Friday December 2nd we are celebrating 10 Years Dacru! We are doing this in style with the Organic Dreams event. It will take place in what is probably the best club in Belgium and ranking among Europe's top clubs: Fuse in our capital Brussels! We gathered a major line-up including Talamasca, Cosmosis, Silicon Sound, U-Recken, DigiCult, Ephedrix and Norion. For all info just follow this link or click the flyer.

Friday October 28th Anada Tribe is organizing the We Are One festival in Berlin, Germany. Next to other things on the line-up the event is also a Dacru Records label event to celebrate 10 Years Dacru! We are sending a fine selection of artists with DigiCult, SynSUN, Ephedrix and Sufi. For more info you can look at the flyer or visit www.ananda-tribe.com.

Friday October 7th the Amorphia organisation is inviting Ephedrix over to Athens, Greece!

Friday September 16th Ephedrix and Aquila are playing at the 'Echoes of the Night' event in Cuernavaca, Mexico! They are headlining the party together with their progressive house alter ego projects Jochem Peterson and Tom Hill.

The moment we've all been waiting for for months already has finally arrived! This coming weekend it is time for NOVA'S INCIDENT X OPEN AIR !!!

You can find all festival information by clicking the flyer:



Or for those of you just quickly looking for the address, this is it:

Rue du Bonalfa
Vielsalm - Belgium

The festival grounds are at the end of the street (it's a dead end street).

It is also just a 2 km walk from the train station of 'Vielsalm', so it is very easy to come by train. It is close to the center of Vielsalm, but still secluded in the most beautiful nature part of Belgium!

There will be small fluo arrows all over Vielsalm telling you the way. From the train station you can probably also just follow the other people :)

All info you need to know for the Nova's Incident of this year is online on a special party page. Especially if you are looking for the address, you can have a look there. Just click the flyer backside to go to it!

 

 

Ephedrix is on a mini Japan tour these days. Three gigs are planned in as many days:

 

23/07 - Club Sound Gate @ Tokyo

24/07 - The Paradise open air @ Toyohashi Shiomi beach

25/07 - Club Axxcis @ Tokyo

With our next release we welcome a newcomer to Dacru Records! Tropical Bleyage from Serbia is coming in strong with this 'Static' EP. The release date is July 6th! And July 9th they'll be presenting the EP at the Fractal Gate festival in Belgium!

Release info

Fans of the more melodic take on psytrance know they can always turn to Dacru records. On this first ep, Tropical Bleyage prove they can stand among many of the greats when it boils down to intelligent melodic full-on. Well balanced stories that capture the imagination, and leave you wanting more...

Tracklist

01. TROPICAL BLEYAGE - ZORA
02. TROPICAL BLEYAGE - STATIC
03. TROPICAL BLEYAGE – SOUL TRAIN
04. EPHEDRIX – PROTOTYPE (TROPICAL BLEYAGE REMIX)

We have a new EP out! Below are a few links where you can buy or listen to samples.

 

Ephedrix - The Prototype Remixes

BEATPORT

ITUNES

JUNODOWNLOAD

And of course there are many more digital stores where you can get the music! Just look around, it will be hard not to find it... ;-)

In September it is time for another Mexico tour. This time Ephedrix and Aquila will be available. For Aquila that will be a first time in the land of the Aztecs! They will be there from September 9th to 26th. For all booking inquiries you can send an e-mail to bookings@dacru.be.

All is set for a new edition of the Nova's Incident. It will take place on August 20th & 21st 2011 at the same amazing location in the most beautiful part of Belgium. Also the line-up came together very well with Tim Schuldt (retro set), SynSUN, Alternative Control, DigiCult, Ephedrix, Aquila, Agneton, Syncron, Kristian and many more. For now you can see all info in the parties section. A full info party event page will be put online one month before the event. See you all there!

Here's some info on the Dacru Records summer release schedule!

