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Stadium Anthem "Deine Stimme" by Marc de Simon
2008-08-16

Right for the start of Germany's 1st national soccer league this weekend: the stadium anthem Marc de Simon – "Deine Stimme" is out now! Available on Musicload, AOL Musikdownloads, Jamba, iTunes, several DJ download portals and many more download stores around the world.

New stadium anthem of Germany's national league soccer team Karlsruher SC (KSC) for season 2008/2009. The theme is performed by trance artist Marc de Simon, who had the idea of this anthem. A friend of Marc de Simon lately arranged, that this track will be played frequently at the homebase of the KSC – the stadium called "Karlsruher Wildparkstadion" – from now on.

Check out the release in our MySpace player:
http://www.myspace.com/portautrance

Marc de Simon on MySpace:
http://http://www.myspace.com/marcdesimon

Available in stores as follows:
Musicload, AOL Musikdownloads, Jamba Musik, mp3.de, Media Markt Musikdownloads, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon.com, LIBRO.at Musik Downloads, TrackItDown.net, Juno Download, DJdownload.com, Ministry of Sound Download, DJMR Beatport, Play.com, lala.com, Global Groove Digital and many more ...

Donny Walsh's "Paguera Beachwalk Chillout EP" out now!
2008-07-21

Donny Walsh's chill-trance experiment "Paguera Beachwalk Chillout EP" is out now! Available on iTunes, Beatport, Amazon.com, JUNO Downloads, eMusic, Musicload and many more download stores around the world.

Donny Walsh, the Hamburg based producer of trance and progressive trance now serves his first chill-out/chill-trance release. It's not a too far step from sounds like trance pads to relaxing chill-out atmospheres. Donny Walsh has always been fascinated of the idea to produce chill-out in a simbiosis with trance, and now he makes his vision come true.

Check out the release in our MySpace players:
http://www.myspace.com/portautrance
http://www.myspace.com/donnywalshside

Available in stores as follows: iTunes Beatport TrackItDown.net Juno Download Amazon.com eMusic Musicload digital-tunes.net DJTunes.com Global Groove Digital and many more ...

Donny Walsh - Debut Single "Kinetic Combine/Versatyle" out now!
2008-06-30

The debut single Donny Walsh – "Kinetic Combine/Versatyle" is out now! Available on Beatport, TrackItDown, JUNO Downloads, DanceRecords.com, eMusic, DJTunes.com, Musicload and many more download stores around the world.

Donny Walsh, producer of trance, progressive trance and chillout music, lives in Hamburg/Germany. Influenced by trance music, especially of the period from 1992-1996, he starts DJing in the mid-90s. All the time he has his focus on tunes with very emotional melodies and getting forward beats. In the first years he is impressed by artists like Legend-B, Jam & Spoon and Cosmic Baby or stuff from the Eye-Q label. Later on tracks by BT and Ferry Corsten inspire him to create his own music and he becomes a producer. Now his output is ripe for release, debuting with his first double a-side single "Kinetic Combine/Versatyle".

Check out the release in our MySpace players:
http://www.myspace.com/portautrance
http://www.myspace.com/donnywalshside

Available in stores as follows:
Beatport | iTunes | TrackItDown.net | Juno Download | DanceRecords.com | Amazon.com | eMusic | Musicload | digital-tunes.net | DJTunes.com and many more ...

Marc de Simon – "Blend":
Radio Promo through Musik Promotion Network (MPN)
2008-06-09

The trance album "Blend (Recommended by Klubbers Inc. DJ Team)" by Marc de Simon takes place in digital radio and TV promotion since end of last week. Music archives and the hosts of all German radio and TV stations plus stations with programs in German language abroad are receiving promotional pre-listening streams and audio file downloads in broadcast quality right a click away. Furthermore print media and online portals have the ability to pre-listen the audio and to get additional press information.

For this type of communication with the media Port-au-Trance Recordings uses the Musik Promotion Network (MPN). The Musik Promotion Network is a service of the PhonoNet GmbH, which charges a fee for each promoted release. The PhonoNet GmbH, belongs 100% to the Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V., which is an association of the German recording industry. The MPN offers all recording manufacturers to present their releases to the public media, without taking care of address lists and databases and without sending CDs via postal mail.

Marc de Simon-Album "Blend" out now!
2008-05-20

The trance album "Blend (Recommended by Klubbers Inc. DJ Team)" by Marc de Simon is out now! Available on iTunes, Beatport, TrackItDown, JUNO Downloads and many more download stores around the world.

