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New Trance Tracks | 12 October 2009

Stuart — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:12:34 +0000

Hope you are all enjoying the first day of the week (at time of writing Haha!). Very much a busy week for lots of producers on Twitter tweeting they are getting their heads down in the studio, and we all like the sound of that as it means more of the following tracks listed below.

This week I’m inviting you all to make a comment and in return I will let you pick a new release and write a few sentences about it to be featured on the site next week. Get your thinking caps on as to what has not been already placed on here in the past week, or a track you know is going to be released in the next 7 days.
So go simply make a comment at the bottom and then on the contact page send me your short review including the track details (Artist, Title, Mix and Label) and a link to the track or where it is going to be released

Vengeance – Dawn Of The Uprising (Lehm & Gras Remix)
A State of Trance
DJdownload.com link

This weeks first track has been brought to my attention by TrackItDown.net having a later release date than DJdownload.com (but I’ve loaded it up in their player anyway above). A nice driving number and I love the trademark trance claps and rolling bassline throughout the Lehm & Gras Remix.

Ron van den Beuken – Euphoria (Club Mix)
RR Recordings
DJdownload.com link

The Club Mix is a mighty fine trancer for the hands in the air folk who like to up the tempo! I’ve also added in the player the Dub Mix that is some what progressive with a nice groovy swing.

Tom Colontonio – Lifetime Connection (John O’Callaghan Remix)
Liquid Recordings
DJdownload.com link

JoC action on the remix…nice! If you have been begging for some of his techier side that has been missing due to releases like Never Fade Away then you’re in for an Irish treat.

Hodel – Last Wish (Andy Tau Remix)
Perceptive Recordings
DJdownload.com link

Nice BIG uplifting trance music here…loving the whole lot but Andy Tau is the one in the bag for me!

Leigh Brooks & Fabio Stein – Razor Edge (Original Mix)
Couture
DJdownload.com link

Leigh Brooks hooks up the fabulous Fabio Stein and drop a bomb off a track on the label of the moment when it comes to tech-trance. Big sounds all round from the bass kick to riff that kicks in and carries on through the break. Perfect speaker damage!

Organ Donors – 99.9 (Scot Project’s Under The Kniife Remix)
Nukleuz
DJdownload.com link
I know the likes of many people will pick the Mark Sherry & James Allan Remix, but to me Scot project is the daddy of hard trance sounds! Take your pick of either but the Scot Project mix flicks my switch with the massive kick and subtle breakdown that slowly but surely builds back into a hard as nails track – not for the faint hearted trance fan

Wade Bennet – Amber (Beta Blokka Remix)
Spaced Out Recordings
DJdownload.com link
Taking it down a notch (or three) is Wade Bennet’s Amber. I really must do a better job at keeping up to date with Spaced Out Recordings releases, they always surprise me with their melodies and quality of productions.

Lange feat. Tracey Carmen – Happiness Happening (Lange 2009 Mix)
Lange Recordings
TrackItDown.net link
We all know this one surely?? All join in when your ready… “Everything will be perfect, tonight and forever!” Spruced up by Lange for 2009, this classic vocal breaths again!

Dave and Oliver – Fascinante
Only One Records
TrackItDown.net link
Only One Records pushing more fine uplifting trance out of their stable door…love the guitar work and floating synth work in the background.
The other release Magic Garden that goes with this is completely weird, I really do hope they concentrate on the finer releases such as this as they really could go far making this stuff the staple sound of their label.

Cosmic Gate feat. Aruna – Under Your Spell (Duderstadt Remix)
Black Hole Recordings
TrackItDown.net link
Taking it down to something progressive at the end… I could of picked the Myon and Shane 54 Monster Mix, but to be honest, as much as it is a good track it is nothing new from them and this remix does the track more justice in my opinion Let me know if your view is different down below of course!

If you are still here and reading this, then well done on sticking with me! Do remember to leave a comment and then fire me a message through the contact page of what you would like featured remembering what I said to include at the start of the post

Stuart

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RR Recordings for Trance Tuesday!

Stuart — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:42:22 +0000

This week’s Trance Tuesday is featuring the label RR Recordings. I really have enjoyed their work immensely recently and have featured a few of their tracks on my round up of new releases each week.

RR recordings originally started out as RR records founded by Ron van den Beuken with the first release in 2001 called ‘Mystery’ produced under his alias The Mystery. 2009 saw the name change to RR recordings and re-launch under the parent company Spinnin’ Records. Since then there has been multiple releases (I count six at time of writing with various remixes) that take a familiar sound and drive it home once again to the dance floor.

Some of my favourites so far have been the labels rework of The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ and Chicane’s ‘Saltwater’, in the form of Cartouche’s ‘Bitter Sweet’ and Ron Van Den Beuken’s ‘Faraway (Harry’s Game)’ respectively. Their back catalogue is worth checking out too with releases from Sam Sharp and DJ Tatana.

Click here to keep up to date with Spinnin’ Records.
Click here for their releases on TrackItDown.net

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If you think you have what it takes to be featured for Trance Tuesday please feel free to use the Contact Page to get in touch.

Stuart

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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Top 5 New Trance Tracks 20-04-09

Stuart — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:27:01 +0000

Ok it’s a day late but here is my Top 5 New Trance Tracks for the 20th April!

I hope you all had a wonderful time listening to what you could of A State of Trance over the weekend. It was without a doubt amazing to hear of 11,000 plus people from across the globe tuning in via the video stream and multiple audio streams. Without a doubt Armin van Buuren has sent a benchmark that will be hard to beat. Was nice to connect with lots of you on Twitter too through the hashtag #asot400

Anyway, back on topic…

Cartouche – Bitter Sweet (Extended Mix)
RR Recordings
TrackItDown.net link

As the title suggests, yes it is a mix of the Verve’s – Bitter Sweet Symphony. No vocals but the sweeping strings are all over it. I maybe a little early shouting out this one as there is only the Extended Mix available which I think has the potential for better things, though I still think it is a lovely take that will raise a cheer from the dance floor.

Oen Bearen – Ajoyable (Original Mix)
Stampgevaar Digital
DJdownload.com link

I don’t hear many tracks who treat their breakdowns and what they involve after with the care and attention as they once use to. I’m loving the subtle sound of this one and the way Oen Bearen carrys it through when it kicks back in, rather than inducing us with electro inspired basslines that is all the trend lately (E.g. Simon Patterson – Bulldozer).

Push – Universal Nation (Guy Mearns Remix)
Progrez
DJdownload.com link

Another nice progressive number with remix duties by Guy Mearns getting a release on Progrez, after being featured on Bonzai’s labels twice already! A nice change from his tougher numbers on Lee Haslam’s Digital Remedy Recordings, and really shows he can diversify his sound.

Mandy Lou – Madystic (Original Mix)
Sphere Traxxx
TrackItDown.net

This has been out for a while but I have only just picked up on it. I’m loving the interesting arrangement, it is an intelligent tech-trance affair not for the faint hearted! I can see why DJ Choose has put this one in his box.

Night Liberator – Artificial Pervasion (Charlie G & Vandall Remix)
CGI Records
TrackItDown.net link

More awesome tech-trance with one massive breakdown. With support from Judge Jules (featuring on his Radio 1 show) and played out by the likes of Yoji (Night Liberator added to HellHouse Recordings too!) and Scot Project, hell even Ferry Corsten is all over it! It is one for the shopping cart tech-trance lovers!!

That’s it for this week, sorry it was a day late readers!
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Stuart

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