DCREP006 - Ephedrix - The Prototype Remixes
-> June 15th

DCREP007 - Tropical Bleyage - Static
-> July 6th

DCREP008 - F.F.T - Total Access
-> August 2nd

DCREP009 - DigiCult - Awaken The Dream Remixes
-> August 17th

DCREP010 - SynSUN vs Insum - Brave Heart
-> September 13th

Lots of things to look forward to!

Saturday May 14th is the date of the Summer of Love party in Antwerp, Belgium. Ephedrix will play alongside Bitkit, D-Noiser and an excellent selection of Belgian djs. More info on the flyer.

From Friday April 29th to Saturday April 30th is a special holiday in The Netherlands: Queen's Day. At this day the Dutch all go crazy and for the occasion the 'Start The Freakend' party is set up in Groningen. On the line-up live acts by Ephedrix and Cyrus The Virus. For more info check the flyer.

Friday April 15th 'Psybox' and 'A Dark Fairies Dream' are joining forces in the city of Innsbruck in Austria to organize a charity event for Japan. Also Ephedrix will be be bringing a live act at this event.
Full support!

Today Ephedrix crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the start of an impressive Mexico Tour. Other artists and projects taking part in this tour are DJ Oonah, and from our sublabel Atmosphere Records Jochem Peterson and Andreas Black.

This is the full tour schedule, apart from one or two gigs that might still get confirmed later on.

12/02 - NEW YORK (USA) -> Green Apples presents Fractal Love
with Ephedrix and Jochem Peterson



18/02 - MEXICO CITY -> Albeat @ Penthouse centro historico
with Jochem Peterson and Andreas Black



19/02 - PUEBLA -> Holy Mountain / Dacru Records Label Party
with Ephedrix, Oonah, Lamat and Intelligence

 

 

25/02 - CD. JUAREZ -> Techno Assault @ Altitude concert hall
with Ephedrix, Oonah, Jochem Peterson and Andreas Black

 
 

26/02 - CHIHUAHUA -> Sound To Paradise
with Ephedrix and Oonah



27/02 - CHIHUAHUA -> Mantra presents Above & Beyond
with Jochem Peterson and Andreas Black



04/03 - MAZATLAN -> Lybalion
with Oonah



05/03 - PUERTO VALLARTA -> Deep Funn presents Gamma Energy

12/03 - GUADALAJARA -> Massive Trance presents Equinoxio 9
with DigiCult, Ephedrix and Oonah



17/03 - MONTERREY -> Cafe Iguana

 


17/03 - MORELIA -> Foro 38
with DigiCult and Oonah

18/03 - SAN LUIS POTOSI -> Equinox Tech
with Ephedrix and Jochem Peterson



19/03 - MEXICO CITY -> Lithium label party
with Jochem Peterson and Andreas Black



20/03 - MEXICO CITY -> Kupuri festival

January 15th and here we are with the results of the Ephedrix remix contest! Members of Ephedrix and Dacru Records handed out points and when adding them up we came to a top 10. These artists made, in our humble opinion, the best Prototype remixes.

Ephedrix remix contest top 10

 

01. Sacral Reason - Russia

02. Tropical Bleyage - Serbia

03. Block Device - France

04. Microscan - France

05. Chichke & MultiTech - Israel

06. EarWorm - USA

07. Parasymatic - Austria

08. Gemini - Japan

09. Acuaheretic - Mexico

10. Tritech Files - Mexico

You can listen to all tracks of the top 10 on this soundcloud page: www.soundcloud.com/ephedrix-remix-contest!

So our winner is Sacral Reason, who was actually the only one to send in a chill out remix, but was able to please everybody. His remix will be released at the Ephedrix 'Circle of Life' EP that will come out in March. More details about that will follow soon.

The participants who ended up in the runner up places shouldn't despair as we might have something up our sleeve to comfort them! Check back at our facebook page in a couple of days.

And a last great newsitem... we are starting a similar remix contest for DigiCult and their track 'Awaken The Dream'. For all info you can click the banner on your right hand side. Proper info and posts on this homepage are coming very soon.

