Secret Psychedelica closes out the summer season with its fourth annual Virgo psytrance party at the DNA Lounge featuring the US debut of Duke & Gonzo! This very special night also includes local Virgo producers and DJs that have contributed vast amounts of time and energy over the last two decades to create vibrations and visions that are now the foundations of our electronic music dance scene. German electronic music producer Jan Velten will be representing the Virgo side of Duke & Gonzo with an exclusive set that's sure to rock the soul and blow the mind! Normally performing with his Duke & Gonzo partner, Jonas Kalkreuth (aka Jimi Green), Jan will be on a solo mission to deliver their interpretation of psytrance to the San Francisco Bay Area. Packed with funky psychedelic soundscapes and charged up bass lines, the Duke & Gonzo brand of psychedelic trance is all full power no matter what hour. The duo got their break in 2018 with an appearance on the BMSS Records compilation Holistic Nature and continue to expand the boundaries of the genre with heavy hitting tracks on PsynOpticz Records, Supernova Music, and their home label, Digital Shamans Records. Last year, their chart busting track, Liar Liar, was highlighted on the extremely successful Maharetta Records release titled Monument compiled by local DJ, Michael Liu. Since then, Duke & Gonzo have been on an inventible course towards victory with San Francisco as the next destination. Buy the ticket, take the ride! Many moons in the making, Virgo 2024 will welcome the triumphant return of Pulse SF founder, Psynthetic, for his first San Francisco appearance since moving back to his home state of Florida. Psynthetic began a very prolific run in the Bay Area psytrance scene starting in 1999 when he organized Eclipse at 85th and Baldwin in Oakland under the g.o.a.Play production name. His expertise in event planning and connections to top psytrance artists paved the way for his involvement in Symbiosis events and the How Weird Street Faire as well as leading to the formation of Pulse SF (now rebranded Pulse California). From his long list of produced events, many have achieved legendary status including Gratitude, Foreverland, and of course the Pulse Family Gatherings. As a DJ, Psynthetic has run the full spectrum of psytrance sub-genres from the crisp clean sounds of progressive psy all the way to the gritty, filthy sounds of dark and forest psytrance. With over 25 years of experience as a DJ, Psynthetic has the skills to adapt to the tastes of all psytrance fans, old and new. And truth be told, it's his signature choppy-choppy, slicey-dicey full on sound that will hypnotize the dance floor. Andy W is a true hometown hero when it comes to rave culture in the Bay Area. An active participant as a DJ, producer, and promoter since the mid-1990s, Andy W has been involved in the electronic music dance scene in almost every facet imaginable. As Andy W the DJ, he quickly gained notoriety with his unmistakable selection of techno tunes that would break the unspoken rave rules with each set. His irreverent style led to affiliations with top underground crews of the time including Cloudfactory and ASR as well as a residency at Secret Society, Secret Psychedelica's original parent club night. When it came time to produce, Andy W took on the Motor moniker and released records on DoBox Recordings, Resource Records, and Refined Music. As an event organizer, Andy W helped create many of the Bay Area's most memorable underground events with Friends 'n' Family, Harmony, and Viberation. After a year away from the Virgo lineup, Andy W returns to throw down the gauntlet with what's sure to be a technically precise audio assault in the psytrance room. The second room brings together the cherished DJs of Cherronseos, many of them integral parts of the Bay Area and Sacramento's rave community from the early the 2000s. Virgo DJs Athena, Alex Amaro & Sunny Daze, Leon Cook & Peter Go-Zania, and Uneqque will raise the intensity with a collective musical journey from house to breaks to hard trance. And of course, Secret Psychedelica residents the Juice Box DJs and Razing Progphet will be on hand the get things started.