Guy Salama is one of the most known DJ's in Israel. Being a veteran broadcaster, he is hosting the weekly trance show 'BPM FM – Trance on air', which features the biggest acts and producers of the international trance scene, on Radio 99Esc (one of the most influential radio stations in Israel of all kinds of DANCE music).Guy's first trance compilation 'b trance' (HOMmega/2003), named after his first trance radio show in this compilation. for this debut project he joined Astrix for the opening track, called 'Chaos' – a trance classic, which remixed by Pixel and Wrecked Machines. His second compilation based on his recent trance radio show 'BPM FM - Trance on air' (HOMmega/2005) For this project, Guy collaborated with Psy Craft and together they released 'Alegria'. Right after that Guy & X-noiZe produced 'Insert Silence' for their debut album- Mental Notes. and start Producing with MC Jah-natan (Sub6) the massive hit 'Out Loud'. Guy just fineshed his latest track together with Dali 'Connect To The Source' for her upcoming debut album. Now he is already in first stages of works with Black & White for his own album project, which will feature collaborations with Israeli promising producers and some wild remixes for trance classics.Guy started to headline massive events in Israel like the 'Orange / BU99FM Play & Music festival 2003' (25,000 ppl), 'Esc / Red City 2004' 2005' (10,000 ppl), Israel's 'Love Parade 2004' 2005' (200,000 ppl) and 'TIP World tour 2004 in Eilat (8,000 ppl. It was only a matter of short time before Guy was called to play outside of Israel and present his unique sets of club oriented trance music. At the New Year Eve of 2005 Guy played with DJ Scott Project in Turkey (the event was sold out), in May 2005 he played with 'Infected Mushroom' in Cyprus in a special 'concert', and again on August 2005 in Aya Napa @ the ICE club, Future booking dates include gigs in Brazil and Russia.

Nate Raubenheimer started out his music career at the tender age of seven when he received his first electronic keyboard. He went on to discover jazz and classical music before becoming obsessed with synthesizers, computers and electronic music. His musical explorations have taken him through many different styles of music including breaks, house and electro.

After finishing school, with a background of basic music studies and personal experience with computer recording, he went on to study sound engineering at Cape Town City Varsity. There he worked on many aspects of modern sound recording and engineering, from film to live band recordings before finding his place in the psy trance scene. He was first introduced to the music by Regan and Gareth Tacon, currently co-owners of Nano Records. Before even attending one of the much talked about South African outdoor parties, he wrote his first single, ?superhighway samurai?. The track was picked up by DJ Anti, and was released on Mechanism, a compilation by Sweden?s Spiral Trax Label Group. His sound was instantly recognizable as his signature style, a blend of full on grooves, progressive structures, and epic ?morning? melodies.

This sound was refined over the next year, with his signing to Nano Records and the subsequent release of numerous tracks such as "Synergism" and "Ultraphunktional", released on Nano Record's Emergence Compilation, which received much acclaim after its initial release just before the European summer in 2001. Following the overnight success of Emergence, "New Directions" on Nano Record's "Dilations" compilation was a turning point for Nate. This can still be regarded as was finished and released on Nano's follow up, "Dilations". This is Nate's most celebrated track to date, and received much acclaim worldwide.

The debut album, Refractions, followed closely afterwards, featuring dance floor success's such as "Melody Machine", "Avalon", and a remix of the aforementioned "New Directions". With the success of the album, Nate's career as a live performer and dj, took off at great speed. After numerous parties in South Africa, he first headed off to England for the acclaimed Glastonbury Music Festival. This festival plays host to hundreds of acts and draws crowds in excess of 150 000 people every year. Gigs in Japan followed, as well as extensive tours in Europe, including France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Portugal, Denmark and others. To date he has played on every major continent, and received much praise for his energetic and emotional live shows. He has appeared along side dj and artists outside of the psy trance scene such as Sasha, Timo Maas, Anthony Papa, Orbital, Aphex Twin, Square Pusher, Richy Horton, and others.

Nate has also worked on other projects including his dj compilation, "Natural Selection" on Nano Records, as well as Ghost, a side project focusing on breaks and ambient, as well as forming half of the Silver Surfers. His releases can be seen on many labels including Mind Control, Phonokol, Alchemy, Exposure, Compakt, Proton, Light Music Japan, Turbo Trance and others. Further collaborations include work with Tristan, Hydrophic, Pogo, and Rinkadink, as well as remixes for Silicon Sounds, Sesto Sento and D-Nox and Beckers, amongst many others.

The new album from Protoculture, "Circadians" is currently in the pipeline and should be available towards the end of 2005.

Dj Mael - France

Farid Merbouche was born in France in 1974, preferring playing guitar than going to school, he started djing in Paris , from hardcore scene to trancecore in the 90's. Mael became here quickly one of the good names of the “Parisian” scene. Bringing his personality with a special technique of mixing Psytrance Vinyls, when DAT tapes were the only way to communicate this music…

After this relation with the dancefloor Mael investigate himself into the music production to finalize a dream: create his own music!

In 1996 , Mael created a band with Lestat aka Talamasca and christof drouillet , who was the half of the well known band Transwave , and who was just beginning his solo project called Absolum, to make together this incredible full on music under the name of 'Elixir'.

They decided together in 1998 to create a French label: 3D Vision arrived on the scene, and have been quickly respected all over the world , bringing Mael to play dj sets for the 3d vision in every possible corner of the globe like Tokyo, Newyork, TelAviv, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, India, and all Europe...

"Nomad", Mael's solo project, appears in 1998. 2 albums: 'Hyperactive' which was released in October 2001, and second: 'Mad attack' two years later in October 2003, both on the 3d vision label (plus a full discography in many compilations.)

After those two albums , Mael had left in 2004,the trance scene, to make an other label called Hoots records ; label more orientated in a lounge atmospheric music , with a fusion between electronic and acoustic instruments, but also much more various style like House, Trip-Hop,....the first release of this label , 'Electronic Summer in Corsica' , including his own production under the name "Nomadbrothers" , in collaboration with a panel of talented acoustic musicians, that is perfect for his personal style. This project is an opportunity for him to express an other side from himself to music ( to follow ...),

But in 2004, after 6 years in collaboration with 3d vision, 5 years under the name Nomad, and djing for 13 years all over the world, Mael take place with a different color of music, more positive and more groovy stuff, a Mix between his DJ Experience and his Musical Influences. A long work in studios, to reach a more sofisticated sound, and to give again some more emotions.

So, in the same time, with Talamasca, they decide to join their forces together for creating the new French label, "Mindcontrolrecords".