1981 born Simon Theophil is the person behind the producer a.k.a Marc de Simon, who is based in Karlsruhe, Germany. Actually he is an educated software developer, but in 1997 he discovered his interest in music production on his PC. Since that time the achievements in music production software have rapidly increased und meanwhile Marc de Simon has found his own style. In the beginning of the year 2004 he got to know further DJs and producers of the German music scene like the Klubbers Inc. DJ-Team, DJ Mindforce or PI-Factor. 2005 Marc de Simon has his break-through with songs like "Rainbow Sky", "China 2005" and "Stars". The album "Blend" is a current draft of his latest works. A lot of the titles contained on this album have been picked for the tops of their playlists from Klubbers Inc. DJ-Team and many other DJs worldwide, therefore this album is recommended to all lovers of best club trance.

iTunes
eMusic
Beatport
TrackItDown.net
Juno Download
DJ Download
Play.com
akuma.de
Humpty Records
Web-Records
more shops to come...

New Marc de Simon Album - "Blend" coming soon!
2008-05-18

New Marc de Simon Album - "Blend" coming soon! Pls. check out our MySpace Player for teaser track "Stars". Watch out for more tracks within the next days...

http://www.myspace.com/portautrance



DJ Promotion Run for Starbeat – "Go Big (You 'n' Me)"
2008-05-16

The DJ promotion for Starbeat's track "Go Big (You 'n' Me)" has started on May 14th, 2008. "Go Big (You 'n' Me)" is the tune from Sony Ericsson's presenter advertising, which surrounds Germany's casting show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS)" (5th season) and features the W890i mobile phone.

Our partner label hi-hat Records and the DJ promotion agency www.plattenmann.de are promoting the extended club remix to all club DJs right now. Plattenmann.de, founded 1995 by Jörg Böhm, is a well-known agency for DJ promotion and dance marketing and is the issuer of one of Germany's most favourite dance charts "Deutsche DJ Charts (DDJC)".

If you are a resident or booking DJ, if you are frequently spinning in clubs and on events, and you are interested in receiving a promotional mp3 of this release, please go to:

http://www.plattenmann.de/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22
to download the application form or click:

http://www.plattenmann.de/web/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=40
to contact the Plattenmann.de team directly.


Check out the tune in our MySpace player:
http://www.myspace.com/portautrance

Song from Sony Ericsson DSDS casting show campaign released
2008-05-10
"Deutschland sucht den Superstar" or abbreviated "DSDS" is Germany's version of the US television casting show "American Idol". Meanwhile in the 5th season the finals of the 2008 castings are running, this time with Dieter Bohlen, Anja Lukaseder and Bär Läsker in the judging panel. The casting show is presented by Sony Ericsson, which is announced by a special presenter ad (slogan "Ich & meine Musik") in the beginning of a show and after each commercial break. The music, that is used in the sound bed of this presenter ad, is much requested in several internet forums and record dealers were even investigating the phone number of the music producer, asking for a solution to order the single.

Now our partner label hi-hat Records has acted, signed the tune under the artist and title Starbeat – "Go Big (You 'n' Me)" and released it on all regular download stores, such as iTunes, Musicload, AOL Downloads, Napster, mp3.de, TrackItDown, Juno Downloads, djtunes.com and many others ... The download single is available now, an extended club mix is promoted to DJs right now and can be purchased in a few days as well.

Check out the tune in our MySpace player:
http://www.myspace.com/portautrance

More info:
http://sonyericsson-dsdsblog.de/
http://www.rtl.de/musik/superstar_945560.php

