AOUGHT, the drum & bass alter-ego of psytrance producer Kri Samadhi, here presents his collection of scenes of cyberpunk dystopia. “Soulphane” is a lurking, mournful mass of sludgy bass, mournful atmospheres, and shifting rhythms. “Break the frame” picks up with sinister minimal beats and a snarling bassline that support ice-cold pads. The title track, “Crumbs” introduces cinematic vocal and string ambience and a low end that marches endlessly forward, whereas “Saiko” detours into glitched-out paranoia and distorted 808 bass. “Files” evokes the deadly hacker drama of 1990s cyberpunk fiction, with clashing beats and spacy old-school leads. “The Great Dying” may be the album’s darkest track, with bleak droning atmospheres, lo-fi drums, and an absolutely hostile bassline. “Bad Boy” is a tribute to darkside jungle, produced on a vintage Akai S3000XL sampler to produce authentically mashed-up Amen breaks and classic pads. Finally, the album closes with Herbivore’s blistering remix of “Soulphane,” which transports the original into a murky underwater dancehall.  


All tracks written by Kri Samadhi
Remix and additional production on Track 8 by M. Love
Mastering by https://skyaudiomastering.com

AOUGHT - Crumbs

Rejoice, for Rosti has returned to TOUCH Samadhi with seven journeys through the mind’s eye that defy genre expectations and bridge the past with the future.
“Joseph on the Air” starts with a mysterious cinematic atmosphere, choppy vocals, and breakbeats (!) before flipping itself over a bouncing oompah bass that leads to a textured but deep finale full of anticipation, setting the course for our listening experience. “Paradigm shift” ridse a high-intensity bassline through a shifting maze of mirrors, and “Random Trigger” follows with highly tactile atmospheres, both evoking early 2000s-era Twisted Records psytrance and its balance of creative exploration with dancefloor power. “Rubber Band Stars” changes direction with throaty MS20 riffs and Goa Trance vibes, a story continued with the hyperdrive bop of “Space Lullaby.” The penultimate track, “The Abyss,” is an anxious dive among cyborg leviathans that might be the album’s most intense experience. In classic style, however, the album ends with a downtempo experience - this one driven by a slow breakbeat and an enormous sense of space populated by disembodied voices.

Simultaneously a classic Goa album and a forward-thinking defiance of trance-as-usual, “Random Trigger” demonstrates a range and versatility that deserves to be appreciated both in comfortable at-home listening and on chest-rattling soundsystems.

All tracks written by Rosti

Analog Mastering by https://skyaudiomastering.com

Bandcamp

Rosti - Random Trigger

Powerful ancestral energy to greet the sunrise of the longest day of the year. Shamanic forest vibrations woven through with acoustic sounds, voice, and melody... a darkly beautiful celebration of life. We only spend a little while between earth and sky; enjoy it.. dance.. breathe... live!!

Track list:

1. The Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir - Great Sacred Music (intro)
2. Egon's Embrace - Slight Of Hand
3. Dohm & Ra Root - Awaken The Dream
4. Re-Horahkty - Dreamy Cybernetic
5. Dohm - Space For Empty Minds
6. Gaiana - Deep Blue Skies
7. Dohm & Senang - Banyan
8. Electryxeed - Bike Ride
9. Android Spirit - Kirobo (Cosinus remix)
10. Hotep - Magic Herb
11. Men 2 Deep - Explosao Solar
12. Men 2 Deep - Uivando de Prazer
13. Blue Planet Project - Micromega
14. Droid - Gamayun
15. Ovnimoon, Spirit Architect - La Danza Espiritual
16. The Key (Ovnimoon & Ascent) - The Voice of the Universe (Lupin remix)
17. Flooting Grooves - Bindmoggling
18. The Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir - Blessing the Offerings (outro)

Sensoma - Solstice 2021 Sunrise

Set played at the party "Trance Orient Express - Autumn Nights" at Ruigoord Cultural Freehaven outside Amsterdam, Oct 26 2019.

The venue is a beautiful old church in a village taken over years ago by an autonomous collective of artists and freaks; true Dutch underground style.

