Max Gandalf, based in Rome, begins his non-conventional trip in electronic music in 2001 as a party-maker  giving birth to the eXpander project of which he becomes one of its musical references.
As a DJ and organizer he participates in hundreds of events at clubs, ‘centri sociali’ (self-run occupied spaces which organize parties, exhibitions, workshops etc) and open-air parties in Italy and abroad.
Out of the variety of parties created, other than the unbreakable  “eXpander” which has reached its 15th year, there also are the “Pink Freud” ones, the “ESCamotage” ones, and, naturally, the magical “Natural Born Chiller” ones at Lake Martignanao.
His happily eclectic sounds offer DJ sets which vary from deep progressive house to the more psychedelic trance always creating a melting beat capable of unmistakingly sweeping all types of dance-floors! at the moment he is resident @SHANTI , famous psy party in ROMe and he plays every edition in great electronic festival named WAO

 Max Gandalf inizia il suo viaggio non-convenzionale nel mondo dell’elettronica nel 2001 come party-maker dando vita al progetto eXpander di cui ne diventa uno dei riferimenti musicali.
Come DJ e organizzatore partecipa a centinaia di eventi dividendosi tra clubs, centri sociali e open air in Italia e all’estero.
Tra i vari parties ideati ricordiamo oltre agli inossidabili “eXpander” anche i “Pink Freud”, gli “ESCamotage” e, naturalmente, i magici “Natural Born Chiller” sul lago di Martignano.
Il suo sound allegramente eclettico  propone dj-sets che vanno dalla deep progressive-house  fino alla trance più psichedelica creando sempre un melting-beat capace di trascinare inconfondibilmente ogni tipo di dance-floor.

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WAO Festival is a permanent laboratory for environmental sustainability, eco-architecture and permaculture.
WAO Festival is located in one of the most extraordinary locations of Italy. The border between Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio is the geographical heart of the peninsula and a place immensely rich with Art, Culture, Spirituality, and mysteries. Within a 150 km radius from our location, you'll find an infinite number of wonders that will steal you heart and will remain engraved forever in your memories. WAO Festival is not just an event, but it's the experience of a deep journey in the culture and beauty of a territory unique in the world.

WAO FESTIVAL 2019
13-19 AUGUST
www.waofestival.org

Paolo Ypnotika is an italian Psytrance dj from Rome he became interested in electronic music in the early nineties and started to play Techno in 1993. After being fascinated by the Psychedelic scene after participating at several festivals also started to play PsyTrance during the years he have collaborated with several Italian Psytrance crews including Sonica Dance Festival,7 Chakras Festival,WAO Festival. Actully his set is a powerful mix of psychedelic tracks, effects, synth loops manipulated in real time. In 2012 he landed at the Free Sprit Foundation, tribe with which he has established an immediate powerful feeling. He is currently resident dj/party organizer at Shanti!!(Rm,Italia) and UVbar(Goa,India).
He is founder and manager of the event Goa Way, and in 2018 he became label dj of Sonica Recordings.

Festival where he played:
 BlackMoon Festival 2014(Italia) Sonica teaser 2015(Goa,India) WAO Festival 2015(Italia)
Sonica Festival 2015(Italia) Tribal Gathering 2016(Panama) WAO Festival 2016(Italia)
WAO Festival 2017(Italia) Sonica Festival 2018(Slovenia) 7Chakras 2018(Italia)
Ready to blast the dance floor for the next

KNEEKO aka CHILD_OS is a queer Italian psytrance DJ and music professional, born in Sardinia and based in Rome. 

He has been active in the psytrance scene since 2008, and is widely known for collaborating with numerous record labels, artists and events as a DJ and marketing specialist.

As Child_OS, he represents Protoned Music since 2021 - after releasing the successful VA “Macrodosing” on World People Productions in the same year.

As DJ Kneeko, he started his own record label Blastpolis Music (@blastpolis), which has been releasing the VA series “Urban Psytrance” since 2024, pursuing his ambitious project to start a new wave of psytrance featuring underground psytrance sounds and technoid basslines.

Settled down in Rome in 2023, he has been active in the notorious C.S.O.A. Forte Prenestino, bringing psytrance into the program of the autonomous space with the event series "Marasma - Urban Psy Beats", "Psyntagonists" and the largest "MarasmONE".

