Trance

Trance was named in Frankfurt around 1990, when a handful of producers working out of Eye Q and Harthouse found that a single arpeggio held long enough stopped being a riff and became something else. It spent the nineties turning into the biggest dance music on earth: Robert Miles slowing it down, Oakenfold and Sasha carrying it through the superclubs, Gatecrasher and Cream and Amnesia filling every weekend, and a run of records, Café del Mar, For An Angel, Out Of The Blue, Sandstorm, 9pm, that a generation can still hum. By 2003 a Dutch DJ filled a football stadium on his own and then played the Olympics. Then it crashed, split into uplifting and progressive and tech, lost the mainstream to electro house, and kept going anyway, on the festival circuit and the radio show that never stopped. This is the whole arc: the records, the sets, the clubs and the people.

A chronological documentary of 771 moments on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-08-22

1. 1984 - 'Ear Say' UK TV Documentary with Gary Crowley. Ibiza 1984.. Early-1980s UK TV documentary on Ibiza nightlife, predating trance but foundational to the island's clubbing reputation that Balearic/trance culture inherited.
2. 1989 - First Love Parade Berlin 1989. Raw footage of the very first Love Parade, the event that launched the German trance/techno street-parade tradition and ran until 2010.
3. 1990 - Dance 2 Trance - We Came In Peace (1990). One of the founding records of German trance, built from a Native American vocal sample over hypnotic acid-tinged sequencing. Widely cited as an origin point for the genre.
4. 1990 - Talla 2XLC - Technoclub Mixtape @ Dorian Gray Frankfurt (1990). Talla 2XLCs Technoclub mixtape recorded live at Dorian Gray Frankfurt in 1990, among the earliest dated recordings of the Frankfurt club sound in this archive, predating Eye Q and Harthouse themselves.
5. 1990 - Dance 2 Trance - Power Of American Natives (Original Vocal Cut). Sister track to 'We Came In Peace', reinforcing the same tribal-vocal-over-acid-sequencer blueprint that helped define early German trance.
6. 1990 - Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Original Vocal). Jam & Spoon side-project record whose Jam & Spoon remix later became a trance/rave anthem; the original vocal cut is the founding artefact.
7. 1990 - Sven Väth - L'Esperanza (1990). Early Sven Väth production showing the Frankfurt/Offenbach scene's transition from acid house into hypnotic, melodic trance textures.
8. 1990-06-30 - hr3 Clubnight 1990-06-30 mit Sven Väth. The earliest dated Sven Vath hr3 Clubnight broadcast found in this pass, from June 1990, predates Eye Q, Harthouse and even the Omen by up to two years, documenting the true origin point of the Frankfurt sound.
9. 1991 - Resistance D - Cosmic Love (1991). Resistance Ds early Harthouse-adjacent single predating Human, part of the labels founding 1991-92 roster.
10. 1992-01-25 - Talla 2XLC - Technoclub, hr3 Clubnight (25.01.1992) [Techno/Trance Classics]. Talla 2XLC (credited with coining techno as a genre term in Germany, host of the Technoclub series) broadcasting on hr3 in January 1992, one of the earliest dated pieces of this scenes radio history.
11. 1992-05-09 - HR3 Clubnight No.47 - Sven Väth (09.05.1992) [Radiomix]. One of the earliest dated Sven Vath hr3 Clubnight broadcasts in circulation, from May 1992, predates most of the Eye Q catalogue and documents the sound at its origin.
12. 1992-05-26 - Jam & Spoon - Stella (1992). Instrumental anthem that helped crystallize the melodic, arpeggiated German trance sound; endlessly sampled and remixed since.
13. 1992 - DJ Dag - Interview (1992). Rare period 1992 interview with DJ Dag of Dance 2 Trance, one of the founding figures of the Frankfurt trance sound and the Omen scene.
14. 1992 - Paul van Dyk - short interview, uncut (1992). Rare archival 1992 interview footage of Paul van Dyk, years before he founded Vandit Records in 1999, origin-story context for the label's founder.
15. 1992 - The Beginning of Trance & Goa trance scene - 1992 (Documentary). Documentary on the earliest formation of the trance scene circa 1992, distinct from the separate Goa/psytrance archive.
16. 1992 - Lost In Music: Tekkno Trance (Documentary, 1992) (English subtitles included). Early-1990s European TV documentary on the emerging techno/trance scene.
17. 1992 - Barbarella - My Name Is Barbarella (Eye Q Records) (1992). Early Eye Q Records vocal-trance single from Frankfurt duo Barbarella, part of the labels formative 1992 roster.
18. 1992 - Rave Culture: BBC House Music Documentary 1992 - Part 1/3. BBC documentary on UK rave/house culture in 1992, contemporaneous with trance's emergence from the same scene.
