Enlusion
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This track is damn difficult to mix in with a huge intro which is my favorite part of the track, so I went for the A&B kind of transition here 
Paul van Dyk - This World Is Ours (Artist Album) [VANDIT Records] (incl. John 00 Fleming)
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Paul trying to compete with Airwave who can put the most tracks on an album.
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Enlusion
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As we changed the distributor lately I'm going through absolutely all JOOF releases and finding gems I've never heard of! That's one of them, no idea how I missed it haha
Sounds like a filler track needs a melody to make it memorable otherwise it will drown in a ocean full of noise. It's probably the better tracks from the album. I want to hear melodic euphoric trance @Enlusion something I can look back on 10 or 20 years from now and tracks which aged beautiful not sound mindless and soulless and no journey and unmelodic tracks which go nowhere and most of these guys seem to be producing including Airwave. These recent JOOF track just sound like monotonous pretending and pseudo hypnotic tech house tracks with no melody just filler tracks to be filled in sets just to cover space in a set with white noise and offer nothing memorable C'mon stop trying to entertain the mass as well. What happened to the JOOF and Airwave from Parallel Lines and Bright Lines? @trancedanne What do you think? The tracks don't have any soul nor do they have identify nor nothing iconic, something I can look back on. There is no melody at all it's just a templated track which sound generic and soulless and it has no groove as well. Where is the journey? I am not hearing that journey.Full track with John
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I am listening to this again. I was really looking forward to this collab. Two legends — both known for their depth, atmosphere, and musical identity. But after listening closely, I’m left… underwhelmed, but it feels emotionally vacant and extremely robotic and soulless and lifeless.
There’s a groove, a dark atmosphere, and technically, it’s clean. But it just hovers in one emotional space and never evolves. No build-up of tension, no emotional journey — just a hypnotic loop that flatlines.
It gives the appearance of depth, but lacks true progression. It’s like it was designed to sound intelligent and immersive, but never truly connects. It’s all tension and no release, like a speech with all the right words but no meaning behind them.
JOOF’s older work had real spirit — you could feel the pulse of the track moving you somewhere, even without melody. Same with early PvD: it wasn’t just rhythm, it was storytelling. Here? It’s like they’re going through the motions.
I know this sound works well in dark clubs at 3AM — maybe that’s the intent. But for a home listener, hoping for that “transportive” quality both artists used to master? It just feels empty. Not minimal — emotionally static.
Deep doesn’t have to mean flat. Hypnotic doesn’t have to mean hollow.
And two legends like this? I expected more of a journey. Instead, I got a well-produced loop with no real destination.
Anyone else feel this? Or is this where modern “serious trance” is now? Lifeless and tech house mono that doesn't go anywhere.
I’m honestly struggling to understand how this qualifies as trance — or even music — in any meaningful emotional sense.
The PvD x JOOF collab doesn’t just feel flat… it feels soulless. And I say that with respect for both of their legacies. But this track doesn’t go anywhere. No progression. No movement. No tension. No catharsis.
JOOF is supposed to represent the deep, immersive, “alternative” side of trance — the antidote to the commercial formula. But lately, his releases feel like they’re just on the other side of the same spectrum. Still lifeless. Still emotionally vacant. Just loop-based minimalism instead of supersaw maximalism.
It’s like watching two giants drift into autopilot — not because they’ve run out of skill, but because they’ve forgotten what made their music matter in the first place.
There’s a difference between hypnotic and numb. And this? It’s numb.
I don’t say this to tear anyone down — but this kind of trance, if we’re even still calling it that, feels like it’s being reduced to a mood with no message. Just audio architecture. No spirit. No storytelling. Nothing human.
There’s a groove, a dark atmosphere, and technically, it’s clean. But it just hovers in one emotional space and never evolves. No build-up of tension, no emotional journey — just a hypnotic loop that flatlines.
It gives the appearance of depth, but lacks true progression. It’s like it was designed to sound intelligent and immersive, but never truly connects. It’s all tension and no release, like a speech with all the right words but no meaning behind them.
JOOF’s older work had real spirit — you could feel the pulse of the track moving you somewhere, even without melody. Same with early PvD: it wasn’t just rhythm, it was storytelling. Here? It’s like they’re going through the motions.
I know this sound works well in dark clubs at 3AM — maybe that’s the intent. But for a home listener, hoping for that “transportive” quality both artists used to master? It just feels empty. Not minimal — emotionally static.
Deep doesn’t have to mean flat. Hypnotic doesn’t have to mean hollow.
And two legends like this? I expected more of a journey. Instead, I got a well-produced loop with no real destination.
Anyone else feel this? Or is this where modern “serious trance” is now? Lifeless and tech house mono that doesn't go anywhere.
I’m honestly struggling to understand how this qualifies as trance — or even music — in any meaningful emotional sense.
The PvD x JOOF collab doesn’t just feel flat… it feels soulless. And I say that with respect for both of their legacies. But this track doesn’t go anywhere. No progression. No movement. No tension. No catharsis.
JOOF is supposed to represent the deep, immersive, “alternative” side of trance — the antidote to the commercial formula. But lately, his releases feel like they’re just on the other side of the same spectrum. Still lifeless. Still emotionally vacant. Just loop-based minimalism instead of supersaw maximalism.
It’s like watching two giants drift into autopilot — not because they’ve run out of skill, but because they’ve forgotten what made their music matter in the first place.
There’s a difference between hypnotic and numb. And this? It’s numb.
I don’t say this to tear anyone down — but this kind of trance, if we’re even still calling it that, feels like it’s being reduced to a mood with no message. Just audio architecture. No spirit. No storytelling. Nothing human.
JulesPlees
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I think you mean Tour De Trance?
This one is actually great track there is journey involved in this track. I can't say the same for this collaboration with Paul van Dyk.
Even this track by him. It really takes you on a journey.
JulesPlees
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They are great as well.
There's no point debating it dude. Beauty is in the eye and all that. Honestly feel sorry for you though - it's a cracker imo
What is it about that you feel sorry about? For me this track goes nowhere there is no journey at all.
In experimental news I can confirm that Against The Algorithm mashes up pretty perfectly with Loving You More by BT (Garden of Ima Dub particularly so, but also just dropping in the full vocal)
JulesPlees
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I feel sorry for you because you can't recognise a new thing of beauty because you spend all day comparing it to older, beautiful things.
JulesPlees
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Ignore the naysayers there are some good tunes on this and PvD is PvD because he has ALWAYS merged techno and trance. his latest iteration is not bad.
Few good tracks with artists like Troels Hammer, Marc van Linden, Amos & Riot Night, Fuenka - Artefact.
Rest of it sounds like bunch of first drafts. Even the tracks with bigger artists sound cheap and stale.
Rest of it sounds like bunch of first drafts. Even the tracks with bigger artists sound cheap and stale.