“All around us, music evolves into what we call…emotions.” So quotes one of the greatest trance songs I have had the pleasure of experiencing. For quite some time now, I have searched far and wide for music that really speaks to me, not only in a lyrical sense, but as a spiritual sermon. To truly feel emotion from an artist’s work, is an experience that even the most knowledgeable writer has trouble finding words to describe. Immediately upon the introduction of a true masterpiece, the listener is swept away as if a massive tidal wave of feeling had struck them from behind. Every minute of the set is like taking one breath defying lunge into a space in time that is only accessible to that individual.

Throughout history, many great musicians have blessed this world with their amazing abilities, but only one stands out above all others in my heart, George Acosta. Acosta has created numerous works since he first stepped into the Trance scene, and every compact disc he has released has been one magnificent journey after another. Three of my favorites, not to lead anyone to believe that one is better than the other, include: Awake, Release A.M. Edition, and Release P.M. Edition.

I have not always been a fan of Trance. It was not until recent years that I began to enjoy and appreciate what has become my part of Heaven. It was Acosta’s talents that revealed the truth to me. Hearing P.M. Edition was the first time I had ever felt indescribable emotions seemingly sparked by each note that passed through the bearings of my ear drums. Each rise and fall of the bass and treble is like a story being told so thoroughly, that at times, I lose the true sense of reality and am awakened in a new and monumental world of love, peace, and ecstasy.

I soon had an epiphany; I had found my haven. A means of which to escape this hellish world in which my life is intertwined. Time and time again, I felt myself compelled to hear this fantastic revolution of sound. I could not hear it enough. But to hear and feel music are two separate concepts that clearly are not the same. The more I subjected myself to it, the more I realized that my mind and spirit had grown from what it once was, and I had become truly enlightened on what it meant to feel emotion sparked from music. Several times in this album I am so drawn into the music that all negativity and pain seem to depart from me in massive waves of magnitude. Every moment of this album is clearly meant to stimulate the mind into a frenzy of emotional delight. It is splendidly arranged as to tell a story to the listener. A story that is truly significant and different for each individual.

After many weeks of listening and feeling new insight from this album, I believed it to be untouchable; however, I was once again drawn into an even greater experience, Release A.M. Edition. This album was released after P.M. to signify Acosta’s vision of music as it appears at night and during the day. This testimony almost seemed to be the next step forward on some unseen, brilliantly choreographed path to a world that stretches beyond our own. Every breath taken during this uplifting and admirable work of genius is the equivalent to shedding a tear of joy. Many times, Acosta unleashes a barrage of rhythm that embraces the mind and alters conscience into a new deified state.

Several of the songs are so powerful and meaningful, that it seems as if an invisible force drives me to relive the experience over and over again. The album introduces a new world in which no dawn, rules, or pain exists, “Only dancing in the dark.” I believe the conclusion of this message is meant to compel the listener to do away with judgment and selfish desires to gain a world filled with happiness. Happiness that entices everyone to get up and dance. It is said that Heaven is a place of absolute joy and pleasure, and is void of any wrongful acts and pain. Perhaps the true meaning behind this album is that a heaven does exist and we should all be compelled to be apart of it.

Against all odds, Acosta managed to once again captivate millions of people, including myself, with the release of Awake. From the beginning of this fabulous album, I once again transgressed into a higher state of conscience. Every aspect of this masterpiece is truly beyond any words. As each song becomes another, my emotions rise and fall in sync with the music. This album contains the essence of many different realms of feeling. It has made me feel happiness, doubt, hope, and at the same time, seemingly free of all burden in such a manner that my heart feels light enough to float away in ecstasy. As the sound rises, the gates of emotion open widely to allow everything to flow out. I am overwhelmed with an uncontrollable desire to dance and be free. There is no sense of self-loathing, animosity, or judgment. Every thing around me seems to have a purpose that is of the most intriguing design ever conceived by one individual.

This album truly establishes hope for a better tomorrow, the revelation that we are the future, a strong desire to forgive the wrongs of others, and to make a positive change in yourself and everything around you. So much is said with a small number of words and the collection of heart warming, mind altering, spiritually awakening sounds. So powerful are the few lyrics expressed in this album, that I often sit in amazement contemplating the origin of such brilliance, for they are words compiled in such a way that it seems that only God could have arranged them in the order they are spoken. This album has had a huge impact on my life, and I am thankful for every minute I am able to experience it.

Throughout my experience, I have become firmly convinced that the birth of this man and the development of Trance are truly a gift from God. Few things have ever affected my life in the way Acosta and Trance have. The way he speaks to me though his music is something I only wish everyone could experience. All too often, I have felt the cold steel of life crashing down around me, but now that I have found the most powerful means of meditation and happiness for myself, I have yet to be placed into a position in which hope seemed to dissipate. For these three albums, and all of the others from so many great minds and hearts, I am truly thankful. And for the emotions I have felt from them, I am left with only one desire, that everyone has the opportunity to hear the magnificent sounds and lyrics that make Trance.