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Good Hope Farm, Robertson
19 November 2023 - 12:00 - 14:00

Summer Camp this past weekend was incredible from start to finish. You could feel the love from the moment you stepped in to the festival. The energy was next level! I'm so happy that I had the opportunity to contribute towards it.
Enjoy and never stop listening!

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PLAYLIST:

Protonica - Floating Joint
Zyce & Ticon - Patchwork
Estefano Haze - May the Flow be With You
Animato & Ticon - Polygon
Kularis - Switch On
Tresh - Sensory
Doppler & Lydia - Pisces
Mars Attack - Up for It
Lifeforms - Equinox
Ritmo - Flow
Audiomatic & Phaxe - Fata Morgana
Estefano Haze & Flexus - Time Spirit
Berg - The Chant
Metronome - Memory Trace
Retronic - Attraction
The Presets - Talk Like That (Broken Toy Remix)
Sideform - Zora
Liquid Soul & Neodyne - Believe
Metronome - Journey Inside Yourself (Symphonix Remix)
Lifeforms - Reanimation
Atmos, Born Sleepy & Animato - Senior Junkies
Tresh - Mirage
Flowjob - Dmtv
Liquid Soul & Zyce - Anjuna

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Summer Camp: Enchanting 2023

Good Hope Farm, Robertson
13 April 2024 - 01:00 - 03:00

Summer Camp this past weekend was, as always, universal! The music and energy is so special and you feel it every single time you enter the venue. Every artist that played brought their best. I closed the Forest stage on the Saturday evening for the first time which was amazing. Let's re-live the moment and never stop listening! Enjoy.

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PLAYLIST:

IKØN - Data Ocean
Ticon - In the Dirt (Liquid Soul Remix)
Liquid Soul - Only in Dreams
Protonica - Exoplanet (Zen Mechanics Remix)
Motion Drive vs Flowjob - Vibrating
Suntree - The Future
Sonic Entity - Rising Hope
Metronome & Shinouda - A Million Mirrors
IKØN - Moonbow
Sonic Entity - Terraform
Lifeforms - Illumination
Retronic - Polarity
Phaxe & Morten Granau - Yellow (Estefano Haze & Flowjob Remix)
Opposite8 - Fuzzy Yellow Rose
Flexus, Estefano Haze & Stayos - Adventure
Kalki - Varanasi
Phaxe & Querox - Phoenix
INUIN - Imre
Metronome - Karma Train
Durs - Ear Candy
Neelix - Adaption (Interactive Noise Remix)
Berg - Soul Provider
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Nick Cave - Red Right Hand (Jack Lane Remix)
Berg - Action
Metronome - So Real

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Summer Camp: KiN 2024

LIVE Recording of Special Kay at Summer Camp - KIN 2024.

After being a part of this epic Summer Camp Family for the past 13 years and 22 gigs played, this was a very exciting occasion as I had not played Trance at this festival for the past 5 years, but playing more of techno and progressive house. 

Special Kay came back with bang and the tricky track selection was well received with a high positive energy on the floor! Thank YOU

Special Kay - SummerCamp KIN <LIVE MIX> (BMSS RECORDS 2024)

Calitzdorp Hot Springs, Calitzdorp
02 June 2024 - 12:30 - 14:00

First time playing at Echo in the Garden Route! I had so much fun playing this set for a new crowd - the venue was incredible, the music was rocking and the crowd had energy for days! Enjoy and never stop listening!

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PLAYLIST:

Reflex - Angel
Egorythmia - Dusty Grooves (Sonic Entity Remix)
Liquid Soul & Neodyne - Believe
Sonic Entity - Assimilation
Impact - Strangers in Paradise
Zyce, Liquid Soul & Solar Kid - I See You
Multiphase - Chemical Sunsets
Berg - Ultimate Energy
Ticon & Animato - The Given Moment
Side Effects & Kalki - Happiness
Shanko - Deep Space Traveller
Sonic Species & Symbolic - Alme Libre
Side Effects & Time in Motion - Akasha
IKON & Kalki - EVE
Liquid Soul & Outsiders - Life Frequency
Kalki - Rift
IKON - Adventure
Estefano Haze & Impact - Inner Spirit

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Echo: Disco in the Desert

Cape Town
12 October 2024 - 21:00 - 22:00

I played for the Hidden Leaf boys again for my main homeboy Siraj's (Dranged) birthday jol.
And what a jol it was! These guys didn't hold back in terms of production, sound and the lineup was absolutely phenomenal.
Enjoy!

