Epiphany of Sound – Top 100 of 2010s (Part 4)

Trance has had a lot of overwhelming tracks in the 2010s and thus here is part 4 of my conclusional Top 100 mix. It’s full of melodies and driving beats from the likes of Roman Messer, James Dymond, ReOrder & Ian Standerwick, Dan Stone, Simon Patterson and many others! I focussed a bit more on heavy beats, but the melodies don’t fall short, trust me!

Press play and enjoy!

[Tracklist]

  1. James Dymond & Susana – Love You Are Made Of (Extended Mix) [Amsterdam Trance]
  2. Davey Asprey – The Rapture (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  3. Oliver Cattley – Viper (Type 41 Remix) [Tranceform]
  4. Manuel le Saux vs. Darren Porter – Stormchaser (Original Mix) [Flux Delux]
  5. UDM – Omega (Extended Mix) [Redux]
  6. Simon Patterson – Miss You (Original Mix) [Reset]
  7. ReOrder – Spirit Of Ecstacy (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  8. Fright Nite & Arctic Ocean – Starlight (Extended Mix) [Redux]
  9. Allen Watts & Alessandra Roncone – The Hymn (Extended Mix) [Who Is Afraid Of 138]
  10. ReOrder & Ian Standerwick pres. Skypatrol – Folding Your Universe (Original Mix) [FSOE]
  11. Reverse – Absolute Reality (Original Mix) [Vandit Digital]
  12. Tony Anderson – Eyes Wide Open (Robert Nickson Remix) [Pure Trance]
  13. Dan Stone – Mahon (Extended Mix) [FSOE Fables]
  14. Bryn Liedl feat. Bethany Marie – Statues (Bryan Kearney Remix) [Go On Air]
  15. Roman Messer feat. Christina Novelli – Frozen (Allen & Envy Remix) [Suanda]

Redux Sessions Guestmix on 1 March 2020

The Redux label family has been one of my biggest achievements in the last years. We are still connected and so I played a short guest mix of an hour for the Redux Spotlight Sessions. It will air on March 1st, 2020 (tomorrow!), at 3 p.m. CET on Globalbeats.fm with tunes by Robert Nickson, Cyril Ryaz, Nikolauss, Ferry Tayle or Sean Mathews. This will be a blast of uplifting music!

If you want to know more about the Spotlight Sessions here’s the last one with Terra V.!

Next WAVES featuring The Quietist

From time to time I like to feature some artists as special guests on my show. Most of them provide their own mixes, but some are just producers. This time on the next WAVES show I will present Ambient artist The Quietist who is hailing from Northern England. He produces music ranging from drone Ambient to classical music with strings and vowl singing. But mind you, The Quietist is always about the big reverb, the big hall sound, while being musically minimalistic.

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Here’s what he has to say about himself:

My name is Phil Ward and I live on the Wirral in the North west of England.

I have listened to ambient music and electronic music since I was a child – I was first inspired by Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and The Art of Noise. As the ambient scene developed I listened to The Orb, Orbital, Future Sound of London and artists on the Warp label. Most recently I have enjoyed Pete Namlook’s FAX label and the long open soundscapes created by Tetsu Inoue. I also enjoy meditation music and natural sounds.

I am striving to create something beautiful. I usually improvise when I find an instrument or noise I like and gently build on top, layer by layer. I edit after I have listened to the track on headphones a few times. Generally my first take is the best – I like to feel the music and be taken on its journey as I write. I often feel that the music writes itself!

So in the first hour there will be tunes by The Quietist and the second will feature some Ambient, some Chillout, some beat music that reflects all the relaxation you need on your Sunday. I hope you will tune into FriskyRadio CHILL on Sunday, March 1st, 2020, at 7 a.m. EST / 1 p.m. CET!

And if you like the music, you can still head over to The Quietist – Bandcamp and buy his music for very little money!

