"Dance is active meditation, when we dance we go beyond thought, beyond mind, and beyond our own individuality - to become one in the divine ecstasy of union with the cosmic spirit. This is the essence of the trance dance experience." Goa Gil

Dj Khelben is Simon, a 28 year old fraggle who lives in Southern Germany near Stuttgart.

Since his first Psytrance party in Stuttgart, back in the year 2000, he was infected with the psychedelic trance virus. In the year 2001 he and a few friends started to organize their own parties in southern germany. Simultaniously he and his friend Flo started to work behind the turntables - DJ Khelben as a single project and the ping-pong team SoKhe were born. 2004 Khelben and Sordral won the Pink Elephants DJ contest. Best DJ set out of over 400 sendings.

His second DJ partner is Bernie aka Dj Riksha. Since October 2006 he had many really fantastic sets with him.

Khelben, in favour of the early morning hours, is a garant for pumping progressive basslines in combination with by deep psychedelic melodies. Be sure, that also his twisted nightsets are energetic and mindblowing. Independent of the time he plays, he always tries to generate an energy flow between the people on the dancefloor and him.

Over the years he played on many Parties and Festivals in Germany, Spain, France, Morocco and Switzerland sharing the stages with acts like Cosmosis, Tristan, Wizack Twizack, Khopat, Para Halu, Protonica, Etnica, Ra, Pleadians, Analog Pussy, Frechbax, Meller, Liquid Space, Rastaliens, Miraculix and many more, on impressing events like the Morocco 2003 New Years Eve in Marrakech, The Magic Castle of Mesocco 2008, The Gathering of the Southern Systems in Freiburg, Fantasia Festival I, Pink Elephants 2004 at the Nachtwerk Munich, The Changeling OA in Spain or in the legendary Natraj Temple in Munich.

Right now Khelben and Riskha are working on their first tracks produced with Cubase and Fruity Loops.

Natraj Temple (2007 / Germany)
The Changeling Festival (2009 / Spain)
Magic Castle of Mesocco III (2008 / Switzerland)
New Years Eve (2003 / Marocco)

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