Namaste and welcome to Third Eye Records.

Third Eye Records has been the Pioneer trance record label from Mother India. The idea of Third Eye Records was born in the year 2000 by its founder Karan Bhojwani. Since childhood Karan has been going to Goa. While he was a child he was always fascinated by the colorful and creative people he would encounter on his trips to the beach or the famous Anjuna flea market which he was taken to by his parents. Music on the beach, beautiful people, fire juglers and dancers all dancing under an open sky. These moments had left quite an impression on him and so as each year passed Karan was more captivated by this Goa freedom vibe. After this the Goa bug had bitten him and he has been a fan and trance dancer ever since.

In the year 2000/2001 Karan and a few friends realized that till date there was not a single Indian trance record label on the international scene. Neither was there any prominent artist or DJs. This situation didn’t seem right, after all India was the home of Goa and one of the main points of global trance culture. So many people from all around the world came here for inspiration, made music based on the feelings and vibe they felt here. Yet we did not have any of our own artists or labels doing the same.

During frequent discussions with friends Karan realized that many people shared the same feelings, and yet nothing was being done about it, so along with 3 friends they decided to try doing something. This was the brief birth and life of “Illegal Records”. Armed with a mission of establishing India as a global trance force Karan along with 3 friends, Tarun (Boombay Central), Varun and Karan K all decided to put efforts together to launch a label. A few months were spent on conceptualizing this baby, however due to personal commitments and various external factors nothing came of the label.

So then in mid 2002 Karan decided to take it upon himself. It took a lot of hard work and determination, and of course much learning, due to the fact that no one had attempted an international label like this from India before. So there were no clear paths or guidelines to follow. Everything had to be learned and developed from scratch. After one year from the original dream the reality of “THIRD EYE RECORDS” was finally taking shape.

August 2003 was the birth of THIRD EYE RECORDS in the international trance arena. Third Eye had its first release “DIGITAL EYES” which was a true milestone, being that it was the ‘First Ever Indian Trance Record Label’, and the ‘First CD to be released from India Internationally’! A dream had been realized, and now the mission of Third Eye Records is to help make dreams like this come true for many new upcoming Indian artists and DJs to give us all an equal platform in the international stage. And of course to show that there is a true trance force coming out of India. After EVOLUTION another compilation by Karan and the Audialize album Starship earth, another cd ter004 was made but never released. This will soon be available through our site. 

In 2007, Karan joined forces with old time friend Raoul Verma to re-launch the 3rd Eye. Many late night conversations, many similar visions, and many parties later they are united with one simple message, that the true psychedelic experience can never die and that 3rd Eye Records is going to do everything in its power to keep the vibe alive. We aim for many more parties, many more cd releases and many more friends and fans on the way there.