"PSY-ence" Tune of the Month: presented by Anya

(every 3rd Friday)

Anya is a Russian-born psytrance, techno, & house dj living in the US. She first got into electronic music in 1995 when breakbeat eletronic groups like Crystal Method and Chemical Brothers were getting really big around the world. In the next few years, she explored IDM like Aphex Twin and Autechre. The rave scene in the US blew up around 1999, and she started going to these allnight dance events. This was an exciting time because so many different genres of electronic music were being showcased in the same venue in one night! 

Fast-forward to 2007... when Anya joined up with the Sonic Beating psytrance promotion and party organization crew in Boston USA.Having been a psytrance/goa fan for a long time, she was excited to help this awesome crew of people! She first began to assist with set ups and soon became the bookings organizer for the crew. Anya also learned to DJ progressive and psytrance around this time with motivation from a few inspiring friends :)

In just a few short years, Anya had built a name for herself in the US, but has yet to be defined by one genre. Playing everything from 155 bpm dark aggressive psytrance to 120 bpm dreamy slow progressive house, she's got sets to please all types of tastes :) Even in the fastest tracks, she seeks a groovy bass line that keeps asses shakin' and feet stompin. She is best known for offering up 2 sets in the same festival: her serious psy sets mixed with forest, night and dark music... and really deep romantic SEXY tech/prog house! Her mixing is always on point, with powerful bass line switches, and she has a huge stage presence that gets people excited.

Having played all over the US in clubs, festivals and parties, she's traveled to both coasts to rock groovy sets for happy dancers. Anya has also been a featured guest on the 10-year running WZBC radio station (www.wzbc.org) show “Green” with Jeff Mission & used to hold a bimonthly slot on the Greek psy internet radio station MelexRadio. Internationally, she's played in Italy, Switzerland, Canada & Morocco including the amazing TimeGate NYE party, Eclipse Festival & Transahara Festival.

>>Listen to Anya on Soundcloud!

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