Church of Trance

On a late February Rotterdam night, midway through his standout  ASOT 2024 performance , Solarstone took the wraps off his new single … and it proved to be every bit the  ‘Revelation’ . Having started the year with his Stine Grove -vocalled  ‘The One’ , the Pure Trance titan’s swapped the chromosomes for an equally debut-some vocal number with Evan Henzi . Evan’s will be a fresh name to some, but (through his work with Gareth Emery, Ashley Wallbridge and others), already embedded for others. For Solar watchers however, it’ll be his teaming with Kristina Sky and Danny Stubbs on Pure Trance Recordings’ ‘Rollercoaster’ that’ll bring the quickest finger-snap of recognition. With an artistic synergy that’s impossible to miss, together the pair have conjured something comparably irresistible. Solarstone’s string-strung overture (major ‘4ever’ vibes!) gives way to a bassy, floor-forceful-drive. Further in, Vangelis-like feels affect a mellow drama to its midsection, bef...

When the Passion for Trance calls, it takes me to ASOT Rotterdam !!! In 2001 I fell in love of Trance when I discover this sonority on a French CD compilation " Reference Techno", and since then I have not only become a Trance lover but also DJ. Fast forward to 2024 when I travel to the Netherlands from my home in France to find the Trance Family and our passion of this universe under one roof. Over a month ago, ASOT took place at Ahoy Rotterdam and what an amazing and powerful new edition in this new Destination. I t may surprise you but it's only my 2nd time at this event !!! My 1st ASOT was in 2023 to celebrating 1000 episodes and new start with Reflexion, and I had to return this year. For this edition, the city was decorated with flags, a big LED Cube a nd big flyers at Centraal Station for example and the result was  more than up to par!! When arriving at the location, you can see the biggest blue sc reen saying "Welcome into your new destination - A State of T...

Still an event on my bucket list that originally was planning to attend in 2020 (for ASOT 1000) but then the world shut down and when the 2022 was announced,  What? A State of Trance 2024 will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy.   Where?  Ahoy weg 10, 3084 BA Rotterdam When?  A State of  Trance 2024 will take place on Friday 23 February and Saturday 24 February, with hours starting at 22.00 and will run until 6.00 each day!   This is the first time that A State of Trance festival is being held at Rotterdam Ahoy but it's not a new facility - having been around since 1971 its very well known among the 'biggest on earth' and should be able to hold many 10s of thousands of #trancefamily  Its really cool that the A State of Trance festival is really now being structured like their own "music conference" with extensive "value adds" to connect with the community during the day on Saturday, with Friday night being the opening party (which is only accessible t...