Parnassvs aka Angelo del Carmen, is a San Francisco based trance DJ/Producer now currently living in Manila, Philippines.
Parnassvs started his new direction with releases on labels such as Blackhole Recordings, Serendipity Muzik, HeavensGate, Grotesque, and Always Alive Recordings, to name a few.
Since then his music has been regularly supported by Markus Schulz, Artento Divini, Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren, RODG, Ruben de Ronde, Paul Van Dyk, Dennis Sheperd , Dash Berlin, JES, with tracks being featured on “A State of Trance” and Transmission Festival radio shows. Notably his two of his tracks have been consecu- tively voted as the “Transmission Festival Tune”, “Leviathan” and “Ethereal Circles”.
The sound of Parnassvss traverses in the melodic and energetic rhythms of trance music — to create dance music that upholds the push and pull of energy, emotion and rhythm.
Paving the way for the trance music scene, Parnassvs has established two events companies in Manila, Gigas Lux and Communique, with trance and house music. Parnassvs also founded Sessions Academy, a media arts training center that focuses on DJing and music production.
Parnassvs also has a techno alias, “Luis del Carmen”, where he regularly releases on IAMT/IAMT RED, Techburst Records, Numen, and Eclipse
What’s your story as an artist?
I grew up listening to early trance music in the last 90’s when I was 9-10 years old. Eventually this would shape and point me towards Doing and ultimately my sound today. Being a producer was not my first calling— I studied to become a lawyer actually. I didn’t full-on dedicate myself to music until 7-8 years ago
What inspired this last release?
I wanted to create a pretty mainstream track at first, very tech and psy trance with a mix of big room. However I couldn’t help but create an uplifting breakdown right in the middle of the track—eventually I decided to keep it going and everything else kind of fell into place.
What’s your favorite place or environment to write?
At a bar or a cafe… the busier the better. Melodies and concepts tend to be formed better when there’s people talking in the background but for full on mixing, always at the studio.
What’s a record that shaped your creativity?
New Order – Brotherhood
Who is an artist or band you look up to today?
Nirvana
What excites you the most about what you do ?
The endless possibilities of creating beautiful tunes
What is your view on genres and music styles since you mix a lot of them in your music?
As long as they fit “your sound” genres don’t really mean anything. But where I draw the line is when DJs just throw in hodgepodge top 40 and expect a career out of it— I mean you can, but it’s such a nearsighted thing to do.
How would you describe your act in one word?
Enigmatic
