Markus Schulz-Las Vegas 10'

On a Friday night, towards the end of last month at the Ministry, Trance International watched as Markus Schulz brought The Gallery’s ever-faithful trance-hungry hoards (no more proof of that needed than the dismal weather outside) to near-instant boiling point… and then kept them there for 3 unwavering hours. Another city visited, another one rocked – just one of the 17 he touched down in over the course of that month.

Markus likes cities - his ‘metropolis-centric’ approach has been a pivotal component of the Schulz M.O. since his first compilation back in 2005. This month sees the release of the 2010 edition, which this time has him homing in on Las Vegas - a place that's embraced him as much as he’s embraced it…

We’ve had more than your average number of spins through the album over the last two weeks. From the first beats of Clinch’s ode to Rain (this time we’re talking about the of Vegas club, as opposed to the weather condition!) to the closing finale of Shogun’s ‘Connected’, it mantains an energy level that’s hard to beat. On the way there are some exceptionally fine (and exclusive) tracks. Picking individual ones from the 29 strong collection is a task in itself, but Rex Mundi’s ‘Opera of Northern Ocean’, Veselin Tasev’s trancendental ‘Pacific Waves’ & the Robert Burian produced, Zdenka Predna vocalled ‘You’ were noticeably getting some extremely heavy ‘click back’ action.

Way too early in 2010 for ‘Compilation of the Year’ proclamations, but we’ll say this: you’ll miss ‘Las Vegas ‘10’ at your great peril! It's out through iTunes on the 15th of Feb, with the CD following on the 22nd.