A Journey Through Dutch and British Trance Music

You may remember in October 2021 we posted an addition to our Portals series that highlighted some of our favorite classic Trance music in the form of a series of beatless loops, put together as one mix. (Check it out here and below)

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It came at a time when the book, and compilation ‘Hypnotised A Journey Through Trance Music’ was released, evoking many memories for me personally, as someone who grew up with the genre and helping to inspire the Portals Trance Loops mix.

‘Hypnotised: A Journey Through Trance Music (1990-2005)’ - a deep dive/encyclopedia on the classic Trance sound, that covers “its proto to seminal periods, through to its ascendance and glory years”, across “500 essential records, 75 record labels and 25 albums, with in-depth interviews with 35 influential artists and label owners”. [buy]

Fast forward to today, and Black Hole Recordings (along with the compilation curator, and book author Arjan Rietveld) have returned with the second in the series, this time focused on the British side of Trance music (the Ying, to the Trance Music Yang IMO).

Where the first edition covered seminal artists such as Armin van Buuren, Kamaya Painters (that’s Tiesto before everyone knew it), Vincent de Moor, System F, and Sander Kleinenberg among many others, the new compilation hits home for me (being a Brit after all) with music from UK Trance legends such as Binary Finary, Salt Tank, Pete Lazonby, Tilt, Ascension and many more…

I am not here to just reminisce about my aged-old love for Trance music and post about two compilations… Instead, the label and curator have been nice enough to offer up some free Bandcamp download codes for ASIP readers, if you’re quick…. see below.

If you could be so kind as to comment below with codes you have redeemed already, this might help everyone reading…

Redeem the Bandcamp codes here.

A Journey Through Dutch Trance Music Bandcamp codes:

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A Journey Through British Trance Music Bandcamp codes:

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New: ASLIPs (Anti-Slip Leather Turntable Mats)

Now available, in a short run of 60, the ‘ASLIP’ is a leather anti-slip turntable mat, featuring an embossed ‘RSS’ ASIP logo (inspired by our blogging days).

Available in 3 editions:

Matte black with Black logo emboss

Matte black with Silver logo emboss

Tan with Silver logo emboss

You can buy them here in our webstore (US orders) or visit Space Cadets to buy for UK/EU/ROW shipping.

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Made of premium vegetable-tanned leather, this anti-slip mat boasts less static than other materials, along with added sound-dampening properties. The ASLIP improves sonic characteristics by reducing vibration transfer to the turntable playing surface and allows the cartridge a more stable performance. The leather sound impression is often described as tight, rich, and soft. Suitable for most turntables, but not for DJ’ing purposes due to its anti-slip nature.

ASIP - Tranquility

Inspired by the greatest years. Tranquility of the highest order.

A mix of music taken from, and inspired by the most influential years of electronic and ambient music - the 90’s.

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01. MLO - Shadows of Life and Thought (2021)
02. Merrin Karras - unreleased
03. Stryke - Introspection Part 1 (1994)
04. Glide - Space Van (1997)
05. Solar Quest - Save The Whale (1994)
06. Namlook & Montana - Path VII (2010)
07. Young American Primitive - Sunrise (1993)
08. Beaumont Hannant - Vague (1994)
09. B12 - Void/Comm (1996)
10. Perishing Thirst - Sacred Agency (2018)
11. Speedy J - Pepper (1994)
12. A Positive Life - The Calling (Loved'Ub Remix) (1993)
13. Global Communication - 8:07 (1994)
14. Moby - Myopia (1993)
15. Geir Jenssen & Pete Namlook - In Heaven (1993)
16. Mick Chillage - Hypersleep (2022 mix) (2022)
17. Niko Tzoukmanis - Fallen Angel (2023)
18. Spooky - Orange Colored Liquid (1993)
19. Omicron - Tranquility Base (1994)

Quiet Places / Volume 2 (ASIPV040)

You don’t get any trippier or spaced out than Quiet Places, so following their mind-bending debut, I’m very excited to announce Volume 2 is now available.
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Dennis White, Charlie May, and Dave Gardner return with their second outing as Quiet Places, expanding upon their deep and suitably hypnotic long-form compositions across four continuous sides of wax.

Minimal in context and retaining the untitled track approach, the trio of producers, well versed in a variety of music styles between them, leave the music and the subliminal messages contained within as the descriptor.

Finding moments of melody amongst the wide landscape of abstract sounds and samples is the only glimpse of reality you’ll find down here. 

Quiet Places, Volume 2 is available on limited edition gatefold 2LP pressed on marbled vinyl, mastered and lacquer cut by Andreas Lupo Lubich and featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding. 

Listen and links to buy via the release page

Stream the full Digital Bonus track in full over on Headphone Commute.

A Journey Through Ambient Music (Spotify Playlist)

In 2014 I wrote the long-form feature ‘Neither Scene Nor Heard: A Journey Through Ambient Music’, detailing my own personal experience and evolution with the genre. I wanted to update the feature some 10 years later, but in the meantime, decided to continue and evolve the original playlist on Spotify, and keep it updated moving forward with new and inspirational discoveries.

The playlist includes ambient music in all its forms, pushing into other genres at times but covering what makes the genre so malleable and personal to many. Artists both old and new. But only one artist can be featured (excluding collaborations). This way, I hopefully avoid a playlist full of the hits, or the entire SAW or BoC albums.

Jump over to the playlist on Spotify, and follow to get updates on new additions. It currently stands at over 400 individual artists and I intend to keep it growing and swapping out music where possible.

Hope you find someone new to explore and continue to support them on platforms like Bandcamp.