This is mostly an experimental set, first and foremost. I joked one time that it would be great to see a trance set deliver 40 records in 80 minutes like house, hip hop and techno megamixes do. Also, I despise breakdowns. Any DJ who kills the momentum with a 1-minute+ lull in the music needs a serious cockpunch.
So I decided to make a set of what I consider to be pure trance. This is a set of (mostly) trance anthems, without the tedious breakdowns (and mostly without the anthems). The beat keeps bumping, the momentum keeps moving, everything pushes forward, like it should be. Repetitive, but addictive.
This mix is also a chronicle of the history of mainform European trance, starting with the early proto-trance records in 1989 and gradually moving to the modern super mega anthems of the 2000s, so you can see how it's evolved.