Church of Trance

So here we are … and here it is. 25 years after the first took the mix comp scene by storm and set a new high bar in the process, we’ve arrived at  the twentieth ‘In Search Of Sunrise’ . For a landmark occasion this momentous, an exceptional edition was required, and with a six-mix/disc/DJ odyssey, that’s exactly what series guardians Black Hole Recordings have delivered. Before all that though, a little history! With the millennium on the then horizon, October the 10 th  1999 saw DJ  Tiësto’s  first ‘In Search Of Sunrise’ touch down into a glowing comp climate. Already trailing heat through his previous series ( ‘Magik’ ), anticipation was way high. However, its reception outmatched even Tiësto and Black Hole’s expectations, with the Dutchman mixing seven in total, before parting creative ways with the series. ISOS returned in 2010 under the stewardship of one-time Tiësto protegee  Richard Durand , who delivered six editions and introduced co-mixing to its...

FEATURING THE TIMELESS PRODUCTIONS OF CJ BOLLAND, JONES & STEPHENSON, M.I.K.E, AIRSCAPE, V-ONE, VELVET GIRL PLANISPHERE & MANY OTHERS In trance music’s alphabet, G is for Germany, while H could only ever count for Holland … ports-of-call already made by the  Hypnotised  album series. When it comes to Britain though (likewise touched on in 2023), it has to share its B with another. Despite its neatly compact size,  Belgium’s  left an outsized impression on the genre, and that’s where Hypnotised’s roots-to-musical-riches  ‘Journey Through Trance’  series arrives on  June 5 . Meticulously detailing the impact the country had on the scene, over the course of 25+ tracks, it highlights nine of the most momentous years in Belgium’s electronic music history. The fourth album in the series is again compiled by  Arjan Rietveld , author of its encyclopedic companion book,   Hypnotised: A Journey Through Trance Music 1990 – 2005 . As with previo...