Magnus

The night it all started after discovering trance through Christopher Lawrence at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, September 1999. Thank you, Christopher!

Began producing music with Reason 1.0.

First gig ever playing vinyl on my 26th birthday at Watertown in Seattle, WA. Anyone remember the Skyliner?

First trance release, “Turning Point,” on Discover Records under the Michael Lee alias. Later that year came the first psytrance release, “Lifeforce,” on Pharmacy Music.

Won the Sean Tyas “Melbourne” remix competition with the Michael Lee remix.

First international booking in Quebec City, Canada.

Magnus - Signal Strength album released on JOOF Recordings. First ASOT airplay with Magnus - Velvet on ASOT 532.

Performed on the White Ocean stage at Burning Man.

Gatecrasher debut @ Birmingham, UK.

Dreamstate debut. Evoke also releases this year, and I celebrate turning 40 opening for Simon @ The Church in Denver, CO.

Began a three-and-a-half-year run leading A&R for Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto Fluoro.

Performed at A State of Trance 900 in Utrecht, then traveled to Japan for another international performance later that year.

Everything changed. COVID-19 halted the DJ world, personal heartbreak opened a darker chapter, and Magnus turned toward psybreaks for three final releases before stepping away from music.

Met Gio, also known as Sequence Six, at Dreamstate San Francisco on April 3. An extraordinary friendship began.

The Lighthouse era began with the return of Magnus on Sequence Six’s Existential 106. Months later, on September 26, that return moves from the airwaves to the dancefloor with the first Magnus performance in 5 years.