Church of Trance

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...

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...