Mike Shiver & Elevation Ft. Carrie Skipper-Hurricane (Mike Shiver & Elevation Mix) with Lyrics

Mike Shiver is simply a great uplifting trance producer who always brought shivers to me every time I listen to this if not one of his best vocal trance mixes! Uptempo melody mix session with Carrie Skipper's powerful vocal to add and Elevation's uplifting beatworks. Everything came together as one epic Hurricane production in particularly Mike Shiver Mix as it defines what very uplifting vocal trance is all about. One of my top favorite vocal trance of all time for sure, man I miss these kind of sounds nowadays!

Elevation Mix is another awesome mix, as it bringing that Elevation's beatworks and mesmerizing melody he is known for definitely give the original a great twist and vibe that still able to retain best of Carrie Skipper's vocal and make the original more fun to listen to, nice remix and definitely up there among the greats!

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Pryda - Melo (Original Mix & Digital Cassette Remix)

To me, a great track is like a fine art, they explain without vocal like that of picture says thousand words. Progressive trance really nails it right on the head as it isn't just simple loopy bass sets, but it has so many other components working together to express story, buildup the emotional feeling, makes you wonder kinda experience, melody echoing, synth lifting and sophistication of tempo all run nsync in each timeframe that key in by the artist to give us this great feeling of uplift, meaningful sense of experience and the groove to the melody that leverages for spontaneous dancing or just feeling awesome type of atmosphere.

So I came to search one of a good example on classic progressive trance/house track that shows most of qualities that I mentioned above. Look no further than Pryda "Melo" who also go by the artist name "Eric Pryz", produced IMHO one of the best uplifting progressive trance of last couple of years! I don't need to explain as the original track is simple, clean and straight to the point that lifts, it is a timeless track even so many years later, still getting the same effect as yesterday! Have you ever watch a really wonderful feel-good type of movie that inspired you to do great and show that positivity around? Well, this track pretty much sums up that feeling after you just walk out of theatre, that moment of uplifting and melody that got you all fired up! The track name "Melo", is definite rightfully so! Couple of decent remixes on the original and I also include two DJs demonstrate what it would take to create the segment of this track on FL Studio and Logic Studio, pretty cool stuffs!

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Talamanca -Talamanca Beach (James Woods Remix & Original Mix)

Hope you all had a gobbled gobbled holiday and of course all the food comas that came along. So today, I will bring us to another side of globe where the opposite of what we are dealing with right now and back to equilibrium, you know the cold, the food stuffings that resulted in slight weight gain which I guarantee you that you will feel warmer and lighter after listening to the track that I am about to recommend!

I didn't have to search too hard cause this is the place where most of popular trance, house and EDM DJs would gather to unleash their hottest hits, I am talking about Ibiza, Spain, one of the most beautiful and melodic beach city in the world! And one of the best uplifting & progressive trance producer Talamanca who isn't just local to the scene but also a great ambassador for the trance world produced this chilling and uplifting mesmerizing progressive melodies to complement "Talamanca Beach"!

Now, the original by itself is great, but what is awesome is the melodies setup for another great DJ, James Woods to master the art of remix that bring out not just the kicks for the original mix and on top of that it leverages the rhyme to blossom with the beats and synth that just cream the original. The James Woods remix is by far one of the best remix on original that I have pleasured to dwell upon in the world of progressive and melodic EDM. The whole track is gold from start to finish, nothing for short of details of attention. That progressive start to the excitement with the beats and then synth sweeps, with the original melody airing in the background, the lifts and bridges between are so well fitted, man this one epic production that can definitely put James Woods who is a rising star on the map of great trance pedestals! This is my new track to wind down to and opening up an exciting week kind of chill out beat. You know the track that relief you from all the winter chill when it came on, it just melts everything and bring you the warmth and heat of Ibiza while keeping me on my toes and dancing the nights away kind of feeling. Great work James Woods, now you are officially on my radar for future recommendations!

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Blood Groove & Kikis - Memories (Original Mix)

What is up yo'all! Back to another superb melodic session of walking down the memory lane with trance veterans Blood Groove & Kikis to their emotionally uplifting progressive trance/house track, "Memories"!

