Very cool mix! I'm surprised that you didn't include any Orbital? Chime in particular always felt right on the edge of trance to me. Bit lower energy than the selections in this mix, though.

Yes mate! Thanks very much for these updated mixes which incorporate some of the best tracks from the time - This collection will be definitive and timeless... Thanks very much for the lossless quality also. THE BEST OF THE BEST!

wow this reminds of the beginning of trance/techno history from HR3 Clubnight  with the legendary DJs Sven Väth, Torsten Fenster, DJ Dag and so on. I still own  own diverse cassettes and I still listen to them. Francfort techno/trance . 

1990 - Proto-trance

The first of a series of mixes that charts the evolution of trance, from it's roots in the early 90s to the world domination of the turn of the century.  This one takes in some KLF tracks from 1988 and 1989.  A very different sound from the sound of modern trance but the building blocks are there - the hypnotic rhythms,  the sweeping synths. 

Tracklisting

1. The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1)
2. The KLF - Kylie Said Trance
3. Blue Pearl - Naked in the Rain (KLF Pure Trance Mix)
4. Age of Chance - Time's Up (Timeless Mix)
5. The Mackenzie - Higher In The Sky
6. Dance 2 Trance - We Come In Peace (1990 Original Mix)
7. Age of Love - Age of Love (Boeing Mix)
8. Tyrell Corp - Running (Dub Mix)
9. Electric Voodoo - Ohm (Live in Alentejo Mix)
10. Liasons D - He Chilled Out (Remix)
11. CJ Bolland -Get Busy Time
12. Techno Bert - Neue Dimensiom
13. Interactive - The Techno Wave
14. Ravebusters - Powerplant (Original Mix)
15. Konzept - Hypnautic Beats (Hype Mix)
16. Rhythm Device - Dream Trance
17. CJ Bolland - Heaven On Earth
18. Sleepwalker - I Got You (Remix)
19. D-Shake - Techno Trance (Paradise is Now)

The Evolution Of Trance - 1988-1990

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Tracklist:

01. Chris Brann - In Love Again (King Britt's Scuba Mix)
02. Moodswings - Together As One (Luminous) (Infinity Dub Mix)
03. Saccoman - Distant Planet (Pyramid Mix)
04. Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (PvD E-Werk Club Mix)
05. Humate - Love Stimulation (Oliver Lieb Softmix)
06. Arrakis - Aira Force (Main Mix)
07. Transa - Behind The Sun
08. The Nomads - The Holy Land Spirit (Club Mix)
09. Humate - Love Stimulation (Lovemix)
10. Paul van Dyk - Vega (Original Mix)
11. Paul van Dyk - Travelling

Paul van Dyk - Live @ Dance Department 01.10.1998

1.Zero B– Lock Up (Andy Farley Remix)
2.Defective Audio – Intoxicating (Paul Maddox Remix)
3.Ali Wilson & Matt Smallwood – Devastation (James Lawson Remix)
4.Ant – Point Automatic
5.Ali Wilson & Matt Smallwood – Just Listen
6.Defective Audio – Bomb Style
7.DK – Murder Was The Bass
8.Base Graffiti – House Always Wins
9.Guy McAffer – RAW 9 Remix
10.Andy Farley – Thunda
11.Base Graffiti – Base EP Part 1
12.BK & Andy Farley – Accelerate
13.Ilogik – One Time (Guy McAffer Remix)
14.Prime Mover –Perfect Organism (Andy Farley Remix)
15.Paul Glazby Vs Narcomaniacs – Acid Disco (D.A.V.E. The Drummer Remix)
16.Ian M – Crazy Pills

Vicious Mixed By Andy Farley & Paul Glazby - CD1 - (2003)

This year I'm kicking off a new mix series to celebrate the first 25 years of this century: 21st Century Music! Each mix will contain only music from this century. To kick things off, here's a mix of proper techno music from the beginning of the century. This is very personal for me, as this is a point at which I was really engaged with techno - listening to it, dancing to it, thinking about it, and playing it. This is the point when I was a student at Edinburgh University, and I was visiting the (sadly no longer with us) Studio 24 on Calton Road practically every weekend with friends to enjoy techno clubs like Dogma, Pillbox, Apex, Subtle Logic, and more. 

