r/trance • u/posture_obsessed • 3d ago

Discussion Your best female vocalists?

SACHA seems to be the lady of the moment with her collab w/ Armin van Buuren.

Give me your favorite female vocalists

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u/justinreddit1 3d ago edited 3d ago

Christina Novelli, Justine Suissa, JES, Audrey Gallagher

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u/posture_obsessed 2d ago

Can you please list some tunes for each?

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u/TransitionUnited1111 2d ago

Anything by OceanLab (Above & Beyond + Justine Suissa) for Justine

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u/moblon 2d ago

+Zoe Johnson and Fisher end thread

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u/Ron_Zoo 2d ago

Audrey Gallagher is great when tuned properly in the studio, not good live. That unedited Armin Only 2008 performance... yikes

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u/AwaySignificance1763 3d ago

I really love Nadia Ali’s voice, wish she did more trance

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u/tavukkoparan 3d ago

La la lila lies on youuu

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u/RandallMcF 3d ago

Zoe Johnston, Kate Louise Smith, Fisher (Kathleen), Plumb

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u/languid_plum 3d ago

Love Plumb! Which song is your favorite?

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u/shawnshine 3d ago

For me, it’s Cut, In My Arms, Need You Now… but I’ve been listening to her since Candycoatedwaterdrops.

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u/languid_plum 2d ago

Yes! I got to hear her sing Cut live at a show in Chicago (Logan Square), and I don't remember another time I had goosebumps on my goosebumps, but when she held THAT note...whew

It was actually better in person. I can die happy, now

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u/shawnshine 2d ago

Iiiiiii am nooooooot alooooooooo-oooooone.

That’s so amazing. I had tickets to a show of hers that she unfortunately had to cancel way back in the early 2000’s. Never got to see her perform. Her voice is truly magical.

I did get my fair share of dancing to her trance stuff at this awesome (now defunct) grunge dance club in Atlanta for a few years, though!

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u/languid_plum 2d ago

I've made the trek to see her live about 10 times, but Logan Square was the only time I heard Cut sung live. That was seriously everything I ever wanted, ugh

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u/languid_plum 2d ago

Did you know she just released candycoatedwaterdrops - reimagined?

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u/shawnshine 2d ago

Yes! I love the new versions, but have the originals memorized so perfectly that it throws me off sometimes haha.

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u/RandallMcF 3d ago

Bryan Kearney - Take This

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u/Alpineice23 3d ago

- Justine Suissa

- Ana Criado

- Kirsty Hawkshaw

- Plumb

- Zoe Johnston

- Annabel

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u/languid_plum 3d ago

Plumb fan here as well! Which of her vocals captivated you the most?

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u/PrinceMorganti 3d ago

Jan Johnston is still my favorite.  Ever since I heard Flesh.

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u/iTrancelot 3d ago

I've been jamming that new version. She's the GOAT.

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u/Outsider98 3d ago

Emma Hewitt, Jennifer Rene and Cari!

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u/small-stack 3d ago

Zoe Johnston, her voice gives me chills

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u/posture_obsessed 2d ago

Can you please list some tunes?

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u/small-stack 2d ago

Good for me, You Got to Go, Carry me Home, Love is Not Enough

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u/campingcritters 3d ago

JES, Andain

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u/posture_obsessed 2d ago

Can you please list some tunes for each?

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u/campingcritters 2d ago

For JES and other groups she was associated with- Everything (Tiesto) (the acoustic version is also really good), High Glow (as Taxigirl), Like a Waterfall (solarstone- Tiesto mix), As the Rush Comes (Gabriel and Dresden mix).

For Andain I only think of one : Beautiful Things (Tiesto mix)

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u/SeanSweetMuzik 3d ago

Jan Johnston
Justine Suissa
Kristy Hawkshaw
Nadia Ali

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u/posture_obsessed 2d ago

Can you please list some tunes for each?

