Matt Gouck is the Northern Irish man who has progressive music on his mind 24/7. His passion for electronic music was awakened from listening to the clubby prog sounds of the late 90s and early 2000s. Before going digital Matt started out on Technics 1210’s, he learned how to mix at the school for promising electronic talent ‘Sonic Academy’ and his first gig came at aged 20. The gigs continued as his reputation grew as a stand out warm up DJ in NI who was playing different music than most of his peers. With the NI club scene being mostly trance orientated, Matt has stayed true to his progressive roots. As well as playing in numerous smaller club nights around the country, promoter Col Hamilton heard Matt and invited him to play in one of the longest running weekly super clubs in the UK, and the most famous club in Ireland, ‘the mighty’ LUSH in Portrush. As a producer Matt has set his sights on the wider international prog fanbase and gained support from Djs like Cosmic Ga

Hailing from Ireland, Kevin Manning is best known for being a part of the Bemannte & Bruder duo who first emerged in 2021 with a series of releases via Stripped Recordings. Armed with a timeless progressive sound, Bemannte & Bruder were immediately tipped as a name to watch, with subsequent projects via Aletheia Recordings, Brisbeats Records, Clubsonica and Voodoo & Prayers landing across the next three calendar years. The debut of Kevin's solo moniker came courtesy of Musique de Lune Noire earlier this year with a well-received remix of 'More Than A DJ' by SIX. Now presenting his first original project as a solo artist, Kevin returns to Musique de Lune Noire with 'The Rave Machine', alongside a remix from 'Mauez'. Progressive Astronaut caught up with Kevin to learn more about the release of 'The Rave Machine', his background, electronic music in Ireland, DJing, and much more. Enjoy Hi Kevin, thanks for talking to us today. How has the first three quarters of the yea

Fabreeka is DJ and producer Tom Whitcombe from Cambridge, UK who began his love for electronic music in 1989 after his first ever visit to a rave in Jenkins Lane, London under the guise of the Raindance party franchise. Frequent attendance to The Barn, Essex enabled him to rub shoulders with the then forming Prodigy. Inspired by their rise to fame and original sound Fabreeka began to DJ and play sets out at the local warehouse raves from Cambridge to London. His DJ career went from strength to strength when he moved to London after playing sets at Bagleys, MOS to name but a few. Appearing late in the production game he had his first release on Mistique Music in 2019 and then went on to release on ICONYC, Massive Harmony, Mango Alley, INU and the renowned label of GMJ & Matter, Meanwhile Horizons. This week finds Fabreeka returning to Mark MacLeod's Deep Down Music for his first single for the label 'Logan', alongside a remix from Mystic Mind. Progressive Astronaut caught up wi

Argentinean DJ and Producer Santi Mossman has achieved much success across his fifteen year career. John Digweed took a liking to his remix of Guy Gerber – Timing, playing it live in Beirut. The show was also broadcast live on the famous radio show Transitions. Hernán Cattáneo would play Santi's tracks on several occasions on his radio show Resident and live for Moonpark on two occasions. He would also include his rework of Guy J – Esperanza in his compilation for the prestigious label Balance Music. His remix of Henry Saiz – Of Muses & Slaves would be released shortly thereafter by Natura Sonoris, included in two of his Labyrinths and played by the legendary Sasha in his Avalon mix. This week finds Santi returning after a four-year hiatus with a new EP 'Nebula' for Flown Records. Progressive Astronaut caught up with Santi to learn more about the release of 'Nebula', his background, electronic music in the Argentina, DJing, and much more. Enjoy Hi Santi, thanks fo

Shapeless has been on Hollystone's radar for years, and after their last visit to Koh Phangan, the collaboration 'Involve' with label boss Vakabular finally happened. Its a deeper mood dancefloor track, with intense vocals and melodies. The sound of Hollystone has been well transferred to millions of listeners all around the world. Progressive Astronaut caught up with Shapeless & Vakabular to learn more about the release of 'Involve', their background, DJing, and much more. Enjoy. Hi Guys, thanks for joining us. How has the first half of the year been for you and please tell us something interesting about your day today? Vakabular: I’m constantly working on my weekly event and music production, but over the last couple of months, we finally had some holidays as a family. Now, I feel refreshed and ready to get back to work. It’s 8 a.m., and I’ve just had breakfast, dropped my daughter off at school, and now I’m in the studio. Shapeless: Hi! Thanks for having us.

