Psy-Harmonics

25/01/2025

Shaolin Wooden Men - The Hungry Forest 1995

WE ARE THE S.W.M.
WE ARE SOUND
WE ARE NEVER WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE.
MISSION: TO RECONSTRUCT THE SONIC LANDSCAPE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE IMAGINATION
SOUND: FUSED WITH LAUGHTER, OVERCOMING DARKNESS...
SHARDS OF GLASS TRANSFORM INTO ANGELS, SKYSCRAPERS SING, FACTORIES WEEP...ALL MANNER OF OPPRESSION IS MUTATED INTO JOY.
SOUND EMPOWERS THE INDIVIDUAL WHEN MODIFIED / RE-SHAPED / RE-FORMED INTO AN OBJECT OF FUN
OUR PERSONALITY IS HOT-WIRED...REDUCED TO ZEROS AND ONES...
THESE THINGS ARE ESSENTIAL, SELFISHNESS, HATERD, DEVOURED BY THE SOUND. THE UNIVERSE HANGS ON SOUND AND IT IS TIME TO RETURN.

WE ASK YOU TO JOIN THE ANCIENT DANCE

Written & Produced by Shaolin Wooden Men (Ollie Olsen)
Graphics by Noodle Boy / Troy Innocent

23/01/2025

Zen Paradox + VJ Mandala

Recorded live : FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER 2023

ZEN PARADOX is the main creative vehicle under which Australian musician Steve Law has recorded and performed electronic music since 1992, with a plethora of releases on labels from Psy-Harmonics, Nova Zembla, Restless, Solitary Sound, EEM, Finn Audio, Elektrax , Timing Records & more. Zen Paradox is an electronic music artist, primarily involved in the production of techno as well as other more experimental electronic sounds, from Melbourne, Australia. It is the principle name under which Steve Law records and performs electronic music. He also uses the names Mr. Suspicious, and Mutagenic Mind, and collaborates with a range of artists under other names as well, such as The Sonic Voyagers, with Voiteck.

Law is reputed to have been one of Melbourne's principle live electronic acts since 1993. His first musical efforts were released in cassette form for the Melbourne Ambient Music cassette release in the mid-1980s, then in the early '90s he was a member of industrial music group Foil. He was also a principle act on local Melbourne labels Psy-Harmonics from the early 1990s, performing live throughout the 1990s, and on into the new millennium, at big warehouse rave parties like Every Picture Tells A Story, Hardware, Zoetrope, Omniglobe, Technofest and TransAtlantic, not to mention smaller, more esoteric gigs around Australia, and throughout Europe.
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VJ MMANDALA aka Adem Jaffers spawn from the early 90's rave culture, that cultural and creative impetus saw Adem gravitate further toward [the] cutting edge experimental digital art with a fervour, initially via the legendary Amiga-500 computer and analogue video-feedback.

Expanding his visual repertoire to incorporate lighting and laser; fusing these mediums into dynamic illuminated projection designs for the Psy-Harmonics, Every Picture Tells a Story and Earthdance, Pure raves, the RPL, EGA, Big Day Out, Earthcore and Rainbow Serpent bush-doofs and festivals, as well as internationally for Infinite Frequency (LA), Tsunami (NYC) and Detroit Movement dance parties and festivals; including a Laser op residency at the established Machine monthly techno night.

In collaboration with Cyber Dada and Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Adem was a seminal figure in the creation of the experimental Cyberthon video-art live-to-air broadcast events held at the RMITV studios, continueing at the TVU’s pop-up TV broadcast warehouse during the early to mid-’90s. The complete Cyberthon original mastered recordings have recently been digitised into the ACMI archives.

Adem has continued to make music videos and perform VJ mixes for various festivalevents,live-streams, and live acts such as Carl Cox, Taipan Tiger Girls (feat. Ollie Olsen), Juno Reactor, My Friend the Chocolate Cake (feat. David Bridie) and Monolake (Robert Henke). One highlight being a collaboration with Projection Teknik (Nick Azidis) in creating the 360-degree animation White Night presentation of Ideation, projection-mapped over the State Library of Victoria’s La Trobe Reading Room.

PSY-HARMONICS 30 SONIC YEARS ZEN PARADOX + VJ MANADALA Recorded live : FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER 2023 @ 21:00 (AEST)ZEN PARADOX is the main creative vehicle und...

