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Classic Trance

One of the two sounds at the heart of The Mix Archive: classic trance sets, records, DJs and club history from the mid-90s to the early 2000s. Follow the crossover into progressive house.

Trance picks

Two places to start with classic trance. Listening stays free when a verified upload exists; the full research is for Supporters.

Trance entry

Ferry Corsten — Club Eau, Den Haag

A brilliant way into Ferry's early-2000s record box: Punk, Needle Juice, The Legacy, Suburban Train, First Strike and Gouryella in one documented club recording.

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Marco V — Sensation Black

For the harder edge of TMA: Marco V productions sit beside his remixes of Papua New Guinea and Cafe Del Mar in a very different 2002 route.

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The classic trance chart

A separate classic trance ranking alongside the progressive chart — each sound gets its own Top 10.

  1. #1 · 2001

    Ferry Corsten — Club Eau, Den Haag

    A brilliant way into Ferry's early-2000s record box: Punk, Needle Juice, The Legacy, Suburban Train, First Strike and Gouryella in one documented club recording.

  2. #2 · 2001

    Armin van Buuren — State '01, Toronto

    Early Armin before the later global template settled: Marco V, Push, OceanLab, Tiësto, Rank 1, Above & Beyond remix work and Gouryella in the surviving section.

  3. #3 · 2001

    John '00' Fleming — Essential Mix — 11 November 2001

    The left-turn pick. James Holden and Way Out West give way to M.I.K.E., Belfast Trance, Deedrah, Alien Project and Astral Projection.

  4. #4 · 2000

    Paul Oakenfold — Home London — Essential Millennium

    A compact memory machine: Skydive into Universal Nation and Street Spirit, then Da Hool, Faithless, Chicane and Olive.

  5. #5 · 1997

    Paul van Dyk — Essential Mix — 20 April 1997

    Nineteen surviving records across roughly two hours: Depeche Mode and LSG through Tilt and BT, then Forbidden Fruit and Words. A clean route back into pre-millennium PvD.

  6. #6 · 1999

    Tiësto — Energy 2000, Eindhoven

    Sixteen documented records at the turn of the millennium, with Kamaya Painters, Sparkles, Electra and Airwave making the Ferry/Tiësto crossover easy to hear.

  7. #7 · 2000

    Ferry Corsten — Trance Energy, Eindhoven

    Fourteen timestamped positions in ninety minutes, connecting System F, Gouryella, Moogwai, Chicane, Push and Tsunami without padding the gaps.

  8. #8 · 2003

    Armin van Buuren — Essential Mix — 9 February 2003

    An 18-position radio route through 3rd Earth, Yet Another Day, Affinity, Indigo, Solarcoaster and Point Zero, with strong links into Ferry, Scott Bond and Solarstone.

  9. #9 · 1999

    Judge Jules — Creamfields, Liverpool

    Nearly two hours and 26 documented positions, from Sun Is Shining and Toca Me through Everyday, Lizard, Universal Nation and Rising Star.

  10. #10 · 2004

    Above & Beyond — Essential Mix — 6 June 2004

    A 24-position two-hour programme later listed by BBC material as the 2004 Essential Mix of the Year, tying together Anjunabeats, aliases, tougher mid-set material and the group's early identity.

Trance bonus picks

Classic trance bonus selections — sets, compilations and standout records, not just the latest two.

track · 1999

Rank 1 — Airwave

Airwave opens Ferry Corsten at Innercity and closes Tiësto at Energy 2000 twenty days later — one record linking two major Dutch archive routes.

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DJ Sets (42)

Tiësto — Gatecrasher, Heaven, London

2003

Tiësto at Gatecrasher, Heaven, London on 28 February 2003: a documented thirty-three-position programme running from Remember (Summer Sun) and Nothing through Nyana, Traffic and Requiem For A Dream.

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DJs (12)

Paul Oakenfold

Start with the recordings, not a greatest-hits biography. TMA follows Paul Oakenfold through a verified 1999 Essential Mix trail so you can hear the record box change from Sydney to Ibiza, Shanghai, London and Liverpool.

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Paul van Dyk

Start with two deeply researched Essential Mixes three years apart: the broader 1997 BBC programme, then Home London in 2000 for the club/Vandit-era route.

