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Thundering its way on to Gold Standard Recordings is this huge Progressive Tech Trance smash from DuKa. Blood Sweat Tears has all the ingredients a Tech Trance record requires, from powerful bass and drums to atmospheric leads and effects. This track is massive!

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DuKa - Sweat Blood Tears (Preview)

This is my remix that I did for the Think Trance Records / Metta & Glyde 'Celestia' remix competition in December 2023. Winners were announced in February 2024.

Sadly, I didn't win but we are permitted to upload our remixes to our platforms as a free giveaway. So please, help yourself, I hope you like it.

You can download this track for free from my Soundcloud and The Trance Empire website:
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Remix Background

Some details about this remix you may be interested in. When I submitted my interest in this remix, I was given a pack of files containing the original track's MIDI (the musical notes for melodies) and a selection of audio samples used in the original which I could choose whether or not to include in my remix.

One of the audio samples in the pack was the female vocal sound which to me stood out as the key element to use in my remix; the sound which the whole track should revolve around. I think it's fabulously atmospheric and just sounds gorgeous. So, I really wanted to make a feature of this sample.

I wanted my remix to be drastically different to the original. With Metta & Glyde's original produced at 140bpm in a traditional "Uplifting Trance" format, I decided to slow my version down to 135bpm and present a more tribal, tech, progressive sound.

Within the MIDI pack I mentioned were the chord progressions for the atmospheric backing synths. The timing of these chord progressions was across eight bars - which I felt was too short to give prominence to the progression and development of the chords. So, I doubled their length across sixteen bars which really helped to highlight the beautiful changes in the chords. What this also did was have the effect of slowing the pace of the track. The original I feel sounds somewhat frenetic, this remix of mine just slows everything down and brings out fundamental elements of the track which I felt were perhaps not given the prominence they deserved in the original.

Lastly, the most notable difference between mine and the original is that I haven't included any of Metta & Glyde's main melody. As with the chord progressions, the main melody was across eight bars. Having doubled the length of the chord progressions the same needed to be done with the melody, which just didn't work, so I decided to leave it out altogether. However, in doubling the length of the chords and producing them with an ethereal string instrument I felt they sounded commanding and prominent, so decided to continue with them as the lead instrument and melody.

There you go, a few insights into my mindset and production techniques when creating this remix. I haven’t set out to offend anyone, music is subjective, we’re all entitled to our opinions.

The track was produced, mixed, and mastered by myself and I'm very proud of it. I hope you like it too.

Rodman x

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Celestia (Rodman's Blinding Lights Remix)

Metta & Glyde - Celestia (Rodman's Blinding Lights Remix)

Here's an exclusive two hour Uplifting Trance mix I put together just for the fun of it. Enjoy!

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Tracklist:

Somna - Drawn To You (Sun Decade Remix) [AVA White]
Spy - Last Ride [Monster Pure]
Talla 2xlc, Alpha Breed - Beyond The Moon [Technoclub Retro]
Mike Zaloxx - Along [Interplay]
Roman Messer & Diandra Faye - In Our Memories [Suanda Music]
DJ T.H., Ren Faye - Feels Like Home [Regenerate]
Christina Novelli, SUBMERSIVE - Together Again [Muse Music]
Talla 2xlc, Saccoman - Open Your Heart [Technoclub Retro]
Dogzilla - Without You (Rodman's Blinding Lights Remix) [White Label]
Robert Nickson - Delyo's Voyage (Alan Morris Remix) [Pure Trance]
Adam Szydlik - Deloit [Suanda Dark]
Lostly - Freedom Of Movement [Subculture]
Grant Trowbridge - Discover [Borderline]
Db Mokk & DNYL - Lie Smile Fly [Extrema Global Music]
Time Geometry & Alison Fritzke - Castles [Gold Standard]
Escea - Chasing Dreams [State Control]
Esmee Bor Stotijn - It's Time (Stargazers Mix) [Amsterdam Trance]
Peter Miethig - Resurrection [Nocturnal Knights Music]
Main Engine - Syrens [Interplay Global]
Eonun - Eon In End [Reason II Rise]
ALIGASH - Starshine [FSOE]
Casey Rasch - All For Us [FSOE]
Matt Robertson - Somewhere [Monster Pure]
Robert Nickson - In The Moment [Subculture]

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Uplifting Trance Mix - August 2024

It's been a little over 12 months since I recorded and released my first mix compilation Blinding Lights Volume 1, and I am thrilled to present to you the second compilation in the Blinding Lights mix series.

