Biography
Aardvarkk is a solo Psytrance project on Bom Shanka Music, created by the artist known as Nigel Shiva Valley. The project was active by March 2016, when Bom Shanka released the three-track Lunar Origin EP. The full-length Heroic Dosas followed on 4 March 2024, moving from groovy, psychedelic and euphoric material into crunchier nighttime territory across solo pieces, collaborations and remixes.
Aardvarkk also appeared at Ozora Festival in 2026. The artist’s nationality is unclear; the UK/Bristol association reflects the Bom Shanka scene , not a confirmed birthplace or citizenship.
Active as of 2026, with an Aardvarkk appearance at Ozora Festival under the Bom Shanka project identity.
Origins of Aardvarkk
Active by March 2016 through the Lunar Origin EP; the exact formation date is unclear.
Early career
Lunar Origin is the earliest firmly dated Aardvarkk release currently in the archive.
How the career developed
Aardvarkk developed within Bom Shanka’s underground Psytrance releases and released the broader studio album Heroic Dosas in 2024 before appearing on Ozora’s 2026 programme.
Aardvarkk sound
Psytrance with groovy psychedelic and night-time orientation. Bom Shanka uses phrases such as “crunchy nighttime vibes,” but that descriptive language does not by itself establish a Night Full-On classification.
Place in psytrance history
Aardvarkk represents the modern underground Psytrance strand around Bom Shanka Music, connecting the label’s Bristol-linked scene with the wider international festival circuit while retaining a deliberately psychedelic, nighttime-focused identity.
Connections and influence
Related artists, labels and topics: Bom Shanka Music; Psytrance; Tristan; Ozora Festival.
Aardvarkk today
Active as of 2026, with an Aardvarkk appearance at Ozora Festival under the Bom Shanka project identity.
How the sound changed over time
Selected releases in the archive
Festival connections
Boom Festival
Founded in Portugal in 1997 as a Goa Trance gathering, Boom Festival evolved into a major multidisciplinary psychedelic culture festival based at Boomland near Idanha-a-Nova.
Ozora Festival
O.Z.O.R.A. is a Hungarian psychedelic gathering at Dádpuszta whose modern festival history began in 2004 after the site's landmark Solipse solar-eclipse celebration in 1999.
Artists with overlapping styles
Ace Ventura
Yoni Oshrat’s Israeli Psytrance project, combining progressive groove, psychedelic detail and long-form DJ storytelling across a wide network of collaborations.
Astrix
Israeli producer Avi Shmailov’s long-running Psytrance project, known for combining large-scale dancefloor power with detailed psychedelic production and melodic writing.
Captain Hook
Reshef Harari’s Israeli Psytrance project, known for deep hypnotic arrangements, analogue-minded production and a deliberate crossover between psychedelic trance and techno.
Freedom Fighters
Shahaf Efrat’s Israeli psychedelic project, blending Progressive Psytrance with darker, techno-influenced and experimental directions.
Prometheus
Benji Vaughan’s Twisted Records Psytrance project, combining detailed psychedelic production with melodic complexity and a strong UK collaborative network.
Zen Mechanics
Dutch producer Wouter Thomassen’s progressive psychedelic-trance project, known for expansive open-air sound design and the influential 2008 album Holy Cities.