The story behind One Man Orchestra
One Man Orchestra began in 2013 as a Danish electronic project by Thomas Westerby and Morten Granau. The duo used the name for melodic techno and deep-house material rather than Granau’s Progressive Trance sound. Their early releases included an Inlab Recordings debut and later Iboga-related material.
By 2018 One Man Orchestra was being presented as Thomas Westerby’s project, while Westerby subsequently developed his own-name solo discography. The project separates Morten Granau’s club-oriented side work from his trance releases and marks an early stage in Thomas Westerby’s later solo career.
The One Man Orchestra name remained in use through 2018; Thomas Westerby’s newer releases are primarily under Westerby.
Origins of One Man Orchestra
Launched in 2013 by Thomas Westerby and Morten Granau as a shared outlet for melodic techno and deep house.
The early years
The project’s debut EP appeared on Inlab Recordings and established a clear non-Psytrance identity.
How the career developed
One Man Orchestra later appeared in Iboga-related catalogues; by 2018 Thomas Westerby was being billed directly as One Man Orchestra, indicating a shift from the original duo toward Westerby-led continuity.
One Man Orchestra sound
Melodic techno and deep house with spacious club grooves and progressive arrangement; not a Psytrance synonym for Morten Granau.
Place in psytrance history
The project separates Morten Granau’s club-oriented side work from his trance releases and marks an early stage in Thomas Westerby’s later solo career.
Connections and influence
Historically connected to Morten Granau and later to Thomas Westerby’s own-name project; the membership change is part of the project history , not an alias merge.
One Man Orchestra today
The One Man Orchestra name remained in use through 2018; Thomas Westerby’s newer releases are primarily under Westerby.
Selected releases in the archive
Related projects and collaborations
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.
Alien Art
Alien Art is the Psytrance collaboration of Ace Ventura (Yoni Oshrat) and Captain Hook (Reshef Harari), launched with Iboga Records releases in 2022.
Astral Projection
Israeli Goa Trance pioneers Avi Nissim and Lior Perlmutter, whose melodic, layered production helped define the sound of the genre in the 1990s and who remain active performers in 2026.
Atmos
Tomasz Balicki’s Swedish progressive Psytrance project, a foundational name in the late-1990s Scandinavian shift toward deeper, groovier trance.
BLT
Yuli Fershtat’s original Psytrance identity, active before Perfect Stranger and central to his late-1990s and early-2000s catalogue.
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.