Ora presents The Thrillseekers Vinyl Classics Tour Reconnected

Time: 9pm-2am
local support: Gotek/ Serjey Andre Kul

Date: Friday February 25- 2022
Time: 9pm-2am
local support: Gotek/ Serjey Andre Kul

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Thrillseekers
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Helstrip started out making trance music while working for the computer games developer, Manic Media. Whilst living in Chipping Norton, on the Oxfordshire border, he recorded “Synaesthesia” with a home studio. When released by Neo Records in 1999, the single sold over 12,000 copies on its initial release and was heavily supported by musicians including Paul van Dyk and Paul Oakenfold. Besides the original instrumental version, Helstrip released in 2000 a club version with vocals written and performed by Sheryl Deane. This version, known as “Synaesthesia (Fly Away)”, peaked at #28 in the UK Singles Chart and was featured in the 2001 film The 51st State. The follow-up single was “Dreaming of You”, which was released on Data Records in July 2002.

rtist collaborations have played an important part in Helstrip’s production career. Immediately following the success of “Synaesthesia”, Helstrip went on to launch a new moniker for the Ministry of Sound subsidiary, Incentive. En-Motion was born with “Truth” in 2000, and “Getting Away with It” followed in 2002. In the adjoining years he also formed collaborations with Andy “Pulser” Perring as Insigma and with Tim Stark under the name Rapid Eye.

Following the collapse of Neo Records in 2003, Helstrip took charge of his catalogue by launching his own label Adjusted Music. With demand for re-releases of “Synaesthesia” and “Affinity” (which originally came out under his Hydra moniker), both tracks were brought back out in 2004. As well as releasing his own records, Helstrip also sought out fresh talent for Adjusted. He signed the club hits “Safe to Dream” by the Russian act, Evolve, and “Alone Again” by the transatlantic duo Deep Voices. His remix of the former was followed by the “By Your Side” release. The track was championed by Paul van Dyk and Pete Tong.