Epiphany of Sound – Top 100 of 2010s (Part 3)

The next 2 hours will blow you away! In this compilation of some of the best tracks of the 2010s I collected mostly heavy, uplifting and vocal tunes. Be it Steve Allen or James Dymond, the Skylex Remix of The Thrillseekers‘ Amber or Luke Bond’s On Fire remixed by Aly & Fila, all of them share a driving beat, some even Tech elements, but still a beautiful and breathtaking melody! Listen to Illitheas‘ Epica, Fady & Mina’s Akemi or Chris SX‘ Connecting People – they still have a breathtaking break and memorable chord patterns to enjoy everytime.

Press play and enjoy!

[Tracklist]

  1. Neal Scarborough – Kanya (Andy Blueman Remix) [Subculture]
  2. Illitheas & Johannes Fischer – Tears of Hope (Original Mix) [Abora]
  3. Ciaran McAuley – In Memory of You (Original Mix) [Grotesque]
  4. 7 Skies & Kiholm – Lost & Found (Dan Stone Remix) [Enhanced]
  5. Easton feat. Roxanne Emery – Healing Rain (Bryan Kearney Remix) [AVA]
  6. Enmax – Magnificat (Extended Mix) [Condura]
  7. Luke Terry – Aaru (UDM Remix) [Suanda True]
  8. Snatt & Vix feat. Neev Kennedy – At The End Of The Day (Suncatcher Remix) [Amsterdam Trance]
  9. Flatlex – Phaeton (Original Mix) [E.T.T.]
  10. Illitheas – Epica (Original Mix) [Abora]
  11. Matt Bowdidge – Far From Me (Original Mix) [Monster Digital]
  12. Dan Stone – Mirzam (Original Mix) [FSOE]
  13. Fady & Mina – Akemi (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  14. The Thrillseekers pres. Hydra – Amber (Skylex Remix) [FSOE]
  15. Ben Preston feat. Susie – Remember Me (Daniel Kandi’s Flashy Tribute Mix) [Monster Tunes]
  16. James Dymond & Chris Schweizer – Spectrum (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  17. Ana Criado, Steve Allen & Solis & Sean Truby – Frozen River (Steve Allen Extended Mix) [Uplift]
  18. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – See The Sun (Dan Stone Rework [FSOE]
  19. Steve Allen & Sue McLaren – Old Flame (Extended Mix) [Amsterdam Trance]
  20. Gareth Emery feat. Lucy Saunders – Sanctuary (Sean Tyas Remix) [Garuda]
  21. Luke Bond feat. Roxanne Emery – On Fire (Aly & Fila Remix) [Garuda]
  22. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Faith – Angel (Vandit Night Mix) [Vandit Digital]
  23. Chris SX – Connecting People (Extended Mix) [Digital Society]
  24. Dash Berlin feat. Roxanne Emery – Shelter (Photographer Remix) [Armind]
  25. Gareth Emery feat. Wayward Daughter – Reckless (Standerwick Remix) [Garuda]

Epiphany of Sound – Top 100 of 2010s (Part 2)

Putting together the Epiphany of Sound series with the best tracks of the 2010s was a big task. The first mix covered most progressive tracks, so the second part is making the transition to the more energetic music. It is just over 2 hours of general Trance, some classical like Sean Mathews Paradise or the Suncatcher remix of Leave The Light On, some pointing to more uplifting Trance like Robert Nickson’s Somewhere In Spacetime or Daniel Kandi’s Change The World. One track that had to be in is the melodic, melancholic monolith that is Time To Rest, which Andy Blueman remade himself in 2011.

All over this mix shows how diverse trance has been in the 2010s and it creates some appetite for the uplifting episodes!

So press play and enjoy!

