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The latest effort from the Dimapur-based quartet is a masterclass in the catchy and, sometimes, the camp.

A bands debut effort is always a great metric to plot its trajectory, regardless of future outputs, which may be radically different. Its the first real morsel of identity, unveiled to an unsuspecting public, and its a no-brainer to go all in. Some bands exceed it, overshadowing any nuance with pomp and circumstance.

Formed in 2017, Trance Effect have taken their sweet time with releasing material. Save for a couple of singles in 2018 and 19, Clowns is the first concerted effort from the quartet. And it, most certainly, has been worth the wait.

Clocking in at under 20 minutes, Clowns is a very well-assembled selection of songs, capturing a band at its most triumphant and effortless. There are influences from all over the board as one can hear Kate Bush holding hands with Kelly Clarkson; the 80s arm-in-arm with 00s pop-rock. Vocalist Luli Yeptho puts on a clinic from start to finish, her range on full blast adeptly backed by bandmates Sosang, Tako and Imna.

The opener, an instrumental named Of Time Machine and Never Ending Stories, is about as futuristic as this EP goes. It is mixed with delayed synths and a danceable rhythm, moving into EDM territory. Being the shortest song, at a minute and a half, it blends into the titular Clowns. A funky off-kilter guitar hook leads into Lulis soaring refrain of being lost in the crowd.

Lyrically, for anyone looking for something deeper, this EP may fall a bit flat. Schmaltzy musings on unrequited love and being one amongst many are plenty.

Favourite Mistake is one such tune. I mean, the lyrics talk about leaving messages on voicemail, so lets say somethings are simply used for rhyming license. The tune itself is a little anodyne for the most part with its Hoobastank bounce. The chasing after you vocal trill sends a pleasant shudder every time and its perhaps those moments that Trance Effect try to emphasise.

The band isnt trying to do anything game-changing, and that seems to be their strongest suit. The effortlessness adds so much to each songs execution. While everyone gets a little time to shine in each song, the focus is on hooks, on melody. On earworms.

Instrumentally, its all about serving the song. The musicians form a cordon around the vocals, only to supplement and never deviate attention. Take closer More Love. While other tracks had band members taking small flights of fancy; a little hi-hat flourishes here, a little fancy drumroll there; the crosshairs are trained on the hook with Lulis repeated plea of more love, more love. Its a song about new beginnings, scripting a new story.

There are shortcomings, of course. Certain choices are perplexing but not the worst. Took Me a While might be the weakest link on this EP, but only because it plateaus very early on and cant seem to shake it until the track ends. The synth solo, however, does deserve its share of praise..

There are plenty of emotional payoffs, thanks to Lulis vocal endeavours. There are various bands who would have taken their main asset and squeezed every drop out of it, to the point where it becomes all tacky and unlistenable. Bottom line: this is a remarkably listenable EP. The hooks sink themselves into you, till you find yourself humming the refrain from Clowns while making breakfast.

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Review | Clowns by Trance Effect - A Humming Heart

The quarantine period sure has kept all musicians indoors, but not their music. Many of them have been going live, releasing new content and even getting creative with videos. Some are also giving online classes to those who aspire to come out as musicians during and post the lockdown. The Telegraph got in touch with the teachers.

Adil Rashid

Years active: 17

Genre: Guitar and production; modern rock and electronic music

Know the artiste: Adil is currently a professional musician and producer with Underground Authority, Paloma and Adil, Euphoria and many other projects. He is also a guitarist associated with the international brands of Gibson Guitar, USA, and Rotosound Strings, UK.

The lessons: Adil will be doing a series of videos on how to achieve guitar tones on various gear and how to apply those to production. He will touch up on topics like how to compose songs, audio engineering, and tips and tricks to mixing. He will also be breaking down songs from his albums and explain how he composed and mixed them.

When: May 26 onwards

Where: YouTube and Instagram

Fee: None

Connect on: @adil_ rashid_ official (Instagram)

Vinay Daswani aka Bubbleguns

Years active: 11

Genre: Psy-trance on Steinberg Cubase

Know the artiste: Bubbleguns has taken his music abroad by playing in festivals like Freqs of Nature (Germany) and is a mainstay at Masters of Puppets festival in Czech Republic, since 2016. Over the past few years hes also toured across Japan and Australia, apart from widely touring across India, and has been releasing music on prestigious labels such as DSP, Japan, and Pralayah, India.

