Armin van Buuren has shared his end of year A State Of Trance mix.
Two months on from celebrating his 20th consecutive year in the top 5 of the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll, the Dutch trance legend has unveiled the eighteenth installment of the series, based on his radio show of the same name. Listen to the mix below.
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support the release of a brand new documentary, 'All We Wanna Do Is Dance', which captures the explosion of acid house and rave culture from the late '80s through into the '90s.
The film – directed, edited and self-financed until now by Gordon Mason – is made up of archival footage, much of it never-seen-before and captured from 1988 onwards, from various dance music hubs, such as Chicago, Manchester, London and Ibiza.
Ministry of Sound Classical is returning to London later this year.
As well as a six-week series of parties starting from June, the legendary London institution will celebrate its 30th anniversary with Ministry of Sound Classical: Three Decades of Dance at the O2 Arena on 13th November.
You can now watch a documentary about Paul Oakendfold’s DJ set at the top of Mount Everest.
With news having emerged last month of an immersive Human Traffic-themed experience coming to London's Printworks next year, Carl Cox has now shared a trailer teasing further information on the event, returning as Human Traffic character Pablo Hassan.
Paul Oakenfield will perform at a 'Storm' Area 51 basecamp experience tonight (20th).
No stranger to performing at obscure locations, including Stonehenge, alongside Carl Cox, the Great Wall of China, and Mount Everest Basecamp, legendary trance DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold will perform at the ‘Storm’ Area 51 Basecamp experience at the Alien Research Center on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
In an era when misdirection and mistruth is commonplace, its seems natural to question the authenticity and authorship of the music we love. If an album or single is advertised as the work of a named, credited artist, most would assume that they were the sole creator of the work. The small print might say otherwise, but who regularly checks these details?
Since the early ’90s, when pioneers like Ferry Corsten, Paul Van Dyk, and Jam & Spoon crafted some of the earliest and best-loved trance records, the genre has gone through huge swings in popularity. Today, the sound is as strong as ever, as artists like Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, and plenty of newcomers fly the flag for trance the world over. To find out why the genre has endured for so long, we spoke to some of its greatest producers – and some of their answers may surprise you.
HOW HAS TRANCE CHANGED SINCE ITS EARLY DAYS?
MATT DAREY: Trance is a chameleon of electronic genres. It’s fused with, and taken influence, from every other genre along its journey. The old sounds return, then fuse with the new.
LORENZO SENNI: My interest in trance is focused on the build-up. I believe that trance evolved into EDM, which pushed the limits of what the build-up can do. Tension and release becomes a psychotic rollercoaster of emotions – the audience is already bored a few seconds after the drop, so there’s always a need for a new build-up to keep the attention high. This is taken to an extreme now, but I’m pleased to see that, actually.
WHY DO NEW GENERATIONS KEEP FALLING IN LOVE WITH TRANCE?
MATT DAREY: I think it’s the way that trance feels like a universal family, connected and nurtured by fans, DJs, and producers. Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren in particular are titanic forces in this, focusing their efforts on maintaining this family feeling. They’ve undoubtedly kept the genre growing.
San Francisco club Mezzanine will close after losing its lease, with the final parties set for late-2019.
The independent venue has been a staple of the region's club scene since opening in 2003, hosting names ranging from LCD Soundsystem to Rusko, Paul Oakenfold to Lena Willikens and Floating Points.
