A lover of trance since he was first exposed to it at a rave in Mexico City in 1994, Sentient has become addicted to the powerful sound of today's psytrance. When he plays, foremost in his mind is the music and the desire to guide people through it. A world traveler all of his life, his unique experiences living in Africa, Mexico and Israel (as well as trips to Europe and Southeast Asia) have given him a unique and optimistic outlook on life, and he channels his personality and energy into each set.
He describes his musical style as, "Psytrance for the dancer. A blend of slower, groovier, funky stuff and hard, crushing, psychedelic ragers. The kind of musical journey that captivates your mind, and makes you shake and sweat your ass off." His music collection ranges from full-on psytrance, to hypnotic progressive, to dreamy downtempo. He can play any timeslot, from a building opening set to a mid-night stomper, to a beautiful sunrise journey, and his technical skills are on par with some of the best in the business.
Sentient plays regularly in San Francisco at both undergound and club events, formerly as a founding resident of Thump Radio, who were at one point the largest promoters of psytrance on the West Coast. He also has his own weekly psytrance party, called Synchronize, at Il Pirata, a bar in San Francisco. This weekly started in August of 2003 and is still going strong, with many local and international DJs and artists on its roster. He has also played at the amazing Burning Man festival in Nevada several times, last year being one of the organizers of the biggest psytrance camp there in years, and this year DJing the sunrise set after the Burn itself on the biggest sound system on the Playa. Sentient has played in many other locations in the States, such as the famous Avery Ranch in LA, the Enosa Festival in Oregon, and even the Ultra Music Festival at the Winter Music Conference in Miami. Recently, after traveling the festival circuit in Europe, and with a month-long trip to Brazil just over the horizon, Sentient is thinking about bringing his music to a global audience, and has joined VaporVent Records with just that in mind.
Some of the acts that Sentient has played alongside are Hallucinogen, X-Dream, Shpongle, Deedrah, Astrix, Son Kite, GMS, Infected Mushroom, Pixel, Absolum, Chromatone, Protoculture, Shakta, Cosmosis, Space Tribe, Penta, Neuromoter, CPU, Bamboo Forest, Wizzy Noise, Astral Projection, and many more.
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