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🌸🌙🌱Bloom Festival 2026 -- the collab between PsyLush and Nomada (fka Nomada Project) brought their 4th year to the forest of Ontario, Canada ⚡In between working the festival as a manager of stages and tech (and as a power curator) -- I took to the decks for a 90 minute performance that would literally change my life. 🎧I've been trying to find my footing with DJing for a little bit, having bee...

"Even in the noise .... the loneliness lingers ..." A progressive breaks track with that signature Dreamstate Seven ... dreaminess. This one came together during a bit of a bender of classic progressive trance sets from the mid 2000s. Much love to Chad Skinner @ Sun Rain Music for the elegant mastering.

2026 may have started off in a deep chill ❄, so what better time to play a fire mix! 🔥 Deepest thanks to the SubLunar community for letting my bring some progressive and full-on psytrance to the first Psy Tea ceremony of the year! 🔮☕ Samra - Apex (Shamanic Tales) Animato & Tamar Reili - Maisamma (Shamanic Tales) Xandar - Luminous Depths (Techsafari) Doppler (MX) & Botond - Capricorno (Techsafar...

Returned from Neotropolis -- the cyberpunk LARP festival in the Mojave desert--and the inspiration was to capture the essence of missions our characters were running. Started as a 4-on-the-floor midtempo/dark synthwave tune -- but I wanted more of a chronicle. Dusted off the orchestra libraries and got to work scoring. As the professional pictures got posted from the fest, the lyrical inspiration...

Returned from Neotropolis -- the cyberpunk LARP festival in the Mojave desert--and the inspiration was to capture the essence of missions our characters were running. Started as a 4-on-the-floor midtempo/dark synthwave tune -- but I wanted more of a chronicle. Dusted off the orchestra libraries and got to work scoring. As the professional pictures got posted from the fest, the lyrical inspiration...

The famed Hilltop festival series from Goa (yes, that Goa) brought a chapter to the forest on this side of the planet -- so cracking out some crazy open-air sunshine progressive was a perfect way to welcome summer! Thanks so much to Love & Light and Lysergic Sounds for pulling together a momentous gathering!! One Function - Life (Iono Music) Aladiah & Doubkore - Rising Sun (Expo) Zen Mechanics & E...

2225 — The first voyage to Kepler-609c and the shining city of Neotropolis for our crew — already an experience beyond words and beyond worlds — but then Dreamstate getting to throw down high-octane full-fury psy-fi trance for the creatures and lifeforms of the famed and illustrious Kaiju Nightclub?? 😃 Literally — could. not. even. It got a bit touch and go when the ionic rains threatened to keep...

Does it feel lighter in here? ❄ PsyLush brought us together for another Winter Solstice gathering, and it was nothing short of stellar, enchanting, and uplifting. A new space that yielded adventure, a bouncing community of revellers, and a top notch bill of entertainment, deco, and visuals -- I can't think of a better way to welcome back the light. 🔥 I had posted about leaning into a bit more spi...

The second set where things got even groovier, glitchier, and deeper ... Massive Attack - I Against I (feat. Mos Def) Tei Shi - Bassically Lulu Rouge - Lanscape of Love (feat. Fanney Osk) Blue Stahli - Ghosts of Love deadmau5 - midas heel Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval) Sneaker Pimps - Post-Modern Sleaze (Original Album Version) Apparat - Limelight Beauty Queen Autopsy - Pur...

A new night at Toronto's newest bar, bistro, and apothecary -- The Wych! Tryp brought lo-fi sounds and a super chilled out vibe --- that found us getting a little more adventurous than staying fully within the confines of old school trip-hop. Hell, we got so into the groove I even found myself scratching along ... Portishead - Humming (Live @ Roseland NYC) Bat For Lashes - Horse & I Tricky - Chris...

🌱🌿 We Bloom where we're rooted 🌸🌷 Incredibly honoured to once again bring the psychedelic madness to the main stage of Bloom 2024!! While I was originally planning to start with a little more progressive psy -- seeing how thirsty the crowd was for full-on madness during Paulineli's set -- I decided to push the throttles to full and keep them there! 🔥🔥 Cracked out some classics, laid down the...

Fascination is your monthly inclusive queer femme-run dark DJ night in Hamilton, and this time they brought through Dreamstate Seven for some industrial chaos -- alongside an all-vinyl set from Castelvi -- and fantastic drag shows from Belle Bottoms and Kunty the Clown!! An absolutely stellar night -- found me leaning into some tried and tested dance floor destruction. This is all 3 of my sets sti...