The lessons: Psy-trance production will cover basic music theory, audio production and sound design fundamentals, arrangement techniques, synthesis, sampling and mixing.

When: Mid-June onwards

Where: Zoom

Fee: On request

Connect on: @vinay_bubbleguns (Instagram)

Bodhisattwa Ghosh

Years active: 18 professionally (2002-present), started playing in 1999

Genre: Jazz, rock, jazz fusion, rock fusion and blues

Know the artiste: Bodhisattwa is a musician who is constantly looking to stretch the boundaries of music. An endorsee of Fender Guitars, USA, and Ernie Ball Guitar Strings, USA, he has worked as a guitar player/composer since 2002 and played in major venues/festivals across the globe in more than 20 countries and collaborated with reputed musicians from around the world and has worked as a guitar player, composer and producer in over 17 albums. Some of the projects he is involved with are The Bodhisattwa Trio, Lakkhichhara and Bodhi.

The lessons: Bodhi has two formats. One is for regular students, which is ongoing and recurring, and the other is a 10-classes comprehensive modular course called A Class Apart, which is customised according to the applicant. All online classes are one-on-one.

When: One session a week per student, according to the students convenience

Where: Zoom and Skype

Fee: Rs 400 per class for regular classes, and a one-time fee of Rs 7,000 for the modular course

Connect on: @bodhi.guitar (Instagram)

Rohan Ganguli

Years active: 20

Genre: Blues, jazz, rock, pop, fusion and more on a guitar

Know the artiste: Rohan has three full-length albums to his name, which includes a solo album called King of Summer, along with three EPs. As a Fender and Ernie Ball artiste, he has travelled with his music within India and abroad, has done studio sessions for several artistes and is currently playing with his blues band, Big Family. Hes also composed for several ad jingles.

The lessons: Flexible guitar lessons.

When: Every morning, 11am onwards

Where: Skype and Facebook Messenger

Fee: On request

Connect on: @rohanganguli (Instagram)

Arinjoy Sarkar

Years active: 15

Genre: Blues, rock n roll and jazz concepts

Know the artiste: Being a blues guitar player and singer, he is the frontman of his band Arinjoy Trio, which won the band hunt at the Mahindra Blues festival in 2018 and also played as a main stage artiste in 2019. He had the honour to share the stage with the likes of Charlie Musselwhite, Beth Hart and Sugaray Rayford. Arinjoy is also a part of the Amyt Datta quartet.

The lessons: Theory, improvisation, playing styles of music such as blues, classic rock and pop music along with basic concepts of jazz harmony.

When: All days of the week except Monday and Friday

Where: Facebook Messenger, Skype and Google Duo

Fee: Rs 1,000 a month

Connect on: @arinjoysarkar (Instagram)

Angira Kotal

Years active: 15

Genre: Hindustani classical

Know the artiste: Angira has trained under Pandit Shyamal and Vid. Mandira Lahiri, Pandit Biresh Roy and Ustad Jainul Abedin. She is currently training under vocalist Pandit Omkar Dadarkar. She has won the title of Yuva Sangeet Ratna, Young Musician of the Year Award organised by Milapfest, UK, and recently won the Pratima Chandra Memorial Award in khayal and thumri.

The lessons: Angira is offering Hindustani classical vocal lessons for beginners and intermediates and also a course on voice grooming and application in popular music (like Bollywood, ghazal and others) that is based on Hindustani classical.

When: Flexible, according to the students request

Where: Skype, Google Duo and Whatsapp Video call

Connect on: @angiraaaa_ (Instagram)

Faraz Ehsan aka 8-Bit Culprit

Years active: 16

Genre: Melodic techno, techno, Leftfield/Breaks techno

Know the artiste: He first tried his hand at DJ-ing in 2004 and used two pieces of equipment A Pioneer CDJ 500 and a Denon 2500F! In 2011 his moniker 8-Bit Culprit came into being to push his love for electronic dance music. Its been a little over nine years that hes been producing and performing as 8-Bit Culprit and has had the privilege of working with renowned names from the industry.

The lessons: Farazs school, Gravit8 Studios, is venturing into the online space with two crash courses in Electronic Music Production with Ableton Live, beginner and advanced. The beginner course is designed for students to get savvy with the software and the process of writing and editing music. Students may or may not have any prior experience with producing music. The advanced course is an in-depth module for people who want to dive deeper into sound design.

