Hi All, Music is foundational to my human experience. Over the decades I have amassed a library of songs that each give audio to some aspect of who I am, who I wish to be, what I’ve been through, how I think, or what it’s like to be me. The time has come to share these songs with you. Below is a playlist of my top 200 songs. Most can be found in this YouTube playlist. ​ ​ For each artist, I have included a link to a song and the album it’s from. These songs / sounds are the closest to me, evoke emotion in me, or tell a story or conviction I want to share. Please enjoy! Songs labeled with an asterisk* are songs I have shed tears to. The emotions they evoke are powerful. Please let me know if any sound touches you, too. If you have artists, albums, or songs to share, please send them my way. I am always seeking to add to my collections. Please consider buying any albums you like to support these content creators, so they can make more for us all to enjoy. Electronica / Alt Rock ● VNV Nation - (VNV Nation is extremely important to me and my psychology, many of their songs have brought me through the toughest parts of my life but also helped build my emotional intelligence. To say VNV Nation inspired my personality is apt) ○ *Automatic - Gratitude ​ ○ Burning Empires - Further ​ ○ *Judgement - Illusion (This song is one of the most powerful songs I know of, and ​ ​ is featured in the game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice). ​ ​ ○ Matter + Form - Arena ​ ○ Matter + Form - Homeward ​ ○ Matter + Form - Perpetual ​ ○ Noire - Wonders ​ ○ *Noire - Lights Go Out ​ ○ Noire - When is the Future? ​ ○ Of Faith, Power and Glory - Sentinel ​ ○ *Of Faith, Power and Glory - The Great Divide ​ ○ *Of Faith, Power and Glory - Where There Is Light ​ ○ Transnational - Generator ​ ○ Transnational - Everything ​ ○ *Transnational - If I Was ​ ○ *Transnational - Teleconnect Pt 2 ​ ● Mind.in.a.box - (Like VNV Nation, mind.in.a.box opened doors and windows for me. Most of their albums tell a story in different ‘chapters’, and evoke a Blade Runner aesthetic) ​ ​ ○ Broken Legacies - Attack ​ ○ Crossroads - Stalkers ​ ○ Dreamweb - Machine Run ​ ○ Lost Alone - Walking ​ ○ Memories - I Knew ​ ○ *Memories - Synchronize ​ ○ R.E.T.R.O - Lightforce ​ ○ R.E.T.R.O - 8 Bits ​ ○ Revelations - Doubt ​ ● Edge of Dawn ○ Anything That Gets You Through The Night - All The Time ​ ○ Enjoy The Fall - Black Heart ​ ○ Enjoy The Fall - The Nightmare I Am ​ ● Seabound ○ Double-Crosser - Scorch The Ground ​ ○ *Double-Crosser - Castaway ​ ○ Beyond Flatline - Poisonous Friend ​ ○ No Sleep Demon - Torn ​ Trance ● Armin Van Buuren ○ 76 - Astronauts ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2004 - Burned With Desire ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2007 - Firefly ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2009 - Freefalling ​ ○ *A State Of Trance 2009 - Nothing At All ​ ○ *A State Of Trance 2011 - We Control The Sunlight ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2012 - Down To Nothing ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2013 - Jewel ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2018 - Vermillion ​ ○ A State Of Trance 2018 - Just A Dream ​ ○ *Embrace - Heading Up High ​ ○ Embrace - Indestructible ​ ○ *Intense - Reprise ​ ○ Mirage - Mirage ​ ○ Mirage - Orbion ​ ○ Mirage - Minack ​ ○ *State of Trance 2008 - Cygnes ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 5 - An Angel’s Love ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 5 - Space Odyssey ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 5 - Stellar ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 5 - Brute ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 6 - Fireisland ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 6 - I’ll Listen ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 6 - Aeon of Revenge ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 6 - 3 Strikes UR In ​ ○ Universal Religion Chapter 7 - Black Hole ​ ● Ferry Corsten ○ Blueprint - Blueprint ​ ○ Right of Way - Sweet Sorrow ​ ○ Hello World - Tonka ​ ○ Solar Serenades - Out Of The Blue ​ ○ Twice in a Blue Moon - Shanti ​ ○ Brute ● Solarstone ○ *..- - - Thank You ​ ○ Boundaries of Imagination - Seven Cities ​ ○ Pure Trance 4 - Stellar Spectrum ​ ○ Pure Trance 4 - Fata Morgana ​ ○ *Pure Trance 4 - I Had This Thing ​ ○ Pure Trance 6 - Atoms ​ ○ *Pure Trance 6 - Find The Sun ​ ○ Pure Trance 7 - Something Out Of Nothing ​ ● Paul Van Dyk ○ Evolution - Eternity ​ ○ Global - For An Angel ​ ● Paul Oakenfold ○ Mount Everest - Southern Sun ​ ○ *Mount Everest - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush) ​ ​ ● ATB ○ The DJ 5 In The Mix - Man on the run ​ ○ Distant Earth - Chapter One ​ ○ The DJ 6 In The Mix - Spiderman ​ ○ Beautiful Things ○ Future Memories - Terra 260273 ​ ○ *neXt - Project X ​ ○ Seven Years - Here with Me ​ ○ *Seven Years - Ecstasy ​ ○ Seven Years - Let U Go ​ ○ Seven Years - The Fields Of Love ​ ● Gareth Emery ○ *1000 Reasons To Live - Lost ​ ○ Five AM Sessions Volume 1 - Aerospace ​ ○ The Sound Of Garuda - Thriller ​ ○ The Sound Of Garuda - Replication ​ ● Tiesto ○ *Just Be ​ ○ Wasted ○ Kaleidoscope - Knock You Out ​ ○ Elements of Life ● Cosmic Gate ○ 20 Years [Forward Ever Backward Never] - Be Your Sound ​ ○ No More Sleep - Milky Way ​ ○ Sign Of The Times - Only Time ​ ○ *Sign Of The Times - Seize The Day ​ ○ Wake Your Mind Sessions 002 - 4U ​ Vocal Trance / Electronica ● Above & Beyond ○ Common Ground - Cold Feet ​ ○ Group Therapy - Alchemy ​ ○ *Sirens Of The Sea - Ashes ​ ○ *Sirens Of The Sea - Miracle ​ ○ We Are All We Need - Sticky Fingers ​ ○ We Are All We Need - Little Something ​ ○ We Are All We Need - Excuses ​ ○ *We Are All We Need - Sink The Lighthouse ​ ○ *Anjunabeats - Smoke & Mirrors ​ ● Conjure One ○ *Conjure One - Center Of The Sun ​ ○ Conjure One - Tears From The Moon ​ ○ *Elixarch - Like Ice ​ ○ Extraordinary Ways - One Word ​ ○ Extraordinary Ways - Extraordinary Way ​ ○ Holoscenic - Kill The Fear ​ ○ Reasons To Disturb - Under The Gun ​ ○ *Reasons To Disturb - Inside My Haunted Head ​ ● Sunscreem ○ Ten Mile Bank - Catch ​ ○ Ten Mile Bank - Summertime Velvet Girl ​ ○ *Ten Mile Bank - Please Save Me (Sunscreem V Push) ​ ​ ● Florence + The Machine ○ Ceremonials - Heartlines ​ ○ How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful ​ ○ Lungs - Dog Days Are Over ​ ○ Lungs - Drumming Song ​ "Soft" trance / Electronica ● Solar Fields ○ Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (OST) ○ Movements - Sol ​ ○ Movements - The Road to Nothingness ​ ○ RED - Jeezlh ​ ● Rameses B ○ Reborn - Years