I'm not sure if I can post my favorite tracks from 2023 here, but I would like to share my top 80 tracks from 2023. It's a pretty big list, so apologies if my post is considered spam. There are 9 different categories in my list, the numbers before each track is its ranking within each category. Some tracks are quite mainstream and some are underground.
I am quite new to trance and the forum, and I prefer modern & progressive tracks than classic & uplifting ones. The number of tracks I have listened to is not as many as others, my taste for trance may not be as good as others as well. So feel free if you want to call any track on my list as trash.
I come from China, the music platform we use is quite different, and the trance scene is quite isolated from the rest of the world. I picked 3 tracks from Chinese producers in the list. I found these tracks on Chinese platforms, but I will present YouTube/SoundCloud link of the tracks.
Tune of 2023:
Coredata - GeoMetric [Borderline]
(It is also the #1 in the "Alternative & Psychedelic" category)
Emotional:
1. Estiva - Via Infinita [Colorize]
2. Chicane - Hijóping [Modena]
3. Leaving Laurel - fireflies (for as far as we could see) [Anjunadeep]
4. Marsh - Endless [Anjunadeep]
5. DIM3NSION - Theia [FSOE]
6. MasterJ - Entering a Seven by Eight Matrix [Self-Released] (Chinese producers pick, can be found on
)
7. Estiva - Dreamer [Colorize]
8. Chicane - Nineteen Eighty Five [Modena]
9. Alucard - Stand Together [Electronic Architecture]
10. Stoneface & Terminal - Got My Need [Pure Trance]
11. SinSonic - Motions [Clandestine]
Progressive:
1. qoob - The Four Stages of Man [Pure Progressive]
2. Man Is Metaphor - Escape [Pure Progressive]
3. Forerunners - Hazel Eyes (EL1AX Remix) [Pure Progressive]
4. Narel - Nomad [Blue Soho]
5. Façade - Wabbajack [JOOF Aura]
6. Estiva - Aylu [Anjunabeats]
7. Narel - What Your Cause Will Be [Pure Progressive]
8. Estiva pres. Cosmosky - Heaven [Colorize]
9. LJR - The Last Satellite [Borderline]
10. Paul van Dyk - Orbital Decay [NFT Exclusive on RCRDSHP] (but luckily, I got one digital copy)
11. P.O.S - 5 Minute Buildup [Anjunabeats]
12. Estiva - Nostalgia [Anjunabeats]
13. Intacto - Nibalis [BAGRUHM]
14. Rodg - Delancey [Escape]
15. Pulser pres. Ija - Drift [Toneplay]
Progressive House Picks:
1. Gundamea - Flares [Pure Progressive]
2. Airwave - The Flow [Pattern]
3. Forerunners - Hymn [Pure Progressive]
4. Stoneface & Terminal, Roger Shah - Poise [Clandestine]
5. Forerunners - Communicator [Pure Progressive]
6. Spencer Brown, Mat Zo - Spun Day [Bedrock]
Breakbeat:
1. Adam Nickey - Escape [Pure Breaks]
2. Alucard - Midway [Electronic Architecture]
3. Enlusion - Perseverance [JOOF]
4. Slam Duck - Allure [Pure Breaks]
5. Alan Backdrop - Eros & Chains [Self-Released?]
6. John Digweed, Nick Muir - FuturaScent (Breaks Mix) [Bedrock]
Uplifting & Classic:
1. Enigma State - Waiting For You [Pure Trance NEON] (Yes, Chinese trance fans also enjoy Enigma State VERY MUCH!!)
2. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1, Ruben de Ronde - Destination (A State Of Trance 2024 Anthem) [ASOT]
3. Cape Town - Tears of Jupiter [Fables]
4. Activa - I Wanted You [Borderline]
5. Aerium pres. Avalon 62 - Eneabba [Borderline]
6. The Noble Six - Rings of Saturn [FSOE]
7. Pulser - The Other Side of Time [Toneplay]
8. Trance Wax - Adeya [Armada]
9. Lawn Jarre - Preposterous [Self-Released] (Chinese producers pick, can be found on
https://soundcloud.com/lawn-jarre%2Fpreposterous
)
"Storytelling": (Sorry I can't find an appropriate word for those epic, film-like tracks)
1. BT - The Turing Test [Monstercat]
2. Proteus - Haven [Pure Trance]
3. Synthazia - Lumi [Pure Trance]
4. Allende - Horizon Painter [Pure Trance]
5. DR S7R4NG3 - Lizardking's Theme [Infused Sound]
Hypnotic & Ambient:
1. Mikkel Rev - The Art of Levitation [A Strangely Isolated Place]
2. CTAFAD (aka Sulumi) - Ergosphere [SOTI] (Chinese producers pick, can be found on
)
3. Alua - Leika [Electronic Architecture]
4. Hedustma - Orbitron [Arlette]
5. Mikkel Rev - Fluor [Translusid]
6. Basil O'Glue - Tell Nobody [JOOF]
7. Alucard - Face in the Fire [Electronic Architecture]
Energetic & Rave:
1. Omformer - 10.000 Ohm [UTE]
2. Super-Frog Saves Tokyo - Reactivate (Solarstone Retouch) [Pure Trance]
3. Mikkel Rev - Insula [A Strangely Isolated Place]
4. Astral Bandit - Different Kind of Friend [Lost Language]
5. Alan Backdrop - Void Fertile [Self-Released?]
6. Ekkel - Root {UTE]
7. 892NOW - Felt [Pure Trance NEON]
8. Alan Backdrop - Turbulence [Self-Released?]
9. Oprofessionell - Search [Translusid]
10. Omformer - Yengo 3AM [UTE]
11. Will Atkinson - Summer ID [Armada]
12. Alan Backdrop - Anemoia 90 [Self-Released?]
Alternative & Psychedelic: (in fact, mostly "alternative" and few "psychedelic")
2. Mat Zo - Les Mishegas [Anjunabeats]
3. Narel - Six Moves Sideways [JOOF]
4. Mikkel Rev - Erb Tra [Translusid]
5. Alex Wright - Electropia [Anjunabeats]
6. The Mfa - Specific Ocean [Lost Language]
7. Hausman - Radahn [Enhanced Progressive]
8. Activa, Rolo Green ft. Julie Harrington - Reach Out (Coredata Remix) [Black Hole]
9. My Friend - Doug McQuaid [Armada]
