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Over the last 10 years Craig Connelly has firmly established his place amongst the Trance Elite. Three #1 selling albums including his latest Believe In Magic which turned into a global TRILOGY tour playing the best music from his repertoire to date, already selling out Exchange LA with the concept earlier in the year. 

The increase in Craig’s popularity has been reflected in his touring schedule as this year he is set to perform at some of the worlds biggest clubs and festivals including, Creamfields, Dreamstate SoCal, A State of Trance, Subculture Melbourne, Untold Festival and more.

The last eleven years in music production have been prolific to say the least for Craig Connelly, with 40+ Beatport Top 10 selling Trance productions to date including eleven number 1’s and remixes for Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, Lange, Andy Moor, John O’Callaghan and Aly & Fila to top it all off and his Roxanne Emery collaboration ‘This Life’ adding to rotation on Sirius XM’s BPM channel, the biggest dance music station in North America

His #1 selling artist album ‘A Sharper Edge’ has featured some of 2020’s biggest Trance Records. So much so, he was the #7 most played artist on A State of Trance radio last year with Time Machine & All For Love  featuring in the ASOT Top 100. 

In 2021 Craig has continued where he left off last year. His own label imprint Higher Forces has returned with releases Don’t Panic and most recently a Beatport #1 and early front runner for Tune of the Year, Keep Me Believing with Megan McDuffee. 

His vocal collaboration with Christina Novelli ‘Black Hole’ hit number 1 on Beatport in just two days, was also voted by ASOT Radio show as the forth biggest track of the year and the official music video has over 15 million views on YouTube to date.

Johan Gielen is universally recognised as a pioneer and legend of the global trance scene. The word “legend” is at times thrown around too freely these days, but in the world of dance music the Johan Gielen name is engrained deep into the DNA of the trance genre – he’s a founding father of the sound as a producer and DJ, an inspiration to fans and peers alike, and remains a highly energised and influential driving force in the scene today.

When the global trance movement was arguably at the peak of its powers in the 2000’s Johan Gielen ranked as high as #24 in the prestigious DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll and, to this day, is the only DJ to have performed 15 consecutive times at Trance Energy, the most celebrated of all trance festivals during this era, gaining him the nickname of “Mr Trance Energy”. There’s barely a big stage that hasn’t been graced by Johan’s presence and standout performances over the years – Tomorrowland, Sensation, Dance Valley, Godskitchen, Electronic Family, Mysteryland, Sunrise are just a handful of highlights.

As a producer, Johan Gielen has been creating both club classics and crossover anthems since the dawn of trance music. As a solo artist. the pinnacle was surely his massive ‘Revelations’ album, but he’s also the key member of famed collaboration projects such as Svenson & Gielen (hit singles including ‘The Beauty Of Silence’ / ‘Twisted’) and Airscape (‘Pacific Melody’ / ‘L’Esperanza’). The studio inspiration and output remains as strong as ever today, with late 2016 releases including a remix package of ‘Flash’ and a new Airscape single ‘Right Here’ featuring Betsie Larkin on vocals.

During the 25 year career of Johan Gielen countless artists have risen and fallen, yet very few have stayed the course . The secret to Johan Gielen’s enduring success is his commitment and consistency within the scene he loves. He was adorned with the nickname “Mr Trance Energy” by his fans and he’s stayed true to the genre he loves – the Johan Gielen name is synonymous with trance and he’s mighty proud of it!

There’s no better artist to deliver a Trance Classics set than Johan Gielen and he’s delighted to deliver the sounds that the fans demand – the Johan Gielen Trance Classics concept is booming in clubland and festival stages are planned for 2017. Johan also delivers Volume 3 of his popular Trance Classics compilation series on the High Contrast label this October. Moving into 2017 there will be further new productions with the Johan Gielen name being used to deliver the classic trance sounds, while his Airscape alter ego will be cutting a new edge to the trance scene that Johan has been shaping for over two decades now.

Johan Gielen is Trance – “Mr Trance Energy”!

Best known for her signature uplifting vocals and lyrics in dance music, Betsie Larkin has given fans a stunning collection of original music through her career as a solo artist, DJ and collaborator with some the world’s top DJs/Producers – Armin van Buuren (Safe Inside You and Again), Paul van Dyk (Love Is), Ferry Corsten (Made of Love, Not Coming Down, Stars, Feel You), ATB (A New Day), Gabriel & Dresden (Play It Back), Andy Moor (Love Again & Not Afraid), and others.
 
Larkin later applied her musical talent to production and DJing. Her  hour-long mix show, Larke Radio airs on Digitally Imported radio, Music Choice, iTunes, and Soundcloud. She has circled the globe several times for performances making stops at top clubs and music festivals in the Americas, Europe and Asia. 

Betsie credits Dutch Producer/DJ Ferry Corsten for her entrée into dance music - their first release, "Made of Love," skyrocketed to the top of dance charts worldwide reaching the Top 40 pop charts in Europe.  Prior to working with Corsten and others, she honed her craft as a songwriter in a rock band in college, as well as by writing with top songwriters in New York and Los Angeles. A demo of her original music landed in Corsten’s hands through his manager, Alan Stewart. They have since penned a total of five songs together, including the theme for Nintendo’s blockbuster video game, Bayonetta 2. 

Larkin released her first album length DJ album "Angels, Humans & Robots, Vol. 1), and is currently in the studio finishing original tracks for the second installment.

Listen to brand new releases in the Armada Today playlist: https://ArmadaToday.lnk.to/P-LSO

Armada Music is the biggest independent dance music label in the world. Founded by Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron (CEO) and David Lewis, the label manages an ever-growing catalog of over 40,000 tracks, built up across twenty-plus years of specialized dance music exploitation. 

Representing artists such as Armin van Buuren, ARTY, D.O.D, Eelke Kleijn, Jan Blomqvist, Loud Luxury, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, Tensnake, THEMBA and Yulia Niko, Armada Music amasses more than one billion streams per month, airplay on leading radio outlets such as BBC Radio 1 and Sirius XM, and top positions in the world’s most notable charts. The label also takes great pride in major achievements such as Armin van Buuren’s GRAMMY nomination for ‘This Is What It Feels Like’, Loud Luxury and Brando’s ‘Body’ surpassing one billion streams on Spotify and breaking artists such as Lost Frequencies into global stardom.

Across offices in Amsterdam (HQ), New York, London and Laren (NL), Armada Music offers a truly global appeal to its growing roster. The label has its own club, radio studio and multiple production studios, and hosts various live formats. Producer platform Armada University, which offers educational products and opportunities, shows the label’s sustained effort to nurture the next wave of talent. 

In 2023, Armada Music launched BEAT Music Fund, the world’s first dance music investment company, that acquires catalogs with the mission of honoring, representing and reinvigorating them. BEAT’s portfolio will continue to grow; in the first six months following its launch, BEAT acquired the catalogs of, among others, electronic music star ARTY, house and techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson’s KMS Records, legendary NYC-based house label King Street Sounds and chart-topping producers Chocolate Puma.


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