Category: Festivals

Psyclical Atlantis After-Movie

We had a small boutique party just before Lockdown, on the first weekend in February. It was one of the best party’s I’ve ever attended.

Venue: Smoke Backpackers and Lodge
Date: 31st January to 2nd February 2020

Music courtesy of: Mowgli and Act One – Competitive Bricklaying
Refined Theory – Refined Theory

This video serves to immortalise Thandi Brewer and Joe Beggs. Both were instrumental in bringing this party about and both Joe and Thandi will always be remembered for the beautiful venue that is Smoke. Thanks go to Cody, Thandi’s daughter, Papa Joe and Jodi Beggs for their help and contribution.

A special thanks to all of our DJ’s:

Psydewise (Purple Hexagon Records)
Dj Bernz (Blacklite Records)
Plusminus (Organik)
Battlefloor (Growthlight)
Boogy Monsta (Mozamboogy)
Cold Project (Soundmute)
Dannyboy / Swag Monster (OneLove)
Digital Dream (ZuluTunes)
DJ Exebug (Psyballies)
Filtiarn (THO)
Hydro13 (Theory Of 13)
Key To Insaniity (Soma Ritual)
Lunch Money (Subliminal)
Mowgli (Woo-Dog Records)
MRSUB (Subliminal)
Ruckus ZT (ZuluTunes)
Obsessive Progressive (Rank Rave)
Solara (Our Minds)
DJ Thalia (Mermaid Thalia)
Hunta (Darker Dimensions)
Chris Palmer (Darker Dimensions / OneLove)
Stefan d.B. (Technophobia)

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Fernanda Pistelli at Universo Paralello Festival

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Wow, a new face with some big talent that I discovered on Youtube. She plays great music, Psytech. Lovely energy and vibe.


Born and based in Sao Paulo, Fernanda is passionate for exploring senses that music brings to people. Her musical identity has aroused curiosity from people all over the world. Using sounds that fluctuates from Progressive House to Techno, she does not like to label her style with names, Fernanda believes everything is in constant change.


During her period living in Australia, she has acquired a heavy experience as resident dj at Dragonfruit and got a next level performances playing at big clubs and festivals there.


Now in Brazil she represents one of the most influential artists in the local scene in São Paulo, her performances were in big clubs like D-Edge and Club 88, also festivals like Adhana and Soulvision. Pistelli had played along Boris Brejcha and Ann Clue in their label showcase, F*cking Serious. She is one of the biggest feminine talent raising in Brazil at the moment.


“Music is the universal language of love. I hope to play with people’s emotions, not only play for them”.

Digital Dream at Psyclical Atlantis

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Digital Dream aka Paul Robbertse started producing music when he was just 14 years old. He attended his first Psy Trance party in 1998 and inspired by such mind-blowing music, he started producing his own Psy Trance in 1999. He has been a Psychedelic Warrior ever since.

He started DJing in 2001 at what were the founding psychedelic parties in Joburg. Teknotribe, Mushroom Mafia, Lunertech and Redeye were at the forefront of the psychedelic scene, and Digital Dream was smashingall their dancefloors to smithereenes.

In 2011 he was signed to Zulutunes as one of their first artists on the label. Today, Digital Dream is now one of South Africa’s leading Hitech producers. Fusing his intricate knowledge of sound with his classical musical training and guitar-playing, he creates melodic high-energy music that echoes through all corners of the galaxies. He also writes Psychedelic Trance and Ambient, and has written tracks with Dirty Saffi, Sychotria and Zer, as well as locally with Dugga and DredLokkWarrior.

He released his first album Lucid in Limbo in 2014 on Zulutunes, and has had tracks released on various Zulutunes compilations, as well as on the swiss label Digital Shamans.

Digital Dream is a regular feature on south african festival line-ups, playing Live and DJ sets. He has played at countless productions and events including Zulutunes, Teknotribe, Mansion Records, Gypsy, Lightworkx, Fu-Cha Gatherings, Earthdance, Red Eye, Twilight, Tswaing Crater Gathering, Revolution, Jalarupa and more.

He has shared the stage with the world’s leading psychedelic artists, including Astrix, Ace Ventura, Talamasca, Psymmetrix, Whiptongue, Freedom Fighters, Parasense, Dust, Dirty Saffi, Rinkadink, Loud, Menog, Sychotria, Psychaos, Shift, Broken Toy, Damage, Highko, Bombax, Paralocks, Talpa, Iliuchina, Breathead, Ital, Fright Rate, Organoise, Dr. Bops, Ugly Ducky, Highstyle, Killawatt, Mekkanikka, Virtual Light, Timelock, Weekend Heros, Hypnoise, Antispin, Sinerider and more.

Besides cooking up beats, Digital Dream has also been a host of a number of local productions:
Malice in Wonderland
F#!k Politics
Malice in Pondaland
Umghebulo: Stomp in the Skies
Brainstorm
Lactose Intolerant

Filtiarn at Psyclical Atlantis

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A dark Forest set, played at Psyclical Atlantis at 4am, Sunday morning. Driving and full of energy, Filtiarn is a big fan of Parvati Records. I played one-on-one with Filtiarn at the Darker Dimensions floor at Connexion New Years Festival and we had a great one!

Battlefloor at Psyclical Atlantis

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My favourite Battlefloor set ever! Dark Prog, deep and moody, with great energy and flow. Excellent intro tune and great mixing. Well done Vinny! All of the DJ’s we booked at Psyclical Atlantis brought their A-game and the music was outstanding :). Thanks to everyone that joined us.

Chris Palmer & Filtiarn Dark Psy set at Darker Dimensions, Connexion

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Our one-on-one Psy set on the Darker Dimensions floor at Connexion New Year Festival, Hella Hella Adventure Centre, Kwazulu Natal. It was our first time playing one-on-one Psy and it went fantastically!

It was from 8 to 9.30pm, so the beginning of the night. The floor was packed and it was pumping, being the first night of the festival. Despite the rain during the festival, it was magical. In fact, the rain kept us cool, the one hot day we melted! Hope you enjoy the music.