19. 1992 - Cosmic Baby - Stellar Supreme (1992). Cosmic Babys Stellar Supreme album on MFS, one of the labels foundational early-90s Berlin trance records.
20. 1992 - MFS - Tranceformed From Beyond (1992) [Full Mix]. Mark Reeders own MFS compilation from the labels founding year, a direct label artifact for MFS, which the archive currently has zero coverage of.
21. 1992 - Sven Väth - Accident In Paradise (1992). Title track of Väth's debut album; a key document of trance's emergence from the German techno underground.
22. 1992 - The Overlords - Frankfurt Goes Organic (Mosaic Remix) [Sven Väth Early Techno Trance Classic 1992]. Early Sven Vath-associated Frankfurt techno-trance track from 1992, predating the Eye Q label proper, pre-history of the sound.
23. 1992 - Cosmic Baby - The Space Track (1992). Munich-scene epic that pushed trance toward orchestral, widescreen arrangements, an early template for the 'euphoric' strand of the genre.
24. 1992 - Hardfloor - Acperience 1 (1992). Landmark 303-acid-meets-trance record that fused acid house's squelch with trance's rolling rhythm; hugely influential on the Frankfurt sound.
25. 1992 - React 2 Rhythm - Intoxication (Rhythm Trance Mix). Early UK progressive/trance crossover; the 'Rhythm Trance Mix' credit itself documents trance identity emerging as a named remix style this early.
26. 1992 - Members Of Mayday - Mayday Anthem (1992). The anthem that launched the Mayday festival brand, a key institution of German trance/techno rave culture through the 90s.
27. 1992 - Various - Frankfurt Trax Volume 3, The House Of Phuture (1992) [Techno, Hard Trance, Breakbeat]. Earlier Frankfurt Trax compilation volume from 1992, documenting the citys formative hard-trance/techno scene.
28. 1992 - Spicelab - Quicksand (1992). Oliver Lieb's Spicelab alias on Harthouse Records; a hypnotic, rolling early trance record from one of the genre's most prolific German producers.
29. 1992 - Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Jam & Spoon 'Watch Out For Stella' Mix) (1992). The Jam & Spoon remix that turned an obscure Belgian original into a genre-founding anthem, arguably the single most influential trance remix of the decade.
30. 1993-02-13 - hr3 Clubnight - Torsten Fenslau (13.02.1993) [HQ DAT Recording]. Second dated Torsten Fenslau hr3 Clubnight recording, from February 1993, sourced from a high-quality DAT tape.
31. 1993 - MFS - Berliner Trance (Documentary, 1993). Period 1993 documentary about the Berlin trance scene centered on MFS Records, exactly the kind of contemporaneous TV/documentary coverage this pass is meant to surface.
32. 1993 - DJ Dag - Interview at Omen Frankfurt, Dance 2 Trance (Reportage Top DJ Mag). Archival TV reportage interview with DJ Dag filmed at the Omen club in Frankfurt, direct footage of the club central to this scene.
33. 1993 - Culture Beat - Mr. Vain (Countdown, 1993). Period German TV performance of Culture Beats Mr Vain, featuring Torsten Fenslau (who died in 1993), the Frankfurt-scene TV coverage explicitly called out as a target of this pass.
34. 1993 - BBC 2 Ecstasy use & Raves - Shelly's Laserdome (1993). BBC Two documentary segment on ecstasy and rave culture filmed at Shelley's Laserdome, a key early UK trance/rave club.
35. 1993 - Sven Väth - Accident In Paradise (Official Video) (1993). Official video for the title track of Sven Väths debut album on Eye Q Records, Frankfurt, his signature crossover trance single.
36. 1993 - Sven Väth - Accident In Paradise (1993) [Full Album]. Full official album upload of Sven Väths Accident In Paradise, his debut artist album on Eye Q Records, the record that established Eye Qs trance sound beyond singles.
37. 1993 - Vernon - Vernons Wonderland (Eye Q 1993). Vernons Wonderland is Vernons signature Eye Q trance cut, a Frankfurt scene staple distinct from Vernon Vernons Wonderland already catalogued once, this covers the original mix specifically.
38. 1993 - Vernon - Vernon's Wonderland (1993). Early Platipus Records release; a blueprint for the shimmering, melodic strand of British trance that flourished through the mid-90s.
39. 1993 - Hardfloor - Into The Nature. Hardfloor Harthouse-era acid-trance single from their own official channel, alongside their already-catalogued Acperience 1.
40. 1993 - Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Original, 1993). The record most people mean when they say 'trance classic', a hypnotic, melancholic melody that became the genre's defining anthem.
