Mind Manipulation

Peralta, of anglo-portuguese descent, started at the age of 13 as an event organizer and DJ, playing mainly House and Acid-House mixed with original beats made on a Commodore Amiga using Tracker. He later moved to the UK to train as an Audio Engineer at the Peoples College of Nottingham, always developing sampled soundscapes and trippy fx, just for fun. Upon returning to Portugal and to the Rumos professional school to train as a systems engineer, he joined forces with Fred (Suria) and João (Audialize) and started steering towards the local Trip-Tech and Psytrance scene that was starting out at the time. With extensive knowledge of outboard gear, the initial investment and practice with analogue synths paid off and the Psytrance project Mind Manipulation was born. The live-act soon followed