Electronic music by tag and subgenre
Nine of the ten tracks on 'Uplifting Sunrise' run at a locked 140 BPM; the outlier —seventh in the running order— is 'Time & Space' in its remastered version, dropping to 104 and carving a valley just past the album's...
Opening at 140 BPM with no warm-up ramp is a statement of intent: 'Mermaid's Tears' in Kvaii's remix and Chris Hunt (UK)'s 'Touch the Sky' start this June selection at the top of the tachometer, and from there the...
From 76 to 140 BPM: that is the true range hiding inside the ninth installment of the Trance Infinity series, even if most of the record lives in a far narrower band. The tempo map tells the story better than any press note: Nucrise's 'In...
Twenty-five tracks make up 'Trance Infinity, Vol. 08', but its story can be told in four. The first is the opener itself: 'NIGHTSHADE' by KAEL and BLOOD MAGICK, one of only three raw/hypnotic passages on the record, 5:21 at 138...
The speed ceiling of this volume arrives on track two: P4sc4l's 'Breath Of Life' runs at 141 BPM and none of the twenty-three cuts that follow ever reach it again. It's an unorthodox sequencing call —the tempo peak burns off...
The tempo extremes of 'Spring Trance 2026' are settled inside the first three cuts: Forceuser's 'Beyond Horizons' sets the floor at 135 BPM in second position and, right after it, Master Beat Projekt's 'Gaia'...
There's a trap in the metadata: 'Osaka', by John Askew and DJ 34, is listed at 70 BPM. Double it and it lands right in the heart of this selection, the 140 block where main floor trance lives. Worth catching early, because these 47...
The mission begins before the peak The detail that organises Mission Underground appears at the start: Paul Oakenfold’s “Continuous DJ Mix” runs for 56:04 at 130 BPM in A minor. It is more than a prologue; it establishes a continuous frame before...
When a compilation series lands a name like Nitrous Oxide, it is worth paying attention. Polish producer Krzysztof Prętkiewicz was an essential part of the Anjunabeats sound in the late 2000s, released his 'Dreamcatcher' album there in...
Nine minutes of hypnotic electronica in D minor open the journey: Germind's 'Erotic Vaccine' sets the pulse at 124 BPM and makes it clear this ride is in no hurry. Plexus Music, an internet label founded in 2011 and based in Greece,...
Fifty-one of these eighty-two pieces live in a minor key, with F minor and G minor tied as the map's twin capitals — seven cuts apiece — and C minor guarding the entrance: Frank Dueffel's 'Miraflores', released on VANDIT, the...