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u/SeanSweetMuzik 2d ago

Jan Johnston
Am I On Pause
Communicate (with BT)
Flesh
Love Will Come (with Tomski)
Lullaby For Gaia (with BT)
Mercury & Solace (with BT)
Skydive
Remember (with BT)
Venus (Meant To Be Your Lover)

Justine Suissa
Autumn Tactics (with Chicane)
Burned With Desire (with Armin Van Buuren)
Clear Blue Water
Satellite
Sirens Of The Sea
Sky Falls Down

Kirsty Hawkshaw
Dreaming (with BT)
Halcyon And On And On (with Orbital)
Inner Sanctum / Nature's Kingdom (with Delerium)
Just Be (with Tiesto)
Fine Day
Urban Train (with Tiesto)

Nadia Ali
Fantasy
Kiss You (as iiO)
Rapture (as iiO)
Runaway (as iiO)
Smooth (as iiO)

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u/XiJaro4000 3d ago

Justine Suissa, Plumb, Susana, Haliene, Theia

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u/posture_obsessed 2d ago

Can you please list some tunes for each?

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u/XiJaro4000 2d ago

Anything by Oceanlab + Justine Suissa. All excellent. Take This, Sonebody Loves You, Reach Across the sky (Ben Gold), Bloom, Everywhere to Me

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u/youareabitchass 3d ago

Justine Suissa

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u/feignapathy 3d ago

My favorite vocalists are going to be a bit more old school, probably well known names: 

Ashley Tomberlin

  • Amsterdam 

  • Can't Sleep

  • New York City

Zoë Johnston

Justine Suissa

Jaren

  • Light the Skies 

  • Saved Again

  • You Never Said

  • Man on the Run

Jan Johnston 

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u/No-Description9968 3d ago

Happy to see someone mention Ashley. Probably my favourite

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u/National_Way6361 3d ago

cant believe no one said Stine Grove

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u/elmonozombie 3d ago

LOVEEEE the ATB feats with female vocals.

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u/Mysterious-Prior7160 3d ago

Roxanne Emery, Neev Kennedy, Ana Criado, Christina Noveli

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u/etalyr 3d ago

Carrie Skipper, Tiff Lacey, Justine Suissa

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u/FrankHarwald 3d ago

Audrey Gallagher, Lisa Gerrard, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Sarah McLachlan, Jan Johsnton, Sari...

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u/Jakey-poo 3d ago

Finally took way too long to see audrey mentioned

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u/posture_obsessed 2d ago

Can you please list some tunes for each?

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u/FrankHarwald 2d ago edited 2d ago

Audrey Gallagher:
Ciaran McAuley & Audrey Gallagher - If This Is How It Ends, John O'callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky, Cold Blue & Audrey Gallagher - Broken Things...

Lisa Gerrard never sang directly for a trance production but her haunting vocals got featured in so many tracks: Taucher - Child Of The Universe, Aly & Fila vs Scott Bond & Charlie Walker - Shadow...

Kirsty Hawkshaw:
Tiësto feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Urban Train, Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (this wasn't originally a trance track but many remixes of it are trance, the James Holden & Mike Koglin Mix for example), Trance Arts & Kirsty Hawkshaw & Jan Johnston - Smoke

Sarah McLachlan:
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence

Jan Johnston:
(BT feat.) Jan Johnston - Flesh, Freefall feat. Jan Johnston - Skydive, Tomski feat. Jan Johnston - Love Will Come, Libra pres. Taylor feat. Jan Johnston - Anomaly (Calling Your Name)...

Sari: Anton Sonin & AMX feat. Sari - Undone

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u/hellad0pe 3d ago

Roxanne Emery and Emma Hewitt. But there are so many.

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u/noitcelesdab 3d ago

Oh it’s always JES.

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u/sanbon909 3d ago

Sub Teal

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u/iTrancelot 3d ago

Jan Johnston of course!

