Here's chapter 174 of the Trance Connection adventure together with my buddy Nucrise (@rafa-arendz). We wanna wish you all a happy and healthy new year! A new year means, new music, so this episode is packed with the latest in trance and progressive. Let's go!

Tracklist:
01. Trey Vinter with Joanna Angelina - Hear Your Voice (Nucrise Remix) [Trey Vinter Production]	
02. Jesabel - You [Enhanced Recordings] 		
03. Andrew Rayel pres. ARISEY - Dudadu (Remix) [Global Records]	
04. DiNazarov - Stay With Me [Interplay Global] 		
05. Orjan Nilsen - Ashore [A State of Trance]		
06. Cubicore - Focus [Armada Music Albums]		
07. Andy Moor & Somna - Look Back (Dan Stone Remix) [AVA Recordings (Black Hole)]
08. Above & Beyond - React [Anjunabeats]		
09. Orjan Nilsen & Mark Sixma pres. Nilsix - Bring Back The Techno [Armind (Armada)] 	
10. Driftmoon - Twisted Lullaby [A State of Trance] 		
11. Hemstock & Jennings with Jan Johnston - Forever (Sabastien Remix) [Nocturnal Knights Reworked]		
12. Apollo - Living For The Moment [Future Sequence]		
13. Solar Vision - The Sound of Missing You [Future Sequence]		
14. Calum Kieran - Taste Of Summer [SPINNIN' RECORDS] 		
15. Randy Katana - In Silence (Renegade System 2024 Rework) [Free Download]		
16. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin Van Buuren, Vini Vici Ft. Push - Universal Nation [Smash The House Official]

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Cheers and thank you for your support!
Sjoerd / Mr. Trancetive

You can follow Nucrise on:
Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/rafa-arendz/
SoundCloud: @rafa-arendz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Nucrise-111743790610762

You can follow Mr. Trancetive on:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Mr.Trancetive/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mr_trancetive/

Nucrise & Mr. Trancetive - Trance Connection 174 (Afterhours.FM 04-01-2025)

Mr. Trancetive stands for a dedicated and loyal passion for all kinds of Dance and Trance music and the wonderful feeling it evokes. Making mashups, edits and megamixes is his core business and his sets are packed with creative and surprising blends.

Mr. Trancetive (pronounce like 'transitive') alias Sjoerd Hoevens was born in 1987 in Haarlem, The Netherlands. From a young age he enjoyed music, especially when listening to the radio. Every Friday afternoon he rushed home from school to tune into the Top 40 to hear the greatest hits of the moment. He became a loyal customer at the local music stores and his CD-collection grew fast. He was often asked to play records at school parties and organized some of them at his parents’ home, which he really loved doing. As he had no DJ-gear but only two stereo sets, his mixing technique was a bit unconventional, blending tracks with the volume buttons and harmonic-mixing them by ear. It helped him develop a sensitive feel for smooth and harmonic transitions. Though he loves all kinds of music, his interest then already went out to Dance music. This was the late 90's/early 00’s, with great artists like ATB, Mauro Picotto, Faithless, 4 Strings, Scooter, Sash!, DJ Tiësto, Milk Inc. and Paul van Dyk.

When he heard John O’Callaghan’s tune Big Sky back in 2007, his love for Trance music skyrocketed and has never left. From that moment he tuned in to Armin van Buuren’s radioshow A State of Trance every single week. After visiting Trance Energy and Armin Only Imagine in 2008, Sjoerd decided to use his passion for Trance as a basis for his own creative interpretation of the genre. He bought his first DJ-gear and started mixing. In 2014 he posted his first mixtape on SoundCloud and in 2015 he started the production of mashups and edits. Since then his mashups got supported by Trance artists like Jorn van Deynhoven, Artento Divini, David Broaders, Johnny L, Tomac, Lazarus and many more. His inspiration comes from Trance artists like Armin van Buuren, Andy Tau, Solid Stone, Giuseppe Ottaviani, U-Mount, Farius, Gareth Emery, Ben Gold, Ashley Wallbridge, Sean Mathews, Omnia and many more.

Today he’s more productive and passionate than ever before and determined to share his love for Trance music with the world. Besides his solo project Sjoerd is also one of the hosts of the Dutch radioshow @Time4Trance and hosting Trance Connection on Afterhours.FM together with his UK based friend Nucrise (@rafa-arendz).

Trance & .... it's the perfect "Storm" ! 