Hot Picks: Treasure Island Slows It Down to Lift You Higher

This edition of our Hot Picks series lands with Treasure Island, the Italian artist dialling deep into the kaleidoscopic edges of modern trance. His new EP 'Visione', just out on the Brussels-via-London label Manual Smiles, blends slow, Balearic-style rhythms with acid-flecked euphoria and loose-limbed club energy. Buy/stream: https://fanlink.tv/MANUAL009.

The EP plays with tempo and tone. One moment, you're floating through a haze of slow-motion drums; the next, you're caught in a rush of ecstatic synths. There’s even a remix from Bliss Inc., who flips 'Paradise Sami' into a deep, bass-heavy voyage with a sharp sci-fi edge.

'Visione' feels loose, free, and full of colour – the kind of record that stretches time and space on a dancefloor.

Sordid Sound System - RF Conga [Invisible, Inc.]

A stoned-rock-dubby track from one of my favourite artists, perfect to start this list and push some psychedelic sounds in your brain.

Rockers Hi-Fi - Stoned (Manali Cream Mix) [Seven Hills Records]

Discovered during a dinner with friends, listening to some dj mix on Soundcloud.

Djrum - Three Foxes Chasing Each Other [Houndstooth]

From the new Djrum LP, a very nice trip between grooves and atmospheres.

DJ Normal 4 - Gaia An Entity [Oracool]

Every time I listen to this track, an incredible desire to go raving intensifies.

Oltrefuturo - Kontakte [Multi Culti]

Take a seat, a deep breath and start tripping with this psychedelic gem.

Your inner self needs it.

Bullant - German People [PHC Films]

Consistently with the title, this track reminds me of my Frankfurt trip.

Remotif - A Haptic Sunset [Warning]

My favourite track of the last Warious compilation.

AJO - Medium Coeli [Atol Diskz]

Another track from a Compilation by Atol Diskz.

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Four Post Cards [Crescent]

A pure medicine for the soul and mind.

More Eaze - chords, room, solo [Mondoj]

This track allows you to access hidden emotional parts of yourself.

Treasure Island is part of a growing crew reshaping trance through slower tempos and hypnotic moods – a sound some are calling Trance-A-Lento. His background as a DJ shines through, with every track built to shift a room.

Whether you're into ambient, acid, or big emotional synths, 'Visione' is worth your time. You can stream it now on Beatport, with a wider release dropping in mid-June.

Plug in. Slow down. Drift off.

Treasure Island

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Manual Smiles

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