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BT_-_Untitled.jpg “Prophet”, “visionary”; “maven”, “auteur”: when it comes to descriptions of the renowned, Brian Transeau’s likely heard them all. Engineer of ‘IMA’, ‘ESCM’, ‘Movement In Still Life’ and others - his discography is lined with albums that qualify amongst electronic music’s most seminal. Now, in a continuance of his more experimental/theoretical releases, BT has crafted a spiritual successor to works like 2006’s ‘This Binary Universe’ and 'If The Stars Were Eternal' (2012). ‘Dash’…

Eco-Wolves-400x400.jpg If it feels like Eco has fallen somewhat release-quiet of late, well it’s not without good reason. Until a few years ago a veritable dynamo, no trance season was quite complete without a complement of his singles. As quixotically beautiful as their titles were intriguingly cryptic & enigmatic, ‘The Light In Your Eyes Went Out’, ‘Walkabout’, ‘A Million Sounds, A Thousand Smiles’, ‘Staring At The Sea’ and dozens of others came to rank amongst trance’s most imaginative and es…

youtube.com/watch?v=rma3cIIq6dk soundcloud.com/vanditrecords/d…d-lowe-our-day-radio-edit attachment.php Hot off the back of their debut team-up for VANDIT, David Forbes & Richard Lowe are right back at it and delivering another exceptional piece of floor-ware. As with their spring-released ‘March Skies’, ‘Our Day’ ably demonstrates that sophisticated production & soundcraft can go hand-in-hand with club-ripping, mass effect music! David & Richard cast the front end of ‘Our Day’ out of bitterswee…

youtube.com/watch?v=EJCAZrW8hwA attachment.php Next-gen live-on-stage concept performances, bold new studio directions and - most recently - breaking artist album news… Electronic music artisan Giuseppe Ottavani has already given the scene plenty to consider and plenty to cheer in 2016. Following the spellbinding ‘Slow Emotion’ in July, the Italian beats the ‘ALMA’ album drum that much harder today, with the release of its second single, ‘Brightheart’. Flipping his of-late script, the track repr…

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youtube.com/watch?v=vrIlMUeLZzo attachment.php Grotesque by name, though more striking and energetic in nature, RAM’s vision of trance could scarcely be more uplifting. Powered by his unswerving studio, DJ and event work, the Dutchman has long since forged his own sound for the genre.Ever wondered though what the trance classics of yesteryear would sound like, had they been produced in the Grotesque times of today? Well wonder no more! Launching this week, the Grotesque Reworked label has that e…

youtube.com/watch?v=DKbffyjhDdQ attachment.php Even by VANDIT’s own lofty standards, the label’s mission to bring you the cream of nu-skool trance has been in even richer form than usual of late. Just 4 months back Goodgreef resident James Cottle opened his account with Berlin’s label legionnaires with (appropriately enough) the mighty ‘Opener’. Now, in quick-heeled fashion, the young man from Durham is back and ready to mainline summer 2016 with his second floor cutter, ‘Rudimental’! Get ‘Rudim…

youtube.com/watch?v=nyrKp-lpH9I solarstone-herald.jpg Just when you thought that summer 2016 had delivered in every conceivable way… here’s Solarstone to make absolutely certain of it! This year’s already seen the Pure Trance master lift dancefloors and gift radio shows & streaming platforms with ‘Lost Hearts’ – his spring-released, chart-scaling anthem. Cut from much the same harmonic cloth as ‘Hearts’, early September heralds ‘Herald’ - its seasonally sonic, summer-concluding compadre! Out thr…

CqKA_nTW8AAW58m-400x400.jpg youtube.com/watch?v=yEfD35NKnAM There are many accomplishments within Markus Schulz's career, which have cemented his legacy in the electronic world. Legendary DJ sets, a legion of followers to his Global DJ Broadcast radio show, and another he holds dear to his heart - his Coldharbour Recordings label - not only showcasing his own work, but discovering and nurturing talents towards an ascension in the DJ circuit. Pick up ‘Sestertius’ through Beatport here: beatport.c…

Alma-Album-Cover-400X400.jpg Following several weeks of fan & forum speculation, Italian musician Giuseppe Ottaviani yesterday (08.15.16) confirmed that his next major project would be his third artist album. He announced that the follow up to 'Magenta' - his widely admired 2014 sophomore, would arrive under the title 'ALMA'. 
The album will see its worldwide release complete on Sept 30, with delivery coming through respected Dutch label group Black Hole Recordings. 

