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Widely acclaimed Techno starlet Charlotte de Witte presents not one but two brand-new renditions of Jerome Isma-Aes Hold That Sucker Down. The two versions come in the forms of a Rave Remix and Trance Remix set to appease Techno lovers and Trance enthusiasts alike.

Charlotte de Witte: Remixing a classic is something that always feels extremely honorable and rewarding to me. While remixing Jerome Isma-Ae, I decided to aim for two different remixes. One would respect the massive trance lead and vibe of the original, while the other would be faster and more stripped down, bringing forward the techno that I love so much.

Turning Jerome Isma-Aes spin on The O.T. Quartets 1994 original into a nostalgia-infused floor-thriller, the Belgian tastemaker does what she does best; crafting up records for the sole purpose of dance floor domination. Charlotte de Witte has further solidified herself as one of the most exciting techno projects right now and with these remixes, she has expanded her artistry to Armada and their fans, especially with her trance mix.

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Tony McGuiness, British DJ and producer, one third of Above & Beyond, has shaken up the trance community with some amazing news last week. He announced that he will be recreating the very first episode of the signature Trance Around The World radio show, that aired for the first time in 2004. Livestreams have recently replaced parties and festivals due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Artists from all around the world are currently transforming their bedrooms and living rooms into trendy club settings and entertaining fans with their amazing performances.

Tony McGuiness took his time and prepared a special two hour set, mixing the original tracklist of the first Trance Around The World radio show on his Twitch account. Apparently the original episode was just a test broadcast and the tracks were unmixed and separately trimmed out in a playable list. Somehow Tony managed to save it on his card, just in case they might do something with it. It was streamed back in January 13th, 2004 onMinistry of Sound Radioand was never recorded or archived, so the re-do that McGuiness did was highly appreciated.The weekly Trance Around The World show aired between 2004 and 2012, attracting approximately 35 million listeners from more than 35 countries.

He started out this memorable set with a nostalgic remake of OceanLabs track Satellite, nicely mixing it into Filo & Peri Bangin Mix of Whirpools Under The Sun. Some other highlights of the set were definitelly Above & Beyond remix of Chakras I Am, Robert Nicksons remix ofEndresKallocain, Super8s Alba, Gabriel & Dresdens mix of Sarah McLahlans Fallen, Envios Touched By The Sun and much more. The full tracklist of the set can be found here.

TATW 001 was definitely a very important milestone for Above & Beyond, now the re-creation set is finally here and people can enjoy this masterpiece anywhere and anytime. Tony also hinted that he might be bringing back theTrance Around The World 002 next week, but for now we will just have to wait and see what happens.

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Above & Beyond's Tony McGuiness re-creates the first episode of 'Trance Around The World' - We Rave You

Rising comboStenyand Swiss producerReplay Mhave joined forces for "Nightshift," an anthemic deep house tune out via Karonga Records.

With its pulsating bass lines and spacey pads, "Nightlife" is a hypnotic house number that harkens to the dark bliss of late-night Ibiza club revelry. Steny and Replay M did a fantastic job of maintaining the energy throughout, introducing subtle production techniques as the arrangement progresses. Crisp leads and driving, trance-inspired plucks take over after the break, building tension before eventually culminating in a synth-laden second drop, which is a refreshing change of pace on the one that precede it.

The two members of the Steny tandem are based in Switzerland and South Africa, respectively, but the artists collaborate frequently, building a unique chemistry over the years. This eventually led to a landmark signing with progressive house and trance heavyweightArmada.Their music has been supported by a slew of the industry's biggest players, includingLost Frequencies, Morgan Page, Lucas & Steve, and EDX, among many others.

International DJ Replay M has made a splash on the scene as well, making performances at The Street Parade, Openair Gampel, Oceanbeat Boat Ibiza, and Braslav Festival, among other notable shows. He has also received support from a number of electronic bigwigs, like Kris Kross Amsterdam, DJ Scene and Jan-Christian Zeller.