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Ferry Corsten

Start with two Dutch event recordings: Innercity 1999 for the late-90s alias/collaboration network, then Trance Energy 2000 for a timestamped System F/Gouryella route.

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Tiësto

Start at Energy 2000 for the late-1999 Dutch collaboration network, jump to Gatecrasher Sheffield for a production-forward late-2000 club recording, or move to Heaven London in February 2003 for Nyana, Traffic and Remember (Summer Sun).

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Armin van Buuren

Remember Armin on the radio, or remember Gatecrasher Sheffield? Start with the 9 February 2003 Essential Mix for the radio route, or The Republic on 26 April 2003 for the club route, then follow the records that connect them.

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Above & Beyond

Remember Above & Beyond on Radio 1, No One On Earth, Surrender, Tranquility Base or an early Anjunabeats CD? Start with the 2004 Essential Mix and follow whichever record or alias you recognise.

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Judge Jules

Remember Jules from Radio 1 but not the recording? Start with the setting: Creamfields for the broad summer-festival set, or Sundissential for the harder Birmingham Essential Mix. Both are deep 1999 archive routes with complete documented sequences.

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Marco V

Remember Marco V from Trance Energy, Innercity, Indicator or Tolerance? Start with the event you remember. TMA now has two deep 2000 recordings rather than a thin career page.

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John '00' Fleming

Remember Fleming as progressive, trance or the point where things got more psychedelic? Start with the setting: WEMF in July 2000 or his November BBC Essential Mix.

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Solarstone

Remember Seven Cities, the Solar Stone spelling, a Hooj sleeve or Oakenfold playing it? This hub starts with the record and the two published Oakenfold appearances.

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Rank 1

Remember Airwave, the Rank 1 remix of Superstring or a Gatecrasher CD? Start with the record or set clue you actually have.

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Matt Darey

Remember Liberation, a Ferry Corsten remix credit or Darey's remix of 9 PM? Start with the Creamfields/ Gatecrasher clues rather than a generic producer biography.

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Tracks (30)

Fly Away

1999

A recurring late-set Oakenfold record across Havana, Miami and Space Ibiza in 1999. The set evidence is strong; surviving sources disagree over whether its contemporary status should be described as unreleased, white label or Perfecto-associated, so TMA keeps that release history explicitly unresolved.

The Source — Fly Away

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The Chase

1999

Moroder’s 1978 Midnight Express composition re-enters Oakenfold’s late-1999 archive through the Perfecto Mix: closing Shanghai and appearing penultimate in Liverpool.

Giorgio Moroder — The Chase (Paul Oakenfold Remix)

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Street Spirit

1999

A version-aware bootleg rabbit hole linking Space Ibiza, Home London and Liverpool. The set identity is strong; surviving archive sources disagree over white-label/catalogue notation, so TMA keeps that release detail unresolved.

Wonky vs Radiohead — Street Spirit (Feel The Rush Remix)

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Flesh

1999

Tilt’s Going Home Mix is documented in Oakenfold’s late-October 1999 Home London and Liverpool performances, while the familiar commercial Perfecto single trail points to 2001. TMA preserves both timelines rather than rewriting the set history.

Jan Johnston — Flesh (Tilt's Going Home Mix)

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Airwave

1999

A cross-DJ late-1999 record: Airwave opens Ferry Corsten at Innercity and closes Tiësto at Energy 2000 twenty days later. UK Official Charts records a number-ten peak from January 2000; the exact set-played mix remains intentionally unresolved.

Watch on YouTube — Be Yourself Music

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Viola

2000

Remember Viola from Oakenfold or Ferry? The Original Mix is explicitly documented in Oakenfold's Liverpool University 1999 set; Ferry's Trance Energy 2000 tracklist identifies Viola without assigning a mix. Platipus released it as PLAT71, with the Armin van Buuren Remix also central to the release.

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Flanker

2000

Remember the early section of Oakenfold's February 2000 Essential Mix? Flanker sits after Timo Maas — Ubik and before Raiders feat. Jada — Another Day, with Hooj Choons credited in the source.

