Maor Levi

Maor Levi is an Israeli dance music producer best known for his progressive trance productions, though he also produces house and techno under aliases such as 123XYZ.  Most of Levi’s trance releases have been via
Above and Beyond’s Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep labels.

Early Years: 2004 to present

Growing up in the Psy-trance dominated Israeli dance music scene Maor Levi’s early influences were unsurprisingly Psy-trance artists such as Yahel and Infected Mushroom.   

From there he discovered hard trance before moving onto mainstream and progressive trance, triggered by Tiesto’s Magik and ‘In Search of Sunrise’ mix albums.

Levi started producing at 11 years of age and had his first single ‘Ministry of Love' (Lost Language 2004) released aged 17. 

In 2005 Levi released his first Anjunabeats single ‘Lital’ on the label’s progressive imprint Anjunadeep.  His most successful release to date also came on Anjuadeep: ‘Shapes’ (Anjunadeep 2007).

Between 2007 and 2008 Levi served in the Israeli army, during which time he remixed under the techno and house alias 123XYZ.

In 2010 he released the vocal trance track ‘Chasing Love’ (Anjunabeats 2010) featuring Ashley Tomberlin on vocals.

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