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The intervention of the coach in an individual sport such as tennis appears as a sort of diminutio of the player himself. The competitive trance, the ability to bring home a match that goes wrong is all of the tennis player, and would be mortified by the active intervention of the coach during the competitive act, giving the coach an additional role during the game, making him become protagonist almost as much as the player himself, perhaps bringing tennis coaches to an even more evident role, as happens in the reviled world of football.

Talking with his close friend Fabio Fognini, Novak Djokovic believes tennis should start allowing on-court coaching, but with one major condition. Im always in favour of innovation, World number one said.

I think that the tennis industry needs to keep evolving. One thing Id like to work on is lowering the age of the fan-base, since Im told that in the US and in Europe its usually above 60 years old.

As for rules, I like the experimentation done during the NextGen Finals in Milan. I think that on-court coaching should be implemented, but without letting the crowd hear what is being said, because it would certainly reach the ears of the opponents team.

This past Sunday, the 17-time Grand Slam champion spoke openly about his concerns of potentially being mandated into taking a COVID-19 vaccination before returning to the ATP tour. "I have expressed my views because I have the right to and I also feel responsible to highlight certain essential topics that are concerning the tennis world," the 32-year-old explained to the Associated Press.

"I am no expert, but I do want to have an option to choose what's best for my body. I am keeping an open mind, and I'll continue to research this topic because it is important, and it will affect all of us."

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During our last VR Game Roundup, Virtual Battlegrounds impressed with its adaptation of battle royale shooters and the Oculus Quest received a classic in Audioshield. This week features a major BoxVR DLC pack, a children-friendly dancing game, and much more.

BoxVR is one of virtual realitys best fitness games, having won our Best VR Fitness Game of the Year in 2019, and its getting even better with the release of its first pack of downloadable content. The Essentials Pack kicks off our VR Game Roundup this week and includes over an hour of new music with 18 additional tracks that range from dubstep to rock. This mix of classes will give players even more variety than ever before.

You wont get a better workout in virtual reality than BoxVR. The game has been supported with a number of excellent free updates, so its definitely worth checking out the BoxVR DLC. Youll help stay fit with a number of catchy new tracks and workouts.

Developer/Publisher: FitXR

Release Date: April 23, 2020

Compatible With: Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift

Price: $9.99

Link: BoxVR Essentials Pack DLC

Pinkfongs Baby Shark has become a phenomenon for children and now the catchy song has a virtual reality dancing game. Kids will get to swim with the baby shark underwater and help save them from a dangerous octopus that grabs the titular character, Pinkfong, and William.

While its not providing a serious workout by any means, this child-friendly VR gameis a healthy diversion from seated gaming. Kids will stay active by dancing around to music they like and then using their bubble blasters to fend off the octopus. At a budget price, this will deliver some entertainment for young children during the quarantine. If youre not in the target audience then this is completely skippable.

Developer/Publisher: VAR LIVE International Ltd

Release Date: April 20, 2020

Compatible With: HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality

Price: $9.99

Link: Baby Shark VR Dancing

Virtual reality is getting yet another rhythm-based punching game with Smashing Healthy VR. Specifically designed for fitness enthusiasts, the developer says to smash the box if you want to be healthy! Lacking a specific hook, this is an underwhelming entry in our VR Game Roundup.

As one can expect, Smashing Healthy VR delivers a solid arm workout as youre constantly punching boxes that fly towards you. However, the Steam Early Access title lacks any online leaderboards or anything that separates it from other offerings such as Soundboxingor Beat Saber. Overall, there are better rhythm fitness games to burn calories to at the moment and youd be better off checking out the BoxVR DLC. Smashing Healthy VR might evolve into something special, but it isnt quit there yet.

Developer/Publisher: Daruma The Factory, Inc.

Release Date: April 18, 2020

Compatible With: Oculus Rift,Valve Index, and HTC Vive

Price: $19.99

Link: Smashing Healthy VR

Finishing off our VR Game Roundup is a meditation app that features a trance-like experience that helps one alter their own state of consciousness. Players use their own voice to explore the world and experience emergent music. Scientists have helped the app provide an elegant symmetry of image, sound and body that takes advantage of loopholes in the way you perceive to facilitate a new experience of yourself and your world.

