Dj Hands (Muskaria)
Stage name: Dj Hands
Styles: Goa Trance, Psychedelic, Progressive Trance, Full On, Hi-tek
BPM Range: 130-150
Nationality: Spanish
Labels: Muskaria, iNTrance Rec., Solid Rec., Panmusic Rec., Womb Rec.
Web: www.muskaria.com
Collective / Group: Muskaria
Releases: Mixes Cds
Biography
He began his career at the end of 1993, in his sessions he mixed the music of artists such as Blissed, Blue Planet Corporation, Doof, Eat Static, Juno Reactor, Kode IV, Konzept, Koxbox, LDC, Man With No Name, Mandra Gora, Mindfield, Orbital, SFX, Stardiver, The Infinity Project, The Overlords, Total Eclipse, Trilithon, Union Jack, Voodoo People, X-Dream among others, thus being a pioneer in introducing the Goa Trance sound in Barcelona.
In his career as a DJ, he has played in the most representative places in Catalonia, clubs such as 1800, 242, Bus, Campus, Canela Nature, Colors, Cotton Sugar, D.M.T. (Lokotron), Districto Maritimo, Faktoria D'arts, Fnac (Auditorium), Gaia, Habitat, Iguana, Input, KGB, La Bascula, La Kapsula, La Sala Del Cel, La Terra, La Terraza, Moog, Sala Mosku, Nou Simbol, O-Zone, Rachdinge, Salamandra, Sidecar, Snt Trope, Sppunny, Teatre, Tupac Amaru, White Island, X-Inercia, Xelsa, Zeleste (Razzmatazz), Zoom, Zoreks and an endless number of venues and parties.
His sound also reached cities such as Almeria, Huesca, Ibiza, Logroño, Madrid, Mallorca, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Valencia, Zaragoza, Andorra among others.
He has been a resident in the Begood, Cyberian, La Cova, Le Fou, Mandala, T.H.C., T-Xako, Vamps School, Walden, Xillum (Sala Hollywood) and numerous small clubs.
His perfect technique behind the turntables and CDs, his unmistakable style and his forceful sound make him the most requested DJ on the Catalan Trance scene.
From 1998 he began to direct various clubs such as Sidecar, T-Xaco, T.H.C. and Mandala among others, in addition to organizing outdoor parties or in the best known places in Barcelona and Tarragona: La Cova, Cyberian, La Terra, etc.
In 1999 he directed one of the first radio programs to spread the Trance culture in Spain "Trance Formation" which broadcast on Tuesdays from 00:00 to 2:00 in the morning.
In 2000 he inaugurated the first store specialized in all aspects of Trance called Muskaria Trance Store, located in the Barrio Gotico of Barcelona.
Shortly after, in 2001 he directed the Muskaria Club, which every Friday offers the best programming and the best Dj's on the international Trance scene Dj's such as Gabriel Masurel (Blue Planet Corporation), Dj Loic (Total Eclipse), Dj Anti (Spiral Trax) ), Dj Mahasuka (Intact Instinct), Max Lanfranconi (Etnica) among others. In May of the same year, he inaugurated the Muskaria Sound venue where Alex Tolstey (Boshke Beats Records), Frederick Talaa (Neuromotor), Guilles Beraud (Hiper Frequencies) and many other Dj's from the national scene passed.
In 2002 he organized parties at the La Cova room with Dj's Gabriel Masurel (Blue Planet Corporation), Saidu (3D-Vision) and Swami Piero (Ibiza) and at the same time he organized the Muskaria "Strange vibes" tour that runs throughout Catalonia: Barcelona (Cyberian), Tarragona (Tupac Amaru), Lérida (Tárrega Theater Festival) and Gerona (Zoom).
During 2003, he directed the Cyberian room in the sessions on Saturdays, which featured national and international artists such as Alienated Buddha, Psycho Abstract, Neuromotor, Sum Sindhu, Transmute, Etnica, Domi Pastor and at the same time organized parties in the O-Zone room of Molins de Rei where they performed: Add Noise, La maquina de Turing and Dj Starspine (Alchemic Records) among many other local DJs.
In 2004 he began to organize parties in Tarragona and during February and April he worked in the Xilum room while he organized parties with other groups or organizations in which he had artists such as Cristof (Absolum, 3D-Vision, France). In July 2004 he returned to direct the sessions on Saturdays at La Cova, attended by artists such as Serge Souque (The Antidote, Solstice Records, France), Dimitri Nakov (GBU, Spun Records, UK), Domi Pastor (Inti Raimy, Spain), Sirius Isness (Mind Control Records, France), Talamasca (Mind Control Records, France), Earthling (Spun Records, Spain), Max Lanfranconi (Etnica, Italy), Dj Starspine (Alchemic Records, UK), Nomad (Mind Control Records, France), Smuhg (A.P. Records, Mexico), Add Noise (Muskaria, Spain), La maquina de Turing and many more.
It continues with La Cova programming during 2005 and continues to bet on great international artists such as Juvenile (Spun Records, Spain), Psysex (Hom-mega, Israel), Wizzy Noise (3D-Vision, Greece), Pan Papason (Etnicanet, Greece), Ion (Harmonia Records, Greece), Atomic Pulse (BNE, Israel), Pop Stream (Spun Records, Israel), Deedrah (Spun Records, France), G.M.S. (Spun Records, Spain) in addition to many others who return to visit La Cova during the sessions of Muskaria, Max Lanfranconi, Talamasca, Sirius Isness, Dimitri Nakov... This year he inaugurates the Trance sessions at the Begood room in Barcelona for the that many of the local DJs pass by. He also organizes parties in Martorell together with Deria Música in La Murtra (Castelldefels highway) with Cyberian and collaborates in the programming of the Cotton Sugar room in Sabadell.
