FLOOTING GROOVES is Pearce Van Der Merwe. Born in Cape Town in 1975, he grew up in South Africa and Italy, surrounded by music. Having a varied background ranging from classical to jazz, rock and related styles, he started playing flute after hearing Jethro Tull. Groups like Ozric Tentacles and Pink Floyd opened him up to Psychedelia and that's where his journey began!
A party in Amsterdam in 2000 changed the course of things forever, marking Pearce's introduction to the trance scene, with its addictive and infectious grooves! Another turning point was the meeting of like-minded musicians and beings Dan Symons (a.k.a Dymons) and Ajja Leu (one half of Yab Yum) who both played instruments and laptops. The initial meeting and jamming eventually led to Pearce moving to Switzerland to join The Peaking Goddess Collective (PGC): the organic chill and psytrance band formed in 2003 by Ajja, Dymons & Master Margherita, which combines laptops and synths with live instruments: Flute, Guitar, percussion, Bass & Fx.
After his beginnings with the PGC, where his flute found the perfect niche in which to evolve, he started to participate actively in the production of the collective's tracks. Soon, he was also producing music solo, finding his own sound and ultimately performing live: FLOOTING GROOVES! Ethnic, groovy, floaty and psychedelic, his music ranges from chill to airy progressive beats. His performances are always a success and music lovers greatly appreciate the sight of the live instrument fusing with machine production.
In the past six years, Pearce has performed live at a great deal of parties and festivals including Alien Safari and Vortex (South Africa), Eden Festival (Scotland), Tribe of Frog (UK), Antaris Project (Germany), Space Pirates' Revolution (France), Solstice Festival (Ruigoord, Netherlands) the renowned Boom 2006 and Boom 2008 in Portugal and Soulclipse in Turkey, both with his FLOOTING GROOVES project and with The PGC. The trance caravan has taken him to South Africa, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Croatia, Ukraine, Italy, Scotland, Spain, Israel, Portugal, England, France, Turkey, Ireland and Germany.
Since 2004, FLOOTING GROOVES has released a number of tracks on Peak, Electrik Dream, Vertigo, La Magica Boutique, Celestial Dragon, Space Tepee Music, Elestial, Moonloop and Syncronize. He has contributed to most Peak Records releases with down tempo tracks for the chill compilations as well as chill intros and outros for the night-time compilations.
May his trails be happy and fruitful, and may your trails cross his!

Flooting Grooves on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flooting-Grooves/193179480728837?fref=ts
Flooting Grooves on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flooting-grooves

Flooting Grooves "Flooting Groovitude Mix" 16/10/2013

Appeared on B-Right-On by Freak Bazaar on Blue Hour Sounds.

We Have The Technology

The summer may be slowly behind us but we are still filled with the warmth of our Ozorian reunion’s vibes. Was it a dream or reality, we’d relive it again and again. Here come the OZORA ‘22 recordings, so that we can. Tune in to flashback together with Baladi's set in Cooking Grove.

https://soundcloud.com/balintboldizsar

https://ozorafestival.eu/

Baladi @ OZORA 2022 | Cooking Grove

A special set from Mycoland- Gathering in nature.  thank you for listening :) Enjoy

Zenon Set- Mycoland 27.7.24 by AMAZONITE

Drums, bass, guitar, desk/fx. Technics SL-P 1200 CD player for vocal samples. One take, no overdubs, all live. Sony WM-D3 recording walkman +.standard mic. Album soon come.

DUBfromCREATION - live session 2003

Nick first discovered his love for repetitive beats during the UK’s early rave and outdoor party scene in the early 90s. It was during this time that his cousin Andrew Ross Collins was sowing the seeds of what was to become the scene’s best-known downtempo label, Interchill Records, based in Canada. Inspired by the sounds that were floating across the Atlantic, as well as ones from parties such as Megadog, Nick took to the decks and shared his finds with UK party people.
One degree and hundreds of parties later, he moved to London and became involved with internet pirate radio before launching himself into the chill-out rooms of London clubs as the UK’s main Interchill DJ and A&R. It wasn’t long before the international scene beckoned and he started to travel with his music to festivals abroad playing, among others, the original Solipse in Hungary, Samathroki Festivals, the Zambia Eclipse Festival, Ozora, Boom, Sonica and more. He co-compiled Interchill’s Dissolving Clouds with Andrew and then went on to compile the breaks and bass album Devil in the Detail.

He has also become well-known for his graphic design skills, having created many an album cover for the likes of Interchill, Section Records, Dragonfly, …txt and more. Although from a chill out background, Nick’s not afraid to beat it up and says he is ‘as comfortable playing gentle tunes at 6am as he is playing stompers at midnight’.

Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/nickinterchill/
Interchill Records http://www.interchill.com/

NICK INTERCHILL @ O.Z.O.R.A. 2014 Chill Dome

09 - Electrypnose - Un Tour A L - Asile (e7m Rev4)

This is not completely Hux Flux (Just 50%, other part is Magnus Holte), my chill/dub sideproject. Vocals by Julia Nihlawi and Jonas Petterson. Hope you enjoy :)

DUBfromCREATION - live session 2003

Uncle Fester on Acid