Spirit Zone Recordings was an independent record label releasing

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. Founded in 1994 by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro), the label has been defunct since July 2005. Some of the artists that started their careers and released their albums on the label are

Electric Universe Electric Universe is a psychedelic trance project from Germany formed by Boris Blenn and Michael Dressler in 1991. Their first EP release, ''Solar Energy'', was an instant hit with the underground trance scene and is often credited with putting the ...

, Space Tribe, Shiva Chandra,

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, and S.U.N. Project. Spirit Zone also released music by Ololiuqui, Star Sounds Orchestra, Patchwork, Gabriel Le Mar, Ooze, Mekkanikka, Necton and many others. Spirit Zone was also famous with its series of ''Global Psychedelic Trance'' compilations that included tracks by the label's artists and other famous names from the international psychedelic trance scene. All releases in the series, except for the first one, were double-CD packs, with the first CD containing dance music and the second CD containing ambient music. Plusquam Records was a sub-label of Spirit Zone Records formed by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro). It was established to release other music styles that did not fit into Spirit Zone's music concept, such as minimal techno and downtempo music.

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