When: The beginner course is for one month and the advanced course is for two months. Classes take place thrice a week where each class is for two hours

Where: Skype

Connect on: gravit8ing@gmail.com

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Push your musical abilities with online classes from these city-based artistes - Telegraph India

This pandemic is certainly serious but our reaction is without precedent.

Communication and effort of health care professionals, business, and some government officials has been extraordinary if not heroic.

We have taken an extreme position to cloister our entire civilization with little regard to short and long-term effects. We seem determined to dwell on the negative. The press and government inundate us daily with the latest death statistics that shock us until we are becoming numb to the situation.

In my opinion, we have lost perspective. The pandemic is bad, no denial. We live in a tough world. Death and disease are unfortunately part of it. Certainly efforts to flatten the curve have kept the numbers down. I read in recent editorials conflicting arguments about whether the numbers are tenths or hundredths of a percentage of the population.

Either number is small, very small, for a country of 350 million and world of 8 billion. To date, global deaths are about half of yearly malaria fatalities.

I certainly dont want anyone in my family to get the disease, and sympathize with those that have. Are we willing to destroy our way of life in order to achieve zero fatality? Dr. Fauci seems to want us to stay at home indefinitely. Noble, but impractical, goals.

Suggestions to improve the situation.

1. Suspend the political theater. Work to improve the situation for both people and business.

2. Report responsibly - use per capita instead of gross numbers; realizing total infections are under reported would yield a clearer picture of problem severity.

3. Governors guide us better - shutting down indefinitely is the easy way out; balancing a devastating disease and a complex economy is the only acceptable solution.

4. People, get off your couch! It is time to get back to work. Do not accept this trance, challenge your government, help your community!

Accept the fact that their will be some very unsavory aspects to our life for a long time but have the courage to get on with it.

Tom Straley

Spring Grove

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Letter: Let's change how we are responding to COVID-19 - Northwest Herald

It all began as a university project in London back in 2000. Fast-forward to 2020, Above & Beyond and their record label Anjunabeats are celebrating 20 years of gracing the world with a unique brand of trance and progressive. Theyre marking the milestone with none other than more Anjuna beats.

The British label owned by the trioJono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Paavo Siljamki has shared a few projects prepared for their 20th anniversary. Above & Beyond on Thursday released the Club Mix Collection, a package of two dozen of the bands essential club tracks, mixed and unmixed. The 50-track collection covers 15 years, starting with Alone Tonight from 2006. It has various versions of big hits like Alchemy, Blue Sky Action, Sun & Moon, and Thing Called Love. It even includes the club mix of Above & Beyond and Justine Suissas Cold Feet, which fans have been awaiting since hearing it on Anjunabeats Volume 14.

On top of that, Above & Beyond has confirmed that the Anjunabeats Volume 15 compilation is well underway and set for release mid-summer, the label stated in a press release.

Beyond the compilations, the label is also having 20 of its artists create mixes of their favorite Anjuna records. Oliver Smith, the first producer to sign to Anjunabeats in 2000, initiates the series with his curation out May 28. Mixes from other artists will drop every two weeks from that date.

Our twentieth year certainly turned out to be a memorable one, didnt it? We never saw that coming. But one of the many positive things to come out of lockdown is that its given us, our family of artists and our team in London a chance to reflect upon the incredible records weve been custodians of for the last twenty years, Above & Beyond wrote on Instagram. To celebrate our 20th anniversary, well be looking back at the songs that brought this community together through the eyes of the artists that made them and played them.

Anjuna family can commemorate the anniversary with limited edition 20 years merchandise, on sale at the Anjunastore. The T-shirts are inspired by Above & Beyonds album sleeves, Tri-State, Group Therapy, We Are All We Need, Common Ground, Flow State, and OceanLabs Sirens Of The Sea.

Listen to Club Mix Collection on the platform of your choice here. Catch mixes by 20 of the labels artists every fortnight starting with Oliver Smith on May 28 here.

Anjunabeats gave rise to some of the most respected names in trance. Andrew Bayer, Audien, Ilan Bluestone, Jason Ross, and Seven Lions are just a few. Without a doubt, the labels dedicated following is ready for another 20 years of beats.

