New DJ Hero 2 DLC adds 'Trance Anthems' today

If you're looking for a rhythm gaming experience that can elevate your consciousness to a higher state of being, your best shot is a new DLC pack for FreeStyleGames' DJ Hero 2. The "Trance Anthems" pack contains three mashed-up jams containing samples from techno masterminds such as Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold and Armin Van Buuren.

The tracks are available as a package deal today on 360 and PS3 for 640 Microsoft Points ($8), or separately on the Wii version of the game for 300 Wii Points a pop. Break out your glowsticks, and check out the track list and a couple of demo videos after the break!

"For An Angel" by Paul Van Dyk vs. "9PM Till I Come" by ATB
"Not Over" by Paul Oakenfold ft. Ryan Tedder
"Punk" by Ferry Corsten vs. "Imagine" Armin Van Buuren

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DJ HERO 2 MIX LIST CONTINUES TO EXPAND FOR THE BEST SOUNDTRACK IN ENTERTAINMENT

Three New Mixes Featuring Music from World-Renowned Dance Artists Paul Oakenfold,
Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren and More Available Now

London, UK – 18th January, 2011 – Budding beat chemists, singing sensations and their friends who have picked up DJ Hero 2 can keep the party going by expanding "the best soundtrack of any music game"* with the Trance Anthems Mix Pack, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced. Available beginning today, the pack features three new exclusive downloadable mixes with music from some of the hottest acts in electronic music including dance music icons Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren. The Trance Anthems Mix Pack will bring pulse pounding beats to virtual DJs everywhere with:

Trance Anthems Mix Pack (available starting today, 18th January):
"Imagine" by Armin van Buuren Mixed With "Punk" by Ferry Corsten
"Not Over" by Paul Oakenfold ft. Ryan Tedder (Remix by FSG)
"9PM (Till I Come)" by ATB Mixed With "For An Angel" by Paul van Dyk

The Trance Anthem Mix Pack is available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 640 Microsoft Points; and on the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system for £6.29. All mixes are available now as downloadable singles for Wii for 300 Wii Points.

Reader Comments (17)

way to play it safe with the big names... i would like to see some Aston Shuffle, Boys Noize, Hook n Sling and Afrojack. Emphasis on Aston Shuffle, my fav DJ(s) at the moment.

btw, Mau5's new album was bad. just sayin

@PR0F3TA You got that right about Deadmou5. I had impossibly high expectations anyway. The cd sits nice and pretty next to the Tron Legacy soundtrack.

Uhm.... ATB is not Trance. His name does not belong up with Van Buuren, Van Dyke or Oakenfold. ATB was a 2-hit Wonder. Just saying....

@EMaster your an idiot.

@EMaster
You are correct.

@EMaster

WTF is wrong with you.

@EMaster ATB is Trance. Trance is a music type not a set standered, it has MANY MANY different variations like Hard trance, Pop Trance, Psychedelic Trance, Goa Trance, Progressive Trance and Tech trance. Just because that artist/Dj does not fall under the type of trance you like does not mean thay are not Trance.

Lovely tracks - but too expensive.

Sorry DJ Hero too little too late, I wanted to get this game but all those rap and R&B songs sucked. Ok maybe not all, but listening to the great majority of them was enough to turn me off. My friend tells me all the electronica is at the end, but I'm not will to go through all that other awful stuff.

@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

i actually thought the hip hop/rap songs were the best mixed in this game and that the electro/ techno songs were mixed horribly.... especially with the random scratching sounds and don't forget the annoying as$ "CHEAAA BOOOOOYY"

Those are all awesome songs, but I absolutely hate how they're mixed. Scratching and audio cut-outs do not belong in trance songs.. to me, the whole idea of trance is for it to be fluid.

In both of those videos, the mixes sound great when they're not being ripped to shreds by pointless effects.

@Morgon Agreed. It's strange to hear the entirety of the 9PM Til I Come riff used as a tantalizer/payoff. It's interesting in a way, but it's also tiring. It's not a bad mix for some purposes, but I think I'd rather listen to the original.

@Morgon

You, sir, hit the nail on the head. I like lots of electronica, including trance, but the trance songs on DJ Hero 2 are by far the worst. The mixes aren't good (nor do they sound like something a trance DJ would do) and worse, they're boring to play. The Tiesto ones consist mostly of tapping the three buttons to a 4/4 beat. It just isn't as exciting as even the Kanye West mixes. (To be clear, I think Kanye's new stuff stinks, but the mix with DJ Shadow is pretty awesome).

deadmau5?

I'm down with the new tracks, but the mashups aren't of a similar quality to the original offerings on DJ Hero... guess that's what happens when you don't keep A Trak on for your dlc?

james holden is the only "trance" DJ i can really get into. i say "trance" because i know there are some elitists who would probably get on my ass about classifying him as such, but hey i don't really care. i'm a d&b fan and am thoroughly pleased that that particular genre hasn't been represented in either of the DJ Hero games. i'll leave that to GTA III, the last real game to feature an entire radio station dedicated to moving shadow.

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New DJ Hero 2 DLC adds 'Trance Anthems' today

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