Constantine Sokolov

Psy-trance DJ, promoter and producer born in USSR - Moscow, 01 October 1982. Nickname "SKYLANDER" was created in 1998 inside Moscow underground half-professional music production circles / demo-scene (FIDO Net, PSM Net). Start deejaying in 2000 and the abbreviation "DJ" was added to his nickname immediately. Started producing dark-psy trance music in 2007-2008 under the name XXIPZ. [u]History year-by-year:[/u] Before 2000 PSMNet and PSG - Impulse tracker and FIDO, hardcore and jungle music under the name "SKV" and "Skylander" afterwards. CD1: http://archive.org/details/PSG_-_First_Steps_Under_Hardcore-2000-PSG CD2: http://archive.org/details/PSG_-_Nightsoundwaves-2000-PSG 2000 - 2002 - first steps in the psy-trance scene: First steps into deejaying and party promotion. DJ-sets in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Owner of PartyPeople.h1.ru freedom psy-info website, member of Biomash Promo and admin of psy-portal Plazma.ru. 2003 - 2005: Active in "Top Secret Promo", a psy-trance promotion group (2003-today). Active at Origami Records (2003-2004) - non-commercial network / sublabel of Top Secret Promo for promotion of juniors (young artists). Co-owner of PsyRussia Net-Label or PsR (2005-today). Set at festival "Rave at Copper Lake" (2004, St.Petersburg, Russia). 2006 - 2008: After New Year's celebration 2007 with Lesha & Lilya & nearest friends - return to music creation as XXIPZ (2007-2008). Label DJ for Hypnotica Records, Sweden (2006-2008). Resident DJ and co-promoter for Syntex Lab (2006-today). Label head at Nuclear Force Recordings (2006-today). Co-owner of Parampara Records. Co-owner of El Espanto Urbano, a is dark-trance sublabel of Nuclear Force and PsR. Set at ex-USSR festival in Crimea - kaZantip '06 (Ukraine, summer of 2006). "Mushroom Rain" - weekly 2-hour live radio show at SunWave internet-radio (2006-2007). 2009 - 2018: Artist, label DJ and promoter for Ohm Ganesh Pro (2010-today) Died: At age 35 years 04 January 2018.