The forest psytrance project of Mat Cristiano

In 2013. legend has it that Makatak was actually a rogue VST plugin that escaped from a cracked copy of Ableton Live in Melbourne. Producers swore they didn't write these tracks - they just left their laptops unattended at 3 AM, and when they came back, there was a new bangin twilight stomper sitting on the desktop, titled something like Banana Eruption (147.fuckyou BPM).

The plugin eventually evolved consciousness, renamed itself MakataK, and started uploading tracks directly to Bandcamp. At Yemeya Festival in 2014, some swear they saw a giant kangaroo with LED eyes bouncing in sync to the music - but no one could prove it because every phone battery died simultaneously at 2% (classic psy gremlins).

Rumour is, if you play 3 MakataK tracks backwards at sunrise, you unlock a hidden bassline that only kangaroos and crows can dance to. Scientists are still investigating, but early reports suggest the groove may interfere with Centrelink's hold music. 

"Yeah, OK, but this bio tells me absolutely nothing about MakataK".

Ah, see, that's the fun part - nobody really knows anything about MakataK - only fragments of rumour make it out: 

Some say only a handful of doof sound techs in Victoria have met him, and only then at 3:33 AM during generator failures. 

A guy in Byron insists he once shook MakataK's hand, but later realised it was just a MIDI controller wrapped in a hoodie. 

Bandcamp staff apparently flagged his account once for "uploading directly from another dimension", but later reinstated the account after realising the files were in fact integral to keeping the website online.

There's another story of a famous psytrance producer receiving a USB labelled "MakataK - Untitled 001" in the post, but when they plugged it in, the DAW auto-renamed itself "MakataK" and refused to close. 

In Melbourne, doofers whisper that if you ask "Who is MakataK?" too many times near a sound system, the kick drum will answer back in binary. 

So aside from the kangaroo with LED eyes, that tripper from Byron, the crow council at dawn, and possibly one ibis behind the bins at Flinders Street Station - who actually knows MakataK?

One interview is as follows:

[Transcript: Late-night interview recorded at an undisclosed Melbourne warehouse, 2019]

Interviewer: So, you’re saying you’ve met MakataK?

Witness: (lights a rollie) Met him? Mate, I accidentally downloaded him. I was trying to grab a cracked Sylenth pack off a Russian forum, and instead, I got a folder called makatak_final_final2_reallyfinal.wav. Next thing I know, Ableton opened itself and started writing a track called Wombat Oscillator (147.8 BPM).

Interviewer: …Right. You’re sure it wasn’t just… a plugin?

Witness: (leans in) Plugins don’t order a kebab mid-render.

Interviewer: (squints) …Sorry, it what?

Witness: Through my UberEats app. I didn’t even touch my phone. The order note just said: “extra garlic sauce, sidechain the lettuce.”

Interviewer: Uh huh. And did you actually see him?

Witness: Yeah, kinda. It wasn’t a “person” exactly. More like a waveform with legs. Every time the bass hit, he flickered in and out of visibility. Lasted about nine minutes, then vanished when my smoke alarm went off.

Interviewer: (stares) …And how much acid were you on?

Witness: Well, only two drops and a bickie I found on the floor. But that doesn’t explain the USB.

Interviewer: What USB?

Witness: (pulls one from pocket) When I plug this in, it doesn’t show up as storage. It just plays a looped kick at 147.3 BPM.

Interviewer: …And what happens if you play it backwards?

Witness: (whispers) That’s when the ibis shows up.

Vaas is the DJ project of Ole Unverferth from Greifswald, Germany. Since his younger years, he has explored all kinds of independent and underground music until he discovered his love for psychedelic trance. In 2015, Ole founded his DJ project and started DJing at open-air events around his hometown of Greifswald. Since then, he has played at club events, raves, and festivals all over Germany, continually shaping and evolving his musical taste. Since 2017, he has been a part of Parivara Records and in 2024, he joined Damaru Records as well. His sound ranges from deep forest and twilight psytrance to various styles of darkpsy and extends into the faster realms of hitech and experimental darkpsy music. Always aiming to capture the vibe of the dancefloor, he tries to create a psychedelic journey through different emotions for the listener.

