Biography
Electrypnose is the project of Swiss producer Vince LeBarde. It began in 2001 as a duo with Grand Mage before becoming LeBarde’s solo work, and from the outset it was conceived less as a single genre formula than as a laboratory for electronic music. Early performances in the Swiss mountains and releases through the local psychedelic network placed the project inside a scene that valued experimentation as strongly as dance-floor function.
Over more than two decades, Electrypnose has moved through dark psytrance, forest, progressive trance, techno, downtempo and acoustic or jazz-influenced material without treating those directions as separate careers. That breadth is supported by a large catalogue of albums and tracks, as well as LeBarde’s involvement in production workshops and the Kabrathor label initiative.
The project’s consistency lies in method rather than genre: detailed sound design, strong atmosphere and a willingness to follow an idea outside expected stylistic boundaries. Electrypnose remains active, continuing to release and perform while also sharing production knowledge. In a scene often organised around tightly defined subgenres, its longevity comes from refusing to remain inside only one of them.
Origins of Electrypnose
Vince LeBarde began Electrypnose in Switzerland in 2001 as a Psytrance project. The name became a container for increasingly broad studio experimentation , not a fixed subgenre identity.
Early career
The project built a substantial catalogue across psychedelic labels and live circuits, developing a reputation for moving between fast trance, darker progressive material and slower electronic work.
How the career developed
Over time Electrypnose expanded beyond a single Psytrance style. Metikulus in 2020 and Up above, down here and deep below in 2025 continued that exploratory approach, while collaborations with HypoGeo connected the project to a darker psychedelic-techno lineage.
Electrypnose sound
Broad-spectrum psychedelic electronic music spanning Forest Psytrance, Darkpsy, progressive forms, techno and downtempo. Electrypnose is an experimental project rather than forced into one permanent subgenre.
Place in psytrance history
Electrypnose represents the long-form, genre-fluid side of European Psytrance culture: a project that remained rooted in the scene while treating Psytrance as a starting point for wider electronic exploration , not a fixed formula.
Electrypnose today
Electrypnose remains active. Recent releases include Up above, down here and deep below in 2025 and the 2026 HypoGeo collaboration Protocol Zero.
Selected releases in the archive
Festival connections
Hadra Trance Festival
Hadra Trance Festival is a French nonprofit psychedelic-trance festival launched by Grenoble's Hadra association in 2005 and based at Plan d'Eau de Vieure since 2016.
Kosmos Festival
Kosmos Festival is a Finnish forest gathering founded in 2015, spanning Psytrance, Suomisaundi and experimental electronic culture across multiple stages.
Mo:Dem Festival
Mo:Dem is a Croatian psychedelic festival founded from Zagreb underground parties, known for deep and dark Psytrance, experimental curation and highly integrated stage art and visuals.
Related projects and collaborations
Artists with overlapping styles
Freedom Fighters
Shahaf Efrat’s Israeli psychedelic project, blending Progressive Psytrance with darker, techno-influenced and experimental directions.
Merkaba
Australian producer Yaegon Lamagaia’s trance-focused project, closely connected to Zenon Records and the development of tribal, zenonesque and psy-tech forms of psychedelic music.
Grouch
New Zealand producer Oscar Allison’s bass-heavy psychedelic project, connecting progressive psytrance, dub, glitch and psychedelic bass through a distinctly organic production style.
Kromagon
Nicolas Aragon’s dark-progressive psychedelic project, combining Zenonesque grooves, detailed sound design and techno influence.
KOBI
Kobi Toledano’s solo project after LOUD, built around hypnotic grooves, minimal melodic detail, acid and techno-influenced psychedelic production.
Koxbox
Danish psychedelic-trance project founded by Frank Madsen and Peter Candy, later involving Ian Ion and ultimately continued by Madsen, with a major role in the transition from early trance into Psytrance.