This Never Happened is a record and event series created and curated by Lane 8.

Experience the moment. Don’t record it. This Never Happened.

Management:
dorothy@threesixzero.com

Worldwide Bookings (except EU):
paul@thegongawaregroup.com

EU Bookings:
christian@vdhaardt.com

Promos: 
promos@nilshoffmann.info

Collective States formed when two likeminded individuals crossed paths just as the club scene reached its first stratospheric peak and forged a union that has spanned the decades and seen them develop into a formidable chart-topping duo.
 
Their unmistakable melodic groove is the type that joyously infects your bones, it seeps in via an acid house influence accompanied by a bass that makes your blood bubble and there’s no escaping where their beats intend to lead you. The combined experience of two individually talented producers and performers is something most artistes can only aspire to and that enviable luxury has planted them in a position to create music that top labels can’t wait to get their hands on.
 
Collective States has featured on the world-renowned Knee Deep In Sound, Toolroom Records, Skint Records, We Are The Brave, Born Electric, 43 Degrees Records, HORIZN, Kenya Records and Perspectives Digital to name just a snap shot of imprints that have welcomed them with open arms. They are also regulars on Oliver Koletzki’s label ‘Stil vor Talent’, where they’ve racked up over 3 million combined streams of their knockout release ‘Kamino’ - the numbers only cement them as a failsafe production house that cannot be ignored. 
 
A quick scan of playlists from the industry’s biggest tastemakers—John Digweed, Hot Since 82, Joris Voorn, Carl Cox, Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, and James Zabiela—confirms that Collective States’ productions are a staple in the sets of dance music’s elite. Few producers can rely on consistent support from the scene’s most influential figures, but for Collective States, it’s a given.
 
When it comes to remix duties they have had some of the biggest names come knocking. The heavyweight Dancefloor commanders such as Róisín Murphy, Carl Cox and Christopher Coe have handed over the parts to their iconic tracks and trusted Collective States to reshape and redeliver something uniquely electrifying. 
 
Beyond the studio, they are commanding dance floors across the globe, orchestrating the journey of their own label High Tide Recordings or masterminding Hide Tide club nights which will continue to go down in the history books as one of the longest running, most loyally supported nights on the south coast.
 
Collective States is a union that transcends; a harmonious creative powerhouse which uses their force and focus to determine their own reality - the ride is far from over.

Rich Gilbert is following