With voting numbers up on last year’s poll, it’s shaping up to be a vintage Trance Awards event in 2009. As a mark of the gravity shown to the project by the dance music industry, we are proud to announce the first official compilation album showcasing the best sounds the scene has to offer.

It’s not any old album either! Trance Awards have teamed up with Ministry of Sound’s legendary and much respected Euphoria brand to deliver a three disk set of sounds mixed by three of the headline DJs who will be performing at the packed out ceremony held at…

Summer Sessions is the soundtrack to your summer holiday, summer party or BBQ, specially marinated and prepared by Ministry Of Sound. 60 tracks of uplifting house, funky beats and perfect chillout will make this the choice album this summer.

The album starts with the hottest new dance tunes (Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers, Lazee and Deadmau5 amongst others) alongside classic feelgood club anthems from Freemasons, Fedde Le Grand, Shakedown and The Streets.

It then brings you fresh and funky soul grooves with Estelle’s ‘American Boy’, Gnarls Barkley, Jamiroquai, Outkast, Brand New Heavies, Fatboy Slim and The Wiseguys.

And finally the mood…

Trance music is now the world’s biggest dance music genre. In the UK, Calvin Harris has taken the sound to No.1, and in a OJ-mixed form, trance regularly tops the compilation charts. When it came to choosing who should revitalise their legendary Trance Nation series, Ministry Of Sound had only one outfit in mind – Above & Beyond.

Officially Britain’s most popular DJs, Above & Beyond were recently voted Best Group at the International Dance Music Awards, ahead of the likes of Daft Punk, Soulwax, Justice, and Pendulum. Now ranked No.4 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs Poll, their largest gig…