41. 1993 - The Ambush - Ambush 1. Ambush was one of Oliver Liebs many Harthouse-era aliases/collaborations, a third Lieb-linked project after Spicelab and L.S.G.
42. 1993 - Humate - Love Stimulation (Paul van Dyk's Love Club Mix) (1993). Early Paul van Dyk remix work; a hypnotic club record that shows his production style forming before his own solo breakthrough.
43. 1993 - Resistance D - Human (Laurent Garnier Mix) (Harthouse). Distinct Laurent Garnier remix of Resistance Ds Human, released by Harthouse itself on its own official channel.
44. 1993 - HartHouse Chapter 1 - The Point Of No Return (1993). Harthouse Records own first compilation, The Point Of No Return, a foundational label artifact defining the Frankfurt/Offenbach hard-trance sound.
45. 1993 - Cygnus X - Superstring (1993). French trance duo's cult record, later remixed by Rank 1 in the 2000s revival, the original is a key document of early 90s French trance.
46. 1993 - HartHouse Chapter 2 - Dedicated To The Omen (1993). Harthouse's second compilation, explicitly dedicated to Sven Vaths Omen club in Frankfurt, direct evidence of the label-club connection central to this era.
47. 1993 - Resistance D - Human (1993). Harthouse Records release from the German duo behind 'Rome/Rezolution'; a hypnotic, minimal trance record from the label's foundational period.
48. 1993 - Humate - Love Stimulation (Original Mix) (1993). The true 1993 MFS original mix of Love Stimulation, distinct from the Paul van Dyk Love Club Mix already in the archive.
49. 1993 - Grace - Not Over Yet (1993). Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne production; an early Perfecto Records vocal trance anthem that would be revisited by the label for years after.
50. 1993 - The Secret Life Of Trance - Rising High Records CD Compilation (1993), mixed by Johan N. Lecander. Survey of Rising High Records 1993 trance compilation The Secret Life Of Trance, UK label with close German-scene ties during this era.
51. 1993 - Bedrock - For What You Dream Of (1993). John Digweed's project delivering an atmospheric, progressive-trance instrumental that became a career-defining track and enduring DJ favorite.
52. 1993 - Sven Väth, DJ Dag, Torsten Fenslau - Hessentag Lich (1993) hr3 Clubnight Special [Full HQ Set]. Rare three-way hr3 Clubnight special from 1993 featuring Sven Vath, DJ Dag and Torsten Fenslau together at a single event, a key intersection of the scenes central figures.
53. 1993 - Barbarella - Barbarella (My Name Is Barbarella / Spaceship) (1993). Barbarella single pairing My Name Is Barbarella with Spaceship, an Eye Q-adjacent Frankfurt release from 1993.
54. 1993 - Blue Alphabet - Cybertrance (Bonzai Classic, 1993). One of Bonzai Records' earliest-dated catalogue tracks, placing it right at the label's 1993 launch.
55. 1993-08-14 - Torsten Fenslau - Live @ hr3 Clubnight (14.08.1993). Archival hr3 Clubnight DJ set from Torsten Fenslau (Culture Beat), recorded in August 1993, before his death that December, direct period documentation of a key Frankfurt-adjacent figure.
56. 1993-09-11 - DJ Sven Väth - hr3 XXL Clubnight (11.09.1993). Archival hr3 XXL Clubnight radio broadcast of a Sven Vath DJ set from September 1993, at the height of the Eye Q/Omen era.
57. 1993-10-09 - hr3 Clubnight - DJ Dag (09.10.1993). Archival hr3 Clubnight radio broadcast DJ set from DJ Dag, October 1993, period documentation of the Dance 2 Trance/Omen figure.
58. 1993-10-10 - Jam & Spoon - Right In The Night (Fall In Love With Music) (1993). Vocal trance crossover hit featuring Plavka; brought the Jam & Spoon sound to mainstream radio while keeping trance's melodic DNA intact.
59. 1994-01-15 - Mark Spoon - 1st DJ Set @ hr3 Clubnight (15.01.1994) [Techno/Trance Classics]. Mark Spoon (of Jam and Spoon) his first hr3 Clubnight DJ set broadcast, January 1994, Frankfurt radio documentation of a central Frankfurt trance figure.
60. 1994-02-26 - Force Inc. Label Night - hr3 Clubnight (26.02.1994) [Techno/Trance Classics]. Archival hr3 radio broadcast of a Force Inc label night, the Frankfurt techno label adjacent to the citys trance scene, genuine period German radio documentation.
61. 1994-04-12 - Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill, House Of Commons 12 April 1994. Primary footage of the UK House of Commons debating the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill targeting rave gatherings.
