Gataka is Matan Kadosh a psychedelic trance artist from Afula in the northern part of Israel. Gataka is considered by many to be one of the leading artists of modern day psytrance. Matan started playing psytrance at the age of 15 and has immense experience under his belt. He is a part of the popular psytrance project Sesto Sento along with Aviram Saharai and Itai Spector, both from Afula also.
He had released under his belt three albums as Gataka in Phonokol records (Drop the mask 2003, Home made Madness 2004, In trance we trust 2005) and as Sesto Sento 4 albums in Com.pact records (The Inner Light 2002, The Bright Side 2003, The Remixer 2005, Come Together 2006), among those he had also compiled several compilations such as BPM 1 & 2 (Agitato records), Afula On (Com.pact records), The next generation part 2 (Phonokol records) & Spaced Out (Noga records).
During the years he had collaborated, remixed and remixed by with various artists like GMS, Infected Mushroom, Space Cat, CPU, Silicon Sound, Protoculture, Rinkadink, Lish, Aquatica, Apocalypse, Bizzare Contact, Visual Paradox, Pop Stream, Triptych, Poly, E-fact, Indra, Ziki, Intergalactik, Thujon, Perplex, Paranormal Attack, System Nipel, Star-X, Guitarists - Patrik, Gabriel Mafra, Tzahi Yizhak, Singers - Stevo Mafra, Johanna Gercsh, Moira & Sapir Asy.
Since Sesto Sento's first album he had played in almost every place in the world, places such as Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brasil, Chile, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, USA & Ukraina. and of course almost in every place in his homeland - Israel.
Bringing his unique style and his funky powerful trance drive, sending to the dancefloor electrifying vibes.
Expect much more from him to come...
Hello all, this will be our final release of 2009, and a great way to end the year... Pinklogik asked 10 artists and friends to remix her entire "Learning To Trust Higher Frequencies" album and what an eclectic and stunningly produced work this is. Each track has its own feel, thanks to the diverse range of artists involved in the project. A shimmering journey through ambient colours, broken beats, sweet melodies, a little bit of quantum physics, and is one hell of a trip....
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[S27-030] MIN-Y-LLAN : Dark Days (Downtempo, Ambient)
We are fast approaching the last days of 2009, so what better way to celebrate than this release from Welshman "Min-Y-Llan" who offers us this collection of atmospheric ambient pieces, the melodies within are dark and cavernous, being the perfect listening for the walk home on a frozen winters evening. Each track has a very melancholic feel as if looking towards a future that isn't as bright as we hope for, but nevertheless are powerless to escape. Free download!