Artifakt is a very respected South African psytrance producer and sound engineer Matthew De Nobrega. He is the co-owner of the successful South African label Timecode Records. Matt is also known for doing top notch mastering for most trance music that comes out of South Africa - and a lot of music from other labels and record companies based around the globe.

As of 2008, Artifakt has three solo albums - Artifakts, Artifakts II and The Magus - all released on his own Timecode label.

Over the past years Matt has also had his tracks featured on many other South African and international compilation releases including releases on Nexus Media, Mushroom Mafia, PsyStation, Afrogalactic, Red Cells and many others.

Artifakt is world renowned for his quality ultra-psychedelic live and DJ sets which he continues to play all over the planet on regular basis.