Transcending Events

25/04/2024

When you see me out at Transcending Events pres: Herbert Quain, Kelsifer, Astrospook, Sophia Amare - Psytrance Event… come grab one of these babies! 😁😁

11/04/2024

Our very own Kelsifer at Texas Eclipse Festival

10/04/2024

Our very own Transiant, killing it at Texas Eclipse Festival

28/03/2024

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:
Matt Mixberry

ASCEN/DANCE (MN)

Matt Mixberry is a passionate vinyl DJ hailing from Hopkins, MN, who discovered his musical origins embedded in the euphoric pulse of progressive trance music. Growing up under the towering influence of genre legends like Paul Oakenfold and Paul Van Dyk, Matt has developed a profound connection to the soundscapes that defined the trance movement of the 90s. His mission is clear: to rejuvenate the trance community with a sound that is unmistakably reminiscent of the UK's uplifting, energetic, and emotional beats of that era.

For Matt, DJing transcends the act of playing music—it's about curating a journey, a shared experience of being utterly present in the moment through the communal act of dance. By blending fresh selections with an old-school vibe, Matt Mixberry is not just playing tracks; he's weaving memories, inviting his audience to lose themselves in the nostalgia of the past while celebrating the beauty of the eternal now.

ARTIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/devilschild-353964210

Transcending Events pres: Ascension, Fervor, Brandenface, MattMixBerry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

27/03/2024

An amazing producer and DJ, Ascension’s sets are always an unforgettable dancefloor experience!

Artist Spotlight:
Ascension

Chilluminati (Denver, CO)

As a member of The Chilluminati and previously Spacecamp Psyfari, Ascension has been an integral part of the Midwest psytrance scene since 2008. Taking influences from jazz and classical music, you can expect a unique journey through an expanse of sounds during an Ascension set.

ARTIST LINKS:
facebook.com/AscensionPsychedelic
soundcloud.com/ascensionsound
twitch.tv/ascension_telomere
ascensionpsy.bandcamp.com

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Transcending Events pres: Ascension, Fervor, Brandenface, MattMixBerry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

26/03/2024

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:
Fervor

Chilluminati // Mechanix (Minneapolis, MN)

Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, but now residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ferver has always been an ardent lover of Electronic Music. As a child, he would listen to iconic artists like The Prodigy, Infected Mushroom, Crystal Method, and The Chemical Brothers. He has earned recognition as a Neurofunk DnB Specialist. Additionally, Ferver explores the slower and darker styles of Psytrance, particularly Zenonesque and Dark Prog. His passion for music has taken him on a journey across the Midwest United States, where he enchants dance floors with his hyper-aggressive play style.

ARTIST LINKS:
soundcloud.com/fervorone

Transcending Events pres: Ascension, Fervor, Brandenface, MattMixBerry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

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21/03/2024

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: BrandenFace
The Chilluminati (Minneapolis, MN)

You know them, you love them! BrandenFace is the Twin Cities top progressive psytrance DJ. They have been pushing and growing the local psy scene for the last decade through their own events and festivals, incredible deco installs as part of Psychedelic Aesthetics, and countless memorable DJ sets.

Get ready to lose yourself on the dancefloor to their soothing rhythms.

ARTIST LINKS:
soundcloud.com/brandenface

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Transcending Events pres: Ascension, Fervor, Brandenface, MattMixBerry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

16/03/2024

Check out Sweetbarry's mix from our last event!

My set form the show on 1/27/2024. Good to play this tempo again and have new tracks to play. Thanx to everyone that came out

14/02/2024

27/01/2024

Time slots for tonight!

See ya'll at Transcending Events presents: Nigmata, Transiant, Amarok, Sweetbarry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

23/01/2024

Joining us all the way from New York, we're thrilled to have Nigmata at the helm of the decks during prime time! He will take us on a journey through bpms and styles as he shares his full musical range, from zenon to hitech. Buckle up!!!!

Audiophiles Entertainment / Goajira Records (NY)

BIO:
Nigmata, a trailblazing psytrance DJ and producer whose musical journey ignited in 2010. Originating from the vibrant city of New York, Nigmata's initial foray into music sought to replicate the captivating sounds of early psytrance, moombahton, electro, and dubstep soundscapes.

Over the years, Nigmata's musical explorations have taken audiences on mesmerizing journeys, DJing at renowned clubs and festivals across the United States. From the pulsating beats of New York City, Nigmata's performances have become synonymous with entrancing energy and immersive audio journey experiences.

Beyond the DJ booth, Nigmata has made waves in the realm of production, releasing tracks independently that resonate with a global audience. Collaborating with esteemed labels, Nigmata's music transcends boundaries, fusing genres and pushing the limits of sound.

With an unwavering commitment to the psychedelic trance movement, Nigmata not only crafts sonic landscapes but also contributes to the community by supporting emerging talent. The beats are not just heard but felt, as Nigmata continues to carve a unique space in the ever-evolving world of electronic music.

ARTIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/nigmata

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Transcending Events presents: Nigmata, Transiant, Amarok, Sweetbarry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

21/01/2024

Transiant will be closing out the evening with a live set, a unique style that blends forest psy and darkpsy until it is indistinguishable from either, and is left abandoned in a field, with no choice then to refer to itself forever more as, field psy.

irOri Music (Minneapolis, MN)

Transiant is a psychedelic trance producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. A founding member of American darkpsy crew – Cosmic E.G.G., he has created electrifying and challenging psy for over a decade. His freaky oscillations and refractions have consistently blasted mist-clung forest parties and outdoor open-air Psytrance gatherings across America's verdant upper Midwest. His most recent work, an EP entitled Projections, is being released by Japan's irOri Music on June 21st 2019, and seeks to reimagine the relation of inner to outer space. His experimental outlook on Psytrance consistently seeks to expand that genre's repertoire, and to introduce dancefloors everywhere to his hypnotizing leads and powerful, funky basslines.

ARTIST LINKS:
soundcloud.com/ianmader

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Transcending Events presents: Nigmata, Transiant, Amarok, Sweetbarry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

14/01/2024

Joining us from Chicago, introducing the one and only, Amarok!
Amarok is a skilled DJ who is also committed to keeping the Chicago psytrance scene alive by throwing consistent underground parties.

RSVP:
Transcending Events presents: Nigmata, Transiant, Amarok, Sweetbarry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

ARTIST LINKS:
instagram.com/piotr_amarok
soundcloud.com/amarokpsy
mixcloud.com/amarokpsy
twitch.tv/amarokpsy

Amarok
Chilluminati (Chicago, IL)

Amarok, aka Piotr Kedzior, has been a force in the development and celebration of psychedelic trance in the Midwest USA for many years now. Producing and DJing electronic music became an irreplaceable part of his life sometime around 2006, when his first forays into the Electro and Drum and Bass genres inevitably led to an yen for sharing paradigm-pushing rhythms with bubbling hot dancefloors.

As half of psytrance production duo Future Sight, he collaborated with Kenny Sefton on extending the potency of contemporary psychedelic trance. Three releases, multiple singles, and a Top 10 spot on Beatport (for 2014’s “Evolution” on Hooki-Sonic Recordings, a juicy and melodic psy stomper) filled out his initial series of experiences with the rigors of musical production. As time moved on it was clear to him that DJing and event promotion was an authentic calling whose voice he simply could not ignore: Mainstage bookings at Sacred Earth Open-Air 2018 and 2019, HUNAB-KU and KUKULKAN (Dimensional Mayan Tribe) located in Texas followed shortly thereafter; each of these sets alone constituted a memorable contribution to a vital presence for psytrance throughout the USA, and he began to attract a musical following. His geographical and sonic reach widened as he continued to mature as a DJ; he was affiliated with Chilluminati as the Chicago Psytrance Ambassador specializing in the Full-On and progressive “morning” styles of psychedelic trance and psytech.

In 2019 as a Chilluminati DJ and promoter based in Chicago, he overseed a series of club bi-monthlies called “Psychedelic Tendencies” in which the psychedelic family essentially takes over a commercial space and everybody in the house attempts to identify an upper limit of possibility: But when the Covid Pandemic hit that came to a screeching halt.

In 2021 he came back for vengeance hosting Chicago’s first TECHNO and Psytrance event called Connexionism. With its huge success he plans on bringing Psytrance and psychedelic culture back to the Chicago Underground.

His mission is, above all, to make moments possible for people, in which the mundane and the overwhelming give peaceful way to a sense of bliss, a place that’s special, even if only for a couple of hours. Sharing sonic medicine with the world: it’s his greatest passion as a promoter and as a DJ, and he does it with honest pride and a brave love of music and community.

13/01/2024

12/01/2024

Our first artist vendor we would like to introduce for the evening is Kuriosities by Kat!

Be sure to drop by her table and browse her beautifully bizarre and unique pieces 😍

LINKS:
linktr.ee/kuriositiesbykat

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Transcending Events presents: Nigmata, Transiant, Amarok, Sweetbarry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis

ARTIST STATEMENT:
My art celebrates life while warning mankind of its looming extinction. Bones typically remind us of death, but my work challenges the viewer to instead see life. To me, the bones represent permanence beyond death, as well as our earthly passage. Bones can represent our truest and barest self, the frame of our bodies.

I’ve worked with several mediums over the last 20+ years. As I work with the dead, I am able to honor them, and through this work, I feel freedom, my truest, honest self, is renewed.

This work may often be considered "bizarre" or "morbid" by many. But I do not fear these words. Instead, I wear them as a badge of honor because I approach this work with curiosity, appreciation, compassion, and respect for the life lived.

10/01/2024

Transcending Event's very own deco specialist Sweetbarry will be kicking off the night with some chill and groovy psychedelic trance.

Listen to his mixes here:
soundcloud.com/sweetbarry

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Transcending Events presents: Nigmata, Transiant, Amarok, Sweetbarry - Psytrance Event Minneapolis