In behind-the-scenes production for the greater part of a year, Paul van Dyk surprise-revealed this week that a new artist album – his ninth – is inbound this autumn. Signalling a newly galvanized creative stream from the electronic music legend, it will hit October 2018 – just 12 months after his wildly successful, critically embraced comeback LP, ‘From Then On’. …

Frontman Jeffrey Sutorius, of the popular trance formation Dash Berlin, will resume performing under his own name starting October. Sutorius made this decision because he misses his fans and wants to stay connected with them as he works through legal proceedings concerning the usage rights of the stage name Dash Berlin. “The fans and promoters have supported me enormously throughout …

In this day and age, for any come-lately producer looking to make their mark, a debut album must swiftly be realized. Hal Stucker, however, is not any producer and “day and age” – as you’ll see – plays zero part in ‘Electronic Excursions’ reckoning. Hal has no hidden agendas. He doesn’t desire an extra foot up the career ladder, more …

You want it harder, faster and way, way louder?!! Then you’re gonna want it Sneijder, and you’re definitely gonna want it served up live from Buenos Aires! A man always on point, this is trance music served with more extra-shots than you can count and maxed out at XXXL! Music from the blunt-force likes of Richard Durand, Bryan Kearney, Alex …

Shine Ibiza’s is the islands most essential trance party and now the 2018 soundtrack to the brand new event is available digitally and soon on CD. Featuring 23 tracks from the biggest artists in the scene like Cosmic Gate, Aly & Fila, Neelix, Menno de Jong, Ben Nicky, rising star Alex Ryan and many more, it comes in the middle …

In 2016, Juraj ‘Driftmoon’ Klička released ‘(R)Evolution’ – his first artist album. Its arrival provoked a warm reception from DJs, big love from fans and positive noises from the press. This July, less than 24 months on, his sophomore lands. It is a follow-up really in name only. Between the two pieces lies a gulf, striking in both size and …

Ferry Corsten continues to fly the flag for the UNITY project with the latest offering ‘Rosetta’, this time joining up with Jordan Suckley, a standout name in trance who is no stranger to high profile collaborations having previously worked with the likes of Paul Oakenfold and Paul Van Dyk. for the pair’s long overdue and hotly anticipated debut collaboration. Having …

As venerable an institution as exists in trance, ITWT unleashes the latest edition in their mix collection series this July. Having assumed its reins back in 2014, chairman Menno de Jong has A&R’d the label into a new era and brought it alive aspect. Alongside Sneijder and Mike Saint Jules, the Dutchman mixed a disc of its commemorative 20th anniversary …

The two-man front line, DJ/Producer Armin van Buuren and Producer Benno de Goeij (Rank1), have been recording and producing together since the ‘90s. After producing numerous successful albums and a variety of hit singles for Armin van Buuren it was time to form a new group/alter ego called GAIA to captivate the synthesis between old and new and transcend genres. …

It hasn’t even been that long since Armin van Buuren’s ‘Blah Blah Blah’ took the world by storm, but that didn’t stop the five-time #1 DJ in the world from adding three more highly anticipated cuts to the equation. Now also comprising ‘The Last Dancer’ (with Shapov), ‘Just As You Are’ (as Rising Star) and ‘Popcorn’ (with Alexander Popov), the …

Well call off the search, the Big Kahuna of all trance compilations, (the one that MIXMAG no less hailed “the greatest trance series of them all!’) is on the comeback track. And it’s had a bit of a refit! Following the mix tenures of Tiësto and Richard Durand, series guardians Black Hole have shaken up its system and retooled the …

Having quickly accelerated through the dance music ranks with releases on some of the world’s biggest in dance music, EJ, the exclusive and mysterious resident DJ for the global entertainment brand and race championship Formula E, announces his next velocious offering ‘Slipstream’. Out via Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge’s razor-sharp Garuda label, which turned heads this year with legendary club …

Across two Chapters, 2017 saw Cosmic Gate release ‘Materia’ – the most significant and expansive album compendia in their long-playing history. Throughout key points of ‘Materia’s timeline, the ‘How’, ‘What’, ‘When’ and ‘Where’ of its coming-together was captured on film. In ways intimate and surprising, inspiring, challenging and heartening, ‘Materia – The Documentary’ chronicles how the albums of ‘Materia’ were …

Seven years in the waiting, nearly three in the making and a testament to music’s spiritual capacity to heal, ‘No Boundaries’ arrived. Musically, its creator Roger Shah is a man with a considerable amount to say and a tireless amount of studio energy to do it with. Album-wise, however, it’s not often he does it under his own name. Given …

Markus Schulz, aka. The Unicorn Slayer, is undoubtedly one of the most iconic artists in the worldwide Trance Scene and every time we attend any of his events, we end up with a huge smile and happy memories. As summer approaches, we had the chance to chat with Markus in Dubai to talk about his upcoming projects and more. Starting …