"Magic is what we do. Music is how we do it." -- Jerry Garcia

Welcome to my page, my peers, associates, friends, and musical family. I'm a lifelong, multi-instrumentalist musician who records prolifically and joyfully. You'll hear me play guitar, bass (regular four string, and four and five string fretless), mandolin, banjo, keys (piano, organ, synth), lap slide, sitar, and sing on my recordings here. I've been in a few dozen bands in my life, playing everything from bluegrass, jazz, rock, jam band, reggae, funk, afrobeat, Middle Eastern, traditional Irish, singer/songwriter, pop/covers, to experimental/avant garde. 
  Since I found SoundCloud a couple years ago, I've found many talented, creative people with whom to create music. However, in the summer of '23 I formed a band called The Eclectic Collective with some of my favorite musicians I've met through here. It started as a loose collective of musicians and coalesced into a core group of musicians who find other musicians with whom we'd like to make music, then run their songs through our process, and in effect add a full band. That core of The Eclectic Collective includes Tez (Llanpsych), J.J. Terrel, Ken (K2 and the Three), Stephen (Texmex Shaman), Chris (cgmaness), and Mark (mistermark). A couple of other musicians are frequent collaborators, as well, including Artur of Surfers Like Us, and Steve Vervaet of Steve's World. More recently, we've been joined by Carl of The Beautiful Dark fame. 
  The magic of music is amplified exponentially by each person adding to it. So, we really try to add our sorcery all kinds of music from all kinds of artists. Sometimes, we keep it within the group, but a lot of what we do is collaboration with other artists. Therefore these days, 100% of what I do is collaboration, within the group or with other artists on the side.
  I, and we, are also available for hire if you have a song or lyrics and you really want to add bigger instrumentation or a band and good production to it. 
  A small sampling of the artists whom I consider primary influences, and whom you will hear coming through my fingers include Phish, The Flaming Lips, The Grateful Dead, Radiohead, Rye Cooder, Steve Earle, Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, Arcade Fire, Mikey Dread, Yellowman, Purpleman, The Meditations, Michigan and Smiley, Lee Perry, Dillinger, Django Reinhardt, Impossible Recording Machine, The Allman Bros Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Bela Fleck, Les Claypool, Sam Bush, David Grissman, John Prine, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, MMW, Moe., Morphine, Ween, Steve Lukather, Michael McDonald, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, John Scofield, Victor Wooten,  Cannonball Adderly, Thelonious Monk, Flea, Parliament Funkadelic,  Frank Zappa, Prince Paul, Pete Rock, Thievery Corporation, Amon Tobin, Chet Baker, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Carol Kaye, Tame Impala, Mumford and Sons, Japanese Breakfast, LCD Soundsystem, Beach House, Sean Lennon, and Billy Strings, but of course there are many more. I also really like and am influenced by traditional Iranian, Palestinian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Mauritian, Somalian, Egyptian, West African, and Syrian music. I welcome anyone who plays non-western music to contact me for a collaboration, too.
 I'm overjoyed to have found my community on SoundCloud. This is a truly unique forum where everyone is sincerely trying to build each other up. The profoundly supportive and positive SoundCloud community has really opened up an exciting new world of collaboration for me. That is the main reason I'm in the Cloud, actually, to connect with other musicians and make music that I enjoy listening to, and hopefully others do, as well. I am ALWAYS looking to collaborate with interesting musicians, mostly though BandLab, which is where I record almost exclusively. It's a solid, free digital audio workstation hub where you can share recording projects, even if it's not where you make your recordings.
  Everything I do is live instrumental, not programmed, and using no computer beyond my phone. That's not to say that I would be opposed to using that kind of tool, it's just not my preferred medium with which to paint. If you like my music, please share it. If you want to collaborate, my BandLab handle is @bingo_pajama. Feel free to contact me at cornbreadband@hotmail.com, as well, even if you aren't on BandLab.
  If your music is primarily AI, please don't come around my page, as I'm not at all interested in complimenting a machine.
  Here's a link to music I've recorded live with a group of musicians here in Pittsburgh called The Northumberland Street Ramblers.
Check out The Northumberland Street Ramblers on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fU4Me