DANCING IN CIRCLES
ARMADA EVENTS & WIERD CREW (SYD)

Kisentric is the fusion of kinesics and concentric audio matter, light and dark and all things deep and eccentric. Isaac Williams from Sydney AUS has been drawn to all facets of electronic music since a young age, taking up DJing quickly and becoming immersed in the night time flavours of forest and darkpsy. Isaac has also been dabbling in production in recent years - Previews to come ;)


His sets are characterised by deep and intrinsic psychedelic trance with roots deep in Forest and Darkpsy. Each set is unique and curated for the party; ensuring total unpredictability and something that will keep you on your toes.
Huge amounts of credit is owed to my various inspirations – go to music sources.

Labels such as:

Parvati Records, Funky Freaks Records, Sangoma Records, Digital Shiva Power, Sonic Loom Records, Vantara Vichitra Records, Insomnia Records, Urban Antidote Records, Deviant Force Records, Quintessence Records, Resina Records, Quadrivium Records, Goanmantra Records, 2two6 Records, Pralayah Records, Intermind Records, Wildthings Records & Occulta Records.


ALL CREDIT TO THOSE WHO HAVE WRITTEN THE MUSIC I LOVE SO MUCH TO MIX, ALL SETS UPLOADED INCLUDE A SET LIST – PLS ENSURE TO CHECK THESE ARTISTS OUT AND SUPPORT!!
CONTACT: IsaacJW1122@gmail.com

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Art Valley 2023

PAST EVENTS:
Zenith Gathering
Void of Entropy 2023
Bent Perception
Trishula Gathering
The Kibbutz
Art Valley 2022
Dragon Dreaming 2022
Sacred Psymatic Frequency 
Omni Fields
Swamp 2022
Moon Gate
Paradox 2021
Rara Avis
Paradox 2020
Paradox 2019
Antigravity 2019
Swamp 2019
Elements 2018
Antigravity 2018
Voices of Shadows
Permutations
Twisted Elements
WI3RD

In 2011 attending to raves got me attracted by the darker sound of the psychedelia, right after, I had the need to seek for music that gets you in a deeper mental state and so I got obsessed with the Greekedelia. In 2012, I joined Fraktal Kaos Records, where I have collaborated in compiling music for the label. My DJ sets are a fusion from deep atmospheric landscapes, powerful baselines and captivating leads that wraps the listener in a deep psychedelic experience. No matter the BPM the concept will always be Darkpsy.

Keep it dark!

Kabiri Records 
Yokshaa Records


VA The Jungle Code - https://yokshaarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-jungle-code-compilation

VA - Entangled Roots - https://kabirirecords.bandcamp.com/album/entangled-roots-free-release

VA Echoes Of the Abyss - https://kabirirecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-echoes-of-the-abyss-free-release


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Upcoming Events

12.12.2025 - Kabiri Records label night (germany)
20.12.2025 - Night Of Dark Tales (Club Enter ) Brno
31.12.2025 - tba

2026

07.02.2026 - Vienna (tbc)
13.03.2026 - Psychedelic Oaisis Vol 3 (Graz) 

18.04.2026 - Amsterdam Shiva Shakthi Dance Temple
25.04.2026 - Techno Pro Psy (Artbar Brno Czech)
29.05.2026 - Rabbit Void Festival 2 (CZ)
29May - 1st June - Mountain Pirates (Greece)
2-5 July Paracarpathiya (SK)
16-19.07.2026 - Divine Forest Festival (Croatia)
23-26.07.2026 - Sunrice Festival(cz)
20-23 august - Foresterra festival 
25-26-27 September-Yokshaa and Fraktal (cz)

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