ARTIST DIRECTORY
A.R.D.I.
Uplifting trance producer with releases on FSOE, Subculture, and Black Hole — a Beatport-charting fixture of the modern 138 BPM scene.
Above & Beyond
British trio behind Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep — architects of vocal trance and the most emotionally resonant brand in the genre.
Ace Ventura
Israeli producer who, alongside Liquid Soul, defined the modern Iboga progressive-psy sound.
Activa
Welsh tech-trance producer associated with Discover Records and the Reaching Altitude / Subculture scene.
Ahmed Helmy
Egyptian uplifting trance producer affiliated with Aly & Fila's Future Sound of Egypt and a regular on the FSOE Radio rotation.
Allen Watts
Dutch producer at the centre of the Pure Trance / 138 BPM movement — a Beatport top-trance regular since 2018 and an ASOT mainstage fixture.
Aly & Fila
Egyptian duo behind Future Sound of Egypt — guardians of the 138 BPM uplifting sound and one of trance's most respected institutions.
Andrew Bayer
Anjunabeats' most musically ambitious producer — In My Last Life and It Happened One Night are widely cited as the genre's recent high-water marks.
Andrew Rayel
The young Moldovan virtuoso Armin van Buuren called "the next Mozart of trance" — and the architect of Find Your Harmony.
Anyma
One half of Tale of Us turned solo project — the audiovisual auteur behind Welcome to the Opera and the modern melodic-techno aesthetic.
Armin van Buuren
Five-time DJ Mag #1, host of A State of Trance, the most-listened-to dance radio show in history.
Astral Projection
Israeli duo whose Dancing Galaxy (1997) is one of the foundational albums of Goa trance and psytrance.
Astrix
Israeli psytrance ambassador and architect of the Trust in Trance event series — one of the genre's most globally recognised faces.
ATB
German producer whose 1998 hit "9 PM (Till I Come)" introduced acoustic-guitar leads to mainstream trance.
Atmos
Swedish producer and a key figure in the Scandinavian psytrance lineage; Solstice Music co-founder.
Audrey Gallagher
Northern Irish vocalist behind "Big Sky" — voted ASOT Tune of the Year and one of the most enduring vocal-trance anthems of the late 2000s.
Ben Gold
British producer based in Amsterdam — head of Goldrush Recordings and a long-running Armada uplifting fixture with a strong vocal-collaboration catalogue.
Ben Nicky
British DJ/producer known for the Headf**k mashup series and an openminded mainstage approach — hard trance, hardstyle, and uplifting in the same set.
Bobina
Russia's most successful trance export, host of Russian Trancemission, and a long-time Black Hole / Magik Muzik vocal-trance flagship.
Bryan Kearney
Irish 138 BPM specialist behind Kearnage Recordings — a relentless tech-uplifting force loved across the Subculture/FSOE community.
BT
American progressive innovator who invented the "stutter edit" and helped define late-90s emotional trance.
Captain Hook
Israeli producer whose Human Design, Frozen Light, and Vertikal albums redefined what progressive psytrance can sound like.
Cathy Burton
British vocalist from rural Devon — collaborator across the Markus Schulz, Solarstone, and RNM Bundles vocal-trance ecosystem with one of the genre's longest active careers.
Christina Novelli
British vocalist, DJ, and songwriter — co-writer of "Concrete Angel" and the defining female voice of mid-2010s vocal trance.
Cold Blue
German uplifting trance producer with a long catalogue across Paul van Dyk's Vandit, Discover, and Black Hole Recordings.
Cosmic Gate
German duo with a 25-year run from late-90s hard trance to modern progressive — a model of consistent reinvention.
Cristoph
Newcastle producer signed to Eric Prydz's Pryda Presents — one of the modern progressive-house scene's most respected producer's producers.
Darren Porter
British uplifting-trance producer from Seaham with 16 Beatport Trance number-one records and his own digital label Trancegression Recordings, founded in 2019.
Dash Berlin
Dutch vocal-trance project that put euphoric, sing-along anthems on the global mainstage in the late 2000s.
