Deviant Species
is Santos De Castro. DS started in 1997 with former member Paul Wright (N.R.S.). The first EP release ’Blind Summit’ attracted much attention and secured Deviant Species a place in the South Africa 2000 Millennium festival where it billed along the main names in the Psy Trance scene at the time.
After 4 succesful EP releases the internationally acclaimed first album ’Hatch’ came out.
One year later Deviant Species founded Ambivalent Records with the release of its second album ’The Quest for Balojax’ (2001) which established the act as one of the luminaires of the genre.
In 2004 the much anticipated 3rd album ’In The Hands of the Randomiser’ came out which received rave reviews all over the world.
More Deviant Species tracks featured in the Ambivalent Rec compilation AMBCD7 Further Ambivalent Tendencies released in 2006. Santos is currently working in a new solo album and in the debut album of his project with Ady Connor (Scorb) called Squid Inc.
Santos was born in the Basque Country. Initially a drummer, he took permament residence in London in the 90’s where he joined industrial band Pig playing as the opening band for Nine Inch Nails in their Downward the Spiral tour.
Discography
Zerotonin Records:
Vinyl:
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ZERO001 ’Blind Summit’ / ’Heaven’s Gate Away Team’ (1997) |
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ZERO002 ’Wind Generator’ / ’Deviant Species’ (1998) |
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ZERO003 ’AYM’ / ’AYM’ remix (1999) |
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ZERO004 ’Jughead’ / ’Bilboan Trance’(1999)
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CD:
ZEROCD1 ’Hatch’ (2000) (1st album)
Tracks in compilations (other labels):
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’Bilboan Trance’ Mac Alien remix in Sphere ’Orbis’ compilation (2000) |
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’Intruder’ (Wrong Building remix) in South Africa 2000 compilation (2001) |
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’Carrier’ in Alchemy Records ’Electrum’ compilation (2001) |
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’Shock Hazzard’ as Archfiends Rites of Equinox in ’Electrum’ compilation (2001) |
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’Negative Gain’ as GMT in Sphere ’Chapel Perilous’ compilation (2001) |
Ambivalent Records:
CD:
AMBCD1 ’The Quest for Balojax’ (2001) (2nd album)
Tracks in Ambivalent Rec compilations:
AMBCD2 ’Creeping Ambivalent Tendencies’ (2002)
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’Beaver Inverter’ |
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’Equilibrium 2’ (vs Charasmatix) |
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’Buss Conductor’ |
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’Gyroscopic Force’ as Centrifugal Man |
AMBCD3 ’Significant Elf Proclivity’ (2002)
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’Enter Domestos’ as Floor Assignment (vs Rinkadink) |
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’Lapa Incordio’ (Santos De Castro) feat. Vana |
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’Goon’ as Unsound System (Santos vs Shift) |
AMBCD6 ’In The Hands of the Randomiser’ (2004) (3rd album)
AMBCD7 ’Further Ambivalent Tendencies’ (2006)
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’Iophant’ Deviant Species |
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’Jack The Kipper’ Deviant Species vs Scorb |
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’Tilt’ as Squid Inc (Deviant Species vs Scorb) |
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’Rave From The Grave’ Squid Inc (Scorb rmx) (Deviant Species vs Scorb) |
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