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The progressive mix caught my attention when Jon O'Bir played it on the radio back in the day and I bought a digital copy. I've listened to it occasionally but not that much until recently. Now listening to it, I think it's a classic. Everything fits together so well. It sounds like a relatively...

Such a great tune. As Progrez said, a playful, innocent melody. Works so well with the pads/strings in the backround. The original and club mixes were my favourites. Just heard the Saccoman & Cirillo Remix for the first time, wow.... Absolute pure class! Straight up top-tier trance. Saccoman...

Difficult to pick a favourite. Blue has a harder edge, Twelve Miles ethereal vibes. One of those humdinger releases where both tracks are pure gold!

I would say Germany has been the most important country for trance by far. The best producers have been German too. The legendary Eye Q and Harthouse labels remain some of the best ever to this day. Producers like Jam & Spoon, Ralph Hildenbeutel, Oliver Lieb, Stevie B Zet, Cygnus X, Energy 52...

Have always loved the original without the vocal. Such spacey, warm and smooth melodies but also the pumping kick, bouncey bass and powerful clap. It was, and still is, a unique sounding track. Ps. I believe Solid Sessions, Pronti & Kalimani, and Alice DJ were all different aliases by the same...

Shamu featured on the Reactivate 14 compilation which was the first compilation of unmixed, full length trance tracks that I bought. And it's the first or one of the first tracks on CD 1. So, it was one of the first trance tracks that I listened to "properly", start to finish. It immediately...

This track is called Pulser - Mobius. It's available on vinyl only at the moment, hopefully a digital release will follow. Awesome track.

Yep, sweet share. Had to buy this release. Love the raw, melancholic tranciness of Harmonic Content.

My favourite Tiesto remix. The whole track is excellent but the build up in particular is something special. The musicality and attention to detail are another level. This was probably the first in a string of quality remixes by Tiesto's team that propelled the brand into the top tier of...

I like it. It's like a chilled out and less emotional version of Synaesthasia with a Gamemaster type vocal. It seems like Silva City are focused on old school sounds, judging by this and the collaboration with Ferry. Not heard any other of their stuff though.

Agree with @TheTranceHistorian , Escape is really nothing special for me either. The bassline is generic and digital, featured in 100s of other tracks from that period. The percs are dull generic digital stock c.2006 and the kick is again the generic hard kick of the advent of the digital era...

Increase is an energy beast. Its transitions are abrubt but that's the charm of the tune. Pounding tech bassline abruptly changes into piercing, siren-like synths. The piano breakdowns are beautiful and the main synths awesome too. My favourite part is sudden reappearance of the piercing synth...

I like it. Nice share.

Happy to have discovered the original because of this thread. It's great with proper old school vibes. The remix is ok but sounds overly compressed and too noisy.

Lots of good ones posted already, including the Dave Gahan remix and Beauty Never Fades. My personal favourite is this. The dark guitar in the background, phat bassline and the percs conjure up apocalyptic images. Sarah's vocal softens up the affair, like a ray of light in an apocalyptic...

Ok, so.... my opinion is that Full Throttle is an example of next level trance. I've had a listen to the other new releases recommended above and they are the same. Not surprising really as Quietman is Laurence Elliot-Potter, whose other aliases include Freon and Larry Lush. He's one of the top...

Finally.... Strangelove is an ID from a 2021 Joof set. At 03:02:22

I remember hearing the original in 1999 and thinking it sounded a bit quirky. Now after many listens I realise it's an absolute masterpiece. Remixes came later but for me none can touch the original.

Good question and I'm not 100% sure. Archives of various dance music magazines from the 90's are available on the net. A glance through those would reveal the answer. My guess would be that tech trance was a term used in the 90's. When you hear a production like The Freak & Mac Zimms -...

One of my favourite tech trance tunes. Sounds simple but really well made. The B side on the original release was called Grace, the original mix of which does not seem to be posted anywhere on the net.