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On the UK club scene, Trance and the tuff stuff joined forces recently in the shape of ‘From Russia With Love’ – a collaboration between Midlands clubbing institution Godskitchen and Northern hard dance outfit Goodgreef. Manchester’s MEN Arena played host to three stages, the main stadium area devoted to trance and techy, electro sounds, and two smaller hard house stages. Set of the night came from Adam Sheridan – newly crowned Mixmag Future Hero at the 2004 Trance Awards. Driving and uplifting, his set had the crowd roaring at such anthems as Nu NRG’s ‘Dreamland 2005’, Reflekt’s ‘Need to Be Loved’, and ‘Find ‘ from Ridgewalkers. Quality sets also from Above & Beyond, with a cool, laidback sound to get the crowd in the mood, and a techy, almost progressive set from Paul van Dyk. Event organization left something to be desired, however, with a two hour queue for the single cloakroom, and further long queues for the Goodgreef room.
Good news for southern UK trance fans – ironically, it traditionally being a Midlands / Northern sound, there is now more trance in London than anywhere else. Knowwhere, Trance Generation and the techy, electro sounds of Serious are already well established. Ultra Utopia appears to have bitten the dust which I’m not at all sad about as there policy seemed to be to advertise DJ’s on there line up that hadn’t even been booked. It was quite annoying to see an advert in Mix Mag with myself on the line up of a night I’d never even heard of! On a positive note, by the time you read this two new trance nights will have kicked off – Vaccine at Turnmills and Ascension at The Factory (ex Club Supreme). Vaccine promises to showcase the best in new talent from Holland and the UK, and the launch party features none other than duo Corderoy. The man behind Ascension is Adam White – recently awarded Best New Producer, and Best Track for ‘Whiteroom’ along with producer and man of the moment Andy Moor at the 2004 Trance Awards. Don’t worry kids, you can sleep at work.
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Article by Matt Darey
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