Trance Anthems

Oh Fragile Girl

Heart Logic

Wasted On Your Love

sonata

sonata (7”)

No Need To Hide

My new remix of John O'Callaghan's epic single Pebble Beach. 
Out 6th June 2025 on Subculture.

John O'Callaghan - Pebble Beach (John Askew Remix)

You With Me

You With Me (Extended Mix)

Voices

Open Your Mind

Open Your Mind (Extended Mix)

Interstellar

For AE599 we welcome a good friend and amazing artist, Jak Aggas! His new track Novalja has been lighting up dance floors around the world since 2024 and now gets a highly anticipated release. As weve come to expect from Jak, Novalja is emotionally charged and energetic from start to finish. Uplifting Trance at its best!

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Novalja

Wonderful

Into The Rain

Storm In My Head

Noctua

"When It Rains" captures the intimate sensations of a rainy moment. An elegant, uplifting production combines atmospheric pads and a sweet melody to evoke a sense of introspection and solitary calm.

The forward momentum is provided by a pulsating, rhythmic bassline, contrasting with the ethereal atmospheres, symbolizing an internal conflict that finds peace in a cathartic and emotional drop. The clear and touching lead represents the glimmer of hope and clarity that emerges from the stillness.

Perfect for evolving sets or moments of deep connection on the dance floor.

Buy on Beatport

When It Rains (Radio Edit)

I’m am a musician, I like different types of music, especially dance and trance.

In childhood it wasn’t a book Derek kept under his covers late at night – it was a pair of headphones. Listening to the late night shows on the Santa Monica university radio station KCRW he discovered the mind expanding experiences of synthesized soundscapes, adding a whole other dialect to his second language of music. (Japanese is his third, but that’s another story.)

Then, while living in France, Derek discovered the trance genre in Antiloop’s “Nowhere to Hide” and Energy 52’s “Cafe Del Mar” on a Love Parade compilation, bringing him ever closer to the melodic textures of this electronic world. One day, in Paris, guided by fate, he completed this crescendo when he accidentally stumbled upon his first outdoor rave – Derek was home.

Returning to the US, Derek headed for the San Francisco club and underground scene. He bought turntables in 2003, deciding to place himself directly in the flow of the sounds he came to love in the chaos and freedom of a Parisian street rave.

Ever since, he has dedicated himself to bringing the raw emotional power of melodic dance music to dance floors and headphones from the San Francisco Bay Area to Tokyo to Black Rock City and beyond through DJ appearances and crafting cutting edge melodic dance sounds in original studio productions, remixes, and collaborations such as BluDream, Panic, Fireflower and Aureal.

Derek Ryan tracks have been rocking clubs worldwide in the crates of such DJs as Giuseppe Ottaviani, M.I.K.E, Suzy Solar, Tempo Giusto, Imag’in, Steve Anderson and more, and have been played on top radioshows/podcasts including Trance Around The World, SAME, Amadeus, In Love For Trance.

Between rave-reviewed productions and live DJ sets described as “blissfully rippin”, Derek continues to live true to his motto of delivering driving melodic beats to the masses.

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Derek Ryan

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