Trance Music
Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats Drops Highlight Compilation, “The Yearbook 2022”
Anjunabeats is wrapping up another year of show-stopping music with their own year-end compilation. “The Yearbook 2022” is the iconic dance music label’s sonic highlight reel, showcasing what’s new and breaking from stalwarts of the industry and emerging artists alike. The quadruple disc effort can be heard as either a free-flowing continuous mix or as a collection of the original featured studio tracks. Either way, fans will hear the best of 2022 from Mat Zo, BLR, Ilan Bluestone and many more. Emerging talent on Anjunabeats included the savvy modular synth-driven duo Kasablanca, who had a barnstorming year on the imprint, arguably best showcased by their track “Immunity.” The record was named one of EDM.com‘s best songs of 2022. Me...
Listen to Armin van Buuren’s 109-Track “ASOT Year Mix 2022”
Armin van Buuren has unveiled a gigantic mix to honor all the great trance music released in 2022. As fans know, the Dutch DJ and trance icon annually compiles all of his favorite songs into one mix to close out the year. Considering the scale of his platform and the renown of his long-running “A State Of Trance” show, van Buuren is perhaps the genre’s most tenured selector—and that reputation is on display in his “ASOT Year Mix 2022.” Clocking in at just under two hours, the mix features a staggering 109 tracks. “What a year it’s been for Trance and I’m beyond proud to FINALLY bring you the A State Of Trance Year Mix 2022!,” van Buuren tweeted. “I still wonder how I made 109 tracks fit into 2 hours.” Scr...
Above & Beyond Announce Lineup for Group Therapy 500 Event In Los Angeles
The ink is dry on one of the biggest career milestones in the Above & Beyond saga. Group Therapy Radio, one of dance music’s most tenured and dependable mix shows, is surpassing 500 episodes this year. To celebrate, the iconic trio is planning a massive show in Los Angeles. The two-day celebration at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium will feature a pair of Above & Beyond performances on the opening day, October 15th. The legendary trance trio have curated a lineup that meets the moment, inviting ALPHA 9, Andrew Bayer, Grum, Mat Zo and Olan to join them. Above & Beyond have also announced a bevy of celebratory pre- and after-parties. Launched in 2012, Group Therapy Radio was the spiritual successor to the group’s former program, Trance Around th...
“I Want to Follow My Heart”: Armin van Buuren On Sound Experimentation and the Future of Trance
We caught up with the trance music icon for an intimate interview in Miami ahead of his epic Ultra Music Festival 2022 performance. When you’ve bulldozed as many musical borders as Armin van Buuren has, it’s only a matter of time before the innate need to explore new sonic frontiers bubbles to the surface. But for an aesthete like van Buuren, it comes easy. We recently sat down with van Buuren in Miami, where the pioneering electronic music artist and “A State of Trance” creator opened up in an intimate interview before his dazzling Ultra Music Festival 2022 headlining set. And after all was said and done, it’s clear at this juncture in his storied career that he’s laser-focused on artistic experimentation. He’s particularly e...
“I Want to Follow My Heart”: Armin van Buuren On Sound Experimentation and the Future of Trance
We caught up with the trance music icon for an intimate interview in Miami ahead of his epic Ultra Music Festival 2022 performance. When you’ve bulldozed as many musical borders as Armin van Buuren has, it’s only a matter of time before the innate need to explore new sonic frontiers bubbles to the surface. But for an aesthete like van Buuren, it comes easy. We recently sat down with van Buuren in Miami, where the pioneering electronic music artist and “A State of Trance” creator opened up in an intimate interview before his dazzling Ultra Music Festival 2022 headlining set. And after all was said and done, it’s clear at this juncture in his storied career that he’s laser-focused on artistic experimentation. He’s particularly e...
“I Want to Follow My Heart”: Armin van Buuren On Sound Experimentation and the Future of Trance
We caught up with the trance music icon for an intimate interview in Miami ahead of his epic Ultra Music Festival 2022 performance. When you’ve bulldozed as many musical borders as Armin van Buuren has, it’s only a matter of time before the innate need to explore new sonic frontiers bubbles to the surface. But for an aesthete like van Buuren, it comes easy. We recently sat down with van Buuren in Miami, where the pioneering electronic music artist and “A State of Trance” creator opened up in an intimate interview before his dazzling Ultra Music Festival 2022 headlining set. And after all was said and done, it’s clear at this juncture in his storied career that he’s laser-focused on artistic experimentation. He’s particularly e...
Armin van Buuren to Return to Los Angeles for A State of Trance 1000
Earlier this year, Armin van Buuren and the rest of his team celebrated the 1,000th episode of their revered radio show, A State of Trance. The 23-year-old program has been considered the pinnacle of success for fledgling trance artists, consisting of not only the weekly radio show, but also an annual touring music festival. The major millennial milestone was sadly marred by the global pandemic, forcing organizers to hold off on the celebratory events. Now that pandemic restrictions have eased, they’ve announced their return to the U.S. with what is set to be the biggest ASOT show to date. Scheduled for April 9th, 2022, A State of Trance 1000 will take place at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Backed by Insomniac Events, the one-day fest will be headlined by van Buuren ...
“So Much Bigger Than Trance”: Jeffrey Sutorius on Mental Health and Post-Dash Berlin Future
There’s something to be said about memorable trance records. The records with the soaring melodies that lift your spirit to the heavens only to break your fall with each impassioned lyric. The records that gush your memory banks with rapture, reconnecting flashbacks with a blissful serotonin rush. Presiding over some of the most monumental trance tracks that evoke those feelings is Jeffrey Sutorius, the former frontman of Dash Berlin. Former Dash Berlin frontman Jeffrey Sutorius performing live. Jeffrey Sutorius (via Facebook) Performing as one of the most recognizable artists in the electronic music space, Sutorius was the public face of the Dash Berlin trio, a role he embraced as his bandmates, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg, worked behind the scenes. However, following a tumu...
