Activa
Origin: United Kingdom
Since 2004, Rob ‘Activa’ Stevenson has forged a career as one of the hardest working producers in the trance genre, with a number of alias and styles, releasing on the biggest labels in the world including Paul van Dyk’s mighty Vandit Records, Perfecto Records Black Hole, Armada and Anjunabeats, before finding a home at UK independent, Discover Records where he released the critically acclaimed album, This World in 2009 and its follow up, To The Point in 2011.
A continuous string of high profile releases has seen constant support from the trance DJ elite, in their live sets as well as worldwide radio shows, podcasts and Essential Mixes; A State of Trance, Gareth Emery Podcast and VONYC Sessions to name but a few.As a DJ, Activa has performed the length and breadth of the UK and at the biggest trance events in the world. The likes of Tomorrowland in Belgium, Paul van Dyk’s Birthday for Vandit in Berlin, Flight in South Africa, Home in Sydney, Circus in LA and Intuition in Holland as well as Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Digital Society have all seen Activa behind the decks to provide his unique blend of energetic, uplifting trance music.
Following a self-imposed hiatus for a few years, 2017 seen the return of the trance maestro with a captivating performance at Luminosity Beach Festival which re-ignited the flames and the love once again for trance and its mercurial scene. After a few more select performances at some of his favourite events or in his favourite cities Activa has chosen to come back firing all all cylinders for 2018. New music has already been successfully releases and received with material finding its way to Sean Tyas’ Degenerate label as well as Giuseppe Ottaviani’s GO Music and Indecent Noise’s Mental Asylum Records. Since announcing his return Activa has been swamped with requests for original material and collaborations from an ever growing list of elite trance labels and as promoters hear of his much anticipated return his diary is steadily filling up for the upcoming year ahead.
