Ori Uplift: Beautiful Uplifting Trance, Vocal Trance, Progressive, Balearic Trance, & Chill-out w/ Biblical Lyrics




New to Trance?
Check out a couple
of my recs below
to grow acquainted
with the genre:
(All links keep you
within this webpage)

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1. Beautiful,
Energizing, & Repetitive:
Angel (Eteson&Nicky Dub)

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2. Uplifting Symphonic
Trance (Hard,
Repetitive-yet-Beautiful)
Everlasting (Original Mix)

[Skips intro (Skips first 2:32)]

Everlasting (Original Mix)
[Don't Skip Intro (long version)]

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3. Uplifting Symphonic:
Amnesia (SoundLift Remix)

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4. Video of a Concert
(Song is an Electro-y
Hard Electronica Anthem):
Elements of Life

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5. Yet More Anthem Trance:
5a. Old-School Soothing-yet
-Energizing Anthem:
Airwave

5b. Frenzied Euphoric
Fast Old-School (1990s)
Intense Uplifting Anthem:
Walhalla

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6. Uplifting Vocal Trance:
Just Be (Antillas Mix)

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7. Balearic Vocal Trance
(Sad/Reaffirming)
Lost (Original Chill Mix)

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8. Progressive Trance
(Harder, Multi-tempo Chill-Out):
Fake Awake (Blizzard
Remix)

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9. Uplifting Trance
(Electro-y & Latin-y):
Sounds Rushing (David
West Remix)

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10. Vocal Progressive Trance
(Laid-Back):
Punta Del Este (Beach
Mix)

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11. Vocal Trance
(Midtempo Melancholy):
Miracle

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12. Vocal Trance (Harder):
Falling
Everything (Cosmic Gate

Remix) Concert Video

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13. Progressive (fast & uplifting)
: (Wonderful Video of Penguins)
Make This Your Day
(Gareth Emery Dub Rmx)

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14. Vocal Anthem:
Nothing But You

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15. Brief Transitions:
Blossom (Lounge Mix)
In the Past

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16. Chill-Out Balearic Trance:
Sunny Tales (Original)

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17. Trance Downtempo
God Surrounds Us


What is Uplifting Trance?

Wikipedia says, "Uplifting trance, also known as epic trance and anthem trance, is a term to describe several styles of music; all of which are subgenres of trance. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1997, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get (often described as a "rush"). The genre, which originated in Germany, is massively popular in the trance scene, and is one of the dominant forms of dance music worldwide."

One addition to this Wikipedia statement is the the term Euphoric Trance is also used sometimes interchangeable with the above three. The misleading thing in the Wikipedia statement is that not all uplifting trance is designed to give a rush, just some.

Uplifting trance is usually designed either to give a rush, or to energize one, or to boost one's mood, often while also soothing or calming. Those three things are not the same, although they often coincide. A rush can leave one very peaceful, content, & satiated and not energized at all. Likewise, there is a ton of uplifting trance that either energizing one or boosts one's mood without giving a rush. Likewise, there is much trance that boosts one's mood without energizing one, in fact, often with the goal of calming one down. In any case, uplifting trance almost always does at least one of those three.

Anthem trance is a song based around an anthem, as in the examples at left and right labeled "anthem".

Euphoric trance is, no surprise, trance that makes one euphoric. The Suburban Train and Forever Today examples at right both have very long and often dissonant buildups leading to incredibly beautiful and satisfying climaxes.

Symphonic Uplifting is uplifting trance using a symphonic orchestra. This genre's key figure has been Andy Blueman, who is now widely emulated.

The example at right of Walhalla (in the "Warning" section) was a key defining classic of uplifting trance that helped shape the genre. Even though they now sound completely different, uplifting trance is somehow musically a derivative of the spastic-and-psychadelic psy-trance, and if one is familiar with psy-trance then listening to Walhalla makes clear how the evolution happened.

Although it originated in the late 1990s, uplifting in trance exploded in popularity after 2006, helped by the celebrity status of Tiesto and the radio shows of Armin van Buuren (A State of Trance with 30 million listeners/week) and Above & Beyond (Trance Around the World with 21 million liseners/week), even though those two shows play mostly progressive trance (there's some overlap).

To quote Wikipedia about the post-2006 uplifting trance, "Although some listeners consider current uplifting trance a pale shadow of its former self, many others consider it to have evolved into a more creative, thus more 'uplifting' music in general, fusing with styles such as progressive trance/house, and electro house, the genre is wildly followed by an extensive and loyal fan base."


