Asher Swissa is a member of the band Skazi

Skazi

Skazi is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ group, formed in 1998, with two members: Asher Swissa and Assaf B-Bass.-History:Skazi was formed in 1998 by Asher Swissa and Assaf B-Bass, to form a duo producing Soft Psy-Trance Electro Punk music....

. Based in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, Asher Swissa, along with band member Assaf B-Bass, has been producing psytrance

Psychedelic trance

Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety...

 since 1998. Their first CD "Animal" was released in September 2000. He also is the owner of the Chemical Crew label, & has worked with many artists like: Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ act and electronic group originally formed in late 1997 as a duo by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in Haifa...

, Astrix

Astrix

Astrix is a Psychedelic trance DJ and producer specialising in the sub-genre of Full On Psychedelic Trance....

, GMS, Talamasca

Talamasca (group)

Talamasca is a psytrance music project based in Paris, France. It is a project of Cedric Dassulle, also known as DJ Lestat. Dassulle played piano for over 13 years and started his career as DJ in 1992. In 1995/96 he was resident DJ at the Rex Club in Paris. He was influenced by Trance music that...

, Eskimo

Eskimo (artist)

Eskimo is an English Psychedelic Trance DJ and producer, son of John Ford .-Early career:...

, Void

Void (band)

Void was a Washington D.C.-based hardcore punk/crossover thrash band. They were one of the first hardcore outfits to fuse hardcore and some heavy metal in a way most hardcore and metal fans could accept, paving the way for bands such as The Melvins. They were one of the first local bands popular in...

, Exaile, Psychotic Micro, to name a few.

Biography

Born in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 in 1974. Asher started his musical career as a Punk-Rocker

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 in 1990, when he formed a group called Sartan Hashad (literally Breast Cancer

Breast cancer

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) together with 3 friends. The band used to play in small venues in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

, and enjoyed limited success in the small Israeli Punk scene

Punk subculture

The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...

. In 1996 Asher decided to leave the band, as he wished to develop his career, write and perform music which would appeal to larger audience. He started making Trance music

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

, but still kept a Hard Rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 sound, playing electric guitar riffs in many of his tracks. In 1998 he adopted the stage name DJ Skazi.

Discography

• Animal (Shaffel Records, 2001)
• Media:Zoo1 (released October 2001)
• Storm (Shaffel Records, 2002)
• Media:Zoo2 (released January 2003)
• Media:Zoo3 2CD (released January 2003)
• Media:Animal in Storm (Special Edition, Double CD)
• Media:Most wanted – Compiled By Skazi (released January 2003)
• Total Anarchy (released June 29, 2006)
• Zoo Vol. 4: To The Floor (released 2009)