Ibiza's own Kashian and Parisian maestro JP Lantieri combine their talents to present "Replicant", an old school progressive house cut with warn grooves and summery melodies. This track is lauded for its impeccable production quality, seamless arrangement, and rich tapestry of captivating sounds that promise to enthrall listeners from start to finish. It is accompanied by a remix from Phalguna Somraj and being released on Zephyr Music. Progressive Astronaut caught up with Kashian to learn more about the release of 'Replicant', his background, electronic music in the Spain, DJing, and much more. Enjoy. Hi Kashian, thanks for talking to us today. How has the first half of the year been for you? Hi, thank you for this interview! It has been a good first semester, in which I have started to establish contact with other producers and for the first time I have produced in collaboration with some of them. Something very rewarding and complementary. What’s a piece of music (n

Very few Dj´s can captivate the new generations, and Jose Carlos is one of them, of this two or three Dj's of the capital that are provided with white letter to adapt his speech to the geo-musical peculiarities. His music is a soul and body simultaneously. Hypnotizes, wraps, and expresses with a refined taste and an exquisiteness endorsed for his 30 years of career, freeing sonic battles there where it is needed. This week finds D'Wachman making his debut on Paul Hazendonk's Manual Music with the much anticipated 'We Will Never Forget That Never Happened', alongside remixes from Stereo Underground and Patch Park. Progressive Astronaut caught up with D'Wachman to learn more about the release of 'We Will Never Forget That Never Happened', his background, electronic music in the Spain, DJing, and much more. Enjoy. Hi Jose, thanks for talking to us today. How has the first half of the year been for you so far? And please tell us something interesting about your day today? In

Sabo is an American artist who has been instrumental within the organic house scene. Not only is his record label Sol Selectas one of the most influential organic house record labels, but he is also a revered DJ and producer whose music helped pioneer the genre. Although organic house is the best way to describe his sound, he has eclectic tastes that include other genres such as Afro house, melodic house, deep house and anything mid-tempo that has tribal drums or a world music influence. Most recently, Sabo teamed up with Namito and Shamoun to release their three-way collaboration, “Spicy Sumac.” “Spicy Sumac” is out now via Sol Selectas, and we invited Sabo for this interview to find out more about him as an artist and his new release… Hi Sabo, could you start by talking through your music style, and what inspired you to start your record label Sol Selectas? “My style is best described as organic deep tribal house and downtempo. I like percussive drums, and gr

Fleitas Jr, known by most by his Thales Senses artist moniker — is a Paraguayan producer and DJ who stands out in the world of electronic music. At 25 years old, Thales has already achieved measurable success by incorporating progressive and organic sounds into his productions, in turn landing projects via Amulanga, Do Not Sit On The Furniture, Souksonic and The Soundgarden, with Eelke Kleijn, Eli Nissan, Lost Desert, Shai T and more having all championed his work of late. This week finds Thales making his Musique de Lune debut with 'The Valley of Samsara', an EP co-produced with Joseph Kaz, and backed by remixes from Den Macklin and Lucas Zárate. Progressive Astronaut caught up with Thales to learn more about the release of 'The Valley of Samsara', his background, electronic music in the Paraguay, DJing, and much more. Enjoy Hi Thales, thanks for talking to us today. How has the first half of the year been so far? Hi, thank you very much for this space. I am very happy wi

Argentinean artist Agustín Ficarra made his debut in 2020 and has since scaled his associations & quality, from releases on D-Nox's 'Sprout', Mango's 'Mango Alley' to Nick Warren's 'The Soundgarden' and Hernan Cattaneo & Graziano Raffa's 'Sudbeat'. Agustín continued making waves, especially throughout his home country, with comprehensive & genre-breaking DJ sets, whether on his own or alongside fellow peers from the 'Who Knows' crew. This week finds Agustin making his debut on Praveen Achary's Juicebox Music with a three-track artist EP 'Revival'. To showcase a portion of his range, Agustín has crafted three tracks that express certain musical directions, whether it's the hard-hitting techno-influenced monster in "Revival" or the organic-infused emotionally charged groover in "Levitar" or the technically unconventional songwriting in "Conventional Habit". Progressive Astronaut caught up with Agustín to learn more about the release of 'Revival', his background, e