John Askew & Shelby Merry - Wild Horse (Original & Siskin Remix)
‘Wild Horse’ is John Askew’s latest collaboration with Shelby Merry and the final single to be released ahead of ‘A Room Full Of Pros And Cons’ - his hotly anticipated third longform. Also taking the role of the album’s swansong finale, comparative to anything John’s released before ‘Wild Horse’ is…
Cosmic Gate - Wake Your Mind Sessions 005
Much has changed in the electronic music sphere since Cosmic Gate last minted a ‘Wake Your Mind Sessions’. It's time in which Nic & Bossi jumped wholeheartedly into the livestreaming space, embracing the medium with a succession of visually captivating sundown shows from rooftops around Miami,…
Cosmic Gate Premiere New Single ‘Trifeca’ During Amare Beach Hotel Ibiza Livestream
If there’s one month that electronic music eyes are most fixed on Ibiza, it’s August … and Cosmic Gate’s are no exception! Sending hot season’s mercury that much higher, Nic & Bossi have teamed up with the island’s Amàre Beach Hotel Ibiza in Cala De Bou. Renowned for some of the most…
Solarstone - Thinking Of You
With some killer producer/singer-songwriter debuts already under his 2024 belt, (‘The One’ and ‘Revelation’ sung by Stine Grove by Evan Henzi to be exactingly specific!), Solarstone’s lifted every club voice this year. Time for some instrumental finery then!? Well yes and no … Like oaks from…
Kate Morgan - Pretty Delusions (Myon Remix)
With only a handful of releases to her name, (‘Pretty Delusions’ representing the second), through the left eye Kate Morgan’s a newcomer. Through the right? She’s amongst electronic music’s most prolific collaborators, having written, co-written and provided vocal aspects for some of its biggest…
Paul Thomas & Christian Burns - Enjoy The Silence
There’s been ‘Hero’s by the dozen, any number of ‘Angels’, likely hundreds of ‘Forevers’ and ‘Tonights’ … but when it comes to song titles, ‘Enjoy The Silence’ stands alone. Even before you’ve laid eyes on its artwork below, likely you already had an excellent idea of what’s incoming (so good in…
Johan Gielen presents Airscape - Pacific Melody (Kryder_s Balearic Breaks Mix)
Let’s see now … ‘Pacific’, ‘Balearic’, ‘Airscape’, rolling surf, crashing waves – yep, reckon we’ve got a summer wonder on our hands! Airscape’s ‘Pacific Melody’ is one of those genre classics that, either by luck or judgement escaped re-release overload. For its first official outing in many a…
John O'Callaghan & Alex Holmes - Devotion
If there’s one month in dance music’s calendar that still speaks to a certain sound, it has to be jolly old June! Promise-filled, positivity-laden and with the distinct suggestion of brighter (doubtless festival-fuelled) days ahead, it’s got a vibe all of its own … It’s also one that John…
Driftmoon x Ruben de Ronde x 88Birds - Colour Of Your Eyes
To say the last twelve months have spelt change for Driftmoon might be the electronic music understatement of the year. In that time, the act’s gone from being an ‘I’ back to a ‘We’, with Miikka Leinonen rejoining Driftmoon’s other founder member Juraj Klička. After seven years apart, the much…
Hypnotised - A Journey Through Belgian Trance Music 1992-2003
FEATURING THE TIMELESS PRODUCTIONS OF CJ BOLLAND, JONES & STEPHENSON, M.I.K.E, AIRSCAPE, V-ONE, VELVET GIRL PLANISPHERE & MANY OTHERS In trance music’s alphabet, G is for Germany, while H could only ever count for Holland … ports-of-call already made by the Hypnotised album series. When it…
Giuseppe Ottaviani - Keep Running
Giuseppe Ottaviani’s 2024 got off to a flying (and distinctively collaborative!) start, as he partnered with singers, songwriters and co-producers from all walks. (‘Carry On’ w/Gareth Emery & Sarah de Warren, x Gabry Ponte & Malou on ‘In My Mind’, Like Mike on ‘Nothing Else Matters’ – to…
John Askew & Shelby Merry - Steady & Stronger
John and Shelby’s paths first crossed when the former relocated Ms. Merry’s ‘When Darkness Comes’ from its folk/country origins to the heart-and-centre of 2022’s international clubfloors. Since John and the Ohio-born/Nashville-based singer have stayed in contact, always contemplating a follow up to…
Solarstone & Evan Henzi - Revelation
On a late February Rotterdam night, midway through his standout ASOT 2024 performance, Solarstone took the wraps off his new single … and it proved to be every bit the ‘Revelation’. Having started the year with his Stine Grove-vocalled ‘The One’, the Pure Trance titan’s swapped the chromosomes for…
Cosmic Gate & Christian Burns - Brave
NIC & BOSSI REVEAL FIRST FRESH 2024 MATERIAL AT ASOT NL Bathed in the moodsome blue light of the titan Ahoy arena, in the opening minutes of their ASOT 2024 set, Cosmic Gate premiered their new single. The response ‘Brave’ received from the tens of thousands gathered in Rotterdam was greater…
Cosmic Gate - North American Tour 2024
NIC & BOSSI PREMIERE THEIR FIRST POST-‘MOSAIIK’ MATERIAL AT ASOT NL, 24.02 March sees Grammy-nominated duo Cosmic Gate break out the North American road map, in readiness for a club-hopping, point-to-point, two-month-tour of the States and Canada. It'll see CG making stops in NA…
Elysian - Sparks In The Night
FOLLOWING THEIR JANUARY DEBUT FOR BLACK HOLE, ILAN BLUESTONE, MAOR LEVI & EMMA HEWITT GO TWO-FOR-TWO WITH A MONSTER, SEND ‘EM HOME WITH A SMILE ANTHEM ‘Light Years’ brought the Elysian trio into the Black Hole Recordings orbit at the start of 2024 and Breda’s finest have wasted little time in…
TVLI - Keep You
KSS3TE’s first sub-label brings a new name and an imaginatively fresh perspective on the deep-and-melodic house sound. KSS3TE After Dark is here! In 2022, Tali’s distinctive TVLI production approach caught the attention of Grammy-nominated musician BT, paving the way for the electronic music…
John O'Callaghan - Pebble Beach
In our current times, we’re all after a bit of reassurance … That John O’Callaghan would start the year with anything other than a gift of track, well, naturally, none needed there! It’s a melodically framed number, the tone of which casts a longing eye at seasons to come. No concerns either about…
Christina Novelli - It’s Not Me, It’s You!
Since her auspicious entry into the electronic music space (ask yourself, how was ‘Concrete Angel’ not GRAMMY-nominated!!?), taking the alt-route has become par for Christina Novelli’s course. To start putting that into context, her new album ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You!’ (out Feb 9) is the direct…
Craig Connelly & Cari - Breathe Again
Having defined 2023’s dancefloor for many with his HALIENE-collabing ‘Other Side Of The World’, today, Craig Connelly makes an early pitch for ‘24’s crown. This time out, he’s teamed with Cari, the Amsterdam-born & based singer-songwriter already behind a succession of floor-formidable…
Elysian - Light Years
ILAN, MAOR & EMMA’S COLLABORATIVE STARCHILD DELIVERS A SPECTACULAR INTRO TO 2024 ‘Light Years’ has travelled 9.46 trillion kms to reach us - impressive given that Elysian (Emma Hewitt, Maor Levi & Ilan Bluestone) only started their collective in 2020. ‘Light Years’ aside, they’ve packed a…