Mono - Rise (Original Mix) [Mondo : MND005CD] (2006) John Askew - Fade To Black [Discover : DISCOVERCD08] (2008) John O'Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky (Agnelli & Nelson Remix) [Armind : ARMD1047] (2007)

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The Shuffle series returns in 2019 with a melancholic collection of Trance recordings from the mid to late 2000s. As a genre, despite 2004's welcomed upturn in quality, Trance was in progressive decline from the heights it had enjoyed as the dominant dance music genre at the turn of the Millennium. The USA’s 'EDM' was now in the ascendance. Nevertheless, while countless are drawn to Trance for moments of ‘euphoria’ this should be regarded as only the most superficial and readily accessible layer of this complex genre. Search further and many of the most powerful Trance recordings possess a compulsive mixture of melancholy tinged with only traces euphoria as demonstrated by these three selections.