Trance Classics Set live from Rebooted, Sheffield, 29-12-23

Craig is one of the worlds most in demand Trance artists, known to his fans for his trademark euphoric & wistfully lyrical sound which started with his debut release Black Hole now with over 20 millions streams worldwide since its release in 2013, so few have a bonafide Trance classic of this magnitude in their catalogue. 

Craig has released 3 number 1 selling albums in 5 years and maintains 250-400,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone from 36 vocal singles, 50 instrumentals and 25 remixes. A staggering amount of music from a 13 year career, with no less than 11 Beatport No1 productions and ranked in their top 15 selling Trance artists of all time.

As a DJ he is a mainstay across the UK club scene playing in every major city throughout the year. His popularity has led to regular bookings at premier festivals like Transmission, Dreamstate, Luminosity and ASOT. 

Further afield he is one of the only Trance artists on the planet to have a record added to rotation on Sirius XM, America’s biggest satellite radio service. This Life was played on BPM for over 6 months, propelling Craig’s name across the states and Canada.

Biography

Born in 1981 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the UK Simon Voakes has a real passion for music and a wide appreciation of the ever expanding genres, from trance to drum & bass, through punk & indie to ambient & classical. But his true love is electronic dance music…


Back in the early 90′s the rave scene in the UK was really taking off and Simon, just entering his teenage years, took an interest in the Jungle & Hardcore scene. He would listen to tape packs & collect flyers until he was old enough to start attending live events and this is when his love affair with the scene really began to take off.

Back in 2000 he began frequenting top nightclub events including Peach @ Camden Palace, Slinky @ The Bournemouth Opera House & Gatecrasher @ Republic. At that time he was listening mainly to Trance & Hard House. The people and the music combined to create an atmosphere and sense of belonging he had not known before, he was now well and truly hooked. Simon also revived his passion for Hardcore & Drum & Bass by attending raves at the Sanctuary in Milton Keynes, the NEC in Birmingham and other major venues.

By early 2002 he had started to play around with mixing techniques and experimented with the different ways 2 or more tracks could be played together creating ‘mash-ups.’ And in 2003 he moved on to the next stage, no longer content with mixing other artist’s work he wanted to create something that was his and entered the world of music production. He had some experience with sound production, gained through an HND Multimedia course, including time spent in professional studios, but still it became clear there was a lot to learn.

Simon began building his home studio where he continues to develop his skills and is loving it just as much as the day he started. After starting with trance he has produced tracks in variety of styles including Hardcore, Drum & Bass, Breaks & Dubstep and brings a wealth of experience and variety gained from all these genres together to produce his own brand of uplifting Trance as ‘SV Digital.’

The EDM scene has been a huge part of his life and he takes great pleasure in being able to put something back into it. ..

Trance Classics Set live from Rebooted, Sheffield, 29-12-23

Craig Connelly