As with volume 1 there are 14 tracks, 11 of which are some of my favourite Trance records from over the last 12 months, along with three of my own productions in the mix as well.

Blinding Lights Volume 2 is a high-octane ride through Uplifting and Tech Trance styles, showcasing those records I feel have contributed significantly to the definition of Trance music over recent months. Turn on, tune in and lose yourself in this exploration of exhilarating Trance.

Rodman

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Tracklist:

1. Liam Bailey - At Last [State Soundscapes]
2. Will Rad - Inner Strength [Gold Standard]
3. Jus_Hak - Iridescent [Gold Standard]
4. Rodman - Solarstorm [Gold Standard]
5. Rodman - Tidal Wave [Gold Standard]
6. Fabio Solazzo - Virtus 22 [Extrema Global Music]
7. Angelus - Salvation [FSOE]
8. Main Engine - Syrens [Interplay Golobal]
9. Misja Helsloot, Dirkie Coetzee, Diana Leah - Won't Stop Searching (R-TEC Remix) [Nocturnal Knights Reworked]
10. Moniqa Adams - Lift Me Up (Nu Spirit Remix) [Reason II Rise]
11. Michele Cecchi - Hyperborea [State Control]
12. Rik Crofts - Awaken [Molekular Sounds]
13. Rodman - The Chronic [Gold Standard]
14. Driftmoon - Heart Collider [Black Hole]

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Blinding Lights Volume 2 - Mixed by Rodman

My Best of August mix compilation looking back at my favourite tracks I was playing on The Trance Empire during August. Turn it up and enjoy :)

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Tracklist:

Ellie Lawson, Two&One - You Lift Me Up
Marcos - Unity [FSOE Argento]
Driftmoon, Hel:sløwed - Orion [Black Hole]
F4T4L3RR0R - Epica [Addictive Sounds]
Torsten Stenzel, Steve Brian, Nazzereene - Weighed Down [Black Hole]
Rene Ablaze, AFTERUS - Slow Motion [Future Sequence]
Vlind, EDRDO, Gabrielle Escamilla - Ethereal Darkness [Nocturnal Knights Fusion]
2nd Chemistry - Eternal Pulse [Gold Standard]
Jardin - AVALON [FSOE]
Steve Dekay - Pulsar (Aimoon Remix) [State Control]
Stoneface & Terminal - Don't Give a Fuck (2024 Rework) [Euphonic]
Davey Asprey - Shai-Hulud [Coldharbour]
Denis Airwave, Josie Sandfeld - Beat Of My Heart [2Rock B Side]
Ashley Wallbridge, C-Systems - Limitless [In Trance We Trust]
Roman Messer & Diandra Faye - In Our Memories [Suanda Music]
Nitrous Oxide, BarWall - Singularity [Oxidised]
Alex M.O.R.P.H., Luminn - Shambhala [FSOE]
Christina Novelli, SUBMERSIVE - Together Again [Muse Music]
Sean Truby, South Of The Stars - Limitless [Regenerate]
Mike Beaumont - Outside Looking In [Borderline]
Davidi - Fusion [Activate]
Time Geometry & Alison Fritzke - Castles [Gold Standard]
Derek Ryan - This Space [Ascent]
M42, Charles Tsai - Pacify [Magic Island Elevate]
John O'Callaghan, Alex Holmes - Devotion [Subculture]
Saul Murphy - Winter Day [Monster Neos]
Meilink - End of Time [High Voltage]
Marcel Woods - Lemon Tree (South Of The Stars Remix) [High Contrast]
Iain M - Come With Me [Outburst]
Hemstock & Jennings - Shout (CMon) (Mercurial Virus Remix) [2Rock Uplifting]

