Gratitude

Gratitude (Extended Mix)

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)

Gratitude (Extended Mix)

Thomas Benscher