Oh my, this mix is nothing short of feeling of connections and emotional roller coaster. With that grooving progressive keys intro which I will jump you to on the music video below, then trance of melody swoop in to stir up the adrenaline, epic lifts and the ecstasy pumped uplifting synth and beats that will deeply punch a mark on your memory and get you into another dimension and space! I tell you, this track single handedly brought back all the great feeling that I had when I first fall in love with uplifting trance and with more detailed crafts of attention to progression! Wonderful work by another one of my favorite EDM producer and certainly another classic to recommend for all of my progressive fans, enjoy!

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Shingo Nakamura - Scroll (Original Mix)

Oh yeah, what better uplifting sound for me to recommend for the lively weekend than one of the best progressive house/trance producer Shingo Nakamura's "Scroll" original mix who definitely pump up the volume with this track that got me so in love with the melodic prog in the first place!

Now, I like the overall track, but things kick up another notch of my liking toward middle end where the progression of deep bass beats get you in that dancing groove and everything fall in, I am talking about melodic synth and piano keys after that was magic to say the least. Beautiful work by one of my favorite Japanese EDM producer and probably the greatest progressive house artist of recent time! Shingo truly knows what's up to get the party pumping and crowds dancing, a great club track to play at the events!

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Roald Velden - Last Sunset(Original Mix)

Alrighty fans, TGIF and as I was rewinding down my week with couple of progressive trance melody sets, this sooething melody of "Last Sunset" by Roald Velden screamed in my head, refreshed my soul and massaging my ears...This is it, one of the best Roald Velden's work as if you have read his bio which I thought that we all came from quite similar taste progression in music.

"I used to listen to more Rock stuff until my father gave me a CD full of Dance hits. I listened to this CD over and over again. My love for dance music began to grow so I bought a lot of CD's in this genre. When I got older, a friend of mine gave me a CD with Trance music. When I heard my first Trance record I was in love. This music had so many emotional elements and yet so much energy. I loved the energy and power, so my journey brought me in other EDM genres like Hardtrance and after that Hardhouse/Hardstyle and Hardcore (Gabber). But after a year of love for the Harderstyles my love for Trance came back stronger than ever."

From http://www.roaldvelden.nl/biography.html

With his passion and incredible talent for the progressive trance, wham, this amazingly beautiful uplifting trance track has been produce, the progression of the start, the synth lifts and melodies all came together, another fine example of great progressive trance classic. Well done Roald Boesveld, you have captured that emotional feeling when I saw that breathtaking sunset in the horizon of St. Joseph beach!

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Vitodito - La Isla (Original Mix)

Wow, heading back from work and this track was playing in one of my Sunset melody mixes, it just sounds so great and uplifting that I really have to recommend it on the fly here! As Vitodito, the great Italian EDM producer who has created some of top notch progressive trance and house tracks like "Valencia" with Talamanca Remix which I haven't blog on here yet and will certainly do soon. Of course this track got me so good with that beautiful synth and melody progression with the way of trance...oh mine, I am literally in the cloud9 once again with this beautifully made original mix calls "La Isla". Such soothing vibe had me dancing to the night of tune that never gets old, another timeless piece right here and I am highly recommend it to our fans! Enjoy

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Gregory Esayan - Impressionism (Original Mix)

Just when I almost out from all the life craziness and distractions, trance pulls me back in...nah once again, I was never out followers! I don't think that I will be ever out until the day I am in heaven and even when I am in heaven, I still rocking the trance! They say that music genere come and go, quite true just look at all the fade like hip hop, alternatives, rap, rock and even some pop, just the other day, I was referring to a music video by Jennifer Lopez which featuring Iggy Azalea for their latest crap calls "Booty", sorry JLO, I really have lost respect to what you have accomplished with your latest nonsense booty shaking garbage, disgraced to the music industry and even more so to all the young fans and music artists looking up to you! I will sadly include the music video on the very far below of my videos here and only to show you how bad it is nowaday with the music industry that they condemn such horrendous small booty crap thrown together! LOL
But you can be sure that trance will be the last one to stay eternal that is why trance 4 life! So be sure that on my blog, only the BEST trance tracks will be recommend by me here!

