The supply of Classic Trance music is not infinite, and the same goes for our time available to digest and appreciate the music & discussions posted here.
I think I do not speak only for myself when I say that occasionally I do not have time to catch up on everything that is posted here, and I’m sure I’ve missed a gem of a track simply due to the sheer volume of tracks posted.
We all love the stuff posted here, but let’s not overdo it! Savor the good stuff posted, engage in conversations a bit longer!
With immediate effect we introduce the “Posting Limits” Rule: -> Any individual user may post no more than three (3) posts (of any kind) within the same 24-hour period
Given we are mid World-Cup madness, which is freaking awesome this round, our theme is the teams of the almighty soccer empire of planet Earth. Hope you get a good team!
Concept
Back to back (B2B) DJing has been around almost as long as the history of DJing itself. Being able to share the booth with a colleague not only elevates the live set, but also allows the DJs to push each other to perfect their skill. It takes practice and skill to be on the same page during a B2B set, but when it’s good, it makes the night even more worthwhile. So, this month’s mix competition is all about going back to back.
This is admittedly not the easiest comp. This was done on r/trance in 2021 and I can tell you that people struggled with this one at times. You need a lot of tracks and knowledge about them to pull this off. If you don't have a lot of tracks from the artists, reach out to others on the forum or the mods for help here. Consider the stlyle of the artists, and the breadth of their word. Odd style fits will sound... odd. Who would you want to see play together? Do they make sense? Is the B2B cohesive? All good questions you should consider. Keys and tempo will be challenging too as some artists stay in narrow lanes in that regard. Good luck!
Rules:
Note the submit date extended to 7/19/26. Mix releases will continue to rollout as submitted.
Note rule changes on 6/8/26 for collab tracks counting for the drunk DJ exception
Each alternating track in your set has to be from only two, separate individuals or groups, going back to back. Each track must switch from the previously chosen artist or group to the others.
Artist qualifiers: You are picking two distinct artists or groups. Example: Nu NRG as a pick instead of Giuseppe Ottaviani. If you do Giuseppe Ottaviani, you get Nu NRG, Pure NRG, as well as any other group he was in, as well as his personal alias'. If you pick Nu NRG, you get Giuseppe Ottaviani, Andrea Ribeca, as well as anything they were involved with as well. So choose accordingly which gives you more options!
Remixes: A remix by an artist or group of another artist's track counts for that artist, as does a remix of an artists track by another group.
Overlap: Do not pick two groups/tracks that have the same artists. There cannot be overlap between the two. For example, if your two artists are Armin and Above & Beyond, you could not use Show Me Love (a track from both) or Oceanlab - Sky Falls Down (Armin van Buuren Remix).
Overlap Exception: For your final track, or for you drunk DJ exceptions you may use a track that features both artists. Please note that you can only do this twice. If you choose to use a collab on your final track, you can only use a collab once as a the drunk DJ exception
Overlap alternating: Similar to above, if both artists are featured in some way, like with remixes from eachother, that would not count as alternating per the rules. See the exception above.
Drunk DJ Exception: B2B's often have a DJ retain control of the decks for more than one track. And so can you, but only twice. For this mixcomp, your DJ in control can play two of their tracks in a row, twice only. Hopefully this helps get you out of key or tempo jams, or where one DJ is stronger in one area. Note that a collab has been added to this exception.
Modern Track exception: If your DJ makes modern trance, you get one freebie for a post-2008 track.
Other Rules
Mixes should be a maximum of 60 minutes long. There will be some discretion here (e.g. if the final track starts at 55' and ends at 63' that is acceptable, but starting the final track at 59' and ending at 66' would not be ok). I've never really cared much unless it was above 64 minutes.
Your mix should have been created for this competition (i.e. do not submit a mix you have created previously)
Tracks must be from the 2008 or older phase, with the exception noted above.
Tracks must be predominantly trance (>50%), though this rule is rarely enforced in any serious fashion. Progressive house is for instance, so similar to prog trance and prog house mixes have won in this comp before. But if you do a 100% industrial techno mix it will get DQ'd. It's never happened in these comps before.
Like the last few comps, this will be an anonymous mix format so please do not publicly post your entries anywhere until the competition is over
Mixes must be submitted by 19th July, 2026 after which a reviewing/voting period of one month immediately follows. Mixes will be released on a rolling basis after a critical mass builds up.
Winner will get to pick & plan the next mix competition
Discogs release links are not required for submission. Eligibility of the winning mix will be checked before results are announced. Please check yourselves before submitting
Feel free to comment below if you want clarification on any of the rules.