62. 1994 - Sasha & John Digweed - Renaissance: The Mix Collection (CD1, 1994). The Renaissance mix series' founding release, Sasha & John Digweed's Mix Collection, a foundational progressive/trance mix-CD landmark.
63. 1994 - Paul Oakenfold - Goa Mix (1994 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix). Oakenfold's historic Goa-trance Essential Mix that introduced psychedelic Goa sounds to the mainstream UK trance audience, the sanctioned crossover moment between the two scenes.
64. 1994 - Sven Väth - Harlequin: The Beauty And The Beast (1994). Sven Väth production blending trance with orchestral, filmic textures, a document of the Frankfurt scene's more theatrical, widescreen side.
65. 1994 - Marmion - Schöneberg (DJ Hell Remix). Distinct DJ Hell remix of Marmions Schoneberg on Superstition Records (Hamburg), the original mix is already archived, this is a different period record.
66. 1994 - Union Jack - Two Full Moons and A Trout (Caspar Pound Mix) (1994). Distinct Caspar Pound remix of Union Jacks Two Full Moons and A Trout, the artist and track are already in the archive, but this particular mix is not.
67. 1994 - Various - Frankfurt Trax Volume 5 (1994) [Hardcore, Techno, Breakbeat, Gabber, Acid]. Frankfurt Trax compilation series, documenting the citys broader dance-music output in 1994 alongside the trance labels.
68. 1994 - Rabbit In The Moon - Out Of Body Experience (Original) (1994). US Florida-scene trance/techno act whose tribal, hypnotic productions and elaborate live shows made them a defining act of the American rave circuit.
69. 1994 - Anti Criminal Justice Bill rally, 1994. Period footage of a 1994 street protest against the Criminal Justice Bill's anti-rave provisions.
70. 1994 - MTV Europe Dance Memories - VHS Rip 1 (1994). Period MTV Europe dance-scene TV footage from 1994, preserved via VHS rip, genuine broadcast-era material covering the German/European trance scene.
71. 1994 - Orbital - Are We Here? (Criminal Justice Bill?). Orbital's contemporaneous musical protest against the Criminal Justice Bill, illustrating the rave scene's political response.
72. 1994 - Sven Väth | Interview MTV Europe [English] (1994). Period MTV Europe interview with Sven Väth during the early-90s German techno/trance scene's rise.
73. 1994 - MTV Europe News (1994) - The year that changed the electronic scene. Period MTV Europe news segment covering the electronic music scenes transformation in 1994, the year the Frankfurt/Berlin labels were breaking through.
74. 1994 - Union Jack - Two Full Moons & A Trout (Original Mix, remastered). A cornerstone Platipus Records release and enduring DJ favorite that helped define the label's melodic, atmospheric house-trance hybrid sound.
75. 1994 - Man With No Name - Teleport (Original Mix). Genuine Goa-trance crossover permitted by scope: Martin Freeland's Platipus-adjacent project bridged psychedelic Goa sounds into the melodic UK trance scene.
76. 1994 - Taucher - Fantasy (Official Music Video) (1994). Early single from DJ Taucher, who would go on to remix Ayla's 'Ayla'; a document of the mid-90s German trance underground.
77. 1994 - Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (1994). French trance duo's early anthem, a companion piece to 'Superstring' showing the duo's melodic, sequencer-driven signature forming.
78. 1994 - Marmion - Schöneberg (Original Mix) (1994). Belgian trance classic named after the Berlin district; a hypnotic, rolling record that stayed a DJ favorite for years after release.
79. 1994 - Sven Väth - The Harlequin, The Robot And The Ballet Dancer (1994). Full album upload of Väths second Eye Q album, deepened the labels signature blend of orchestral trance and Frankfurt club sound.
80. 1994 - Emmanuel Top - Turkish Bazar (Original Mix) (1994). Emmanuel Top's hypnotic, Middle-Eastern-tinged trance/techno record; a distinctive entry in the French producer's catalogue.
81. 1994 - Cosmic Baby - Loops Of Infinity (Official Video) (1994). Follow-up to 'The Space Track'; continued the Munich producer's widescreen, melodic approach that helped shape 'euphoric' trance.
82. 1994 - Brainchild - Symmetry (P Mix) (1994). The ORIGINAL 1994 Eye Q mix of Symmetry, predating the 1999 Lange breakbeat remix already in the archive, this is the actual Frankfurt-era release.
83. 1994 - Odyssee Of Noises - Firedance (The Sunrise) [Eye Q Records] (1994). Odyssee Of Noises Eye Q classic, atmospheric Frankfurt trance built around a rising melodic theme, part of the labels mid-period catalogue.
84. 1994 - Earth Nation - Alienated (Earth Mix) (1994). Earth Nation Eye Q single, part of the labels ambient-tinged trance wing alongside Terra Incognita.
