Top 5 new tracks from trance Thursdays

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In case you didn't know, trance Thursdays is a weekly ritual among trance fans from all the world as they tune in on some of the popular trance radio shows and comment live on Twitter. It starts at 12 pm with Markus Schulz Global DJ Broadcast, followed up by Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance, then M.I.K.E Push's Club Elite Sessions, and finally with Simon Paterson's Open Up from 5:00 - 6:00 pm on di.fm.

I managed to catch 3 of the 4 radio shows today and here's my top 5 list of favourite trance tracks heard that you should take note of:

John 00 Fleming & Christopher Lawrence - "Dark On Fire"

Incredible new psy-trance track from two legends.  

Arctic Moon & Paul Webster - "Valhalla" 

What happens when you put together two of the best 138-140 bpm producers together for a collab? Magic.  

Alex M.O.R.P.H ft. Sylvia Tosun - "An Angel's Love" (Andrew Rayel Aether Remix) 

Andrew Rayel delivers on his remix of Alex M.O.R.P.H's classic  "An Angel's Love". Selected as the future favourite from this week's ASOT.   

Simon Patteron & Blazer - "Contraband" (Simon Patterson Remix)

Simon Patterson has been en fuego on the production front so far in 2013 and "Contraband" is yet another belter that will light up dance floors across the world.  

Liam Wilson & Will Atkinson - "The Hurricane"

Will Atkinson creates another hard pounding trance tune that was featured on the Open Up radio show. Fantastic.  

Listen to ETC!ETC! Mad Decent Block Party mixtape (free download)

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ETC!ETC!, a trap/moombahton producer/DJ from Los Angeles has just released a special 40 minute mixtape to hype the upcoming Mad Decent Block Party events that will begin this Friday:

 (Source: Thump)

The Mad Decent Block Party will be kicking off in Calgary tomorrow featuring a stellar lineup including Major Lazer Zeds Dead, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, Big Gigantic, Paul Devro, and Smalltown DJs. Click here for ticket information.

Update - Set times for Calgary's MDBP:  

1:00 PM – GATES OPEN
1:00 PM – Smalltown DJs
2:00 PM – Paul Devro
3:15 PM – Big Gigantic
4:15 PM – Flosstradamus
5:15 PM – Dillon Francis
6:45 PM – ZEDS DEAD
8:30 PM – Major Lazer
10:00 PM – CURFEW

Next Friday the MDBP will be in Toronto with Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, RiFF RAFF, Grandtheft, Thugli, and DJ El Dusty. Click here for ticket information.

Eventhough ETC!ETC! will not be joining the Canadian MDBP dates, he will be spinning next Thursday at Edmonton's Union Hall, click here for more information.

 

Is Tiesto making a trance EP with M.I.K.E Push?

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Is Tiesto making a trance track? Is this real life? Can it be true? According to the latest tweets, a trance collaboration between Tiesto and veteran trance producer M.I.K.E Push is in the works:

As a trance fan, it's hard to contain my excitement when I hear that two trance legends are coming together to make a trance EP.  Tiesto has left the genre so long ago that the possibility of hearing new trance tracks from the man himself will be sure to get many long time Tiesto fans celebrating. But we may have to be patient as M.I.K.E Push has already warned fans that it may take a while before we hear any of the results. If this collaboration turns into something substantial then today is a very good day for trance and I am optimistic about the possible results.

Make sure to follow @mikepush and @tiesto on Twitter to follow for future updates.