Protonica

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Protonica
OriginBerlin, Germany
Genres
  • Psytrance
Years active2003 (2003)–present
Websitewww.protonica.de
Members
  • Piet Kaempfer
  • Ralf Dietze

Protonica is a German progressive psytrance band, formed in 2003.[1] Band members include Piet Kaempfer and Ralf Dietze from Berlin, Germany.[2] Billboard ranked Protonica 8th in 2013, on their Next Big Sound chart.[3]

The band performs regularly on music festivals, all over the world, for instance at (Brazil), Rainbow Serpent (Australia), Ozora Festival (Hungary), Fusion Festival (Germany), (Mexico), (Israel) and Boom Festival (Portugal).[4] The Vancouver Sun mentioned about Protonica in 2013, one of the most in-demand acts in the world.[5] Protonica tracks are often in Beatport charts.[6] Synapse Audio calls Protonica some of the biggest players in the Psy Trance genre.[7]

Reviews and charts[]

Search[]

Search was listed 1st in the Top 10 Psy Trance charts by Juno Records, in September 2009.[8]

Form Follows Function[]

BPM magazine called the album solid.[9] Inside Dance Music Magazine, called the Form Follows Function album a masterpiece.[10] Psyreviews was impressed, and gave it 4 of 5 stars.[11] I Am Not A Music Journalist gave the album 8 out of 10 stars.[12]

Discography[]

Albums[13]

  • Search (2007, AP Records)
  • Upstream Remixes (2008, Analog Pussy)
  • Refresh EP (2010, IONO Records)
  • Form Follows Function (2012, IONO Records)
  • Symmetry (2019, Iboga Records)

References[]

  1. ^ "Protonica interview in Junior magazine". 2011.
  2. ^ Protonica. "About Protonica".
  3. ^ Billboard.com (2013). "Protonica chart history".
  4. ^ EDMTOR (30 January 2015). "EVENT PREVIEW: Prog Monkey presents Protonica alongside Sara Dopstar, Lumen, and more 21-02-15".
  5. ^ Nancy Lanthier (10 July 2013). "Vancouver events: Believe Festival, The Neighbourhood, and more".
  6. ^ Beatport Charts. "Beatport Charts Protonica".
  7. ^ Synapse Audio Software. "Featured Artists".
  8. ^ Juno (28 September 2009). "Psy Trance - TOP 10".
  9. ^ BPM (2012). "Protonica interview". p. 25.
  10. ^ IDM. "Protonica – Form Follows Function (Iono Records)".
  11. ^ Psyreviews (22 September 2012). "Protonica – Form Follows Function (Iono)".
  12. ^ I Am Not A Music Journalist (17 September 2012). "Review: Protonica - Form Follows Function".
  13. ^ Discogs.com. "Protonica".

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