From Now ​ Other ● Trifonic ○ *Emergence - Lies ​ ○ Emergence - Broken ​ ○ Ninth Wave - Ninth Wave ​ ○ Ninth Wave - Forget ​ ● Robert Miles (Rest In Peace - This is the artist who I credit with my interest in music in ​ ​ the first place. I didn’t listen to music until I heard Robert Miles’ Dreamland. I credit this man for giving me a love of music) ○ Dreamland - Children ​ ○ Dreamland - Fable ​ ○ 23 am - Freedom ​ ○ *23 am - Full Moon ​ ○ Organik - Separation ​ ○ Organik - Trance Shapes ​ ● Safari Duo ○ Episode II - Played-A-Live ​ ○ Helele ○ Safri Duo 3.5 - Prelude ​ ● ERA ○ The Essential - The Mass ​ ○ The Essential - Enae Volare ​ ○ *The Mass - Don’t You Forget ​ ○ The Mass - Voxifera ​ ● Mittsies ○ Equilibrium - Ventus ​ ○ Tandem - Departure ​ ○ Tandem - Omitted ​ ● Zircon ○ Antigravity - Antigravity ​ ○ Identity Sequence - Neurobazaar ​ ○ Identity Sequence - Colossus ​ ○ Impulse Prime - Severe Reaction (this was my phone’s ringtone for a time) ​ ​ ○ Mass Media Constant - Star Trails ​ ● Lindsey Stirling ○ Electric Daisy Violin ● Yanni ○ Reflections of Passion - Reflections of Passion ​ ○ Live At the Acropolis - Acroyali & Standing in Motion ​ ● Nine Seconds ○ That Perfect Beat Will Tear Us Apart - Ricky’s Hand ​ ○ That Perfect Beat Will Tear Us Apart - 19 ​ ○ That Perfect Beat Will Tear Us Apart - Lie To Me ​ ● Toby Emerson ○ Exodus - Blue Star ​ ○ Exodus - Sleepless ​ ● Bond ○ Born - Victory ​ ● Liquid Divine ○ Interface - 9 to 5 ​ Compilations (that don't fall under one artist, like Armin Van Buuren's "A State Of Trance" or ​ Above & Beyond's "Anjunabeats") ● In Search Of Sunrise 1 - 16 (Album 7 is special in that it has many of the best songs!) ○ 6 - Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap) ​ ○ *7 - Blossom ​ ○ 7 - Crossroads ​ ○ 7 - Wounded Soul ​ ○ 7 - Something For Your Mind ​ ○ 7 - Tanz Der Seele ​ ○ *11 - Running On Empty ​ ○ 13.5 - Watching The Lights Go Down ​ ● That Trance Mix 2.0 (This album is both cursed and blessed. It contains many of my all-time favorite songs - but I have lost the physical CD at least 4 times and have re-purchased it every time. Also, this album carried me through a one-week 50-mile hike) ○ *Ligaya ​ ○ Reload ○ Proceed ○ *The End ​ ● Trance Party (Volume Two) ○ Heaven ○ Light A Rainbow ○ Feel The Beat ○ Is This Love? ● Radical Techno 5 ○ Picotto - Komodo ​ ○ C.J Stone - Infinity ​ ○ Darude - Sandstorm ​ ● Radikal Techno Vol. 4 ○ SM Trax - Got The Groove ​ Soundtracks ● Borderlands 3 ○ Moxxi’s Heist DLC - The Compactor Will Junk You ​ ● Mass Effect 2 ○ Tali ● Majora's Mask (Theophany) (Nintendo 64’s Majora’s Mask holds a special emotional place in my heart. No matter how hard you try, you cannot save everyone from their terrible fate. But you can still try.) ○ *Terrible Fate ​ ○ *Time’s End ​ ○ *(From Game) - Final Hours ​ ● Tetrisphere OST (N64) ​ ● Two Worlds - Siege of Cathalon ​ ● NieR:Automata - This Cannot Continue ​ ● *Homeworld - Kharak is Burning - Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings ​ ● *Starcraft - Death of the Overmind ​ Standalone ● Gouryella - Ligaya ​ ● Burning Room - Loving Caliber ​ ● *Mother Mother - Forever And A Bit ​ ● League of Legends - Dark Star Thresh ​ ● *Gary Jules - Mad World ​ ● *Tetris Effect ​ ● You Spin Me Round ● *Legacy ​ ● *Tristam & Braken - Frame of Mind ​ .