It's with a very sad breath, that I'm here to announce the closure of the Crystal Clouds website effective the end of June 2023.
I will reflect and post further news items in the coming weeks to thank everybody who has been part of this journey with us, but as a quick breakdown I wanted to list what will happen between now and the end of June.
Until June 30th:
- New Mixes will continue to be posted on the website
- Any Classic Mixes we've been posted will hopefully be completed
- News articles will be created to help you migrate to support your favourite DJs on other platforms (the majority is SoundCloud admittedly!)
- Paypal/Donation widget will be removed to prevent further donations
- All download limits will be lifted to allow people to download any mixes they may be missing!
Beyond June 30th:
- crystalclouds.com will redirect to our SoundCloud channel
- All mixes, tracklists, databases and otherwise will be taken offline
- Hopefully crystalclouds.com classic mixes will be posted on SoundCloud for those who use the platform
- Hopefully we can keep Crystal Clouds Top Tens running, which will air as normal and then be posted to SoundCloud also
- Crystal Clouds Social channels will still be available if you want to follow us - we never want to forget this last 20 year period. It has been amazing!
Please know that this has been done as a last resort.
I really have enjoyed all of your company for the last 20 years and your support for us and the DJs has been amazing.
I will never forget it and hope to keep in contact with as many of you as possible, because ultimately my love for trance continues to peak. This is why I'm not closing everything down and walking fully away.
If you'd like to reach out to me privately, please email mail@crystalclouds.com or for those who have other contact methods for me - you know where to find me.
Really enjoyed Crystal Clouds, sorry to see it go, but thank you for providing such a great platform!
Thank you! Glad you could be a part of the journey with us!
I’m sorry this site couldn’t continue but I acknowledge the amount of work and ressources you have put into this project.
I have really enjoyed all the mixes throughout the years (I discovered Crystal Clouds by the time Aly & Fila published their Future Sound of Egypt #80).
Thank you for all your efforts :o)
Thank you! it’s been a pleasure!
Been here for most of that 20. Gutted you’re going. All the best and thanks for sharing the good stuff with us.
Thanks Scott! Such a long long time, we wouldn’t make the decision lightly!
I will really really miss CC.
Same! 🙁
Bummer – this was probably my most favorite website 🙁
Well sir, you are one of a few who has propped us up financially over the years and all I can do is say a massive thank you on behalf of everyone who got to enjoy it!
Gutted, Crystal Clouds was the only place I’ve been able to find some of my favourite mixes. Thanks a lot for all the work to keep it going for 20yrs!
Thank you for enjoying the journey with us!
Sad to hear this 🙁
Was a great resources for trance lovers and my go to for awesome mixes for a very long time!
Thankyou for all your hard work and dedication to keeping the site running as long as you have! I know it has not been easy over the years!
Good luck with the future and trance on! 🙂
Always enjoyed joining in with trance and the community, so very sad to see it go! Thanks for enjoying it with us!
I’m very sad to read this. i recall a few years ago we were at this same juncture, but now it seems decided. I will send an email to see if there are any alternatives. the soundcloud option doesn’t seem to allow for full mp3 download, so this is big fidelity and convenience compromise.
regardless, i’m so appreciative of CC’s generosity and efforts that have enriched my life for almost two decades.
Steve in Florida
ad4e_ham ( at ) yahoo.com
Steve, another massive supporter helping keep Crystal Clouds online! Much like airplaneman and many others, a lot of guests to the website owe the amount of time online to people like yourselves.
I’ll reply via email when I get a moment 🙂
CC has been a favorite site for some time! I recall the days when we would listen to FSOE live and chat about the tracks in real time, that was like 2008-2009 time. And that huge 5th birthday party with live streams all day, and the massive Aly and Fila set! I recorded it live from the stream. It will be a shame to see the site go, but with monetary donations drying up, it seems inevitable. I look forward to the soundcloud channel, and look forward to whatever iteration CC will take in the future! now…sit back..hold on…and enjoy… Read more »
And SvenKid, another long term supporter of Crystal Clouds. It’s been a pleasure to be on the ride with great people like yourself! It’s not all monetary to be honest. It’s probably a combination of that and my time to keep the platform running. Declining user base as well. I’d love to take us back to our peak where the whole admin team were working on some amazing shows, birthdays and things like that – but other services and websites have arisen that saw our user base decline massively. Admittedly, the whole WordPress experiment wasn’t a total success, but our… Read more »
Hello everyone, the news that Crystal Clouds is now coming to an end in this form makes me very sad. It’s one of the few websites I’ve visited every day since around 2005+ and still today. Where I’ve had the chance to meet great people. Greetings to EVM, Styarc, gp1 and Gord. Thank you for supporting me for so long and for letting me present my music to you. And of course all my listeners and all the people I got to know (Freezel, DJ Precision, AboveTheClouds, Mr.Smith, uplifting1, Yaz, TeroA, Ilgaz, Berk and everyone i forgot). All the exciting… Read more »
Lars, it’s been a massive pleasure to work with you as well! The good old days feel like such a long time ago now! I think as a platform, to support DJs like yourself, it has to involve strong social media contribution. That’s never been an area I’ve invested time in, because Crystal Clouds had the user base to sustain itself and one man can only do so much! However, over the last 4 or 5 years, SoundCloud has really taken prime position. We are here to support DJs and enjoy trance music as a community, but I feel both… Read more »
Oh no :'(
After quite an absence from me (sorry!), I recently found that you/CC was still going and I was SO happy about that!
Thank you for having kept this going for so long and I wish you all the best 🙂
Thanks Diederik 🙂
Hi I just read sad news about closing CC, i would like to step in and offer my hosting to support crystalclouds, only expense will be domain, i pay for hosting, i can host website and forum(s), and maybe mixes if 30 GB of space will suffice, but i can offer you free hosting with email(s) under crystalclouds.com domain. Long fan of cc, my oasis to get music. Server is in Poland allready payed for it till 2032, if you wish to discuss this please contact me on this email liquid@Tom.pl or contact form from my website http://liquid.pl Best regards… Read more »
great option you offer Tom, thank you, and I hope we can keep CC viable.
As well, I’m very sad CC may be/is closing. I can help pay for CC services too (even though the liquid.pl is already paid for).
CC has enriched my life for almost two decades.
Steve in Florida
ad4e_ham (at) yahoo.com
What i meant by expenses for domain,”crystalclouds.com” will have to be payed for.
My domain “liquid.pl” is paid for from my own money as well as server.
Thanks Tom.
I did get your email, I will respond over to yours and others over the week!
Browser error, thought my message was deleted, sorry for that
Guys, really proud of you and all you have achieved. You have worked hard and done a really amazing job! I for one am truly grateful for the chance to have been a part of it over the years and to have been placed amongst such gifted and talented dj’s and producers… Also I have such great memories of us, most days as it was back then, in the chat on the old site before it fell over. I remember particularly one time laughing so much I was on the floor! 😂 It was so good to meet all you… Read more »
Hey Rob,
We’ve had a fantastic time with the community, in particular we were lucky to meet a few of you face to face! Great trips up to Leeds! 🙂