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mospheric sounds and vocals. Basically, i started
to make this album at end of 2014. In January
2015 i finished the first track named Sol, and after 3 months the album was somewhat finished.
But then i started to improve the tracks for more
than 3-4 months and worked on every single detail to make everything perfect for my ears.
One of the biggest things that you can hear, is
the quality. Which is the most important for me.
SM: My name is Shahar Shtrikman, i born in
ukraine in 11/6/1984 and in 1990 my family
moved to israel, which since, i live there.
PM: How you started with Psytrance in the
first place?
SM: In 1996 i had some friends that gave me a
Goa Trance tape to listen. Somehow i got connected with the right people in the right time
and sometimes we made private parties in the
shelters of the houses.
PM: What got you into production path?
SM: A friend showed me a program called impulse tracker, to produce beats. After that, i
was experimenting with the program and tried
to make tracks. Slowly the tracks became better and better. But all this was a hoby for me, i
didn’t even know that there was parties or scene
for this. I was 12 years old! It was just for fun. So
the years passed and i changed the program to
Cubase and continue producing and improving
myself. In 2006 i moved to Tel Aviv and went to
study sound enginering in which i became one
of the best students. Furthermore, my skils were
improved a lot, which made my music to rise
slowly up to international quality level.
PM: How you define your style?
SM: Today, i have few projects that i work with
and every project is diffrent style but my main
project is Static Movement. Which is Progressive
Trance at the range of 135 to 140 bpm. Melodic
and emotional morning Trance i could say, but i
have also night time tracks. I have also commercial tracks. I have also the project Impulser which
is more Full-On Psytance, from 140 to 150bpm.
Recently i started a new project which is more
Israeli style, Middle-East melodies and strong
baselines.
PM: How you see psytrance scene nowadays?
SM: The Psytrance scene got bigger and bigger,
many artists , many parties! Some of them good
and some of them, less good. But my favorite
time was in 2008. I liked this era because there
wasn’t so many artists and the ones who played
was good.
PM: You have a new album out recently. Talk
us a little bit about this.
SM: Yes, i just released my second album called
“Sol”, delivered from the name of my daughter,
born in march 2015. Mainly, i wanted to make
this album and dedicate it to her, so she will remember this for all of her life. Secondly, for sure
i wanted to do something good for all my fans! I
worked a lot to produce music that can fit to every person. This album is focused more on the
“morning trance”, soft and positive sounds, at-
SM: I wanna thank everybody for supporting my
music, for coming to my live shows, which is the
best for our scene. That we keep being connected and grow and enjoy quality music and parties
in our lives.
PM: Do you have any production tips to give
to the upcoming producers out there?
Thank you for yor time and Psychedelic eMag
wish you all the best for your project!
SM: Be original! Don’t “copy-paste” others.
SM: You’re welcome. Thank you for this opportunity to speak for my projects. Boom!
PM: Analog or digital?
PM: Let’s start from the basics, who are you
and where are you from?
PM: Any message to send to our scene before
we wrap this up?
SM: I personally like digital this is my world, the
new generation. However i like to have the analog mastering when i finish my tracks.