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Ben Gold For Trance Tuesday!

Stuart — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:39:45 +0000

I never hear much talk about Ben Gold sadly. Sure, for those who know him or have already heard of him through channels such as Armin’s and Above & Beyond’s ‘Tune Of The Week’, alongside many of his tracks featured on stations and podcasts across the world and of course his Afterhours.fm show called ‘Life’ (nicely named after his track of the same name that was more than well received), you know what a seriously good DJ and producer he is. Hence why I am making him this weeks Trance Tuesday suggestion.

I remember hearing Ben play some years ago in Southampton, as far as I’m aware he was cutting his teeth back then, finding out what sounds he loved and refining his mixing skills. He was talented even then, making perfect track selection and rocking the crowd. Now you can see Ben Gold rocking the crowd across the globe from supporting Paul Oakenfold’s UK tour to playing in Poland, Australia and India.

2009 has already been a busy year for Ben Gold on the production front. His alias Be:Gold was picked up by the label Musical Madness (owned by none other than Marcel Woods) and top notch mixing duties on Andy Moor & Ashley Wallbridge feat. Meighan Nealon – Faces has made a large impact on the trance scene already. With an E.P. in the pipeline I expect my statement of “I never hear much talk about Ben Gold sadly.” to be blown out of the water as the year continues

Listen, enjoy and don’t forget to check the links under the player for keeping up to date with Ben Gold directly.

MySpace Link

Twitter Link @bengoldonline

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Cheers

Stuart

New Trance Tracks 01-07-09

Stuart — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:57:45 +0000

This week I’m polishing off a big bumper list of tracks due to being away…how many will there be by the time I finish? Erm… 10! Oh well I got picky in the end with nothing but the best for my readers

I just got back from Sweden Friday and it was so relaxing I really did not want to come back to the UK. Upon my arrival I was greeted by the world’s largest car park, the M25 (I believe I have heard Jeremy Clarkson call it that). It has really been hard getting use to so many people surrounding me again, but never fear I have lots of ideas and will be taking action on writing lots soon!

Sunday Cinema – Models At Work (Dunugoz Vs. Tha Roofas Remix)
Songbird
TrackItDown.net link

Just like my last post I made on new trance releases, I’m going to start off with a gentle summer tune which I think is personally beautiful!

Ummet Ozcan and W&W – Synergy (Original Mix)
Reset Records
TrackItDown.net link

Nice trancer with a catchy riff that slots in nicely near the tech-trance but not quite as up front. Also worth checking out the Raver Mix that is electro influenced.

Avenger – Celestus (Manuel Le Saux Remix)
Crystal Source Digital
TrackItDown.net link

Hands old hands in the air trance, you just can’t beat it can you? And certainly not when Manuel Le Saux is on the remix duties!

Sunlounger feat. Kyler England – Change Your Mind (Myon and Shane54 Remix)
Magic Island Recordings
TrackItDown.net link

Big strong vocals and three mixes that are all great stuff. I picked the ever strong Myon and Shane54 just because they always put nice touches to their remixes without taking it away from the original intended path.

Dakota – Johnny The Fox (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix)
Coldharbour Red Recordings
TrackItDown.net link

You can’t fail to recognise this track from Dakota. A lil laid back and some lovely depth makes this a pleasurable tune to be listened to everywhere.

Claudia Cazacu feat. Audrey Gallagher – Freefalling (Original Mix)
Armind
TrackItDown.net link
An awesome production that really shows the capabilities of Claudia Cazucu as being more than just tech-trance girl but a fully fledged uplifting trance angel with the help of Audrey Gallagher’s vocals, who has previously worked with tyDi and John O’Callaghan.

Be: Gold – Starstruck (Jochen Miller Remix)
Musical Madness
TrackItDown.net link
Ben Gold alias that is allowing him to get a lil quirky (in a nice way) on the Original Mix and then Jochen Miller takes it back to something a lot more palatable for many DJs and the dancefloor.

Sophie Sugar feat. Rebecca Emely – Beside You (Original Mix)
Soundpiercing
TrackItDown.net link
“Don’t look back I am behind you… With you, forever beside you” Yes I have been influenced by the recent List of 10 Female Trance DJs and Producers I made, but these tracks are simply beautiful. Another one in the bag for Sophie Sugar that I’m really loving.

Union Jack – Papillon (Original Mix)
Platipus
TrackItDown.net link
After the string of vocals I kept waiting for it to break into Leftfield’s ‘Song of Life’ (just after 4 minutes if you have the track or the awesome album Leftism). I do like a bit of Platipus at times and this is one that I’ll play again and again to keep the crowd on their toes due to sounding rather different.

Van Der Vleuten – Calangute (Original Mix)
Conspiracy Solo
TrackItDown.net link
Trance_Cat on Twitter recommended this uplifting track to me and a very good recommendation indeed… No doubt they will add their bit as to what they think of the track below

*Update*
Here is what Trance Cat had to say as posted in their comment below: “Starting off this track with a bangin beat and a heavy bassline is really nice for a DJ! being one myself i can assure you this is cool. Pretty quick a simple melody kicks in with beautiful reverb and delay effects on it, giving it that trancy vibe we’re looking for.
yay! the epic trance piano kicks in at 3 mins on the background which will later be the lead sound at 3:30. having a long buildup from 4:30 up till 5:10 this track bursts into a uplifting climax with the first melody coming back at you.“

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Stuart

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New Trance Tracks 18-05-09

Stuart — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:35:41 +0000

Just like last week I’m really struggling to resist adding more than 5 new tracks, and this week you will be glad to know I have failed! So here are 10 New Trance Tracks that I think you’ll more than like!

