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LOUD (live) Com.pact / Dooflex / Divine Balance / dbsonic - [Israel] LOUD (Kobi Toledano and Eitan Raiter, located in the city of Haifa Israel) were both infected by the psytrance bug and movement back in the mid-nineties. While both were travelling and experiencing global psychedelic culture, the two cosmically met and LOUD was born. LOUD has a significant and daring new sound, fresh and powerful, always seeking to expand their knowledge and results. LOUD have licensed many tracks, to be featured on labels such as: Trancelucent, Doof Records, Skykey Records and Divine Balance Records. Their full-length album will be coming out soon on Com.pact Records. Onnomon (live) Soular Records / Psymbolic Shop - [Pennsylvania] Onnomon is rapidly emerging as one of the top psytrance producers in the world. His recent album, “No Monno” was referred to as “An utterly smashing surprise…” on psyreviews.com. He’s had releases on countless labels and recently returned from touring in Israel. His unique style is not to be missed! (CDs & Album Downloads available through Psymbolic's online shop.) http://www.psymbolic.com/frame.html?http://www.psymbolic.com/shop/music/onnomon/index.html Androcell (live) Celestial Dragon / Psymbolic Shop - [Arizona] With his new second album "Efflorescence" just coming out on Celestial Dragon Records, musician and artist Tyler Smith, aka Quasga, will navigate a psychedelic night-time landscape anchored in dub and integrate organic and electronic sounds. Warm melodies are diversified against a framework of intricate rhythms and arching harmonies. Unique spoken samples are incorporated seamlessly and used with clear intent. Interstitial atmospheric sounds provide for a continuous listening experience. (CDs & Album Downloads available through Psymbolic's online shop.) http://www.psymbolic.com/shop/music/androcell/index.html Bodhisattva 13:20 (live) Geomagnetic / Divine Balance - [California] Coming out of the dark desert scene Bodhi shares a bit of sacred magic as he twists your mind with new and unheard complex frequency function combinations. He is an award-winning electronic musician with releases on such labels as Truffle, Trishula, Psybertribe, Vertigo and coming soon on Geomagnetic/Darkstar Records will be his highly anticipated 2nd album "Secrets of the Mojave." KiloWatts (live) Diffusion Records / Psymbolic Shop - [Pennsylvania] Recently completing his 4th album, "Routes", among numerous singles and remixes, James Watts continues to create dynamic and unpredictable moods with his music. He's generally known for his complex rhythmic audio editing, sliced and diced to all hell, married to wistful melodic structure and vaporous soundscapes. His livesets are a combination of intricate programmed beats and sojourns into improvised experimental groovology, often evolving into thick layered violet walls of sound. (CDs & Album Downloads available through Psymbolic's online shop.) http://www.psymbolic.com/shop/music/kilowatts/problem_solving.html Merkaballah (live) Space Dub Vibrations - [Colorado] Merkaballah, is comprised of Jym Fair, Avery Runner, and Doug Beechwood. Formulated in 2002, the group has been seen @ VideA in Barcelona Spain2002: AVit Chicago in 2003; "Motion Notion' near Edmunton, Alberta Canada also in 2004; 'As One' festival near Eugene Oregon 2004; and most recently at 'One Tribe' functions on their home turf of Denver, Colo. Merkaballah's DVD A/V single 'Theta Drive', continues on where 'Alpha Code', DJ Elf Arrow (Avery) and VJ Pixylight's (Jym) DJ/VJ mix DVD, leaves off. Theta Drive wisks its viewers into theta consciousness, by means of mixed archetypical imagery. Convolution Integral (live) Joshbrill dot com - [Illinois] Josh Brill orchestrates and manipulates soundscapes, live instruments and dense modern harmonies while using a jazz/jam band improvisational approach. The psymbient sound that CI brings to the world is a duality of the ambient and the participatory. The guitar soundscapes that CI creates begin with a single note, and through the use of loops, the past and present meet as they convolve with their distant relative, future. Josh has toured as a guitarist with numerous national and international acts. Kourosh Dini (live) Psymbolic Shop - [Illinois] Kourosh Dini is a classically trained musician & a psychiatrist focusing on the development of human & thought. The creation of his music is a reflection of the development of life such as that of a person's. His cycling flow of dark & light offers a soundtrack for philosophical contemplation, a great backdrop for generating conversation & a must listen for those who wish to dig a little deeper to appreciate the beauty contained within. (CDs & Album Downloads available through symbolic's online shop.) http://www.psymbolic.com/shop/music/kourosh_dini/index.html Venus,i (live) [Illinois] Chicago based Venus, i has been brewing its special blend of organic electro dub since 2005. A robust yet rich full-bodied tonic with a sweet manicured finish, leaving you with a pleasantly funky aftertaste. In just over a year Venus, i has found a voice it's proud to call its own, expressed through tones ranging from ambient minimal soundscapes to melodic beat driven dub.