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Best Of August 2024 Trance Mix

My Best of September mix compilation looking back at my favourite tracks I was playing on The Trance Empire during September 2024. Turn it up and enjoy :)

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Tracklist:

A.L.Y.S. - Nostalgia [Emergent Skies]
Simon Gregory - Stay Another Night [FSOE Argento]
Genix, Sandy Chambers - Baby Baby (AmyElle Mix) [Anjunabeats]
Linnea Schossow, Cubicore - Heart Of Love [Flashover]
Arni - Give You Up [Addictive Sounds]
Torsten Stenzel, Steve Brian, Nazzereene - Weighed Down [Black Hole]
Sashtek - Whisper of Soul [Gold Standard]
Max Smith & Janie Rox - Guide Me Home (Original Dub Mix) [Gold Standard]
Rodman - Flight Path [Gold Standard]
Mark Wilks - Voice In The Dark [Nocturnal Knights Music]
Spy, Fischer & Miethig - Sunrise [Magic Island Elevate]
Goontha - Odyssey [Gold Standard]
Mariano Mancini - Veiled Wonder [Digital Society]
Key4050 - Want More [Kearnage]
Asteroid, Transaphonic - Bioluminescent [Subculture]
Conor Holohan - Everything [Extrema Global Music]
Grant Trowbridge & Sunda - Siam Dream [Pure Trance NEON]
Unbeat - Vibrations [FSOE]
Bryan Kearney - You Will Never Be Forgotten (Lostly Remix) [Kearnage]
Cj Mover - 1st In Space [Redux Magic]
Edu Bravo - Future [AROS Music]
Alexey Mushkin - She is so Beautiful [Abora]
Joss Langdon - Eternal Now [Extrema Global Music]

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Best Of September 2024 Trance Mix

New music from William Schneider, State72, Daxson, Adam Taylor, Allen Watts, Marc van Linden, Anton Palmer, Chris Metcalfe and many more.

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TTE346 Tracklist:

Omnia, UUFO, Max Alexander - Lifelines [Enhanced Progressive]
Luigi Di Mare - Another Time [Gold Standard]
Golden Sky - Forever (Aerofoil Remix) [Elpida Music]
Arni - Soul Cry (Kradriff Remix) [Addictive Sounds]
Norni - Breathe Me Up [Interplay]
Nourey, Amy Wiles - Human [Anjunabeats]
Tim Clark - Lose My Breath [Coldharbour]
Markus Schulz, Emma Hewitt - Safe From Harm (William Schneider Remix) [Songbird]
Marcos - Superluminal [Borderline]
State72 & Snowman - Pace Like A Ghost [Suanda Future]
Craig Connelly, Lasada - Found You [Black Hole]
RAMIN ARAB, MAESTRO DABICI - Darkness [ZYX TRANCE]
Rodman - Phantom [Gold Standard]
Chris Johnson - Locomotion (Activa Rework) [Lost Language]

TTE Track of the Week
Alex M.O.R.P.H., Airlifter - YOUMANJI [VANDIT]

Daxson - Out of The Void [FSOE]
Adam Taylor & Francesca Faye - Dreaming Of You [Ablazing]
Angelus - Light Er Up [Nocturnal Knights Music]
Allen Watts - Soulsearcher [High Voltage]
Revil O., OSW - The Signal (Marc van Linden & D-Gor Rework) [Outside World]
Chris Devine - Spectrum [Gold Standard]
Anton Pallmer & Dima Menzel - Chasing Stars [Suanda Voice]
Chris Element, Charles Tsai - Common Ground [FSOE]
Chris Metcalfe - Beyond the Sky [FSOE]

TTE Classic Selection
Lemon & Einar K. - Anticipation [Flashover 2008]

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THE TRANCE EMPIRE episode 346 with Rodman

A special mix combining Tech-Trance with uplifting sounds to deliver a set with a harder edge and euphoric elements. If you like your Trance on the techy side, you'll love this.