His high-frequency underground twilight sets have been featured multiple times on Radiozora, and he is regularly hosted at festivals, parties and events all around the world, such as Modem Festival (Croatia), Green Magic Festival (Japan), HillTop (Goa, IND), Psymsara (Koh Phangan, THA), Fractal Dimension (Mexico), Own Spirit Festival (Spain), WAO Festival (Italy), Shiva Spirit Festival (Denmark), Tribal Village (London, UK) and Jungle Calling Festival (Goa, IND).

Free Spirit Foundation (FSF) is one of the most respected and loved Italian psytrance organizations. It was born in 2006 when a group of close friends decided to start throwing their own parties in the sunny beaches of Rome. Over the time it has built strong connections with several visionary musicians and decorators. After more than 150 parties, FSF has become a benchmark in the psytrance Italian community due to the very fine quality of its productions. “Śhānti”, the Roman legendary monthly psytrance party, is known all over the world for being a mind-blowing psychedelic experience, the ultimate combination of music and visuals! FSF still continues spreading worldwide the psychedelic culture, hosting the most appreciated international live acts and pushing its talented djs on the most important international dancefloors. FSF is also deeply involved in the management of the We Are One Festival (WAO), the biggest Italian psytrance summer gathering.

If you want to know more about the FSF project or if you want to propose your art/music/performance contact us on facebook.
www.facebook.com/freespiritfoundation

Psy your life!
Psychedelically yours!
FSF

The duo Lauge & Baba Gnohm consists of Henrik Laugesen and Kalle Christensen, both born in 1985 in Denmark. They first met in 2008 in Christiania. After a successful day in the studio, they decided to put their previous solo projects on hold, and team up. Lauge & Baba Gnohm was formed in the late winter of 2008, and that wintery feeling which was present in their first tracks, still leave traces in their more recent soundscapes. Henrik and Kalle are heavily inspired by nature, especially the arctic parts of the world. Till now Lauge & Baba Gnohm have had many releases on various labels around the globe, as well as being part of a sync company dealing with soundtracks for movies and documentaries. The very first Lauge & Baba Gnohm collaboration release was The Perfect Stranger which was released on the German record label Blue Tunes Records. Along with releases on different compilations, Lauge & Baba Gnohm have released two EPs: Daybreak, on Soundmute, and Monolith, on Chillbase and the full length album "Langbortistan" on Altar Records.

Psytrance and chill out dj, non stop party promoter since the early 2000s, G(B)entley has played in many parties and festival in Italy and abroad. In 2008 he moved to Rome where he joined the Free Spirit Foundation, becoming resident dj and manager at “Shanti”, the main indoor psy trance event in Italy. In 2013 he landed on Free Spirit Records, a well known London based psy-trance label. G(B)entley likes to match the music selection to the dance floor mood, avoiding pre-established unchangeable sets. With a peculiar style focusing on strong warm basslines and hypnotic psychedelic texture, he breaks away from the standard full-on, representing a new, fresh direction in dancefloor music. On open-air stages or indoor clubs G(B)entley is able to perform a very powerful dj-set, always keeping the essence of psychedelic alive.

Alex, in art KynEthik, was born in 1986 and brought up in Rome. He discovered psychedelic culture in 2008 attending Psy Trance parties for years and got involved as a DJ in this scene sharing his passion for hypnotic sounds and exploding loops. In 2017 he released his first compilation named "Transient Shapes" (24/7 Records) which was officially unleashed in Japan at Grand Space Quark, during the first date of a dedicated world-tour. Passion for Psy Trance never left Alex, becoming stronger day by day and his powerful selections caught attention of many festival organizations around the globe: WAO Festival (IT), Shankra Festival (CH), SimSalaBOOM (DE), Sunshine Festival (JP), 7 Chakras Festival (IT), The Experience Festival (T), ATLAS Gathering (IT), Own Spirit Festival (ES) just to mention a few.
The sum of all these experiences and the care applied in every mix raised attention of Grasshopper Records and finally, with the release of his new VA format “Lights and Wires” in 2022, he got signed as label Dj

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