Trance

Acues Diamonds

Acues

Diamonds is an hour weekly radio show, mixed by Acues. Here you will find the best and most current

Smith Sessions Radio

Smith

Alexander Schmidt, better known as Mr. Smith, is a passionate music lover and talented DJ hailing from Tettnang (Lake Constance), Germany. Alexander discovered his love for mixing in March 2016. Drawing inspiration from renowned trance DJs from around the world, he quickly honed his skills and developed his unique style. Alexander gained recognition with his captivating weekly trance Smith Sessions Radio, broadcasted on seven international stations, reaching trance enthusiasts everywhere. So between 2017 and 2022, Alexander further expanded his influence because of joining Crystal Clouds‘ show on Discovertrance Radio. Most importantly he further refined his skills, by cementing his place in the trance music scene. In 2018, Alexander took the next step in his musical journey by releasing his first track in collaboration with District 5. The wonderful track is amazingly called “She Moved Through The Fair“, released on the prestigious Silent Shore Records label. It was a chance to showcase Alexander’s ability to blend melodies and emotions seamlessly.

Uplifting Only

Ori Uplift

UplUplifting Only ifting Only is the world's leading radio show for the orchestral uplifting trance genre, and also focuses on emotional uplifting trance, vocal uplifting trance, and a little orchestral and chillout music. To quote iTunes commenters, UpOnly is "nonstop mixes by the best source for uplifting trance music. Perfect for long travels, tasks, homework, or to just jam out", and "Some of the best music out there. All the tracks are just beautiful." It is the definitive show for orchestral uplifting trance the way Armin's A State of Trance intends itself for trance and progressive. Like ASOT, UpOnly includes weekly fan votes for favorite tracks and tunes of the year, a large number of exclusive world premieres every week, and exclusive recorded voiceovers from the artists whose tracks are premiered that week. Orchestral uplifting trance is a genre of music that is both euphoric and peaceful, energizing and cinematic. It fuses trance and symphonic music by taking the genre of uplifting trance and having the breakdowns be like emotional/epic orchestral or film music. It also features trance melodies that are more epic, emotional, or euphoric than other uplifting trance. Uplifting Only was rated the #8 trance radioshow/podcast in the 2014 Trance Podium Awards, and Trance Hub rated it one of the top 5 trance shows for working out (and the top show for yoga & pilates). UpOnly is the flagship show for Abora Recordings, the world's top label for orchestral uplifting trance and emotional uplifting trance and the home of 11 sublabels. On the first show of the month, UpOnly plays much vocal uplifting trance. It plays all-instrumental uplifting trance the rest of the month, except for guest mixes or special episodes, which can also have vocal trance. Two mixcompilations based on the show and its voting reached the #1 spots on the Beatport genre charts for releases, and five have reached the top 5 on the charts.

VONYC Sessions

Born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany, he began his musical career at the Berlin club Turbine in 1991. When van Dyk was born, Eisenhüttenstadt was in the German Democratic Republic, so he had to smuggle music cassettes from abroad to to be able to listen to the music of that time. That's when Paul started making song mixes for his friends. When the Berlin Wall fell Paul was able to flourish as a musician. He started at Turbine. It was at this club where a friend suggested that he continue mixing after hearing some of his mixes on cassette, and that was how he started his career. His first production was a collaboration with Cosmic Baby (using the moniker Visions of Shiva) which was released in 1992. The following year, Paul was able to gain some recognition, while working at the legendary nightclub, E-Werk in Berlin, for his remix of "Love Stimulation" by artist Humate. Paul released his first album in 1993, which was titled 45 RPM. By 1997 Paul had already been able to gain quite a bit of fame as a DJ and thanks to his second album, Seven Ways, he was able to establish himself as a pioneer of the trance genre. Seven Ways was the first hit that "PvD" had in the United Kingdom thanks to the singles "Forbidden Fruit", "Seven Ways" and "Words" as these songs were heard in the largest British clubs during the superclub phenomenon. in said nation. At this time "PvD" commented: "When they deduced that I was German, it was already too late!" In 1998 45RPM went on sale in the United Kingdom and reached number one in sales. Van Dyk produced the remix of "For an Angel" titled "1998 E-Werk remix" to celebrate the popularity of 45RPM and in honor of the club which by then had closed its doors. "For An Angel" is widely considered one of the first epic trance songs and captured the essence of the emerging genre, melodic trance. The song was also considered the second best electronic music song of the last millennium. He is also recognized for his conviction against drugs, which earned him even though it was thought that it would distance him from his fans, on the contrary this position managed to get several clients to place the logo “No Pills, Pure PvD” Pure PvD). Thanks to "For an Angel" fame, Paul became the resident DJ at the Gatecrasher Club (part of the Sheffield franchise). In a statement that surprised many, Paul declared his total rejection of drugs and although some hoped this would alienate him from his fans, this move caused several Gatecrasher regulars to start wearing shirts with the logo "No Pills, Pure PvD." " (Not pills, Pure PvD). In 1999 (the same year that the aforementioned shirts were born) the Vandit Records label was formed in which Paul van Dyk was able to obtain a majority of shares and also in that year the album Vorsprung Dyk Technik: The Remix Collection was released, which sold more of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom. PvD released his third album (recorded in a studio) titled Out There and Back which included the single "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" on which he collaborated with Saint Etienne. In 2001 van Dyk released the album The Politics of Dancing, in the following year 2002 he released his album Zurdo which served as the soundtrack of the Mexican film of the same name. After a long tour in 2003 he released his Global DVD. That same year, Paul produced his album Reflections (inspired by his travels through Africa) which featured a collaboration with Hemstock & Jennings titled "Nothing but You", a song that was used in EA's game Need For Speed Underground 2. Games. In 2005, van Dyk's most recent album, The Politics of Dancing 2, was released and he also released the single titled "The Other Side." Paul van Dyk has become an internationally famous DJ, in demand from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. Paul often gets involved in politics taking advantage of his fame. He was one of the first DJs to take part in the "America Rocks the Vote" campaign in 2004 and has been seen wearing a "Stop the War" t-shirt. Paul currently uses two MacBook Pros running Ableton Live plus 2 synthesizers; which is said to give more energy to the events. This method has given him the ability to create mixes on the spot instead of having them already recorded. In a 2005 DJmag poll, Paul van Dyk was named #1 DJ in the world, ending DJ Tiësto's three-year reign. Again in 2006 he continues to be the DJ at the top of the magazine's list, chosen by a majority of votes from 229 countries around the world. To date, PvD continues to bring trance to different levels of innovation. He collaborated in 2008 on the soundtrack of the video game Mirror's Edge on the track "Still alive" performed by Lisa Miskovsky,