Church of Trance

THE FIRST ARTIST ALBUM FROM ONE OF JAPAN’S FOREMOST ELECTRONIC MUSIC TALENTS. FEATURING MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS WITH CHRISTINA NOVELLI, JULIE THOMPSON, LINNEA SCHOSSOW, CLARA YATES, CARI AND OTHERS From Tokyo’s high-rises to the farthest edges of sound, one figure has spent the last decade bending studio frequencies to her will. Over that time, she’s built nothing less than a sonic solar system, with  Rina   ‘Rinaly’   Noguchi  firmly at its core. ‘Ecliptica’ , her debut longform. takes its title cues from the passage of the sun — a rotation where shadow and luminosity are locked in a permanent state of pursuit. First track through last, that chase musically characterizes the album, cycling between mass and elevation, brightness to grit and synth glare to bass drive ...  ‘Ecliptica’ s opposing poles are formed by techno and trance, and the artistic yin-yang they develop is one Rinaly both identifies with and channels throughout. “ My life ha...

FEATURING THE MUSIC OF BT ,  ROBERT NICKSON, STANDERWICK, DOSEM, BLR, MONOCOC ,  KAUFMANN DE, WESKA, AERIDAN, SOLID GLOVE   AND MARKUS SCHULZ PRESENTS DAKOTA For more than two decades, ‘In Search of Sunrise’ has been the portal through which dance music’s most immersive states of mind have been explored. A series that’s always thrived on the magic of transition, forever tuned to the shift between memory and motion. With the 21 st  edition of the series, Markus Schulz has reimagined that legacy as a summer-spanning trilogy for a new generation of Dreamers, with each mix a chapter, forming part of its broader musical story. Having already brought names like  London Grammar, Sasha, Deep Dish, Hernan Cattaneo and Röyksopp  to the  ‘ISOS’  fold for the first time, they’ve been joined by  Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate, Estiva, Kyau & Albert  and many, many other luminaries besides. Where The Awakening cruised through sun...

  FEATURING THE MUSIC OF LONDON GRAMMAR, SASHA, DEEP DISH, PAUL OAKENFOLD & HERNAN CATTANEO, COSMIC GATE, ESTIVA, KOROLOVA, JEROME ISMA-AE AND MARKUS SCHULZ PRES. DAKOTA An emotional expedition toward tomorrow, unfolding in three chapters across the summer of 2025. It’s not just a compilation. It’s a reimagination. For over two decades, In Search of Sunrise has been more than a series, it’s been a sanctuary for sonic wanderers; a space where emotion, beauty, and transcendence meet under one sky. Now, as the next chapter begins, Markus Schulz steps fully into the role of creative guide, evolving the series into something not just reflective, but visionary. “The world has changed. So has the music. But the need to escape, to dream, and to feel—that remains,” Markus says. “And that’s what this next era of In Search of Sunrise is about: building a bridge from nostalgia into a future worth believing in.” For the first time ever, In Search of Sunrise will roll out as three s...

It’s been a minute since  Solarstone’s  last album. (Actually, it’s been several million of them, as  ‘island’  was released five years ago!). In that time life’s given us all plenty to ponder, and Rich Solarstone’s no exception to that. At a point in time where everything is supposed to streamline, Solarstone’s experience might better be described as ‘mainline’. He became a husband, a father again and watched his firstborn come of age. A lot of new perspectives are naturally going to follow that. No stranger to pouring his creative force, thoughts and feelings into his music, that reaches an apex this month with the release of his ninth album. Make no mistake … this one’s coming from deep within. “ Good music demands that you push yourself, and the best of it also forces you to take risks … ”  says Rich Mowatt,  “and I’m more than aware that ‘innermost’ inherently carries some of the latter. In its native form, this is not a club album, but then I d...

FEATURING LEGENDARY PRODUCTIONS FROM LUMINARIES INCLUDING DELERIUM, MARKUS SCHULZ, BT, JES, RABBIT IN THE MOON, SANDRA COLLINS, DEEPSKY, NEIL KOLO & CHRIS FORTIER’S FADE, CONJURE ONE & MANY OTHERS! After previous stop-offs in The Netherlands, Germany, The UK and Belgium, May 2025 finds  ‘Hypnotised’ - the country-by-country-hopping history of trance music - reaching  American shores . There it explores one of the genre’s lesser told yet equally fascinating tales. The fifth album in the series is again compiled by  Arjan Rietveld,  author of its encyclopaedic companion book,  Hypnotised: A Journey Through Trance Music 1990 – 2005 . To a significant extent, the American trance scene evolved inside its own bubble. Ocean-crossing breakout acts were rare, which gave the scene space to develop a distinct sound and identity – one that was driving yet linear, progressive, more tribal, and less focused on the melodic elements that dominated the European la...

Has  Paul van Dyk  used Artificial Intelligence on an album that questions Artificial Intelligence’s role in our future? Well, we’ll get to that. Having album-gifted a locked-down world both  ‘Guiding Light’  and  ‘Escape Reality’  in 2020,  ‘This World Is Ours’  is the German pioneer’s first longform foray in five years. Paul’s  been in the  ‘think-phase’  of his eleventh LP ever since, and few would deny that the last five rotations have given us plenty to think about. “ Very pro technology ” is how  Paul van Dyk  describes himself, something populated by his early adoption of new music tech at pretty much every career juncture. In the respect of AI though, he sees both a clear distinction … and a natural fork in the road. “ Artificial Intelligence isn’t music technology, or film, or entertainment, social media, military, finance or any other sector. To my mind, it is simply a new definition  of  ‘technolog...

Since he first began to musically transmit, just four short years ago, Alabama’s Bob ‘BiXX’ Bickert’s star has ascended rapidly.  Now, into 2025,  BiXX  is readying his first album outreach, set for release through  Nocturnal Knights  further into the year.  ‘The Voice Of Reason’  LP’s roads starts today though, through his first teaming with  Susana  on   ‘Believe In Me’  - a track that’s as movingly-messaged as it is soulfully-affirming and endlessly uplifting. “ Cause you hold space for me, I dare to be who I was meant to be ”  Susana  sings, while  BiXX  carries her song on the back of rolling drums, deeply moving orchestral strings and exultant synths. Partner-to-a-partner, parent-to-a-child or even an internal  ‘self-to-self’  monologue, the  ‘voice’  behind  Susana’s  words is initially equivocal. “ It’s really a universal message”,  the Dutch singer clarifies . “ The ...