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PLAYLIST:

Polygrams - Sunrise
Berg - Tantra
Berg - Ultimate Energy (Timelock Remix)
Disconect - Utopia
Kalki - Lost in Space
Lifeforms - Reanimation
Symbolic - Transcendence
Tresh - Something Greater
Doppler & Dual Vision - Shut Your Eyes
Sonic Species & Symbolic - Alma Libre
Zyce - Spirits (Inner Spehere Remix)
Sonic Species - The Way

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Hidden Leaf: A City in the Sky

De Hoek Mountain Resort, Oudtshoorn
01 January 2025 - 17:00 - 18:30

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PLAYLIST:

Kaya Project - Breathe Again (IKON Remix)
Zentura - Sonic Masala
Ritmo & Liquid Soul - Be Right
Animato - Tuvan
One Function - Ajna (IKON Remix)
Astrix & Ritmo - Agate
Ovnimoon - Galactic Mantra (Liquid Soul Remix)
Zyce & Flegma - Sun Bird
Tresh (FR) - Sensory
Metronome - The Choice (Deep Kontact Remix)
Estefano Haze & Flexus - Solkysten
Liquid Ace - Let Go (IKON Remix)
Lish & Roger Rabbit - Clarity
Shyisma - Illegal UFO
Symphonix - Mindset
Phaxe - Del Tango
INUIN - Imre
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Astrix - High on Mel

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Community: NYE 2025

A live recording of the set I played at my (beautiful!) friends birthday party 15 - 16 March!

This was a very special set for me as it required me to approach music differently and it was so so refreshing and fun! I stepped out of my comfort zone not only in the music I played but also in how I presented myself.

Thank you @jennafire -  For you, for the opportunity, for creating the space for me (and everyone else!) to just be Pickled Tink!

I love you <3 

- Dean // Listener // FanBoy

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PLAYLIST:

Zyce, Liquid Soul & Solar Kid - I See You
Ghost Rider & Kopel - Everyone Needs
Static Movement - Liquid Vibrations
Ghost Rider - Shamanic (Symphonix Remix)
Zyce, Flegma & Deya Dova - Ayala
Static Movement & Impact - Fairy Tale
Phaxe & Querox - Bloom
Liquid Soul, Zyce & Solar Kid - Anjuna
Ace Ventura & Zen Mechanics - Come With Us
Suntree - Back to the Source (Egorythmia & Dual Resonance Remix)
Protonica - Floating Point (Liquid Soul Remix)
Static Movement - Away from my Body
Protonica - Gravity
Side Effects - Power of Knowledge
Liquid Soul - Salvation
MVMB - Swarm (Phaxe & Morten Granau Remix)
Astrix - Dharma (Vertical Mode Remix)
Symphonix - When Music Takes Control
Liquid Soul, Protonica & Ljuuba - Levitate
Impact & Static Movement - The Lost Tribe
Protonica & Tristate - Source Code
Sonic Entity - Rising Hope
Metronome - The Great Escape
Morten Granau & Emok - 3rd Eye
Protonica - Floating Point (Mindwave Remix)
Ritmo & Egorythmia - Spin It
Mars Attack - Hoho
Estefano Haze & Multiphase - Sungazing
Protonica - Northern Storm (Lish Remix)
Shyisma - Spirit

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HeartCore 2025: Tickled Pink

Good Hope Farm, Robertson
11 April 2025 - 00:00 - 02:00

Last weekend was the April edition of Summer Camp at the incredible Good Hope Farm in Robertson. As always, this event was absolutely fantastic - from the music to the production, stage design to visual mapping - everything was on point.

This is a recording of my set on Friday evening just as the party was warming up and getting into full swing.

Please enjoy and never stop listening 🙏🏻

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PLAYLIST:

Egorythmia - Dusty Groove (Sonic Entity Remix)
LOUD - Station 42 (Zen Mechanics Remix)
Symbolic - Crystal Clear (Side Effects Remix)
Symphonix - When Music Takes Control
Krauterbeet, Metaprog & Mind Void - Pink Panther
Liquid Soul - Valley of Peace (Ilai Remix)
Tristate & Protonica - Source Code (Atacama Remix)
Protonica - Horizon (Ticon Remix)
Static Movement & Invisible Reality - Linoy
Hilight Tribe - Free Tibet (Vini Vici Remix)
Doppler & Xandar - Birth Of A New Soul
The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Fender Bender & Deror Remix)
Static Movement & Side Effects - Matrix
Symphonix - Look Into The Mirror
Xandar - Existential Drift
Metronome - What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Vini Vici - Namaste (Static Movement & Off Limits Remix)
Animato & Atmos - Ensemble
Interactive Noise - After The Tone
Phaxe & Morten Granau - The Collective (Ghost Rider Remix)
Morten Granau & Ghost Rider - Who Am I
Querox & Phaxe - Tripical Moon
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (Pandorux & Jona Remix)

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Summer Camp: Rhythm 2025

This set was crafted for Summer Camp 2025 - Rhythm. Dani Boden’s (The event organizer) invitation to weave in tracks that moved us on our artistic journeys struck a deep chord with me. My rhythmic journey began in 2001, and by 2003 I was behind the decks, immersed in the high-energy world of Hard Trance and Hard House.

