#27 Feat. Staff Picks in Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

Chris Johnsons Locomotion (LOST171) was originally released back in 2020, with a widescreen prog trance remix from EL EL stalwart Relaunch racking up several plays on Paul Van Dyks VONYC Sessions. Top marks. There was clearly more mileage in the originals driving-stabby-vandit esque riff, though - so we were truly made up when Speedmaster Records head honcho / trance pioneer Paul Copping heard it, liked it, and agreed to rework it. Berlin based Speedmaster Records has been (and continues to be) a driving force within the fast, melodic, new school trance scene, releasing high nrg music from Part Time Killer, Funk Tribu, Technokool, and SIOC. With this in mind, Pauls remix of Locomotion finds another ratio gear, pitching things up, and adding a techy Marco V style drive over a tough and chunky groove. Choo-Choo! On the B-Side, Borderline Records boss Activa - who has since signed some of Chriss music (and shared our musings re the untapped old-school-love-parade-energy of Locomotion) has given us the rework hes been playing out in his sets. A faithful re-spray that tightens, tunes, and touches things up in all the right places. EL EL 24

Chris Johnson

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

Chris Johnsons Locomotion (LOST171) was originally released back in 2020, with a widescreen prog trance remix from EL EL stalwart Relaunch racking up several plays on Paul Van Dyks VONYC Sessions. Top marks. There was clearly more mileage in the originals driving-stabby-vandit esque riff, though - so we were truly made up when Speedmaster Records head honcho / trance pioneer Paul Copping heard it, liked it, and agreed to rework it. Berlin based Speedmaster Records has been (and continues to be) a driving force within the fast, melodic, new school trance scene, releasing high nrg music from Part Time Killer, Funk Tribu, Technokool, and SIOC. With this in mind, Pauls remix of Locomotion finds another ratio gear, pitching things up, and adding a techy Marco V style drive over a tough and chunky groove. Choo-Choo! On the B-Side, Borderline Records boss Activa - who has since signed some of Chriss music (and shared our musings re the untapped old-school-love-parade-energy of Locomotion) has given us the rework hes been playing out in his sets. A faithful re-spray that tightens, tunes, and touches things up in all the right places. EL EL 24

Chris Johnson

#65 Feat. Staff Picks in Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

Q00B, last seen remixing Tim French's Kamino Static in 2023, are back on Lost Language with Sun's Horses and My Heroes, two cuts of warm and dusky prog-trance, with moody celestial riffs reminiscent of Silver Planet Recordings at their Gwill Morris, James Holden, Flash Brothers peak. Denmark's Nordic Echoes (J00F, Unique) make their Lost Language debut with a stellar exercise in low-slung trancey restraint, forfeiting a breakdown in pursuit of momentum, taking their remix of My Heroes into deep-space-sci-fi territory. We're huge fans here at EL-EL HQ, and we look forward to more from our Scandinavian friends. Sunda (Borderline, Landscapes) first caught our eye with their superb bootleg of Dominions 'Whoop Records' classic '11 Hours', so we're chuffed to finally have them on the label, taking all the wistful loveliness of the original Suns Horses melody, whilst giving it a rolling, timeless '21st Century Deep Trance' (REACTCD179) vibe. LL 24

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