trance

As the sun sets on yet another decade since the release of Ralphie Dee’s seminal 1993 Cologne Summer E.P., we find ourselves in a reflective mood. A mood that transports us back to a time when electronic music was a nascent scene, eager to find its footing and establish its identity. A time when the man from Brooklyn, New York, made his mark with a record that, even today, remains an influential gem in the annals of electronic music history....

As we dive into the annals of techno history, it’s almost impossible to ignore the groundbreaking work of French DJ and producer Emmanuel Top, a true architect of the European techno and trance scenes. Like a time capsule that captures the vibrant essence of 1994’s electronic music landscape, Turkish Bazar is a gem that has only grown in stature over the decades, shimmering with the same intensity as when it first erupted onto the scene....

In the annals of electronic music, few artists have withstood the test of time and the ever-changing landscape of the genre quite like Microwave Prince, the moniker of Steffen Müller. With his seminal release # II, dating back to 1994, Müller crafted a collection of tracks that not only encapsulates the Hardtrance movement of that era but also demonstrates his keen ability to inject soul and emotion into the pulsating beats and hypnotic synths that define the genre....