On his Trance Nation compilation, Lange said: “It’s an honour to have been invited to mix this album. For over a decade the Ministry of Sound Trance Nation series has become legendary, a snapshot of our ever-evolving scene, and I follow in the footsteps of some of it’s most respected artists”.

The first mix embarks in Med-trance waters, with the vocal gleam & shimmer of Yahel & Liya’s ‘I Dive’, Passenger 75’s halcyon ‘Contact’ and Kyau & Albert with Stoneface & Terminal’s ‘We Own The Night’ – all wowing the opening minutes. Conscripting filmic strings, vibrant drums and dreamscape harmonics, they form the gateway to an on-rush of big game/big name studio-ware. Mapping the trance atlas, the tech-ish recoil of Arty’s ‘Believe In Me’, Rank 1’s electro-grinding ‘Floorlifter’ and the hyper-uplift of ‘The Way You Want’ from flying Fins Super 8 & Tab presage lyrical captivation from Betsie Larkin (on Bobina’s ‘No Substitute For You’ and Andy Moor’s ‘Love Again’). As Lange’s skilled hand master-crafts the tone, the pulse rate spikes again as ‘Alchemist’ from Tomas Heredia, Rikkaz’s ‘The Great Migration’ and the sublimely mashed together ‘ResuRection’ and ‘Absolute’ (merging the classic Planet Perfecto Knights track with Craig Connelly’s latest production) shape its climactic minutes.

Naturally, Lange’s Trance Nation comes fully loaded with a wealth of his own exclusive, purpose built production and remix material. In and amongst the trance highways and progressive byways of the mixes are his 2013 rebuild of ‘Follow Me’, as well as club-smash ‘Destination Anywhere’ and the primed-to-be-huge ‘Unfamiliar Truth’. Dutchman Estiva puts a whole new spin on last year’s massive Beatport top 10 hit, the Stine Grove sung ‘Crossroads’, whilst tracks from his Lange Recordings imprint including the likes or Rikkaz and Tangle & Mateusz, keep the floor-strikes coming.

The tech-ier side of trance marks Mix 2’s launch point, as ‘The Man Who’ll Save The Earth’ (from Russian Alexx Rave), Ilan Bluestone & Jerome Isma-Ae’s infective ‘Under My Skin’ and Mark Eteson’s ‘Aventus’ blaze the trail. The stuttered stabs, concertina riffs and pianoforte lines of Argentinian duo Heatbeat’s heady ‘#Boom’, Ferry Corsten no-nonsense ‘F The Bull$h1t’ and LNG downright ballistic ‘Harmony Will Kick You In The Ass’ spy the stratosphere. Rex Mundi’s ‘Seek & Destroy’ intermixes a more minimalistic prog-trance intermezzo to the flow, before Lange squeezes the Trance Nation throttle one last time. Hitting the final straight, Orjan Nilsen’s heat-seeking ‘Violetta’ and crowd favourite ‘Hold That Sucker Down’ see Mix 2 break the upper atmosphere.

Thankfully, Lange took some time out to talk to us a little about the compilation:

What was your inspiration behind the track selection for this Ministry Of Sound Trance Nation mix?

I wanted these mixes to be both a reflection of the sets I play but also of the diversity of today’s trance scene. Trance Nation has always been a snapshop of the music of the time and it would have been a disservice to make these mixes anything but! The mixes have those trancier sounds but also the more techno now house influenced tracks to give the full spectrum.

How did you come up with “Our Brief Time In The Sun”, we’re glad it is part of this mix!

It all started with the Piano and I was in the mood for making something melancholic and uplifting! Once those chords were in place the track quickly came together.  Despite the long musical breakdown, the track has been going down really well on the dancefloors and there’s nothing better than invoking a truly emotional response in a club.

Who do you think is the one artist staying true to his roots?

Solarstone has made a point of sticking to the older trance sound and there have been some fantastic sensitive updates of some of his classic mixes in recent months. Andy Moor would be another artist who has always had his own distinctive sound, which he has maintained but each tracks always sounds fresh and well produced and is always a hit on the dance floor

What are your views on the increasing commercial foray dance music is getting into?

Dance music has always been commercial, at least somewhere in the world at any time! When I first got in to production, trance was topping the UK and European charts! I think the difference is now it’s become commercial in the USA, so we’re seeing it have a more widespread influence on todays pop culture. It’s nothing new, but another chapter in our evolving scene

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