Love & Light teamed up with Lysergic Sounds to bring us an awesome springtime 4/20 celebration on the Toronto's illustrious Geary Ave! With over two hours on the decks, I was able to bring us through some smooth deep progressive before moving us into some full-on fury. Opening with a true classic set the tone for a chilled out but groovin vibe before our international headliners NoFace and Jumpstr...

Kinetic has been bringing the sounds of the Toronto Underground every Wednesday for over a year -- and the range of artists, performers, and DJs that have rolled through has been incredible. Now teaming up the illustrious PsyLush for a night of great programming? You'd better believe this resulted in a wide range of electroinc grooves. The awesome live techno sounds of Aerodroemme (complete with T...

🌱 ✨Absolutely stellar!! That’s just one of many ways I’m describing the incredible gathering that was Bloom 2023!! So many talented artists, such a deep, soul fulfilling vibe, and an absolutely killer psychedelic Sunday where I treated the grounds to some high energy full-on psytrance. So many stories, so many symbolic happenings that made this one of the most memorable gatherings I’ve attended...

🎇🎆A crushing psytrance EP from Dreamstate Seven! Dark brooding textures, acid synths, trademark lush layers, and a familiar emotive edge 🎇🎆 Triptych ventures into my 3 favourite characteristic veins of the psytrance genre; darker psy-techno, progressive, and of course, full-on! 🔊 Starting in 2022, I committed to having every psytrance set contain original Dreamstate Seven material in a bid to...

🎇🎆A crushing psytrance EP from Dreamstate Seven! Dark brooding textures, acid synths, trademark lush layers, and a familiar emotive edge 🎇🎆 Triptych ventures into my 3 favourite characteristic veins of the psytrance genre; darker psy-techno, progressive, and of course, full-on! 🔊 Starting in 2022, I committed to having every psytrance set contain original Dreamstate Seven material in a bid to...

🎇🎆A crushing psytrance EP from Dreamstate Seven! Dark brooding textures, acid synths, trademark lush layers, and a familiar emotive edge 🎇🎆 Triptych ventures into my 3 favourite characteristic veins of the psytrance genre; darker psy-techno, progressive, and of course, full-on! 🔊 Starting in 2022, I committed to having every psytrance set contain original Dreamstate Seven material in a bid to...

After the hiatus of the past two years, the Bazaar of the Bizarre returned with a triumph!! With the new digs at the Parkdale Hall, I was honoured to once again bring the weird IDM and downtempo styles synonymous with the background music of a most esteemed tradition! Dreamstate Seven - Nightingale Jonah K - Medicine Ball Matt Lange - Satellite Heart (feat. Deniz Reno) How To Destroy Angels - Ice...

With the longest and darkest nights of the year upon us, what better way to bring the light than with a PsyLush gathering!! The Winter Solstice edition of Psychedelic Sunday was an absolute blast!! A stellar community, an incredible lineup of groovy talent, and held within the beautiful Alternity cafe right at Bloor and St. George in Toronto! While I had originally planned to spin a dark bass set,...

Further explorations into dark bass and vocal textures set amidst chillstep and drum & bass. Emotive, uplifting, unique, and irrefutably Dreamstate Seven.

Further explorations into dark bass and vocal textures set amidst chillstep and drum & bass. Emotive, uplifting, unique, and irrefutably Dreamstate Seven.

Further explorations into dark bass and vocal textures set amidst chillstep and drum & bass. Emotive, uplifting, unique, and irrefutably Dreamstate Seven.

< < The "Download File" button above will download the lossless WAV file. MP3 download links is below >> Bloom 2022 -- A Nomada and Psylush Project -- A fusion of amazing spirits, forest canopies, and a community that carried a breath of Solstice Gathering vibes. Originally I had intended to keep things a bit more on the progressive psy with this set -- but with the sunshine of a Sunday afternoon,...

An amazing time from the Love & Light crew at the Aether festival! Plenty of full-on, full power, and psychedelic goodness that sounded spectacular over the Funktion One sound system from Silent Monkey! Much love to such an awesome community!! Attik - Orion X (Expo Records) Mad Maxx & Javier Bussola - Stargazer (United Beats Records) Intelligence - Technovoid (Original Mix) (24/7 Records) Sineride...