On Facebook

The left & below links
show 4 trance genres:
- Uplifting/Anthem Tr.
- Progressive Trance
- Vocal Trance
- Balearic Trance
(Within these, trance producers
often merge trance with house,
jazz, ambient, classical, indie,
electro, psy-trance, pop, hip-
hop, techno, alt., Euro/HiNRG,
Latin, chill-out, or downtempo.)
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In case you like a
couple of my
recommendations at
left, below (random
order), are more of
my all-time favorites:

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Concert Video:
Classical-Based
Distorted-Sounds Anthem:
Adagio For Strings

Beautiful, Sweet, sortof
Sad-yet-Uplifting,
Ardent-yet-Serene, Rush-giving
Vocal Trance:
Angel (Original Mix)

Euphoric Trance:
Suburban Train in concert
  • Abbreviated version vid
  • Clip w Children's Choir in Concert
  • Version w Children's Choir in Concert
Forever Today

Moving yet bright:
Horizonte (Andy Blueman
Intro Mix)


Panic Alleviation:
Deep Breath Contact (Myon
& Shane 54 Mashup)


Breath-taking, Majestic Symphonic Uplifting:
Florescence (Emotional Mix)
Florescence (Epic Mix)
The World To Come (Andy
Blueman Mix)

Florescence (Original Mix)

Chill-Out Anthem:
Driving to Heaven (Matan
Zohar Remix)


Chill-out Downtempo Trance:
Fruits & Passion (Armin's
Downtempo Mix)

A Balearic Dinner (Chill Mix)

Russian, Classical Influenced,
Melodramatic "Epic" Anthem
Trance mixed w/ Techo-Trance:
Invisible Touch (Ferry
Corsten Remix)


Vocal Symphonic Uplifting:
Arctic Kiss (Andy Blueman Remix)

More calming-energizing
Symphonic Uplifting:
L'Acrobat (Andy Blueman Remix)
True Romance (Original Mix)

Introspective Vocal:
Just Listen

Soft Melancholy Vocal:
Breaking Ties (Flow Mix)

Entrancing emotional vocal repetition:
Safe (Wherever You Are) (Rank 1 Remix)

Latin-y:
La Noche
Beyond

Hard Intense Uplifting Anthem:
Destination Sunshine

Lyrical Vocal Progressive:
See The Sun (Aurosonic
Remix)

Sirens of the Sea

Lyrical Vocal Progressive:
Rush (Arty, Dan Stone Remix)
Rush (Mat Zo)

Shamanistic-Ritual-Like:
Zanzibar

Easy Listening-ish Vocal:
Close to You

Hard Techno-y Vocal:
We Belong (Tritonal Air up
There Remix)

Reason to Believe

Hard Background Music-y:
Peace (Breakfast Remix)

Mashup of chill soft Balearic & Epic Uplifting:
Lost Together (Armin van Buuren Mashup)

Deep Progressive, Almost House:
Anjunabeach

Pop-y:
Freefalling

If you're exhausted, calm, &
emotionally drained:
Downtempo Electronic
Melancholy Progressive:
Battleship Grey

Rougher Progressive:
Scrubs (Concert Video)
Reflect

Midspeed Melancholy Vocal:
In My Memory
Ashes

Calming Flowing Uptempo
Progressive:
In Motion (Andy Blueman Remix)

Energizing-yet-Calming
Progressive:
Fever
776 Miles

Chill-Out Jazzy Progressive:
Pacific

Progressive:
Fahrenheit

Energizing Progressive:
Downhill

Opera-ish(?) Vocal Progressive:
Call of Loneliness

Very Traditional "Epic" Anthem:
Healesville Sanctuary
(Roger Shah Mix)

Birth of an Angel

Yet More Self-Affirmational Vocal:
On a Good Day (Original Mix)

More Vocal Effects:
Tuvan

Flamenco Trance:
Flamenco Mediterraneo

Ambient Chill-Out:
Tri-State

Soft Romantic Vocal:
Good for Me
On the Beach

Medium Romantic Vocal:
I Am Strong
You Take My Breath Away (DJ
Tiesto Remix)

Can You Feel It

Balearic Trance:
Body Lotion (Inspirations
Mix)

So Far

Edgy Symphonic Uplifting:
Tuvan (Andy Blueman Remix)

Rough Electro-Housey Vocal:
In And Out Of Love /
Lost Connection (Mashup)


More Vocal Trance:
Right Back
Far Away (Club Mix)
Sanctuary (Club Mix)

Varied Mixes of Same Vocal Trance Song:
Waiting (Original Mix)
Waiting (First State Remix)
Waiting (Sean Tyas Remix)
Waiting (Acoustic Version)

De-Stress/Wind-Down:
As the Rush Comes (Tiesto
Demo Mix)


Danceable Balearic w Spanish Guitar:
A Balearic Breakfast (Dance Mix)

Mix of electroy & symphonic uplifting:
Trapeze (Original)

Uplifting w Electric Guitar:
Time To Rest (Live Guitar By Eller Van Buuren)
Lenda

More Symphonic Uplifting:
Circles (Andy Blueman Remix)
Nyctalopia (Original Mix)

Cheerful Uplifting:
Long Way Back (Six Senses Remix)