It's proven. Moles cause growers problems. Bath's bunkeresque "flower box" therefore seemed fruitless soil for Brighton's 'Mandragora' to propogate their new album 'Pollen' - a window ledge stage and shed-like acoustics threatened to evict tunnel-trancers, blinking, to the surface.

Results transformed assumptions. Mandragora expanded the event horizon, realising a fusion of trance/techno drives, ethereal ethnic samples and elemental dub, that split spacetime, or at least induced flashbacks. The nexus of this effect centres in Mandragora's manipulation of an assemblage of apparatus that NASA must surely know is missing.

Brighton's Mandragora are one of the hottest live dance outfits in the UK today.

Moving away from their roots in the festival dance scene, Mandragora originate sounds that draw on both traditional world musical styles and the mechanisms of the psychedelic dance scene. African and Egyptian styles are layered with hard techno trance and breakbeat rhythms, no musical genres are excluded.

The Mandragora sound defies category. Hi-tech studio techniques, traditional instruments and real musicianship are at the core of the band as they take dance music to breathtaking new heights. Mandragora are in great demand both live and as remixers and are achieving global success through constant touring, remixing and recording collaborations. The bands studio is never quiet with Simon and Phil's Earthdanceproject keeping everyone busy. The bands prolific output also includes contributions to over a dozen compilation CD's, including Drum 'n' Bass, Trance, Ambient and everything in between.

Mandragora's legendary touring has included Israel, Germany, Russia, Italy, Denmark, France, Eire, Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary and the UK. Mandragora are very popular on the UK/European festival and club scene and have appeared at, amongst others,

• Glastonbury Festival 97, 98 and 99
• The V99 Festival
• Essential/Megadog Total Eclipse Festival
• Oerol 98 and 99
• Out There
• Megadog Festival 98
• Earth Energy
• Heineken Music Festival, etc.
• Return to the Source
• Megadog
• Whirlygig
• Escape from Samsara
• Melkweg
• Spiral Tribe
• Tandoori Space and
• Salon Oriental.

They have also been invited to open for many varied artists such as The Wailers, Gil Scott Heron, Transglobal Underground, etc. Mandragora continue to do the occasional gig but the Earthdance project is now Simon and Phil's main focus.