Monday Choon: Armin van Buuren & Andrew Bayer - Serendipity

 

There's nothing better than starting off the week with some trance music and who better than the king of trance Armin van Buuren who teams up with Andrew Bayer for our featured track of the week. "Serendipity" is a collaborative melodic trance single produced by Dutch trance icon Armin van Buuren and American producer Andrew Bayer, officially released on 7 May 2026. The track was highly anticipated by electronic dance music fans after being teased heavily as an unreleased festival ID. It serves as a prominent focal point for the A State of Trance 2026 compilation album.

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer & Oliver Smith - Be Kind Rewind

 

I featured the other tracks from the EP so its only fitting that I feature the title track of it as well. "Be Kind Rewind" was the first collaborative work from Andrew Bayer and Oliver Smith and to say its been a success is an understatement. From the first single release "Rude Boyz" which is still a banger in my playlist, the following tracks were great too and to tie them altogether, the final track which is the same name is a perfect end to this memorable EP from the duo. Lets hope that the success of this one spurs them onto collaborate more. 

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer & Oliver Smith - Like DAT

 

Fan favourites Andrew Bayer and Oliver Smith have been releasing on Anjunabeats for over a decade. As both producers developed into mainstays in the trance and progressive house scene, they became close friends. Now, the duo reunite on their second collaborative single ‘Like DAT’, a track that combines both artists’ love for the UK bass scene of the ‘90s and ‘00s, brought into the modern era with their signature trance and progressive styles.‘Like DAT’ arrives hot on the heels of Andrew Bayer and Oliver Smith’s collaborative debut ‘Rude Boyz’, which saw extensive support from Above & Beyond at multiple shows in 2024, including at iconic London venue Drumshed.

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer & Oliver Smith - Rude Boyz

 

Grammy nominated DJ and producer Andrew Bayer teams up with British DJ Oliver Smith for today's featured track. The two have been releasing fire tracks for over a decade on Anjunabeats with both having similar trance and progressive house styles. Being close friends, it has taken some time for these two to compile a song together and it's everything that we expected it to be and more. Following the success of of his studio album "Duality" last year, Andrew has been on a bit of lul this year, while Oliver kicked off the year with his release of "Everything" where he teamed up with Tom Bailey and was featured on Anjunabeats Worldwide 11. Rude Boyz brings in that progressive house style with a hint of old school UK Garage with some great techno and trance beats. It's been a firm favourite of mine for the past few days and definitely one to get the energy up for the week. 

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer - If You Loop It, They Will Come

 

Grammy nominated American DJ Andrew Michael Bayer returns to the blog with yet another feature with his latest track "If You Loop It, They Will Come".  The track coming from his EP "Duality pt 2" which takes the energy and BPM up a fear with all ten track having cutting-edge club sounds that are aimed straight at the dancefloor. Andrew said he intended to make a dance album that feels timeless, forward thinking and personal, with every track being littered with a classic synth and experimental sound design. The track itself is a response to a personal issue where he was struggling with depression and found himself being stuck in the eternal loop of knowing what is real and what isn't. It snapped him back into a focused reality with a chorus from the 70's and 80's with a faint vocal sample repeating "it's gonna be the same" to have acceptance. Overall, it's a great high-energy track that really struck a chord with me after learning more about it from Andrew's explanation behind the track really a greater meaning to me and made the song extra special. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and be on the look out for it as it will get lots of airplay soon, starting off at ABGT500. 

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer - Parallels

I think this is a first for the blog, featuring a song that is close to 30 minutes long, 28 minutes and 2 seconds to be exact. Gives new meaning to the term "extended version" but this isn't that. American DJ Andrew Bayer has been producing some brilliant music over the past year, Bottle Top Trance still a firm favourite of mine but in October last year he released Parallels, which is today's featured track, it is long and in such it was broken into part 1 and part 2. I felt I would be doing the track an injustice if I featured either one of them parts so hence you getting the whole thing today. It's an electronic masterpiece that flows so well you don't even realize you've been listening to one song for that long. So hit play, sit back and enjoy. 

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer - Bottle Top Trance

It's been a while since we had some hard trance on the blog and who better to bring it than American DJ and producer Andrew Bayer. The US artist has been long a major contributor to the Anjunabeats label and his music has been nothing short of distinctive and great. His latest release Bottle Top Trance is no different. Featuring that great signature sound that we've become accustomed to over the years as well as some new melodic elements which elevate the track just that much more in terms of the build up and drop. Turn the volume up, and enjoy this one!

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer feat. Alison May - Immortal Lover (In My Last Life Mix)

After the successful ABGT300 by Above & Beyond which took place in Hong Kong 2 weeks back, I had the chance to go through some of the sets from that show. Above & Beyond's was nothing short of great as per the norm and which is why they have sellout performances wherever they go, also they were announced last week at ADE by Armin van Buuren to be performing at ASOT900 in the Netherlands. Back to ABGT300, another artist I quite enjoy from these shows is Andrew Bayer, his style is similar to that of the trio at A&B, underlying deep bass tones, with ghostly vocals and great tempo. This particular song grabbed me from his set, featuring the vocals of Alison May it really all merges well together in an epic production. 

Monday Choon: Andrew Bayer feat. Asbjorn – Super Human

Some uplifting trance for this Freedom Day from trance newbie Andrew Bayer. He's been one of the stars in the ASOT700 parties and judging from this track, you can see why. The official music video was just released 5 days ago so it's fresh off the shelf.