Betacell now out....

http://www.xynthetic.com/xsn045.php

,,,and the review is here...

http://www.412limited.co.uk/dub-step-db/featured-dj-producer/psonikadia

Psonikadia, aka Nick Aitchison, is producer from Brighton who's regularly seen performing around the city at some of the most well respected nights going. Most recently he played at the Beat Redemption gig in support of Starkey and Darkstar. It's not hard to pigeon-hole Psonikadia's style, but it would negate all the hard work that has clearly gone into his music. On the surface the framework is dubstep - however the complex structuring and strong hints of other genre influences make this music slightly more compelling than your average dancefloor dubstep banger.

The obvious dubstep elements are there - offbeat drum patterns, dark atmospheres, heavy basslines and the obligatory abundance of delay on certain elements. These interweave with the obvious influences of garage and grime seamlessly using double time rhythms and shuffling drum hits to create something that spans these genres with ease.

What lurks under the surface of this release though is something more industrial, something more dark and yet not your average dubstep darkness. It doesn't sound like your standard brain-tearing, club smashing, filth-rinseout, 'brostep' music. Instead it's taken the dubstep sound back to its roots and then worked the filth from that level instead - rather than making an upfront, heavy as fuck and nasty tune. To get an idea of what I mean - think digital mystikz heavier stuff and you might be somewhere along the right lines.

New release out Dec 9th 2008

Sounds From The Home World -

http://www.xynthetic.com/xdr013.php

New videos on myspace, youtube and liveleak

http://www.liveleak.com/user/rigpa

Previous incarnations being Varja and Qb. Philosophically Psonikadia developed out of the void, meaning the music is not pre-conceived. It appears from mind. And is then transferred to other minds hopefully bring a brief moment of happiness. Peace through sound. In experiencing peace, an aspiring wish takes seed… From beatless journeys of textures to glitched breaks over filtered melodies, creating a space between. Nick Aitchison lives in the beautiful city of Brighton & Hove on the South Coast of England. Originally from the Derbyshire Peak District, Nick trained in Manchester as a sound engineer at the prestigious School of Sound Recording home to 808 states Graham Massey. Nick then engineered for Spacehead both in the studio and live, touring extensively around England whilst still honing his talents as Varja, appearing in the ’98 In the City festival with Coldplay, Elbow and Muse. Nick has been working on the Psonikadian project for the past couple of years developing the sound to the beauty it is today. Inspiration for the pieces comes from the peaceful coastal life in Brighton – the sea, the rolling green hills, the realization of living on an island and the sites and sound of the most special place. Psonikadia is currently working on an artistic project involving custard creams to see how they dunk in a brew

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