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01:20:00


Overall Mark
10
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Armin van Buuren
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⌨️ Sarah de Warren - What U Like EP out on Black Hole Recordings
Following four singles released throughout the first half of 2026, Sarah de Warren now brings them together on her debut six-track collection, ‘What U Like EP’. Featuring two brand new tracks, ‘Angels’ and ‘Goddess’, the EP captures the different corners of her evolving club sound.
Angels is a hypnotic tech-trance track, built around driving percussion and an uplifting melodic payoff. At its centre is Sarah's vocal, exploring themes of release, transcendence and finding clarity through chaos. The repeated refrain, "I hear the angels call my name," gives the track a spiritual, transcending edge without losing its peak-time focus.
Goddess takes a darker melodic techno approach, pairing tribal-inspired rhythms and rolling percussion. A choral chant-like vocal hook carries the breakdown, centering on strength, self-belief and renewal, before the track returns with driving 303s and a harder final section.
The ‘What U Need EP’ is available now through all good streaming and sales platforms. 
Sarah de Warren - 'What U Like EP' tracklist 
01: Sarah de Warren – What U Like02: Sarah de Warren – Games03: Sarah de Warren x CIRCA96 – Breathing Underwater04: Sarah de Warren x Frankyeffe – One More Night05: Sarah de Warren – Angels06: Sarah de Warren – Goddess
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🎧 Review by: Dimitris Kechagias
SUMMARY REVIEW
Sarah de Warren’s ‘What U Like EP’ on Black Hole Recordings is a masterclass in polished, high-impact electronic music production, gathering the four singles released earlier in 2026 and complementing them with two brand-new tracks, ‘Angels’ and ‘Goddess.’ The EP opens with a sense of clarity and cohesion that immediately sets it apart. The melodic hooks and harmonics flow effortlessly through each track, with a striking balance between vocal-driven elements and instrumental peaks. Every layer feels deliberately placed, creating a lush soundscape that’s both accessible and deeply immersive.
From a technical perspective, the sonic engineering and production quality are pristine, with every frequency controlled and articulated. The mixdown allows each element to breathe, while the mastering pushes the energy to club-ready levels without ever sounding over-compressed. The use of effects and spatial design is handled with care, building environments that feel both intimate in headphones and massive on the dancefloor. Tracks like ‘Angels’ excel in emotional resonance, with Sarah’s vocals soaring against shimmering pads and trance-infused leads, while ‘Goddess’ leans into darker tones, driven by tribal rhythms and rolling low-end energy.
The arrangement and build dynamics demonstrate a keen understanding of modern club flow. Each track evolves naturally, rewarding attentive listening while maintaining relentless dancefloor utility. Transitions, risers, breaks, and drops are sculpted to maximize energy flow and set momentum. Cue points and loop potential are intuitive, and the intro and outro sections provide seamless mixability for DJs, making the EP highly functional in live sets. The crowd reaction potential is palpable; these tracks are engineered for emotional peaks and collective release.
Creativity and artistic identity shine through in the way Sarah merges tech-trance, melodic techno, and vocal-driven electronica. Her lyrics and performances strike a deeply personal chord, reinforcing the thematic arcs of transcendence, strength, and renewal. The emotional impact is unmistakable, and the catchiness ensures high replay value across platforms. The EP’s arrangement also aligns perfectly with streaming algorithmic preferences, offering instantly recognizable hooks that make it highly shazamable and playlist-friendly. With its versatility across club, festival, and social media edits, ‘What U Like EP’ is pure gold—a meticulously designed body of work that resonates with both casual listeners and dedicated dance music enthusiasts..
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🏆 OVERALL TRACK SCORE: 10 (PURE GOLD)
Melodic Hooks And Harmonics
10
Sonic Engineering And Production Quality
10
Mixdown And Mastering Balance
10
Use of Effects And Spatial Design
10
Arrangement And Build Dynamics
10
Creativity And Artistic Identity
10
Atmosphere And Immersion
10
Emotional Resonance And Impact
10
Vocal Performance And Lyrics
10
Dancefloor Utility (Club/Festival)
10
Intro/Outro Mixability
10
Cue Points And Loop Potential
10
Energy Flow And Set Momentum
10
Crowd Reaction Potential
10
Catchiness And Replay Value
10
TikTok And Reels Edit Potential
10
Streaming Algorithmic Fit
10
Shazamability And Hook Recognition
10
Cross-Platform Playlist Versatility
10
Sarah de Warren Spotify Profile