Track List:
1. Diksha - Tumpinambás
2. AntHill - Stomper Lomer
3. Gabaascape & Zaiklophobia - Classical Composition
4. Wishi - Disintigrate
5. 3G1K - 147-D
6. Cosinus - Mukuru
7. Diksha - Maculelé
8. Mechanical Species - Not Your Dimension
9. Synodic Period - Jahovia
10. Methodic Marble - Strange
11. Yabba Dabba, Critter - Orgafreaks
12. Kri Samadhi - Psychonauts
13. Drury Nevil - Forest Freqs
14. Silly Twit - Verus Somnia
15. Konebu - Big Rocket (Plazer RMX)
16. Kaza & Loom - Is This A Dream?
17. Metatron - Reverse World
18. Zaiklophobia - Digital Tribe
19. Archaic - Tuvan Sky

Sensoma - Trance Orient Express - Ruigoord NL Oct 2019 2-4AM

Old School Goa Trance Dj set from Kri Samadhi

Kri Samadhi - Goa DJ Set Solstice 2022

Kri Samadhi Live At Equinox 2022
Krisamadhi.com

Kri Samadhi Live At Equinox 2022

Annunaki

“Chaotic Influx” welcomes back TOUCH Samadhi’s old friend and frequent collaborator Primordial Ooze, now delivering three slices of chunky, organic psychedelia for the nighttime dancefloor. “Dripping Springs” leads with tendrils of liquid sound that invite the listener in to an ever-deepening tunnel surrounded by throaty squawks, bleats, and clanging echoes; the title track picks up the pace with a driving beat and cascading atmospherics that seem both metallic and earthy at the same time. The closer, “Almost Inert,” storms the dancefloor with an energetic bassline, zippery riffs, and percussive shouts for a high-speed race into darkness.”

Mastering Skyaudiomastering.com

Primordial Ooze - Chaotic Influx

Kri Samadhi - Equinox 2023

Prismaspect - Development

Original music composed by Richard Phillip Fennig except for Kitsune which is original music composed by Richard Phillip Fennig and Christopher Johnson (or whatever Kri’s full name is…for backend ID3 labeling)

Mastering by Nuno at Reversible Mastering (for bandcamp and anywhere else it can be listed)

Tracklist:

1. Prismaspect - Moving On
2. Prismaspect - Synapse Luminescence
3. Prismaspect - Red Brinstar
4. Prismaspect - See Were Thee
5. Prismaspect - Cirque d’UY Scuti
6. Prismaspect - Endeavour
7. Prismaspect - Beyond the Kármán Line
8. Prismaspect and Kri Samadhi - Kitsune

Album Blurb:

Development is the second album from American psytrance producer Prismaspect.

develop:

-to go through a process of natural growth, differentiation, or evolution by successive changes
-to create or produce especially by deliberate effort over time

Life is a series of changes. Music is too.

Sonata-allegro form is a musical structure first utilized in the early classical era (mid 18th century). It consists of three main parts: the exposition, the development, and the recapitulation. Jovian Orchestra was my exposition in 2022. It set the stage for my growing musical catalog. For the development, I decided to interpret the term in a broader sense, rather than simply continuing to work with any of the first album’s musical themes. In addition to the dictionary definitions above (there are surprisingly many more too!), Development represents an evolution in my sound—in quality of production and the range of compositional stylings—as well as deliberate intention setting for everything I continue to produce. If we don’t grow we don’t develop. If we don’t develop, we stay stagnant—our light growing weaker in the stasis of our own undoing.

Anywho, I like big lead synth sounds with those classic 80’s timbres, so you’ll hear some of that interspersed. Aside from a short section in Synapse Luminescene and the tail end of the album, the orchestra sections with strings and whatnot are gone this time around (though they will be back in the future). Rest assured, the “every track is a story” Prismaspect signature is still present. There are quite a few big moments, as well as some experimental flavor and nerdy stuff from my own interests. For example, the track “Red Brinstar” is inspired by my favorite retro video game Super Metroid. “Endeavour” includes real coms communications from the launch of the space shuttle that carried the first parts of the ISS. “Kitsune” is a collaboration with long time psytrance veteran and friend Kri Samadhi. All in all, this one was a fun one to make. I hope you enjoy!

Even one small change can lead to a spectrum of developments, like white light through a prism. Shine on, you crazy prism. ∆

-Phil

5 Prismaspect - Cirque d_UY Scuti

Files

Saiko

Crumbs

Break The Frame

Soulphane

April 20, 2024 
T.O.U.C.H. SAMADHI & THE WELL 

Present 
MINDFLUX
A Psychedelic Trance Dance Experience 

Kri Samadhi
MissyMiss
Spice Rapture


touchsamadhi.com
thewellasheville.com

Kri Samadhi - Mindflux 4:20:24

Kri  - Electro Breaks Set @ Soul Junction 6-8-2024

05 Space Lullaby AMC1

04 Rubber Band Stars AMC2

03 Random Trigger AMC2

02 Paradigm Shift AMC2

01 Joseph On The Air AMC2

Convergence - An Appalachian Darkpsy and Experimental Dance Music Ritual held deep within a protected forest community.