This was a time when techno was really fun and interesting, the time of 'hard grooves', of funky techno, of high impact, danceable music, before the walls of minimal closed in and techno got really, really boring for a while. There's been a revival of this style in recent years (see my Stranger tribute mix, for instance), which is not surprising, because this style of techno is just so much more fun than minimal.

Enjoy!

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Read more about this mix (including my essay Edinburgh Techno Daze): https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2025/05/pearsall-presents-proper-techno-2000-2005-21st-century-music-001/

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Tracklisting:

01. John Selway - Acid Morning [Aciieeed!]
02. Bryan Zentz - D-Clash (Slam Remix) [Intec]
03. Black Odyssey - The Stand [Blackflag]
04. Joris Voorn - Shining [Sino]
05. Eric Borgo & Dani Konig - Konetic [GoodLife]
06. Umek - Voices of Africa (Voice 2) [Primate]
07. Co-Fusion - 6 Angles [Pro-Jex]
08. Dave Clarke - Before I Was So Rudely Interrupted (Part 1 for the Floor) [iCrunch]
09. Sterac - Sinosphere (John Thomas Remix) [Sino]
10. Andrew Richley & Ryan Rivera - Backbiting [Primate]
11. Sonic Perverts - Slag [Punish]
12. Robert Hood - Outlast [M-Plant]
13. Technasia - Nebula Dance [Technasia]
14. Umek - Beroxan [Consumer Recreation]
15. Steve Rachmad - Zero ID 2 A1 [Zero ID]
16. Christian Smith & John Selway - Giant [Bugged Out!]
17. DJ Misjah - Nova [Zync]
18. Mike Wade - Evolution [Archetype]
19. Punisher - Seduction [Seismic]
20. Sonic Perverts - Strip City [Punish]
21. Pounding Grooves vs DJ Jerome - Scratch [Fine Audio]
22. DJ Misjah & Groovehead - Trippin' Out (DJ Steph K & K-Drive Remix) [X-Trax]
23. Lochi - Acid Junkies [Routemaster]
24. Technasia - Acid Storm [Technasia]
25. The Advent - Ice Planet Theme [Kombination Research]

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Proper Techno 2000-2005 [21st Century Music 001]

Here's the audio from my Music Matters Livestream broadcast on Saturday 10th May, featuring two hours of Progressive House & Acid-laced Prog-Trance from 1995 - 1996. 

Tracklist:

Evolution - Look Up To The Light
Beat Foundation - Save Me
Luvspunge - Didn't I Show You Love
Stone Factory - New Sunset
Trick Plastic - Fixation
Judy Cheeks - Reach (Quivver's Amytiville Dub)
Keoki - Caterpillar (Rabbit In The Moon Remix)
Hal 9000 - Stoopid (108 Grand Remix)
Lunar Eclipse - Return Home
Blue Amazon - The Runner
Earth Nation - Liquid Desert
Kimball & Deckard - Lushlife
Yum Yum - Let You Go (Metal Mix)
Clockwork - Supplanter
Eve Audio - Inner Energy
Finitribe - Love Above (Sourmash Goa Remix)
Winc - Thoughts Of A Tranced Love (Black Lettuce Mix)
Dilemma - In Spirit (Biff n Memphis Remix)
Liquid - Sweet Harmony (Way Out West Remix)

I hope you enjoy the beats, feel free to share with like-minded music lovers or drop me a comment with your thoughts :)

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Marcus Stubbs - Music Matters Dj Collective Vol 23 (1995 - 1996 Progressive House & Trance Classics)

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