Penta at Howeird Street Fair
San Francisco 2003
photo by Gregory Kugel

Nikita Tselovalnikov, the Russian-born psytrance producer behind Penta, has been making music for almost twenty years. Having played as a trance producer in more than thirty countries around the world, appearing repeatedly in every major festival such as Boom, Voov, Universo Paralello, Full Moon and Burning Man, Nikita has gained reputation as one of the pioneers and innovators in the psytrance world. Being identified with darkpsy, full-on and progressive genres at the same time, Penta’s unique futuristic sound has brought together people of different scenes into one swirling psychedelic dance. You will find Penta’s tracks on dozens of compilations as well as four albums – “Pentafiles”, “Funraiser”, “Horn Please” and "Portuguese abduction", all available as either CDs or digital downloads in on-line stores such as Beatport and iTunes.
Apart from being a producer, Nikita is the designer, webmaster and the owner of AuraQuake record label, as well as the creator of AuraQuake t-shirt line. He is also the man behind spontaneous projects, such as Boom Radio and Universo Paralello YouTube broadcasts. Nikita is currently living in the Azores Islands, Portugal.
For booking Penta, please fill out the form on www.auraquake.com/booking.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/pentafiles