The story behind Indoor
Indoor emerged in Israel in the mid-1990s from the partnership of Avi Algranati, Ofer Dikovsky and Marko Goren. The three shared studio space and began experimenting with trance at a moment when Israel’s psychedelic scene was still establishing its own recorded identity. Their 1995 album Progressive Trance appeared remarkably early in the country’s artist-album history and became one of the records associated with that formative period.
Tracks such as “Shiva”, “The Key” and “Vertigo” combined early Goa melody with a tougher and more mechanical rhythmic character. The members subsequently became better known through projects including Space Cat, Oforia and Tandu, which meant Indoor’s original run was relatively brief compared with the careers that followed. That brevity is part of its importance: the group captures several major Israeli producers at the point before their later identities fully separated.
Indoor eventually returned as an intermittent project centred on Algranati and Dikovsky. Later reworks and releases such as Truth Serum demonstrate that the name is not purely archival, but the modern configuration differs from the original trio. The artist page therefore needs to preserve both versions of the story instead of presenting one unchanged lineup across three decades.
Origins of Indoor
Avi Algranati, Ofer Dikovsky and Marko Goren joined forces in Israel in 1994. Their work at O.M.A. Studios became one of the early full-length artist statements from the developing Israeli trance scene.
The early years
Progressive Trance was recorded and released in 1995. Its melodic but firmly psychedelic sound placed Indoor among the early Israeli projects moving from imported Goa influences toward a local production culture.
How the career developed
After the original trio moved into separate projects, Indoor became intermittent rather than disappearing completely. Algranati and Dikovsky later returned to the catalogue with reworks and new material, including the 2022 Truth Serum release.
Indoor sound
Early Israeli Goa Trance with strong melodic sequencing, forceful bass and a slightly harder, more mechanical edge than many contemporaries. Later material uses modern production while retaining references to the original sound.
Place in psytrance history
Indoor is an important precursor in Israeli Psytrance history. Progressive Trance arrived before the country’s late-1990s global breakthrough and connects the early careers of Space Cat, Oforia and Tandu within a single formative project.
Indoor today
Intermittently active in a later configuration centred on Avi Algranati and Ofer Dikovsky; original trio history remains distinct.
Selected releases in the archive
Related projects and collaborations
Artists with overlapping styles
Chakra
Pioneering Israeli Goa-trance and psytrance project associated with Ofer Dikovsky and the late-1990s transition from classic Goa into the emerging Israeli psychedelic sound.
Dado
French producer Frédéric Holyszewski, a foundational psytrance figure behind Deedrah, Transwave and numerous side projects, with Dado functioning as his broader artist identity.
Deedrah
Frédéric Holyszewski’s solo project, bridging the first French Goa wave, early-2000s Full-On and later progressive electronic forms.
Domestic
Ido Ophir’s Israeli psytrance project, notable both for its late-1990s roots and for Ophir’s wider influence as a mix and mastering engineer.
Xerox
Moshe Keinan’s veteran Israeli project, central to the Goa-to-Full-On transition and to the institutional history of HOMmega Productions.
Yahel
Yahel Sherman’s Israeli trance project, linking Goa and Psytrance roots with progressive, club and mainstream trance crossover.