The story behind Mahamudra
Mahamudra emerged from southern Israel’s mid-2000s Psytrance network. The project’s core lineup comprised Ran Malka, Eyal Cohen and Sagiv Ben-Giat, with Shimi Gelman involved in technical support during the early period. The debut album Reality Is Just A Myth appeared on Utopia Records in 2007 and mixed Full-On Psytrance energy with freestyle, electro and broader rock and classical influences.
Simplicity Of Complexity followed on Tactic Records in 2009 and widened the palette further. By 2015 Mahamudra also featured drummer Gil Aizenman alongside Cohen and Malka, reflecting a later live/studio configuration. ScreenSaver marked a return in 2015, and The Indian followed in 2016 with production by Ran Malka and Eyal Cohen. Current activity is unclear. Mahamudra pushed 2000s Israeli Psytrance beyond a narrow full-on template by bringing in live-performance thinking and influences from rock, jazz, ambient and other electronic styles.
No safely attributable 2026 Mahamudra activity is currently known. The latest established release activity is from 2016; current status remains unresolved rather than labelled inactive.
Origins of Mahamudra
Formed in southern Israel around Ran Malka, Eyal Cohen and Sagiv Ben-Giat; the exact formation date is unclear.
The early years
Mahamudra emerged from the southern-Israel Psytrance scene before the 2007 Utopia Records debut album.
How the career developed
The 2007 and 2009 albums moved from energetic full-on/electro hybrid Psytrance into broader genre fusion. By the 2015 ScreenSaver return, Ran Malka and Eyal Cohen were working with drummer Gil Aizenman, indicating a lineup evolution whose exact timing remains unclear.
Mahamudra sound
Psytrance with strong Full-On foundations in the 2000s, plus freestyle/electro and live-instrument/tribal elements; the 2015 return was described with progressive-trance elements. Later progressive wording is not treated as proof of a permanent Progressive Psytrance identity.
Place in psytrance history
Mahamudra pushed 2000s Israeli Psytrance beyond a narrow full-on template by bringing in live-performance thinking and influences from rock, jazz, ambient and other electronic styles.
Connections and influence
Related artists, labels and topics: Psytrance; Full-On; Israeli Psytrance scene; Utopia Records; UP Records.
Mahamudra today
No safely attributable 2026 Mahamudra activity is currently known. The latest established release activity is from 2016; current status remains unresolved rather than labelled inactive.
How the sound changed over time
Selected releases in the archive
Artists with overlapping styles
Audiotec
Audiotec is Israeli producer Miki Damski’s Psytrance project, rooted in melodic Full-On and later explicitly exploring progressive Psytrance directions.
Phanatic
Solo Psytrance project of Israeli producer Kfir Lankry, with a catalogue spanning mid-2000s Full-On through later progressive and technical psychedelic material.
1200 Micrograms
Ibiza-based psytrance supergroup linking Raja Ram and TIP Records with the GMS production axis.
A-Tech
A-Tech is the Full-On/Psytrance project of Porto producer Tiago Guerra, associated especially with Dacru Records and a collaborative catalogue in the European festival Psytrance circuit.
Absolum
French Psytrance project of Christof Drouillet, connecting his Transwave background with the harder 3D Vision and early Full-On sound.
Acid Punks
Israeli Psytrance collaboration combining Ace Ventura with Outsiders, bringing Yoni Oshrat together with Haim Lev and Guy Malka.