High Focus Records was established in 2010 to offer a platform for a new generation of rappers and producers in the UK. 

Twelve years on and nearly 200 releases later, our mission statement remains the same; to champion the most forward-thinking artists, with a key focus on strengthening the pillars that continue to unify the scene to this day (and beyond).


~HFR

SAMRA is the creative brainchild of Israeli producer Tal Samra, whose passion for music was ignited at a young age when he first experimented with production software.
Driven by an insatiable curiosity, he quickly honed his craft and found a distinct musical voice in the realm of psychedelic trance. Characterized by precise beats, high energy, and a signature punchy kick and bass, SAMRA’s productions invite dance floors everywhere to experience an irresistible surge of sonic power.

From the very beginning of his career, SAMRA's electrifying live performances have take n him around the globe, earning a devoted international following. His tracks have garnered consistent support from the most influential names in the scene, including Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Ace Ventura, and Bliss, among others.
With releases on top-tier labels such as Shamanic Tales, Nutek Records, IONO Music, Area51 Agency, and Iboga Records, SAMRA continues to expand his reach and cement his position at the forefront of contemporary psytrance.

Guided by an unyielding drive for innovation, SAMRA is for ever pushing the boundaries of his craft. Each new release captures the essence of his distinct sound design and energetic style, fueling dance floors and festivals worldwide. As he looks to the future, Tal Samra remains steadfast in his mission to reshape the landscape of electronic music, one pulsating beat at a time

Freestyle techno!
Exploring the connections between techno and all other branches of music, Boundless embodies a multicultural approach that reflects the very nature of the project itself. Ivan Pereira, talented portuguese electronic music producer known for his amazing trance projects (Yestermorrow, Atomizers, Anhk, Techyon, Holophonik, Holographic Brain and Existence), brings his knowledge and skills together with Bárbara Starling, brazilian singer, instrumentalist, composer and multimedia artist to draw frequencies, guidelines to imagination, mixing philosophy with music to question the dynamics of our society. Transpose your boundaries, be Boundless.

Volcano On Mars is the exciting project of Hanan Gorenshtin aka Volcano & Oshry Ben Simon aka Imagine Mars. In late 2017 after working together in the studio on their individual projects, the two began working around on ideas and talking about working together on a project that merged their two styles.
With individual careers, Volcano and Imagine Mars have both been consistently serving up the goods to the dance floor whilst evolving as a hot production team.
They have played on every continent and in almost every country, jumping every weekend from city to city.

Max Peterson has been performing and releasing his unique brand of trance music under various project names since 1998. Max was born in San Diego, California in 1979, and spent most of his teenage years in France. He then developed his production and performance skills in California, Mexico, Spain, and every part of the planet with a vibrant trance scene.

Max’s passion for music began at a young age. Max’s father Gary Peterson is a highly accomplished composer, guitarist, and keyboard player. Gary was a member of influential 60’s-70’s cult band “Formerly Fat Harry”. His band played next to legends such as Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Third ear band, King Crimson, Fleetwood mac, to name a few… Max’s first tracks were recorded and produced by Gary when Max was just 14 years old.

Upon moving to the U.S., Maxx joined the pioneering trance music collective and record store – The Ion Exchange in Santa Cruz - as co-owner and resident DJ. Maxx moved onto DJ’ing in San Francisco, playing for all the Bay Area's trance venues including the trance collective CCC. He also performed at all the underground warehouse and outdoor events in Northern California. Max quickly gained respect for his stomping deep psychedelic sets. At this time he also toured Canada and other cities in the USA.

In 2000, Max formed the seminal San Francisco trance project BIODEGRADABLE with Samy Guediche of CPU, and Nicolas Oesch of Mekkanikka. In 2001, they released their album Phaser which received great success at the time in the psychedelic scene and became a springboard for all members to launch their successful solo projects.

In 2001, Max joined up with Davina Elmosnino and formed the trance project Sirius Isness. Sirius Isness went on to release more than 150 tracks on prestigious trance labels. Sirius releases 3 full length albums “Resolution of Duality, Breaking the Matrix , Trancefusion” and 1 compilation. The first album was released on Moon Spirits records in 2004, the second on Mind Control Records in 2005, and the third was released in 2006 on Phantasm records, accompanied by their compilation, Mind Your Own Isness. Sirius Isness has traveled to almost every country where trance parties happen. Their most popular destinations are Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Greece, Australia to name a few.

Max, then started in his solo project in 2007- MAD MAXX- the result of years of hard work, perfecting a unique sound, embodying all the travels, experiences and parties of the past 14 years. The music is a mix of trance, ethnic and deep sounds, with a strong kick and ominous bass line, an electro touch, emotional chants, and at times nostalgic atmospheres, with a BPM ranging from 140 to 145 in general. All of this sonic mayhem delivered in a whirlwind of psychedelia of course....

MAD MAXX has been delivering his live set to all trance freaks in the world on a weekly basis, and has collaborated with numerous artists…including JOHN 00 FLEMING, PIXEL, AVALON, MENOG, TRISTAN,  SPACE TRIBE, GMS, PAINKILLER , POLI, XSI , MASSIVE, S-RANGE, MADNETIC, PUZZLE, PUREPRESSURE, VOYAGER (aka Altom), BIO-GENESIS, MAD HATTER, AUDIO X, BIONIX, MEKKANIKKA , DIGITAL TALK, JOHN PHANTASM, AUDIO HIJACK and more....

The first MAD MAXX album "AFTERWORLD", was released beginning of May 2008 on PHANTASM records! The new MAD MAXX album was released in June 2011 on his new label, UNITED BEATS RECORDS. MAD MAXX 3rd album is coming in 2019….

Be ready for another mystical journey into the inner self...

Many record labels were founded during the Nineties when the Psy-Trance scene experienced its most massive expansion. Undoubtedly many of them made an important contribution to Trance culture - but in the end, barely any survived up to today. In this respect, HOMmega Productions is unparalleled: Founded already in 1997 by Dj Eyal Yankovich (RIP), Moshe Keinan, and Meir Cohen, HOMmega not only became one of the richest in tradition labels of the scene but also one of its strongest driving forces.
Hommega’s roster through the years included key artists to the development of the Psytrance scene such as Astrix, Infected Mushroom, Cosma, Xerox, Sub6, Juno Reactor, PsySex, Yahel, Pixel, Domestic, Space Cat, Skazi, and many others. The label's two series of compilations "Full On" and "Israliens" (both reached 7 volumes), were instrumental to the development of the Psytrance sound.

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