Artists

Having Chris Liberator join us at Psy-Boutique feels like a genuine honour — for a small, intimate gathering like ours, welcoming someone who has shaped the underground sound we all love is something truly special.

Chris Liberator (real name Chris Knowles) is a pioneering British DJ and producer who has been pushing his distinctive brand of acid techno around the globe for over 30 years. A co-founder of the legendary Stay Up Forever label collective and one of the original Liberator DJs alongside his brothers-in-acid Aaron and Julian, Chris came up through the North London squat scene and the UK free festival circuit in the early 90s, helping define the raw, rebellious sound that became known as London acid techno. With roots in 80s anarcho-punk (he was a member of Hagar the Womb), gigs at Glastonbury, the distinction of being one of the first Western DJs to play behind the Iron Curtain, and well over 100 releases to his name, Chris remains one of dance music's most enduring and uncompromising live experiences — renowned for absolutely annihilating dancefloors wherever he plays.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/chrisliberator
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dj_chris_liberator/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJChrisLiberator/
Stay Up Forever Records: https://stayupforever.com

Welcoming Eat Static to Psy-Boutique is a real moment for us — having one of the genuine architects of UK psychedelic trance step into our small, intimate gathering is the kind of thing that gives a festival its soul.

Eat Static is the electronic project from Frome, Somerset, founded in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton, who first met as drummer and keyboard player in psychedelic rock legends Ozric Tentacles. With longtime studio collaborator Steve Everitt, they grew Eat Static into one of the UK's first true live techno acts — fusing rave energy, otherworldly sci-fi/UFO themes (the name itself a sample from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), and properly inventive electronic production. Their early albums Abduction (1993) and Implant (1994, which hit #13 in the UK charts) helped lay the foundations of what would become psytrance, and they shared stages and festivals with Orbital, Underworld and Aphex Twin, headlined the first dance tent at Glastonbury in 1995, and were voted Best Dance Act by the NME. After Joie's departure in 2008 to spend more time with his family, Merv has continued to fly the alien flag — and 35+ years in, Eat Static's spectacular live show (complete with its famous giant illuminated brain) is still wreaking beautiful havoc wherever it lands.

Listen & follow:
Website: www.eatstatic.co.uk
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eat-static
Bandcamp: eatstatic.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/eat_static_official/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/eatstatic/

Having Tiddles step into Psy-Boutique with a reggae vinyl set is something genuinely special — for our small, intimate gathering, this kind of crossover moment is exactly what makes the festival ours.

Tiddles is a London-based vocalist, DJ and producer best known as a fierce voice in UK acid techno — first recording with The Geezer for the seminal Stay Up Forever label collective, where her ska riffs and chatting vocals helped define a London sound that bridges acid techno and reggae. She's the lead singer of anarcho-punk band Dogshite, the founder of the Witches Bitches label championing female and non-binary acid voices, and a regular collaborator with the likes of Benji 303, Jah Scoop and Rachel Rackitt. For Psy-Boutique she's stepping away from the 303s and bringing it back to the roots — an all-vinyl reggae set, dub plates and skanking riddims, the other half of the sound that runs deep through everything she does.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/tiddles-1
Witches Bitches/Stay Up Forever: stayupforever.com

Without Bahar there is no Psy-Boutique — so having her on the line-up isn't just an honour, it's the beating heart of the whole gathering. She's the founder, the spirit and one of the artists who first brought this family together.

Originally from Turkey and based in London, Bahar Canca is the creator and founder of Psy-Boutique Festival and the label Sub Bubble Recordings. A DJ and producer since 2010, she's known for her electro-infused tech house and psy-techno sets, full of warmth, energy and that unmistakable Bahar charm. She's played dancefloors at festivals including Noisily, Boomtown, Ozora and Universo Paralello, and during the pandemic she kept the scene alive with Psy-Boutique Radio, a weekly show alternating between techno and psytrance DJs. Her production work has spanned collaborations with System 7, Paolo Andriulo, Matt Williams, Toygun Sozen and Turkish singer Özlem Tekin (as the duo Psyshe) — always rooted in working with the musical family she's built around her.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/bahar-canca
Sub Bubble Recordings (Beatport): www.beatport.com/artist/bahar-canca/144722
Psy-Sisters profile: psysisters.com/artist/bahar-canca/

JourneyOM (aka Jay OM, also Omsphere, Sonic Wave Control and Keewl) is Milan-born, London-based DJ and producer Giampiero "Jay" Mastino — one of the pioneers of the psychedelic trance scene and Label Manager of the legendary Free-Spirit Records. His musical journey began playing psychedelic-rock guitar in Milan bars in the 80s, before moving to London in 1998 and DJing professionally as Jay OM from 1999. Across solo projects launched between 2003 and 2011, plus his collaboration Keewl with Japanese maestro Cylon, he's released five solo albums and played in over 40 countries across five continents. From morning psy to driving night-time energy, his sets carry decades of dancefloor wisdom — and the rare warmth of a true scene veteran.