Saturday February 12th Ephedrix will be playing in the USA for the very first time. The honor goes to the 'big apple', the city of New York. Here the 'Green Apples' organisation is hosting the 'Fractal Love' event. Next to Ephedrix they bring Rastaliens, Braincell and more. For full info you can look at the flyer or check www.greenapplesnyc.com.

The newest edition of the German Mushroom Magazine devotes another page to Dacru Records. You can read information about our artists and upcoming release schedule. And in particular the upcoming SynSUN album gets plenty of attention. You can download the magazine in pdf by clicking here.
Or just read the article by enlarging the thumb below.

The deadline to send in your entry for the Ephedrix remix contest has been reached. We have received over 30 entries! All will be carefully listened to by the members of Ephedrix and Dacru Records and on January 15th we will announce the winner on this website. This winning remix will be released on the 'Circle of Life' EP by Ephedrix, out in March 2011!

We have updated our download section once more! A new promotional mix by Ephedrix has been added. You can find the tracklist below. Listen and/or download it through the Ephedrix Soundcloud page: www.soundcloud.com/ephedrix. Or just visit our download section.

Tracklist

01. ELECTRO SUN VS BRAIN DAMAGE - HYPNOTIC VOICES (EPHEDRIX RMX)
02. EPHEDRIX - PROTOTYPE
03. EPHEDRIX - EVOLVING MOODS (CHRONOS RMX)
04. TALAMASCA FEAT. NOMAD - THE AWAKENING (EPHEDRIX RMX)
05. EPHEDRIX - MEXICAN WAVE
06. EPHEDRIX - ASTRAL IGNITION (XSI RMX)
07. EPHEDRIX - ASTRAL IGNITION

As 2010 is coming to an end we are already looking forward to the coming year. A lot of things are cooking at Dacru, take a look below to get a glimpse of our upcoming release schedule for the first half of the next year.

Dacru Records release schedule 2011

January
Intelligence - Liquid & Solid (EP)

February
SynSUN - Alter Ego (ALBUM)
Aquila - Weekend Travellers (EP)

March
Ephedrix - Circle Of Life (EP)
Alternative Control - Remix Edition Vol.1 (EP)

April
DigiCult (EP)

May
DigiCult (ALBUM)
SynSUN - Sunset (EP)

June
VA - Essentials Vol.2 mixed by Kristian (ALBUM)
Lamat (EP)

July
Aquila (ALBUM)
Chronos (EP)

August
F.F.T (EP)

...

Ephedrix has a new track out! 'Mexican Wave' is released in a new compilation by Buddha Mantra Records from Portugal. 'Mental States' was compiled by label head dj Vajra. You might recognize the track title as a Lamat remix of this track was released earlier on in his full album 'New Horizons'.

Enlarge the visual below for more information on the release:

Ephedrix will be headlining the Past Forward New Year's event in the city of Groningen in the north of The Netherlands. Everything indicates that this will be a great event: an organizing crew that is taking proper care of things, a big old warehouse and a good line-up filled with positive music. Ephedrix will be bringing a 1,5 hour full audiovisual experience. For more info you can enlarge the flyer or visit www.pastforward.nl.

A last minute party and booking. This Friday November 5th Ephedrix will play a dj set at the Summer of Love party in Antwerp in the home country Belgium. For more info check the goabase link.

Good news for all producers out there! We have started an Ephedrix remix contest for the track 'Prototype'. The contest will run until January 1st 2011. The winning remix will appear on an Ephedrix digital EP in March 2011 and there's also a small cash price set aside. For downloading the files and all further details you can click the banner below to go the remix contest page. Good luck!

About a month ago Ephedrix played at the Madhatter party in Belgium. Two videos of that live set have been uploaded to YouTube. Thanks to Smokonut. To see the videos just click the links below:

 

video 1 | video 2

As undoubtedly you have already noticed, since a few months Dacru Records is strongly represented in the digital download world. Almost every single important shop is offering our label catalogue. Take a look at the Dacru section on leading digital shop Beatport by clicking the banner. And check out the player to give our releases a listen.

