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N-Trance

N-Trance   (UK)

EuroDance group
Added : 20/11/2001
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Electronic Pleasure
Happy Hour
Best Of
The Mind Of The Machine
Turn Up The Power
Set You Free
Stayin' Alive
Electronic Pleasure
(Just) Let It Go
D.I.S.C.O.
The Mind of The Machine
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy ?
Broken Dreams
Paradise City
Tears In The Rain
Shake Ya Body
Set You Free 2001
Set You Free 2002
Forever
Destiny
I'm In Heaven
Nothing Lasts Forever
Set You Free 2009
Is This Love
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Latest N-Trance news

30/01/2020 : Sam Ryder (who already covered the song some time ago) and N-Trance plan to release a reboot of Set You Free on February 2nd

18/11/2019 : N-Trance's hit Set You Free was covered by Sam Ryder

09/11/2016 : N-Trance was featured by CVA on single Only Love (Set You Free).

21/06/2014 : N-Trance announced that after summer weeks holidays they would record their new album.

06/02/2013 : N-Trance published on their Soundcloud a preview of their new song Higher without any drum and bass.

02/07/2012 : N-Trance announced that the Freeloaders electro mix of Stayin' Alive, first planned for their Australia tour only, would be getting a digital release as soon as it would be finished.

08/12/2011 : N-Trance offers you a free phone melody for your iPhone or for other phones that can use mp3's as alert tones.

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N-Trance albums

Electronic Pleasure Electronic Pleasure 16th Nov 1995
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Happy Hour Happy Hour 20th Apr 1998
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Best Of Best Of 2002
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The Mind Of The Machine The Mind Of The Machine Mar 2009
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N-Trance singles

Turn Up The Power Turn Up The Power 28th Mar 1994  
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Set You Free Set You Free 20th Apr 1994  
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Stayin' Alive Stayin' Alive 1st Aug 1995  
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Electronic Pleasure Electronic Pleasure 2nd Nov 1995  
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(Just) Let It Go (Just) Let It Go (Italy only) 1996  
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D.I.S.C.O. D.I.S.C.O. 16th Apr 1997  
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The Mind of The Machine The Mind of The Machine (feat. Steven Berkoff) Aug 1997  
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Da Ya Think I'm Sexy ? Da Ya Think I'm Sexy ? (feat. Rod Stewart) 20th Oct 1997  
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Broken Dreams Broken Dreams 12th Mar 1998  
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Paradise City Paradise City 2nd Jun 1998  
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Tears In The Rain Tears In The Rain 15th Dec 1998  
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Shake Ya Body Shake Ya Body (Japan) 21st Jun 2000  
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Set You Free 2001 Set You Free 2001 11th Oct 2001  
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Set You Free 2002 Set You Free 2002 7th Jan 2002  
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Forever Forever 1st Oct 2002  
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Destiny Destiny Mar 2003  
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I'm In Heaven I'm In Heaven 2004  
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Nothing Lasts Forever Nothing Lasts Forever 2009  
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Set You Free 2009 Set You Free 2009 2009  
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Is This Love Is This Love 2010  
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N-Trance remixes

Electronic Pleasure Electronic Pleasure 1996  
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Set You Free (Spencer & Hill Remix) Set You Free (Spencer & Hill Remix) 4th Apr 2017  
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Set You Free (Jase Thirlwall Remix) Set You Free (Jase Thirlwall Remix) 30th Jan 2020  
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N-Trance biography

Vocals : Kelly Llorenna, Gillian Wisdom, Rachel McFarlane, Jerome Stokes, David Grant (and his choir)
Rappers : Ricardo Da Force, T-1 K

N-Trance was founded by Dale Longworth and Kevin O'Toole ; back in 1991 they met at Oldham College in Greater Manchester whilst studying on a sound engineering course.They decided to form a band which went through a variety of names (including Quartech) before ending up with N-Trance.

In late 1991 they came to the attention of some local labels and, after a little deliberation, plumped for PWL-off shoot 380 Records (now Eastern Bloc Records) in January 1992. Following a frustrating year without a commercial release (their first song Back To The Bass was never released, due to sample clearance issue), they got out of that deal and eventually signed to AATW (All Around The World) in September 1993. By this point, they had developed their live shows and were gaining popularity.

