Monday Choon: John Grand - Feel The Love

 

Feel The Love opens with warm chords and uplifting momentum, balancing radiant melodies with a sense of forward motion designed for both club floors and open-air moments. Hear You Calling follows with a deeper, more melodic touch, pairing John Grand’s and Daijan’s refined production. With regular DJ support from Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Andrew Rayel and Tritonal, John Grand continues to cement his place within the global progressive landscape, delivering a release built for peak-time sets and melodic journeys alike.

Monday Choon: Taygeto - Breathe (All My Love)

 

Italian producer Taygeto returns with Breathe (All My Love)—a deeply emotive progressive trance cut that showcases his signature cinematic style and refined sound design. Built around a haunting vocal hook and a steady, pulsating groove, the track blends melancholic melodies with shimmering synth layers and subtle rhythmic intricacies. Rich in atmosphere and emotional tension, Breathe (All My Love) is both intimate and expansive—designed to resonate on dancefloors and in headphones alike.

Monday Choon: John Grand - Speedrunner

 

LA based Progressive and Trance producer John Grand is known for his high-octane music that sends one into euphoria from start end. He unveils a new two-tracker. 'Nightfire' is a collaboration with Dave Raval and the duo lock in, with slinky leads and bouncy pianos merging over rollicking bass and is certainly worth a listen too as well but for me, the second track, 'Speedrunner' is a glorious follow up, with its funk-influenced bass, chopped up vocals and upbeat energy sure to find the ears of fans the world over. It's a fast paced track that gets you hooked from the onset, with a speedy backtrack and catchy bassline, the addition of vocals towards the end is a masterstroke and adds that missing element the track needed. 

Monday Choon: Alex Sonata & TheRio - The Real Thing

 

Italian and Scottish duo might not work for everyone but if you are like me and enjoy a whisky with your pizza or pasta than maybe this duo will work for you too, Alex Sonata and TheRio are no strangers to trance music as they have been producing music on Enhanced and Armada Music for years. The duo have been collaborating since 2018 and have been recognised by big name artist in the industry from the likes of Gareth Emery, Cosmic Gate and Armin Van Buuren. They recently released their 4-track EP on Ajunabeats of which we have the track "The Real Thing" featured on the blog today. The song has a proper big room trance feel with a hard bassline that kicks in midway giving it that high energy feel after the melodic intro with the vocal chorus. They also released their live set from Porto Flavia on YouTube which is also epic, so if you get a gap, its a must watch and listen to!

Monday Choon: AWAKEND & TRØVES - Floating Through The Sky (Steve Brian Remix)

 

Kevin Lang, better known by his stage name "Awakend"  released his EP "Memories from Another Life" not too long ago and we featured the track "Break Through" when it was released. The 5 track EP proved to be a big success for him seeing the tracks do well in-terms of streams online as well as airplay. Last week Steve Brian released his remix of another track from the EP "Floating Through The Sky" which has Troves on the vocals. I heard the track first on Andrew Rayel's weekly podcast and its one of those songs you hear but it sticks in your coconscious and it had me looking back for which podcast and which track it was. At the end it was definitely worth the effort because it is an amazing track that I'd like to share with all of you, so here it is. 

Monday Choon: AWAKEND & Sammy Plotkin - Break Through

Minnesota based producer Kevin Lang, better known from his stage name AWAKEND is up on the blog this week with his latest track "Break  Through". Taken from his EP Memories From Another Life, the track features the vocals of Sammy Plotkin which balances out the melodic beats on the song. Released by Enhanced Music, whom are delighted by this offering saying it is a one-of-a-kind project from Kevin, his immaculate, high-energy dance sound is at its triumphant best across the EP's five tracks but this one in particular stands out the most. With the energy transfer in the track, it gives you a euphoric feeling when listening from the start. Being a short track the build up kicks in round the 35 second mark but its down gradually with the additions of various beats and synths before the high-energy drop. It really is one of those tracks that gets your heart going at full flutter and brilliantly composed, so I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. 

Monday Choon: Farius - Wait

The progressive trance world is getting into gear with new releases flying out the studios, we have another one from Enhanced and this time from UK based DJ Farius. Wait is his latest track and it continues his form from 2020 which saw him release his debut album "From The Start". The track packs a punch with bold, boisterous bass, airy synth pads and transcendent melodies, all bound together with the signature exhilarating production which really sets Farius apart from others. 

Monday Choon: Farius - Forever (Myon Summer Of Love Mix)

 

Farius released his track "Forever" about 5 months back and since then its been getting a decent amount of airplay but recently, Myon released his Summer of Love Mix version of the track and for me, personally has elevated the track as a whole into another dimension, making it sound even better. Then again, anything from Myon to me is good as gold but it's been a while since I've heard a remix from him. The track has a faster BPM than the original, giving it a much more summer feel and beat to it, strange seeing that Europe is heading into winter but us down in the Southern Hemisphere will take it gladly. It's a great track that gets you in the mood, whether at a party or just chilling, so turn up the volume and enjoy. 

Monday Choon: Farius - Steadfast

London based DJ and Producer Farius has dropped his latest album last month, From the Start and with it brought some great tracks. Our featured track for today is taken from that album, the track Steadfast has been give decent air play over the past month or so by many legends in the industry, from the likes of Amrin, A&B, Markus Schulz and Paul van Dyk to name a few. It surely will spur the talented Progressive Dance DJ on to produce more music in the future and hopefully they are as great as this. 

Monday Choon: Kristian Nairn - Evolve

We got a special one for you today, today's DJ hails from Lisburn in Northern Ireland and is more popular known for his acting instead of his music producing which is an oddity. Kristian Nairn, better known as Hodor from the popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones is our featured DJ this week with his latest offering "Evolve". The track which was released in late October is catching wind across the trance world and is a proper banger of note. It's catchy baseline with the back ground violins just add to the dramatic build up with a classic drop.  Certainly an unexpected feature but it's great to see the diverse nature of such a talent.