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Celebrate 20 Years of Above & Beyond and Anjunabeats With New Compilation + Club Mix Collection - EDMTunes

EDM will not be silenced. The future of electronic dance music festivals and the return of Las Vegas Strip dayclub and nightclub parties where the genre still thrives are uncertain, but the demand for those sounds is growing.

Hundreds of thousands of viewers tuned in over the weekend for a three-night livestream event that served as a virtual replacement for this years Electronic Daisy Carnival. Insomniacs EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon was broadcast across multiple platforms featuring live and original DJ sets from the likes of Kaskade, David Guetta, Claude VonStroke, Afrojack and many more, with impressive visual production elements raising the stakes for an online dance party.

EDC Las Vegas is currently scheduled for October 2-4 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Memorial Day Weekend, always one of the biggest dates for Las Vegas pool parties and clubs, brings another online festival to help fill the void. SiriusXM will broadcast the Virtual DisDance Festival May 22-24, featuring more exclusive, original DJ sets from an all-star lineup including Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, Tisto, Marshmello and more artists performing from home.

Ive been part of the family [at Sirius] for many years and DJd at their events and they approached me to ask if Id do it, says Paul Oakenfold, the pioneering trance DJ and electronic music producer who broke ground in Las Vegas as one of the first resident DJs in the burgeoning casino megaclub scene in 2008. I think this is the biggest lineup Ive ever seen, bigger than EDC or Ultra.

Also on the DisDance Festival bill are Above & Beyond, Afrojack, Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Galantis, Kaskade, Kygo, Major Lazer, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Oliver Heldens, Slushii, Tritonal, Yellow Claw and dozens more.

Oakenfold has already contributed a new set to another recent streaming event from Insomniacs Dreamstate brand and hes been known to perform livestreamed shows and other recorded sessions at unorthodox, dramatic sites including Stonehenge and Mount Everest. He says hes looking forward to this festival for different reasons.

When youre playing live at these big festivals, theres pressure on the artist. You generally only play for an hour and youve gotta play the big tunes. You dont get time to develop a real set and create a journey, he says. I think less is more, great quality DJs playing longer sets and telling stories through music. Thats how we started as DJs. So Im approaching this in a different way. Im playing three different forms of music, starting with progressive then going into house then ending up in trance.

The London-born musician has been sheltering in place at his Los Angeles home, spending lots of time in the studio while his touring plans are paused. Oakenfold says hes been in talks with Live Nation for some sort of drive-in show to raise money for his local frontliners and first responders.

No one knows where this is going, he says of the COVID-19 crisis and its effect on the club and festival industries. In my opinion nothing will be the same until we find something people are comfortable with but everyone is talking about next year. That said, I think were going to be doing a lot more online shows and weve got to think out of the box and start doing more interesting things, and the DJ community is in a position to be leading the way.

Listeners can experience the Virtual DisDance Festival on SiriusXMs BPM channel 51 and on the SiriusXM app starting on May 22 at 1 p.m. The virtual event also will feature a broadcast of a 2011 set from the late Avicii, set to air on May 23 at 3 p.m. Longtime Wynn Nightlife residents the Chainsmokers will host the fest.

DisDance is also a benefit fundraiser for the MusiCares COVD-19 Relief Fund to support music industry workers in need. More information can be found at siriusxm.com/disdancefest.

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The virtual dance music festival is officially a thing - Las Vegas Weekly

From dance tunes to laidback summery grooves (plus two Hindi film music alumni with their independent releases), weve got you covered this week.

The Dimapur-based band managed to find an unlikely admirer in Anand Mahindra earlier this year when they released the music video of Clowns. There might be better songs than Took Me a While on Trance Effects impressive debut, but the synth solo is enough to have you hooked.

One of the two tracks from Bangalore-based Gabriel Daniels latest EP definiens, there is something very intimate about both the tracks. How A Thought Complete builds up, from Gabriels wispy vocals to full-blown guitars and drums is a very satisfying pay-off.

The leading single from Sanaya Ardeshir aka Sandunes fresh new EP came out a couple of weeks back and features Ramya Pothuri on the vocals. Ramyas falsetto harmonies float above and are perfect for this summery and laidback track from one of Indias leading electronic independent artists.

Until Humne Bhi, The Western Ghats was a trio which covered popular Hindi and English numbers on Youtube. Their debut effort is a chill Hindi pop track, and one can make out the bands influences. Listen to the track for an instant boost of uplifting energy.

