Tristan

Tristan Cooke (born 1970), is a British psytrance and Goa trance DJ and producer.

After graduating from Warwick University, he travelled throughout India playing at Full Moon parties in Goa, before returning to the UK in 1993 swiftly establishing his name on the London trance scene at events such as Return to the Source, as well on the emerging outdoor trance party circuit.

Music career Tristan's debut release was with Matsuri Records in 1995; his first album, Audiodrome, was released by Twisted Records in 1998. He said, early in his career he was mainly influenced by ManMadeMan & Process. "Working with ManMadeMan and Process in the mid-nineties helped me mature as an artist and taught me so much."

As DJ Tristan, he now performs around the globe at the biggest psytrance festivals, such as Boom and Ozora, as well as other more mainstream dance festivals such as Glastonbury.

Over the years, Tristan has collaborated with many artists from his fellow Warwick alumnus Cassian Irvine to Ans Guise, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Raja Ram, The Antidote (Serge Souque of Total Eclipse), Ajja, Avalon, and Laughing Buddha among others.

Personal life Tristan is married to Vanessa née White; the couple have one daughter and divide their time between homes in London and Somerset.

Discography Albums Audiodrome - Twisted Records, 1999 Substance - Twisted Records, 2002 Chemisphere - Nano Records, 2007 Way of Life - Nano Records, 2014 Crazy Wisdom - Nano Records, 2022

EP 100th Monkey & Tristan - Desert Music E.P Part 1 - Matsuri Productions, 1995 Close Zen Counters EP - Aquatec Records, 1996 The F.O.G. EP - 21-3 Records, 1996 Process - KV 23 EP - Flying Rhino Records, 1996 Inside Out EP - Twisted Records, 1998 The Temple EP - Twisted Records, 1999 The Collaborator EP - Spiral Trax International, 1999 Fresh Perspective EP - Flying Rhino Records, 2000 Alpha Activity EP - Twisted Records, 2001 Identified EP - Tristan vs The Antidote - Nano Records, 2010 Trance Odyssey EP - Nano Records, 2011 Force Of Nature by Tristan & Outsiders - Nano Records, 2013 Road To Dendron EP - Tristan & Mandala - Nano Records, 2018

Compilations Twisted Sessions vol. 1 - Twisted Records, 2002 Spectrum 2 - Dance Club, 2004 UK Psychedelic Twisted Records, 2014