# Protoculture · Producer, DJ, Sound Designer · OBRA Source: https://obra.art/protoculture Protoculture · Protoculture is the production alias of Cape Town–based South African producer, DJ, sound designer, and label founder Nate Raubenheimer. Best known for melodic progr ![Protoculture](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb97a79de092bc2e185551970f) obra.art/protoculturePRO # Protoculture Producer DJ Sound Designer since 2014 Protoculture is the production alias of Cape Town–based South African producer, DJ, sound designer, and label founder Nate Raubenheimer. Best known for melodic progressive trance and progressive house with psychedelic roots, he has spent two decades building a catalog that moves between early Cape Town psytrance textures, Armada-era uplifting trance, and the warmer progressive sound he now pushes on his own imprint Marula Music. Armin van Buuren has praised that “everything he touches turns to musical gold,” and his tracks have been played by Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, BT, Ferry Corsten, and even Bryan Adams. Beyond releasing and touring (Tomorrowland, Fuji Rock, Glastonbury, Ministry of Sound, Ushuaïa Ibiza), he designs factory presets for u-he, Xfer, UVI, Plugin Alliance, Sonic Academy, and Black Octopus, and is a Certified Bitwig Partner and educator. His latest single “Frequent Flyers” (Marula Music, June/July 2026) samples John Gillespie Magee’s poem “High Flight,” tying psychedelic atmosphere to progressive trance momentum. 16.9M Total plays & views Projects10 Since2014 Verified streams · verified today 16,931,636 +4 K a day · +132 K a month, on average 10 projects · 1 artist · since 2014 spotify 100 % 16,931,636 69 days · Total ## Records [60K has passed 60,000 streams Frequent Flyers - Original Mix Protoculture 16 days ago](https://obra.art/protoculture/frequent-flyers-original-mix) [1.8M has passed 1,750,000 streams Talisman - Radio Edit Protoculture 26 days ago](https://obra.art/protoculture/talisman-radio-edit) [300K has passed 300,000 streams Shiva Protoculture 63 days ago](https://obra.art/protoculture/shiva) Most played ## Most played [01 Annapurna - Radio Edit Protoculture 4.492.374 4,5 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/annapurna-radio-edit) [02 Seconds Protoculture 3.254.382 3,3 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/seconds) [03 Pale Blue Dot Protoculture 2.395.563 2,4 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/pale-blue-dot) [04 Thirty Three South (Mixed) Protoculture 1.789.205 1,8 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/thirty-three-south-mixed) [05 Talisman - Radio Edit Protoculture 1.755.375 1,8 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/talisman-radio-edit) [06 Go Protoculture 1.748.002 1,7 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/go) [07 States Of Flux Protoculture 1.069.870 1,1 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/states-of-flux) [08 Shiva Protoculture 307.359 307 K](https://obra.art/protoculture/shiva) [09 Frequent Flyers - Original Mix Protoculture 61.167 61 K](https://obra.art/protoculture/frequent-flyers-original-mix) [10 Frequent Flyers (ASOT 1282) \[Progressive Pick\] - Dub Mix Protoculture 58.339 58 K](https://obra.art/protoculture/frequent-flyers-asot-1282-progressive-pick-dub-mix) Has worked with ## 1 artists. Catalog ## 10 releases. 2026 2 [Frequent Flyers - Original MixProtoculture · 61 K](https://obra.art/protoculture/frequent-flyers-original-mix) [Frequent Flyers (ASOT 1282) \[Progressive Pick\] - Dub MixProtoculture · 58 K](https://obra.art/protoculture/frequent-flyers-asot-1282-progressive-pick-dub-mix) 2025 1 [ShivaProtoculture · 307 K](https://obra.art/protoculture/shiva) 2023 1 [States Of FluxProtoculture · 1,1 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/states-of-flux) 2021 2 [SecondsProtoculture · 3,3 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/seconds) [GoProtoculture · 1,7 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/go) 2018 2 [Thirty Three South (Mixed)Protoculture · 1,8 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/thirty-three-south-mixed) [Pale Blue DotProtoculture · 2,4 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/pale-blue-dot) 2014 2 [Annapurna - Radio EditProtoculture · 4,5 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/annapurna-radio-edit) [Talisman - Radio EditProtoculture · 1,8 M](https://obra.art/protoculture/talisman-radio-edit) Catalog · Notes · Curatorial Bio Protoculture is the production alias of Cape Town–based South African producer, DJ, sound designer, and label founder Nate Raubenheimer. Best known for melodic progressive trance and progressive house with psychedelic roots, he has spent two decades building a catalog that moves between early Cape Town psytrance textures, Armada-era uplifting trance, and the warmer progressive sound he now pushes on his own imprint Marula Music. Armin van Buuren has praised that “everything he touches turns to musical gold,” and his tracks have been played by Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, BT, Ferry Corsten, and even Bryan Adams. Beyond releasing and touring (Tomorrowland, Fuji Rock, Glastonbury, Ministry of Sound, Ushuaïa Ibiza), he designs factory presets for u-he, Xfer, UVI, Plugin Alliance, Sonic Academy, and Black Octopus, and is a Certified Bitwig Partner and educator. His latest single “Frequent Flyers” (Marula Music, June/July 2026) samples John Gillespie Magee’s poem “High Flight,” tying psychedelic atmosphere to progressive trance momentum. 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