Listen & follow:
Free-Spirit Records profile: free-spiritrecords.com/artists/journeyom/
Beatport: www.beatport.com/artist/journeyom

Liquid Ross has spent over two decades shaping the new sound of trance on dancefloors across the world. From the seminal Liquid Connective parties, to becoming label manager and chief A&R for Liquid Records and now London-based Altered States Music, he's held residencies at superclubs like Ministry of Sound and Matter, and played the world's most prestigious trance events — Boom (Portugal), Ozora (Hungary), Universo Paralello (Brazil), Rainbow Serpent (Australia), Glastonbury, Glade, and Noisily — as well as running the largest psytrance stage in the UK at Boomtown Fair (Psychedelic Forest). Beyond DJing, he also manages major artists including genre-defining legends The Orb. His sets weave trance, techno, ambient, electro and breaks — never predictable, always taking the dancefloor somewhere.

Listen & follow:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djliquidross/
7AM Management: https://7artistmanagement.co.uk/artist/liquid-ross/
Altered States Music: https://www.alteredstatesmusic.co.uk/

Foose and Roy are the duo behind Belgium's GreenTree Records, one of the most respected psytrance labels coming out of the Low Countries. Foose (Jan Hofmans), based in Mechelen, runs the label and has been touring his "Foosadelic" sets across the European psytrance circuit for years. DJ Roy has been spinning psytrance since 2013, brought into the scene by Foose himself, and the two have toured and recorded together as the GoAthletes project — releasing the 10-year-anniversary GreenTree compilation Harvest. Expect a back-to-back set built on years of shared musical taste, festival history and pure psy energy.

Listen & follow:
Foose SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/foose-ganjatree
Foose Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/Foose_GanjaTree/
GreenTree Records: www.facebook.com/GreenTree.Records/

Ebru Al is a London-based, Turkish-born psytrance and techno DJ, producer and promoter — and the first female DJ/producer signed to Belgium's GreenTree Records, where her debut production Illuminate hit the top of Beatport's Psy Trance charts. Also affiliated with DoubSquare Records, she's played dancefloors across Turkey, the UK and Europe, including Psy-Boutique Festival (2018), Kimberfest UK, and Neon Festival Bursa, and runs her own London party series The R.A.V.E Institution. Her sets move freely between full-on psytrance and driving techno, with the energy of a forever-raver and the production chops to match.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/dj_ebru_al
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DJebruAl1/
Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/ebru-al/
Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/ebrual

KOZY (Jeff Koz) is a Montreal-based DJ, label owner and entrepreneur specialising in dark, groovy, psychedelic and minimal techno. He's the founder of AlpaKa MuziK — a label that since 2019 has become one of the most prominent names in the psychedelic techno sub-genre, with over 115 releases and 600+ tracks under its belt — and also runs AlpaKa Productions and the Groove & Bass Festival in collaboration with Fusion Projects. Since 2022 alone, KOZY has played over 150 gigs in 25+ countries across Europe, Australia, South Africa, Mauritius, India and Mexico. Expect tight mixes, groovy synths and heavy, disruptive bass.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kozy_alpaka
AlpaKa MuziK: alpakamuzik.bandcamp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KozyAlpaKa/
Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/kozy

ASLANDJ (Aslan Kurgun), born in Antalya and based in Istanbul, is a deeply versatile Turkish DJ whose career stretches back to 1997 — when he played his first set at Marco Polo Club in Kemer. A core figure in the Turkish psy scene through Crystal Kids, M.A.D Festival and Eles Records, he's a regular at Psy-Boutique going back to the very early years (he's played the festival's Psychedelic Stage opening sets multiple times) and at Ozora, Neon, Psyfactor and Karma. His sets move freely between deep progressive house, progressive trance, psytech, psychill, psydub, psybient and organic house — a true selector with one of the widest record bags in Turkish psy culture.

Listen & follow:
• SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/aslandj1
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/Aslandj
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7GaSaNp2bGTjMKxH5Lu45m

Pete Kyme is a UK-based DJ who has been quietly grafting on the electronic music circuit, building a sound rooted in groove and dancefloor craft. Expect a set that knows its lane and works the room rather than chasing the hype.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/peterkyme
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0YulEvMSlwADcOt5xYQbNi

Trevor Van Mook (VanMook) is a San Francisco-based DJ, producer and engineer whose career spans two continents — from opening the SF underground scene in the late 90s, to working at Sub Bubble Records in London, to founding Direct to Earth in San Francisco. A resident at Chotto Matte (SF), Zebrano (London) and Sub Bubble (Antalya), and a regular voice on Psy-Boutique Radio, his sound is rooted in deep, cerebral techno — minimal, microhouse, industrial visions and warm, cosmic depth. Expect tight, hypnotic sets that take their time and pay off properly.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/trevorvanmook
Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/vanmook

Ozanex is a Frankfurt-based Turkish project — a duo of DJs and producers brought together by the city's club legacy (the legendary Omen and Dorian Gray sounds) and a shared love of minimal, melodic and techno electronic music. They release on labels including Nitribeats and Café De Anatolia, with tracks like Plastic Soldier, Endless and Wie Früher showing off a sound built on deep sub-bass, soft kicks and unfolding melodic loops — that warm, old-school minimal house feel reworked for today's floor.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/ozan-alex
Beatport: www.beatport.com/artist/ozanex/1049048
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6p9TwCT1FukkRmQy3Ai79F

Cryophonic is a UK-based psytrance DJ and selector bringing a frosty, hypnotic edge to the dancefloor — the kind of crisp, deep sound you'd expect from the name. One to watch for those late-night and dawn moments where the energy gets weird and beautiful.

Listen & follow:
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/cryophonic