For this special set, I revisited that era—reviving signature sounds, samples, and energy that shaped my foundation as an artist. I mashed up elements from my early Hard Trance days with modern and older Progressive Psy Trance to create a bridge between past and present—a rhythmic story told through sound.

I played Saturday at midnight, taking over from Dave Irish who closed on 132 BPM Psy Tech, and setting the stage for Arcane who kicked off at 142 BPM. It was a transition zone—perfect for a journey.

This set is both a nod to where I come from and a celebration of where I’m headed. Some old, some new, all rhythm.

Thanks for listening and for supporting all the incredible artists whose tracks are featured throughout this set.

Tracklist
01. Sphera – Too Soon (Original Mix)
02. Groundbass – There Is a Light (Original Mix)
03. Sphera, Freedom Fighters – Better Future (Original Mix)
04. Durs, Who Knows? – Evergreen (Original Mix)
05. Symphonix – Certain Frequency
06. Emok, Gaudium, Phaxe, Martin Vice – Ost (Sighter Extended Remix)
07. Ritmo, Asgard – Dunes (Original Mix)
08. Jacob, Sorent – Pieces (Original Mix)
09. Durs – Creator (Original Mix)
10. Morten Granau – Spacelab (Original Mix)
11. Synthatic, Blazy – The Arrival (Original Mix)
12. Krama vs Tiësto – Gauavista for Strings (BONGI Mashup)
13. Osher & Orpheus vs Dumonde – Never Look Back at 1998 (BONGI Mashup)
14. Static Movement – Element of Freedom (Original Mix)
15. Hidden Space – Another Life
16. Kalki – Phoenix (Original Mix)
17. Antinomy – Flames (Original Mix)
18. Niels Van Gogh, ANNA (BR) – Pulverturm (ANNA Rework – Extended)
19. Formula None – Oracle (Original Mix)
20. Audiofire (UK) – Machine Minds (Original Mix)
21. Phaxe, Morten Granau – Long Story Short (Osher Remix)
22. Moonclipse – Dunya (Omiki & Terra Remix)
23. Neelix – Complication Remix (White Label)
24. Neelix, Caroline Harrison – Makeup (Blazy Remix)

Words cannot describe the honor of having been given this great opportunity to open the floor and set the tone for the next level festival and what a crowd response and positive energy throughout was had!

Thank YOU Cape Town for receiving me with wide open hearts to follow our journey. Goosebumps


Special Kay - Origin <LIVE MIX> (BMSS RECORDS 2025)

Dave Irish - Summer Camp Rhythm Forest Floor 10pm - 12am Saturday

Recorded on the road between the artist's hometown of Recife in Northeastern Brazil and finalized in Berlin, Germany, this EP features 3 tracks that capture the energy of the artist's live sets: raw, unpolished club bangers. The first part of the EP, 'Recife Berlin (SIDE A)', is available exclusively on Bandcamp for a limited time!
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Massalia Reborn

Quest

The seventh transmission in the PSYCHΞTRΛL ASCΞNSION series—RITUAL VII—summons the listener into a monolithic temple of infinite geometry, where luminous plasma coils, shadow spirals, and crystalline prisms pulse in sync with the beat. A seamless fusion of psytrance, forest psy, acid trance, and experimental techno, engineered for deep, uninterrupted immersion.

All music written, produced & engineered by ApØtheØsis.
No samples. No edits. Pure machine-guided ritual.

🜄 Genres: Psytrance · Forest Psy · Dark Psy · Acid Trance · Hypnotic Techno · Experimental Techno · Minimal Techno
🜃 Label: ÆTHERFLUX RΞCORDS
🎧 Recommended: Alone, in darkness, with headphones at full volume.

#PsychETralAscension #RitualVII #Psytrance #DarkPsy #AcidTrance #HypnoticTechno #ExperimentalTechno #MinimalTechno #AetherfluxRecords #UndergroundTechno #RitualTransmission


META-DREAMS

Flowjob - Live At Fusion Festival 2018

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

Summer Camp: Enchanting 2023

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