While Soundselfisnt a game that will help you burn calories, mental health is just as important as physical fitness. For that reason, this unique meditation app will help you recover and relax after a long day.

Developer/Publisher: Andromeda Entertainment

Release Date: April 22, 2020

Compatible With: Oculus Rift

Price: $29.99

Link: SoundSelf: A Technodelic

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It was under the guise of The Astral Plane Parade that we were first introduced to Hugo Costin. The far-reaching scope of his otherwordly music immediately caught our attention. With his delicate instrumental arrangements and spirited vocal melodies, he transported us into his vast musical universe.

Now, over a year since we first laid ears on his Strutting Through The Stars EP, he has returned under his own name, sharing a new collection of powerfully sparse folk gems. If youre not already familiar with this name, now is the perfect time to change that.

Over the course of its seven tracks, his new album Oranges takes the shape of a sonic apparition. The album never really begins and never really ends; it eases itself into existence, floats through a series of different coloured rooms, and leaves on a whisper. Like a dream, the record will leave you with a shapeless feeling, as opposed to a concrete memory. This, however, is far more powerful than any direct message.

The albums title track, Oranges, opens the record with a tender strength. With his subtly emotive voice and graceful guitar work, Costin is able to craft lush soundscapes out of minimalist arrangements. Oranges is the albums first showcase of this.

Fool In Love somehow manages to strip things back even further, finding power in a ghostly sense of quiet. Madeline, on the other hand, is a standout track, incorporating more straight forward folk-pop elements.

By the time The Sun And The Moon reaches its final moments, youll undoubtedly have been drawn into a trance by Costin.

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Out of the rich West Coast music scene centered around artists like Ras G and Jonwayne, creators like Zeroh have been working in the lab perfecting the expression of their meditations. And after six years of looking within and outside, Zeroh is ready to release his next project BLQLYTE.

This is not something to passively listen to while working on something else. The 14 tracks demand your attention as he experiments with the production from noise to classical to jazz with sprinkles of trance and the grey area of what you might hear in your brain during REM sleep. He pitches his voice all over the place, also tweaking with the BPM within a song to throw your brain for a loop. He even engineers his voice differently within the track "The Lord & Nature" bringing it front and center in the first half then couching it behind the beat on the second half.

Zeroh is known to make his music steeped in ulterior motives. He probably doesn't mind that all of his listeners won't fully comprehend the lyrics of finding yourself while still being conscious of real life demands from society. Spend ample time with BLQLYTE and see what kind of self-discovery you end up with it afterwards.

You can pre-order the album on Zeroh's Bandcamp. It'll be available 4/24.

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Zerohs BLQLYTE is a choose-your-own-adventure journey into the psyche - The FADER

Spoiler warning: the following article contains spoilers for Ozark Season 3. Do not keep reading if you haven't seen the season or if you otherwise don't want to be spoiled.

Let's be real for a minute: there's a lot of weird stuff that happens in Ozark. In the show's very first episode, for one example, before the action even reaches the aforementioned Ozarks, we see our protagonist, Marty Byrde, watching a video on his laptop that would seem to be a homemade snuff film; in actuality, it's spy camera footage of his wife, Wendy, cheating on him. Things are off from the start. But in the show's third season, relationships get taken to a new leveland if you've watched the show you know exactly what I'm talking about: the newly-widowed Darlene Snell seduces young Wyatt Langmore to work on her farm and later into her bed. The resulting storyline is utterly unsettling.

Part of what adds to the ickiness of this storyline is what we know about these characters from past seasons. Wyatt, on one hand, was supposed to be the outlier Langmorehe's constantly shown to be smart, well-read, and above the backwoods, small-time crime that his family always seemed to fall into. An emotional moment in the last season showed Ruth and Wyatt celebrating when he was granted admission into the University of Missouri, seemingly finding a path to a life his family has never had the chance for before. But then he found out that Ruth killed his father and uncle, and things were never the same.

And then there's the Darlene aspect of it all. Not only is she old enough to be Wyatt's grandmothera fact he acknowledgesbut she's also out of her god damn mind. This is a woman who commits murders of people she doesn't knowDel from the Carteland people she very much does knowher husband, Jacobat the drop of a hat. She does these things on a whim, and is constantly a complete wild card. To see her draw young, naive, and promising Wyatt into her grasp is nothing but upsetting.

