| Hallucinogen | |
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Simon Posford at Soulclipse in Turkey, March 2006 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simon Posford |
| Also known as | Gumbo, Walter Ego |
| Born | October 28, 1971 (Age 40) |
| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Psychedelic Trance / Goa Trance / Downtempo |
| Occupations | DJ, Producer, Sound Engineer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Twisted |
| Associated acts | T.I.P. (The Infinity Project), Dragonfly, Anubis, Audio Chemistry, Axis Mundi, Baba G, Beast, Binah, Celtic Cross, DSP, Dub Trees, Flight, Fly Agaric, Gargoyles, Growlmonizer, Industrical Suicide Tribe, Infernal Machine, Mandala, Metal Sharon, MP3, The Mystery Of The Yeti, Nomads Of Dub, North Central Positronics, Ott, Psykov, Purple Om, Shpongle, Subkha, Twisted Allstars, Younger Brother, Frederic Holyszewski |
| Website | Twisted Records |
Hallucinogen is the stage name of Simon Posford, an English electronic musician, specializing in Psychedelic trance music. His first studio album, Twisted, released in 1995, is considered one of the most influential albums in the genre; the first track "LSD" in particular remains the defining sound of Goa trance to this day.[1] He has toured India several times.[2]
His second album, The Lone Deranger, was released in 1997.[3] A third album, In Dub, was released in 2002.
He is also the founder of the label Twisted Records[4] and works in the electronic duos Younger Brother and Shpongle.[5] Younger Brother initially began as a side project of Posford and Benji Vaughan and represented a transition away from previous projects which emphasized a more synthesized style.[6]
Though his music has been described as "heavily driven by psychedelica", he always performs while sober due to the complexity of operating computers during his events.[7]
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