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This is the second part of my Trance Yearbook of 2004
Go 19 years back in time and enjoy the memories :)

01 - Scott Bond + Solarstone - Red Line Highway (Alucard's Route 44 Mix)
02 - Starkid - Crayons (Leama & Moor's In Loving Memory Of Starkid Mix)
03 - Probspot - Blueberry
04 - Benz & MD - Dilation
05 - Markus Schulz presents Elevation - Clear Blue
06 - Blank & Jones feat. Bobo - Perfect Silence (Perry O'Neil Remix)
07 - Above & Beyond pres. Tranquility Base - Surrender (Filterheadz Remix)
08 - ZGR - Zero Hours (Perry O'Neil Mix)
09 - Altitude - Silence Is Loud
10 - Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up 2004 (Agnelli & Nelson Remix)
11 - Activa feat. Aled Mann - In Essence (Matt Hardwick vs. Smith & Pledger Mix)
12 - Ilana - 5.05 (The Infernal Machine Remix)
13 - Airwave - Ladyblue (1992 Flight)
14 - Blank & Jones feat. Elles - Mind Of The Wonderful (Martin Roth Remix V II)
15 - Endre - I Kill For You (Original Mix)
16 - Mark Otten - Tranquility (Original Mix)
17 - Solid Globe - Sahara (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Mix)
18 - The Ambush - Madras 
19 - Paul van Dyk feat. Second Sun - Crush (Original Mix)
20 - Menno De Jong - Guanxi (Original Mix)
21 - Draft 2 Design - Affection Over Reason (Final Design)
22 - Robert Nickson - Spiral (Original Mix)
23 - Endre - Kallocain (Robert Nickson Remix)
24 - Envio - Time To Say Goodbye (Passiva Remix)
25 - True Form - Forbidden Colours (Original Mix)
26 - Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - No One On Earth (Above & Beyond San Francisco Mix)
27 - The Thrillseekers - NewLife (Original Mix)
28 - Neo & Farina - Alba Rossa (The Key)(Original Mix)
29 - DJ Shog - Live 4 Music (Sandler Remix)
30 - Sensation - Anthem 2004 (The Rush Original Edit)
31 - Cosmic Gate - Ultra Curve (12 Inch Version)
32 - Team Deep - Morninglight 2004 (Greg Folter Remix)
33 - Nebulus - Destination Paradise (Airbase Remix)
34 - One Man Army - The Anthem (Original Mix)
35 - Vascotia - Calibro (Sonicvibe Mix)
36 - Ayu - Depend On You (DJ Shog Dub Mix)
37 - Alphazone - Flashback (Ralph Novell Remix)
38 - Marc Norman - Phantom Manor
39 - José Amnesia - The Eternal (Nu NRG remix)

A Trance Yearbook of 2004 - Part Two

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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.

Back to my own name - Old Skool Oakenfold fan  - I play trance yet apparently thats now called prog/etho/house but the 140 stuff mainly blows

A Trance Yearbook of 2004 - Part Two

Marnix Mulder