Choose your player 👉 https://lnk.to/RodmanTechTranceOct24

Tracklist:

Rodman - Phantom [Gold Standard]
Steve Dekay - Pulsar (Aimoon Remix) [State Control Records]
Alex M.O.R.P.H., Dark Fusion - Skynet [VANDIT]
C-Systems - Momentum [A State of Trance]
Darren Porter & Pinkque - Divergent [Reason II Rise]
Para X - Teknotized [ZYX TRANCE]
D72 - Here We Go [Black Hole]
Zanny Duko, 4YÛ - Harmony [Interplay Global]
Asteroid, Lightstate - Universe Within Us [Nocturnal Knights Music]
NrgMind - Ignition [Suanda Dark]
Tom Grox - Luminance [Suanda True]
Krevix & North Skies - Find Me [Future Rave Music]
Mind-X - Do You Feel It_ [#WeAreTrance]
Rodman - The Chronic [Gold Standard]
0Gravity - Rock This Place [Regenerate]
Claas Inc. - In My Mind [Suanda True]
Ahmed Romel - Nightshade [Nocturnal Knights Music]
Andrea Ribeca - 50 Orbits Around the Sun [FSOE]
David Forbes - 1994 [Dreamstate]
Tommy Pulse - No Alternative (Madwave Remix) [Armada Captivating]
Steve Allen - Echo [Nocturnal Knights Music]
ARJA - Ghosts Of The Past [Regenerate]
Amos & Riot Night + Connor Woodford - Lost Forever [Pure Trance NEON]
Andy Newtz - Take Me to the Stars (Gayax Remix) [Endlessky Audio]
ARJA - Behind the Eyes [Ascent]

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Tech-Lifting Trance Mix - October 2024

My Best of October mix compilation looking back at my favourite tracks I was playing on The Trance Empire during October 2024. Turn it up and enjoy :)

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Tracklist:

Golden Sky - Forever (Aerofoil Remix) [Elpida Music]
Omnia, UUFO, Max Alexander - Lifelines [Enhanced Progressive]
Norni - Breathe Me Up [Interplay]
Nourey, Amy Wiles - Human [Anjunabeats]
Mayan Art - The Brave [Gold Standard]
Misja Helsloot - Rediscover [In Trance We Trust]
Daxson - Intuition [Coldharbour]
Rodman - Phantom [Gold Standard]
Chris Johnson - Locomotion (Activa Rework) [Lost Language]
Asteroid - 2AM [FSOE]
Daxson - Out of The Void [FSOE]
Alex M.O.R.P.H., Airlifter - YOUMANJI [VANDIT]
Ciaran McAuley - Permission to Exhale (Uplifting Mix) [Black Hole]
Tony Hang - Transcend [Monster Neos]
Angelus, Caolan McConville - Remedy [High Voltage]
Laucco - Yinghu [Reason II Rise]
Chris Metcalfe - Beyond the Sky [FSOE]
Ishiro - Mirage Rain [Abora]
Anton Pallmer & Dima Menzel - Chasing Stars [Suanda Voice]
Chris Element, Charles Tsai - Common Ground [FSOE]
John O'Callaghan, Alex Holmes - Devotion (Cold Blue Remix) [Subculture]
Chris Metcalfe - Voices [Subculture]

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Best Of October 2024 Trance Mix

A special mix I put together featuring my favourite vocal Trance releases over the last few months. If you like singing along to your tunes, you're going to love this!

