In January 2017 he started another two collaborative projects: Keewl with Cylon; and Scratch & Blast with Tron, with EPs from both projects. Keewl’s Activated Souls EP is went out at the 4th of September and reached rank 24 on Beatport, Scratch & Blast’s EP at the beginning of January 2018.

Jay has played all over the world in more then 30 countries across five continents and released four solo albums: two as Journey – The Man Who Sold The Time in 2007 and Through The Mirror in 2011; Sixth Sense under his Sonic Wave Control moniker; and K‘ag Bak‘tun as Omsphere in 2013.

Since February 2016 he has been hunkered down in the studio working on the third Journey album, Limitless, due for release at the 21st of November 2017.

Additionally, under his plethora of recording guises Jay has produced multiple EPs plus tracks for various record labels and been responsible for compiling the compilations Free-Spirit Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and Reawakening Volumes 2 and 3. In March 2017 he released the Ten Years as Free-Spirit compilation, which reached No. 5 on the Top 100 releases on Beatport.

Jay also runs Killah Mastering, arranging, mixing and mastering for multiple artists across various genres as well as mastering almost all the 64 Free-Spirit Records releases from 2005 until the present day.

As a final string to his bow, Jay is a successful party promoter, holding Free-Spirit Records label parties around the world and running Implosion events in London for eight years. Since 2012, he has been responsible for promoting one of London’s most acclaimed fiestas, Tribal Village – A Psychedelic Adventure

UK-based psy trance artist Neill Moore is resident at London events Psymera, Psyrthymix, Cohesion and Planet Angel. He's played for many UK events including Noisily Festival, Black Pearl Festival, Elixir of Life, Tribal Village, Astral Circus, Shattered Barriers, Liquid Connective, Halcyon and Illuminaughty.

Neill's style is either a fierce, groovy and uplifting morning/twilight sound at around 145bpm or progressive that ranges from funky and pumping to beautiful and euphoric. Everything he plays has exceptional engineering quality with genre fusions and unpredictable compositions. It is Neill's unique and solid mixing style, high quality crowd reading skills and story building though his DJ sets that have got him the attention of a very loyal and growing fan base, as well as many promoters, DJs and other artists in the scene.

On the production front, Neill has been working hard over the last few years, releasing a collaboration with Aphid Moon and putting together a compilation for the new Psymera label. He's also launched his live act, NEO, to showcase his many unreleased tracks that experiment with crafting his powerful crossover psychedelic sound that encompasses elements from every psy trance sub-genre to bring together a unified and distinct style.

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DM-Theory is the result of almost 20 years of music production experience by Marcello Baccheschi. After establishing himself as a full-on psytrance (M-THEORY) and progressive trance (CIMI) artist, Marcello decided it was time to experiment with a slower bpm and techno beats under a new alias. DM-Theory is an exploration of innovative sounds, solid percussive rhythms and a hypnotic vibe culminating in a unique techno style with psy influences. In its short lifespan since the project started in 2018, DM-Theory collaborated with and remixed tracks by influential artists such as Saafi Brothers (Gabriel Le Mar), Tripswitch, MVMB, Gaudi and Youth. He is part of the Ibogatech rooster of artists with 4 EPs released for the label and working on an album already lined up for publication.

Turkish-born London-based DJ Ebru Al began her dance music adventures in 1993 at a home studio in North London spinning old school acid house tunes. She started DJing professionally in 2010 and has since played many unforgettable high energy techno, progressive and full on psy trance sets for the London underground party scene, as well as in South Africa and in various countries around Europe. DJing highlights include her massive main stage set at Ozora (Hungary), Universo Paralello of Brazil and of course Psy-Boutique. She is the first female DJ and producer signed to Green Tree Records. Ebru’s recent compilation showcases her first production ‘Illuminate’, which raced up to No 1 in the Beatport Top 100 Psy Trance charts. With the release of her compilation, she’s illustrated that she definitely has many more adventures to come on her musical journey.

Jay is a successful party promoter, holding Free-Spirit Records label parties around the world and running Implosion events in London for eight years. Since 2012, he has been responsible for promoting one of London’s most acclaimed fiestas, Tribal Village – A Psychedelic Adventure…

In 2004 Negma started to play in big events, attracting great attention from her great variety of house styles. DJane Negma grew to one of the top female DJs in the Turkey the last 5 years. Her sets contain every style of house and her music style is always happy and colourful just like herself. Positive energy is easily heard in her music. Not only was Negma succeeding in her dj career, but she also graduated from Istanbul University Computer Engineering. Also she will go to sound engineering school. She is a technical talent so she is learning new technologies quickly.

In more recent times she has had the opportunity to play in many countries including Miami, Ibiza, Paris, Germany and Cyprus and has also found herself warming up and working along side some of the worlds leading names in the industry such as Marco V, Randy Katana, Johan Gielen, Outwork, Junior Vasquez, Sean Tyas, Alex M.O.R.P.H, Ronald Van Gelderen, Jochan Miller, Sied Van Riel, Yahel, Ernosto & Bastian, Aly & Fila, W&W, Leon Bolier, Mark Norman, Pedro Del Mar, Sander Van Dien (First State) Joyce Mercedes, Niki Belucci, LayDee Jane, Miss Shiva, Nugen.

Negma also produces and remixes her own tracks. This has also been very successfull for her, especially with her remix of Katana - Feels Like Magic.Her style of music changes with the times which keeps audience fresh and coming back for more. Currently her efforts are being put into various productions along with friend and fellow dj, alex_turkey, which will be ready for release in the near future. Now OUT !!! Negma feat. Aaron Smith - Dancin (Summer 2009 Mix) on Junodownload.

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