Their first release was Set You Free, a song inspired by a big night out at the Manchester nightclub the Hacienda, when Kevin hugged a random lady. Kelly Llorenna was only 16 when she recorded the vocals. She remembers Kevin and Dale coming into her college and asking if anyone sung, and everyone replying "Kelly sings!'', before heading to Kevin's bedroom studio and doing a vocal demo. For Kelly, her vocals "captured that childhood moment in time. It was just me and five lads in a transit van going up to Belfast or Glasgow every week, playing the song for petrol money."

The video cost only £ 5,000. The song reached #82 in the national chart. It was re-released in April '94 when it peaked at #39 - at last a top 40 hit, and that was thought to be the end of Set You Free.

Turn Up The Power was brought out in October of the same year and went straight into the national chart at 23. Featuring the superb voice of Loveland vocalist Rachel McFarlane and raps by T1-K, Turn Up The Power really established them as a band who make quality music. It also served to re-awaken interest in Set You Free which was re-released in January of last year. Upon its third release Set You Free really did fly into the charts, debuting at #6, it eventually peaked at #2 - selling a massive 600 000 units in the UK. It was, in fact, the sixth biggest selling single of the year and elevated them to new heights with success across the world including top 20 status in Europe and Australia.

Having a hit of the proportions of Set You Free did present a problem : the follow-up single really did have to be something special. Stayin' Alive featured Ricardo Da Force - formerly of the KLF. When he heard the demo for Stayin' Alive, Ricardo thought it was a track that he had to do. Upon its release in the UK it debuted at #2 - which gave some indication of how strongly it was anticipated by N-Trance's rapidly expanding fan-base and the general public alike. Internationally, Stayin Alive was one of the biggest UK exports of 1995, reaching #1 in Australia and being top 5 in almost every country of the world.

In November 1995, N-Trance's long awaited debut album, Electronic Pleasure, was finally available. It comprised 12 tracks including all the singles. The album did go a little deeper than just being three or four singles packaged with eight fillers; every track was there on merit.

People have commented on how the three singles released so far were differed from each other - the Euro-style Turn Up The Power, 140 bpm breakbeat Set You Free and the groove of Stayin' Alive. The variation of styles continued on the album, but all tracks had the common theme of being great songs (especially the tracks (Just) Let It Go, Do You Wanna Rock and I Will Take You There). Other artists featured on the album included the multi-talented David Grant and his choir; one of the World's best saxophonist's Snake Davis, the female vocalist Gillian Wisdom and the superb ex-Love Decade vocalist Jerome Stokes.

Their next single was Electronic Pleasure - the title track. Once again featuring the raps of Ricardo Da Force and the vocals of Gillian Wisdom it was another superb euro single, probably their best ever, and an obvious smash to follow the success of the three previous hits. It reached #11 in the UK chart. The video, shot in a freezing cold morgue in a disused mental hospital, featured a World War II army tank.

In 1995 N-Trance also made remix for the single Do You Wanna Party of DJ Scott featuring Lorna B.

In 1997 they were back with a single called D.I.S.C.O. a real disco groove in 90's style (the music reminded a track of the Compagnie Creole but it was originally sung by Ottawan in 1980). The raps were done by Ricardo Da Force. Then came The Mind of the Machine with vocals by Kelly Llorenna, also featuring voice-over by the Brit actor Steven Berkof, which entered top 20. The actor, mostly known for his performances in villainous roles, admitted that he accepted the contribution only because "you have to go wherever you can to pay the mortgage". In September 1997 they released a cover of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (a cover of Rod Stewart's hit), a song in the same style and concept as their old cover hit Stayin' Alive. Rod Steward did the vocals himself, duet with Ricardo as rapper.

N-Trance released a single in March 1998 called Broken Dreams (an adaptation of Mr. Misters song Broken Wings). N-Trance also finally released the album Happy Hour, containing all the newest hits, a total of 11 songs, unfortunately very far from Eurodance.

Later in 1998 N-Trance released a cover of the Guns'n'Roses hit Paradise City (with Ricardo Da Force and Kelly Llorenna). Their last original single so far was called Tears In The Rain (a duet of Kelly Lorenna with Jerome Stokes). They also did a tour in Australia with with rap legends Run DMC

2000 : they released a cover of Michael Jackson's Shake Ya Body (Down On The Ground) featuring the rapper Lee Woolfe and as usual Kelly Llorenna. This would be the last N-Trance single featuring male rap.

In October 2001, N-Trance released a remix of Set You Free : it contained remixes by Rob Searle, Voodoo & Serano, BM Dubs and Tidy Trax.

