booking : francesco@cruelmachinebooking.com
Promos/remix request : aestrmusic@gmail.com

ÆSTR, is a France-based DJ & Producer.
Sculpting sound rituals at the crossroads of industrial techno, raw/hypnotic, techno body music, and rhythmic noise, ÆSTR weaves relentless sets inspired by dystopia, science fiction, and spirituality.
She aims to plunge minds and bodies into altered states, until the ego dies. Formerly known as dancer and musician Yshar, she has been forging her art since 2010, performing from Paris to New York. With her new track “Marks,” released this year on Industrial Coast label, ÆSTR once again reveals her love for dark techno and industrial styles. A multifaceted artist, she continues to explore production through collaborations. On October 15th 2025, her remix of “Fade” for the artist Hørd was released on Paragon Recording.
ÆSTR is part of Techno Fatale collective. She has shared the stage with Ancient Methods, Crystal Geometry, The Hacker, Mind | Matter, L.F.T, NNHM and has performed B2B with Alpha Sect.

Amateur de psytrance qui s'amuse sur ableton...


OVERDREAM - Psychedelic Music in Various Tempos
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Ridden's Upcoming Gigs
Mon 01 Aug, 16 
Ozora Festival , Ozora, Dádpuszta, Fejer, Hungary
Wed 24 Aug, 16 
Human Evolution, Camping Michelangelo, Via Zenzano , Caprese, Italy, Italy

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Ridden is the breakthrough music project developed by Michael Chavales, a Greek sound engineer and innovatively creative artist born in Athens in 1983. Michael's deep interest in music technology and specifically in the digital sound processing area was the major factor that sprouted his enthusiasm and got him started producing psychedelic trance music in 2005 after his first visit in a big outdoor festival.
For the next three years he experimented with various styles and techniques and in 2008 he joined Harmonia Records and the Ridden project was finally born. Since then, and after the release of his debut EP “Loosing Control” an his full album “Art & Science” which proved to be an immediate hit and captivated the audiences from north to south of Greece, he stirs and leaves a footprint in any dance floor any time! Michael is well-known for his evocative style in his sets and lives that electrify even the most demanding of crowds.
With a mushrooming international reputation, Ridden has participated in numerous leading underground events ....
His distinct production characteristics are heavy kick drums, warm baselines, dreamy rhythms and crunchy melodies that will guide you through unforgettable psychedelic music journeys.....

Tombé amoureux du mouvement Psytrance dès mon premier festival Hadra en 2005. 
Passionné de nature, et par les peuples anciens, pour moi il est certain que l'univers psy permet à notre civilisation de retrouver des rituels oubliés. 
Influencé par des artistes comme Atriohm, Parasense, EVP, Meerkut, confo... je cherche à joindre le psyché et le fun, dans un seul but, faire danser!
A venir :  
-01/06/19 - https://www.facebook.com/events/297143064488749/ Psy Spectrum  / Paris
-15/06/19 - Drak Art invite ADN, Grenoble https://www.facebook.com/events/2477696422288876/ 

Evenement passé : 
11/01/19 - Apero Psy friend Dock / Grenoble
19/05/18- Psy Spectrum Nuii-Zanth / Paris
07/04/18 - Seed avec Sygma / Chambéry

In the 90’s, Opale discovers ethnik psybient downtempo and embraces the psychedelic culture, a revelation that changed both her life and its perception.

Invited around the globe to perform at a wide variety of events such as Burning Man in Nevada, surfing from the Trance to the Contempory Arts scene. 
For a few years she has been building up the tempo, collaborating live with various artists such as Adn at the Ozora Festival, the epic World People pirates, the Eclipse and Open Mind in Canada ; with Don Pedro Askata on electronic drums at the Boom, the Karma Kusala and Aya Atma, Lakay  with his trumpet at the Hadra Festival or with Tasha at the famous Chrysalid & Wildthings in the UK.

Opale weaves electro-world grooves with waves of beyond the border emotions delightfully, inviting us on a journey through the most celestial and tribal depths, arousing the intellect and the senses.