Davey Asprey
British uplifting/tech-trance producer in the Coldharbour Recordings circle, with releases through Black Hole and Armada Music.
David Forbes
Scottish trance veteran active since the late 1990s, founder of Maelstrom Recordings, and a returning name on the FSOE Argento sub-imprint.
Daxson
British producer signed to John O'Callaghan's Subculture, working in the tech-uplifting / Pure Trance 140 BPM register.
Dennis Sheperd
German melodic-uplifting trance producer from Essen, active since 2007, with four artist albums, In Search of Sunrise 18 co-mix credit (2022), and over 50 million Spotify streams.
DIM3NSION
Spanish producer signed to Markus Schulz's Coldharbour Recordings, working in the melodic progressive register.
DJ T.H.
German DJ and producer from Düsseldorf, with releases across a wide spread of trance imprints including Black Hole, AVA, HeavensGate, Euphonic, and Always Alive Recordings.
Driftmoon
Polish uplifting trance producer working in the orchestral end of the FSOE / Subculture / Always Alive editorial direction.
Emma Hewitt
Australian vocalist whose late-2000s and early-2010s collaborations with Cosmic Gate, Dash Berlin, and Gareth Emery defined an entire era of vocal trance.
Estiva
Dutch progressive-house heavyweight — Colorize/Enhanced flagship and one of the genre's most prolific album-era melodic-progressive producers.
Factor B
British uplifting producer associated with Bryan Kearney's Kearnage Recordings and the modern Subculture / FSOE peak-time scene.
Ferry Corsten
The producer behind System F's "Out of the Blue" and three decades of relentless trance innovation.
Ferry Tayle
French uplifting producer and founder of Always Alive Recordings, known for the orchestral concept-album The Last Unicorn with Dan Stone.
Gaia
Trance side project of Armin van Buuren and Benno de Goeij, known for "Tuvan", "Empire of Hearts", and the 2019 album "Moons of Jupiter".
Gareth Emery
British producer behind Garuda and "Concrete Angel" — a master of trance songcraft and one of the genre's sharpest minds.
Genix
Long-time Anjunabeats producer best known for the festival-scale "Stadium Four" — a defining track of the modern Anjuna sound.
Gigi D'Agostino
Italian icon whose "L'Amour Toujours" and "Bla Bla Bla" became inescapable global hits and defined Mediterranean Progressive.
Giuseppe Ottaviani
Italian uplifting producer pioneering full live-keyboard performance through his GO Live concept and host of GO On Air.
HALIENE
American vocalist and Grammy-nominated songwriter — the defining female voice of late-2010s emotional uplifting trance and a Black Hole Recordings flagship artist.
Heatbeat
Argentinian trance project formed in 2006 by Agustin Servente and Matias Faint, signed long-term to Armada Music and operating their own Armada-affiliated imprint Aerys Records since 2017.
Hernan Cattaneo
Argentina's most internationally recognised DJ, founder of Sudbeat, and the leading figure in the South American progressive-house lineage.
HI-LO
Dark techno alias of Dutch DJ/producer Oliver Heldens, releasing through his own Heldeep Records and Lyase imprints since 2016.
i_o
American producer (Garret Lockhart) whose 2017–2020 catalogue on mau5trap and Armada placed dark techno and trance in productive dialogue, anchored by the 2019 mau5trap "ACID 444" EP.
ilan Bluestone
British producer who became Anjunabeats' headline melodic-progressive name in the late 2010s.
Indira Paganotto
Spanish DJ/producer and founder of ARTCORE Records, working in the psy-techno / hard techno crossover that has shaped a substantial slice of the early-2020s festival circuit.
Infected Mushroom
Israeli duo whose 25-year catalogue has expanded psytrance into rock, electronica, and live performance — one of the most musically ambitious projects in the genre.
Jennifer Rene
American vocalist whose late-2000s collaborations with Jose Amnesia, Jonas Steur, and Above & Beyond placed her in the front rank of vocal trance for over fifteen years.
John Digweed
Long-time Sasha partner, founder of Bedrock Records, and host of the long-running Transitions radio show.
