Josh Gabriel’s Different Pieces is devoted to discovering and developing emerging artists, so the release of Khaz’s debut artist EP, ‘The Bright Lights’, is another milestone in the rapidly expanding catalog of this visionary new label. While Khaz may be best known as the vocalist and writer for classic trance tracks like Markus Schulz’s ‘Dark Heart Waiting’ and ‘Cause You Know’, The...

If everybody felt the same it would come to me If everything I had before, I could be the beginning If all we knew had gone away, you’d call me the last man standing And over the edge we would drift away

Track to track Inducing the trancelike condition Markus wanted to stimulate for the album, D.Y.D. overtures with the beatless shimmered finery of ‘Alpha State’ (the phase the brain enters in order to dream). From that start-point it charts a tightly-plotted and uniquely Schulz course, embracing housey percussion, swirling atmospheric prog, drum & bass-ish b-lines, stunningly-cultivated vibrant trance riffs and a myriad of other...

The voice behind megahits like Armin van Buuren’s ‘Shivers’, Ernesto vs. Bastian’s ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ and Rex Mundi’s ‘Nothing At All’ speaks up. On ‘Closer’, Dutch vocalist Susana introduces you to her multifaceted voice, as she joins forces with some of the best producers in dance music. Vocals can enrich a track, make it stronger, bring emotions and translate what...

Susana – Closer tracklist The voice behind megahits like Armin van Buuren’s ‘Shivers’, Ernesto vs. Bastian’s ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ and Rex Mundi’s ‘Nothing At All’ speaks up. On ‘Closer’, Dutch vocalist Susana introduces you to her multifaceted voice, as she joins forces with some of the best producers in dance music. Vocals can enrich a track, make it stronger, bring emotions and translate what instrumental sounds...

The first single of Markus Schulz’s forthcoming third artist album, ‘Dark Heart Waiting’, is now ready to light some souls. Released on Markus’ Coldharbour Recordings label on April 12th, this collaboration with vocalist/producer Khaz of the well-known Departure formation is about to travel light and touch ground on all EDM-loving places around the globe. ‘Dark Heart Waiting’, the follow-up to previous Departure collabs...