After Hours 444 features Hypnotised at the helm with guest DJ Dysco joining the programme on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news platform serving listeners across the region and internationally.
Hypnotised is a Belgian DJ, producer and label head from Ghent whose musical background developed through the city’s electronic music culture. Early exposure to events such as I Love Techno and 10 Days of Techno helped shape his interest in underground club music and the deeper side of electronic production.
During the early stages of his career, he performed across clubs and events around Ghent while exploring a broad range of electronic styles. Over time, his direction became increasingly focused on Progressive House, melodic material and Techno-influenced rhythms.
That approach has become central to the way Hypnotised constructs both club sets and radio programmes. Longer transitions, gradual changes in intensity and layered melodic structures allow his selections to develop with a strong sense of continuity.
Together with PatriZe, he co-hosts the long-running After Hours radio series. The programme has been broadcast through TM Radio in the United States, Cosmos Radio in Germany and Scientific Sound Asia Radio, connecting their Progressive House selections with listeners across several continents.
The pair also present AH Digital Essentials through Proton Radio, using the programme to highlight music connected with their label and wider artist network. Hypnotised additionally hosts his own monthly Energetic show on Progressive Beats Radio in Germany.
His radio activity has extended further through guest appearances on stations including Ibiza Global Radio, Frisky Radio, DI.FM, Golden Wings Music Radio, Insomnia FM, Groove City Radio, Fnoob Techno Radio, Urgent FM and Ibiza Soul-Radio. These broadcasts have helped maintain his international profile alongside his club and production work.
Hypnotised has performed alongside artists including Marco Bailey, Tom Hades, Purple Disco Machine, Jesse Rose and Nick Bril. His appearances have included Amsterdam Dance Event, Deep on Deck Festival in South Africa, Club NL in Amsterdam, Decadance in Ghent and Zanzibar in South Africa.
In 2015, he co-founded AH Digital with PatriZe and moved further into production. The label became an important outlet for Progressive House and related underground electronic music while also creating a platform for artists connected with the wider After Hours network.
His early releases gained attention on Beatport, with People from the Otherworld reaching number four on the Progressive House releases chart. The title track was later remixed by Rui Da Silva, bringing additional international attention to the project.
Further chart success followed with Infinity, which reached number two in both the Progressive House and Trance release charts and number three in Techno. These results strengthened his profile as a producer while demonstrating the range of influences feeding into his studio work.
In 2016, Hypnotised introduced the Man on the Moon alias as another outlet for electronic material. The project included Sense on Bonzai, while his wider production activity also brought recognition through a Metapop remix competition and exposure through Belgian station Studio Brussel.
His catalogue has since included work through Bonzai Progressive, Green Martian, SLC-6 Music, Pro-B-Tech Music, Stellar Fountain, Vesta Records, Insomniafm and Abstract Space Records. AH Digital remains central to his activity as a producer, curator and radio host.
Guest DJ DJ Dsyco (second hour)
This week’s guest for the second hour is Dysco, the stage name of Dylan Scott Farrugia. His career has connected the electronic music scenes of New York City and Malta, with a style rooted in deeper Progressive House and darker melodic club music.
Dysco became involved with electronic music at a young age and developed quickly as both a DJ and producer. His interest in underground music led him towards longer-form sets built around atmosphere, tension and controlled progression.
That approach earned him appearances at venues including Output, Pacha and Cielo in New York. He has also performed at Gianpula in Malta and Tanz Bar City Hall in Poland, giving his early career an international dimension before the age of twenty-five.
His SoundCloud reflects the darker and more melodic side of his DJ work. Rather than relying on abrupt changes, his sets favour gradual development, layered textures and deeper rhythmic movement.
As a producer, Dysco draws influence from artists including Paul van Dyk and Guy J. Those contrasting references can be heard in the balance between melodic detail, progressive structure and darker club energy found throughout his music.
His productions have appeared through labels including SLC-6 Music, while collaborations have connected him with artists such as D.J. MacIntyre. These projects have helped him develop a catalogue that sits comfortably between Progressive House and darker progressive material.
His Beatport catalogue documents that development through solo releases and collaborative work. The material highlights a producer interested in refining atmosphere and groove rather than remaining tied to one rigid interpretation of the progressive sound.
Across both DJing and production, Dysco’s music is characterised by dark melodic elements and a strong sense of progression. His selections tend to build patiently, allowing individual tracks to contribute to a wider structure across the set.
For his appearance on After Hours 444, Dysco takes over the second hour with a selection shaped by his background in Progressive House and darker melodic electronic music. His guest mix brings together the club influences developed between Malta, New York and the wider international underground scene.
Hypnotised opens After Hours 444 with Pryda's "The HoaX" before Olivier Giacomotto's remix of Hani establishes a more driving Progressive House direction. Space Food's remix of Local Dialect and Morttagua's treatment of Uncloak then deepen the melodic tension, keeping the first hour focused on long-form club progression.
Stylo and Space Motion add "Let It Go" before Juan Ibanez reshapes Nicolas Benedetti and Fer De Risio, maintaining the balance between melodic detail and steady rhythmic pressure. Fernando Olaya, Kliment and The Addixion complete Hypnotised's section with atmospheric progressive material that gradually opens the set towards a broader electronic finish.
Dysco begins the second hour with David Leckenby before Alex O'Rion's remix of Kamilo Sanclemente and GMJ's remix of Oliver and Tom reinforce the deeper side of Progressive House. Lucas Rossi's remix of an unidentified Dysco track then leads into Zankee Gulati and Wassu, introducing a stronger Organic House influence without breaking the flow.
Greenage's "Strange Encounter" continues the warmer melodic character before Dysco and Shanil Alox reinterpret Sarah McLachlan's "Silence" as a progressive bootleg. Dysco then appears again alongside Juan Ibanez on "Euphoric Seas", while Lio Q's "Morgana" closes the programme with another deep, melodic selection.
Across both hours, Hypnotised and Dysco blend Progressive House with melodic and organic influences, keeping the programme immersive rather than relying on abrupt stylistic changes. The first hour leans towards a darker, driving progressive sound, while the second softens the palette with deeper grooves, organic textures and more spacious melodic development.
After Hours 444 Tracklist
Hypnotised (first hour)
Pryda - The HoaX
Hani - Irieheaven (Olivier Giacomotto Remix)
Local Dialect - Rakshasi (Space Food Remix)
Uncloak - Hollow (Morttagua Remix)
Stylo, Space Motion - Let It Go
Nicolas Benedetti & Fer De Risio - Air Vision (Juan Ibanez Remix)
Fernando Olaya - Iguazú
Kliment - Origins (Anthony G Remix)
The Addixion - Infinite Prosperity
Dysco (second hour)
David Leckenby - Primal Connection (Original Mix) [Particles]
Kamilo Sanclemente - Urania (Alex OʼRion Remix) [The Soundgarden]
Oliver & Tom - Platurno (GMJ Remix) [onedotsixtwo]
Dysco - ID (Lucas Rossi Remix) [PROMO on SLC-6 Music]
Zankee Gulati - Visionary (Original Mix) [The Soundgarden]
Wassu - Andu (Original Mix) [TOR]
Greenage - Strange Encounter (Original Mix) [La Juanita Records]
Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Dysco & Shanil Alox Bootleg) [Free Download via Progressive House Argentina]
Dysco & Juan Ibanez - Euphoric Seas (Original Mix) [Soundteller Records]
Lio Q - Morgana (Original Mix) [Dopamine]
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