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Paul Oakenfold x Markus Schulz x Grace - Not Over Yet
Read more . . . →Two trance institutions in one credit line. Paul Oakenfold basically helped invent the modern superstar DJ template, and Markus Schulz has been holding the global club night sound together for twenty-plus years, so a collab on “Not Over Yet” reads like a summit meeting. The Grace vocal is the giveaway about where this is aimed, pulling from that classic late-90s trance vocal lineage that still gives goosebumps to anyone who was there. It’s nostalgic without feeling like a tribute band. The production is widescreen and polished, the kind of mix that sounds enormous on a festival rig and still works...
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Kiholm & LEA KEY - Take Me Back
Read more . . . →Kiholm teaming up with LEA KEY on “Take Me Back” lands right in that sweet, nostalgic pocket of melodic dance music that pulls at something without being manipulative about it. The vocal is wistful and warm, a plea for return that the production wraps in shimmering synths and a steady, propulsive beat. There’s a real sense of yearning baked into the whole arrangement, the kind that makes a packed room go quiet for a second before the drop sends everyone moving again. Kiholm has a deft touch with these emotional builds, never rushing the payoff. The melody is the star...
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SUPERSTRINGS - NEON DUSK PROTOCOL (Live at EDC Las Vegas 2026)
Read more . . . →Second EDC 2026 clip in the queue and SUPERSTRINGS went a darker, more cinematic route than Ship Wreck. “NEON DUSK PROTOCOL” sounds exactly like its ridiculous name, in the best possible way, all sci-fi tension and arpeggios that feel like a synthwave movie chase scene scored for 40,000 sweaty people. The all-caps title had me bracing for cheese and instead I got genuinely menacing trance with teeth. The breakdown around the midpoint strips everything back to a single pulsing line before the whole machine roars back to life, and the crowd reaction on the clip says it landed in person....
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Ship Wreck - The Function (Live at EDC Las Vegas 2026)
Read more . . . →EDC Las Vegas 2026 footage is starting to leak out and Ship Wreck’s set is the first one worth your time. “The Function” played live in front of a desert crowd that size hits completely different than it would in your kitchen, and even through a phone camera and YouTube compression you can feel the floor moving. This is big-room trance built for exactly this moment: hands up, lasers everywhere, 40,000 people pretending they’re not exhausted at 3am. The build is patient and almost cruel about how long it makes you wait, then the release actually justifies it, which is...
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Eynka feat. Låpsley - Promises
Read more . . . →Låpsley’s voice does something specific to electronic music — it cools it down by a few degrees in a way that makes the warm parts hit harder by contrast. Eynka have clearly understood this and built an entire track around it. Promises is melodic trance but it doesn’t push into the overwrought territory a lot of melodic trance tends toward. The restraint is what makes it. There’s a sense of longing running through the whole track that the production matches without overselling it. Armada puts out a lot of music and a lot of it blurs together, but this one...
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Eelke Kleijn - Tonco Liveset (Armada Invites)
Read more . . . →Sometimes you don’t want a three-minute hit, you want to disappear into a full set, and Eelke Kleijn’s Armada Invites session at Tonco is built for exactly that. This is melodic, progressive, deeply-patient house and trance from a guy who has been doing it long enough to have nothing left to prove. The setting helps: gorgeous location, golden-hour light, the kind of crowd that came to listen rather than film. Kleijn reads a room better than almost anyone, layering tracks so smoothly you stop noticing the transitions and just let the thing carry you. Put this on while you work,...
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Yomanda - Sunshine (MDDLTN Re-Edit)
Read more . . . →Yomanda’s “Sunshine” has been quietly iconic in UK trance circles since the late 90s, and MDDLTN’s re-edit does exactly what a good re-edit should — it makes you hear the original differently without touching what made it work in the first place. The production update modernizes the sound without scrubbing the soul out of it, which is a line a lot of re-edits badly fail to walk. The bassline gets a bit more presence, the arrangement breathes differently, and the hook still absolutely slaps. This is the kind of trance that has genuine emotional weight rather than just the obligatory...
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THEMBA x DJ Kent x David Morales - Alegria
Read more . . . →Three legends converging on one track is either peak collab or peak ego, and THEMBA x DJ Kent x David Morales’s “Alegria” thankfully lands in the former category. Armada got this one and it feels right — there’s a warmth and a lift to it that matches the label’s energy. The afro-house influence THEMBA always brings meshes surprisingly well with Morales’s classic house DNA, and DJ Kent holds the whole thing together without anyone stepping on anyone else. “Alegria” means joy in several languages and the track earns that name honestly — it doesn’t just claim to be uplifting, it...
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Atlantis - Fiji (Oliver Smith Remix)
Read more . . . →Oliver Smith remixing anything guarantees a certain quality ceiling and this one hits it. The original Fiji has been doing rounds in trance circles for a while, and Oliver Smith takes it somewhere more propulsive without stripping what made it worth remixing in the first place. Anjunabeats as a home for this makes sense — they have a specific taste in how melodic trance should be structured and this fits. The breakdown is where the remix earns its keep: about three minutes in everything opens up into something that sounds genuinely vast before the beat comes back and grounds it....
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Armin van Buuren & Argy feat. Marlo Rex - Like A Child (Live @ EDC Las Vegas 2026)
Read more . . . →Armin at EDC Las Vegas is always going to be Armin at EDC Las Vegas. The Argy collab adds some texture to what would otherwise be predictable trance territory. The crowd reaction says everything you need to know. More like this Armin van Buuren & ARGY feat. Marlo Rex - Like A Child (Live from Ultra Miami 2026) Armin van Buuren x Hannah Laing x Wippenberg - U Got 2 Know (Live @ EDC Las Vegas 2026) Armin van Buuren x Alle Farben feat. ROSY - Lost In Time (Live at Tomorrowland Brasil 2026)
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