Just a quick thank you message to all those who have donated recently and continue to keep Crystal Clouds alive. Without your support, we would be unable to continue this project. Apologies for the slightly slower uploading recently, we have a new puppy and seem to spend all day long chasing that! As a reward, […]

Here was a nice surprise on the recent VII Volume 2 CD. Sean Tyas snuck this in towards the end of CD and it blew my mind. Massive uplifting track and easily the stand out track of the compilation. Our hats off to Asteroid on such a good job! Blurb Here is my brand new […]

“Nocturnal Knights” is an all new, fresh and forward-thinking brand to hit the music scene. This new platform is a creation by Dutch artist RAM, who brings 25 years of experience alongside the assembled knowledge from his previous label work and improves it with a necessary professional touch. Missioned to create a 360 platform that […]

Will Atkinson; the 24 year old responsible for over 100 Radio 1 airplays since 2008, the man who engineered over 90 records between 2011 and 2013, the teenager who began producing at 14 and the boy who began mixing records at the age of 7… His work has claimed numerous Number 1 spots on Beatport […]

Here we go again with the latest volume of this excellent compilation series. Talla 2XLC teams up with Xijaro & Pitch to create this one! It looks like it could be an uplifting monster though, with tracks highlighted from Sean Tyas, Darren Porter and presumably some productions from Talla 2XLC and Xijaro & Pitch themselves! […]

I think most of the trance community has been waiting for the release of this one in 2020. It’s already in the top 10 charts for Beatport, so let’s keep the support growing for Aly & Fila! A superb uplifting trancer with beautiful lyrics from Plumb. This one is sure to get stuck in your […]

Indecent Noise recently announced the release date for his debut artist album “Everything Is Connected” along with some Due to be released digitally and on CD from the 9th of October, this will surely be an epic slice of all kinds of trance! Indecent Noise · Scarlet Indecent Noise · Sunglasses at Night (Extended Original […]

Markus Schulz brings a new artist album at the end of September including his recent hit “In Search of Sunrise” and many collaborations with the likes of Haliene, Jes and Roxanne Emery. Tracklist 01. Escape 02. Feel Alive (with London Thor & Valentino Alessandrini) 03. Turn Me Down (with Singa) 04. Make It Last Forever […]

Four unique styles, four unique sounds, one overall ethos – to bring you the very best trance from all sides of the genre. Packed with over70 tracks – including 50 exclusive tracks that will only ever be available as part of this album package – VII Vol II is a veritable oasis of high quality […]

Again, I went for something different this week. Something a bit harder with plenty of tech sounds and an electrifying atmosphere. The Paul Denton remix in particular is my favourite! Billy Gillies · Buenos (Paul Denton Remix) Related Links https://www.beatport.com/track/buenos-paul-denton-remix/14070882

What did you do during the big stay-home? Solarstone wrote himself an album – an unplanned one obviously, and one – by his own acknowledgment – he wouldn’t have gotten to write in more conventional times. ‘A lockdown album’ by any other name – not the first and undoubtedly not the last. ‘island’ started with […]

Something different this week! John Askew doesn’t often do vocal tracks, but he has smashed it with this one. A great build up, awesome vocals and plenty of positive uplifting sounds. John Askew · Smile Related Links https://www.beatport.com/track/smile-extended-mix/13948700

As the world continues to build back to normality we wanted to add a quick note to thank recent donors to the Crystal Clouds project. Everybody has been effected by the pandemic, many people financially – so for Crystal Clouds still to receive funding is amazing to see. Thank you to everyone who has contributed […]

Ferry Tayle continues to push great music in his Fables radioshow with Dan Stone, and this was one that stood out last week. Released on Pure Trance, “Hutan” by Hoopoe is a mesmerising slice of trance well worth checking out! Related Links https://classic.beatport.com/release/hutan/3050088

Different times mean different pleasures, which musically has taken producers to some less expected places of late. Not least Cold Blue, for whom the six months – following the December release of his debut album – have not been the anticipated ones. That said, another perspective on ‘Winter’s tracks was something Tobias was mulling. The […]