XiJaro & Pitch - Chasing Dreams - The Album

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you … This is indeed the second XiJaro & Pitch release carrying the ‘Chasing Dreams’ title in 2023. Underlining the importance the mantra holds for the Dutch/Belgium pairing, it heralded not only their first single of the year, but also now their first longplay…


Giuseppe Ottaviani & Ferry Corsten - Magenta (Fisherman Remix)

In 2023 there’s no better (or neater!) time to remix-rewind a decade to 2013. Incredibly perhaps, it’s now a full 10 since Ferry Corsten collaborated with Giuseppe on the vibrant title track of the latter’s second longplayer. Outside of its initial M.I.K.E. and Greg Downey offerings however, it’s…


Emma Hewitt x Roman Messer - Fallen

Emma Hewitt’s songwriting has often gravitated towards the introspective. Her penchant for stripping back the layers to revisit formative experiences and the quieter moments in her work was elevated to an entirely new level on her 2023, recollection-themed Ghost Of The Light LP. Last month, Emma’s…


Christina Novelli & Sarah de Warren - Leaving Me

Artist x artist; artist x remixer; singer x artist – hey, we can do that all day! Singer x singer though, now that’s not something you see (or hear!) all too often. There’s no secret as to the ‘why’ either, as it’s amongst the trickiest of creative balances to strike. At the core of the most…


Greenhaven DJs - Vagabond EP

NYC-BASED DUO SHOWCASE NEW EP THROUGH BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL LIVESTREAM Powered by Cosmic Gate’s Wake Your Mind Records, Greenhaven DJs have always existed at the more experimental end of progressive’s spectrum. Today however, through their ‘Vagabond EP’, the duo are pushing that future-music…


PARAFRAME - Panic

In 2021 Pavel Khvaleev advanced a bold new vision that began to challenge the very idea of what an electronic music release was. Created as much for eye as ear, his multisensory ‘Exhale’ album launched the Pavel Khvaleev Presents PARAFRAME experience. From its commencement Pavel’s intention was…


Siskin - Adrenaline EP

Siskin’s been asking some big questions of late ... However, they’ve always been rhetorical in nature! Last month ‘Are We Dreaming’s query had an autobiographical element to it, while the answer to this August’s ‘Can You Feel It’ is as foregone as conclusions get! Through the ‘Dopamine’,…


John O'Callaghan, Paul Skelton & Sue McLaren - Power Of Now

John O'Callaghan is clearly in an ensemble mood this summer. No sooner has his x Tom Colontonio x Sinead McCarthy ‘Reality’ release taken clubbier capitals by storm (yes, we’re looking at you, Ibiza!), he’s back with another crew … and another earthmover. ‘Power Of Now’s release though is coming at…


Emma Hewitt x Solarstone - Children

What would the world look like if adults built relationships in the same carefree manner as children? Drawn from her recollection-themed Ghost Of The Light album, that’s the intriguing focus of Emma Hewitt’s new single. With the song-centric album version already beguiling fans and baiting…


Siskin - Are We Dreaming

Given all that’s happened in Sue McLaren and Suzanne Chesterton’s musical lives over the last twelve months, you might wonder if there’s an autobiographical element to ‘Are We Dreaming’. Having exploded onto the scene in 2022, the all-singing/spinning sistership have debut-wowed at numerous…


Christina Novelli - Heavy EP

In name, nature (and track number!), no one reigns quite as ‘Heavy’ as Christina Novelli! Promising much at ‘23’s outset, she quickly delivered with her Paul Oakenfold and Richard Durand team-ups. However, it’s the English singer/songwriter’s new solo standalone material that’s garnered the…


Activa - Movement (V. 01)

The last few years have seen a significant flurry of activity from the Activa camp, made all the more notable as it followed a period of pause for Rob Stevenson. Says the UK based DJ/producer, “there were a number of years where I no longer felt the same connection to what was happening musically…


Craig Connelly & HALIENE - Other Side Of The World

After a hot run of 2022 releases on his own Higher Ground imprint, Craig Connelly’s been spreading the label love farther afield this year. Respectively, Kearnage and Subculture received ‘Spicy Broth’ and ‘Excelsior’, while - in its formidable Giuseppe Ottaviani remix form, Black Hole the label…


John O'Callaghan, Tom Colontonio & Sinead McCarthy - Reality

John O’Callaghan and Tom Colontonio have known each other virtually since the dawn of trance-time! They’ve recorded together and remixed each other’s work, while Tom became a notable part of Subculture’s early fabric. However, it’s been a decade or more since the release of the pair’s ‘Through The…


Beatport & John 00 Fleming Collaborate To Curate A New Wave of Trance Music For The Platform

Beatport and John 00 Fleming usher in a new chapter in trance’s storied history, as the store launches Trance: Raw / Hypnotic / Deep - their second official sub-set for the genre. To bring greater fluency to trance’s always expanding spectrum, the move has been one that Beatport and John 00…


Pure Progressive Vol. 3 (Mixed by Slam Duck)

Progressive didn’t give birth to the mix-comp, but through the fabled likes of ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘Global Underground’, it did elevate it to a higher form. With its eponymous album series, it is to these lofty heights that Solarstone’s Pure Progressive aspires. In order to reach them however,…


Solarstone - Hope (Cold Blue Remix)

Solarstone and Cold Blue have both had hot remix runs of late. Solarstone’s been on the receiving end, most recently with LostLegend’s killer ‘Shards’ remake), while Tobias has been delivering on Thrillseekers’ ‘Standing On The Edge Of Space’ for his new Cold Blue Recordings label. You’d need to…


Emma Hewitt - Ghost Of The Light

The depth of Emma Hewitt’s artistry is on full display as she returns in the roles of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer on her astonishing new album, Ghost Of The Light. From its inception, Emma has been artistic master and servant to her second longform. Involved in every…


Bryan Kearney & Bo Bruce - Shine A Light

Bryan Kearney and Bo Bruce have history … or at least more history than their shared discography might suggest! The pair have been discussing the right project to collaborate on, pretty much since Bryan remixed Bo & Gareth Emery’s ‘U’ … all the way back in 2014! However, more attuned…


Solarstone - Shards (LostLegend Remix)

Master of the compact title, Solarstone’s been on a single word roll over the last few months, letting the music behind ‘Sovereign’, Hope and ‘Vision’ do all the necessary ‘talking’. While ‘Shards’ continues that run of succinctness, the track’s lineage dates back less months and more years. It was…


Christina Novelli - We're Home

With Christina killer Original, a floor-assailing Daxson rework and a nothing less than astonishing official video (with Novelli 40ft underwater in a Mexican limestone cenote!), ‘Heavy’ made quite the impact last month. Not only was it the DJ/vocalist’s first standalone outing of 2023, but also the…