Management:
dorothy@threesixzero.com

Worldwide Bookings (except EU):
paul@thegongawaregroup.com

EU Bookings:
christian@vdhaardt.com

Promos: 
promos@nilshoffmann.info

"One of the hottest electronic labels in the world" - Hype Machine

Anjunadeep Explorations Label: @explorations-label

Listen to Romain Garcia ‘EURÊKA!’: https://anjunadeep.co/eureka.PBT

Listen to Rezident ‘Feeling Fades’: https://anjunadeep.co/rff.PBT

Follow ‘Anjunadeep 2025’ playlist: https://anjunadeep.co/deep2025.pbt
Follow ‘Anjunadeep Essentials’ playlist: https://anjunadeep.co/essentialsplaylist.pbt
Spotify: https://anjunadeep.co/spotify.pbt
YouTube: https://anjunadeep.co/youtube.pbt

High-Tech Minimal
be serious!

In 2024, the single "Gravity" went gold in Mexico.

Techy Prog · Psytrance Hybrid

-· Dragon Dreaming Festival · Bookings Manager
-· https://soundcloud.com/vorpalaus · Techno Project

· Bookings ·
volkvorp.bookings@gmail.com
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Volkiene - pronounced "Vol-keen"
An ambitious artist who skillfully merges innovative live drumming with technical DJ sets.

The Volkiene sound can be described as a dynamic fusion of edgy progressive and powerful psytrance, infused with elements reminiscent of pacey techno, forest, and hypnotic realms.

Perpetual touring and steadfast displays of craftsmanship have solidified Volkiene's nationwide credibility as one of the most promising drawcards in Australia's psytrance community. After making his international touring debut in 2023, he is determined and dedicated to expanding his global presence, honing his sound, and pursuing innovative ways to remain cutting-edge. 
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- past bookings -

- Masters of Puppets '23 (Czech)
- Funny Moon Gathering '23 (Czech)
- Waldfrienden '23 (Germany)
- Son Libre Festival '18 (France)
- Twisted Frequency Festival '22/23, '23/24 (NZ)
- AUM '23 (New Zealand)
- Rainbow Serpent Festival '20
- Earth Frequency Festival '19, '21 
- Elements Festival '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22
- Rabbits Eat Lettuce '15, '16, '17, '18, '21
- Dragon Dreaming Festival '16, '17, '18, '23, '23
- Esoteric Festival '18, '20, '22, '23
- Yemaya Festival '17 
- Psyfari Festival '17, '18 
- Origins of Entropy '19, '23
- Subsonic Festival '16, '17, '18, '19, '23
- Regrowth Festival '17 
- New Psycle '16, '18 
- Wild Horses Festival '17, '18, '22
- Tanglewood Festival '17 
- Electric Parade Music Festival '17 
- Earthcore '16 (Dj Competition Winner)
- Ergot Gathering '17, '18, '24
- Happy Daze Festival '17 
- Sprout Festival '19 
- Orinaya Festival '17, '19, '20, '23
- HOME Festival '17 
- Psyland '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21
- Squared Senses Festival '16

The Odd One Out. 

ANTI 02: https://www.oddone.info/ANTI02

ANTI 01: https://www.oddone.info/ANTI01

Somebody To Love: https://www.oddone.info/SomebodyToLove

Odd Ones V3: https://www.oddone.info/oov3

MGMT: adam@jet-mgmt.com & sam@jet-mgmt.com

Record label based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Driving - Hypnotic - Psychedelic - Techno

-· Dragon Dreaming Festival · Bookings Manager
-· Guardian Records · Label DJ
-· Church of Techno · Resident
-· https://soundcloud.com/volkiene · Psytrance Project

· Bookings · 
volkvorp.bookings@gmail.com

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A project forged with captivating live percussion, Vorpal showcases a fusion of groove-focused, driving hypnotic and primal techno through hybrid DJ/live sets. 

