YPNOTIKA is a Techno movement formed by music and art, a crossroad for different people who share the same interest in music and alternative expressions of dark arts.

Focusing on a unique and organic way to create safer space, activities, art, performances, music, and community that connect us and embrace us to be more of ourselves.

The Π (P) represents the wire netting fence and the Y represents a body with his hands up escaping the wire netting fence (Prison) of the body, the soul of YPNOTIKA, responsible for unifying different cultures, leaving aside any political oppression, A moment of empathy and harmony between ravers and their souls. 

Our music revolves around a mesmerizing and mysterious groove, which draws inspiration from the art of storytelling. Our aim is to create an immersive experience for our audience, allowing them to connect with their inner selves through hypnotic rhythms while they dance.

Controlling my Demons is my new Game.😈

DJ, producer, musician, promoter and Techno Music enthusiast alike, Errol Dix hails out of Linz, Upper Austria. His creative work ranges from spinning vinyl records, hosting events like “Lost Diamonds” and “Rhythm Maker” to presenting his monthly DJ mix series “LIFE UNIT” on YouTube.

Having spent many years playing at numerous national and international clubs - alongside hard-hitters like Marco Zaffarano, Umek, Ben Long, The Advent, Jay Denham, Gayle San, Ignition Technician, W. J. Henze, DJ Murphy, Funk D Void, Brenda Russell, DJ Boss, Dave the Drummer, Chris Liberator, Boriqua Tribez, Jamie Bissmiere and DJ Preach... to name a few - Errol has had a lot of time to evolve his distinctive style. Inspired by his idol Ben Sims, he developed a multi-faceted and dynamic funky-sound with house influencies. Throughout his performances as a resident-DJ of “Hardgroovs”, “Schalldruckk” and “Technoelement”, Errol remained true to his Tribal and Hardgroove Techno music style. Producing his own sets was bound to occur and releases took place on various international labels like “Zero!”, “Adult Records”, “Work Hard Play Hard”, “Techno Artillery”, “*Cutz and Valvula Records”.

Some of the key gigs, that brought Errol Dix to where he is today, are: 02 Arena London, Brixton Academy London, Planet House Germany, Exact Moment Maribor Slovenia, Summerbeach Rudava Slovakia, Pressure Festival Austria, Sunflower Festival Austria, Technobase Graz Austria and Progressive Selection Tabakfabrik Austria...

Despite all remarkable achievements, for Errol it’s all about mood: listening, feeling and understanding. Playing his tracks will get you tapping your feet and nodding your head without even realizing it... so don’t be surprised when you suddenly find yourself dancing!

At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future. 

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit. 

Tresor Records was founded in the same year and began to serve as a platform for exporting the new sounds associated with Tresor all around the world. Emergent musicians from Michigan, such as Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance and Drexciya, were pivotal in shaping these early years. Their visits to Berlin would kick-start dialogue between the youth movement in Europe and these musicians. This story is one of friendship and community-building, inextricably linked with cities like Detroit, Birmingham or Edinburgh, where like-minded friends built something truly special, where revelatory rhythms soundtrack decaying industry in corrupted metropoles. 

Tresor Records has been the fertile soil for dozens upon dozens of creative minds, from the very luminaries of the scene who developed electronic music over the last three decades through to contemporary protagonists who are currently defining the sound of the future -  A more than 300 strong catalogue displays an unmistakable identity - the Tresor spirit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

Run by @ParallelCircuitmusic. 

VOLTAGE Label nights: bookings@voltageagency.com

Currently in Barcelona 

https://xelimarecords.bandcamp.com/
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booking: xelimarecords@gmail.com 

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