As an artist it’s essential to be connected to your heart, to feel what it has to say. I felt my heart telling me in the past two years to connect to the roots of trance of which I grew up on. This path has led me to find my inner child - his passion for music before he became a DJ producer, his desire to consume pure music without fear or expectation of what people are expecting him to create. I've walked with this child together day after day into the studio, listening to his ideas, translating them into music created by a 35 year old man. This was the creation process of my 3rd studio album (2nd as Captain Hook) “Origin”.
Although I grew up in the psytrance culture and genre, influences from techno and bass music played a big role in the formation of my sound. The synthesis of these styles marked the beginning of something new, and the origin of the deep hypnotic progressive sound that is now at the core of my creation. Following my heart to where it was leading me was not always easy, since modern psytrance seems to be pointing producers towards very different soundscape directions. But believing in the path helped me to stay on it despite any doubts – and staying true to my sound allowed me to create my music with sincerity, serenity, and bliss. This internal journey has made it possible to reconnect with this genre all over again, adding a new perspective to it's beautiful spectrum, and to myself.
I am very happy to present to you my upcoming album "Origin", which you can now pre-order as a truly unique 180g, 33RPM triple gatefold vinyl. The album presents 9 new tracks (track 1 has an added intro to welcome you into the Origin sound), and will be released on 29th November.
Thank you all! Your love and support inspires me to create.
Captain Hook is one of the top artists, musicians and producers on the Psychedelic & Progressive Trance scene. Travelling a diverse musical path, Reshef Harari has always achieved success guided by the frequencies. From the early days of DJing with vinyl, through the successful collaborative project Quantize, the visit to Techno-land as Sheff with releases at top labels, and finally as Captain Hook, the project that took over the world by a storm. Recently a new project was added: Alien Art with friend and fellow Psytrance leading figure Ace Ventura. Whatever path he walks, Reshef is always following his unique vision, keeps innovating and never stagnating. With four top selling albums with Iboga Records, countless single and compilation releases, collaborating with the best electronic music producers, Captain Hook has been playing in every conceivable festival, party and venue around the world.