Richard Durand, Ciaran McAuley & JES – Separate Ways

Some collaborations feel logical on paper. Others feel like a genuine moment for the scene. “Separate Ways” belongs firmly in the second category. Richard Durand, Ciaran McAuley and JES unite three distinct but highly compatible trance identities, delivering a vocal...

Mauro Picotto & Giuseppe Ottaviani – Ibiza Dream

There are some collaborations that arrive with instant headline appeal, and then there are those that carry genuine scene history in every name on the sleeve. Mauro Picotto & Giuseppe Ottaviani’s “Ibiza Dream” belongs firmly in the latter category. Released via...

Above & Beyond – Major Drop

Above & Beyond are back in unapologetically club-focused mode. With “Major Drop”, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki deliver a powerful instrumental that puts dancefloor tension, rhythmic pressure and a seriously weighty payoff ahead of vocal emotion....

Craig Connelly & Will Rees – La Musica

Some tracks chase nostalgia. Others understand exactly why a certain era still matters. With **“La Musica,” Craig Connelly and Will Rees deliver a high-impact trance weapon that reaches back to the late ’90s without becoming a retro exercise. At 142 BPM, this is a...

Kayosa & Tolland – Lumina

Some records chase the next big idea. Others understand that trance does not need to abandon its foundations to feel vital. Kayosa & Tolland’s “Lumina” confidently belongs to the latter category: a melodic, classic-minded trance production that puts emotion, drive...

Darren Tate – A Child Of The Times

There is a particular kind of trance record that does not need to sprint for the peak-time finish line. Instead, it creates its own gravitational pull: patient, melodic, rhythmic and increasingly difficult to resist. Darren Tate’s “A Child Of The Times” is exactly...