Mystica is a

Goa trance Goa trance is an electronic dance music style that originated in the early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. Goa trance often has drone-like basslines, similar to the techno minimalism of 21st century psychedelic trance (psytrance). Psychedelic ...

project from

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, and consists of Avi Peer, Joseph Master and Charlie Ben-moha. The members of Mystica have been working together making trance music since 1996. They come from the town of

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

in the south of Israel. On

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in 1997,

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mass ...

arrived in Israel with the ''

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'' tour, and played Mystica's song "Ever Rest" twice that night in the Cinerama Club, and several days later Perfecto contacted BNE. In February 1998, "Ever Rest" was released on a single on Perfecto with two remixes (by Brainbug and Tour De-Force). The single was a big success and entered the charts in Britain. Following that success the group started to work on a second single and in May that year Perfecto released a second single from them, "African Horizon". The single featured two mixes by X-Cabs and another track "Bliss", which became a big hit. The single again entered the UK chart, peaking higher than "Ever Rest". The group also released an album on Purple Trance/Planet Music in 1997 under the name One Man Game: Total Trance. Mystica's tracks have been included on a number of compilations, including: Paul Oakenfold's ''2 Years of Cream'', Pete Tong's ''Essential Collection'', ''Global Clubbing'' (mixed by

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's '' Global Underground 007: New York'', ''Israel's Psychedelic Trance Vol. 1'', ''Israel's Psychedelic Trance Vol. 2'', ''Future Trax'', ''Destination Israel'', ''Trance Mix 7'' and ''Spiritual Moves''. For more than a year Mystica worked on their album with BNE and the resulting album, ''Age of Innocence'', was released in July 1999 on BNE/Dragonfly/Cosmophilia and also as a double LP. They also released a single from the album titled "China". Their second album, ''Second Dive'' was released in 2009. The sound that Mystica pioneered, a combination of psychedelic and classic trance with elements of

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and

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, has been credited with helping to bring the genre of

to worldwide attention.

Discography

Albums

*''Age of Innocence'' (1999) *''Second Dive'' (2009)

Singles

*"Ever Rest" (1998) - UK #62 *"African Horizon" (1998) - UK #59

References

Trance music groups Israeli electronic music groups Israeli psychedelic trance musicians {{electronic-band-stub