D-Phrag - Mind Evoloution - Vibes Radio - May 2009

Biography of D-Phrag

In real life, d-phrag is known as Ivan Philipov. I was born in 1969 and I do web and graphic design for a living. I always was a passionate about different styles of music: started by listening to heavy metal bands like Ratt, Dokken, Greatwhite and other LA glam bands. Then came the new wave years - especially The Cure, Duran Duran and others. Five years ago I discovered Astral Projection and I was really impressed - so, my love and passion for electronic music begun with goa trance and yeah, some Prodigy tracks :) I never liked the stuff that is played on the radio and after a while, goa trance bored me. At some point I discovered the Northern Exposure series and Global Undergound compilations. This really pushed my musical boundaries, I was amazed by DJs like Sasha, Digweed, Oakenfold, Kleinenberg, etc.

In 2003 I decided to see what is so special about DJing and tried some DJ software. Then I discovered the joy of smooth transition between two tracks that seem completely different, the joy of leading the listener's experience to whatever you like... I must admit - I'm not a real life deejay, with all the vinyl cases and expensive earphones. I do mixes for my own pleasure and rarely I do a mixsets for my friend's birthay parties, as well as some radiomixes. Currently you can listen to my stuff over the famous and fastest growing internet radio Frisky Radio. I don't have a particular preferences when choosing music to mix - it could be a melodic progressive house, even trance (Exfinity series, for example); it could be progressive breaks; it also could be a dark, tribal iberican tunes (like the Deep Transmissions series) - whatever mood I'm in.