Ok, it has been such long awaiting for...waiting for that next generation of uplifting trance producers to come along. Today, I am very exciting to introduce this super talented trance producer from Russia, Gregory Esayan who really catched my attention with nearly everyone of his tracks on his latest album "Impressionism" which the goto track "Impressionism"'s built-up to the epic melody and uplifting cloud9 feeling has once again brought back many of great vibe and memory of mine as well as staying true to classic progressive uplifting trance of last generation!

I love the track "Impressionism" so much is probably due to its fantastic build-up and breakdown to that euphoria of heaven in your ear and soul kind of progression lift. It is a revitalization of uplifting trance at its finest and I am just so glad that the trance is continuing to make it leap and bound with such dedicated young producer! Please check out Gregory Esayan's new album "Impressionism"!
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Nitrous Oxide & Dan Stone-Nautica (Original Mix)

Just when I am out, the trance pulls me back in....nah, not really, I was never out, just have been too busy with my career fans. Sorry for such long waiting of next recommendation! But be sure that it will be yet another great one as I will never ever sell trance short...only the best and greatest! ;)

This next trance track isn't totally new but still fresh. Of course, coming from one of my top favorite trance producers and mixers of all time, Nitrous Oxide and Dan Stone command respect and attention for yet another superb uplifting and melodic progressive trance that set the standard of trance classics.

For some reason, "Nautica" got me flashed back to the very early days of my college life when it (Trance) got all started for me...after watching the movie "Hackers" which I loved and its official theme song from Orbital calls "Halcyon On and On" just haunting me for days as I was coding away my class project which got me awarded as best software program in my class which it got me landed on high paying IT job later on, thanks so much "Hackers", haha!


The reason it got my feeling back is probably the melody of trance progression to vivid uplifting synth and beats...you know like a journey of something, be education, career, life...the attention to the details of JOURNEY make them both quite similar and the vibe of feelings that connect the dots of accomplishments as well as failures are what make these tracks my go go tunes for inspiration of focus on what is more important to me than just being successful...the journey!

With "Nautica" totally refreshing and resembles my current state of journey in my life and the tune inspires me and guiding me to the right path and directions...I have to say that it is totally spot on! Now I don't want to get too deep into my philosophical view on "what is success?", but I know that "Nautica" is guiding me to my goals and following my heart is leading me to the right direction in my life. Thank you Nitrous Oxide & Dan Stone for bringing back that inspiration and superior feeling of being journeymen! <3<3<3

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Max Graham - Sona (Original & LautStärk Edit Remix)

Once again folks, I rediscovered one of my favorite trance producer Max Graham's newer track, "Sona" this past Father's Day at my work in the morning just going through another boring motions, wham, it serenades me with shower of joy as I got lifted by its progression and beats to the eruption of smokiness. This tracks sets the tone for my busiest work day since Mother's Day and surly well worthy of me recommending for a long working week! Decent work and lift from Max Graham.

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Hiroyuki ODA - Thirty (Original & Kiwamu Remix)

While listening to internet radio during my work this past Sunday morning, this uplifting trance serenaded my ears and lifted my mood and spirit as I was going about my normal boring daily routines. It was so awakening and pure that I wanted to make sure to showcase this international producer Hiroyuki ODA of Japan with track name, "Thirty" to my uplifting trance fans! Melody, settle vibe in the start, then rising and uplifting afterward throughout. It is kind of progressive lifting trance that I would like to rewind down the weekend as well as opening up the case of Mondays! Not much I can express about how beautiful Hiroyuki ODA's creation here, let the choon do the talking....
I also include Kiwamu remix which in my opinion best alternative to the original of all remixes available with a superb hip intro and fantastic melody synth closure...wow!

