Twisted Records

05/12/2025

It's the first Friday of the month and we are thrilled to announce yet another gorgeous single by Younger Brother - I Belong To Nowhere.

This is the second track we're releasing ahead of next year’s long-awaited fourth album by the project, Mutually Assured Distraction.

This sumptuous lyrical number features vocals by Mira-Belle Rose and Rena Jones on cello, with the dynamic duo of Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan showcasing their trademark blend of evocative moods, harmonies, and textures.

Click the link in the bio so you can add this to your collection - you'll get both the full-length mix and 'radio edit' versions.

Stay Twisted and have a great weekend!

03/12/2025

We’re excited to announce the second single from Younger Brother’s forthcoming 2026 album.
On December 5th, the band will release I Belong to Nowhere a spellbinding collaboration with Mirabelle Rose – a rising Danish-German singer and filmmaker whose cinematic voice opens a beautiful new chapter in the Younger Brother universe:

Listen to I Belong To Nowhere - Single by Younger Brother, Mirabelle Rose.

21/11/2025

Greetings, Shpongle Fans!

Starting tonight, for the next two nights, you can join us in ShpongleLand as we take in the sights and sounds of Simon Posford, who blended Shpongle masterpieces seamlessly with both Younger Brother and Hallucinogen classics.

Friday & Saturday November 21 & 22 you can join the world premiere streams of Shpongle (Simon Posford Live), phenomenal performances recorded over two sold-out nights at Denver Colorado's Mission Ballroom this past April. Each event featured different sets, both expertly filmed and captured for this stream - so you can get one or the other or both.

The streams will take place live at 730pm Pacific, 1030pm Eastern - and if you're unable to join live, your ticket also comes with on-demand viewing for a month.

Check the comments for the links to join us in cyberspace on a first-class voyage to Shpongleland!

31/10/2025

Happy Hallowe'en!

With all the eerie, sinister, TWISTED music we could share on this day - who doesn't love a good Gamma Goblin, or several? - we're revisiting a classic from the first Hallucinogen album: the second track on that iconic masterpiece, Orphic Thrench.

This powerful production is a truly unique creation, a familiar favourite that followed the iconic masterpiece L*D that opened the fabled album.

For years fans have wondered what the title meant, and DJ Solitare recently coaxed the details out of soundsmith Simon Posford ... and the details are in the text below the latest video of the most recent remastering of the track, newly shared on our YT channel.

Check out the link in the comments and be sure to read the full story beneath the player window while you listen, and all shall be revealed!

27/10/2025

It’s a magical Monday marking the release of the first Younger Brother single in many moons!

We are thrilled to announce that Paradox of Witches is now available on our Bandcamp and other platforms.

This otherworldly number is published just in time for Halloween, having started brewing during this season last year.

The single features two versions (full-length and a ‘radio edit’), both of them blending Solar Kid’s sumptuous vocals with the synthesised sonorities of the fabled Younger Brother soundsmiths Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan. Shimmering between rhythm and reverie, the track’s deep disco-driven pulse is infused with the unmistakable hypnotic harmonic language of the fabled project.

This is the first release from the upcoming and highly anticipated fourth Younger Brother album, Mutually Assured Distraction - the first taste of what will surely be another iconic album by these renegade musicians.

Check out this brilliant new groover at the link in the comments.

16/10/2025

Thirty years ago today - on October 16, 1995 - Hallucinogen’s first album Twisted was released on Dragonfly Records.

This now iconic album was an immediate hit, the cutting-edge musical creativity and storytelling of Simon Posford complemented by the psychedelic artwork of Mark Neal … with an extra tongue-in-cheek touch added with a sticker stating ‘Contains L*D’ - a reference to the opening track, already well-known and revered in the scene, ‘L*D’.

At the time of Twisted’s release, hardly any artist albums had been published and it became a standard by which others would be compared. The eight tracks of ranging speeds and styles creatively mixed gave the whole presentation a party-style storyline, and those with the CD were invariably surprised when a secret track came on after several minutes of silence: a short ambient version of the evocative and hauntingly beautiful Hallucinogen track Angelic Particles.

The album continues to be a favourite of Goa and psychedelic music fans three decades later, with chart-topping success and multiple international releases - the most recent being Hallucinogen: The Albums Remastered deluxe vinyl set on Twisted Records a couple of years ago (the digital version still available at the link in the comments).

What’s your favourite track from the album? Share any memories in the comments!

14/10/2025

We are delighted to share an announcement that will thrill Younger Brother fans: the first single by the fabled project in many moons!

After more than a decade of silence, Younger Brother returns with a brand-new spell for your ears. Twisted Records proudly presents A Paradox of Witches, entering your world on October 27 - the first track to be shared from their forthcoming and long-awaited fourth album, Mutually Assured Distraction

The single with this groovy, fluid number consists of two versions (full-length and a ‘radio edit’), both featuring sumptuous vocals by Solar Kid and seamlessly integrated synthesised sonorities by the dynamic duo of master soundsmiths Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan.