John O'Callaghan
Irish founder of Subculture and architect of "Big Sky" — one of trance's most respected technically-minded DJs.
Kate Miles
Norwegian vocalist whose work for FSOE, Subculture, and Black Hole has placed her among the most-played vocal-trance voices of the late 2010s and 2020s.
KhoMha
Colombian DJ/producer and Coldharbour Recordings core artist, known for the bassline-driven tech-trance lineage from "Rainy in the Night" and "Mind Gamer" through to the 2022 Markus Schulz collaboration "Take Me".
Kyau & Albert
German trance duo Ralph Kyau and Steven Moebius Albert, active since 1996 and co-founders of Euphonic Records (1997). DJ Mag Top 100 ranked four consecutive years 2007–2010, with the "Anphonic" Above & Beyond collaboration (Anjunabeats, 2010) among the catalogue's most-broadcast tracks.
Laura van Dam
Dutch DJ/producer in the Armada family, with releases through Armada Captivating Sounds and inclusion on the ASOT Year Mix 2025.
Linnea Schössow
Swedish vocalist, producer, and Grammy-nominated songwriter — CEO of Auditory Recordings and a defining new-generation voice in vocal trance.
Liquid Soul
Swiss producer who, alongside Ace Ventura, defined Iboga Records' melodic progressive-psy sound through the 2010s.
Maddix
Dutch producer signed to Hardwell's Revealed Recordings, working in the raw/tech-trance crossover register that has driven a substantial slice of the modern festival mainstage.
Mark Sixma
Dutch producer in the modern Armada Music ecosystem, working between progressive trance and peak-time mainstage uplifting.
Markus Schulz
German-American storyteller behind Coldharbour Recordings and the Global DJ Broadcast — trance's great long-form set master.
MaRLo
Dutch-born Australian DJ behind Reaching Altitude — one of the most consistent tech-energy uplifting acts on the modern ASOT mainstage.
Marlon Hoffstadt
German DJ/producer working at the house / trance crossover edge — known for trance-anthem edits and the SAVAGE label.
Matt Ralph
British producer working across uplifting and progressive trance with releases on FSOE and Subculture.
Mauro Picotto
Italian hard-trance icon whose "lizard sound" defined turn-of-millennium club anthems.
Mind Against
Italian brothers based in Berlin — core Afterlife act and architects of HABITAT, the label that has made them one of melodic techno's most influential forces.
Miss Monique
Ukrainian DJ-producer behind Siona Records — the most internationally booked female progressive-house artist of the 2020s and a Hï Ibiza Club Room resident.
Natalie Gioia
Russian-Ukrainian vocalist with a long-running Armada and Black Hole catalogue — "Shine" with RAM & Talla 2XLC placed sixth in A State of Trance Tune of the Year 2021.
Nick Warren
Bristol veteran, half of Way Out West, and one of the most prolific contributors to the Global Underground mix-album series.
Nifra
Slovakian tech-trance producer dubbed "the Queen of Coldharbour" — Markus Schulz's flagship signing and one of the most consistent female DJ-producers on the modern global circuit.
Omnia
Ukrainian DJ/producer (real name Evgeny Smirnov) on Armada Music, known for the 2014 anthem "The Fusion" — a Beatport Trance #1 supported widely across the ASOT circuit.
Paul van Dyk
East Berlin trance pioneer who helped define the genre, and a two-time DJ Mag #1 known for cerebral, emotional sets.
Paul Webster
British uplifting trance producer with a long catalogue across Discover Records, Reaching Altitude, and FSOE.
Push
Belgian producer behind "Universal Nation" — one of trance's most enduring anthems and a peak-time staple for 25+ years.
Ralphie B
Dutch trance producer best known for the 2003 Magik Muzik anthem "Massive" — a Tiësto-supported peak-time staple of the early-2000s era.
Ranji
Italian-Israeli producer running Profound Records — one of the most consistent voices in modern full-on psy.
Rank 1
Dutch duo behind "Airwave" — one of the defining anthems of late-90s mainstage trance.
