Astral Projection is an Israeli electronic musical group, producing
psychedelic trance
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and
Goa trance
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music.
Its current members are Avi Nissim and Lior Perlmutter.
Although the majority of their releases have been done through their own record company,
Trust in Trance Records (which later merged with Phonokol), they have also released records with other labels including Transient. In addition to an extensive discography, the group has an extensive worldwide touring schedule.
Astral Projection's most well known tracks include hits such as "Kabalah", "People Can Fly", "Mahadeva" and "Dancing Galaxy".
History
A precursor to Astral Projection, 'SFX' (abbreviation of 'sound effects'), was formed in Israel in 1989 and originally consisted of Avi Nissim and Lior Perlmutter.
They released a hit single in 1991 named "Monster Mania", which prompted them to start working on an album.
Work was halted when they decided to travel to
New York City
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and try their luck there. While Avi soon went back home, Lior stayed in the United States and in 1992 released the single "JBIE". In 1993, with Lior still in the US, Avi teamed up with Yaniv Haviv and Guy Sabbag and they released the single "Another World". In early 1994, Lior returned to Israel to work on his own material, with the rest of the members under their new label
Trust in Trance Records. Their album ''Trust in Trance 2'',
reached number two on Israel best selling album chart.
After this release, Guy decided to leave the group and the remaining members eventually changed their name to Astral Projection.
In 1995, they opened their own professional sound studio.
They have produced nine albums, some of them reaching positions on best selling album charts abroad.
The most recent album is ''Ten'' which was released in 2004. They have released several singles since then.
Astral Projection's tracks "Open Society", "The Prophecy", "One" and "Strange World" were greeted enthusi