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LTN-Stop The Time (Original Mix)

Oh man, it has been super busy last couple of weeks for me, finally having a breather day so I can get back into discovering mode for our trance fans! Just so happen, Enhanced Record released a preview of LTN today from the album "Show Me Heaven" with the track calls "Stop The Time"...you know that you are in love with trance again from that moment when everything is in slow motion and the high that never enough great, this sweet progressive, uplifting and hippy trance mix from LTN that gets back to the great fundamental of progressive is the reason why I couldn't wait any second to bring it to our attention! Nice trancend lifts and inspiring feeling that make any day better, I couldn't have more pleasure to recommend it and put this on rewind all day long!!! Top notch, superb synth, what else can I rave about LTN, it is da bomb! I'll be back here again updating more mixes of this track later on for now, enjoy the teaser that just make my relaxing day even better and don't forget to get it when it is available on 6/17/2013! ;)

(I took this photo at cubs game in Wrigleyville)

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Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (Lyrics & Official Music Video) A Year Without Rain

I love Selena Gomez not just her acting, but also her musics...well her vocal still needs few improvement but what the heck, I am already biased hahaha! I didn't realize "Come & Get It" was her vocal until radio DJ said so for few weeks now and I was like I have to recommend this one now considering the Bollywood Indian musical melody start and dance type of beats throughout. I knew Selena Gomez has musical genres of dance, electronica, trance and techno in her(I included an interview below which she explains her musical directions) from couple of her early career works like this progressive trance, technoish inspired "A Year Without Rain" which was a hit and bunch of other mainstream pop type of hits throughout I know that I have to put her on my trance radar as well! I think "A Year Without Rain" was her first trance/dance aspired track that I liked from her singing career and now with "Come & Get It", I hope that she will perform some vocal trance in the future because I know she will and she can! Lets stay excited and enjoy her latest work, well done Selena and love your choreography too!

PS-Watch her "Come & Get It" official music video set out to released tomorrow 5/7/13 by MTV, can't wait and we will be the first to bring the music video here! :)

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Essáy & CoMa - Deceptive

Most of Thursday, I like to pick out couple tracks that are more upbeat in tempo going into weekend, but today, situation reckon and this beautiful track came along that I have to push out to the uplifting trance fans..."Deceptive" by Essáy & CoMa that had me dwell upon another rewindless melodic uplifting trance mix with emotion going up and down along with the melody and light beats in the background. Very relaxing track for some life setbacks and stressful week! This is why I love trance, it isn't just music, it saves your soul from drifting astray and heals your wound from emotional dmanages!

What is the meaning of "de·cep·tive"?
Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

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Protoculture - Laguna (Original Mix)

It has been so freaking cold in Chicago as of late, thank goodness to the recent A State of Trance broadcasting recommendation, Protoculture's "Laguna" was on the playlist, I am definitely all warm up and feel like I am on the cloud9 again swimming in the Pacific ocean dwelling up another superb progressive uplifting trance!!! Protoculture, is a fair new trance producer to me, but thank god and armand for me to discover yet another very talented and highly potential in the trance world! This track brought back so many trance classic qualities from breakdwon to uplifting melody to synth that make you want to sing and beats that were enough to pump up the vibe, great compose and production to yet another massive epic trance anthem to start out 2013! Protoculture...now is officially on my radar, great work, great taste and great future!

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Headstrong Ft. Stine Grove - Love Until It Hurts (Lyrics, Aurosonic Progressive Mix & Karaoke)

It is Valentine's Day and I got just the right uplifting vocal trance for us! :) This superb inspiration went to the trance producer who has the niche of sounding frustration with the emotion kind of vibe and trancified them into progressive lifts. Headstrong who has produced "Helpless" with the vocal of Shelley Harland got him on my radar and today on this romantic day, I would like to recommend Headstrong's best work yet featuring Stine Grove's vocal to "Love Until It Hurts" to Aurosonic Progressive mix! Man, this vocal trance's addicting natural is unparalleled, I have lost count to how many times that I have play it on repeat, never gets old, always better! Fantastic progressive melody, lifts and beats starting the tune, Stine Gove's spot on vocal just top it another notch and making every qualification of great vocal trance classic align. This track has my emotional going up and down like roller coaster good and is it a great pair to what love is all about...

