Biography
Ron Rothfield, later known professionally as Raja Ram, developed his technique as a jazz flautist during the 1950s and later performed with Quintessence in the 1960s. In 1989 he joined forces with Graham Wood to launch the Infinity Project. Their early work with abstract techno gradually coalesced into the psychedelic style also termed ‘Goa’ trance, frequently alongside Simon Posford of Hallucinogen, Nick Barber recording as Doof, and Martin Freeland under the name Man With No Name. After circulating material on DATs and white labels, the duo placed tracks in 1992 on Fabulous with “Freedom From The Flesh,” on Spiritzone with “Telepathy/Binary Neuronaut,” and on Dragonfly Records with “Bizarro,” “Time And Space,” “Super Booster,” and “Feeling Very Wierd.”
In 1994 Raja Ram and Ian St. Paul established TIP Records, inaugurating the label with “Stimuli/Uforica.” Parallel work with Posford and others produced the Mystery Of The Yeti album, issued by TIP in 1996, as well as assorted Total Eclipse releases. Following the ambient album Mystical Experiences, released in 1995 on Blue Room Released, they issued “Alien Airport/Hyperspaced” on TIP and then assembled the album Feeling Wierd, largely drawn from earlier recordings. Reflecting the Goa scene’s aesthetic, Feeling Wierd employed psychedelic hippie and sci-fi imagery. Pieces such as “Telepathy,” “Stimuli,” and the Doof remix of “Hyperspaced” integrate the insistent four-on-the-floor pulse, modal riffs, mysterious dialogue, and abstract electronic phasing with filter sweeps that define early psy-trance, while “Noises From The Darkness” and the 1992 track “Freedom From The Flesh” register as comparatively inert.
During 1997 the project released the single “Overwind/Incandescence” and supplied the dark yet accomplished “Mindboggler” to the TIP compilation 3D. Wood also began recording as Excess Head for TIP’s 10 Kilo subsidiary, while Ram maintained his partnership with Posford. By 1998 the Infinity Project had disbanded so that its members could focus on separate endeavors.
In 1994 Raja Ram and Ian St. Paul established TIP Records, inaugurating the label with “Stimuli/Uforica.” Parallel work with Posford and others produced the Mystery Of The Yeti album, issued by TIP in 1996, as well as assorted Total Eclipse releases. Following the ambient album Mystical Experiences, released in 1995 on Blue Room Released, they issued “Alien Airport/Hyperspaced” on TIP and then assembled the album Feeling Wierd, largely drawn from earlier recordings. Reflecting the Goa scene’s aesthetic, Feeling Wierd employed psychedelic hippie and sci-fi imagery. Pieces such as “Telepathy,” “Stimuli,” and the Doof remix of “Hyperspaced” integrate the insistent four-on-the-floor pulse, modal riffs, mysterious dialogue, and abstract electronic phasing with filter sweeps that define early psy-trance, while “Noises From The Darkness” and the 1992 track “Freedom From The Flesh” register as comparatively inert.
During 1997 the project released the single “Overwind/Incandescence” and supplied the dark yet accomplished “Mindboggler” to the TIP compilation 3D. Wood also began recording as Excess Head for TIP’s 10 Kilo subsidiary, while Ram maintained his partnership with Posford. By 1998 the Infinity Project had disbanded so that its members could focus on separate endeavors.
Singles
