The painting was somewhat distorted by the fragmented nature of his head from last summer. It had been a tough year but little by little he had been able to piece together what needed to be drawn from memory in order to begin his healing. It would always take for him to feel more like himself again but he had never particularly expected to find himself sat upon a beach painting out pictures of his problems from another life far away. This was supposed to be meditative rather than pensive, happy not sad. 

Benjamin Frohlich has invited some of his favourite producers to contribute to a remixes EP which features appearances from the likes of Chinaski and Aera. It is I:Cube however, who steals the show.

Remixes From Memory

PREMIERE: Benjamin Frohlich - Drawn From Memory (I:Cube Remix)[Permanent Vacation]

I love music and strive to have an entirely eclectic & open-minded palette of the art form.

Adrián Peña Sánchez (Calystarr) is a DJ, producer and electronic researcher from Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz). His style could be compared to night and day, on the one hand, dynamism and depth and on the other, elegance and freshness.
His sounds are full of psychedelic atmospheres full of harmony using nuances and resources, in most cases, of a retrospective nature. Calystarr usually works under many musical influences, betting mainly on retro and underground indie sounds. In his sets and productions it is common to hear Nudisco, Italo, Classic House, New Beat, Indie Dance, Acid, Electro, EBM and Dark Disco styles.

He has worked musically with a multitude of national and international artists such as James Rod, Parissior, Moo Monster, Neurotiker, Pumuki, CMIND, Gameboyz, ROTCIV, Ilya Santana, Tronik Youth, Kay-Chi, Chinosynth, JG Outsider, Astore & Cosmosolar working for music labels such as Golden Soul, Espacio Cielo, When Disco Goes Wrong, Melómana Records, Channel Six, Burning Synths, Nein Records, Club Mackan, Astrolead Records, Logical Records and Emerald & Doreen.
As for performances, Calystarr has been in many venues, events and festivals sharing the bill with many artists of great projection such as Avant_Y, Chagar, Lollypop, Rick Golden, Nubaen, Vinny Carmona, Bonny Stuche, Dalila, Göo!, Roglar and many more.
Worthy of mention is his performance at Electrolunch, Edición Sevilla XXL where he shared the bill with Reka and Jennifer Cardini and Interestelar Sevilla 2025 where he shared the line up with Marta Flores, Undo and Blondex.
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Releases & remixes:
- Culto Recordings
- Bolonia Recordings
- Golden Soul Records
- Dacusan Music Records
- Sustain Music
- Channel Six
- Asane Records
- Espacio Cielo
- When Disco Goes Wrong
- Nein Records
- Emerald & Doreen
- Club Mackan
- Astrolead Recordings
- Melómana Records
- Burning Synths
- Logical Records 
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Contact/Info: calystarr@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/calystarrmusic

Jonny Sriraxa & Luci B's indomitable sonic system, Nostalgia Futura is a project born during the first confinement period in Madrid, Spain, at the peak of the Covid-19 crisis. The overwhelming sensations of physical, social, and emotional detention painted the horizon with a nostalgic hue..."so we felt a certain type of nostalgia for this particular future..." And now, in their sets and performances, Jonny Sriraxa and LuciB aim to transmit the entirety of that accumulated energy through rhythms oriented towards the dance floor--evoking reflection through motion-- and flowing across a variety of genres, histories, and influences that fuse the old, new, and still-evolving.

Currently producing jams and organizing events in Madrid with Casa Pangea. Stay tuned :)

There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. 

Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

VMADanceMachine is a DJ duo. We have known each other since the '80s and were immersed in house music from the start, although up and till around 2010 this involved mainly going to house parties. Since a few years we have started playing music, creating our own mixes and since a year or two we also started doing gigs together. It felt so natural that it was time to merge our creativity which resulted in VMA Dance Machine. 

VMA is a combination of both our initials (the V and the A) and of one of our close friends who inspires us through his art and inspiration (the M in the middle). It is also a subtle reference to the era of the '80s and '90s with the MTV Video Music Awards which we grew up with. 

Dance Machine refers to the Dance-Offs that we used to have (and still have) at the parties we attend as well as what we intend to achieve with our sets (which is to get the party rocking and get the people on to the dance floor). To create sets that will get your blood pumping, your juices flowing and that urge your body to start moving up to the point that you can no longer resist and start to dance.

Our reposts are tracks that we bought, want to buy, really dig or find inspirational and think deserve your attention. Our likes are reserved for the sets posted on Soundcloud which we would to hear over and over again and which we use as inspiration for our own sets.