Nikhil DSouza continues to make all the right moves and noise through his indie projects. DSouza is one of the few Bollywood playback singers who are actively pushing out their original music independently. People is a track that infuses a sense of nostalgia from the very first chord progression. The singers words and vocals complete the track.

Its marvelous how Osho Jain packs in some of the heaviest lyrical themes with minimal instrumentation and composition. His songwriting is filled with distinct imagery. Delve in if you like poetic songwriting and want to hear the songwriters take on modern society.

Nadisha Thomas debut track is a hard-hitting breakup song. It sounds just like a pop song out of the 2000s which makes it almost vintage in 2020. It instantly sticks with Thomas high notes and catchy lyrics. Produced by Carlok (of the funk act Carl Fernandes and Alok Merwin), this track is the Chennai-based singer-songwriters first foray into solo work, having given vocals to music composers down south in the past.

Raghav released his latest track Sufi with the support of JioSaavns Artist Originals program. Co-written by Akshaye Shinde, this is an emotional track and a departure from Raghavs earlier work. The instruments play only a supporting role and the lyrics get their due. If the artist set out to re-invent his brand with this track, this was the perfect move.

The Rock n Roll band from Shillong is here to safeguard the endangered genre. Their first single after their debut album in 2018, Evil Mind is yet another indication that the band is one of the young guns and a promising act that festival organizers should keep an eye out for.

The Bangalore-based band repurposed one of their performances at Hard Rock, Bangalore to serve as the music video for this track. The first single from their upcoming album, Noize cements that the indie rock band is primarily a live act. The song seems like a bitter retort to someone who did them wrong and packs a punch.

The biggies of the Indian jazz world have come together to make the song Good Days. Sanjay Divecha, Vasundhara Vee, Gino Banks, Sheldon DSilva and Rohan Rajadhyaksh have worked on this peppy jazz number. The song talks about, as the name suggests, the good days and that just works on so many levels right now. We could all do with a little reminiscing of the good days as we yearn for more.

Listen to all the songs mentioned on this list on Currents, a playlist you can find on A Humming Hearts Apple Music and Spotify profiles.

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Currents | The Western Ghats, Trance Effect, Osho Jain and more - A Humming Heart

Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman announced the second tranche of economic stimulus of Rs 20 lakh crore to suppot the migrant workers, small farmers, street vendors and affordable housing. The FM noted that 3 crore marginal farmers availed loans at concessional rates. These 3 cr farmers had already benefited from Rs 4.22 lakh crore of loans given to them. Interest subvention and prompt repayment incentive on crop loans, due from March 1, extended up to May 31, 2020. 25 lakh new Kisan Credit Cards sanctioned with a loan limit of Rs 25,000 crore.

FM also notified Liquidity Support to Farmers & Rural Economy provided post COVID. This includes 63 lakh loans of Rs. 86,600 crore approved in Agriculture between 1.3.2020 to 30.04.2020, refinancing of Rs.29,500 crore provided by NABARD, to Cooperative Banks & Regional Rural Banks in March,2020, support of Rs. 4,200 crore provided under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to States during March, 2020 for rural infrastructure and working capital limit of Rs. 6,700 crore sanctioned for procurement of agriculture produce to State Government entities since March, 2020.

For affordable housing, the Government is to extend the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme or CLSS up to March 2021 about 2.5 lakhs middle income families to benefit during 2020-21. FM announced that affordable Rental Housing for migrants and urban poor is set to be launched under PM Awas Yojana.

PDS ration cards are to be portable across India, can be used in any part of the country. Around 67 crore beneficiaries - 83% of all PDS population - to be covered by this 100% coverage by Mar 2021. Free food grain to be supplied to around 8 crore migrants for 2 months. Those who do not hold central / state ration cards will be given 5 kg of rice/wheat and 1 kg of chana for next two months.

FM noted that Government would support nearly 50 lakh street vendors via Rs 5000 crore Special Credit Facility. Government of India will provide Interest subvention of 2% for prompt MUDRA-Shishu Loans payees for a period of 12 months Relief of Rs 1500 crore to MUDRA-Shishu loanees.

To create job opportunities for Tribals /Adivasis -Plans worth Rs 6000 crores to be approved shortly under Compensatory Afforestation Management & Planning Authority (CAMPA) Funds.

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Lady Gaga is giving everything he has in order to raise funds and help the fight against the coronavirus. For participating in the talk show with Jimmy Fallon, the singer has made a video call with the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, to commit to a donation of us $ 10 million approximately$ 52.8 million for their project, One World: Together, At Home.