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00:13:00


Overall Mark
10
Flux BPM Online
uplifting Trance Review
Armin van Buuren
🎧 uplifting Trance Review
⌨️ Frankyeffe - Out Of This World EP out on Magik Muzik/ Black Hole Recordings
Frankyeffe’s calling it an “EP”, though others might argue it’s closer to a full album. Either way, ‘Out Of This World’ makes one thing abundantly clear: when it comes to midnight studio oil and full-throated clubland firepower, Italy’s Francesco Fava’s not a man to do things by halves.
Fresh from his 'One More Night' outing with Sarah de Warren (featured here in its new ‘Out Of This World’ remix), Frankyeffe’s drops eight new forms, set to test speaker stacks and bassbins the clubbing world over.
There’s no better place for the ‘Out Of This World EP’ to begin than with its title track, whose deep-space bleeps, heavenly-angled choirs, zooming FX and blistering post-break kickdrum bring-back make an immediate statement. ‘Love is a Shadow’ follows, and with it comes one of those instant flame-on female vocals that’ll touch off dancefloors and watch them burn!
Stage 3 sees Torsten ‘York’ Stenzel join the fray, as he and the Riot Recordings boss ask: ‘Where Is All the Energy’ (a question you’ll be able to answer, long before the track’s run its course!). Back in solo mode, Francesco ups the storm with red-lining bass, breakneck snares, clubfloor-urgent sub-melodies and a squalling monster of a mainline!
As the EP crosses its halfway mark, Frankyeffe and Sarah de Warren’s ‘One More Night’ gets a lick of that ‘Out Of This World’ paint, re-framing it as a fast-and-furious, night-peaking, scene-stealing rework. Meanwhile, both in terms of its vocal and production, ‘I Can Fly’ makes the case for the uplifting … and leaves no anthemic studio-stone unturned in achieving it.
Alongside the Czech Republic’s ReOrder, ‘Fatal Signal’ takes aim at harder-faster floors and finds them at pace, with a furious tech-trance workout, complete with mainline feistiness, drum-thump and 303-laced FX. Rounding out ‘O.O.T.W.’, Francesco’s more elevating synths rise again on ‘I Want You’ - a harmonic coda, who’s sky-raking finale lets melody claim the ‘EP’s last word.
Frankyeffe - Out Of This World EP tracklist 
01. Frankyeffe - Out Of This World02. Frankyeffe - Love is a Shadow03. Frankyeffe & Torsten Stenzel - Where Is All the Energy04. Frankyeffe - Rise Again05. Sarah de Warren x Frankyeffe – One More Night (Out Of This World Mix) 06. Frankyeffe - I Can Fly07. Frankyeffe & ReOrder - Fatal Signal08. Frankyeffe - I Want You
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🎧 Review by: Dimitris Kechagias
SUMMARY REVIEW
Frankyeffe’s “Out Of This World” EP on Magik Muzik/Black Hole Recordings is a masterclass in meticulous production and a celebration of the Italian producer’s uncompromising approach to club energy. From the opening moments, the title track sets the tone with a constellation of melodic hooks and harmonics that feel both lush and deliberate. The deep-space bleeps and soaring choirs are carefully layered to create a sense of vastness, while the post-break kickdrum and bassline drive the energy straight into the heart of the dancefloor. Each melodic line resonates with clarity and purpose, ensuring an immediate connection to the ear and the crowd alike.
The sonic engineering and overall production quality are nothing short of pristine. Every element occupies its own space in a meticulously carved frequency spectrum, demonstrating Frankyeffe’s refined mixdown and mastering balance. The thundering low-end is powerful yet controlled, leaving room for the midrange synths to sing and the high-end effects to shimmer without fatigue. Tracks like “Love is a Shadow” showcase his expert use of effects and spatial design, with reverbs, delays, and swooping transitions creating an immersive three-dimensional environment that feels tailor-made for cavernous clubs and festival stages.
Throughout the EP, the arrangement and build dynamics are handled with surgical precision. Frankyeffe knows exactly when to pull the energy back and when to unleash it. “Where Is All the Energy,” his collaboration with York, is a prime example of this mastery, with breakneck snares giving way to tension-building breakdowns before a tidal wave of rhythm erupts. The creativity and artistic identity shine through every progression, with a clear sense of narrative in the way each track evolves, demonstrating not only technical skill but also a deep understanding of emotional resonance and impact.
Vocals are given particular care, with Sarah de Warren’s performance on “One More Night” and the reimagined “Out Of This World” remix serving as emotional anchors amid the storm of electronic intensity. The processing enhances her voice without sacrificing natural warmth, allowing it to cut through dense, high-energy arrangements. This attention to vocal performance and lyrical impact enhances the EP’s dancefloor utility, making each track as memorable on streaming platforms as it is in a late-night festival set.
From a DJ and listener perspective, the EP excels in practical execution. Intros and outros are crafted with mixability in mind, ensuring seamless cue points and looping potential for live sets. The energy flow across the EP maintains a perfect momentum, moving from euphoric peaks to driving tech-trance workouts like “Fatal Signal,” which bristles with squalling 303s and drum-thumping intensity. It’s clear that every track was engineered for maximum crowd reaction potential, with hooks that lodge themselves in memory and a catchiness that lends itself to replay across all platforms.
In today’s streaming and social media environment, “Out Of This World” is particularly well-suited for algorithmic discovery, TikTok and Reels edits, and playlist versatility. Its Shazamability and instant hook recognition make it a likely candidate for both underground and mainstream traction. By balancing emotional storytelling with technical prowess, Frankyeffe has crafted a body of work that feels timeless yet modern, engineered for every corner of the electronic music landscape.
With a flawless 10 across all performance criteria, this EP is pure gold—a high-water mark for melodic tech-trance that is as immersive in headphones as it is explosive on the largest club systems.
#PureGold #LoveIt
🏆 OVERALL TRACK SCORE: 10 (PURE GOLD)
Melodic Hooks And Harmonics
10
Sonic Engineering And Production Quality
10
Mixdown And Mastering Balance
10
Use of Effects And Spatial Design
10
Arrangement And Build Dynamics
10
Creativity And Artistic Identity
10
Atmosphere And Immersion
10
Emotional Resonance And Impact
10
Vocal Performance And Lyrics
10
Dancefloor Utility (Club/Festival)
10
Intro/Outro Mixability
10
Cue Points And Loop Potential
10
Energy Flow And Set Momentum
10
Crowd Reaction Potential
10
Catchiness And Replay Value
10
TikTok And Reels Edit Potential
10
Streaming Algorithmic Fit
10
Shazamability And Hook Recognition
10
Cross-Platform Playlist Versatility
10
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23:07:00
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HALIENE & Miyuki - Voltage out on Black Hole Recordings
"You gotta do what you were born to" sings HALIENE on ‘Voltage’ – a sentiment that says as much about the journeys of its creators, as it does about the song’s infectious self. For Kelly and Miyuki alike, pursuing music meant trusting instinct over expectation, embracing reinvention, and discovering the current that finally put them where they needed to be. As the final single before HALIENE's forthcoming album, Eclipsed, ‘Voltage’ offers a glimpse into the bold, empowering sound and message that defines this next chapter for her.

