MIND DISTORTION SYSTEM / BRAIN HACKER / UNDERGROUND DIRECTIVE (Belgium)

is Nelson Jara Dos Santos, born in belgium in 1975 . In 1994, while living in Portugal, Nelson was invited to a camping weekend. Little did he know, his life was about to change forever, for it was Goa Gil party! Hooked by the whole scene, Nelson threw his boat into the waters of psytrance, and has been floating about ever since.

Nelson released his first MIND DISTORTION SYSTEM track in 2006 and his debut album, "He Claims to be Not Human," on Trishula Records in 2007. Other singles released on Trishula and DVSM included the foundational Sonic Seasonings and cult classic, DURDOM by DVSM, followed by the launch of own label, lycantrop in 2008.

Since then, Nels has also launched the Underground directive and Brain hacker projects and continued to play around the world, at parties and festivals big and small, from Finland to israel to turkey to Germany and many more!

Festival highlights for MDS include:
Mioondust, India 2006
FREAKY DRAGONS, South of FRANCE 2006
Psycrowdelica , GERMANY (2007, 2008 ,2010, 2014)
SHANTI JATRA, NEPAL, 2008
WORLD PEOPLE: Russian REvolution, FRANCe, 2010
Noise Poison, Slovakia 2012
Freedom Festival, Portugal, 2013
BOOM FestivaL, Portugal, 2014
COSMIC SPIRIT, GOA, INDIA 2021

As co-founder of Lycantrop Records, Nelson takes care of the musical elements and aspects of the label (artist roster, releases, etc). In addition to producing as MDS, he is also 1/2 of the Underground Directive project (with Mario/DJ Device), and he offers mastering services as MadMaXstering.

NELSON'S PROJECTS INCLUDE:
- MIND DISTORTION SYSTEM (FIRST RELEASE IN 2006)
- UNDERGROUND DIRECTIVE (FIRST RELEASE IN 2010)
 - BRAIN HACKER- HIGHER BPM PROJECT   

Mind Distortion system on LYCANTROP

MDS on Mixcloud
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