With our Nova's Incident IX open air event over a month behind us it's time to finally put a nice collection of pictures online. Thanks to all the people who sent in their pictures, you can see over 200 of them in our picture gallery. Just click here to visit the gallery, take a look in the '2010' folder.

There are also some videos to be found in YouTube. See below for the direct links:
Two very nice compilation videos: video 1 | video 2
There are also parts of artists' sets to be seen: Lamat (live), DigiCult (live),  Agneton (live), JimSon (dj) and Melorix (live).

Saturday September 25th there will be another legendary Madhatter night in Antwerp, Belgium. After a break of a few years this popular organisation is back with what promises to be a fantastic event. As in the good old years Ephedrix is invited to play. The rest of the line-up doesn't look too bad either with District 42, Bamboo Forest, Transwave, Massive, Deedrah, Electrypnose and many more. One not to miss!

Here's a list of shops where you can get the newest Lamat album. There are links for obtaining the actual physical cd and links for digital downloads.

-> physical

WIRIKUTA

PSYSHOP

SAIKOSOUNDS

BEATSPACE

GOASTORE

-> digital

BEATPORT

TRANCELOAD

BEATSPACE

JUNODOWNLOAD

BEATSDIGITAL

AMAZON

TRACKITDOWN

DJTUNES

DISCOGS

TUNETRIBE

CYTOPIA

NAPSTER

DJDOWNLOAD

and many many more including iTunes...

The newest Lamat full album 'New Horizons', out at Dacru Records since September 2nd!

Release info

It’s safe to say, Lamat needs no more introduction, his music has had such a significant impact on the trance scene these past few years, it’s hard to have missed him. Since his unforgettable debut album ‘Master Control’, his tracks have been heard on trance floors in all continents. Many dj’s have built their sets around the unmistakable magic that is Lamat, and will continue to do so with this latest gem.

His fourth full album is finally ready for release. With Dacru Records, Marcos has found a new home, from which he can bring us his take on ‘New Horizons’. This fresh breeze can be heard throughout the entire new album.

New Horizons is a must for all old and new Lamat fans!

Tracklist

01. THE POWER OF MUSIC
02. MASS CONTROL
03. NEW HORIZONS
04. PROGRESSIVE SCIENCE
05. HIDDEN CITY
06. C.P.C (CREATIVE PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUND)
07. EPHEDRIX - MEXICAN WAVE (LAMAT REMIX)
08. SYNSUN VS KAMASUTRANCE - THE KEY (LAMAT REMIX)

Everything you need to know about the Nova's Incident open air gathering is just a click away. Exact location details and anything else can be found by clicking the flyer:

Saturday August 7th Ephedrix is invited to play at the next Bass Island event 'Summer Hypnosis' in Austria. It will take place at the castle of Leiben, a beautiful venue that can host several rooms. Next to the psytrance area, where Ephedrix is headlining, they offer a drum 'n' bass area with Sfy FX, techno/electro with Chris hope and a tekno area. For full info you can visit www.bassisland.at.

During the next week, from Monday July 26th to Sunday August 1st, the Elemental Evolution festival will take place in Turkey. The place to be is Mugla, near the city of Dalaman in the south west of Turkey. On the line-up plenty of Dacru artists. DigiCult, Ephedrix, Chronos and Sufi are the live acts and Nemesis and Hessell the dj's. For full festival info you can visit www.elementalevolution.net.

We have updated our website with all necessary info for Nova's Incident IX open air. The gathering is coming up in about a month, August 14th & 15th. For all info you can click here.

Ephedrix have opened a page at Soundcloud. It's an another easy way to listen to some of their finest tracks. To visit it: www.soundcloud.com/ephedrix.