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Chris-Bekker-Tricia-McTeague-We-Can-Be.png youtube.com/watch?v=bgXdOKM-VWw With Project ‘Berlinition’ – his debut album & film - out, about and reaching all corners, Chris Bekker drops its first post-release single today. Changing the game again, ‘We Can Be’ sees the German moving into the vocal quarter for the first time. The of-late everywhere Tricia McTeague assumes song duties, whilst Paul van Dyk gathers the remix reins for the single release of the dazzling ‘We Can Be’. Out now through VAN…

Giuseppe-Ottaviani-Slow-Emotion-600x600.png youtube.com/watch?v=2FrUipJXwOE Do not adjust your settings. Today, channel Giuseppe brings you something - if not completely different, then certainly considerably different… ‘Slow Emotion’ is a breed apart from anything you’ve heard from the trance titan - or indeed most anyone - before. It bucks several of the laws of the genre’s ‘physics’ (one notable one in particular!), while shining and even more intense light on several others. Curious? We don’…

Leroy-Moreno-Celestia-600x600.jpg youtube.com/watch?v=155Pl_rI3lc ‘Celestia’ is not Texas-resident Leroy Moreno’s first VANDIT rodeo. Those honours went to ‘Lux’, which back in the late spring announced his euphoric production inclinations to the world. In the process, the track picked up substantial deck & radio support from many a frontline spinner, Paul van Dyk, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Kyau & Albert and Roger Shah among them. Given its radio premiere by PvD on VONYC Sessions 507 in late July, ‘Celes…

attachment.php Chris Bekker is out with his debut album/film project this month. An incredibly aspiring endevour, it’s thematically & atmospherically designed to soundtrack a top-to-toe journey across Berlin. To dig a little deeper into what brought about this release and how he went about the seemingly daunting task of delivering at once an album and a film, we tracked Chris down to – where else but – the German capital for a chat about its concept, creation and release. Hi Chris. Good to speak…

youtube.com/watch?v=RmK4PRxnGdI attachment.php Through his ‘Red Alert’ release late last year, Jordan Suckley spun the time-honoured mixcomp format on its head. July sees the renowned DJ, music producer & label head return to deliver a second strike of tha Damaged lightning. Porting the fissionable, impulsive thrill of the b2b experience to your doorstep/desktop, July sees him inject some ‘Damaged Neon’ into summer’s equation! This time, going toe-to-toe with him are mix-cohorts Allen & Envy and…

youtube.com/watch?v=RRfCpREuV3c attachment.php “Epic” said DJ Mag UK and “full of surprises” thought DJ Mag Italia, whilst Dancing Astronaut praised its “orchestral” & “uplifting” merits. Back in Feb, fair to say that PureNRG’s third single outing, ‘Secret Of The Sahara’ went on to win more than its fair share of fan-hearts & DJ-minds. This month the PureNRG boys (Rich Solarstone & Giuseppe Ottaviani) are back and through their new single’s title, are paying lip & ear service to a certain shade …

youtube.com/watch?v=p7TZuNXNn2M attachment.php ‘Sacred Heart’, ‘Amistad’, ‘R2D2’, ‘Angelic’ – over the last half-year, each release has beaten the drum that bit harder and raised anticipation levels that much higher for Mr. M.O.R.P.H.’s new long-player. That event comes a major step closer again today, with the release of the album’s outstanding title track - the heaven-sent 'Not All Superheroes Wear Capes'. Out now through VANDIT Records - Pick Up Your Copy Here: beatport.com/release/not-all-s……

