HAHN THE BARBARIAN began making sense of electronic music at age 12 in 1992 with genuine enthusiasm for the PC title “Mechwarrior 2” featuring music by Jeehun Hwang. Searching for similar music that simplistically builds intelligent layers of sound and offers profound or thought-provoking ideas, he discovered Banco De Gaia and soon after, Juno Reactor. Now, Hahn thirsts for nearly all types of electronic music and especially hybrids of Psytrance. He’s been collecting since 1997 and has a versatile library but maintains a clear interest in high-tech psychedelic sounds that reveal prescient glimpses of surreal futures. In 2000, Hahn banded with like minds to form Overmind Works, an outlet for Psytrance in the deserts of Arizona. DJing was a natural bi-product of involvement and the technical nature of Hahn’s mind yielded an intuitive sense for mixing. He has played for numerous underground gatherings in Arizona, public events, Tribalization festival north of San Francisco, Spaate Club of Hamburg and Earthdance 2006 in his birth state of Illinois. The Sonic Dragon Recordings Group have a formidable edition with Hahn The Barbarian.