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Reacts highly coveted Trance Arena series returns to this years Spring Awakening with a special showcase of melodic thrills and euphoric melodies dedicated to the veteran stage. Leading the pack is Grammy Award-Winning DJ, producer and musician, Paul van Dyk. The legend was ranked as the Worlds No. 1 DJ two years in a row (in 2005 & 2006), and now over 10 years later, with nearly three decades under his belt, PvD continues to dominate the electronic scene around the globe.

Alongside him, the UKs No. 1 DJ Paul Oakenfold will take the decks as he prepares for the forthcoming release of Generations a multimedia project that compasses his role throughout the past 30 years of dance music. Two celebrated artists signed to Armin van Buurens Armada Music label also join the roster Andrew Rayel known as the modern-day mozart, and the powerful, tech-influenced trance sorcerer MaRLo. The Trance Family will also be graced by a very special guest appearance, which will be revealed in the coming weeks. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for the announcement, as it will be one for the record books. Check out the Trance Arena Spotify playlist HERE and our official lineup video below.

Stay tuned for the full lineup announcement and daily schedule, coming soon!

Tickets are now on sale at http://www.springawakeningfestival.com

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Aly & Fila

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Amid all the house, bass, techno, and beyond at Miami Music Week, it can be easy to forget about trance unless, of course, you're a devoted member of the #TranceFamily. Trance has been an integral part of Miami dance music; residencies such as George Acosta at Shadow Lounge and Edgar V and Markus Schulz at Space are the stuff of legend. And trance still shows its face around town, even if not with the frequency it did 15 years ago.

So let this serve as an agenda so that #TranceFamily brothers and sisters can soak in psy, tech, progressive, hard, classic, and uplifting. Let this be a compass for those who religiously listen to A State of Trance every Thursday at 2 p.m. Let this be a megaphone for those who unanimously agree Ferry Corsten is a genius. Wednesday through Sunday, this is the trance game plan.

Aly & Fila Six-Hour Set. 11 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, at Heart Nightclub, 50 NE 11th St., Miami; 305-912-3099; heartnightclub.com. Tickets $20 to $30 via tickets.heartnightclub.com. Egyptians Aly El Sayed Amr Fathalah and Fadi Wassef Naguib are most comfortable smashing it out around 138 bpm. Their glorious buildups followed by hard bass lines mark the uplifting trance experience for which they are known. In 2015, Aly & Fila used the Great Pyramid of Giza as their breathtaking backdrop during an unforgettable show. Wednesday's six-hour marathon will happen in Heart's dark basement room and for a night of trance, it's just as fitting.

United We Groove. With Kristina Sky, Nifra, and Judah. 1 to 11 p.m. Friday, March 24, on the C-Level Rooftop Terrace at the Clevelander, 1020 Ocean Dr., Miami Beach; 305-532-4006; clevelander.com. Free with RSVP at kristinasky.com/miami2017. California-based trance matriarch Kristina Sky will be joined by Coldharbour's Nifra and Anjunabeats' Judah. "I'm trying to take things back to basics, because it felt like for trance and progressive there was a demand for something like this, and I am happy to try to provide it," Sky says. If going "back to basics" means when dance music wasn't publicly traded on Wall Street and bottle service was nonexistent, count us in. Sky considered playing an extended set, but United We Groove is about sharing the stage and supporting other artists.

Cosmic Gate & Friends Sunset Cruise. 3 p.m. Saturday, March 25, on the Biscayne Lady yacht, 401 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; magneticgrooves.com. Tickets cost $125 to $165 via wantickets.com. Imagine listening to Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems' hypnotic beats while sailing the blue waters of Biscayne Bay. Well, for a hefty price tag, you can live the real thing. And admission includes a premium open bar, so you should come out ahead if you can earn your sea legs before the cruise is over. And, honestly, can you put a price on soaking up the sun while "Exploration of Space" bangs in the background?

