Tag Archives: Black Hole Recordings

Dakota’s Mota-Mota remixes revealed!

Just when you thought the original was enough, Markus Schulz reveals 2 remixes for his Dakota single Mota-Mota by Talla 2XLC & Arkham Knights. Extra crunch to the percussion, added impetus to her tempo, greater stalk to the bass and even more menacing murk to its mainline! Who dares twist ‘Mota-Mota’ into something even moodier, dirtier and more industrial?! That …

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Magic Island Vol.8 mixed by Roger Shah

Musically encapsulating the summertime is something that’s held musicians’ rapt for decades. To some an art form, to others something approaching a science even, but to Roger Shah, it’s more like a calling. In his career that purpose has manifested in many forms. None have been more steadfast and successful than his ‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’ compilation series …

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Simon Templar – Balance

Simon Templar a.k.a. of Jussi Paasonen, Finnish’s master of the finer progressive arts, a thief of altogether trancier hearts and anything-but-occasional agent of dancefloor fission & frisson. For seven years and counting, Simon/Jussi studio-ware has been lighting up labels like Black Hole Recordings, JOOF, Lost Language, Touchstone, Bonzai’s Progrez imprint and Pure Trance Recordings. It is to the latter however …

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Ferry Corsten – Blueprint

After ‘Hello World’ in 2015, it’s about time he reveals a new artist album but this time, the Dutch Trance veteran Ferry Corsten released his Sci-Fi concept album titled ‘Blueprint’ labeled as the ‘most ambitious artist album to date’ by the man himself. For some, the vision of a concept album often lacks that atmosphere enhancing quality but ‘Blueprint’  is …

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Dakota’s next piece is here!

About time Markus has taken the opportunity to drop a taste of his follow-up to the (per Dancing Astronaut), “brooding steamroller” that was ‘Mota-Mota’. A recording whose meticulous development has taken many a month, it’s his club adaptation of Kate Bush’s timeless ‘Running Up That Hill’. From its outset, ‘Running’ echoes the pulsing feel of the original, never losing a …

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DREAMSTATE Vol.1 Mixed by Paul Oakenfold

Fresh from throwing the highest party in the world on Mt. Everest, the legendary artist Paul Oakenfold and Insomniac’s dedicated trance brand, Dreamstate, teamed up to release a monumental 20-track compilation, Dreamstate Volume One. Acting as the brand ambassador and an influential figure in the trance space, Paul Oakenfold rigorously curated and mixed the perfect culmination of sounds that will …

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Interview with Game Chasers: Shant & Clint Maximus

Shant & Clint Maximus, aka Game Chasers, are back with a beautiful collaboration with JES on Magik Muzik/Black Hole Recordings, set for release on April 28th and featuring a Markus Schulz Remix + a Deeper Mood Mix and we had the pleasure to have a quick interview with the boys to talk a bit about their release, production & more. …

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Solarstone Presents .—- (Artist Album)

You’ve seen the signs lately, read them well and decoded them accurately. Those instincts will serve you better than you know as Solarstone’s fifth album project gears up. It’s been five years since the trance maven last released a studio album. It’s fair to say though that his hands have been plenty busy meantime. Let’s not forget though the launching …

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Solarstone – A State Of Mind

In times where the urge to re-join the Trance Scene from the ones who left is increasing, the least thing we can do is giving credit to one of Trance’s patrons, who stayed and saw its ‘renaissance’ 5 years ago and via his Pure Trance revolution, Solarstone helped turn prophecy into reality. What then does Solarstone do for an encore? …

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Mark Sherry Pres. OUTBURST 500

Time flies. Especially when you’re doing what you love, and that’s undeniably the case for Mark Sherry and his radio show. For 10 years, his Outburst outreach has done more than any other to develop and advance the nexus between Trance and Techno and to celebrate 500 episodes, Mark has painstakingly selected and mixed a sonic portrait of his last …

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