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Ashkan Fardost is a young wizkid set to take the trance scene by storm! He has Persian roots but was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. Music has always been a large part of Ashkan’s life and for as long as he can remember he has been influenced by sounds and melodies. His early passion for music and musicians was obvious and at the tender age of 5 he became amazed by the works of Jean Michel Jarre.

He soon got his first keyboard and for the following 6 years Ashkan was classically trained, playing the piano and developing his musical skills. When he turned 14 he discovered electronic dance music and was immediately caught by its energy and diversity. He soon began making music with tools like FastTracker, but after a short period he felt like he needed something more. This is when he moved on to revolutionary new software, Reason 1.0, which turned out to be an important step towards where he is today.

Ashkan’s skills evolved fast and he soon expanded his list of favorite equipment including Cubase, VST’s and other tools. For the very first time he could now create the music he wanted, and this soon paid off. It all started when he got his track ‘Touched By The Sun’ signed to Armada, which was followed by another signing with top label United Recordings and an opportunity to produce a track together with super producer Sven Maes, a track that soon got signed to ID&T and later on chosen for the official theme of Trance Energy 2004. The follow up of the song, ‘For You’ received massive support from the scene and is still playlisted by many dj’s and considered to be a future trance classic. ‘Love Poison’ and ‘Time to say Goodbye’ did very well too. ‘For You’ might be considered his biggest hit so far, supported by all the big dj’s.

This is only the beginning though, there’s a lot of productions, remixes and surprises in the years to come. This talented Swede is here to stay!