The singer was in true bliss, when the giving on the part of Cook, was established. The project is in the voice of Bad Romance, it is in partnership with Global Citizen and the World Health Organization (WHO).

I dont think that we ought to turn for a Cook. I dont know if he knows that it will be on TV, but were going to call him and find out, he said. After talking with the CEO of Apple, she asked about the donation, and if you could commit to that promise. I can confirm that. We are very proud to be a part of it, he said.

Concert to celebrate the donation with a loud cry, My next single is called, Tim Cook. Im going to post it tomorrow. You just got to help a lot of people. Thank you so much, he said to her, falling down in laughter.

Gaga has also revealed that Jimmy Fallon will be the host for the transmission of fund-raising, which takes place on the next day, the 18th, in company with Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert.

It brought together artists of the time. Will participate, Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong, from Green Day, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Stevie Wonder, with performances by the various social networks.

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Lady Gaga has given$ 52, mi-for a project, and it is in a trance - Matzav Review

ATTLEBORO, Mass. I distanced myself from my son Patrick, not as a precaution against the virus though he is an emergency room nurse and in the thick of things but because a novice fly fisherman poses enough danger.

Stand too close and that whip of line he has aloft, tipped with a tiny hook masquerading as a bug, can take a wayward path and snag your shirt. Or your ear. I know this.

The sun was low in the trees and the stream now slid by like ink. A trout nosed the surface beside a half-submerged log and Patrick was in range if he could just keep that line out of the brambles around him. I watched the scene play out from the road bridge while I blew cigar smoke at the midges flitting around my head.

Years ago I sat along streams like this with my oldest brother, Dennis, and watched him roll cigarettes while we scanned the water for the telltale ripple of a feeding trout to target. We were younger and more irresponsible, dropping everything in spring to travel to the Catskills, or the Rockies or the White Mountains anywhere for the chance to catch magic hours like this when hungry trout rise in waning light and a trance-like stillness closes in.

Now, as I watched Patrick, I felt a twinge of melancholy. Denny, now in his 70s and a dozen years older, lives hours away and we share fewer spring adventures. It didnt help that in this time of self-isolation and daily death toll announcements he said during one of our more frequent phone calls now that he and his wife, Devina, were getting their affairs in order. All of them. It just seemed timely and prudent, he said.

Weve settled on cremation, he said.

Our mother once termed the early 1970s the worst years, so much societal unrest and worry over Dennis, her oldest. Fresh out of college and then the Peace Corps, Denny had a wanderers spirit that took him from coast to coast and to Denver in between. He would light home for a time but then with little warning hed shoulder his backpack and hike for the highway, to hitch a ride somewhere.

Why dont you ask Dennis to take you fishing? she once asked, her motive clear even to a boy barely a teenager. Keep him close.

PATRICK AND I LEFT THE STREAM without fooling a fish. Two nights later we were standing on the bank of a nearby pond, ready to try again. Patrick, who is 27, had not until recently shown much interest in my fly-fishing passion. But this virus, he confided one day after another 12-hour shift caring for the gravely ill, has everyone appreciating things more. Teach me, he asked.

He watched closely as I tied different flies on our lines and spared me any wise remark as I expounded on the life cycle of trout bugs, from their submerged origins as crawling creatures to their transition to flying adults. Just pay attention to whats coming off the water, I said.

I hooked a nice trout on a submerged nymph pattern and it jumped completely out of the water to try to shake the hook. I handed my rod over to Patricks girlfriend, Meg, so she could feel the fish. The trout swam in close and with slack in the line, eventually slipped off. L.D.R., I said. Long distance release.

We kept at it for a while but grew frustrated as the magic hour commenced and the trout were leaving bull's-eyes all over the water but beyond our casting range. Wed decided to call it a night when a stranger walked up holding a plastic shopping bag sagging with something heavy inside.

He spoke with a Russian accent, and with his few words of English we came to understand he had a big trout in the bag he wanted to give us; he didnt know how to cook it and did not want it to go to waste.

Caught four, he said. Let go the others.

Four?, I said, impressed. What were you using?

Marshmallows.

Marshmallows?

He nodded. Mini, he said, and pressed his thumb and forefinger together to emphasize the small variety.

So much for weighted nymphs and artificial gnats.