Written during Halloween and inspired by old English folklore (with the title coming from Shakespeare), the track blends a deep disco-driven pulse with the unmistakable sound design and emotional depth of its two renegade producers, shimmering between rhythm and reverie - modern, hypnotic, and unmistakably Younger Brother.

The project’s evocative musical language and transparent textures weave a sonic web of auditory splendour that transport listeners to a parallel dimension, riding the wave of its full-bodied kick, silky-smooth textures, and hauntingly beautiful harmonies and melodies.

Mark your calendars for October 27 to meet your coven and get your collective groove on with The Paradox of Witches - just in time for Halloween. The pre-save link is in the comments!

12/09/2025

Today for Flashback Friday, a legendary Hallucinogen track that appeared on three labels over the course of a year: Trancespotter, which was a bonus track on the CD single of Space P***y on Dragonfly while at the same time being on Flying Rhino's first compilation First Flight (in the summer of 1996), and then a year later on the 2nd Hallucinogen album, The Lone Deranger, on Twisted (in July 1997).

As Goa historian DJ Solitare notes, this groovy track includes a number of hallmark Hallucinogen features, among them vocal samples blended with synthesised riffs programmed to also sound like voices, a strong rhythmic pulse, syncopated accents, refined synth sounds, and impeccably clear textures.

Starting at a somewhat slower pace of 137bpm - more laid back than what had become the norm at the time - the track builds tension through its musical content before a creative and innovative acceleration to 147bpm halfway through, driving through to a powerful conclusion.

Check out the latest mastering of this classic in the link in the comments thread!

09/09/2025

Twisted fans in the Denver area are going to want to check out the brilliant Cosmic Trigger this Saturday at the The Black Box - the last one was a massive sold-out success! Make your way there and get your cosmic groove on!

https://facebook.com/events/s/the-black-box-presents-cosmic-/732539192999857/

01/08/2025

It's festival time, with lots of glowing faces on the dance floor... an ideal time to revisit the Hallucinogen classic Gamma Goblins in its recently remastered edition. Be sure to read to the end for some insights about the track and its latest mastering!

The original mix of Gamma Goblins was released in October 1996 as the B side to the first Hallucinogen single on Twisted Records, Deranger - it also appeared at the same time on the TIP Phosphorescent compilation, which also included the Lysurgeon Warning remix of Soothsayer.

The opening circus-like melody - complete with a Devil’s Tritone (an interval once banned by the church) - starts things off with both a quixotically playful and sinister mood. With bubbling laughter and atonal synthesised voices, the track evolves as it incorporates sleek synth sounds, distorted riffs, classic Hallucinogen melodies, and eerie vocal effects - an epic psychedelic reframing of carnival-inspired tunes by maestro Posford.

The link to our YouTube upload of the latest mastering is in the comments... and...

If you missed the 5-LP vinyl edition of the Hallucinogen Singles - a handful of archival copies are now available, first-come first-served ... so if you missed the set and had wanted it... now's your chance!

18/07/2025

A powerful stormer of a track this Flashback Friday: Thugs in Tye Dye, which was the B-side for the 1996 Space P***y single - the last Hallucinogen single released on Dragonfly prior to the founding of Twisted Records in the autumn of that year.

In contrast to the high-energy track on the A side, Thugs In Tye Dye is a deep, dark night-time stormer, the title suggesting the rougher edge of hardcore Goa dancers in bright UV-reactive clothing.

The growling sounds come from recordings made by Simon’s friend Danielle Buntman at a camel fair in Rajasthan, and these are complemented by a powerful kick, deeply-voiced distorted climbing motifs, and a catchy riff with a classic Hallucinogen interval that is simultaneously probing and uplifting.

A massive track that embodies both the deep intensity and energizing qualities of the best of 90s Goa psychedelic dance music.

Check the comments for the link to the video featuring the latest mastering of the stormer!

21/06/2025

Happy Summer Solstice, Twisted fans! In celebration of the longest day of the year, we are sharing the classic track Solstice by our favourite four-on-the-floor artist Hallucinogen, from his iconic album Twisted ... but with the updated mastering from the more recent vinyl edition (check the comments for the link). A few details from 'Goa historian' DJ Solitare:

Solstice was second track that Simon Posford produced as Hallucinogen in 1993 - but that was an earlier version which remained unissued until it appeared on a Flying Rhino compilation in 1996.

As Posford had refined his production and composition techniques when it came time for him to produce his debut album for the Dragonfly label in 1995, he decided to remix this track, and it ended up closing the album (other than the secret ambient track, of course). However, by the time that he remade this track, he was unable to locate the vocal sample that was a key feature of the earlier version, so he instead reworked that melody using synths. (He dispensed with the humourous spoken sample in that earlier version that didn’t quite maximise the emotional musical content of the track.)

The beauty of the melodic and harmonic flavour of this track is wonderfully complemented by the intense build-up throughout the track and at its climax, as well as the hypnotic nature of some of the riffs - an exquisite musical masterpiece in every way.

Check it out on our YT, linked in the comments!