Nothing But... Trance Infinity, Vol. 09

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 My Head' opens at 125, almost progressive territory, and within three and a half minutes hands over to a 138 block spanning the next three cuts. The intent is declared early: this is main floor, and the energy only climbs from here.

The compilation's heart beats between 138 and 140: eighteen of the twenty-five tracks sit inside that two-beat band. The sustained peak arrives with 'Goodbye' —David McRae's remix for Max Denoise, Joanna Angelina and Rinkarna, at 8:20 also the longest cut here— and with the run of 'Aurora Hearts', 'First AID' and 'The Energy Ribbon', three consecutive extended mixes at 140 that work as chained peak time. The breathers are calculated: 'Remedy' drops to 130 in Sendr's remix, Lessika and Mars Shadow's 'Landscape' returns to 125 right when the ear asks for it, and Nakhiya's 'Naheda' breaks everything open at 76 BPM for eight minutes, an ambient valley placed three cuts from the end.

Among the names, Paipy contributes 'Deep Drop': Italian producer Giuseppe Cerutti has been stacking releases since 2017 on labels like FSOE Fables and Nocturnal Knights, with support from Armin van Buuren and Giuseppe Ottaviani, and here he condenses his uplifting style into a 3:16 radio edit. Nothing But, a compilation factory with over 1,600 references on Beatport, knows what it is building: not a linear set but blocks ready to be taken apart. Anyone playing this should read it that way: a 125 launch, a 138 plateau, 140 summits and a final descent that U-Mount's 'Viva La Vida', at 138 in Eb minor, closes without ever letting the temperature fully drop.