17/01/2025

MAC MAVIS - SIILITIE101 (PSY-088)

Helsinki-based producer Mac Mavis makes his debut on Psy-Harmonics with the Siilitie101 EP, a four-track exploration that blends nostalgia and innovation. Each track delivers a distinctive energy, merging respect for the past, creating a soundscape where genre boundaries blur seamlessly

After 30 years in the game, Mac Mavis continues to focus on crafting music that reflects his unique vision, carving out his own path without concern for trends

1. Hover
2. Kaivos
3. Hedgehog Storm
4. Polonium Pie

Written & Produced by Marko Hirvi in Helsinki, Finland
Mastered by Gus Till, Melbourne, Australia.

file under: suomisaundi, techno, trance

Out now on bandcamp >https://psy-harmonics.bandcamp.com/album/siilitie101
available all other digital sites 27 Jan 2025

13/01/2025

Metamorphis Festival - 7-9 February 2025 - Vic, Australia

MASA (Masaray / Hypnodisk) : Andrew Till (Psy-Harmonics) : Ray Castle (Masaray / Sonic Sufi) : Dominic Hogan (Lumukanda) : Slinky Wizard (Flying Rhino) & more ..

more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/3922267478016025/

06/01/2025

Expect the Unexpected
Psy-Harmonics sonic research & development program™ 2025

23/12/2024

This Xmas give yourself a present... Last remaining Hoodies available on our bandcamp store. Medium & Large Sizes only.
Psy-Harmonics logo printed front & back on a quality Coal coloured Hoodie from AS Colour.
Get in quick > https://psy-harmonics.bandcamp.com/merch

21/12/2024

BENZA - A Map Of Everything PSY-085
(20024)

'A Map Of Everything', is the fifth studio album from Australian electronic producer BENZA, after a fifteen year break.

'A Map Of Everything' represents BENZA's bold exploration into the boundaries of Psytrance and beyond, infusing his signature funk foundation with innovative sounds to craft a unique sonic landscape. Known for his distinctive approach, BENZA continues to push the envelope with this latest release.

“On 1 January 1785, astronomer and musician William Herschel published a paper called On The Construction of the Heavens. Though he mistakenly concluded that our sun was at the centre of a disk-shaped galaxy, Herschel was the first to propose and illustrate a model of the Milky Way that was based on observation and measurement. This model stood until the development of more accurate telescopes in the mid-20th century and the resulting knowledge that the Milky Way was just one of trillions of galaxies. For 3 centuries, Herschel’s drawing was a map of everything in existence.

This album is an attempt to grapple with the enormity of that idea. It’s an effort to draw together our evolving understanding of the universe with the inexplicably human experience of love – to lay cosmology, particle physics, relativity, chemistry and evolution alongside North Indian classical music. An effort to reconcile the fact that a Goldilocks planet orbiting an insignificant star on the outer arm of a random spiral galaxy of 2 trillion others in our observable universe has somehow evolved Bulgarian Folk Music, Psychedelic Trance and the sound of my children…

I have treasured memories of moments that have become 30 years old; the way I felt when a kick drum and bassline thumped into the bush, the way it looked at dawn on those mornings, and the way a dancefloor would just about levitate in slow motion. There are tracks on this record that aspire to capture those moments and there are sounds throughout that are deeply inspired by the artists that created their soundtrack. Not a retrospective, but a forward-facing reflection of the music I have loved, in all its breadth and depth, of the disparate musical concepts that continue to fascinate me and the technology of production that continues to blow my mind.

Written & Produced by Ben Rynderman
Mastered by Gus Til
Artwork by Daniel Neville

14/12/2024

Roy Sason - Konflict (PSY-083)

1 track album

10/12/2024

Shaolin Wooden Men - The Black Hand T-shirt (Limited Edition)

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06/12/2024

KULKURI - Full Spectrum. [PSY-087] released December 6, 2024

Prepare to be transported into the outer limits of sound.

From streets of Helsinki, Kulkuri—which translates to "wanderer" in Finnish—captures the restless spirit of exploration and the unyielding pursuit of new horizons. From high-octane grooves to mind-bending frequencies, 'Full Spectrum' is a wild ride through the intersection of deep psychedelica, cybernetic breaks and experimental sound design. With its intricate layers of music and raw, unfiltered energy, 'Full Spectrum' is not just an album; it’s an experience.

*Bandcamp Exclusive until 30 Dec 2024
https://psy-harmonics.bandcamp.com/album/full-spectrum