85. 1994 - Behind The Eye - Eye Q Compilation Vol. 1 (1994) [Reissue]. Official Eye Q Records label compilation from 1994, the labels own showcase of its Frankfurt trance roster, a core label artifact.
86. 1994 - HartHouse Chapter 3 - Axis Of Vision (1994). Harthouse's third label compilation, continuing the Chapter series into 1994.
87. 1994 - Harthouse Compilation Chapter 4 - Global Virus (1994). Fourth Harthouse label compilation, Global Virus, continuing the labels documented release chronology.
88. 1994 - Paul van Dyk - Pump This Party. Early Paul van Dyk single on MFS Records, Mark Reeders Berlin label, the archive currently has zero MFS content despite MFS being one of the three foundational labels of this sound.
89. 1994 - Paul van Dyk - Emergency. Paul van Dyk MFS single from his early Berlin period on Mark Reeders label.
90. 1994 - Cosmic Baby - Thinking About Myself [Full Album] (1994). Cosmic Babys second MFS album, Thinking About Myself, deepens MFS coverage beyond Stellar Supreme and Paul van Dyk.
91. 1994 - Various - Rising High Trance Injection (1994). Rising High Records trance/ambient compilation from 1994, UK label with strong overlap to the German trance scene of the period.
92. 1994 - The Ambush - Rain (Harthouse) (1994). Second confirmed The Ambush track on Harthouse, explicitly labeled and dated, corroborating Ambush 1 already added.
93. 1994 - Earth Nation - In Retrospect (1994). Track from Earth Nations Thoughts In Past Future (Eye Q, 1994), a second Earth Nation album beyond Terra Incognita already in this batch.
94. 1994 - Vernon - Chapter Two, The Future (Sven Väth Remix). Sven Vath remixing fellow Eye Q artist Vernon on the Chapter Two follow-up to Vernons Wonderland, direct evidence of Eye Q artists collaborating internally.
95. 1994 - Union Jack - Cactus (1994). One of Platipus Records' foundational releases by Union Jack (Robert Gitelman & Vince Freeman); pre-1995 label origin track.
96. 1994 - Cherrymoon Trax - The House Of House (Original Mix). Cherrymoon Trax was the Bonzai-affiliated act tied to the legendary Cherrymoon club in Lokeren, Belgium, foundational Belgian trance/house crossover act.
97. 1994 - Thunderball - Bonzai Channel One (Original Mix, 1994). Bonzai Records origin-era anthem; Thunderball's Channel One became one of the label's signature early trance IDs.
98. 1994-10-04 - Paul van Dyk - 45 RPM (1994). Early Paul van Dyk solo single, released the same year as the original 'For An Angel', documents his sound forming before the 1998 breakthrough remix.
99. 1994-11-25 - Members Of Mayday - We Are Different (Original Mix) (1994). Earlier single from the Mayday festival collective, predating 'Sonic Empire', documents the project's sound in the festival brand's founding years.
100. 1995-02-16 - BT - Embracing The Sunshine (1995). Early BT single showing the American producer's take on melodic trance, blending it with progressive breakbeat textures.
101. 1995-03-18 - DJ Dag - hr3 Clubnight (18.03.1995) [Complete, Good Quality]. Complete DJ Dag hr3 Clubnight broadcast from March 1995, mid-period documentation of the Frankfurt club sound.
102. 1995 - Sourmash - The Blessing (Daves Road To Enlightenment Mix) (1995). Sourmash trance single from the mid-90s German/European progressive-trance scene adjacent to the Eye Q catalogue.
103. 1995 - Robert Miles - Children (Official Video) (1995). The 'dream house' single that outsold nearly every trance record of its era and brought piano-led melodic dance music to global radio.
104. 1995 - Hardfloor presents Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Dubdope (1995). Track from Hardfloors Dadamnphreaknoizphunk alias/side-project, the harder acid-techno wing of their Harthouse-adjacent output.
105. 1995 - HartHouse Chapter 5 - Bitter Fruits (1995). Fifth Harthouse compilation, Bitter Fruits, marking the labels progression into 1995.
106. 1995 - Emmanuel Top - Tone (1995). French trance/hard-trance producer Emmanuel Top's cult record; representative of the harder, hypnotic French strand of 90s trance.
107. 1995 - Koxbox - Forever After (1995) [Harthouse Records]. Koxbox is normally Goa-trance and out of scope, but Forever After was released directly on Harthouse in Frankfurt, making it a genuine label item per the Harthouse-specific exception.
108. 1995 - Interactive - Who Is Elvis? (Official Video) (1995). Quirky, hypnotic trance/techno hybrid with a memorable vocal hook; a mid-90s club and chart hit across continental Europe.

