Borderline has already tried to push fresh, upcoming talent. It is an important part of keeping a scene going, to give a chance to those producers who dont just follow the rest like sheep, who push their sound and create music that is a little outside the norm. The Future Heroes EP is a showcase of new artists and those who push. Its a blend of familiar sounds and high quality with the constant that its new(er) artists. From Sundas fantastic Emotional Frequency, through the fast yet somehow chilled and blissful Sweet Dreams back to the newest of Borderline additions - Michael Hutechson and his excellent set of tracks Fahrenheit and In Hindsight, the Future Heroes EP brings together that which is needed.

Borderline has already tried to push fresh, upcoming talent. It is an important part of keeping a scene going, to give a chance to those producers who dont just follow the rest like sheep, who push their sound and create music that is a little outside the norm. The Future Heroes EP is a showcase of new artists and those who push. Its a blend of familiar sounds and high quality with the constant that its new(er) artists. From Sundas fantastic Emotional Frequency, through the fast yet somehow chilled and blissful Sweet Dreams back to the newest of Borderline additions - Michael Hutechson and his excellent set of tracks Fahrenheit and In Hindsight, the Future Heroes EP brings together that which is needed.

Borderline has already tried to push fresh, upcoming talent. It is an important part of keeping a scene going, to give a chance to those producers who dont just follow the rest like sheep, who push their sound and create music that is a little outside the norm. The Future Heroes EP is a showcase of new artists and those who push. Its a blend of familiar sounds and high quality with the constant that its new(er) artists. From Sundas fantastic Emotional Frequency, through the fast yet somehow chilled and blissful Sweet Dreams back to the newest of Borderline additions - Michael Hutechson and his excellent set of tracks Fahrenheit and In Hindsight, the Future Heroes EP brings together that which is needed.

Jon Mangan fires off a double hit of chunky, late-90s/early-2000s trance. Uno brings the drive and the crunch — peak-time energy built for big rooms. Aether follows with soaring nostalgia and melodic lift. Pure classic trance DNA, reborn for todays dancefloors.

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.

Borderline Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)