Hope you all enjoy this vocal trance masterpiece by Headstrong and Stine Grove on this special day with special someone and even if you don't have that someone, may the vocal trance be with you forever! :)

Below is my take on an Italian classic, prawn shrimps scampi with linguine

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Adam Nickey - Never Gone (Original, Above & Beyond Respray , David Forbes & Sequentia Remix)

Oh, yea, feeling that "Never Gone" and much thanks to Victor on Facebook for the lead of yet another great production by one of my favorite Polish trance producer, Adam Nickey! Wonderful tune of progressive trance with the hip start that get your going, then wham beautifully crafted synth lifts at the end of intro, nice! The fading and trancelucent of female voice adding that extra mysterious feeling to the tune, but I thought toning it down abit might make the lift more melo, but hey still nicely incorporated and then the midtro all comes together with the beats, superb grooving kind of feeling to that of cloud9! Love, love, love for Adam Nickey's masterful trance creation!

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Hernandes Ft. Stine Grove - Without You (Lyrics, Kyota Remix)

Oh man, its just so heavenly when I discovered another little new gem in the world of vocal trance that had it on repeats that never tire, ever inspiring and always melo and uplift kind of progressive uplifting vocal trance by Hernades featuring Stine Grove calls, "Without You" specifically mixing up by Kyota!

First of all, when I started listen to it, it didn't get that wow factor that I normally get with an instant classic vocal trance type of vibe as I thought in my opinion, Stine Grove's vocal didn't really best used to her ability while lyrics was quite mediocre and off track at best, but as the lift goes on and toward the middle part where one word chorus ensues, I think IMHO this is the cream of cup type of feeling when you know you are tasting your favorite soup, the joyfulness, lifts, happiness, inspiration, relaxation....I don't know, the feeling that I can't possibly describe when I listen to something of the superb melodic lifting trance during the midpart after around 3:00 when piano progression start, with a little of silence from perfect storm mood setting in, I know that I will have a great day kind of feeling, god damn, forget it, just let that pure trance carry on the words that I can possibly describe to its own right! ;) As I shaking along with the grove, I like to thank vocal trance producers and trance industry for paying attention to what make classic trance top notch and continual the great traditions of superb uplifting melody! Thank you!
I was near teary eyes during "My days are passing by with no drive, no desire...without you", it is just so spot on!

Now there is an instrumental version of it for folks simply want to appreciate the trance part of this gem!

Above is dish that I made, without you (da trance), its like great food missing a secret ingredient to me...the journey of making an inspiring recipe is just so much more uplifting with does of trance!

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Pink-Try (Lyrics & Official Music Video)

I love the pop song that has vocal trance lift to it as well as lyrics that inspire and which pop artist gets the nod this time...well, look no further than PINK, yep, the artist that I used to like when I was in college, now I would declare that Pink is back on right track again with this beautifully made vocal and of course exotically choreograph dance routines! I didn't know she can dance like this...next contestant on Dancing With The Stars? ;) Anyway, the very reason I recommend this song not just because of its popularity right now as it plays so often on radio now, but its utilization of once again trance technique that is being put to work in majority of popular pop songs nowadays. The start is melody and with Pink's vocal toward the mid-part where "Gotta get up and try try try" give that uplifting spirit just like every vocal trance would have! Pretty good song from Pink and I hope she sticks with this successful direction of her musical career...

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Estiva-I Feel Fine (Suncatcher & Piano Remix)

It is that night of year again to be thankful for all I have and of course very thankful for the trance to continual uplifting, inspiring and mesmorizing me on so many different levels this past year, looking forward to many more to cherish in my humble opinion the best music genere of this decade! So I like to shout out on Thanksgiving day with another fine uplifting trance DJ Steven Baan who is known as Estiva that I always enjoy his mixes in the past and now produces another sweet uplifting progressive trance hit with of course Suncatcher doing another fantastical remix for extra flavor! Love both equally as I can clearly hear they put in lots of work into them! Great work again guys!

If you like more of uplifting and jump start to the day kind of mix, go for Suncatcher Remix as it starts with fast beats progression toward a tapping lift. Its got that twist and turn, melo to fly lifts which is trademark of Suncatcher's work and the remix just blow out of water toward middle part with that synth lifts, now I can die happy! :)

Now, if prefer slower and lighter version with more relaxing and layback type of remix, Piano Mix shall do the trick as it has lighter and slower beats with piano in most background while synth lifts still maintain that uplifting of original, I have to say the best part is toward middle while uplifting soothing in! Oh, listen to the mix just make me feel great and want to do great thing to the world! Very productive track for me indeed!

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