Jan 9, 2012

Since my inauguration into the trance world in early 2004, through the discovery of tunes like “Just Be” and “Adagio For Strings”, I feel as if in my short time in this scene I have seen change. As I am daily reminded by my production partner of the glory days of trance with the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, and Tiesto in their respective primes, I see that not only did I miss out on what trance

Dec 21, 2011

Tune in and get your heart racing with Filo & Peri’s new track Sub-Zero. Get ready for an intensely high energy production that will undoubtedly get you jumping. While I’m not much a fan of these “video game” effects artists are using these days, F&P did a nice job at NOT over-doing it. The build up is hard, and I love how the song fuses into a completely different sound towards the end. Defini

Dec 20, 2011

Grube & Hovsepian – Torque (Original Mix) – Buy it Here 2011 has proven to be a great year for American duo, Grube & Hovsepian. Their latest release, Torque, is yet another addition to their growing list of hits. The driving bassline and dreamy synths collide with rhythmic and melodic plucks to bring strength and depth together, making this dark track truly worthy of being ranked among the rel

Dec 11, 2011

Disk one starts out with the beautiful piano interlude of Soundprank’s aptly titled “Beginnings.” I’m personally a stickler for opening tracks and Max Graham has done quite a beautiful job on the beginning choices for his set this album. Together with the Matt Lange remix of “Counting the Points” a few songs in, he takes his time giving you a very solid atmosphere to work on and an accurate overview o

Dec 7, 2011

Nothing like a Tiesto goody bag full of remixes of three classic tracks-Love Comes Again, Traffic & Flight 643. All three were (indeed) at one point huge bangers amongst the trance community. With that being said… I feel a huge sense of loyalty to The Boss (Tiesto) himself, as he represents one of the founding fathers of this music. Regardless of how his music may have transitioned in the last couple of