New releases last eight weeks: Trance

Review: 'Age of Love' by Age of Love' is something or a rite of passage tune that has converted many people to the thrills of dance music, and often more specifically the euphoric joyous of good trance. For that reason it has endured across the ages but has never been bigger than it is right now, much like trance itself. Here we get the crucial original, as well as a subtly tweaked remix from KNTXT label boss and modern techno queen Charlotte de Witter with her life and musical partner Enrico Sangiuliano, as well as the pounding, dubby, essential Jam & Spoon Watch Out For Stella mix that Sasha & Digweed loved so much.

Review: As a sub label for Lyon based Pomme Sanguine, Hess Publica proves a force to be reckoned with on its first various artist comp, featuring Botwin's bets impression of The Crystal Method on 'Tripstep', Selected Dream Memories getting a higher state of consciousness on 'SA-X' while over on the flip 'Character 1' goes for the heady Sound Of Frankfurt days on 'Emergency Bunker Station' which is followed by rising Parisian Katia Vai's strobed-out rendition that will have you truly reaching for the lasers.

Review: Kas:st is known for an array of music from uplifting jungle to cavernous techno. But on this remix bundle of their most recent EP 'A Magic World', every producer contributing their own interpretations to Kas:st's masterworks leans towards the latter. 'Outomorrow' gets an stairway-to-heaven style deep house remix from Anyma & Kevin, while our favourite has to be a loose tie between Radio Slave's deft rework of 'Never Looks Away' and Chris Avantgarde's version of 'Vtopia'. This is a wax slab of deep, emotive club cuts for the emotionally scarred.

Review: Imagine! by Overlords of the UFO was a global US Progressive Trance hit when it was originally released in 1994 - number one on many underground dance charts for several weeks. Mixmag dubbed it "wicked" and other relevant mags gave it high accolades e.g. XLR8R. Imagine! is a collaboration between Anthony Barker and Lynn Serafinn, both trained musicians and analogue synth aficionados. Whirling Thru Time & Space Mix on Side A was inspired by a poem from 60's cult sci-fi author; Fredric Brown - and UFO Mix is a faster tempo remix of the former. Side B's Deeply Hypnotic Mix is a downtempo remix, incorporating some world music elements, and Surfin' UFO was a very limited licensed track that Billboard Magazine described positively and humorously as "campy and kitschy"