Vaughan Phillips (also known as Syntrax) is an award-winning sound designer, dance music producer and DJ from Johannesburg, South Africa. He works as a sound engineer and music composer for The Audio Matrix.

With a DJ career spanning over 20 years and having released tracks for nearly 10, Kriess continues to build a career that displays his life long love for electronic music. 

As a DJ he has travelled the globe, playing in cities such as Los Angeles, Sydney & Melbourne and recently playing at every edition of the Euphoria Weekender festival in Malta since 2022. Back in the UK he has spun at institutions such as Ministry of Sound, Turnmills, Camden Palace (Know known as Koko), SE1 and more. He has also promoted his own events; Perfected which ran both at the legendary venue ‘The Cross’ in London and on the south coast in Portsmouth, as well as running the Submerged boat parties on the Thames in London.

Since 2015 his tracks have been released on labels such as Outburst, Nocturnal Knights, Tidy Trax, Damaged, High Voltage, Mental Asylum, Pure Trance, Monster Tunes & more. His music has received multiple plays on Armin van Buuren’s A State Of Trance radio show and he’s reached the top 5 in the Beatport trance chart. Scene leading names such as Paul van Dyk, Ben Nicky, Ferry Corsten, Aly & Fila, Simon Patterson and many more have supported his work. 

His show ‘Synthsonic Sessions’ has been running since 2012 and has been his showcase for his style and taste as it has evolved alongside the scene. The regular format has been an hour of power, ebbing and flowing between various subgenres of trance and often other genres too. 

Kriess is often known for a techier edge to his sound, often also influenced by the early hedonistic rave days of the early 90’s. Alongside his cutting edge tastes, he is a student of the game in regards to the trance scene and as such is always willing to display his knowledge of the classics when requested.

2019-2021 TRANCEPODIUM Top #100 DJ

Classically trained, electronically tuned. Pablo Anon is a force to be reckoned with behind the decks at events right around the world or alternatively behind the desk producing in the studio.

Music has his professionally passion since 2004. With his raw talent & technical execution forming his foundations as a electronic entertainer. Versatility & Musicianship is combined throughout his sets; producing and performing across an array of different trance genres.

Pablo's has always visioned the merging of trance disciplines, orchestrating the opposing musical themes or euphoric and its opposite. This signature structure first hit the scene in 2015, solidifying Pablo support success with his unique sound with Andromeda (Discover) and No Regrets (Universal Nation) from trance heavyweights; John Askew, Sean Tyas, Woody Van Hayden, Binary Finary, Bryan Kernage, John O’Callaghan, Photographer & Alex M.O.R.P.H.

His new sonic flavour exponentially expanded on Pablo Anon’s booking roster from a humble U.S. Tour in 2013 (Including WMC, LA and Midwest); adding New Zealand, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Germany for both Critical State and Universal Nation Label launches by 2016-2017. Adding to Pablo’s accomplished local career has seen him play at some of the best clubs and biggest events including Earthcore, GAS, Plastic, Transmission, Digital Therapy, Voodoo @ Home Sydney supporting the most recognised & established trance acts such as Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate, Paul van Dyk, Coming Soon!!! and Infected Mushroom.

2017 has brought a new revival of performances and releases; showcasing his personal sound across Critical State, Critical Overload and Critical Uprising labels from Komplex Sounds (KSX) Label Group and Perfecto Fluoro. December 2017 will see Pablo participate in the Colombia, Australia and Mexico legs of the Critical State - Past, Present & Future Album 2017/18 Tour with the dual CD hitting stores for Physical release on 08.12.2017 including his two biggest releases ‘War & Peace’ and Collaboration with Talla 2XLC on the prestigious Critical State Label.

In 2018 Pablo Anon has resettled in Medellin, Colombia. With both South and North America new markets within his sights, he is now armed with his newest originals and purist PSY Trance sound on Perfecto, Perfecto Flouro, Critical State, Universal Nation and FSOE with massive originals and remixes honoured by heavyweights Paul Oakenfold and Liquid Soul.

Post Pandemic COVID-19 Pablo has expanded his genre to Melodic Techno and pushed out from March 2022 a staggering 10 releases across labels Synergy Recordings, Critical Fusion, EVE and Low Voltage (headed by Allen Watts).

FLOOR⁴ #F2t4 :: Floor to the Four serves the primest cuts of modern Dance Techno and House music :: 4/4 is FLOOR⁴

Credo :: to spread the electronic music lifestyle & to further promote Artists Labels & Venues on the bleeding-edge of sound

⌂   Deep House, Tech House 
火  Deep Techno, Minimal Techno
☄  Acid House, Progressive, Disco
❖   Dance Music, House Music

BIG SHOUT-OUT TO ALL involved in making ELECTRONIC MUSIC such a vibrant community :: the DJs AND PRODUCERS that turn their thoughts into melody :: the LABELS PUBLICISTS AND MANAGERS that handle the nitty-gritty & allow their ARTISTS to focus on what matters :: THE MUSIC :: the PROMOTERS VENUES AND STAFF that put on club-nights or festival-weekends to showcase the TALENT :: AND most of all THE CLUBBERS worldwide that support THE SCENE AND let THE MUSIC thrive :: viva la Techno & House

we like BASS in the sound & a little bit of NOISE maybe :: lots of effects like DELAY to make it more organic :: combined with TREMOLO AND VIBRATO: so it goes 'like' WURR :: in essence we want to hear ORGANIC SOUNDS from synthesizers 

FLOOR⁴ is 4/4

thanks for tuning in :: you know where to find us #F2t4

Dj and producer from South Africa. 
Klank records (SA) / Beenoise Records (IT) / Trident Music (AR)



I dont like to stick to a genre, I like to explore music. So you can expect a huge variety of genres in my work.

*2017 David Gresham Records #SolidSearch finalist

I actually removed my beatport link because they messed it up and linked to some amercian rapper dude and a small label dude gave me shit about it. I was all like lolololol dude....

I'm da operator with mein operator ...... Curious about alles in Science, Astro to subatomic levels of Quantum Physics. Genome editing of bio or tech code. 

I'm passionate walking, Periodic table and Satan to check up wats cooking up here, otherwise Darth Raver Invader ala Techno Pirat ... 'MUSIC IS SCIENCE!!' ....Floor is lava!

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