Her passion led her to become responsible for the music programmation of the Harmonic Festival which takes place every summer in the south of France. Launched in 2015, Harmonic is an alternative culture gathering open towards music, environment, spirituality and well-being.

Opale currently works on a compilation to be released on Ultimae featuring works by young artists she met on the road as well seasoned composers of the downtempo scene.


Dans les années 90 Opale découvre les sons psybient ethnik downtempo et embrasse la culture psychedelique, révélation qui a changé sa vie et la perception qu’elle en a.

Invitée aux quatre coins du monde à jouer pour des évènements aussi variés qu’hétéroclites tel que le Burning Man dans le Névada,  dans de nombreux festivals trance ou encore dans le monde de l’Art contemporain.
Depuis quelques années elle accélère le tempo en collaborant avec différents artistes en live, tel que Adn pour le festival Ozora, chez les épiques pirates des World People, ou pour l’Eclipse festival ou l’Open Mind au Canada. Avec Don Pedro Askata aux percus électroniques au Boom, Karma Kusala, & Aya Atma, Lakay à la trompette à l’Hadra, ou encore avec Tasha, aux fameux rendez-vous des Chrysalid & Wildthings en Angleterre.

Elle nous régale sur des ambiances electro-world, tissées de samples d’ailleurs, mariés à des nappes d’émotions et vous invite à la rejoindre dans l’ivresse des profondeurs… Des plus célestes aux plus tribales... Des plus sensibles aux plus mentales.

Cette passion l’amène à devenir responsable de la programmation musicale du Festival Harmonic qui a lieu en été dans le sud de la France. Lancé en 2015, Harmonic est un évènement prometteur, orienté sur la culture alternative, que ce soit dans le domaine musical, environnemental, spirituel ou du bien-être.

Sisters Leah and Chloe Smith founded Rising Appalachia on their back porch in Georgia, playing simple fiddle and banjo melodies and leaning into their families rich musical traditions. It has since become a globally recognized Americana and world folk ensemble, celebrating a unique blend of Southern-rooted music, storytelling, and community. The band features David Brown (bass, guitar), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, cello), and Biko Casini (percussion), and infuses music with a unique tapestry of Appalachian, Irish and traditional influence but stays connected to simple songwriting. Rising Appalachia has captivated audiences for nearly 2 decades, from busking in New Orleans to touring Europe, and has been featured at prestigious venues like Red Rocks, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Woodford Folk Fest. Their performances at NPR's Tiny Desk and Preservation Jazz Hall have solidified their status in the folk music scene. Breaking industry norms, the band's approach to music is as much an artistic statement as it is a movement, culminating in their newest album, 'Folk and Anchor' a carefully curated collection of cover songs. This project includes remakes from Bob Dylan to James Blake, Erykah Badu to Beyonce and showcases their eclectic style, inviting listeners into a rich musical journey.

For a veteran chillout producer to successfully navigate the transition to sought-after producer / remixer and DJ within the Progressive House scene, is not an easy ask. But Nick Brennan a.k.a. Tripswitch has done just that – and with distinction. It was his Tripswitch ‘Vagabond’ album (Iboga Records, 2016) that cemented his highly rated status as a key dance producer beyond doubt. The album rose to the top of the Beatport charts, hitting #1 in Electronica and holding at #2 in Progressive House for 3 months.

Since then, a flawless resumé of releases on Bedrock, Sudbeat, The Soundgarden, Movement, Balkan Connection, Flow Vinyl, Pure Progressive and many more creatively exciting labels, has seen Tripswitch’s progressive stock grow exponentially. Chart-topping collaborative studio projects with Nick Warren and Hernán Cattaneo, along with a huge bootleg remix of London Grammar’s ‘Rooting For You’, helped to propel him to the upper reaches of the production cosmos.