Rapture Of The Deep "Essentials"-Album released
2006-09-12
Rapture Of The Deep is a project of the composer and sound designer Fabian Del Priore. Actually Fabian Del Priore is a developer in demand of soundtracks/scores for computer games. Besides epic or rock themes such composers are also in touch with club and trance music. Now this guy from Frankfurt brings us with Rapture Of The Deep's "Essentials" his personal imagination of club trance coupled with dramaticly set chill-out tracks and electronic breaks. A highly explosive mixture, that will take us into a "rapture of the deep"... Download now available at iTunes, Musicload, Beatport, and many others...
Kick-Off for DJ-Promotion for The New Bass Fantasy Single
2006-08-25
Two new trance hymns from the area of northern Germany, for which the DJ promotion for all registered DJs has begun via Jörg Böhm's promotion agency www.plattenmann.de. Bass Fantasy's "Movin'" is a phat trance track and "We Need a Hard Core" bangs also with a nice happy piano hookline and some break beats. This project, which originally arose from a techno workshop of northern-german DJs and producers, will cater for more attention in future. Now also available at iTunes, Musicload, Beatport, and many others...
Klubbers Productions presents: Me Gusta Club Trance Vol. 1
2006-04-11
The Klubbers Productions DJ team frequently rocks the crowd on parties and events, and in such an excessive party mood they sometimes cause chaos and depredation at the DJ booth. They have spun already with a lot of biggies of the DJ scene and have provided greatest trance sound as well on the Dream Dance club tour as on live DJ-sets on "Radio Energy" and "Sunshine live". After several releases and remixes e.g. for Avancada, DJ Cyrus, DJ Teeno + Gavin & Nox or DJ Weichei a lot of DJs and also disco- and party-guests have asked for the productions of the bunch of 5s. Due to so much encouragement this compilation is now on hand and it's available exclusively as download on many music-on-demand portals. The title is predestination, because on this compilation are joined the best club-trance hits of the Klubbers Productions team and a few exclusive, previously unreleased tracks directly from their studios in Karlsruhe. Out now on iTunes, Musicload, mp3.de, plattenladen.tv, djtunes.com, u.v.m.
New Single "Screaming Out" by Ole van Dansk
2006-03-13
The new single by Ole van Dansk – exklusive download availability. With his new single Ole van Dansk walks on new paths and provides warmer, Ibiza-style trance sounds for the first time. Furthermore he serves a groovy electro remix of this track. Now Ole van Dansk performs an evolotion as solo-artist, which has happened at DJs@Work already, of which he is an essential part of. Big club tune on international level. Available right now from: iTunes, Musicload, www.mp3.de, u.v.m.
Apple iTunes Sells Port-au-Trance Repertoire Worldwide as Downloads
2005-10-17
All releases from Port-au-Trance Recordings are now available as downloads worldwide on Apple iTunes. With the aid of the free downloadable iTunes software from Apple all Windows and Mac OS X users and iPod owners can legally choose and download their favourite songs for 0.99 EUR per track or 9.99 EUR per album. It is possible to create multiple audio CDs from or to activate the music files on several computers for listening.
Port-au-Trance Downloads Immediately Available on MP3.de
2005-08-24
Each Rhythm Scan production is now also available on the legal mp3 portal www.mp3.de. Now all tracks e.g. by Ole van Dansk or Todd Kolding, etc. can be purchased on this download platform. The price for a single track is 1.99 EUR. From a total transaction volume of 6.66 EUR or higher the track price is only 1.49 EUR. The payment method is FIRSTGATE Click&Buy (via debit entry on bank account or credit card).
Ole van Dansk – "Massive Trance Collectibles-EP" Exclusively As Download
2005-08-10
Ole van Dansk, reached many chart successes as a member of DJs@Work and won the VIVA Comet 2002 award with this dance act. On solo paths he also had respectable success with his solo-singles "Shining Star" and "How I Wish", which especially caused furore in the canadian and japanese charts. The born Dane proofs, that successful trance may come from Germany as well. With 5 brand-new, exclusively and only as download available tracks on his "Massive Trance Collectibles-EP" Ole van Dansk sets a new mark in the trance scene... This download-EP is in store now here in our download shop and from September on worldwide on Apple's iTunes and many other download platforms.
Todd Kolding – "The Bamboo EP" Released As Download
2005-05-30
A bunch of Todd Kolding's unreleased early 90s productions, which he performed in Dec. 1993 for the first time live at the discotheque BAMBU in Neustadt (Baltic Sea/Germany).

For a complete tracklist pls. check out the menu item "Releases".


Port-au-Trance Starts Download Shop
2005-05-27
On May 27th, 2005 Port-au-Trance Recordings started its first download shop synchronously with its sister label Rhythm Scan Recordings in a temporary test service. In this freshly implemented download shop will be all currently released recordings available. The download shop is integrated as a seperate shop category in the already existing Rhythm Scan online shop and will be gradually extended with further titles until the end of the test period.

The technical solution for this online shop system and the download platform is provided by our partner deeep.net Webservices GmbH and offers labels amongst other features the extraordinary possibility to handle physical media, merchandising items and downloads in one transaction and to clear the order via the payment solution, which is preferred by the customer.