#17 Feat. Staff Picks in Trance (Main Floor)

No strangers to the Pure shores, Luke Terry (Subculture, Flashover, FSOE) and Chris Johnson (Borderline, R&D, Lost Language) meld musical minds with this mammoth left-of-centre 138bpm trance workout with a penetrating stabbed chord hook, squelchy acid and hypnotic synth lines.

Luke Terry, Chris Johnson, Taisaku

#71 Top Releases in Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

Release number 123 brings a bumper pack of Activa related goodies - the Collabs & Bits EP. To kick things off we have Delta, a track from Tom Bro, who has seen releases on the likes of Pure Trance, which was an instant signing. Hearing the potential and an underlying quality to be realised, label boss Activa got stuck into the production, adding multiple elements to bring out a different vision of the track. Next up is another collab, this time with the formidable Luke Terry which was first aired at VII in Croatia in its early form. Since then, a few tweaks have been done to really give the track that classic Max Graham / Hope Recordings vibe from the early 00s. Lakota gives us number 3 of this 4 tracker - a track that sits early in a night, understated but does the job perfectly to warm people into a groove. A big bassline style riff countering airy vocals and pads makes this a solid early night progressive trancer. Last but not least is a Deeper take on Outlander, the first track from the Tri-Series vinyl releases from back in 2020, by none other than Mac & Monday. In his unmistakable style, Norbert carves out a groove laden subtle and progressive monster to lose yourself to.

Activa, Tom Bro, Luke Terry