Kri- Hi Tech - Convergence 6-15-24

Kri - Full Moon 6/21 /24 Dj set

Kri - A Night Of Goa Trance

Live set from Crystal Sky in Franklin MN 2024

Kri Samadhi - Crystal Sky 2024

Dj Set At Infected Mushroom - Asheville 2024

Kri Samadhi - Dj Set at Infected Mushroom - Asheville 2024

Kri Samadhi - Live at Starcamp Shasta 20th Anniversary

CURRENT OF SOLIDARITY
by T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi


At the tail end of September, 2024, Hurricane Helene devastated the Southeast United States, wreaking immeasurable loss and devastation in Western North Carolina. Not a single person in our community was untouched by this disaster; through death, loss of housing, innumerable damages, loss of power, water, food accessibility, cellular network, employment, and more. The effects of the crisis remain ongoing, and the landscape of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been changed forever. 

• • • In response, psytrance friends from across the world have come together to donate their talents to this special compilation VA album presented by TOUCH Samadhi. These exceptional artists each have heartfelt ties to the lower Appalachian region and have lovingly offered their time and skill to help in the efforts to rebuild. 

••• All profits from this release will be donated to BeLoved Asheville, one of the largest grassroots nonprofits in the area who were among the first to mobilize a response providing crucial food, water, and supplies in staggering numbers to the Buncombe County region and surrounding relief efforts. 


releases December 6, 2024


Track list

Martian Arts - x0x r0x
Prismaspect - Microdensities
Coral - Light Codes- Final Out
Primordial Ooze - Molecular Marauders	
Kri Samadhi - Fractally Shattered	
Skorpium - Malware Detected	
Teorema & Aurafood - Angelheaded Hipsters	
Upavas - Bom Shiva Asheville	
Psypien - Stupa Trupa
Feelionics - Call Me Senpai	
Dragon - Sacred Empire	
The Odd Couple Feat. Nicolo - Wake Up	
Herbert Quain - Recovery
Eli Spiral - Electropulse	
OOOD - Vista	



All Tracks Analog Mastered by Kri Samadhi / skyaudiomastering.com

Except Track OOOD - Vista mastered by Colin Bennun @ the Stooodio - colin@oood.net

CURRENT OF SOLIDARITY PREVIEW

Dj set from 2025 New Years at Third Room in Asheville NC 

Kri - New Years 2025 Top 40 Psytrance DJ set

E.L.F Electronic Life Form is a chillgressive exploration of transformation, memory, and myth. What began in a haze of chaotic inspiration has now been reforged and elevated, shaped into something both fantastical and focused. This reimagined journey weaves cinematic textures, progressive grooves, and atmospheric psychedelia, guiding the listener through realms of wonder and shadow. It’s a cinematic tale of rebirth—refined, revitalized, and finally ready to be heard the way it was always meant to be.
1. Bring Me the Mare
2. Off the Shelf
3. Unnatural World
4. What About Bette?
5. Mantis
Written by Mombi Yuleman 
Mastering by Kri Samadhi

https://touchsamadhi.bandcamp.com/album/e-l-f


Mombi Yuleman - Mantis

Mombi Yuleman - Off the Shelf

Mombi Yuleman - Unnatural World

Mombi Yuleman -  Bring Me the Mare

Mombi Yuleman - What About Bette?

Kri Samadhi - SneaQuinox 4.5

Live from Synths in the Wild, new series happening in Asheville 

A Pale Void - Synths in the Wild

Kri Samadhi Live at Quantum Awakening Festival 2 - May 24 2025

Discography

Kri Samadhi - Quantum Awakening Festival 2 - May 24 2025

“Tek,” the second release from Aought (known to the psychedelic trance world as Kri Samadhi), transports you back in time to 1992. But not our timeline’s 1992 - a darker, more apocalyptic 1992, in which ravers invented halftime and techstep sounds early to cope with societal collapse and constant surveillance. Drawing from that year’s breakbeat hardcore and nascent sampler-based jungle, Aought invokes “Hardcore Junglism” by Manix, “Suicide”  by Hannibal Lecter, and tracks by Neuromancer, Fresh Trax, and Nick Power & DJ KU. “The Rush” is a clear ode to darkside rave music, getting as close as Aought gets to an outright dancefloor heater; “Tek Nek” is a hard-driving slice of anxious dancefloor energy, where snarling rave hoovers twist amid dark ambience and skittering beats. Opening tune “Borg” uses dry & clicky percussive sounds to contrast with the toxic sludge of its bass sounds. The “Tek” EP embraces paranoia and reinvents 1992 in a way you’ve never heard.

