About Trance Life
Dancefloor memories deserve more than a disappearing post.
Trance Life documents the artists, sounds and moments that continue to move Israel's trance and dance culture.
Trance Life is an independent bilingual magazine born from a love of classic trance and dance music, and from the belief that the local scene deserves thoughtful, lasting coverage.
We publish event reports, artist stories and original interviews. Our aim is to connect Israeli audiences with the artists who shaped their soundtrack while building an accessible archive for readers outside Israel.
Trance Life is not owned by a particular promoter, venue or artist. Commercial collaborations will be clearly disclosed, and editorial opinion will remain independent.
Editorial approach
What matters to us
People behind the music
Beyond the line-up: the choices, influences and stories behind artists and productions.
Memory with context
Nostalgia is a starting point. We ask why this music still matters and what it means to audiences today.
Accuracy and transparency
We distinguish firsthand impressions, promoter information and independently sourced facts.
Local stories, international reach
English coverage helps Israeli dance culture meet artists and readers around the world.
The editor
Behind Trance Life
Music was always present in my home. First there were records, then cassettes, CDs and, eventually, files passed from person to person long before streaming made everything instantly available.
When I was nine, my family travelled to the Netherlands to visit relatives. In an Amsterdam record shop, I listened to an unfamiliar record and decided to take it home. Years later, I realised that this was probably the real starting point: Jam & Spoon – Stella. Before that, the most energetic records we had at home were by Boney M., including the hits Ma Baker, Daddy Cool and Sunny.
That discovery led to closely following the Saturday MTV charts. I connected the stereo, recorded tracks and shared them with friends. At eleven, with a double-cassette deck, a mixer, lighting equipment and gear my father helped transport, a friend and I DJed our first birthday party in a neighbourhood shelter.
At fifteen, I enrolled in a DJ course at a local radio station, where one of my teachers was none other than DJ Choopie. My first professional player was a Denon DN-2500F, paired with a Vestax mixer. The CDs and tracks kept accumulating, and gigs moved from bars to larger clubs.
Military service paused the DJing for several years, and I moved to the other side of the booth: the dancefloor. The connection to music never disappeared. I visited parties around the world and kept chasing that moment when a familiar track meets a crowd again.
At the beginning of 2025, my daughter asked for and received a DJ controller for her birthday, and wanted me to teach her. Everything returned quickly: the mixing, the curiosity and the energy that had been waiting quietly for years. Reconnecting with promoters and people in the scene followed naturally.
I have not officially returned to a party DJ booth yet, but that moment will come. For now, Trance Life is how I tell the story from the audience's point of view: more intimate parties, major international names who arrive without arena-sized productions, and unforgettable nights that do not always receive the attention they deserve.
I. Zohar, Founder and Editor of Trance Life