Ace Ventura Presents Tongue Twisters: A Chart That Redefines Contemporary Psytrance
When Yuli Faber, the Israeli artist behind the Ace Ventura alias, drops a personal chart, the global psytrance ecosystem pays close attention. Tongue Twisters is no ordinary playlist: it is a sonic manifesto, a carefully mapped journey through the genre's current landscape, weaving cult veterans alongside emerging voices under the same hypnotic pulse.
The selection opens powerfully in fullOn-progressive territory, with Tristan & Acid Punks launching Tongue Twister at 146 BPM in F# Major — a tense, acidic groove that sets the tone immediately. Fungus Funk follows with Oiia Tripping at 148 BPM, the chart's peak velocity, featuring serpentine basslines that more than justify the track's title.
The most unexpected and brilliant moment arrives with Avalon & GMS's reinterpretation of Charlotte de Witte's A Prayer for the Dancefloor: a generational bridge that transforms KNTXT's dark techno material into electrifying psytrance at 142 BPM, illustrating how porous the boundary between cutting-edge techno and psychedelic trance has become.
The chart's historical backbone rests on two remixed Man With No Name classics: Possessed reworked by Acid Punks at 143 BPM, and Teleport in Antinomy's version at 144 BPM in C Major — revisionist exercises that prove how much '90s DNA still pulses through today's dancefloors.
The second half intelligently decelerates the momentum. Starlight by Relativ & Mindplex is listed at 73 BPM — half the functional tempo, a half-time structure — introducing atmospheric texture. Ascension by Aion at 118 BPM and Asana by Ritmo & Pettra at 138 BPM via Shamanic Tales build the perfect ceremonial descent.
The closing Prata Da Casa by Perfect Stranger in Sphera's remix at 129 BPM in D minor delivers a melancholic, graceful finale — the mark of a DJ who treats the dancefloor as a complete narrative arc.
Standout Tracks
- Maana – Ace Ventura & Starlab (IN): 10 minutes of progressive psytrance in F Major, the chart's emotional centrepiece.
- A Prayer for the Dancefloor (Avalon & GMS Remix): the most audacious cross-genre moment in the release.
- Possessed (Acid Punks Remix): a tribute to Man With No Name's legacy with impeccable contemporary production.
- Flying Carpet – Atmos & Absolute Hypnotic: Tip Records at its finest, hypnotic groove at 137 BPM.
Tongue Twisters reaffirms Ace Ventura as one of psytrance's most rigorous and bold curators, capable of bridging generations without sacrificing dancefloor coherence.