Richard Durand
Dutch trance veteran best known for taking over the In Search of Sunrise compilation series from Tiësto, with a long catalogue across Magik Muzik, Black Hole, and Armada.
Rinaly
Tokyo-based DJ and producer active since 2014, with four Beatport Top 10s including a number one for "Wave of Affection" and a 2020 Trance Podium Top 100 DJs ranking at number 70.
Robert Miles
Italian-Swiss producer whose 1995 anthem "Children" defined dream trance and sold over five million copies worldwide.
Roger Shah
German producer behind the Sunlounger project and the Magic Island radio show — the figurehead of modern Balearic trance.
Ronski Speed
German producer who has been releasing emotional vocal trance on the Euphonic label for over two decades.
Roxanne Emery
British singer-songwriter and sister of Gareth Emery — half a billion streams, a current solo career as RØRY, and one of the genre's clearest vocal-to-pop crossover trajectories.
Ruben de Ronde
Dutch producer and host of Statement! on A State of Trance Radio — a key figure in the modern Armada uplifting roster.
Sasha
Welsh DJ-producer who, with John Digweed, defined progressive house through the Northern Exposure mix-CD series.
Sean Tyas
American producer behind "Lift" and Tytanium Recordings — a producer's producer with a famously analytical approach to trance design.
Simon Patterson
British producer behind Open Up and "Bulldozer" — pioneer of the psy-tech crossover that has reshaped the harder trance scene.
Sneijder
Northern Irish DJ-producer behind the Afterdark label — leader of the modern tech-trance revival with roots in late-90s hard trance.
Solarstone
British progressive elder statesman behind "Seven Cities" and the Pure Trance movement — a curator of the genre's most refined sound.
Standerwick
British producer who emerged via FSOE and broke through with the Haliene-led hit "FOMO" — a hallmark of modern emotional uplifting.
Stoneface & Terminal
German DJ and production duo (Matthias Gierth and Henry Nix) on Euphonic, with album-length and remix work that has placed the catalogue across Perfecto, Flashover, and FSOE — including the Beatport Trance #1 single "Hypogean".
Super8 & Tab
Finnish duo (Miika Eloranta and Janne Mansnerus) on Anjunabeats since 2005, credited with kickstarting the "hybrid trance" sound via "Helsinki Scorchin'" (2006).
Susana
Dutch vocalist who has been the genre's most prolific and most-collaborated-with female voice for over twenty years — a Black Hole / Armada fixture across two decades.
Symbolic
Brazilian-rooted full-on project, long associated with Universo Paralello and the South American festival scene.
Tempo Giusto
Finnish tech-trance producer from Turku active since 2008, with twelve Beatport Top 10 trance singles and Armada / Black Hole / Ultra / Spinnin' release credits across the catalogue.
Tiësto
The Greatest DJ of All Time according to Mixmag — and the artist who took trance from clubs to stadiums and the Olympics.
Tinlicker
Dutch melodic-house duo and Anjunadeep flagship — albums-first artists whose long-form releases sit at the crossroads of progressive trance and deep techno.
Vini Vici
Israeli duo whose "Great Spirit" with Armin van Buuren introduced psytrance to a global mainstream audience.
W&W
Dutch duo (Willem van Hanegem Jr. & Wardt van der Harst) and founders of Mainstage Music. Started in uplifting trance, expanded into big-room and psy-trance crossover; long-running DJ Mag Top 25 presence.
Will Atkinson
Scottish producer who emerged from John O'Callaghan's Subculture circle and became one of the genre's most technically gifted melodic producers.
Will Rees
British uplifting producer with FSOE / Subculture / Coldharbour releases and a recurring collaboration history with Allen Watts.
XiJaro & Pitch
Dutch duo with FSOE and Subculture releases, working in the modern mid-tempo vocal-uplifting register.
Yotto
Finnish producer who became Anjunadeep's headline export — Hyperfall is one of the defining albums of the late-2010s melodic-house wave.
Ørjan Nilsen
Norwegian DJ/producer in the Armada / In My Opinion roster, active since the late 2000s and a long-running ASOT family member.