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Tracklist:

Omnia, UUFO, Max Alexander - Lifelines [Enhanced Progressive]
Nitrous Oxide, Katey Brooks, Simon Gregory - Skylight [Enhanced Progressive]
Pete K, Paul Arcane, Amy J Pryce - Hold Me [A State of Trance]
Brian McCalla, James Black Presents & Sinéad McCarthy - Eclipse of the Sun [Pure Trance]
Linnea Schossow, Cubicore - Heart Of Love [Flashover]
Shena, Jurgen Vries - Wilderness (Farius Remix) [Armada Captivating]
Julie Thompson, DJ T.H., Jam Da Bass - Oceans [Black Hole]
Torsten Stenzel, Steve Brian, Nazzereene - Weighed Down [Black Hole]
Markus Schulz, Emma Hewitt - Safe From Harm (William Schneider Remix) [Songbird]
Denis Airwave, Josie Sandfeld - Beat Of My Heart [2Rock B Side]
Sue McLaren, BiXX - Heart Of Mine [Find Your Harmony]
Maria Nayler - Silence [Amsterdam Trance]
Christina Novelli, SUBMERSIVE - Together Again [Muse Music]
Mark Wilks - Voice In The Dark [Nocturnal Knights Music]
Angelus Caolan McConville - Remedy [High Voltage]
Mark Sherry, Peetu S, Emma Gillespie - Open Ocean [Black Hole]
Roman Messer & Diandra Faye - In Our Memories [Suanda Music]
Amber Revival, Hel:sløwed - If You Only Knew (Bogdan Vix Remix) [Armind]
Christopher Corrigan - Everything In My Life [High Voltage]
Anton Pallmer & Dima Menzel - Chasing Stars [Suanda Voice]
Josie Sandfeld, Erian, Zader Tro - Forever [AVA White]
Elles De Graaf - From Dark To Light 2.0 (Nu Spirit Rework) [Amsterdam Trance]
Ridgewalkers ft El - Find (Lostly Remix) [Pure Trance]
A.R.D.I. - Shadows Of Heart [Find Your Harmony]
Robbie Seed, Kidburn - Last Days Of You (Robbie Seed Remix) [Find Your Harmony]

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Vocal Trance Mix - November 2024

New music from Minicied, Giuseppe Ottaviani, State72, Dean Purise, Fabio Solazzo, Amar N, Fabio Franco, UDM, Ashandra and many more.

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TTE351 Tracklist:

Istar Project - AURORA [Eternal Beats]
Enlight - Fire Within [Elpida Music]
Minicied - Gladiator [Addictive Sounds]
LEV - In My Blood [Enhanced Progressive]
Jody 6 - Altocumulus (Phillip Castle Remix) [Amon Vision]
Giuseppe Ottaviani, LEA KEY - In The Silence [Armind]
Morgin Madison - Fantasy (Cubicore Remix) [Enhanced]
DuKa - Emotional Pulse [Gold Standard]
Chapter XJ - Echoes [Suanda True]
LR Uplift - Abyss [Suanda True]
Jochen Gareth - First Impuls (State72 Remix) [Aerodynamica Music]
Dean Purise - Breakout [Ablazing]
AFTERUS - Without You (Matt Rodgers Remix) [Neostatics Vision]
Solarstone - Touchstone (Aeon Shift Remix) [Pure Trance]
Fabio Solazzo - Grandioso [Extrema Global Music]
Mariano Mancini - Near The End [Reason II Rise]
Amar N - Memories Deep Within [Interplay Global]
Fabio Franco - Ad Victoriam [Extrema Global Music]
UDM - Vortex [Activate]

TTE Track of the Week
Josie Sandfeld, Erian, Zader Tro - Forever [AVA White]

Calvin O'Commor, Joanna Angelina - Unforgettable Love (Dub Mix) [2Rock Uplifting]
Ashandra - Quantum Dreams [Reason II Rise]
Allan Berndtz & Fros7novA - Stellarium [Reason II Rise]
Laucco - Tiffany [Ablazing]

TTE Classic Selection
M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight - No Man's Land [Intensive 2004]

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THE TRANCE EMPIRE episode 351 with Rodman

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