Medway — Flanker · YouTube

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Clubs & Events (8)

Gatecrasher at The Republic

Remember Gatecrasher but not the exact Saturday? Start with the club memory. TMA separates Gatecrasher the event/brand from The Republic venue, then gives you real ways back in: Scott Bond for the resident-led route, Tiësto for late 2000, or Armin van Buuren for a 2003 return to Sheffield.

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Trance Energy

Remember Trance Energy but not the set? Start with the event. TMA currently gives you two deep routes from Beursgebouw on 29 April 2000 — Marco V and Ferry Corsten — plus a connected path back to Tiësto at the Energy 2000 millennium edition.

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Home, London

Remember Home in Leicester Square, but not which recording? Start with two BBC Essential Mix anchors: Paul Oakenfold in October 1999 and Paul van Dyk in April 2000. The tracklists are the quickest way to work out which one you remember.

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Creamfields

Remember Creamfields but not which year or country? Start with Judge Jules in Liverpool in 1999 or Paul Oakenfold at Creamfields Ireland in 2000. TMA treats Creamfields as an event brand and keeps each set's actual location explicit.

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Innercity

Remember Innercity at the RAI? Compare Ferry Corsten in 1999 with Marco V in 2000 rather than treating the event name as one interchangeable recording.

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Energy 2000

Energy 2000 and Trance Energy 2000 are easy to blur in old filenames. Start with Tiësto on New Year's Eve 1999 and use the same-venue Ferry route to resolve the event and date.

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Compilations (12)

Gatecrasher: Digital

2001

The October 2001 three-CD Gatecrasher package: a 15-track first disc, harder 13-track second disc and 12-track chill-out third disc. PvD, Rank 1/Marco V, System F, Push and the ambient side all give different ways back into it.

Listen to Scott Bond — Gatecrasher Digital

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Gatecrasher: Experience

2002

The January 2002 GATECD2 three-disc set compiled by Scott Bond. TMA keeps exact credited remixes where the surviving release documentation supports them rather than flattening Experience into a list of familiar titles.

Gatecrasher: Experience (2002) — CD 1 · The Science

Gatecrasher: Experience (2002) — CD 2 · The Power

Gatecrasher: Experience (2002) — CD 3 · The Karma

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Labels (8)

Black Hole Recordings

Remember a Tiësto CD, the Black Hole logo, Magik, In Search Of Sunrise or In Trance We Trust? Start with the thing you remember. Black Hole says Arny Bink and Tijs Verwest founded the Breda label in 1997; TMA uses its classic releases and series as routes back into the music rather than reproducing the full modern catalogue.

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Anjunabeats

Remember an early Anjunabeats CD, No One On Earth, Surrender, OceanLab or simply the Anjuna name? Start with the music you remember and follow the label connections from there.

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Hooj Choons

Remember Greece 2000, Café Del Mar, Stage One, Beachball or a Hooj sleeve? Start with the record you remember, then follow the label into Oakenfold-era sets and the wider late-90s progressive/trance archive.

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Tsunami

Remember the Tsunami label but not the record? Start with two Ferry-associated projects already inside the archive: System F — Cry and Gouryella — Tenshi. Both lead into Ferry Corsten's timestamped Trance Energy 2000 set.

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Platipus Records

Remember the Platipus sleeve, Moogwai — Viola or the Armin remix credit? Start with Viola and move into its Oakenfold/Ferry appearances.

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Bonzai Records

Remember Bonzai, Push, M.I.K.E. or Universal Nation? Start with the permanent Universal Nation page, then follow its Jules and Fleming set routes.

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INCredible Records

Remember the Gatecrasher CD before the label name? Red, Wet, Disco-Tech and Global Sound System are the current TMA route into INCredible.

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Nettwerk

Remember Silence rather than Nettwerk? Start with Delerium and Sarah McLachlan's record, then follow Tiësto's remix into Gatecrasher, Creamfields and the CD shelf.

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Stories (6)

Paul Oakenfold in 1999: Eight Essential Mixes, One Changing Record Box

1999

Paul Oakenfold’s 1999 Essential Mix run is more useful as a connected listening trail than as eight isolated ‘classic set’ pages. TMA has researched eight surviving broadcasts across the year. Put together, they show recurring records, changing versions, different rooms and a DJ box moving from the progressive edge of trance int

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