Tracklist

  1. Simon Patterson & Greg Downey feat. Bo Bruce – Come To Me (Original Mix) [Night Vision]
  2. Gareth Emery feat. Christina Novelli – Save Me (John O’Callaghan Remix) [Garuda]
  3. Activa – Luminosity (Extended Mix) [Degenerate]
  4. Steve Brian & Agulo feat. David Berkeley – Blood & The Wine (Suncatcher Remix) [Enhanced]
  5. Paul van Dyk feat. Plumb – I Don’t Deserve You (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix) [Vandit]
  6. Temple One feat. Neev Kennedy – Love The Fear (Original Mix) [Enhanced]
  7. Saato – Hurdles (Original Mix) [Titan Audio]
  8. Ciaran McAuley feat. Clare Stagg – Firebird (Original Mix) [In Trance We Trust]
  9. Matt Cerf & Feel feat. Jaren – Leave The Light On (Suncatcher Remix) [Always Alive]
  10. Sean Mathews – Paradise (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix) [FSOE]
  11. Nitrous Oxide feat. Aneym – Far Away (Club Mix) [Anjunabeats]
  12. Robert Nickson & Dimension – Wormhole (Original Mix) [Flashover]
  13. Allen & Envy feat. Victoriya – Don’t Say (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  14. Ciaran McAuley – The Sunrise Through Your Eyes (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  15. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Tricia McTeague – Loneliest Night (OnAir Mix) [Black Hole]
  16. Robert Nickson – Somewhere in Spacetime (Extended Mix) [Pure Trance]
  17. Richard Durand + Christina Novelli – The Air I Breathe (Club Mix) [Magik Muzik]
  18. Daniel Kandi feat. Sarah Russell – Change The World (Original Mix) [Enhanced]
  19. Ciaran McAuley – The Pursuit Of Happiness (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
  20. Andy Blueman – Time To Rest 2011 (Original Mix) [Perceptive]
  21. Estiva & Cardinal feat. Arielle Maren – Wait Forever (Daniel Kandi’s Bangin‘ Remix) [Enhanced]
  22. Re:Locate vs. Robert Nickson feat. Neev Kennedy – Not Made To Break (Original Mix) [Molekular Sounds]
  23. Bjorn Akesson feat. Jwaydan – Xantic (Original Mix) [FSOE]
  24. Walsh & McAuley – Someday (Original Mix) [Touchstone]
  25. Ferry Tayle – Let The Magic Happen (The Thrillseekers Remix) [Always Alive]

Epiphany of Sound – Top 100 of 2010s (Part 1)

Epiphany of Sound has been a podcast mostly set in the 2010s. I started it around 2013 and it is still a journey I enjoy very much!

Now that the 2010s have ended my mate Magdelayna inspired me to look for tracks that I find the most inspiring, the best tracks of the decade. He tried to figure out his Top 20 and I tried the same after him but I couldn’t do it. There are just so many outstanding, amazing tunes that I put together the best 100 tracks. The first part sets sail with more progressive melodic tracks from the likes of Cosmic Gate, Juventa, Dimension, Estiva or epic and yet groovy Skylarking by BT.

These are the first 14 tracks and there will be 4 parts following in the next days and weeks!

[Tracklist]

  1. Estiva feat. Josie – Better Days (Original Mix) [Enhanced]
  2. Cosmic Gate – Crushed (Original Mix) [Black Hole]
  3. Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston – You Got To Go (Extended Album Mix) [Anjunabeats]
  4. BT – Skylarking (Original Mix) [Armada]
  5. Cosmic Gate – Barra (Original Mix) [Black Hole]
  6. LTN – Never Let Me Go (Anhken Sunset Remix) [Enhanced Progressive]
  7. Tomas Heredia – When I’m With You (Original Mix) [Aropa]
  8. Dimension – Origami (Original Mix) [Flashover]
  9. Juventa feat. Erica Curran – Move Into Light (Original Mix) [Enhanced]
  10. Tim Lapse – Nice Try (Original Mix) [Go On Air]
  11. Estiva – I Feel Fine (Piano Mix) [Enhanced]
  12. Dimension – Mangata (Original Mix) [Flashover]
  13. Thomas Ulstrup – Magnum Opus (Extended Mix) [Flashover Trance]
  14. Boeoes Kaelstigen – Be The Lights (Bjorn Akesson Remix) [Adrian]