A little-known German band going by the intimidating moniker of Scorpions took their embryonic career to the next level on Sept. 17, 1975 with the release of their third studio long-player, In Trance.

Trance isn’t the first film to discover drama deep within the human mind. Inception, Eternal Sunshine, and The Matrix have all woven exciting, melancholic and philosophical tales from those little ...

Trance is not cool. Trance doesn’t dabble in irony or metaphor. Trance is extremely cheesy, therefore easily dismissable. Trance asks you to believe that the glass is half-full; that this melody is ...

1. Learn the rules of trance - and then forget about them. On the face of it, it seems easy: if you follow the usual kick/ arpeggiation/sweeping synth/breakdown formula, you'll have a massive trance ...

Over the past 20 years, trance has maintained one of the most loyal fan bases in dance music. Trance mainstay Ferry Corsten, new-school producer Ciel and more talk about the sound’s enduring appeal.

As the yearly festival circuit grows bigger and bigger, A-list DJs like Nina Kraviz, Ellen Allien and Gerd Janson have started to reach for ’90s anthems, which have been, for better or worse, frowned ...

The most hypnotically bizarre music video I’ve seen in ages begins with a young man peeling the bandages off his surgically enhanced jaws and chin, which jut out of his face like the haunches of a ...

With DJs across genres reintroducing it into their sets, and Paul van Dyk launching a new album and live show, is trance being reborn? After a brief introduction from a disembodied voice, Paul van Dyk ...