After opening 2025 with two eye-catching collaborations— “INFERNO” with KASABLANCA and the vocal-driven “Born To Love” alongside Sarah de Warren— label boss HI-LO steps out solo again on his own HILOMATIK imprint. “United In Trance” premiered during his Ultra Music Festival set and immediately lit up track-ID forums; now the anthem is finally ours to dissect.
Clocking in at a breathless 137 BPM, the record welds HI-LO’s signature warehouse kick-drums to a cascading trance lead that spirals skyward before slamming back down with a techno growl. The breakdown is all shimmering pads and gated choirs—a brief, emotional gasp—then the drop snaps you back into motion with a rolling, side-chained bassline that won’t quit. The mixdown is clean but ferocious, tailor-made for stadium-scale systems; yet the melodic phrasing gives it replay value far beyond peak-time.
HI-LO is the darker, more underground alias of Rotterdam’s Oliver Heldens—a project born in 2015 when Heldens wanted a playground for heavier, more experimental ideas. Over the past decade the moniker has earned DJ support from techno royalty and notched multiple Top 10 techno tracks on 1001Tracklists, proving that Heldens can rule main-stage house and subterranean rave in equal measure. He now balances two labels—Heldeep and HILOMATIK—while keeping both aliases in constant dialogue.
“United In Trance” crystallises that dialogue: trance as connective tissue between melodic Heldens and muscular HI-LO, a point he makes explicit in the press notes and again in recent interviews. The result is a crossover missile already championed by Armin van Buuren, Afrojack and Charlotte de Witte.
⭐️ Rating 9/10
🎧 Perfect for
- 3 a.m. festival main-stage moments when the lasers finally sync with your heartbeat
- Long-haul highway drives where the white lines blur into the kick-drum
- Cardio sessions that demand both stamina and serotonin
A near-perfect fusion of euphoria and brute-force energy that reaffirms HI-LO’s status as a tastemaker and, frankly, sets the bar high for the rest of the summer.
With “United In Trance,” HI-LO doesn’t just bridge genres—he unites crowds, headphones, and sweat-drenched dance floors under one neon banner. Expect to hear those soaring leads echoing across Europe’s open-air season and right through to ADE.
Artist: HI-LO
Track: United In Trance
Label: HILOMATIK Records
Release Date: June 06th, 2025
Get your copy here: https://hilomatik.lnk.to/UnitedInTrance
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