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Some vocal trance records are built for quiet reflection; others are designed to send a wave of emotion across an entire dance floor. With “Satellite,” David Forbes and Sue McLaren confidently choose the latter. Featured in the “Frequency” chapter of A State of Trance...
There is something instantly intriguing about a collaboration between Giuseppe Ottaviani and Gabry Ponte. Both are unmistakably Italian, both have built careers around powerful melodies and crowd connection, yet they arrive from different corners of electronic music:...
There are collaborations that simply make sense on paper — and then there are collaborations that feel like they should have happened years ago. Darren Tate & Genix joining forces on “Taking Us Higher” falls firmly into the second category. Released on...
There are few duos in the modern trance landscape who can make a track feel both timeless and immediately functional quite like Stoneface & Terminal. With “Hard Times”, Matthias Gierth and Henry Nix return to Euphonic with exactly the kind of straight-to-the-floor...
There are milestones that simply deserve more than a regular release — and FSOE 1000 is exactly that kind of moment. For the 1000th release on Future Sound of Egypt, Aly & Fila revisit their 2025 collaboration with French trance craftsman Ferry Tayle, handing...
There are collaborations that feel logical on paper — and then there are those that immediately make sense the moment the first groove locks in. “Eterna” brings together Nitrous Oxide and Farius on Enhanced Progressive, and the result is a polished, emotionally...
There are collaborations that look exciting on paper — and then there are collaborations that sound like a rave door being kicked open from the inside. Underworld x KI/KI – Arp12 belongs firmly in the second category. Released via Smith Hyde Productions, the track...
Some tracks do not simply return — they reappear with history attached. GAIA’s “Tuvan” is one of those rare trance records whose atmosphere still feels instantly recognizable: mysterious, spiritual, powerful, and unmistakably connected to the golden Armind era....
There are artists who follow waves — and then there are artists who helped build the ocean those waves move in. Johan Gielen clearly belongs to the second group. With “Ready For The Jump”, the Belgian-born, Dutch-nationality trance veteran steps away from the more...
When XiJaro & Pitch and Artento Divini join forces under their Bad Boys banner, subtle restraint is clearly not the mission. “The Blind Eye” arrives on Revealed Recordings as a full-throttle mainstage weapon: fast, muscular, trance-driven and built for that exact...