The list below is just a small selection of the many great tunes floating around at the moment, but first I’ll start with a progressive tune that I heard played from a DJ’s laptop not so long ago at a house party. It is by no means a new track having being released last year, but I really, really, really do love this track. It is unusual for me to like a progressive tune as much as I do this one, I think the last time I bought a true progressive tune it may have been Holden & Thompson’s ‘Nothing’ to put it in perspective.

So, this maybe a list of New Trance Tracks I try and gather each week, but along the way I may include something that is new to me and old to you. Hopefully it will serve as a reminder of a great track, enjoy!
Also I notice some of the sites I visit release the same track at different times, so I’m sorry if there is confusion if you have seen a release elsewhere earlier. I’m working very hard on getting official release dates from labels and artists directly to avoid this in future.

Mango – Every Sunrise (Original Mix)
Mango Alley Recordings
beatport.com link

I’ve been winding a few of my followers up on Twitter about loving this track, well here it is! It has that perfect summertime feel to it and with the sun shining again I bet this really set the tone last summer for those who heard it – lucky people I say! I know I will be playing it this summer due to its uplifting and euphoric nature.
Thanks to new friend Sydmey for introducing this track into my life! You’ll find the full length track embedded from YouTube on the home page too.

Gareth Emery – Metropolis (Original Mix)
Garuda
TrackItDown.net link

Gareth’s second release ‘Metropolis’, on his new label Garuda, is just as keen as ‘Exposure’ to show why so many people are believing him to be one of the leading figures of trance for the future. Another top notch track!

Maelstrom – Remember Your Inputs (Original Mix)
Iboga Records
DJdownload link

Another progressive tune for you, somewhat deeper and darker here with a lovely rhythm to it. I love the use of percussion and the vocal which really brings the track to a new level. I have never come across this label before even though it has been in existence for many years. I recommend checking out their other releases that are really something different from the norm.
TrackItDown.net as it happens featured this label in a mail out today and count most of its work as house, nice cross over stuff if you ask me though.

Michal Poliak – Carpathia
WA-X Records
TrackItDown.net

Many tracks are doing a fabulous job at infusing tech-trance sounds and feeling to a progressive attitude right now and this is one of them. There are many producers from further east doing a great job representing trance to the world and I must say I’m loving their sound. I’ll be looking at for further releases from Michal Poliak and those of WA-X records, which happens to be a label from CGI Records.

Taylor & Close – Vanity Fair (Neal Thomas Remix)
Abstract Recordings
TrackItDown.net link

The Neal thomas Remix is a TrackItDown.net exclusive and does the business really well, but any one of the other mixes are worthy for your collection I’d say. Abstract Recordings owner Ben Nicky was suggested as my Trance Tuesday a few weeks back, if you didn’t get to grab his mix, then go do so now: Link

Frog & Bugle feat. LeeMac – Seven Days To Eden (East & Young Remix)
RR Recordings
beatport.com link
A nice use of Robert Mile’s ‘Seven Days and One Week’. Another one of those tracks that will get a good reaction from making use of a classic and if you remember I featured RR Recordings previously with Cartouche’s ‘Bitter Sweet’ track. Good stuff coming from this label that is brushing close to commercial but doesn’t quite cross the line to turn me off.

Marcel Woods – Inside Me (Original Mix)
High Contrast Recordings
beatport.com link
I do like a bit of Marcel Woods for his ear piercing synth use and here it as if he has ripped Marco V’s ‘Unprepared’ and made it his own. Suits me fine!

Richard Durand – Always The Sun (Roger Shah Remix)
Magik Muzik
DJdownload.com link
Was disappointed to hear Richard Durand going down the big uplifting vocal route until I heard the Roger Shah Remix. I hope this is not an ongoing trend for producers who have done well doing the tech-trance sound with vocals; John O’Callaghan being another example after his album featuring a load of vocalists and no hard hitting sound in my opinion.

Pascal Feliz – Smack My 2 Core Up
Musical Madness
TrackItDown.net link
An epic breakdown soon makes room for a monster riff that gets the feet moving. Highly recommended listening!

Sunny Lax – Reborn (Original Mix)
Anjunabeats
DJdownload.com link
Lush track that you have heard many a time no doubt, and will hear again and again now everyone can get their hands on it. The remix by Nitrous Oxide ups the pace nicely if you find the original too laid back.

That is the 10 for this week!

Hope you get to enjoy some of them. I’d better start looking for new tracks straight away if I’m to do 10 next week :S Haha!

As a thank you to all my readers I got a freebie sourced for you.
Last week Dave Dresden threw up the following link for all to download on Twitter. I asked him if I could feature it here which he gladly said yes to. It is a remix of Calvin Harris’s I’m Not Alone.

YouSendIt.com Link

You can follow Dave Dresden on Twitter here.

Thank you to all the readers once again and I’ll look forward to writing up tomorrow’s Trance Tuesday now.

Love or hate any of the above tracks please discuss below by leaving comments

Cheers

Stuart

P.S. Look out for the Facebook fanpage coming this week. Is there anywhere else I should be covering to spread the word? Make suggestions below cheers!

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