We accepted his generous offer, and Meg snapped a photograph of Patrick and I with the fish.

Well, that was different, Patrick said, and as we laughed, I thought how Id retell the story to Denny the next morning, sending first just the photograph as a tease and saving the best part for the question I knew would come: What fly did you use?

Perhaps someday Patrick will remember that the first trout he ever held with the fly rod I bought him, came that spring of the virus when we were all social distancing and simultaneously being drawn closer together.

Thomas Mooney is a journalist in Attleboro, Mass., and a lifetime practitioner of social distancing each spring with the advent of trout season.

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The Trout Were Socially Distant, but Not the Family Memories - The New York Times

HALIENE, born as Kelly Sweet in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is an electronic music singer who has worked with the likes of Seven Lions, Ferry Corsten, and Illenium. As someone growing up in a musical household, HALIENE began singing at state fairs, community festivals, and stage theaters during childhood. When HALIENE started her music career, she sang pop tracks under her real name for advertisements and TV series such as Passions, One Life To Live, and Believe. As a pop singer, HALIENE released two albums, We Are One in 2007 and Ashes of My Paradise in 2014. Since transitioning to EDM in 2015, HALIENE has become a recognizable voice in the genre, particularly in dubstep and trance. Here is One EDMs exclusive interview with EDM singer HALIENE, who is currently based in Los Angeles.

HALIENE: I am rewatching the entire series of my favorite TV show, Battlestar Galactica! Its still SO GOOD. I have also enjoyed watching all my DJ and producer friends doing their live streams. It is amazing to see everyone be so creative lately in finding new ways to reach our fans.

It was magical. There was always so much creativity around me and I think that really shaped my own creative mind. I am also an only child, so my imagination got to run wild and I loved making up stories into music. My father often accompanied me on piano when I would sing or perform, and those moments were very special for me.

I never felt me or my voice fit in pop music. It always seemed like everyone just didnt know what to do with me. When I found dance music, it was like my whole world suddenly made sense. Especially when it comes to trance, I see it as classical electronic music, which is both ofmy loves combined. It feels like dance music is where I was always meant to be.

Seven Lions Throes of Winter EP release show was my first show as HALIENE, and I could not have been more thrilled to have that incredible opportunity. It was a dream come true. I remember being in awe of howincrediblehis fans are, and how reactive and responsivetheyare to music. They truly live and breathe it. I had never performed for fans like that, and it stole my heart. Since then, he and I have worked on a lot of stuff together, have performed many times together and he is still one of my favorite collaborators of all time.

Working on Blueprint with Ferry Corsten was incredible. Ferry is an absolute class act genius, and I truly admire everything he creates. We got to work closely with him on all the songs in the studio together, which is actually surprisingly very rare in this dance music world. I really connected with the character I played, Vee. I feel like she is me and I am her in a different universe, haha!

Not in particular, no. I do tend to write more rhythmically when it comes to housier or poppier dance stuff, but the difference between melodic dubstep and trance is not actually that much. They both call for beautiful dynamic legato melodies with long notes andetherealheartbreakinglyrics.

I am very proud of the lyrics I wrote on that one, and I feel they really apply to this time. Some of my favorite lines are: Somewhere up above the clouds I know the sun is rising, somewhere in the world there is a place we arent divided. It really rings true to what we are all going through in this pandemic.

I recently put up my performance of Whats Done Is Done from my live set on Dreamworld Online Music Festival on my Instagram! I actually wrote that song over a year ago now I think, and the instant I heard the track I knew exactly what it needed to be. Its always incredible to hear where Jeff takes it after I deliver the vocal to him! My full live set is now up on my YouTube channel, check out the performance now!

Performing at Kinetic Field with Tritonal at this past EDC Las Vegas in 2019 was one of the most wild and amazing things Ive ever gotten to experience. I had the tiniest little platform to perform on the biggest stage imaginable, in front of 65k+ people in one of my favorite places on earth. EDC is truly magical, and I feel so lucky to have performed there five times now. We also had 40mph+ winds that nearly closed the stage that day, so that was a little terrifying but it made for even more magic!

PLAY LIVE SHOWS! I cant wait until it is safe for us all to come back together and share music IRL. I miss my fans so much, I miss meeting them and hearing their stories with my music. Until then, you can find me streaming weekly on Twitch (click here), as well as on Instagram (@HALIENE)!

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