And it's kind of a classic story of grooming and predatory behavior. Wyatt isn't underagewe know this because we were all hoping that he would go to collegebut at the start of the season he's been squatting in a mansion. That doesn't last very long, and he winds up in jail. From there, he's bailed out by Darlene, and immediately pulled into his orbit. Since he's avoiding his actual home and Ruth, who's his legal guardian, he basically has no choice but to get involved with Darlene at some level. Eventually, he's convinced to become her lover, and even starts talking about how he's "in love with" her. It's obviously not real, and is essentially a Stockholm syndrome situation.

He's thankful that she's afforded him work and a place to live, and as a result has tricked himself into thinking he loves her, when in reality it's anything but normal.

By the end of the season, it's clear that this storyline is only just beginning, and that the Wyatt-Darlene situation will only continue into a potential season 4and now Ruth is involved, invited to join Darlene's new and growing business. Given that Ruth is essentially the anti-hero at Ozark's core, perhaps she'll come to realize just how messed up the whole situation is, and save Wyatt from this disturbing Darlene mess that he's gotten himself tied up in.

One guess? It'll probably take another reckless and violent act to snap Wyatt out of whatever trance Darlene has gotten him in. Clearly, at this point, he's blinded by her hospitality and kindness toward him; but it shouldn't take much outside of witnessing yet another unhinged act for him to see what's really going on.

As disturbing as this all is, it's hard to deny that it makes for some pretty compelling television. We're all stuck in voyeur mode, but we've got to keep hoping that Wyatt will figure everything out and live up to his potential while he's still got a chance. The Langmore curse doesn't have to be.

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Quibi

Murder House Flip. To hear the name of Quibis best-titled show is to fall into a trance from which there is no awakening. It is to contemplate the boundaries of existence, to say nothing of the possibilities of short-form video content. It is a title that is self-explanatory and yet gives rise to a million questions, so perfect a reduction of the impulses behind several subgenres of reality TV that it sounds like a parody, one all the more beautiful because it happens to be true. Murder House Flip. Say it loud and theres music playing. Say it soft, and its almost like praying.

In the following interview, which has been condensed and edited for clarity, Slate talked to Murder House Flip showrunner Star Price, a veteran of shows like The Amazing Race and Penn and Teller: Bullshit!, about the delicate balance of mixing home improvement and true crime, whether this is the best or the worst time to launch a new streaming service, and just what is a Quibi, anyway?

Sam Adams: Let me start by asking you first, who came up with the title for Murder House Flip and how big a drink did they pour themselves when that happened?

Star Price: Josh Berman, one of our executive producerswho worked on CSI, Bones, a lot of other showscame up with the idea with Sony Television. I was brought in because Ive done a lot of documentary, serious documentary, including true crime, and Ive done reality, including home makeover shows. Because this is kind of the merging of the two, thats how it all came together.

What did you like about the idea?

Well, in my business, how many times do you get a chance to do something thats never been done before?

Quibi episodes are designed to be watched both horizontally and vertically. The app lets you switch back and forth just by rotating your phone. Was it hard to shoot for that environment?

Youre thinking of that the whole time. You also have to try to design moments that will pop in horizontal and also unique moments that will pop in vertical, because you want people to be able to be able to enjoy it either way, exclusively. Even though we were making these short-form Quibis, we were actually making what felt like longer pieces because we were shooting for both versions.

So, if youre interviewing a couple next to each other on the couch, which happens a lot in home-improvement shows, you have to sit them father apart so each can have their own vertical shot.

Exactly. You have to frame in a very specific way, because you dont want to shoot things twice, especially when youre doing a documentary or reality-based show. You live and die by the actual moments that are happening in front of your camera. You have to frame it in a way that you know if something great happens, youve got it covered both for the horizontal version and the vertical version. We had three cameras working on every scene simultaneously, some framed for horizontal, some framed for vertical, some both. It was a real dance.

