Biography
Pigs in Space is Ofer Dikovsky’s solo Goa/Psytrance side project from the late 1990s. Its self-titled album was released in 1998 and was written, produced and mixed by Dikovsky. Compared with the broader Oforia catalogue, Pigs in Space leans into a darker, more cosmic strain of late-1990s psychedelic trance, with science-fiction framing, dense synthetic motion and long-form dancefloor structures.
Later digital editions kept the project in circulation without changing its original 1998 chronology. Pigs in Space represents another distinct branch of Ofer Dikovsky’s late-1990s work and helps separate his solo project identities from Tandu and Oforia.
Historical side project with later archival and digital circulation. Closely related to Oforia through Dikovsky, but maintained as a separate project and catalogue.
Origins of Pigs in Space
Solo side project created by Ofer Dikovsky during his late-1990s Israeli Goa/Psytrance period.
Early career
The project is anchored by the self-titled Pigs in Space album released in 1998.
How the career developed
Later digital editions kept the album available but do not indicate a new project formation date or continuous live activity.
Pigs in Space sound
Late-1990s Goa/Psytrance with a darker cosmic tone, dense sequenced synth movement, driving bass and extended arrangements shaped for psychedelic dancefloors.
Place in psytrance history
Pigs in Space represents another distinct branch of Ofer Dikovsky’s late-1990s work and helps separate his solo project identities from Tandu and Oforia.
Connections and influence
Closely related to Oforia through Dikovsky, but maintained as a separate project and catalogue.
Pigs in Space today
Historical side project with later archival and digital circulation.
Selected releases in the archive
Related projects and collaborations
Artists with overlapping styles
Space Cat
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Xerox
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Yahel
Yahel Sherman’s Israeli trance project, linking Goa and Psytrance roots with progressive, club and mainstream trance crossover.
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.