Tristan Cooke (born 1970), is a British psytrance and Goa trance DJ and producer.
After graduating from Warwick University, he travelled throughout India playing at Full Moon parties in Goa, before returning to the UK in 1993 swiftly establishing his name on the London trance scene at events such as Return to the Source, as well on the emerging outdoor trance party circuit.
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Music career
Tristan's debut release was with Matsuri Records in 1995; his first album, Audiodrome, was released by Twisted Records in 1998. He said, early in his career he was mainly influenced by ManMadeMan & Process. "Working with ManMadeMan and Process in the mid-nineties helped me mature as an artist and taught me so much."
As DJ Tristan, he now performs around the globe at the biggest psytrance festivals, such as Boom and Ozora, as well as other more mainstream dance festivals such as Glastonbury.
Over the years, Tristan has collaborated with many artists from his fellow Warwick alumnus Cassian Irvine to Ans Guise, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Raja Ram, The Antidote (Serge Souque of Total Eclipse), Ajja, Avalon, and Laughing Buddha among others.
Personal life
Tristan is married to Vanessa née White; the couple have one daughter and divide their time between homes in London and Somerset.
Discography
Albums
Audiodrome - Twisted Records, 1999
Substance - Twisted Records, 2002
Chemisphere - Nano Records, 2007
Way of Life - Nano Records, 2014
Crazy Wisdom - Nano Records, 2022
EP
100th Monkey & Tristan - Desert Music E.P Part 1 - Matsuri Productions, 1995
Close Zen Counters EP - Aquatec Records, 1996
The F.O.G. EP - 21-3 Records, 1996
Process - KV 23 EP - Flying Rhino Records, 1996
Inside Out EP - Twisted Records, 1998
The Temple EP - Twisted Records, 1999
The Collaborator EP - Spiral Trax International, 1999
Fresh Perspective EP - Flying Rhino Records, 2000
Alpha Activity EP - Twisted Records, 2001
Identified EP - Tristan vs The Antidote - Nano Records, 2010
Trance Odyssey EP - Nano Records, 2011
Force Of Nature by Tristan & Outsiders - Nano Records, 2013
Road To Dendron EP - Tristan & Mandala - Nano Records, 2018
Compilations
Twisted Sessions vol. 1 - Twisted Records, 2002
Spectrum 2 - Dance Club, 2004
UK Psychedelic Twisted Records, 2014