Outburst Records

Outburst Records was founded in 2013 by Scottish DJ-producer Mark Sherry in Glasgow, growing out of his weekly Outburst Radioshow which had been running since 2009. The label was set up specifically to provide a home for the harder, faster, more technically aggressive end of trance — the tech-trance and harder uplifting sounds that Sherry had championed for years and that often struggled to find homes on the larger Armada-aligned imprints. Outburst's roster has included most of the major names in modern tech-trance: Will Atkinson, Sneijder, Allen Watts, Activa, Amir Hussain, Liam Wilson, and Sherry himself. The Outburst Radioshow, which premieres many of the label's releases, has run continuously for well over 700 episodes and remains one of the most reliable barometers of the modern hard-trance scene. Sherry's collaborations with Andy Moor as Public Enemy and with various other producers have been Outburst flagship releases. While the label operates on a smaller scale than Armada or Anjunabeats, Outburst is widely regarded — alongside Subculture, FSOE, and Damaged — as one of the four most important labels keeping the harder side of trance alive in the 2020s.