Simon Posford
Simon Posford (born 28 October 1971), better known by his stage name Hallucinogen, is an English electronic musician, specializing in psychedelic trance music. His first studio album, Twisted, released in 1995, is considered one of the most influential albums in the genre. His second album, The Lone Deranger, was released in 1997.
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Simon Posford

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- Name
- Hallucinogen
- Birth Name
- Simon Posford
- Born
- 28 October 1971
- Occupation
- DJ, record producer, sound engineer
- Full name
- Simon James Posford.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Fields
- electronic dance music and electronic music.
- Languages
- English.
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Simon Posford (born 28 October 1971), better known by his stage name Hallucinogen, is an English electronic musician, specializing in psychedelic trance music. His first studio album, Twisted, released in 1995, is considered one of the most influential albums in the genre. His second album, The Lone Deranger, was released in 1997.
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Simon Posford (born 1971) is a British audio engineer and musician. The audio engineer was born Simon James Posford in Chobham. Simon Posford is also known as Gumbo and Hallucinogen.
Simon Posford is a member of Hallucinogen, Shpongle and Younger Brother. The audio engineer is active in electronic dance music and electronic music.
Genres include psychedelic trance. Languages used include English.
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A third album consisting of Hallucinogen tracks remixed by the artist Ott, In Dub, was released in 2002. He is also the founder of the label Twisted Records and works in the electronic groups Younger Brother and Shpongle. Younger Brother initially began as a side project of Posford and Benji Vaughan and represented a transition away from previous projects which emphasized a more synthesized style. His grandfather, George Posford, was a composer and producer in the United Kingdom in the 1930s.
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• Name — Hallucinogen • Landscape — yes • Birth Name — Simon Posford • Alias — Gumbo, Walter Ego • Born — 28 October 1971 • Origin — Chobham, Surrey, England • Genre — Psy Trance, downtempo, Chill-out music • Occupation — DJ, record producer, sound engineer • Years Active — 1993 – present • Label — Twisted • Associated Acts — T.I.P. (The Infinity Project), Dragonfly, Anubis, Audio Chemistry, Axis Mundi, Baba G, Beast, Binah, Celtic Cross, DSP, Dub Trees, Flight, Fly Agaric, Gargoyles, Growlmonizer, Industrical Suicide Tribe, Infernal Machine, Mandala, Metal Sharon, MP3, The Mystery Of The Yeti, Nomads Of Dub, North Central Positronics, Ott, Psykov, Purple Om, Shpongle, Subkha, Twisted Allstars, Younger Brother, Frederic Holyszewski • Website — Twisted Records
Studio albums
Studio albums
• Twisted (1995) • The Lone Deranger (1997) • In Dub (2002) (Hallucinogen tracks remixed by Ott) • In Dub - Live (2009) • Flux & Contemplation - Portrait of an Artist in Isolation (2020) (as Simon Posford)
Singles/EPs
Singles/EPs
• "Alpha Centauri" / "LSD" (1994) • "LSD (Live Mix)" (1995) • "Angelic Particles" / "Soothsayer" (1995) • "Fluoro Neuro Sponge" / "Astral Pancakes" (1995) • "LSD" (1996) • "Deranger" (1996) • "Space Pussy" (1996) • "Mi-Loony-Um!" (2000) • "LSD (Remixes)" (2003) • "Pipe Worm (Loud & Domestic Remix)" (2013) • "Gamma Goblins (Outsiders & Spacecat Remix)" (2019) • Hallucinogen » Hujaboy » Striders - "Machine Selves" (2020)
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The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1971 at Chobham. It is also recorded that simon Posford is recorded at birth as Simon James Posford.
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- 1.Hallucinogen reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic. www.sputnikmusic.com.
- 2.Potts, Diane. Hallucinogen: Biography. Allmusic.
- 3.Kellman, Andy. Younger Brother: Biography. Allmusic.
- 4.Pareles, Jon. The Bigger-Band Sounds of a Trance-Music Duo. The New York Times. 12 July 2009.
- 5.Music & Me: Younger Brother. The Independent. 11 March 2011.
- 6.Nagle, Paul. Younger Brother. Sound on Sound. January 2008.
- 7.Anderson, Rick. In Dub: Review. Allmusic.
- 8.HALLUCINOGEN songs and albums. Official Charts Company.
- 9.HALLUCINOGEN - L.S.D. (CHANSON). lescharts.com.
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