For Miyuki, her ‘PhD to EDC’ leap saw her trade the worlds of science and research for festival stages and studio sessions, bringing the same curiosity and fearless experimentation to her productions. Alongside HALIENE — whose songwriting has long championed authenticity, resilience and self-belief — ‘Voltage’ becomes more than the pair's first collaboration. It's the meeting point between two artists who opted for conviction over convention, and channeled that shared outlook into a recording built on momentum, transformation and sheer force of will.

Mainstage trance elements meet techno energy in Voltage as epic trance synths fuse with driving 303 acid baselines in a powerful collision of melody and bass. Assembled around intricate electronic programming, a relentless driving energy and deep layers of HALIENE’s unmistakable vocal presence, this collaboration captures the essence of breaking through the boundaries that have thus-far shaped us. Her words explore awakening, self-discovery and the moment when a dormant potential becomes impossible to ignore, while Miyuki’s production energizes that transformation with surging synths propelling the track towards total release.

"'Voltage' is about following the spark that wakes you up to what's always been true beneath the noise," says HALIENE. "It's that moment when the conditioning, expectations, and fear start to fall away, and you reconnect with something deeper that's been guiding you all along. For me, it's about remembering who you really are, and having the courage to follow that truth wherever it leads."

For Miyuki, their musical link-up provided the perfect opportunity to bring together her distinctive production edge with HALIENE’s talent for turning ideas into empowering narratives. She combined the futuristic sound design, 303-fused programming and the kind of detailed electronic craftsmanship that has become a defining part of her sound.