After a one year pause the Full Moon festival is back in full force. This year it will happen from July 21st to 28th at the old airbase in Wittstock at about an hour drive from Berlin in Germany. Plenty of Dacru action on the impressive line-up: DigiCult, Ephedrix and Aquila are all playing on Saturday July 24th. Other sounding names on the line-up are Talamasca, Vibe Tribe, Perplex, Mekkanikka, Burn In Noise, Headroom, Avalon, Ital, Ticon, S-Range, Fatali, X-Noize and many more. There will also be a special Parvati Records stage to celebrate the 10 years of existence of this label.

For full info you should have a look at www.fullmoon-festival.com.

DJ Sun Experience from Austria has made a special mix with only tracks by Dacru artists. You can check it out at his Soundcloud page, just click here.

Tracklist:

1. Aquila Vs. Ephedrix - Lifeform
2. Electro Sun Vs. Brain Damage - Hypnotic Voices (Ephedrix Rmx)
3. Aquila - Electronic Ocean
4. Alternative Control - No Break (Nemesis Rmx)
5. Chronos - This is Dharma
6. Digicult Vs Fatali - The Return (Alpha F. Rmx)
7. Ephedrix - Evolving Moods (Chronos rmx)
8. Aquila - Gain Control
9. Silicon Sound - Pure Reality (Ephedrix rmx)
10. Chronos - Solid mercury
11. Electro Sun - Death Wish (Nemesis Rmx)

A busy weekend is coming up for Dacru artists. Also Ephedrix is playing on Saturday July 3rd. They are travelling to Billund in Denmark to perform at the Liquid Sounds event. The event will also see the première of the Jochem Peterson dj set!

A Fourth and last volume of the Dacru Selection series released at Beatport through Midijum Records includes music by Alternative Control, Ephedrix and Nemesis. To check out the full tracklist and buy some tracks you can click here.

June 25th is the release date for a new compilation by French label Escape Records. The release is titled 'French Noise' and is mainly produced by French artists. Still we see the Ephedrix name pop up in the tracklist as their track Astral Ignition has been remixed by French top producers XSI. The VA was compiled by dj's ADN & Chaï. See the tracklist and release info below. For a preview on the XSI remix you can click here.

Tracklist

01. SHAGMA - PURE ARABICA
02. YURIKA - AWAKE
03. LIFE EXTENSION - EXISTENZ
04. SHALYS - SUNRIZE
05. MESMERIZER - TAKE CONTROL
06. BIOKINETIX - ACTION REACTION
07. DIGITAL SOUND PROJECT FT. DJ KHALI - MEKANICK WALK
08. KINESIS - HIDDEN MESSAGE (POLYPHEME RMX)
09. EPHEDRIX - ASTRAL IGNITION (XSI RMX)
10. KINESIS - ZERO DIMENSION

Release info

Escape records is proud to present « FRENCH NOISE » their second compilation.  The first V/A “Perceptions” released in 2008 generated excellent feedbacks and had a huge success on global dance floors.For this new adventure, ADN & Chai picked the best of the French Psytrance scene.  This new selection provides us with the best ingredients for a journey out of this world.10 melodic tracks with punchy grooves from full on to twilight psytrance. Produced by a sophisticated mix of confirmed international artists and rising stars.
Ready for takeoff?  Turn your speakers on for a 3 stage journey.  
Stage A : 3 exclusive tracks combining full on beats and old school atmospheres by the famous French projects Shagma (Morphonic recs)  and Life Extension (Mind Control recs, Avigmatic recs), and the new rising French/Japanese djane/producer, Yurika (Trust in Trance recs, Escape recs).
Stage B : The new act Shalys, Dj and member of the collectivity Electrohm, will progressively take you to  a groovy and punchy trance.  We continue this journey with the latest French revelations: Biokinetix and Mesmerizer will take the commands with moving vibes and efficient  rhythms.  Their album released in 2009 have already conquered dance floors all over the world.
Stage C : Open your chakras and let yourself carried forward by one of the rising projects of the French scene: Digital Sound Project feat Dj Khali (Mind control Recs), building up the intensity further.  Then two sophisticated remixes:  “Astral Ignition” by the Belgian duo Ephedrix (Dacru Recs) remixed by French duo XSI (Phantasm Recs, Mind Control Recs) and “Hidden Messages” by Kinesis remixed by Polyphème (Mind Control, Spun Recs).  Last but not least, you will prepare for landing with the subtle and diverse sound of Kinesis (solo project of Crying Freemen), whose album will be released soon on Geomagnetics Recs.
Ready now?  So fasten your seatbelts very very securely!!!  Enjoy the trip!

