My End of Year Countdown 2020 mix, as played on afterhours.fm

Tracklist:

1. Sam Laxton - Travel
2. James Dymond & Sam Laxton - Outbound
3. LTN ft. Eric Lumiere - Shining (Sam Laxton Remix)
4. C.M.R. - Lost Vision (Sam Laxton Remix)
5. Sam Laxton - Everything Can Change
6. Sam Laxton & Rinaly - Sandglass
7. Rene Ablaze & Tiff Lacey - Universe Undone (Sam Laxton Remix)
8. Sam Laxton - Emerge
9. Sam Laxton - Korero
10. Sam Laxton - Waiting For The Sun

Sam Laxton - End of Year Countdown 2020 [AH.FM]

Sam Laxton is a British producer and DJ who has transcended genres to create his unique blend of Techno & Trance. Globally recognized in the industry for his varied musical output, Sam has a vast catalogue of releases ranging from Breakbeat to Progressive and Tech-Trance. He is the resident of international festival brands Inakoma and Unkonscious. 

Kicking off in 2013, Sam has released singles across multiple genres, receiving support from industry heavyweights such as Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Trym, I Hate Models, Indira Paganotto, Mha Iri, Azyr, Omaks, TDJ, Aly & Fila, and many more. His tracks have been heard at events such as Verknipt, Boiler Room, Timewarp, KNTXT, Face 2 Face, Gotec, Drumcode, Tomorrowland, EDC, A State of Trance, and Transmission Festival to name a few. 

Releasing singles and EP’s on Armada, Sonaxx, Bonzai, FSOE, Black Hole, and via self release, Sam has built a fanbase of regular listeners who contribute to over 1,500,000 streams per year. As a DJ, Sam has an innate ability to read the crowd and set the vibe at any venue while maintaining his unique energy, often blending genres with nods to Hard Techno, Hard Trance and Hardcore.

You understand music only when you can feel it.

The first time a heard a trance songs I think I was about 10 years old, so that about 19 years ago right now. I think it was one of the Rank 1 Anthems for one of the Sensation White events in Amsterdam. I heard it on the Dutch TV channel in I think it was their weekly top 40. All I could think at that time, what a terrible music as I was much more into what was called mainstream pop music back then. 

 It wasn’t untill Armin van Buuren released his album Imagine and started his Armin Only: Imagine World Tour that really got my mind set on trance music. I think I watched the live registration over 20 times on DVD this is also true voor Live DVD of Armin Only: Mirage. I ready for minsblow of the spectular show die hij keer op keer neer zet, a show that twinkled a my senses. 

Because I wasn’t able to go fo previous Armin Show, i really de Descnitdkkkk
But the tracks back then that really kickstarted trance music for me were: Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Not Giving Up On Love (Original Mix) and also Armin van Buuren pres. Gaia - Status Excessu D (ASOT 500 Anthem)(Original Mix). Soon after trance became the only music I would be listening to all day. Because within the trance genre there so many different subtypes of trance it keeps surprising every day k lk all from the more downtempo progressive trance, to the emotional vocal tracks, all the way to the uplifting bangers!! A few years ago I started digging online in search of the latest en most exclusives tracks, liveset and radioshows. For a couple of years I’ve been doing exactly that on SoundCloud. The playlists are updated at least weekly and are very variable from all the latest trance radio shows, trance tracks to the best livesets from the latest events and festivals. Hope u enjoy all the music just as much I do!

All time favorite trance tracks:
* Armin van Buuren feat. Fiora - Waiting For The Night (Original Mix)
* Armin van Buuren feat Justine Suissa - Burned With Desire (Rising Star Mix)
* Armin van Buuren pres. Gaia- Status Excessu D (ASOT 500 Anthem)(Original Mix)
* Armin van Buuren - Who’s Afraid OF 138?! (Original Mix/Photographer Remix)
* Armin van Buuren vs. Ferry Corsten - Brute (Original Mix)
* Amin van Buuren feat Jacqueline Govaert & Benno De Goeij - Never Say Never (Live from Armin Only Imagine in Utrecht)
* Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Baxter - Not Giving Up On Love (Original Mix)
* Armin van Buuren - Reprise
* Armin van Buuren feat. Cathy Burton - Rain
* Armin van Buuren - This Is What It Feel Like (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
* Armin van Buuren feat. Jan Vayne - Sail (Original Mix)
* Armin van Buuren - Communication (Original Mix)
* Cosmic Gate - Exploration Of Space (Cosmic Gate’s Back 2 The Future Mix)
* Gareth Emery feat. Lucy Sanders - Sanctuary (Original Mix)
* Gareth Emery - Long Way Home (Ciaran McAuley Remix)
* Gareth Emery - You’ll Be Ok (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
* Ilan Bluestone pres. StoneBlue feat. Emma Hewitt - Hypnotized (Original Mix) 
* Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix)
* Rank 1 - Such Is Live
* Veracocha- Carte Blanche (Sneijder Remix)
* Ferry Corsten pres. Gouryella - Anahera (Original Mix)
* Simon Patterson - Miss You (Original Mix)
* Simon Patterson - Thump (Simon Patterson 2013 Remix)
* Simon Patterson feat. Lucy Pullin - Fall For You (Cold Blue Remix)
* Magnus vs. Simon Patterson - Evoke (Original Mix)
* Simon Patterson feat. Dave Wright - Vapour Trails (Original Mix)
* Simon Patterson feat. Matt Adey - Time Stood Still (Original Mix)
* Simon Patterson - Mood Swing (Original Mix)
* Simon Patterson feat. Dave Wright - Nothern Lights (UDM Remix)
* Sean Tyas - Chrome (Original Mix)
* John Askew - Through The Looking Glass (Original Mix)
* John Askew - Black Coffee (UDM Remix)
* John Askew - Supersonic (Original Mix)
* John Askew - The Witch (Original Mix)
* John Askew - Shine (Original Mix)
* John O’Callaghan - Stresstest (John Askew Remix) (vs. Commander Tom - Are Am Eye)(Armin van Buuren Mashup)

Supporting some of the biggest names, up and coming producers and legends from the harder side of Trance and Techno.

This is, a Global Repercussion: Turn it up!

Sam Laxton - End of Year Countdown 2020 [AH.FM]

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