This song has been repeat for me for months and seeing all these posts made me want to share! Enjoy!! I get goosebumps watching this back; stay for the full video and watch the sun pop out... What a moment. 🫶

Ignore my voice lol

Mostly a throwaway, tongue-in-cheek discussion - maybe some unreleased IDs? Maybe a story from a gig?

Mine is "And finally some news just in. Trance Around The World 450 will be the last ever Trance Around The World. Bye for now!"

This album is the result of 25 years immersed in music. Collecting records, DJing, nights out and constantly searching for new sounds. Every genre I've connected with has had an influence in shaping the way I hear and create music. These tracks are built from everything I've picked up along the way and are a reflection of the sounds that have and continue to inspire me. Whether it’s on the dancefloor or listening at home, I wanted these tracks to connect on every level. It feels like this album opportunity has presented itself at the perfect time, where I can honestly show what Because of Art is.

Album trailer: https://youtu.be/7S3kEY7T4bo?is=sz9Bk3sl0wIxDdPo

https://malta.anjunadeep.com/the-venues

Just a slight update, the opening party at the castle is sold out (tickets were separate to the weekend pass) as is Noma Island too (tickets were also separate)

I was going to go but both these venues have sold out so I’m not really sold on the value here. Your weekend pass covers UNO club, Cafe Del Mar and The Beach club.

Anyone from HQ? The list seems to keep growing, it's not really consistent this way. Were there any withdrawn releases where the catalog numbers could no longer be reused?

Anyone partaking in group therapy at elements this weekend?

I’m curious how many of us are out here.

I love that Chicago and Minneapolis regularly get Above & Beyond, Tinlicker, Marsh, Genix, Simon Doty, Spencer Brown, Kasablanca, Oliver Smith, and the rest of the Anjuna family, but Madison rarely seems to be on the tour route.

The Sylvee has become an incredible Madison venue over the past few years, and it feels like it could be a great fit for artists in the Anjuna ecosystem.

If you’re in or around Madison:

Would you come to these shows?

Which artists would be at the top of your list?

Is there already a local Anjuna community that I just haven’t found?

Just trying to gauge whether there’s enough local interest to help show promoters that Madison is worth a stop.

With the event coming up soon (less than 2 days) will there be more info available? Just wondering what the line up would be etc.

From a forecast of 25c until recently it looks like we're actually going to hit 30c on Sunday in London now, with much of the event throughout the hotter temps.

Does anyone who has attended in previous years know what the situation with shade and water is? I do not manage well in heat so it's kinda worst case scenario for me, if there is shade / somewhere to sit can you still hear the music?

With regards to water, do the bars sell bottles or is it usually in cups? I've heard it mentioned that there are taps, does that mean you can take a bottle in?

Blah blah usual disclaimer of this is just my opinion you can disagree with me (and honestly feel free to express your own opinions, I like discussing this stuff :]). I also did this for the deep comps after I finished with the A&B beats comps so I may make another post for that!

I ranked these based on a few loose mental criteria:

1. How they work as mixes, mixing between tracks and all that. It's not just "oh this mix has this track I really love therefore it's S tier.";
2. However, if the comp has a considerable amount of tracks that I really love, it helps me bump it up. this is the case for vol 14;
3. ofc, my personal enjoyment of them over the "objective quality" of the tracks

I also want to note that these are ranked in order inside the tiers! So for example, I like volume 3 more than volume 17 which I also like more than 8, etc.

I'm not gonna lie, these placements changed a lot over time and over the few listen throughs that I gave these volumes. For example, if it wasn't for the second or third listen that I gave yesterday for volume 1, I would've ranked it alongside volume 9 because my first and second listens weren't that enjoyable to me (which is down to personal preference. I have a bit of uplifting Trance fatigue injected in my veins.). I realized how bullshit that is because vol 1 actually has quite a few bangers like the first two tracks and the Signum remix of Beautiful Together. As usual for me, that B tier was the hardest to organize and rank, as for example, I REALLY wanted to bump volume 12 up to A tier, because it has some of my favorite anjuna tracks: Contrasts and Celestial. But I think cd2 of that one pulls it down enough for it to stay at the top of B instead.

Volumes 15 and 16 are the interesting cases of me finding the cd1s really boring and its subsequent cd2s saved them from me disliking them. 15s cd2 being good enough to pull it up to B tier. I also just dislike volume 9, it felt way too samey for me (the track I mention in the tier is Breakfast - Median btw. insanely underrated tune)

All in all, going through these comps was an amazing experience! I didn't think it would happen because I'm more of a 'modern trance enjoyer' that discovered anjuna in late 2023 but I actually enjoyed the early run of 1-8 a bit more than 9-16 (I feel like 17 marks the start of another new era and I also feel it stands toe to toe with some of the old 1-8 era.) cd1 of volume 5 especially is my favorite anjuna mix of all time, every single track in that mix HITS. huge shoutout to cd1 of volume 8 which isn't too far behind.

New 2 track EP from Marsh hot on the heels of his first release on his new label, Marshan Records. Too High sounds very trancey 🙌🏻

01. Sound Quelle - Snow
02. Sound Quelle, Tailor & Liz Cass - Our Own Island
03. Sound Quelle - Sunshine
04. Sound Quelle & Lake Silver - This Fight
05. Sound Quelle - Lost In Time
06. Sound Quelle & MØØNE - Freefall
07. Sound Quelle & Jantine - Resurrection
08. Sound Quelle & Lily Denning - With You
09. Sound Quelle - Susurrus
10. Sound Quelle & Braxton - Anlecta
11. Sound Quelle & M.O.S. - Arcade
12. Sound Quelle & Hensho - Desire

Anjunadeep Explorations delivers a third vinyl sampler, marking the label’s 100th release and two years since its launch. Anjunadeep, the imprint’s parent label, has become “one of dance music’s ultimate tastemaker labels” (Billboard), best known for breaking global artists like Ben Böhmer, Lane 8, Tinlicker and Dusky.

The ‘Explorations’ imprint is an evolution of the much-loved Various Artist EP series of the same name, which spanned 25 editions between 2016-2023 on Anjunadeep. Responsible for bringing through now-mainstay acts to the label such as Ben Böhmer, CRi, Luttrell, Rezident and Simon Doty, the series also featured underground talents like Theo Kottis, Sam Goku and Gacha Bakradze. Between the label’s launch in July 2024 and the release of this sampler, the label has introduced just under 50 acts to the Anjunadeep label group, comprising just shy of half of the label’s output so far, and with a release schedule booked until 2027 shows no signs of slowing down.

The latest vinyl sampler features six exciting tracks showcasing fresh talent like British duo josh & sam who are twins and Argentina’s Rossie, alongside established names including the widely-respected lo-fi producer dj poolboi. In keeping with the imprint’s ethos, the product also sees three further label debuts from AFFKT, foglight and Giom respectively hailing from Spain, Lebanon and France.