Embarking on international tours, Vorpal has featured at institutions such as Modem Festival (Croatia), Masters of Puppets (Czech), Twisted Frequency (NZ), Waldfrieden (Germany). He has closed iconic German clubs including Sisyphos/Hammahalle (Berlin), Renate (Berlin) and Sudpol (Hamburg). On home soil Vorpal is a heavyweight name in the underground doof scene and psychedelic festival circuit. He's an honourable resident at Church of Techno, bookings manager and curator of Dragon Dreaming Festival, as well as the most recent addition to the Guardian Records artist roster.
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GIG GUIDE

- 2025 - 

07.02.25 - DRQ @ OAF (SYD, AU)
08.02.25 - Audio Habitat (VIC, AU)
22.02.25 - Rabbits Eat Lettuce Launch (SYD, AU)
29.03.25 - Helix Gathering (Perth, AU)
22.03.25 - Berry Juicy after Party (BNE, AU)
04.04.25 - BRLN (BNE, AU)
19.04.25 - Antigravity (NSW, AU)
24.04.25 - Hypnotic (MLB, AU)
03.05.25 - Open Air Odyssey (NSW, AU)
09.06.25 - Art Valley (NSW, AU)
25.07.25 - Renate (Berlin)
26.07.25 - Kultur Lindau (Lindau, Germany)
01.08.25 - We Want Your Soul Festival (Czech)
04.08.25 - Modem Festival (Croatia) 
05.09.25 - Free Range Gathering (A.C.T, AU)
07.09.25 - Solar Cycle (NSW, AU)
28.09.25 - Dragon Dreaming Festival (NSW, AU)
23.10.25 - Earth Frequency Festival (QLD, AU)
09.11.25 - Church Of Techno (SYD, AU)
07.12.25 - Subsonic (NSW, AUS)
12.12.25 - All Friends x Zenon (SYD, AU)
31.12.25 - Tanglewood Festival (VIC, AU)

- 2024 -

04.01.24 - Dark Faces (Raglan, NZ)
29.01.24 - Elements Festival (QLD, Aus)
23.03.24 - This Must Be It (Raglan, NZ)
06.04.24 - Sacred Temple Gathering (QLD, Aus)
04.05.24 - Subsonic pres. FCKN SRS (SYD, Aus)
18.05.24 - Church Of Techno (SYD, Aus)
05.07.24 - Masters Of Puppets (Czech)
13.07.24 - Bahnwärter Thiel (Munich, Ger)
26.07.24 - Renate (Berlin, Ger)
27.07.24 - Kultur Lindau (Bavaria)
02.08.24 - Birgit (Berlin, Ger)
03.08.24 - We Want Your Soul Festival (Czech)
06.08.24 - Modem Festival (Croatia)
17.08.24 - Sudpol (Hamburg, Ger)
06.09.24 - Solar Cycle (NSW, Aus)
14.09.24 - Church Of Techno (SYD, Aus)
21.09.24 - Eclectic Collective (NSW, Aus)
19.10.24 - Armada (NSW, Aus)
09.11.24 - Church Of Techno (SYD, Aus)
24.11.24 - Meliora (Perth, WA)
14.12.24 - Vision Festival (ACT, Aus)

- past events -

F E S T I V A L S
- Modem Festival '23, '24, '25 (Croatia)
- Masters of Puppets '23, '24 (Czech)
- Waldfrieden '23 (Germany)
- Funny Moon Gathering '23 (Czech)
- Twisted Frequency Festival '22/23, '23/24 (NZ)
- Dragon Dreaming Festival '23, '25 (AU)
- Earth Frequency Festival '21, '22, '25 (AU)
- Elements Festival '19, '22 (AU)
- Orin Aya Festival '19, '21, '23 (AU)
- Sprout Festival '19 (AU)
- Origins of Entropy '19 (AU)


I N D O O R S
- Sisyphos x Hammerhalle (Berlin)
- Sisyphos x Tunnel Floor (Berlin)
- Renate (Berlin)
- Sudpol (Hamburg)
- Bahn Water Thiel (Munich)
- Birgit (Berlin)
- Church of Techno
- The Civic Underground
- My Aeon

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