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Talamasca (or Talamaska ) is a psytrance music project based in Paris , France. It is a project of Cedric Dassulle, also known as DJ Lestat. Dassulle played piano for over 13 years and started his career as DJ in 1992. In 1995/96 he was resident DJ at the Rex Club in Paris. He was influenced by Trance music that he played during parties and wanted to create his own. In 1996 he met the other co-founders Steve Eli and Xavier de Galloy , House music producers with their own music studio. Together they decided to cooperate on a trance project and founded Talamasca. Dassulle currently operates it as a solo project.
Talamasca is also the name of a society of psychic detectives in the books of Anne Rice . His stage name is inspired by the Rice character Lestat de Lioncourt|Lestat . Dassulle has worked with other Psy trance|Psy-trance artists, including Nomad (group)|Nomad , Oforia , Space Cat (group)|Space Cat , and Xerox (group)|Xerox . Talamasca also participated in founding the Psychedelic Trance Label 3D Vision Records|3D Vision together with Christof Drouillet , DJ Mael and Javier Galloy . In 2004 Dassulle started his own label, Mind Control Records (also referencing Rice).
Talamasca's album Zodiac was released in 2003. It consists of 12 tracks, each named after a different Zodiac sign. His 4th album, Made in Trance , is a collaboration with other French musicians.
Discography
Singles
1999 "Sinaļ/Halloween" http://www.discogs.com/release/75247 Sinaļ/Halloween at discogs.com (3D Vision)
2001 "Genetik Monster" http://www.discogs.com/release/94150 Genetik Monster at discogs.com ( Moon Spirits Records )
2001 "Magnetic Fields" http://www.discogs.com/release/91817 Magnetic Fields at discogs.com ( Spiral Trax International )
2005 "Illusion World" http://www.discogs.com/release/460818 Illusion World at discogs.com ( Arcadia Music ) (Japan only)
Albums
2000 Beyond the Mask http://www.discogs.com/release/112456 Beyond the Maskat discogs.com (3D Vision) featuring Dj Mael, Domestic (musician)|Domestic , Moshe Kenan
2001 Musica Divinorum http://www.discogs.com/release/182472 Musica Divinorum at discogs.com (Spiral Trax International)
2003 Zodiac http://www.discogs.com/release/145103 Zodiac at discogs.com (3D Vision)
2004 Made in Trance http://www.discogs.com/release/295800 Made In Trance at discogs.com (Mind Control Records) featuring Nomad, Life Extension , Schyzotrop , DJ Ananda , DJ Gui , DJ Neshama
2007 Obsessive Dream http://www.mindcontrolrecords.com/ Obsessive Dream at discogs.com (Mind Control Records)
2009 Talamasca XSI-One http://www.discogs.com/TalamascaXSI-One/release/1769017 Talamasca XSI-One at discogs.com (Mind Control Records/Parabola Music)
2011 Talamasca & Mesmerizer - Make Some Noise http://psyplanet.org/site/release/talamasca-and-mesmerizer-make-some-noise-2011/ (Mind Control Records)
See also
Psychedelic trance
Goa trance music
References
reflist
External links
http://www.brainmachines.com/interview-talamasca.html Brain Machines - Interview with DJ Lestat on BrainMachines.com
http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php? showtopic=37559 Psy News - Interview with DJ Lestat on 10/2000
http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php? showtopic=37558 Psy News - Interview with DJ Lestat on 2/2002
Category:French trance music groups Category:Goa trance musical groups Category:French psychedelic trance musicians