One year later, they released a Best of album which was hugely successful. Then in September 2002, they released a brand new single featuring the voice of Kelly Llorenna : Forever, which was pretty succesful. The video was shot at Camelaird Shipyard in Birkenhead, inside one of the biggest warehouses in the country

2003 : Destiny was the name of their following single, once again with Kelly Llorenna, it scored another top 40 hit. Produced by Michael Menke (who produced some videos for Scooter), video was shot entirely on location in Mallorca. During 2003 a new studio was built and work began on their third studio album, Nightfall originally planned for spring 2004. The same year, in September, they produced a track for the singer Karen Parry.

2004 : N-trance were back with a new female vocalist, called Gillian Tennant (ex Q-tex vocalist). The new single is entitled I'm In Heaven. Original title was planned to be "You're in heaven" but it sounded too much like "urine heaven" so they changed it.

2005 : N-trance producers were behind the project Freeloaders and their single So Much Love To Give. It entered Top 10 in the UK and Top 50 in Germany. Their dancer Lee Limer did a quick appearance in the TV show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

2006 : On 8th October N-Trance recorded their new single entitled Nothing Lasts Forever. The following moth, they performed it for the first time in Liverpool. It was planned for release as promo in 2007.

The team planned to finish the previously uncompleted album The Mind Of The Machine. They promised a limited run of CDs, but also be a release as a download. It would only feature vocals by members of N-Trance between 1996 and 1998. After this has been done they plan to start a new N-Trance album from scratch, and the old songs that we released that weren't on any previous albums won't be included. They explain that album could be a bit darker than usual, and that they are "tempted to go back to their roots and do a big beat piano style album".

2007 : in February, some new tracks were recorded : As The Sun Goes Down, a dance song, and When Tomorrow Comes, a slow romantic song. No date for a new single however...

2008 : N-trance team were the resident DJ for Clubland Ibiza this Summer, so there will be Kelly Llorenna singing in there quite regularly.

2009 : the producers presented the new performers team who would front the project : the new vocalist Lynsey-Jane Barrow joined the former members T-1K and Lee Limer, the original dancer and showman from the infamous stage performances back in the early 90’s. Album The Mind Of The Machine finally out, as a digital self-release.

2010 : N-Trance released a new single entitled Is This Love, featuring their new vocalist Lynsey Jane Barrow. The name of the forthcoming album is Brainstorm. In October Joe Cox, one of their former dancers, passed away. N-Trance nowadays are Kevin O'Toole, Rachel, MCB and DJ Junior K.

2013 : Ricardo died in Barbados during the night of March 8th from brain haemmorrage

2014 : N-Trance announced that after summer weeks holidays they would record their new album, but nothing was released.

2024 : N-Trance is still touring, with vocalists Rachel Chambers and Tricia McTeague, rappers MC B and Jay McCurdy, and the DJ Junior K

Remixes done by N-trance :

Divine Inspiration - The Way (Jan 2003)
DJ Scott featuring Lorna B - Do You Wanna Party
Dreamhouse - Stay (June 1995)
Jeff Wayne - Forever Autumn (April 2000)
Kelly Llorenna - Brighter Day (Nov 2002)
Mix Factory - Take Me Away (Paradise)
Trinity X - Forever (October 2002)
Scooter - Posse (Nov 2002), Weekend (Jan 2003)
Q-Tex - The Power Of Love (March 2003)
Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes (April 2003)

N-Trance official Website
N-trance at AATW
Thanks to Mheidi, Tavi Meran, Anton “MC Ka$per” Skaletsky, Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkine, and Nico

N-Trance biography was last updated Fri, March 1st 2024

Charts (singles)

Australia Austria Belgium Finland France Netherlands New Zealand Norway Sweden Switzerland UK USA
Turn Up The Power #23
Set You Free #11 #61 #9 #15 #18 #2
Stayin' Alive #1 #5 #6 #2 #4 #12 #3 #5 #5 #2 #2 #62
Electronic Pleasure #23 #58 #11
D.I.S.C.O. #29 #10 #82 #11
The Mind of The Machine #15
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy ? #3 #9 #10 #5 #33 #23 #1 #10 #15 #21 #7
Broken Dreams #43
Paradise City #35 #4 #40 #28
Tears In The Rain #53
Shake Ya Body #37
Set You Free 2001 #61 #80 #4
Forever #6
Destiny #37
I'm In Heaven #46
Nothing Lasts Forever #127
Set You Free 2009 #99


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