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

LOST191 takes us all on a coach trip down to the British South Coast, where 3 of Plymouths finest producers have clubbed together to provide us with 3 cuts of tough traditional trance. Jake Grace heads up the package with an hypnotically relentless peak time trad-trancer that is pure Dance Academy at it's turn-of-the-century GC DiscoTech best. Stew Ewens follows up with one of the most brazenly uplifting bangers we've released on the label in a long time, with a bouncy bassline bubbling away underneath a stirringly uplifting chord sequence, before giving way to the mitziest of riffs. Chris Green rounds off the package, gifting us a tribal infused trance workout, with a subtle vocal refrain and moody heads down riff, that reminds this old scribe of The Gallery back in its late 90's 5:55am Turnmills heyday. EL-EL 24

Jake Grace, Stew Ewens, Chris Green

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

LOSTLEGEND's INTO THE SKY (LOST186) was a standout tune for us in 2023. A beautifully produced, uplifting prog trancer, with a delicate ascending riff, and an ethereal vocal that whispered 'remix me, remix me' every time we heard it. So after a few (loads of) twists and turns, our first musical offering of 2024 is the much anticipated remix package of LOSTLEGENDS's INTO THE SKY (LOST190) DAVE MOTH (Federation, Hardbody) heads up the package with an 'eavy 154BPM trancer that wouldn't have sounded out of place at Sundissestial Leeds back in the day. Think Ian M's 'Deep Swarm' repeatedly stinging Reflekt's 'Need to Feel Loved', on plus 8. Pass us the poppers, mate. Tough, tight, with zero fat, we're massive fans of Dave's sound, and you'll be hearing more from him as we continue our countdown to LOST200. Keeping the NRG high, ASTRAL BANDIT (Area 127, FEED) finally make their remix debut on EL-EL, giving the vocal a hardcore twist, and adding an infectious new riff, that is exactly the kind of trance we live for, here. Totally Yugen, and totally worth the wait. STANDARD FORM had a great 2023 with the release of Tracks in Crimson Dust (LOST181) receiving a huge amount of love and support, alongside releases on Pure Trance and Krafted, and here our fella takes things down an almost Creamer & K / Rapture-esque route, with a techy vibe that perfectly suits the vocal. Seeing us out is CONNOR WOODFORD who last appeared on EL-EL when he remixed the aforementioned LOST181 to excellent effect. Connor specialises in that pumping VANDIT esque energy, and we've got that here in spades, weaving in a new riff and baseline, that adds a whole new flavour to LOSTLEGEND's original. C U IN THE SKY - EL EL 24

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