Shanti Matkin is nowadays considered one of the leading artists of the trance scene. His carreer started very early, by the age of 13 he played his first party in a club in amsterdam. The year after he was already on the line up of the Voov Festival - one of the biggest and most reknowned trance festivals in the world.
Besides djing around the world, the taste for production was also developed very early. He started producing with his best friend Nils Feenstra and sometimes with his older brother Riktam and his partner Bansi (GMS), developing a unique sound with fat and groovy baselines, with some industrial elements from techno and house blended with psychedelic melodies.
Marked by the ability to create, soon he was invited to produce tracks with the veterans of the trance scene such as Dino Psaras, Man with no name, Deedrah,and Earthling. Also remixes for artists like Talamasca,Deedrah and Sub6 were done and played all around the globe.
Since 2001, he´s a confirmed attraction for all the Vision Quest´s Gathering, one of the biggest trance festivals in Japan, having one of his tracks - Smell´s Like Victory - as soundtrack of the promotional videoclip from the DVD of the Festival in 2003.
In 2006, Dino Psaras, frederic Holyszewsky, and Shanti Matkin formed the group Krome Angels, Album will be out sometime in 2007, followed by releases on various compilations.FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] MATKIN DISCOGRAPHY (Not Complete)Albums: A machines dream (CD) Vision Quest 2004Shanti Matkin Remixed (CD) spunrecords 2006
Disfunction (CD) Spun Records 2006Remixes:Trance De Eivissa (CD, Dig)Lotus Omega- Lighthouse (Remix) TIP.World 1999
Midnight Sun EP (12") Midnight Sun TIP.World 2001
Alien Project vs. Astral Projection EP (12") People Can Fly (Alien ... TIP.World 2002
TIP.World Singles 2002 (CD) People Can Fly (Alien ... TIP.World 2002
Zero1 Spun (cd) deedrah-Hellsonic ..shanti remix spun records 2003
The Usual Suspects Vol. 2 (CD)Talamasca- Magnetic Fields (shanti remix... Solstice Music Europe 2004
Sub 6:RaHeya remixes (CD) Sub6-raheya, shanti remix hom-mega produsctions 2004
Groove Controllers (CD) Altom-Spray (Shanti Remix) Neurobiotic Records 2005
1200 Micrograms Remixes (2xLP) E=MC² (Shanti Remix) TIP.World 2006
Super Tokyo Vibes (CD)cyrus the virus- Soundtrack Of Your Life..shanti remix... Last Xenobiology Records 2006
Activation Portal (CD, Album) Aztechno Dream (Shanti remix... H2O Records 2007
New Sensations (CD, Album) joti sidhu- Live Fast, Die Young... shanti remix (... Neurobiotic Records 2007
Co-production:GMS vs. Systembusters (CD) Arabian Knights On Mescaline... Spun Records 1999
No Rules (CD, Album) Gladiator, Juice By GMS... Solstice Music International 2002
Zorba (CD, Album) Fragile, No Copys Shaffel Records 2003
Wanted (CD) Scope Twisted Records 2006
1200 Micrograms (CD) TIP.World 2002
Appears On:The Growly Family (CD, Album) The Caterpillar, Mouth... TIP Records 1998
GMS & Amigos - Tri-Ball University (CD) Ride The Wave TIP.World 2000
1200 Micrograms (CD) TIP.World 2002
Aztechno Dream (2xLP) Skunk TIP.World 2002
Aztechno Dream (CD) Skunk Phonokol 2002
Genetic Process - Part Dose (CD) The Rescuers Spun Records 2002
No Rules (CD) Gladiator, Juice By GM... Spirit Zone Recordings 2002
The Mescalator EP (12", EP) Ecstacy TIP.World 2002
Time And Space Part 2 (CD, Dig) Hari-Katsch Maia Records 2002
Gathering 2002 / Amphibians (CD + DVD-V, NTSC) Filterfish Vision Quest 2003
Planet Music (CD) Planet Music Spun Records 2005
Genetic Process (CD) Shwink (Remix) Spun Records 2002
Genetic Process - Part Dose (CD) Bavarian Mindshaft Spun Records 2002
High Paradise (CD) The Swarm Solar Flares Records 2002
Trancedente Alto Paraiso Brazil (CD) No Rulez, Das Boot Solar Flares Records 2002
Gathering 2002 / Amphibians (CD + DVD-V, NTSC) Filterfish Vision Quest 2003
Spunout (CD) The Swarm Spun Records 2003
Red (CD) The Inner Visions 1 TIP.World 2004
XXL (CD) Tingling Sensations Spun Records 2004
Elegraffiti (CD) Toe 2 Toe Solstice Music International 2005
Multiple Organisms (CD) What Vibrations? Nice Dreams Music 2005
Open Air - Season 2005 (2xCD) Alter Ego Yellow Sunshine Explosion 2005
Phase Three (CD) Like A Mother Solstice Music International 2005
Positive Prototype (CD) Killer Machine Proton Records (Brazil) 2005
Remote Viewing (CD) In The Nick Of Time Spun Records 2005
Second Thought (CD) Tingling Sensation (Wr... Spun Records 2005
Zero Gravity (CD) Alter Ego Spun Records 2005
Hear The Noise (CD, Album) The Purist, Trick Track Spun Records 2006
Raja Ram’s Stash Bag Volume 4 (CD) Magic Garden TIP.World 2006
Spun In Motion V1 (DVD) The Swarm Spun Records 2006
Accelerator 4.0 (CD) Flight Of The Phoenix Turbo Trance Records 2007
iDrop (CD) Proton Pump H2O Records 2007
Kaballah Compilation (CD) Gunts 2007