In 2006, he continues to program specific sessions at the La Cova room and brings artists such as Alien Project (TIP Records, Israel), Bushman (Spun Records, Spain), Bio-Tonic (Solstice Records, France), Dj Chicago (1200 Micrograms, TIP World), Joti Sidhu (Neurobiotic Records, UK) plus many of the previous ones I work with, GMS, Talamasca, Earthling, Sirius Isness& He also continues with sessions in the Begood room and in La Murtra where he has Frank-e (Koxbox, Twisted Records) and programming in the Cotton Sugar room, in this he had the artists Cyrus The Virus (Spun Records, Holland), Dj Celli (Earthling, Spun Records), Triptych (Turbo Trance Records, France) as well as many local Dj's who visited the room. In May of this year, he happened to do the sessions from the Cotton Sugar room to the Bus room also in Sabadell and at the same time he did specific sessions at the Teatre de Vilafranca del Penedes where Tikal (Neurobiotic Records, France) and Dj Amito (Doof Records, Israel) presented their sessions. At the end of that same year he scheduled sessions in the Habitat room in Esparraguera.
At the beginning of 2007 he began to program the Begood sessions in room 242 between January and March of that year, then he would do those sessions in the Begood room again, the sessions were called World Wide Trance and they had one Thursday a month with artists from different countries around the world, the countries represented were Mexico, Hungary, Brazil, France, Israel, Portugal, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, Italy and Germany, it also continues with the sessions in the Habitat room and until December 2007 in the room La Cova through which Tikal (Neurobiotic Records, France), Dj John Phantasm (Phantasm Recods, UK), Altom (Neurobiotic Records, France), Poli (Spun Records, USA), Dj Bim (Midijum Records, Germany), Marco Menichelli (SUN Project, Germany) Edoardo (Neurobiotic Records, Italy), Frak-e (Koxbox, Twisted Records). La Cova sessions were held in the D.M.T. (Lokotron) and in the Rachdingue room in which he had Dj's like Tomas Dubrevil (Altom) or Austin Matkin (Poli). In San Juan this year he organizes in the Forum a festival with three sounds for local Dj's and shortly after he organizes the line up for the Hazard Festival in Monegros. He attends the 10th anniversary of Energy Control as a guest Dj and in October he visits Florida 135 with Atomic Pulse (B.N.E., Israel), and Pixel (Hom-Mega, Israel). He also collaborates with the I Wish festival, organized in the Campus room and which featured the performance of Infected Mushroom (B.N.E. Records, Israel).
During 2008 he continued with the sessions at the Begood, this year the initiative consisted of inviting Dj's from the different collectives of Barcelona, through which Oxkar & D-Rammha (Global Trance Music), Clean Trip (Bosc Electric), Iosu & Saylback (Karmha Evolution), Leo (Selektroniks) and some more, also continue with sessions in Rachdingue (Gerona), with artists such as Torry (Spun Records, Ibiza), Pan Papason (Etnicanet, Greece) or Amito (Nutek Records, Israel), and in the DMT room (Lokotron), Alien Project (H2O Records, Israel) or Shanti Matkin (Krome Angels, Amsterdam) were some of the artists who visited Lokotron during the Muskaria sessions. Other venues in which he performed during this year were, Snt Trope (Igualada), Nou Simbol (Barcelona), Zoreks (Lerida), Florida 135 (Huesca), Faktoria D'arts (Tarrassa), Blue Iguana (Lerida), Forum Bcn , Input (Sabadell) and share a session with artists such as Spiritual Light (Sick Records, Ibiza), GMS (Spun Records, Ibiza), Altom, Starspine (Alchemy Records, UK), Psychoz (Geomagnetic Tv), Display (Iono Music, Mexico), U-Recken (Dooflex Records, Israel) and organizes or collaborates in the production of festivals such as Underground Meeting Point, Elektrokutaos, Maripo Festival (Zaragoza).
It is the year 2009 and he continues to program in the Begood room in Barcelona, in addition to organizing parties in the Blau room in Gerona where he has the performance of Eskimo (Phantasm Records, UK) who visits the city for the first time, he also organizes parties in Zoreks hall in Lerida bringing headliner to Bamboo Forest (Agitato Records, France), In addition Dj Hands continues to visit the booths of venues such as Faktoria D'arts (Tarrassa), Florida 135 (Huesca), Forum Bcn (Barcelona) among others many and organizes the Elektrokutaos festival (Barcelona) with the performances of Add Noise, Clean Trip, Imoxmaya, Mario X and The Dark Face as well as a score of artists including DJs, decorators, screenings etc...
Enter the new decade, 2010 being the largest promoter of Trance events in the country and one of the most recognized Dj's in the psytrance scene
At present he organizes Open Airs parties and in various rooms in Barcelona as well as working as a Dj spreading the Trance culture.
:::Website:::
http://www.muskaria.com
http://solid-recordings.com
:::Beatport:::
https://www.beatport.com/release/muskaria-intrance/1483364
:::Discogs:::
https://www.discogs.com/artist/34222-DJ-Hands
:::Facebook:::
http://www.facebook.com/handsmuskaria
:::Mixcloud:::
http://www.mixcloud.com/DjHands
:::Soundcloud:::
https://soundcloud.com/hands
https://soundcloud.com/djhands
:::Spotify:::
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vvAT6sYMVh4JGdSfl7iQR
:::Youtube:::
https://www.youtube.com/DjHandss