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700. 1995 - Baby Doc - Sienna (Classic) (1995). Melodic mid-90s trance record from the German Baby Doc project; a lesser-known but genre-representative artefact of the era.
701. 1995 - Cygnus X - Hypermetrical (Original Mix). Cygnus X trance single from late 1995, deepens Cygnus X coverage beyond Superstring and The Orange Theme, both already in the archive.
702. 1995 - Commander Tom - Are Am Eye? (1995). Hypnotic German trance record with a distinctive vocoded vocal hook; a staple of mid-90s trance radio and club sets.
703. 1995 - DJ Misjah & DJ Tim - Access (1995). Dutch hard-trance landmark that helped define the harder, faster continental European trance sound of the mid-90s.
704. 1995 - Sven Väth - 1995 Birthday Set @ Omen, Frankfurt (Part 1). Archival recording of Sven Vaths own birthday DJ set at his Omen club in 1995, direct period club documentation.
705. 1995 - Taucher - Infinity (VIVA TV 1995). Period VIVA German TV broadcast of Taucher (Frankfurt trance producer, already represented by Fantasy in the archive) performing Infinity in 1995, direct German TV scene coverage.
706. 1995 - Paul van Dyk - My World (VIVA TV 1995). Period VIVA German TV broadcast of Paul van Dyk performing My World in 1995, German TV coverage of the MFS artist.
707. 1995 - Marusha - Deep (Viva TV Germany 1995). Period German VIVA TV broadcast of Marusha, a Berlin techno/trance figure closely tied to the Mayday and Love Parade scene of this era.
708. 1995 - TOP DJ MAG (1995) presents Positiva by Nick Halkes (Pt.1). Period archival feature on Positiva Records presented by label A&R Nick Halkes, direct label-era documentary footage from the UK's Positiva imprint.
709. 1995 - Astral Projection - Mahadeva (Original 1995 Version). Israeli Goa-trance duo's classic; included here as the scope-sanctioned Goa/melodic crossover moment alongside Man With No Name and Oakenfold's Goa Mix.
710. 1995 - Earth Nation - Terra Incognita (Eye Q Records, 1995) [Full Album]. Earth Nations full ambient-trance album on Eye Q, the labels quieter, more atmospheric wing alongside its club anthems.
711. 1995 - Behind The Eye Vol 2 - Eye Q Compilation. Second volume of Eye Q Records own compilation series, following Behind The Eye Vol. 1 (1994), direct label artifact.
712. 1995 - Union Jack - Red Herring (Original Mix, 1995). Platipus Records classic, follow-up to Cactus; core early-catalogue Union Jack release on the label.
713. 1995 - Perfecto Allstarz - Reach Up (Pig Bag) (Official Music Video, 1995). Perfecto Records' Allstarz project, a Top of the Pops-charting UK hit that showed the label's crossover reach beyond club trance.
714. 1995 - Art Of Trance - Octopus (Man With No Name Remix) [Platipus Records PLAT 17]. Platipus Records' Man With No Name remix of Art Of Trance's Octopus, one of the label's most-remixed catalogue tracks.
715. 1995-11-27 - Faithless - Insomnia (Official 4K Video) (1995). 'I can't get no sleep', one of the most recognizable dance vocal hooks of the decade, blending trance arpeggios with UK breakbeat and rap verses.
716. 1996-02-22 - Robert Miles - Children (First Performance) - TOTP 22 02 1996. Robert Miles performing 'Children' on Top of the Pops, the song that broke trance into the UK mainstream charts.
717. 1996-03-14 - Robert Miles - Children (Second Performance) - TOTP - 14 03 1996. Robert Miles's second Top of the Pops performance of 'Children' in March 1996.
718. 1996-04-30 - Members Of Mayday - Live at Mayday X (30.04.1996). Archival footage from Mayday X, one of the largest German trance/techno festivals of the 90s, direct documentary evidence of the era's rave-festival scale.
719. 1996-05-27 - Robert Miles - Fable (Official Video) (1996). Follow-up single to 'Children'; continued Miles's melodic, piano-driven style that shaped the more atmospheric edges of trance.
720. 1996 - Platipus Records Volume One. Platipus Records' founding compilation, one of the earliest surveys of the label's roster after its 1993 launch.
721. 1996 - Paul van Dyk - Seven Ways. Title track from Paul van Dyks second MFS album Seven Ways (1996), his last full album before leaving MFS.
722. 1996 - Effective Force - Back And To The Left [Full Album] (1996, MFS Records Berlin). Full MFS album by Effective Force, whose Illuminate The Planet was remixed by Paul van Dyk, a deeper MFS roster act beyond PvD himself.