“Working with HALIENE felt like a natural connection,” she says. “With ‘Voltage,’ we wanted to create something that captured the drive to stay true to yourself and pursue your purpose, even when it means defying expectations. The song reflects a journey we’re both experiencing in our own careers.”

"From the beginning, I knew I wanted to create this song with another female artist," says HALIENE. "The message of 'Voltage' is about stepping into your power, so it felt fitting to make it alongside another woman who's doing exactly that. I've loved watching Miyuki carve out her own path, and she's brought such a fresh perspective and unmistakable energy to this record. I think you can hear that chemistry in every moment of the song."

‘Voltage’ - HALIENE and Miyuki’s bravura first outing together, is primed to charge up streaming outlets and sales stores from today

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🎧 Review by: Dimitris Kechagias
SUMMARY REVIEW
 HALIENE and Miyuki’s “Voltage” is a tour de force of modern electronic production, perfectly blending emotional resonance with precision engineering to create an unforgettable listening experience. From the very first beat, the track envelops the listener in a meticulously crafted sonic landscape, where melodic hooks and harmonic progressions shine with clarity and purpose. The melodies are not only instantly memorable but also interwoven with rich harmonic layers that give the track a sense of depth and movement, ensuring it resonates both on the dancefloor and in personal listening sessions.
The production quality of “Voltage” is nothing short of stellar. Miyuki’s attention to sonic engineering and spatial design results in a mix that feels expansive yet cohesive, with every element finding its place in the stereo field. The 303-driven basslines pulse with energy, locking in perfectly with the kick and percussion to provide a driving foundation that fuels the track’s momentum. Above this foundation, HALIENE’s vocals soar, processed with just the right amount of reverb and delay to create a celestial atmosphere without losing intimacy or clarity. The intricate effects work — from subtle sweeps to dynamic risers — enhances transitions and builds without ever distracting from the core melodic narrative.
The arrangement delivers a masterclass in energy flow and set momentum, building and releasing tension in a way that keeps the listener engaged from start to finish. Each drop feels earned, propelled by expertly programmed drums and surging synth leads that create moments of pure release. These dynamic shifts make the track ideal for live club and festival settings, where crowd reaction potential is maximized by its euphoric peaks and floor-shaking low-end. The intro and outro are designed with DJs in mind, featuring clear mix points and loopable segments that ensure seamless integration into a set.
Creatively, “Voltage” is a bold statement of artistic identity, fusing HALIENE’s emotive songwriting with Miyuki’s forward-thinking production style. The track’s atmosphere is immersive, inviting listeners to step into a world of awakening and self-discovery, which is further amplified by the lyrical content. HALIENE’s vocal performance is both powerful and vulnerable, carrying the message of empowerment with authenticity and passion. This synergy between lyrical intent and sonic execution gives the track an emotional impact that extends beyond the dancefloor.
Technically, the mixdown and mastering are flawless, achieving a perfect balance between brightness and warmth while maintaining the punch and clarity needed for festival-scale playback. Even at high volumes, the low end is tight and controlled, the mids are articulate, and the highs sparkle without harshness. The result is a track that excels across playback systems and meets the demands of streaming platforms, DJ sets, and viral short-form edits alike. Its memorable hooks and crisp production ensure strong Shazamability, high replay value, and adaptability across playlists and platforms.
In every respect, “Voltage” embodies the qualities of a pure gold record. It demonstrates mastery in melodic composition, production craft, and emotional storytelling, making it a track that not only captures attention but also rewards repeated listens with new details and textures to discover.
#PureGold #LoveIt
🏆 OVERALL TRACK SCORE: 10 (PURE GOLD)
Melodic Hooks And Harmonics
10
Sonic Engineering And Production Quality
10
Mixdown And Mastering Balance
10
Use of Effects And Spatial Design
10
Arrangement And Build Dynamics
10
Creativity And Artistic Identity
10
Atmosphere And Immersion
10
Emotional Resonance And Impact
10
Vocal Performance And Lyrics
10
Dancefloor Utility (Club/Festival)
10
Intro/Outro Mixability
10
Cue Points And Loop Potential
10
Energy Flow And Set Momentum
10
Crowd Reaction Potential
10
Catchiness And Replay Value
10
TikTok And Reels Edit Potential
10
Streaming Algorithmic Fit
10
Shazamability And Hook Recognition
10
Cross-Platform Playlist Versatility
10



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