Record Label
In the summer of 1996, Ceiba Records was founded in San Francisco. This pantheon of Psy-trance, Psy-break and Ambient - Downtempo sights and sounds was an answer to California's expanding festival scene and the international party circuit. Before Ceiba Records, there were only a few people in the US even aware of Psy-trance, a core group of travellers, loosely organized around the CCC collective, infected by the goa vibe, started to organize underground trance parties in San Francisco. [[artist:470817]] a.k.a. [[artist:8944]], had been a producer of electronic music in the U.S. for several years, evolving from the Industrial techno towards more psychedelic sound in the early 90's. Peter, [[artist:60764]] and [[artist:448477]] were pioneers of trance music in America, when they started to produce together in 1992. At that time, Peter was signed as "Kode IV" with a Belgian label, but wanted to regain his artistic freedom, thus in 1996 Peter, then with [[artist:357593]] and [[artist:3844365]] created the independent label "Ceiba Records" to open a platform for psychedelic trance in the U.S.