723. 1996 - Transmotion - Space Trumpets (BOY Records) (1996). BOY Records trance single from 1996, one of the smaller Frankfurt-scene labels named in the brief.
724. 1996 - L.S.G. - Netherworld (1996). Oliver Lieb's L.S.G. project delivering a hypnotic, rolling trance staple that stayed in DJ sets for years after release.
725. 1996 - Robert Miles Rare Interview 1996. Rare period interview with Robert Miles from 1996, at the height of 'Children''s global success.
726. 1996 - Vincent de Moor - Flowtation (1996). A driving, melodic Bonzai Records staple representative of the Belgian trance sound that dominated Benelux clubs in the mid-90s.
727. 1996 - Ayla - Ayla (Taucher Remix) (1996). Hypnotic, minor-key trance track that became a defining Harthouse-adjacent anthem of the mid-90s German scene.
728. 1996 - Sasha & John Digweed - Northern Exposure (1996). Landmark progressive/trance DJ mix compilation that shaped how a generation of DJs and listeners understood melodic dance music as a journey, not just tracks.
729. 1996 - Sasha & Digweed interview (1996). Archival period interview with Sasha and John Digweed at the height of the Renaissance mix-series era.
730. 1996 - B.B.E. - Seven Days And One Week (Club Mix) (1996). Anthemic, string-laden Belgian trance record that became a huge continental hit, blending trance with a pop vocal hook.
731. 1996 - Symbiosis - Sensory (Trance) (1996). Lesser-known but genre-representative mid-90s trance record documenting the hypnotic, extended-mix club style of the era.
732. 1996 - Blue Amazon - No Other Love (1996). Extended, hypnotic mid-90s trance record representative of the genre's longer, journey-style club mixes before the shift to shorter radio edits.
733. 1996 - Salt Tank - Eugina (ST6 Original) (1996). Progressive-trance record on London Records; the original mix predates the more famous Michael Woods remix by several years.
734. 1996 - BT feat. Vincent Covello - Loving You More (1996 official video). BT's Perfecto-era progressive trance single; official music video for one of the label's signature early hits.
735. 1996-06-17 - Paul van Dyk - Seven Ways (1996). Title track of van Dyk's debut album; a key mid-90s document of German trance moving toward album-length artistic statements.
736. 1996-08-17 - DJ Dag - Rarities and Trance Classics, hr3 Clubnight (17.08.1996). DJ Dag hr3 Clubnight broadcast from mid-1996, filling out the archives thin 1995-1997 coverage.
737. 1996-09-02 - Way Out West - The Gift (Original Mix) (1996). Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff's breakthrough single; a melodic, progressive-trance record that established the duo before their 'Mindcircus' era.
738. 1996-10-21 - Robert Miles feat. Maria Nayler - One & One (Official Video) (1996). Third single from Miles's 'Dreamland' album, adding Maria Nayler's vocals to his piano-driven dream-house sound; continued the trajectory set by 'Children' and 'Fable'.
739. 1996-11-06 - DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima (Original Mix). German trance-pop crossover with an unmistakable flute hook; a huge continental European club and chart hit.
740. 1996-12-02 - Chicane - Offshore (Original Mix, 1996). Nick Bracegirdle's breakthrough single, blending trance arpeggios with ambient and progressive house textures, a defining 'chill trance' record.
741. 1997-05-18 - Talla 2XLC - Technoclub, Dorian Gray Frankfurt (18.05.1997) [Live Recording]. Dated live Technoclub recording at Dorian Gray from May 1997, near the end of the classic Frankfurt club era.
742. 1997-06-09 - Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Original Video) (1997). The duo who remixed Café Del Mar delivering their own anthemic single; a bright, driving record from the same production team.
743. 1997 - Dance Valley crowd panorama, 1997. Panoramic view of the crowd at the third edition of Dance Valley festival, Spaarnwoude recreation area, Netherlands, August 1997. Haarlem archive photo (Noord-Hollands Archief).
744. 1997 - Best Of Bonzai - Volume 2 (CD2, remix by Yves Deruyter). Bonzai Records' own Best Of compilation series, mixed by label artist Yves Deruyter.
745. 1997 - Cream Anthems 97 (CD1, mixed by Paul Oakenfold). UK superclub Cream's flagship compilation series, this edition mixed by Perfecto's own Paul Oakenfold, bridges the club and label worlds.
746. 1997 - Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Three N One Radio Remix) (official video). Official video for the Three N One remix of Energy 52s Eye Q classic Cafe Del Mar, distinct 1997 rework, not the 1993 original already in the archive.
747. 1997 - Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Three N One Remix) [HQ] (1997). Full-length Three N One remix of Cafe Del Mar, the extended club mix version distinct from the radio edit.
