Called to the spinning mantle, Alex M.O.R.P.H.s into this German trance powerhouse and highly underrated DJ. Setting the tone for the night, he opened with a dark and trancey edit of the Imperial March from Star Wars before throwing down a bunch of up-tempo track IDs. Also noteworthy, he worked in his vocal mix of An Angel’s Love, a crowd favorite featuring Sylvia Tosun, and premiered his latest track, aptly titled New York City, which was all too fitting to hear inside the famous hallowed dome.
Teetering on the precipice of a pivotal moment in their careers, W & W have quickly made a name for themselves in trance. Power trance you might want to call it. Scouted and signed to Armada in 2008 by AvB himself, the Dutch duo comprised of Willem van Hanegem & Ward van der Harst have crafted a sound that feels like a new genre entirely, with arena shattering beats that could very well measure on the Richter Scale. Ironically, so explosive that the talented twosome’s hammering beats blew out a few of the Garden’s speakers in the beginning of their set, killing the decibel level in the room.
Trance is going in new and interesting directions as demonstrated by artists like Arty and Audien, as well as W & W, weaving aspects of progressive house and upbeat trance into their productions. To van Buuren, trance is fluid, like an ocean. Moving forward, he wants to continue to be involved in exploring its depths and expand- ing the breadth of the genre. With his radio show, Armin is basically saying, this is trance. “What I think is exciting right now is that trance is not just one thing. It’s not just one sound, one BPM. It is so broad and that’s how I like to view things. I make this radio show for you to have an opinion so it’s perfectly fine if you dislike the show. There’s a dial on the radio and you can switch it off,” he says.
Shortly after the technical glitch, the music returned to full volume and W&W took us from epic moment to epic moment with their phat drumbeats. They didn’t leave much room for a breath. Showing us a different side of trance, W&W’s set was rivet- ing, focusing on their own productions, with demiurgic transitions from their hard- core style to more serendipitous trance. Standing in front of the crowd with cameras strapped to their stomachs, W&W looked more like they were going skydiving than filming the video for their new fiery collab D# Fat with van Buuren; a song which started as just fooling around in the studio. “What I like about them is that they are young and they have a new, fresh approach on creating music,” says van Buuren.
They had us doing tribal dances across the legendary floor but ended with the beau- tiful vocal harmonies of Emma Hewitt in their remix of Dash Berlin’s Waiting. It was one of the most beautiful moments of the night where I felt a cool breeze brush my skin as 13,500 concertgoers were belting out the lyrics, lost in the music.
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When great minds think alike, great things follow. Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz recently launched their partnership as the mighty New World Punx, and in a few hours, they will play a set under their new alias at MSG. Much like Knife Party and Dog Blood, New World Punx is the latest effort of two incredible DJs coming to- gether for the most organic of reasons, simply because they enjoy playing together. Van Buuren is excited and honored to be part of their debut. “Markus and Ferry want to push things to the next level with their careers. They found a professional love for each other, and I think it’s exciting that they want to launch it
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