New trance book: ‘Hypnotised: A Journey Through Trance Music (1990-2005)’ was released today

Hypnotised A Journey Through Trance Music (1990-2005)

Heads up trance fans — a new 322-page trance encyclopedia book has been released today!

Hypnotised: A Journey Through Trance Music (1990-2005) was officially published via Mary Go Wild. It’s by the author Arjan Rietveld.

Here’s a snippet from the official blurb:

‘Hypnotised is the first encyclopedia to cover the global trance movement during its most prolific years. The 322-page book spans a near-complete discography of supposedly essential albums, labels and releases, alongside exclusive photos and in-depth interviews with influential artists and label owners.’

Here’s what trance legends Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten had to say about the new book:

Most don’t know that the power of repetition was already understood by classical musicians. Their works can warp you into a trance-like state. Trance was built on those same principles and its influence on popular music has been widespread ever since. Although I am lucky enough to be part of trance since the late nineties, I still learned a great deal from this book.

Armin van Buuren

This encyclopedia dives deep into the history, meaning and evolution of trance, thereby exposing its importance as well as its footprint on other genres to dig inspiration from. A fantastic read that will most definitely raise eyebrows and bring ‘aha’ moments with the most dedicated trance fans and its harshest critics alike.

Ferry Corsten

This is one of very few trance music books out there. To buy Hypnotised: A Journey Through Trance Music (1990-2005), head over to Amazon.


For an additional charge, the book is accompanied by a 3LP compilation of fabled Dutch trance music, presented in association with Black Hole Recordings. We’ve included the full tracklisting for this below, which you can get via most streaming and download sites!

The triple album is called: ‘’Hypnotised: A Journey Through Dutch Trance Music (1994 – 2005)’’ – by Various Artists.

Hypnotised A Journey Through Dutch Trance Music (1994 - 2005)

Album 01 – Cyber Records / Black Hole Recordings / Tsunami

01. World Tour – You Wanna Be Loved (6:51)

02. Technology™ – Electronicly Entertained (7:10) 

03. Armin van Buuren – Blue Fear (7:55)

04. Kamaya Painters – Northern Spirit (6:26)

05. Stray Dog – Mirror (6:36)

06. Photon Project – Enlightenment (11:51)

07. Eon – Talk To Me (Original Extended) (7:22)

08. Kid Vicious – Re-Form (Original Extended) (7:55)

09. System F – Out Of The Blue (Original Extended) (6:41)

Album 02 – Alien / Combined Forces / Massive Drive

01. Riva – Stringer (Extended Mix) (6:29) 

02. Fractals – Lifelab (Experiment 1) (7:29)

03. Classified Project – Sub-Culture (7:10)

04. Solid Sessions – Janeiro (Instrumental) (10:54)

05. Sander Kleinenberg – Sacred (Dub Mix) (9:17)

06. Vincent De Moor – Fly Away (Original Vocal Mix) (6:46) 

07. Attractive Fusion – Extra Sightseeing (9:37)

08. Floor Divisions – Yellow Reactor Room (9:38)

09. Three Drives – Sunset On Ibiza (7:57)

Album 03 – Armind / In Trance We Trust / Fundamental

01. Mark Otten – Tranquility (9:26)

02. Perpetuous Dreamer – Dub.Wav (8:52)

03. Alibi – Eternity (7:35)

04.  Midway – Monkey Forest (10:59)

05. Fictivision vs. C-Quence – Symbols (8:33)

06. Tangled Universe – I Miss You (9:00)

07. Solid Globe – Sahara (8:05)

08. Progression – In Deep Sounds (7:43)

09. Re:Locate  – Waterfall (8:21)

In addition to the book itself, you can grab the audio CD or the MP3 version of the album over on Amazon.

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