Let’s Dance

Put on your dancin' shoes, Fam; this week's releases are bound to move your body!

June 18, 2024

Happy Tuesday, Fam!!! I hope your week is off to a magnificent start.

I’ve got a post chalk full of goodies for you today, all of which I feel can be summed up in this one simple GIF …

Let’s hit the floor, shall we?

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3 Queens, 1 Photo

Before we get to our fresh tracks, I have something extra special to share with you this week, NovelliFans — my second ever Muse Music Management Fan Edit!

I modelled this one after the ‘Three Queens, One Photo’ trend I discovered on TikTok, only my version features the Three Queens of Vocal Trance who recently took EPIC Prague by storm: Sue McLaren, Susie Ledge & Christina Novelli.

I’ve uploaded the video to Instagram, Tiktok & YouTube, and plan to do the same with all my future edits (barring any technical difficulties — I’m looking at you Insta ), so if there’s a particular platform you prefer, feel free to follow me on whichever one you like best.

In the meantime, though, I’d love to hear what you think of the edit, so please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and let me know if you like the way it turned out as much as I do.

Once again, I’d like to say a big thanks to:

Y’all are AMAZING!!! This edit wouldn’t be what it is without each and every one of you! And that means you too, NovelliFans. ‘Cause what’s a fan edit without fans to enjoy it! And I certainly hope you do!

Beautiful Dreamers

Like I said last week, at this point it’s not really New Music Friday without a fresh track from Sarah de Warren, and this Friday past she dropped an absolute banger.

‘Into the Night’, her debut collab with Australian-based DJ, Audorn, is a song Sarah wrote “about chasing after the things u want no matter the risk” and boy am I glad that’s exactly what she did.

Underscoring her warm, airy vocals with a racing beat that drives straight into not one but two glittering breakdowns, the duo has done an excellent job of translating the song’s themes of escape and dream-chasing into a track that will invite you to leave everything that no longer serves you right there on the dance floor.

Release number 813 on Aly & Fila’s label, FSOE, the track has already seen features on Manuel Le Saux’s Extrema 847 & A State of Trance(!!!) 1175 & Aly & Fila included it in episode 862 of the Future Sound Of Egypt radio show, as well as the open to close set they performed at EPIC in Prague earlier this year.

Sarah also posted the most adorable video on Instagram of her reaction to Aly & Fila slipping the track into their set at Dreamstate USA as a surprise, so if you want to see what ‘dream come true’ looks like IRL be sure to check it out.

And if you’d like to do some ‘happi jumping’ of your own, try giving ‘Into the Night’ a spin — I bet it’ll do the trick.

Don’t Think, Just Play

Our second fresh drop is a highly anticipated remix of the award-winning duo Dream A Lot’s reimagining of the Céline Dion classic, ‘Think Twice’ by ‘Reach For You’ producer, upcoming Christina collaborator and one of the most in demand names in trance music, Ciaran McAuley.

Written by Andy Hill & Peter Sinfield, the song’s initial reimagining by Dream A Lot’s Gus Crawford Collins & Kim Hayden dropped on July 21, 2023, just a few months shy of the 30th() anniversary of Céline’s original.

Less than one year later, after approaching Ciaran to work his magic, the remix went viral on Tiktok (right before Ciaran premiered it during his set at HYPERDOME Australia* on April 20, 2024) and was picked up by Xploded Music, a British record label developed as a joint venture with Universal Music Group(!!!)

Trading the original’s wavering guitar and sparse percussion for poignant piano, thumping bass and sparkling synths, the trio have transformed the classic into an uplifting dance floor anthem that compliments Kim’s exquisite vocals perfectly.

In the lead-up to the track’s release on Friday, Ciaran also shared footage featuring the song from his sets @ the Rong Open Air Festival in Malta & the Trance In the Woods afterparty at The Church, Derby and Dream A Lot posted a clip of themselves performing the track live from their studio that is not to be missed.

As a Canadian-girlie, who spent countless hours singing along to Céline records in my bedroom as a teen, this remix is the ideal blend of nostalgic and new that is guaranteed to have me playing it as often as I did the original.

Wanna join me? Click the link to check out ‘Think Twice’ on your favourite platform now.


*His HYPERDOME set was actually my introduction to Ciaran’s music, and I found it exactly when I needed it, so it will forever hold a special place in my heart. If you haven’t heard it yet, I highly recommend checking it out.

Up, Up & Away

Our third & Co. release is another uplifting trance track — an instrumental adventure from EpicFail that’s getting TONNES of great feedback on the RazNitzanMusic YouTube channel.

Amassing 2.5K views in only five days, and garnering comments like “you can really hear the power of Trance”, it’s also inspiring some of the most creative emoji strings I’ve seen since Christina was in the live chat at her Enhanced Sessions Guest Mix earlier this year.

Coming to us on the Raz Nitzan Music imprint, Molekular Sounds, ‘Cosmo Canyon’ is a Final Fantasy 7 inspired anthem that comes out swinging, much like EpicFail’s last instrumental release, Chaos, which was released back in May.

However, where ‘Chaos’ starts off with a thumping, dark, techno vibe reminiscent of its name, ‘Cosmo Canyon’ shines like a sunrise on white-capped mountains, glittering off freshly fallen snow.

& while both tracks build to an epic drop, ‘Chaos’ conjures visions of sword-fights & dragon-slaying, where ‘Cosmo Canyon’ feels like the song playing at the party that welcomes you home once the slaying is done.

If you want to get the full effect by pairing the two, ‘Chaos’ is available to stream for free by signing up for a Gala Music account, and ‘Cosmo Canyon’ is available everywhere else that great music is streamed and sold.

All About That Bass

Closing things out this week is a fresh track from our fave heavy-hitting house & UK garage DJ, Cash Only, label manager @ DVINE Sounds and producer of the Nervous Records smash, ‘Baby Believe’ with Reigns, co-written with Dee Adam & Matt Wilcox, which dropped back on April 12.

This past Friday, Cash released ‘Body To Body’ — an “effortlessly bouncy record … built for the summer club nights.” Co-produced with Jonathan Kirk, the track was co-written with Reece ENV, Matt Waro, Laura White, Mosiman and Alex Mills, who also provides the fire vocals that transport the song to even greater heights.

A DVINE Sounds release, ‘Body To Body’ has been featured in several of label founder Sam Divine’s sets at locations around the world, including Ushuaia Ibiza, Creamfields, New York’s Electric Zoo and more. She also named it ‘Hottest Track In The Galaxy’ (!!!) — an honour she previously bestowed on ‘Baby Believe’ — on a recent episode of her KISS FM UK radio show, KISS NIGHTS.

Pairing Mills’ blazing vocals with an unstoppable beat that rolls from bass into percussion into piano and back again, ‘Body To Body’ is another Cash Only heater that’s bound to get you on your feet (or bopping in your seat).

So if you’re looking for a track to add to your ‘Dance Up On Me’ playlist, ‘Body To Body’ has got your back! Check it out now wherever you like to listen.

Buy / Stream ‘Body To Body’

& if you want to pick up even more of what Cash is puttin’ down, be sure to check out his recent set from DVINE Sounds Headquarters AND his new monthly show at Centreforce Radio. #HeatersOnly

So whaddya say, Fam? Are you ready to dance?

Let me know which tracks are moving your body in the comments below.

& be sure to come back next week for new Christina(!!!), Linney(!!!) and Spencer Newell(!!!) + an extra special live set from at least one of the above. Which one? You’ll have to come back and see.

Until next time! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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