748. 1997 - Talla 2XLC vs. Taucher - Technoclub Vol. 1 (1997) [Live Mixed @ Dorian Gray Frankfurt]. Live DJ set recording from Talla 2XLC (credited with coining the term techno in Germany and running the Technoclub series) at Dorian Gray, the Frankfurt airport club central to this scene.
749. 1997 - Members Of Mayday - Sonic Empire. Members Of Mayday anthem tied to the Mayday rave series, the German rave-culture counterpart to the Frankfurt club scene, alongside the already-archived Mayday Anthem and We Are Different.
750. 1997 - Ibiza Uncovered Season One Episode One. First episode of the seminal 1997 Sky/Channel documentary series that brought Ibiza's club culture (Amnesia, Manumission) to mainstream UK TV.
751. 1997 - Ibiza uncovered 1997 episode 3 FULL. Full-length third episode of the 1997 Ibiza Uncovered series.
752. 1997 - Ibiza uncovered 1997 episode 4. Fourth episode of the 1997 Ibiza Uncovered series.
753. 1997 - Art Of Trance - Madagascar (Transa Remix). Simon Berry's signature Platipus anthem; the Transa remix became one of the most replayed melodic trance records of the late 90s.
754. 1997 - Transa - Enervate (Original Mix) (1997). Perfecto Records release by the duo behind the Madagascar remix; representative of the melodic, progressive-leaning trance Oakenfold's label championed.
755. 1997 - Three Drives - Greece 2000 (Original Mix). Instrumental epic built on a hypnotic string riff; one of the most-played trance anthems of the era and still a festival staple today.
756. 1997 - Yves Deruyter - The Rebel (Original Mix) (1997). Belgian trance/hard house record that became a rave staple across the Benelux scene, showing trance's overlap with harder continental dance styles.
757. 1997 - Members Of Mayday - Sonic Empire (Extended). Anthem tied to the Mayday festival brand; a hard, euphoric trance record documenting the German rave-festival circuit at its commercial height.
758. 1997 - Transa - Prophase (Original Mix) (1997). Follow-up to the duo's Madagascar remix work; another melodic, Perfecto-adjacent trance record from the same British production team.
759. 1997 - Quietman - Now & Zen (1997). Platipus Records staple; a hypnotic, meditative trance record representative of the UK label's melodic, atmospheric house-trance hybrid catalogue.
760. 1997 - Moonman - Galaxia (Original Mix) (1997). An early Ferry Corsten alias; a hypnotic instrumental trance record documenting the Dutch producer's sound before his System F and Gouryella breakthroughs.
761. 1997 - Love Parade Berlin 1997 - Archival Footage. Footage from Berlin's Love Parade, the era's largest techno/trance street festival, direct visual evidence of the scene's mainstream scale in the late 90s.
762. 1997 - Tilt vs. Paul van Dyk - Rendezvous (Quadrophonic Mix) (1997). Collaboration between UK trance act Tilt and Paul van Dyk; a driving, hypnotic record documenting cross-scene collaboration between the German and British trance camps.
763. 1997 - Transa - Enervate (Original Mix, 1997). Platipus/Perfecto-adjacent progressive trance classic by Transa (Nick Muir & Dave Curtin project), core Platipus-era catalogue track.
764. 1997 - Quietman - Meditate (Platipus, 1997). Platipus Records ambient-trance release by Quietman, one of the label's core roster acts through the mid-90s.
765. 1997-06-30 - BT - Flaming June (BT & Paul van Dyk Original Mix) (1997). BT and Paul van Dyk collaboration; a widescreen, breakbeat-inflected trance record that bridged the US and German scenes.
766. 1997-07-12 - Love Parade, Berlin 1997. Crowds at the Love Parade, Berlin, July 1997.
767. 1997-07-12 - Love Parade, Berlin 1997 (crowd). Crowd scene at the Love Parade, Berlin, July 1997.
768. 1997-07-12 - Love Parade 1997 Berlin - MDR Übertragung. Complete period German TV broadcast of the 1997 Love Parade, primary contemporaneous coverage of the event at its peak.
769. 1997-07-12 - LOVEPARADE 1997 - VIVA TV - 11von17. Period VIVA TV music-channel coverage of the 1997 Love Parade.
770. 1997-07-12 - GERMANY: BERLIN: HUGE CROWD GATHERS FOR 9TH ANNUAL LOVE PARADE. AP wire newsreel of the 1997 Love Parade crowd, contemporaneous period press coverage.
771. 1997-07-12 - 1997 DOCU-The Love Parade 1997 in Berlin. July 12, 1997. One of the largest ever. The ninth edition. Extended period documentary footage of the 1997 Love Parade.

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