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In this page you will find the bios of all the producers featured in San TRANCEcisco

The Doramey Fossillotti are an ancient alien race residing in a solar system just outside of our galaxy. They are trying to establish a solid line of communication with our planet. Through the universal power of music, they hope to further explore and discover the secrets of all forms of life.

Randoms’ genesis dates back to ’97 Throwing field parties with the North Bay Area Collective and old time friend Conan in Petaluma. Musical influences include Industrial, Goth, Classical, funk, house, rock, d&b, acid, punk, hardcore, dub, breaks, emotion, psytrance and GOA. With over 6 CDs of unreleased tracks and years of experience, Randoms’ sound has matured and morphed through time, resulting in a self-taught style that is ever changing and always keeping the floor blowing up.

Sea Creatures

This amazing duo is an integral part of the aranji collective:
BAREFOOT aka Burke is a perfectionist to the core, his impressive djing technique has often been described as flawless. he's the one the other djs come to see. now, directing his attention towards music creation he has already spread a deeper understanding of sound throughout the rest of orangeAge as he obsessively dissects the frequency spectrum and shares the results.

BROWNBOY
Enjoying the recent success of his first release on looq records, Reid Oda aka Brownboy just came back from Europe from collecting inspiration for his upcoming full length album. Reid’s contribution to San TRANCEcisco and the Bay Area’s electronic music scene is monumental.

Enigma Machine
Decrypting the knowledge of the universe and constructing sophisticated unique Psychedelic sounds is Enigma Machine’s way. EM is compromised of Brian Petterson (aka Sentient) and Raphael Pepi (see Helios Bio below)

Brian is one of the foremost psychedelic trance DJs in San Francisco and is set to play @ ULTRA 8. A lover of trance since he was first exposed to it at a rave in Mexico City in 1994, Sentient has become addicted to the powerful sound of today's psytrance. When he plays, foremost in his mind is the music and the desire to guide people through it.

Sentient plays regularly in San Francisco at both undergound and club events as a resident of Thump Radio, the largest promoters of psytrance on the West Coast. With a few tracks under his belt, he is on his way to showing the world what sounds are nestled within his brain.

DIRTYHERTZ
Born in Tehran-Iran, Dirty moved to Chi-Town, USA in 85' – Then to San Francisco in 96', he started DirtyHertz Productions, a music and sound design facility. In addition to dj'ing, remix work and original recordings, he
has composed music and designed sounds for companies such as: Apple computer, Big Fish Audio, E-MU Systems, Kurzweil Musical Systems, MTV and numerous Video Games. To add to all this, Dirty's tracks and remixesare being supported by some of the top djs around the world like: Sasha,Paul Van Dyk, Dave Seaman.....need to say anymore?

Sanyama a.k.a Rahul produces melodic and intricate music and draws his inspiration from early Goa trance. Psychedelic trance is a primary passion, but is only one of the many streams of musical consciousness of this entity.

He also produces electronic downtempo music (as MetaThema) and has played progressive and classic rock in the past, and taken formal training in Western jazz guitar and Indian classical music.

Ra is a Software Architect/Engineer by profession, with a degree in Electronics Engineering.Releases: Mission Accomplished on SF604 (local psy-trance compilation).

Helios (Raphael Pepi) is San Francisco Bay Area native who has been producing and spinning electronic music for 6 Years. Helios graduated from the California Recording Institute with a degree in Audio Engineering in order to pursue his dreams of producing cutting edge electronic music that is both funky and spiritual. Helios's sound has been influenced by the Funk, Industrial, Swing, Jazz, Electronica, The Underground Dance scene, and Programming. All of which show through in the technical full-on sound he produces.

The Loomii is a musical production duo featuring Dave and Peter Loomis,
Two brothers based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently focused on electronic dance music, their sound has been influenced by several genres, including psychedelic trance, techno, house, dub, metal, rock, country and bluegrass. The Loomii have been producing music together, DJing and playing live shows of their all-original music up and down the West Coast for the past 4 years.

Several years and many forays into musical experimentation have led to the formation of The Loomii, providing a forum for past influences to shape new Explorations in sound.

Ekko With 14 years of music production experience, the co-founder of SDR Productions, a stellar list of club appearances in the bay area and a new full length album ready for release, Ekko has emerged as one of the most respected and talented artists found in the ever evolving San Francisco dance music scene. You can hear Ekko's Trance set in the ECO VILLAGE at ULTRA 8 (March 25 - Miami - WMC)

Vaporware assembled "Callisto" -- his first production -- after nearly a decade's appreciation of electronic music and four years of DJing (under the name Epsilon). His path of fusing classic melody with modern psychedelic sound is only beginning, and will continue to wend its way through the twin territories of emotion and energy.

ETIENNE, the son of a French immigrant and native San Franciscan, has been writing music for almost 20 years. In that time, his progressed through metal, punk crossover, and industrial. His musical progression ultimately led him to explore Psychedelic Trance, and to create his very own unique take on that music, which incorporates the various musical genres that influenced and defined him as a composer. He has also written professionally for web movies and video game companies the likes of EA and Sierra/Vivende Universal.

Etienne lists a range of influences including David Justin, Prophei, psytrip, erth, Judas Priest, Skinny Puppy, Download, Pitch Shifter, and Thrill Kill Kult. He also has many PsyTrance unreleased tracks, the track “We Come in Peace” was chosen because it is "forward" thinking.