attachment.php Pop quiz… Name the sound architect for Mercedes-Benz, NHOW Hotels and VisitBerlin? A stretch, we know. Let’s try resident DJ for Berlin’s notorious den of electronic dance inequity, the Kitkat Club? Nada!? Ok, regular soundtracker of fashion designer Guido Maria Kretschmer’s runway shows and remixer of artists as diverse as Giorgio Moroder and Paul van Dyk perhaps? Owner of the respected klang ID sound agency and lecturer in Neuro Marketing & Sound at two of Berlin’s top universit…

attachment.php In a single album stroke, late 2015 saw one of Europe’s most established electronic music houses celebrate their landmark 500th release. The temptation for ‘Bonzai & Friends – 500’ to stroll through the highest heights of their estimable catalogue - now spanning almost a quarter of a century of musical operations, was doubtless strong. The label though went ‘the other way’ and instead of backwards, looked very much towards the future. They tasked their producer bedrock with the cr…

Chris-Bekker-Chris-Montana-Paul-van-Dyk-Berlinition-VANDIT-Records.jpg youtube.com/watch?v=oJT9t81yTP8 Over the last five months Chris Bekker has been on a mission to musically capture the heterogeneous essence of his hometown. Each diverse single has brought him a stage closer to July 2016 and the release of his debut album. Today sees this singles ‘tour’ arrive at the very heart of the German capital, with the album’s namesake single, ‘Berlinition’. Having previously collaborated on ‘Telling T…

9k= If you’ve detected an elusive something-or-other on the trance winds of late, but haven’t quite been able to put your finger on it, well maybe we can help! It might just be the sonic charge that gathers in the air whenever there’s a new Alex M.O.R.P.H. album on the rise. If that’s joined some dots for you, then your instincts are not letting you down - ‘Not All Superheroes Wear Capes’ is heading your way at speed! Last year, ‘4ever’ was the first single to herald the arrival of the German’s …

Manu-Riga---Surrounded-%2528Bonzai-Progressive%2529.jpg youtube.com/watch?v=KvlzqkTZeeU open.spotify.com/album/1gdzmEPUAxUHOuX0Zxebo4?locale=es&fo=1 Surprise or otherwise, Manu doesn’t hail from Riga. Nor is it his real name. It is in fact the alias assumed by Adriaan Baussens, an underground production wunderkind who resides deep inside the Bonzai heartland of Belgium. Teasing, to a fair degree, the world of electronic music with his deeply textured productions and reworks, they have been perco…

artworks-000161621642-1z3gbg-t500x500.jpg youtube.com/watch?v=kEpcGrwvowA soundcloud.com/giuseppeottaviani/doctor-who open.spotify.com/track/6tGzkEhMW60csC8k2YZCw3 Our Giuseppe’s been a busy lad of late! ‘Musica’, the maestro’s in-the-moment-inspired Live 2.0-debut created some serious floor pressure back around springtime. The trance thunderbolt received a righteous hammering from the scene’s A-list, bagging itself an 8.5/10 DJ Mag Trance Single of the Month along the way. Hot on its trail was …

artworks-000167020927-mg73vf-t500x500.jpg youtube.com/watch?v=EUPPb-D_7Pw What (you ask yourselves!) could possibly equal the just-released wattage of Jerome Isma-Ae’s remix of the summer-celebrating ‘Nana’!? Well, you may be looking at the answer to that question right now. On the form of his life this year, Orkidea has taken his ‘Harmonia’ fan-fave back into the studio and built the track up into an Extended Mix floor conquistador! If that wasn’t enough, in a perfect piece of remix symmetry, G…

phpThumb.php youtube.com/watch?v=xlY0Rwv4Cmk soundcloud.com/vanditrecords/chrisbekker-sequ3l-uferstrasse Last month, Chris Bekker’s Original mix of ‘Heimat B’ brilliantly seized the mood of deeper floors, while its Ben Nicky mix-counterpart made short work of smashing up peak time. With his debut long-player now primed for its spring 2016 release, Chris slots another piece of its singles jigsaw into place. Continuing his track-by-track sonic channelling of the sounds, sites and senses of the Ger…