Title: Ionkhe - Sociopath
Release Date: 4th October, 2024

Promo: 
Phonix Records is happy to welcome back Ionkhe (Ivan Lugo/Mexico) with a hefty single release. More than a year in the making, suffering a hard drive loss, and then an immaculate backup recovery - this track has seen and experienced more than most before seeing the light of day. 

Sonic wizard Ionkhe decided to take things deeper and darker, pulling deep from the shadows within … Finally culminating in the eerie and spooky “Sociopath”. Precisely calculated, honed to a sinister edge, a fitting sneak peek of what to expect from Ionkhe over the coming months! 

Shout out to Tron for the wonderful mastering and Ionkhe for pulling double duty on the graphics. 

Enough said - dont waste anymore time! Take us to your speakers before the Sociopath finds you!

TRACKLIST: 
1. Ionkhe - Sociopath 150 BPM

Sociopath

Ionkhe - Sociopath - SAMPLE

▶ Ionkhe [EN]

Ionkhe is a psytrance project created by Ivan Figueroa, DJ / Producer born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
The name of Ionkhe is a mixture of 2 words: ¨Ion¨ from ¨Illusio¨from Latin, it means illusion. ¨Khe¨ is the second half of the psyche word, of Greek origin, which means ¨ human soul. So, Ionkhe can be defined as a human illusion.
Ionkhe invites you to immerse yourself in a mystical trance, touching the sensitive fibers that stimulate the capacities and functions in charge of controlling the thought, emotion, and personality of every individual.
 
Starting as a DJ in 2015, his introduction to the Mexican scene began by organizing events at Xikury Pulquería, a pioneering forum in his style in Mexico, working with many national and international artists. Later he began to work on its production, releasing his first releases on Phoenix Records (USA / UK) and later on Nexus Media (SA).

He is currently part of the ¨Caracha experience¨ organization, a project that began in mid-2021 and was carried out at the Hotel / Hacienda Caracha located in Caracha, Michoacán. Which in its first edition exceeded expectations and promises to be a great annual festival.

+INFO & BOOKINGS:
(+52) 477 648 9280
ionkhemusic@gmail.com

Ishikawa is Angad Kapoor from Mumbai, India and now based in San Francisco, USA. At age 14, he first came into contact with psytrance listening to Infected Mushroom’s Psycho and that was the beginning of a lifelong obsession. Over the years his interest grew in music for the twilight hours featuring music from the likes of Scorb, Digital Talk, and Rubix Qube alongside his first love that was epic morning and full on music paced. In 2010 he decided to join Phonix Records with the intent of promoting upcoming artists and above all – pushing nothing but good music. Since then he has gone to play at a number of festivals - Equinox (USA), Caracha Experience (Mexico), The Great Funspiracy (Canada) to name a few. In 2011, he joined the legendary Mechanik Records family till it finally closed down. Today he has diversified his sound palette into groovy forest music from the likes Blacklite Records, Looney Moon Records and Bom Shanka Music running from 148-152 bpm. His mixes have been regularly featured on a number of radio streams now, Radio Schizoid (India) where he helped organize show & interviews, Pump Up The Volume (France), Boomadelic (Israel), The Cheeky Grin (Australia) and Babaganousha (Germany).  Fast forward to 2019 Ishikawa proudly manages Phonix Records as well as represents Kaos Krew Records as a DJ. In 2020, Ishikawa also created a new DJ alias -Saturate- focused on melodic house music for slower grooves. Today, with 11 compilations to his name, over 50 releases overseen on home label Phonix Records - Ishikawa is at his happiest listening, sharing and spreading psytrance music.

In 2010, Paulo Etnarama was inspired to support fresh up and coming psytrance producers acts in twilight psytrance, and thus Phonix Records was born in London. Later that year he found his partner in crime - Ishikawa, a fellow traveler in the cosmos who shared the same vision. Together they worked tirelessly with the aim of providing sonic scientists and wizards the means to be heard by audiences galaxy wide.

Fast-forward 3 years to 2013, Etnarama goes on sabbatical and Ishikawa takes the reigns to manage the label. Since then - Phonix Records has now branched from its home in the UK with representation across USA, Portugal, and South Africa. Over 15 years and over 50 releases, they have released fresh releases featuring all the flavors of the twilight spectrum. Today they proudly support an ever-growing roster of new and established producers from across the globe including France, South Africa, Mexico, Portugal and Canada.

Focusing completely on the music for the twilight hours, Phonix Records has constantly been pushing to release nothing but the very best in super powered, hyper charged, 100% unadulterated twilight psytrance! They strive to leave their mark on the psytrance scene as a serious label known to support the music they love.

Ionkhe - Sociopath - SAMPLE

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