Quibi was designed and pitched to its audience as something to fill the spaces in the day: Youve got a few minutes waiting for your subway or in line at the store, watch a Quibi. But its launching in a world where daily commutes have ceased to exist for many people, and if youre waiting in line, you need your full attention to make sure no ones standing too close. How do you feel about launching a new service in the middle of a pandemic?

Well, certainly nobody wanted to be going through what were all going through now. I would say that I think that the Quibi platform complements a lot of other streaming services. Ive got three teenagers at home, and they dont want to be around Mom and Dad much. Theyre off in different corners of the house on their phones all day. Theyre doing social media all day. Thats how theyre connecting with their friends. Theyre not sitting in front of a 50-inch television to binge-watch a one-hour drama. I do think that theres a lot of opportunity now for people in such a disjointed time, where every day is so unpredictable and confusing and unsettling, to clear your head for six to 10 minutes at a time in a different part of the house.

The flip side is that while some of us may have more unstructured time, its become extremely difficult to concentrate on anything.

I was just saying that to a friend of mine yesterday. Its so true. I was going to finally binge-watch The Wire. I got about three episodes in, and I just couldnt do it. It was a great showI just didnt have the focus. Who knows. Its an interesting time and anythings possible. I do think we have some compelling programming, and maybe that will help people pass the day.

The couple you start Murder House Flip with are an interesting case, in that not only are they not unnerved to live in a house once owned by a notorious serial killer, theyre kind of into it. Theyve practically got memorabilia up on the walls. It doesnt freak them out at all.

Which is what made them so strangely compelling and interesting. Theyre just wonderful people too. I would say that even though they bought the house out of a morbid curiosity, as the years have gone by, they are exhausted by the tension and by the negative energy that that yard [where the killers victims were buried] has for them. They never did anything to that yard. It looked exactly like it did when the murders happened. They have grandkids, and theyre retired, and they want to have the grandkids over to play.

In our other episodes, youve got the other extreme. We have a couple or a family in Canoga Park [in Los Angeles] that has truly been deeply emotionally affected by the fact that theyd been living in this house for 15 years and this young woman is sleeping in the same bedroom where a young girl was murdered. At the end, when we revealed the changes that we did, they burst into tears. It was incredibly emotional. I think one of the strengths of the show is that we can cover something like the [Dorothea] Puente story, which has some fun elements to it, as dark as it is, because of Tom and Barbara. But we also have episodes coming that are incredibly emotional and quite a journey for the people involved.

Every episode is very positive. Every story is very positive. We were very respectful of the tragedy that occurred. We dont make light of it, ever. Our focus was on helping these people who are in these homes. An interesting thing is that they all would say just on their own that it didnt feel like their house, that the tragedy owned the house. The focus of the whole show was to give them their home back.

Theres a couple in the trailer who are like, Buying a murder house was the only way we could live near the water.

That was an interesting one. They were a couple that went in with their eyes open. They knew what had happened in this house, but theyre a young couple, just got married, want to start a family, and heres this house thats an incredible deal, close to the beach. They thought, Well, this isnt going to bother us. Then sure enough they move in, pour their life savings into it, and theyre freaking out.

Do you have a favorite couple? How many couples are we dealing with in the first season?

We did four houses. Each house has the three-Quibi format that you saw with the first one. Theyre all so different. I think the young couple that you saw in Oceanside[,California,] where they bought a house and the man dismembered his wife in the bathtub was probably the mostwe all felt something in that house. Even when we scouted it. It was just a strange feeling, maybe in our imaginations, but thats one that we all really worked hard on, and they were a great couple. We wanted to help them and give them something to start their family with. That was very rewarding, that one.

The title Murder House Flip definitely gets peoples attention, even if its not in a good way. Stephen Colbert spent a segment making fun of it in January, and the Verge singled it out as one of Quibis most ludicrous shows, based solely on the premise. Is that a case where all press is good press?

Its the craziest title ever. When I first heard it, I said, I want to be a part of this, because thats never been done before. I also thought, Why didnt I think of this?

Correction, April 7, 2020: A headline on this post originally misstated that Star Price was also the creator of the show.

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Murder House Flip: The Quibi series' showrunner on why he wanted to flip murder houses. - Slate

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