Markus Schulz Open-to-Close. 11 p.m. Sunday, March 26, in the Main Room at Heart Nightclub, 50 NE 11th St., Miami; 305-912-3099; heartnightclub.com. Tickets cost $20 to $30 via tickets.heartnightclub.com. If you're unfortunate enough to miss A State of Trance and Armin van Buuren's annual Sunday takeover at Ultra, there's still a reason to close out the weekend dancing. Markus Schulz has taken it upon himself to open and close Heart. Dubbed the "unicorn slayer" by fans for his refusal to rely on "unicorn melodies" light and upbeat melodies many DJs use to build up their sets Schulz takes the crowd on a transonic ride to the dark side and releases them into the rabbit hole.

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Paavo Siljamki and Tony McGuinness of Above & Beyond talk about their love for all things Indian, trance music and rerecording a local version of their track.

The three-member English progressive trance group, Above & Beyond performed in Mumbai at a Holi event. Comprising Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamki, the band has been ranked in the top 100 by DJ Magazine. With songs such as No one on earth and Were all we need, the outfit has established themselves on the international music scene. Talking to HT Caf, Siljamki and McGuinness give us their take on Indian culture, food and their inspiration, among other things.

How does it feel to come back to India? What is different about performing in India?

Siljamki: Weve been fascinated by Indias culture, people, food, music and parties ever since we started our label Anjunabeats in 1999. The Indian electronic music scene, especially in the last five years, has been growing rapidly. Theres always so much enthusiasm and energy in the parties that happen in the country. We cant get enough of them.

Above & Beyond has collaborated with Bangalore-based band Lagori. (HTPhoto)

What has been your biggest inspiration when it comes to making music?

McGuinness: It can be almost anything a book that weve read, a film weve seen or something that sparks a train of thought and needs a musical or lyrical solution. And, noodling on an instrument be it a guitar or a piano or a synth is a fruitful route as well.

Do you follow Bollywood? Can your Indian fans expect collaboration with Indian artiste in the future?

McGuinness: We have collaborated with the Bangalore-based band Lagori. They have recorded the Indian versions of our songs Sun & moon and Were all we need. They rewrote the verses in both the cases but used the choruses from the English versions.

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How has trance music changed over the years?

McGuinness: Trance has permeated into various genres of EDM. In 1998, you could see a gaping gap between trance, house, electro, and techno with tumbleweeds rolling through them. You cant make similar distinctions today. Arguably, what Swedish House Mafia became famous for playing is more in tune with old fashion trance music from 1998 than with house music from the same year.

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Dreamstate Teams Up With Legendary Trance DJ to Announce Massive Tour EDM Sauce Holy trance! If you are a fan of trance, you should be jumping off the walls and all the way up to the ceiling right about now. Announced today was a partnership tour with Insomniac's Dreamstate concert tour series and trance legend Paul Van Dyk that ...

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When Niko Kallianiotis came to the United States from Greece more than two decades ago, his impression of America was heavily colored by Hollywood and the country's reputation for larger-than-life metropolitanism.

He settled in Scranton, however, about as wrong of a place to find that glitz and glamor as any in the nation. A photographer, Kallianiotis came to understand a different side of the United States, one whose industrial past was in conflict with the economic tides that swept it away, one factory at a time.

For his most recent exhibition, on display at Scranton's Marywood University, Kallianiotis traveled across Pennsylvania to document the scenery of the state's once thriving industrial towns. Inspired in part by the influence of the 2016 presidential election and President Trump's popularity in large parts of Pennsylvania, Kallianiotis dubbed the running collection, "America in a Trance," as a way to describe the palpable mood he witnessed in his travels:

In a recent interview with PBS, Kallianiotis explained that while the project isn't meant to be overtly political, its title hints at a broader societal observation he's made about the American people since last year's election.

Most of Kallianiotis' work can be found at his website and on his Instagram. Below is a sampling of his work for "America in a Trance."

Photo by Niko J. Kallianiotis.

Photo by Niko J. Kallianiotis.

Photo by Niko J. Kallianiotis.

Photo by Niko J. Kallianiotis.

Photo by Niko J. Kallianiotis.

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