A recording of our journey in the Circle of Dreams celebrating 21 years of Open Source EPICNESS. THANK YOU VORTEX TRANCE ADVENTURES! Always an absolute honour to be a part of the sheer magic that you pull off, year after year! 

Meraki Movement @ Vortex Open Source 2015

Vortex Open Source will once again celebrate the summer solstice with an all-encompassing psychedelic experience through music, art and dance - A gathering of the Tribe from all corners of Mother Earth. For five days, step into a Vortex of transcendence with a kaleidoscope of colour.

Enjoy three music arenas, hidden in the magical forest, namely the “Circle of Life”, that will take you on musical journeys with a choice of weaving through the rhythms and melodies of the “Circle” dancefloor’s psychedelic trance, foot-grooving psy-tech and techno at the “Headspace” floor or soul-shifting, holistic and ambient mysticism at the “Heartspace”.

Meraki - to do something with Soul, Creativity or Love 

Psytrance Duo {TripsyGypsy & State of the Arb}

Listener is the psytrance project of Dean Claassens. After being introduced to his first outdoor festival in 2012, the bug bit and he tried to attend as many festivals as possible. After having a profound experience in 2013, the seed of playing psytrance music for others had been planted. Being ever inquisitive, Dean had spent many years teaching himself the theory of DJing before finally purchasing his equipment and teaching himself practically.

Listener is very much led by melody, believing it to be the fundamental character in which a musical journey can be created. He believes in creating flow in music to hold a space so that those present can feel safe to evolve within themselves and to receive what they need at the time.

Listener debuted at Summer Camp in November 2021 to emphatic positive feedback and has played at every Summer Camp festival since. He joined the Psy-Kick Tuesdays radio show, aired on Mutha-FM. Hosted by @gryphon-x, Listener became a monthly resident on the line-up until the show ended in October 2023. He has also been asked to play at festivals in the Garden Route of the Western Cape, including ECHO Gatherings and Community. In Cape Town, Listener will be found on many Hidden Leaf Festival line-ups.

This is the collection of music recorded along Listeners journey, from past to present. 

Enjoy and #NeverStopListening