Astrix
Israeli psychedelic trance DJ · Israel · On the map · Musicians · Born 1980 · age 45
Avi Shmailov makes progressive psychedelic trance under the name Astrix, riding the wave that put Israeli electronic music on the global map in the mid-2000s. He cracked DJMag's Top 100 at No. 41 in 2006, then jumped to No. 18 the next year.
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Shmailov works in a subgenre - progressive psytrance - that sits at the technical end of electronic music, built for long sets and festival peaks. In 2006 he landed at No. 41 on DJMag's annual DJ ranking, part of a cohort that included Infected Mushroom at No. 9, the highest-placed Israeli act that year. By 2007 Astrix had climbed to No. 18, a steep rise that marked how far the Israeli electronic scene had pushed into the international circuit. The rankings captured a moment when that sound, dense and relentless, was crossing over.