Mastering By Kri Samadhi

Bandcamp 
https://krisamadhi.bandcamp.com/album/tek-nek

Tek Nek

3 - The Rush

2 - Tek Nek

1 - Borg

Ajja - Three Dots 
Ajja - Impedimental 
Archaic - Forest Ship 
Lab Rats - Friday the 13th 
Vertical - Hex Comet 
Whiptongue - Invisible Residents 
Farebi Jalebi - Carnival Tradition 
Sorrow Murk - Ticket to Siberia 
Whiptongue - Robotic 
Full Face - DNA 
Zybex - Alien Resistance 
Onkel Dunkel - Seven Sisters 
Atriohm - Close to Nowhere 
Papiyan - Woody Harroison 
Magic Seeds - Mahou no take 
White Wizard & Farebi Jalebi - Chatur 
Vertical - Japan Girls

Mar Oso - Mad Hatter

http://soundcloud.com/djoso
Merkaba 
Meggido 
Grouch 
Slytrance 
Onionbrain 2 tracks 
Hypogeo 
Sensient 2 tracks 
One tasty Morsel 
Psypox 
LuneCell 2 tracks 
Neuromodulation 
Anakoluth 
Paraphone 

Mar Oso - Trip C Digital Droppings

Recorded live @ Equinox, Asheville NC, 24/09/2011, using N.I. Traktor Pro 2 w/ a Vestax VCI-100 mk2 controller. 
Special thanks and much love to the T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi family!

Tracklist:

Bitkit - Global Quest for Change
Ace Ventura & Captain Hook - The Jolly Roger (Zen Mechanics remix)
Allaby - Glade (Zen Mechanics remix)
Hemi-Sync - Quantum Bleep
Re:Creation & Unconscious Minds - Inside the SImulation (Original mix)
Re:Creation - String Theory (Unconscious Minds remix)
Nick Sentience - Sakura
Aphid Moon & Helios - Sugarcubes (Original mix)
Burn In Noise vs. Altruism - Intera (Original mix)
Master Blasters - Can U Dig it?
Dickster & Avalon - Into the New World (Blazed remix)
Dick Trevor vs. Aphid Moon - Blinking Lights
28 and Swarup - Masters of the Universe
Patchbay & Ital - Why the Universe Exists
In Lak Ech - Mayan
Disco Hooligans - Cohagen

Michael Curran - Live @ Equinox, Asheville NC - 24Sep2011

intense late night stomperoo from the impeccable TOUCH Samadhi Solstice festival (USA), 2019 edition.  Sensoma at the controls!

Sensoma - Solstice 2019 0430-0600

Annum Dilapsum by Various Artists
Compiled by T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi

Tracklist:
01 The Fuzz - The Long Road (Hyperboreans remix)
02 Kri Samadhi - ADC96
03 Devotee - Power of Peace
04 No Man’s Sky - Internet Wisdom
05 Hypometric vs Glitch - Phase Moderation
06 Labyr1nth and Kri Samadhi - Lost Planet
07 Primordial Ooze - Spin Echoes
08 Psypien - You Are Here
09 Eternal Servant and Kri Samadhi - Greeting the Golden Dawn
10 Herbivore ft Simran - Roshni

2020 didn’t turn out how we expected. We had hoped for a year of dancing together in community; instead, we got a year of isolation and loss. 
 
But the spark of creativity burns brightly even in dark times, and so we reached out to producers in the TOUCH Samadhi family to donate music that would connect us across the distance. We received a broad spectrum of sounds that we hope will comfort those in seclusion at home as well as they work on sound systems when we come together to dance again. 
 
We are also aware of the social turmoil that has taken place this year, and we stand on the side of justice. Therefore, all proceeds from this album will be donated to Emancipate North Carolina, a project of the Carolina Justice Policy Center dedicated to combating mass incarceration and structural racism.

Mastering: Kri Samadhi
www.krisamadhi.com/mastering
Artwork: KaranPal Singh of Sacred Symmetry Design
www.instagram.com/sacredsymmetrydesign

Annum Dilapsum

Annum Dilapsum *Preview

Samadhi is said to be a fourth kind of consciousness:
 
  It is beyond the states of waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep. Those who have witnessed it as an external phenomenon report that the experience appeared to have fallen into a kind of trance. The hair on the head and body stood erect. The half-closed eyes became fixed. Sometimes there was an astonishing loss of weight, or even levitation of the body from the ground. But these are mere symptoms, and tell us nothing. There is only one way to find out what samadhi is like:
 
                                                                                                  You must have it yourself…

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