Mars & Mystre, a.k.a. Michael Robbins (Mars) and Eric Newman (Mystre), are one of San Francisco's trance pioneers.

Mainstream success

Dedicated to spreading the sound of Cybertrance, Mars opened Frequency 8 America's first record store dedicated to the trance

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 movement. From the success of Frequency 8, Mars would go on to create his own international record label

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 and event organization of the same name.

In 2000 Mars and Mystre released their best selling two CD compilation album "Faith In 2000". The album was included fifteen tracks by artists like Art Of Trance, DJ Tandu, and ATB

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. Mars & Mystre included one track that they produced together that was entitled "Electric Blue". Both also worked with Germany's Nostrum (Bernd Augustinski) on "Eye In The Sky". Mars also collaborated with Nostrum under the alias Red Rock Project on a track called "Mystic Ways ".

Shortly after the release of Faith in 2000 they parted ways and Mars embarked on his solo career.