Trance music kind of gets a bad rap. The genre, which gets its name from the repetitive rhythms, psychedelic elements, and atmospheric melodies that create what listeners describe as a “trance-like” ...

Its main formulae, even its stars will admit, have not changed significantly in the 20 years since it first reached peak success at the height of the first wave of superstar DJ culture. Toronto's ...

As much as I love EDM, I'm really bad at identifying tracks and saying "that's Uplifting Trance" or "that's progressive trance!" Anyway, I listen to a lot of ASOT, and I've compiled several Spotify ...

There are certain DJs who’ve long denounced trance, even though the genre helped turn them into international superstars. But not Markus Schulz. The German-born, Miami-based dance music veteran (and ...

As the yearly festival circuit grows bigger and bigger, A-list DJs like Nina Kraviz, Ellen Allien and Gerd Janson have started to reach for ’90s anthems, which have been, for better or worse, frowned ...

The producer got his start in the 2010s connecting underground electronic sounds and hip-hop. His first album, “Revanchist,” embraces a long-derided genre of dance music. By Isabelia Herrera It was ...

Once maligned for its naff image and sugary euphoria, trance is being embraced by DJs such as Evian Christ and Rustie. Time to break out the confetti canons In the fickle world of dance music, trance ...

Trance is not cool. Trance doesn’t dabble in irony or metaphor. Trance is extremely cheesy, therefore easily dismissable. Trance asks you to believe that the glass is half-full; that this melody is ...

The German genre pioneer's VENTURE X tour will combine progressive, trance and techno, with a corresponding single out today (Jan. 27.) By Katie Bain Paul van Dyk may have made his name as a trance ...