Resonate - The Brutal Sound of Hard Trance is a compilation album series published on the Tidy Trax record label. Representative of the UK hard trance scene at the time, the series started in 2002 with volume 1, and completed in 2021 with Volume 12.
History The series begin in 2001 when Tidy Trax released the hard trance compilation Resonate 1 - The Brutal Sound of Hard Trance, mixed by Lee Haslam. In 2003 the second album in the series, Resonate 2, was released. Mixed by DJ The Freak, it received a 5* review from the Burton Daily Mail while Muzik magazine highlighted the lack of progression in the sound but finished their critical review with a call to "let's get BRUTAL!". Resonate 3 was released that same year. Mixed by DJ Guyver, it was strongly recommended by Greg Eyon writing for Upfront magazine. The fourth volume, again mixed by Haslam, peaked at number 67 in the UK Compilation Chart and received a 4/4 review from DJ Mag.
In 2012, Resonate 6 was released. Mixed by Technikal, the collection was named by Mixmag magazine as Compilation of the Month, who also highlighted how the series had "perfectly captured the UK hard trance sound". Resonate 7, featuring the "biggest hard trance anthems" also according to Mixmag, was released in 2015.
By 2021, the Tidy Trax sound, which had been waning in popularity, was starting to see a resurgence which saw the last Resonate, Volume 12 by Bryn Whiting and Adam Dixon, released.
Series overview + Resonate releases Title Mixed by Year Peak UK Comp Resonate 1 Lee Haslam 2002 Resonate 2 The Freak 2003 Resonate 3 Guyver 2003 Resonate 4 Lee Haslam 2004 67 Resonate 5 Alphazone 2006 Resonate 6 Technikal 2012 Resonate 7 Technikal & NG Rezonance 2015 Reson8 Lee Haslam & Technikal 2016 Resonate 9 Signum & Nicholson 2019 Resonate 10Technikal & Costa Pantazis 2019 Resonate 11Lee Haslam 2020 Resonate 12Adam Dixon & Bryn Whiting 2021
See also Clubland X-Treme Hardcore (compilation series) Bonkers (compilation album series) Euphoria (compilations) Reactivate
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