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This is the first part of my Trance Yearbook of 2001
Go 20 years back in time and enjoy the memories :)

Tracklist:
01 - Watermen meets Chris Rea - Your Love Is Setting Me Free (York Remix)
02 - Tocharian - Arcadia (Original Mix)
03 - Praha Presents Xian - Pachinko (Original mix)
04 - Ayu - Appears (Armin van Buuren's Sunset Dub)
05 - Reflektive Feat. Louise De Fraine - Echoes (Origin Remix)
06 - Barthezz - Infected (DJ Errik Mix)
07 - Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Airwave Remix)
08 - JBN - All I Want (Marc O'Tool Remix)
09 - Leama - Melodica (Original Melodic Mix)
10 - 4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night) (Resistance D Remix)
11 - Armin van Buuren pres. Perpetuous Dreamer - The Sound Of Goodbye (Above & Beyond Extended mix)
12 - Science Department - Repercussion (Funk Function's Future Mix)
13 - Antartica - Illusion (Original Mix)
14 - Faithless - We Come 1 (Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix)
15 - iiO - Rapture (riva remix)
16 - Intimo - Spirit In The Sky
17 - Marco V - Simulated (Original Version)
18 - Boca - Miami (South Beach Mix)
19 - Mo'Hawk - Previous Years
20 - Mirco De Govia - Epic Monolith (Original Mix)
21 - Silk - AM Pacific
22 - Jan Johnston - Flesh (Tilt's Going Home Dub)
23 - Rocco & Heist - Rescue Me (Oliver Lieb Remix)
24 - Sunscreem vs. Push - Please Save Me (Original Mix)
25 - Joker Jam - Innocence (Paul van Dyk TPOD Remix)
26 - Ultra Vibe - Choose Freedom
27 - Faithless - Tarantula (Tiesto Remix)
28 - Alpha Breed - Alien Arrival (Original mix)
29 - Novacane Vs. No One Driving - Playa Sol (Atlantis Mix)
30 - Orion - See Me Here (Original Mix)
31 - Fire & Ice - Lost Emotions (2001 Mix) 
32 - Marco V - Recovered (Original Mix)
33 - Matt Darey's Mash Up Feat. Marcella Woods - Beautiful (Hiver & Hammer Pres. HH-22047 Remix)
34 - Resource - Eye Jenner (Original mix)
35 - Rank 1 - Such Is Life (Original Version)
36 - HH 22047 - Enjoy This Trip (Green Court Remix)
37 - Headstrong - Escalator (Original Mix)
38 - Smike Van Art & A.J. Sonic - Medusa (Fridge Remix)
39 - Final Fantasy Pres. Mat Silver - Controlling Transmission 2001
40 - George Acosta - Emotions (DJ Marc La Cruz Remix)
41 - M.A.G. - Taking Over Space (Wag Remix)
42 - DJ Scot Project - O - Overdrive (Original Mix)

A Trance Yearbook of 2001 - Part One

Trance is for life....not just for Christmas 🎄

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Born in the hot summer of 1979, I grew up in the center of The Netherlands. At the age of 12 I discovered the wonderful new genre of House music. Still a schoolboy, I used all my pocket money to buy cassette tapes of famous Dutch house compilations like Move The House, Turn up the Bass & House Party. In the following years several new subgenres emerged, in which the melodic ones were my favourites. That means lots of Eurodance, and instead of the popular Dutch Hardcore, I chose for German Rave and Hardtrance. That combination of powerful beats with lots of melodies was golden and formed my music taste.

Some years through genres like Dream House, Club Trance and the famous Pizzicato house followed and the first Trancemaster! CD’s were collected. And then the year 1999 came, I discovered a strange imported English mix compilation called Gatecrasher:Wet
It contained a wonderful combination of trance tracks from all over Europe. At that moment I started to save some money for buying my first turntables. When I bought my first 2 belt drive turntables and a basic mixer a new world opened. The world was far less international so it was quit a challenge to get those gems from abroad. In 2005 this trance addiction was expanded with producing my own tracks with the then brand new FruityLoops software. Exploring all ranges of trance music my production portfolio is very diverse, like all the different music styles I like to play. 

Being a bedroom producer and DJ for many years my collection grew to about 2500 records ranging from deep progressive house to hardtrance. Around 2007/2008 vinyl records stopped being the main medium for electronic music and things were getting all digital. Missing the fun part of buying and spinning part of records, together with a changing sound of trance made that spinning music was not on my highest rank anymore. But although not too active, this was the period that I discovered harmonic mixing, which still forms the base of all my mixes. By combining the harmonies of different tracks, my mixes are full of homemade mash-ups and by using the harmonic mixing wheel I try to make one continuous journey through harmonies.

In these years my turntables and record collection were gathering dust. I still followed the trance scene sideways and made an occasional mix (with Virtual DJ) or track. In 2018 something changed. I decided to go to a trance festival again after 15 years, so me and my friends made a trip to Luminosity Beach Festival 2018. I was overwhelmed by the fact that this scene was so much more alive than I expected. Especially the fact that there were so many DJ’s that still played those classic trance tracks. Inspired by those sets I decided to upload some of my older mixes on my SoundCloud page for all those classic trance lovers. 

In the past 4 years I created my own themes for my mixes, some modern ones but lots of classics. For example my yearbooks in honour to those golden years of trance. My Exhibition of Classic Trance does reflect my personal taste the best, those mixes are always more than 3 hours to ensure a complete journey through different styles of trance. My personal favourite series is Hidden Treasures, which completely consists of all those hidden gems from back in the days. Of course I love the obvious classics, just as much as all trance lovers, but mixes with only the well-known classics are sometimes a bit exchangeable. With these hidden treasures I can let people discover tracks they never heard of and be more unique. It’s my pleasure to provide you all with a broad range of trance music.

Wow, hadn't realised what a journey SoundCloud would take me on.  After many years of passive listening to music I've dieted on a variety of tastes. My appetite for new sounds is undiminished and SC provides plenty of food. I am not a musician and have only recently started to listen positively to the sounds. My early years began listening to music from ABC, The Beatles, The Carpenters Dire Straits Eagles Fleetwood Mac Genesis Elton John Led Zeppelin Gilbert O'Sullivan Rod Stewart Supertramp Tangerine Dream Vangelis The Who and many more.
If you can't spot a trend in my current likes it may be because it is diverse. I love listening to all my playlists which contain tracks that I like and if you like any of the music you must thank the artists not me.

PURE NRG, Hyper Motion, and Soothing Vibrationz.  Live The Fantasee.

A Trance Yearbook of 2001 - Part One

Marnix Mulder