Germany is a desert concerning trance music. It is hardly ever played at clubs, parties and at radio stations. Electro and Minimal rule this country while Trance is big in wide parts of the world like Scandinavia, Eastern Europe or Great Britain. As a result there are not many DJs or labels from Germany that release good quality trance tracks. Tracks in my last “shopping bag” cause hope at my side though that something is changing.

While Paul van Dyk (from Berlin) is not really producing any pure trance tracks anymore – his new releases could be seen as pop music in my view, his label Vandit Records improves by releasing more and more decent trance tracks. Newest example is “Who’s in charge” by Polish DJ Adam Kancerski.

Probably one of the best German trance releases in recent times is the Ferrin & Low Remix of “Deep Impact” by Discodyne.

Good examples that show that there might be coming much more good trance tracks from this country? I hope so.

A big variety of online shops offering trance music spreads out on the internet. Additionally, trance music internet stations like etn.fm offer fine mixes by well known DJs. The problem for the listener is, that these two sources of music did not interact so far. Many times I listened to a track on a trance radio station and I had the following problems: a) I knew neither artist nor name of the track and b) if I liked it I did not know which store has it or if it is even released so far. The new site for electronic dance music called “Vonyc”, owned by famous german DJ Paul van Dyk is a combination of a radio station and shop. Tracks being played are listed with their full title and – if buyable – you’ll see the adequate “buy track” button lit up.
Very practical in my view.