Tripswitch’s melodic, emotionally charged, proper progressive DJ sets at amazing events around the world have resulted him gaining a loyal and ever-growing global audience. In 2017 Nick launched his onedotsixtwo label, with its distinct forward-thinking proper progressive ethos. Impeccable curation and the remarkable smash single ‘Voight Kampff’ (courtesy of Tripswitch & Nick Warren) have already seen onedotsixtwo recognised as a ‘Vital Label’ by DJ Mag USA in 2019.

Never one to limit himself creatively, early 2020 saw Tripswitch release ‘Memento Mori’, his hugely anticipated first chillout album in 10 years.

Ivort project is currently in sleep, please check https://soundcloud.com/zerocrossingpoint for up to date music.

-Enfance003 - Hidden EP  (Techno/Electronica)
http://official.fm/playlists/zvoW

-Enfance005 - Corpus Callosum EP  (Techno/Dark/Psychedelic Progressive)
http://official.fm/playlists/glIj

-Ivort - The River of Souls [Maia Brasil Rec]
http://maiabrasilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-epistemology-progressive-side

-Millivolt - Reality Show (Ivort Remix) [Glitchy Tonic Records]
http://glitchytonicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reality-show-42

-Ivort - Unstable EP  [Zenon Records]
https://zenonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unstable-2

-Ivort - Terrified [Zenon Records]
http://zenonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/small-talk-series-vol-2

-Ivort - A Fragment of Time [Hadra Records]
https://beatspace-hadra.bandcamp.com/track/ivort-a-fragment-of-time

-Ivort - Access the Past [ADN Records]
http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/mind-manifesting

Curious Detail is about hypnotism and power.
Minimalist, colorful and sharp Psytrance with cinematic soundscapes, dreamy patterns and smooth textures. 
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Hadra Records since 2013.
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Clément has been trained as a bass-clarinet player. He began to compose electronic music at an early age, attracted by the complexity of sound creation. 
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ᚥ Releases :
⠇2012 
ᚖ "Yellow Eye" on Resistrance - V​.​A. (Hadra Records)

⠇2013
ᚖ "Origan" - E.P. (Wazacrew Rec.)
Free Download : http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/curious-detail-origan
ᚖ "Mechanical Flow" on Hadra Trance Festival 7 - V.A. (Hadra Records)

⠇2014
ᚖ "Factorisation" on A bit of Strange - V.A. (Subsystem Records) 
ᚖ "Blue Inside" on Rollin'Grooves - V.A. (Hadra Records)

⠇2015
ᚖ "The Big Bug" - L.P.(Hadra Rec.)

⠇2016
ᚖ  "Artifice" - E.P. (Hadra Rec.)
ᚖ "The Breeze" on Hadracadabra #6 - V.A. (Hadra Records)

⠇2017
ᚖ "Radiate" on Pangea - V.A. (Forestdelic Records)

⠇2018
ᚖ "Nau"  - L.P.(Hadra Rec.)

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ᚥ Considerable past events :

ᚖ 20/10/2018 : Groovadelic (CH)
ᚖ 06/10/2018 : Hypnotik Festival
ᚖ 21/09/2018 : Zagreb Tribe (HR)
ᚖ 06/09/2018 : Hadra Trance Festival 11
ᚖ 08/09/2017 : Hadra Trance Festival 10
ᚖ 30/08/2017 : Elementra Festival (CH)
ᚖ 02/09/2016 : Hadra Trance Festival 9
ᚖ 27/08/2016 : Woodstower Festival 6
ᚖ 25/06/2016 : Son Libre Festival
ᚖ 20/12/2014 : Groovadelic - Geneva (CH)
ᚖ 21-24/08/2014 : Hadra Trance Festival 8
ᚖ 4-6/07/2014 : Festival Fest'Bouc
ᚖ 08/03/2014 : Fantasy - Le Transbordeur
ᚖ 21/12/2013 : Psyber factory - Geneva (CH)
ᚖ 17/05/2013 : Floating Point festival (CH)


Contact : curious_detail[at]hadra.net
For booking, also contact : booking[at]hadra.net
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