Sweden

There’s something very, very oldskool about this. Yer cover art. Yer track titles. And the sound. This album is awash with ideas, but the execution is lacking…

This has to be one of the most eagerly-awaited follow albums in ages. Two and half years since Aero, one of the finest progressive acts is back: and what a wa…

It is nothing short of a delight that Spiral Trax are back. One of my favourite labels from back in the day, with releases that still get an airing today, a…

I’ve got an unapologetic soft spot for Jaia. Mai Mai I love to bits as much as when I first heard it, and most of Blue Energy gets an airing from time to time…

Spiral Trax were one of my favourite labels, back in the “day”. I loved the way they combined the psytrance output with kick-ass progressive stuff. Tricky bit…

I must admit that lately I’ve been finding “normal” psytrance much less appealing than progressive. This may be because the stuff coming out on the likes of I…

Denis Matenda seems to have a unique approach to making music – in all the stuff of his I’ve heard nothing ever sounds forced, the sounds are exactly where y…

Over the last two years Sweden’s Baluns Records have made quite a name for themselves, creating a fresh and funky blend of minimal psychedelia, techno and p…

Ahh… the passing of time, eh? Acid Casualties kicked off at a funny old time in trance, one of the first labels set up to explore the progressive edge that…

Koxbox offshoot Saiko-Pod are a well-respected name in the global trance circuit, and this album has been widely-anticipated as destined for great things. Essen…

This is nice. Very nice, in fact. It may be three years since Human Blue’s previous album, but this release marks the deeper sound he’s been crafting through hi…

Last year's Chillosophy album got many a well-deserved pat on the back for being a consistent and intelligent chillout compilation. And this one knocks the spot…

Notorious for their fresh take on trance-fusion (ho ho), Ticon are a well-respected name and this doublepack of remixes is set to enhance their reputation even…

Stress Assassin is Henrik Jonsson, Robin to Atmos’ Batman, and the first downtempo release to come from the Spiral Trax stable. This folks is a dub album, and i…

As home to Son Kite, Ticon, Tegma and P-Woland Sweden’s Digital Structures are on good form at the moment. Nince tracks here, all displaying the nice balanced s…

Featured on lat year’s superlative Perspectives Of... album, Aiwana has made quite an impct over recent months, and hence the chaps at Digital Structures releas…

This will have had trance afficionados chomping at the bit – Talamasca’s long awaited follow up to Beyond The Mask has been in the pipeline for just too long…

Denis Matenda is quite a new name on the global trance circuit, and with releases on Spiriz Zone, Medium and Transient his impact has been swift and effectiv…