Great mix from Sebastien Brandt

Hey, this one is for all the Trance fans out there, myself included. Many of us have wondered, over the past few years certainly, whether the best of Trance, and in particular live DJ mixes, was gone, swallowed up in the annals of history and left in the era 98-03. Would we ever feel the true uplifting euphoria again? Would the hairs on the backs of our necks ever stand to attention and bring an involuntary smile to our faces, even whilst performing the most mundane of tasks? With this mix, admittedly a year old, Sebastien Brandt has restored my faith that good euphoric trance lives on, and judging by the crowd reacton, theirs too!

Sebastien Brandt is a Swedish DJ/Producer, and has been fairly prolific of late, I recently heard his new tune Ashes, which I tip to be huge, and this remix in collaboration with Armin http://bit.ly/ofdl8p.
The set itself was performed at a State of Trance 450 in Poland last Spring, thats April 2010. It is 1 hr long, and can be downloaded free from trancepodium.com, I will post the direct download link at the bottom. What stands out for me over a lot of the other recent live sets I've heard, is the combination of orchestral breakdowns, uplifting riffs and the driving basslines involved in the majority of the tracks featured. So often you find that a track has one or even two of these components but is missing that vital ingredient that would take it to the next level. Alternatively, you find that a Trance set is often neither particularly euphoric nor good for raving because the DJ has gone too far down the tech/trance route, which seems to me to be a genre that pleases no-one, neither trance lovers nor techno heads. Although this does get a bit more techy and a bit harder towards the end, the track choices are good and monotony is avoided. Here, at last, is a set that will not only have your hands in the air, but will have you raving around ur kitchen/bedroom, in ur car and on the floor, with a smile on ur face. Enjoy!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L4II8PMZ

Ps Check this out for old time's sake. Breathtaking!http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3EHAAJ9F










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