Ilan Bluestone is a London-based DJ-producer who has been one of the headline names on Above & Beyond's Anjunabeats label since 2012. He started releasing in 2008 with his debut single "Filthy Geezer" on L8-Night Records, but his Anjunabeats breakthrough came with the 2012 single "Capetown" — the record that pushed him from local-circuit producer into international rotation across Above & Beyond's Group Therapy radio show.
His self-described "tronce" sound (a portmanteau of trance and progressive) sits at the meeting point between 138 BPM uplifting and peak-time progressive house, and his productions have become a permanent fixture of Above & Beyond's DJ sets, with frequent support from Armin van Buuren, Axwell, and Seven Lions. Major releases include the 2014 remix of Above & Beyond's "Sun & Moon" — which became one of Anjunabeats Radio's most-played tracks of the year — the debut album Scars (2018, anchored by tracks like "Cosmic Feeling" with its 80s-Stranger-Things-style synth core), Impulse (2020 — actually 2021), and Ignite (2024) which marks his third studio album.
Bluestone runs his own Anjunabeats sub-label Stoneblue Records, has performed at Tomorrowland, Ultra Europe, EDC Las Vegas, and the full ABGT live calendar, and remains one of the most consistently booked names in modern melodic-progressive trance. The combination of cinematic chord work, anthemic lead writing, and long-form emotional breakdowns has made him a reference point for the Anjunabeats mainstage aesthetic alongside Andrew Bayer and Genix.
Sound Style
Cinematic, big-room melodic progressive — soaring lead synths, anthemic chord progressions, and the kind of long emotional breakdowns that connect 138 BPM trance to peak-time progressive house.