More visual material from the Psyrockers party with Ephedrix in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A nice compilation video with Ephedrix music can be seen in YouTube, or just click here.

Leguan Records are continuing the legendary Goa Head compilation series. Volume 28 has just been released and includes many Dacru artists: Alternative Control, Nemesis, Ephedrix, DigiCult and Chronos. For full info on the release, read below.

Release info

The best tracks from the best international Labels.

1996 was the start of the most famous and succesful compilation-series in Psychedelic-Trance. GOA Head 'The Best Of Goa-Trance and Psychedelic-Techno' Today we have reached volume 28 and the compilation is still alive. The concept of the series brings it to slogan: The best tracks, the best labels, the best DJs!

The package of Goa Head comes along with a stylish Digipak Collectors and Psy-Fans all over the world love the compilation, which gives an excellent over view on the trance-scene.

 

Tracklist

01. ELASTIQUE SOUL - DREAMING STARDUST
02. MULTIPHASE - NIMBUS
03. SIDEFORM - QUESTIONS
04. LIQUID SPACE - UNFORGOTTEN
05. EGORYTHMIA - BLACK HOLE
06. ACE VENTURA - SAO PAULO (RITMO RMX)
07. AQUALIZE - PRESSURE BEHAVIOR
08. NEELIX - SMOKE IN MIRRORS (DJ BIM & M-SHPERE RMX)
09. KRAMA - RISE ON
10. SKOOCHA - EVERYTHING IS SOUND
11. SIRION - NEXT LEVEL
12. S-RANGE - BOOM (ZEN MECHANICS RMX)
13. U-RECKEN VS BASIC - GEORGINA
14. CHRONOS - SOLID MERCURY
15. SILICON SOUND - PURE REALITY (EPHEDRIX RMX)
16. DIGICULT VS FATALI - THE RETURN (ALPHA F RMX)
17. DIGITAL TRIBE - SWEET DREAM
18. ALTERNATIVE CONTROL - NO BREAK (NEMESIS RMX)

video 1 | video 2 | video 3

and an earlier uploaded video by someone else: click here.

 

 

As an extra there is also a short video from the Ephedrix performence at the Smile open air party near Sao Paulo, Brazil from May 8th: click here.

Flyers are out there for a new and exciting chapter of Nova's Incident open air. The 2010 edition will happen at the same location we have grown to cherish as one of the finest ones in Belgium! On the line-up this year of course many Dacru talent amongst which we see Lamat and F.F.T from Mexico. Also legendary Talamasca will make another appearance at a Dacru event. The progressive bunker is hosted by Eargasm this year, the chill out by Mindmelt once more. For now you can have a look at the flyer for full line-up. By the beginning of summer we will open a party info page that should fullfil your every info need! For now you can already mark the weekend of August 14th and 15th in your agenda!

Midijum Records have released a third volume of the Dacru Selection at Beatport. It is out since May 14th. Click here to go directly to the release's page.

Tracklist

 

01. DIGICULT - STAR TRAVEL
02. PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT - THE GLOOPY GUMGUM SONG
03. SLUG - PRESSURE
04. LOST & FOUND - SLAVEDRIVER
05. EPHEDRIX - FAR AWAY (DNA RMX)
06. STALKER - MANDRAGORA FILIPINA (F.F.T REMIX)
07. CONCEPT - LEGALIZE
08. AQUILA - DE-EVOLUTION
09. SCORB vs BOLT - RESTIMULATED REMIX
10. F.F.T - NEXUS 836