Hallucinogen is the stage name of Simon Posford (born 1971), an electronic musician specializing in Goa trance music from England. His early work was as an engineer on the T.I.P. (Raja Ram) and Dragonfly (Youth) labels. His first album, Twisted, was one of the most widely influential electronic music recordings of its time and helped to define the psychedelic trance genre. The follow-up album, The Lone Deranger, only cemented his influence.
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Hallucinogen is the stage name of Simon Posford (born 1971), an electronic musician specializing in Goa trance music from England. His early work was as an engineer on the T.I.P. (Raja Ram) and Dragonfly (Youth) labels. His first album, Twisted, was one of the most widely influential electronic music recordings of its time and helped to define the psychedelic trance genre. The follow-up album, The Lone Deranger, only cemented his influence.
From then on, Posford ventured into numerous collaborations with other artists. His most notable projects involve artists such as Raja Ram on Shpongle, Martin Glover on Celtic Cross, and Prometheus (a.k.a. Benji Vaughan) and Marc Brownstein (from The Disco Biscuits) on Younger Brother. The vocalists he uses most often in his music are Michele Adamson and Abigail Gorton. He has worked outside the genre of Psytrance with the album A Valid Path by Alan Parsons.
Simon grew up in the village of Chobham, Surrey. While attending the nearby Woodcote school...
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