Release: V/A - Twilight Realities compiled by Ishikawa
World Wide Release: 1st August 2025


Promo: 
Phonix Records is back with its 5th release of the year! This time label manager Ishikawa puts together our first compilation for 2025. Over a year in the making, this release focuses on expanding the labels' sound palette. After a deep meditation on what twilight psytrance stands for today, the vision of 'Twilight Realities' was born!

The journey starts with Ionkhe's (Ivan Lugo/Mexico) 'Puppet'. Dreamy melodies over a slowly evolving groove help set the tone for the voyage ahead. Legend Moaiact (Luciano Cisternas Salvo/Chile) amps things up with his energetic and acid laced 'Peak to Peak'. Taking an intentional approach is Random (Ross Dubois/USA), with the 'Oddness' - a super psychedelic tale that ebbs and flows, always pushing things closer to the edge. 

From here on - things are elevated to the next level. The ever impressive Billuminati (Czetka Bela/Hungary) presents his funky tale of 'Bro His' - modulated leads and an unrelenting funky bassline are destined to make this a crowd favorite. Not to be outdone is master Eeriegeist (Sebastian Salas/Mexico) with his signature low rumbling bassline that wiggles its way all around the dancefloor in a move he calls the 'Saucer Glide'. And now we hit critical mass. Reality is resonating uncontrollably with the help of Akromode (Andres Garcia/Mexico) - who spins a tale with a playful bassline that is a full frontal assault to the senses, this is 'Magical Vision'. 

All things lead to the final chapter of this saga - the epic three way collaboration between Space Ape (Robin Levin/Sweden), Ionkhe and Absolute 9 (Carlos Ontiveros/Mexico). Pure psychedelic magic and a no non-sense bassline make this a fitting end to this journey through the 'Twilight Realities'. 

A shoutout to Patricio Tron at Homegrown Audio for his impeccable mastering and Phonix stalwart atSar (Pedro Trindade/Portugal) for the spectacular graphics. And now its time to take us to your speakers and descend into the 'Twilight Realities'!


TRACKLIST: 
Ionkhe - Puppet 145 BPM
Moaiact - Peak to Peak 147 BPM 
Random - Oddness 148 BPM
Billuminati - Bro His 150 BPM
Eeriegeist - Saucer Glider 150 BPM
Akromode - Magical Vision 152 BPM
Space Ape & Ionkhe & Absolute 9 - You Can Never Imagine This 150 BPM

V/A - Twilight Realities compiled by Ishikawa

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04 - Billuminati - Bro His - SAMPLE

07 - Ionkhe & Space Ape & Absolute 9 - You Can never Imagine This - SAMPLE

02 - Moaiact - Peak to Peak - SAMPLE

06 - Akromode - Magical Vision - SAMPLE

03 - Random - Oddness - SAMPLE

01 - Ionkhe - Puppet - SAMPLE

05 - Eeriegeist - Saucer Glide - SAMPLE

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.

V/A - Twilight Realities compiled by Ishikawa

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