Release Notes
Manic Dragon, the darker side of the Sonic Dragon label, brings us the third album from Dutch artist Joshua Gablan, better known as Jocid. Joshua Gablan first started to become active in the dance music scene in early 1998, when he began DJing locally in Holland as a progressive house DJ. Not being able to find the sounds he wanted to play, he decided to start to make his own music, soon buying himself an Atari, a synthesizer and mixer. The next year Joshua began to work closely with Ramamurtu Gresbek and Troy Leidich, on a project they called Fungus of Light. The Israeli label Krembo Records took an interest in the new sounds they were developing, and together with Bonky they released an album in late 1999, on USTA, Krembofs underground side label. In 1999 and 2000 the Fungus of Light project toured around Europe, playing in Israel, Spain, and some of the largest festivals, such as the Voov in 1999, and Boom and Antaris in 2000. By this time Joshua felt that he wanted to explore some new sounds on his own, and left the group to study Audio and Sound Technology for a year, all the time building on his studio, and writing new tracks. He called his solo project Jocid, and started a close relationship with Doof Records, an Israeli label. Doof released some Jocid tracks on various compilations of theirs, and then received such a positive response from them quickly signed Jocid up for a full-length album, which was released at the end of 2002. In 2003 Jocid started to work on his second album, "From Meatware To Hardware" receiving enthusiastic praise across the globe, Damion from psyreviews.com called it "busy, nocturnal mayhem", and gave it an 8. Now his third album reveals he has advanced to another level in production standards, carrying on from where he left off and improving it to create an appealing and innovative sound. While tracks like Sweet Thing and Jimi The Page have Jocid's signature dark twisting and stomping sound, others such as Master Plan and X-Ray Vision build into soaring melodies, built on a booming bassline. Explore the aural mind of Jocid, and dive into a Sonic Addiction.