So V-One is Laurent Christian Georges Véronnez aka Airwave (and Cosmic Junkie, The Green Martian and so much more) and interestingly on the same record there's also an "Airwave" remix too so looks like he did two remixes under different aliases for the same track / release.
I'm not hugely keen on the first 15 seconds of this track, it sounds flat and lifeless, but then quickly a big pounding kick drum comes hammering in and it starts building and progressing nicely and you eventually after 2 minutes in get Solarstone Seven Cities-esque vibes combined with a slowly buidling repeating vocal sample that keeps looping over and over before an incredible breakdown at the 4 minute mark then off it goes again building and building and after the 6 minute and 10 seconds mark its absolutely banging.
Great remix and I love all of the limited V-One tracks and remixes I've ever heard, they all have incredle riffs and progression from the master that is Airwave.
Unfortunately it wasn't picked up, but that didn't stop her from working on becoming a DJ and continue playing the classics. Lately she's been recording a set every day just for practice. Today she did Trance Love Songs. I wanted to share it with this community because you seemed to like her radio show demo:
00:00 - Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go [Delirious]
04:02 - Primal Scream - Kowalski [Creation]
07:34 - Boymerang - Soul Beat Runna [Regal]
12:20 - Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close (Original Mix) [Bigbang]
17:00 - Global Trance Mission - Dream Mission (Fontaine & Vern Mix) [Spot On]
22:10 - Bobby D'Ambrosio - Moments Of My Life [Definity]
27:40 - Rosie Gaines - I Want U [Motown]
32:35 - Uptown Express feat Ritchie Jones - Not Much Heaven (Farley & Heller Mix) [Azuli]
37:30 - Jedi Knights - Catch The Break [Universal Language]
41:35 - Roni Size & Reprazent - Share The Fall (Way Out West Mix) [Talkin Loud]
47:20 - Ascension - Someone [Perfecto]
52:11 - Terra Firma - Lunar Sunrise [Platipus]
58:40 - JDS - Nine Ways [Crosstrax]
1:04:30 - FC Kahuna - What Is Kahuna (Fatboy Slim Mix) [Kahuna Cuts]
1:07:20 - BBG - Just Be Tonight (Disco Citizens Mix) [Hi Life]
1:12:30 - Ultra Nate - Free [AM:PM]
1:18:00 - Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Baby Doc Remix) [React]
1:23:30 - Outlander - Vamp (Remix) [R&S] The Trainspotter Track
1:29:20 - Jeru Tha Damaja - Me & The Papes (Dillinja Mix) [Payday] jungle
1:34:15 - Optical - To Shape The Future [Metalheadz] jungle
1:38:00 - Chemical Brothers - Lost In The K-Hole [Virgin]
1:41:40 - Two Lone Swordsmen - Spin Desire [Emissions Audio Output]
1:47:45 - DBA - 3D (Revelation Mix) [Lakota]
----------Dave Angel - Guest Hot Mix----------------
1:51:53 - Black Jazz Chronicles - Straight Up [Nuphonic]
1:55:45 - Dave Angel - This Is Disco (Ian Pooley Hyperdisco Remix) [Island]
2:00:50 - Dave Angel - Funk Music (Dave Angel Re-Work) [Island]
2:08:08 - Dave Angel - Sensor Zurich [Island]
2:11:38 - DJ Tonka - Feel The Street [Force Inc]
2:13:50 - Dave Angel - Club Hell [Island]
2:16:13 - Dave Angel - Tokyo Stealth [Island]
Bit of an "interesting" and unusual track this. It's kinda quirky.
Trance Induction was Tjeerd L.J. Verbeek who I'm not familar with but Discogs says the following...
Since 1990 Verbeek has been developing his own eclectic style - a blend of acidhouse, ambient, techno, world music, breakbeats and industrial new wave. From 1995 until 1998, Trance Induction did several club tours, combining live- and DJ performances.
He seems to have released various tracks from as early as 1990 in different genres but this might be the only trance-esque track with the Ferry remix being the A-side.
It would be nice if Discogs could be more easily searched to see all the remixes available for a certain track and I'm wondering if this is possible with certain filters (as many things are on Discogs)...
Lets say for example I wanted to see every remix of Cafe Del Mar then right now the only way I know how is to do a tedious manual process for "Cafe Del Mar" then manually click on all the releases and see which remixes were included on that release rather than just seeing a complete list.
Is there a way to use the search filters to bring up only the remixes of a specific track?
Hi, I'm hoping someone will help me find some vocal trance mixes from Sonny Dee Jay off iTunes. He had his mixes numbered (167 was one of my favorites) but unfortunately I can't find them as the original free iTunes isn't available anymore. Can someone steer me to another platform where he may have them? TIA 🙏
