News: A State Of Trance 700

On Thursday 29th of January 2015 Armin van Buuren celebrates the 700th episode of his weekly radio show ‘A State of Trance’ and is handing over control of the episode to his fans. Over the past few weeks, listeners were asked to submit a voice recording of themselves introducing a favorite track for the show. The two-hour show, which will be broadcast tonight worldwide between 20:00 and 22:00 and on Friday on Radio 538 in the Netherlands from 23:00 to 01:00, will have been created entirely by the hands of the A State of Trance fans.

The radio show this Thursday is just the first part in a series of celebrations. Next week, Armin will start a new tour called “Together in A State of Trance”, a theme that has been chosen to involve the fans as much as possible in the tour. The tour will take the ‘A State Of Trance Festival’ to continents around the globe. So doing, Armin van Buuren will become the first DJ to have his own festival. It promises to be the biggest trance festival tour in history.

News: Dancefair 2015

This year Dancefair takes place the 21st and 22nd  of February 2015 at the Jaarbeurs Utrecht. You can now browse through the full program at www.dancefair.nl.

For years Dancefair has been the go to educational event for DJs and producers around the world. With over 5000 visitors and more than 200 seminars and workshops to attend, Dancefair is considered the worlds’ biggest educational electronic music event. 

One of the prominent names this year is Martin Garrix, who’ll provide a top notch producer workshop. Over 100 other renowned artists like Laidback Luke, Joris Voorn (interviewed by Native Instruments), Oliver Koletzki, Dale Howard, Egbert and Wildstylez also confirmed their attendance for the 4th edition of Dancefair.

News: Hardwell to headline Exit 2015 Dance Arena

EXIT Festival is proud to announce that the Number 1 DJ in the World Hardwell, will be coming to the Dance Arena this summer. The global superstar is set to take to the decks on Friday 10th July 2015, and will be bringing his signature sound to the Petrovaradin Fortress for the very first time. This top-selling hit-maker from the Netherlands remains the king of the global Top 100 DJ rank list for a second year running and is also the youngest ever holder of the coveted World’s No.1 DJ title. Having just this week released his debut album, Hardwell looks set to reach even greater heights than before and so we are delighted to have him play for us this year.

Interview: Standerwick

Born in Bristol England, Standerwick’s early career as a Songwriter/Producer saw him signed to one of the most successful music publishing companies in the world, the famous Zomba Music Publishing Group.

A recent DJ Mag feature labeled Standerwick as part of the ‘New Wave Of Trance’  (September 2014) and credited him as being ‘a defining talent for roaring trance pitched at the distinctive pace of 138 BPM’

In the last 2 years Standerwick has had tracks released on Armada, Future Sounds of Egypt, Blackhole, Subculture, Mental Asylum, Arisa Audio, Enhanced and numerous others, including a remix for none other than Armin van Buuren which was released on Armin’s More Intense Album and became one of the most successful remix’s of the album.

Review: DJ Kura - Makhor

Poised to be one of Revealed’s future break-out stars as a truly monumental year for the label draws to a close, Portuguese producer and DJ Kura unleashes his solo Revealed debut ‘Makhor’, to end 2014 in style. After releasing on the first ever Revealed talent EP ‘Ammonia’ back in 2011, Kura’s productions have sent his career on an upward trajectory as he entered into the prestigious DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll at #42 this year, only confirming a burning, bright ability that was primed to ignite.

Undoubtedly set to rise up the ranks alongside Revealed’s trailblazing talents and renowned roster, ‘Makhor’ is a bold electro-house statement of precise percussion, high-intensity and sheer euphoria, thanks to Kura’s signature mega drops that act as the added ingredients for a peak-time, hands-in-the-air anthem.

Review: Blasterjax & DBSTF - Beautiful World

As 2014 saw Revealed Recordings uphold a strong industry presence - from hosting stages at festivals including the Amsterdam Dance Event and Creamfields UK, over to providing the platform for a plethora of artists both familiar and new, to take various chart top-spots worldwide - 2015 is certain to be the label’s greatest year yet.Returning to Revealed after also offering the label’s first release of 2014, with the Beatport #1 ‘Mystica’, Dutch production/ DJ duo Blasterjaxx arrive back at Hardwell’s imprint to work their magic with ‘Beautiful World’. After leaping a colossal 58 places up the rankings to receive DJ MAG’s #13 spot in their historic Top 100 DJs Poll, Blasterjaxx have united with Revealed newcomers DBSTF for their debut release on the label, sure to send shockwaves through the seasons that will reign on supreme.