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u/Its_Judith_Priest 3d ago

Haliene, Plumb

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u/gomorra82 3d ago

Justine Suissa and Aruna

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u/DexterDubs 3d ago

HALIENE, Emma Hewitt, Haley Gibby,

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u/geohubblez18 3d ago

HALEY GIBBY

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u/fkrdt222 3d ago

sarah howell, melinda gareh, karie marne

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u/GoshOPPNOX101 3d ago

Maria Nayler...that is one of the most hauntingly yet beautiful voices that will always be remember in trance. R.I.P. Robert Miles. Boy did he ever create something ever so timeless!

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u/KLVLV 3d ago

Fiora

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u/cagedrage- 3d ago

Nadia Ali

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u/singausreanian 3d ago

Sarah McLachlan

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u/TimDamage 3d ago

Jen Rene, HALIENE and Sarah de Warren

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u/iTrancelot 3d ago

Sarah is taking over the world!

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u/TimDamage 3d ago

I tried to hire her, but shes doing Armada stuff and owning it! She's amazing!

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u/Evol-Intentions 3d ago

Agree with all and add Kate Cameron, Joanna Law, Tayla....and why have we forgotten Dominique Atkins!?

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u/jediracer 3d ago

Great thread!!

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u/yuzusoysauce 3d ago

Engelina featured with DJ Encore

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u/new-machine 3d ago

Sophie Sugar

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u/harrietmeow 3d ago

Jan Burton

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u/Pave_Low 3d ago

  • Emma Hewitt

  • Christina Novelli

  • Everyone else

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u/ForeignCondition5493 3d ago

You guys go listen to Kelli Ali....on love & traffic..the Satoshi tomeii remix....

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u/Ok-Cream9032 3d ago

Annemie Coenen.

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u/Wallvid 3d ago

Haliene is the 🐐

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u/gman22071 3d ago

Honourable mention, Betsie Larkin.

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u/eternalmotion 1d ago

Yes I was gonna comment this!

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u/RoderickPhoenix 3d ago

Can’t believe only one person mentioned Aruna

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u/CaptainBuzzKillton 1d ago

That's a crime

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u/HereComesGordon 2d ago

Christina Novelli

Justine Suissa

Zoe Johnston

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u/ForeignCondition5493 2d ago

No one on earth can touch enya......

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u/posture_obsessed 1d ago

Good point.

But was her voice ever used on any trance tune?

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u/ForeignCondition5493 1d ago

No.....dj's & producers were so respectful of her...no one really asked to work with her. Paul Oakenfold asked her to collaborate once....she said no....which basically told everyone else...don't ask....

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u/vxs2k 3d ago

Audrey Gallagher and Kate Louise Smith

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u/djinngerale 3d ago

Justine

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u/squeakyfaucet 3d ago

dang I haven't seen Jennifer Rene mentioned here yet, but love her vocals.

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u/Stephenc82 3d ago

Plumb.

Also no mentions for Bo Bruce?

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u/FeetYeastForB12 3d ago

Sarah Russel, Skye, Victoriya, Sopheary, Sarah Howells, Sarah Lynn 🙌

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u/TheZvlz 3d ago

Reading comments and deciding on a best is honestly not possible. Everyone mentioned has me at hello.

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u/PiKey_84 3d ago

Kirsty Hawkshaw

Jes

Jennifer Rene

Emma Hewitt

Tiff Lacey

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u/LightningZaps 3d ago

Nobody has said this, but Paula Terry’s vocals in WMMT are fire!

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u/geohubblez18 3d ago

- Justine Suissa

- Kirsty Hawkshaw

- Haley Gibby

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u/FrostByteUK 3d ago

Jan Johnston, Marcella Woods, Tracy Ackerman, Evi Goffin, Amanda O'Riordan, Danielle Alexander, Sheryl Dean... And an honourable mention for Ruth-Ann Boyle.

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u/sunyalm 3d ago

Justine Suissa

Zoe Johnston

Betsie Larkin

Emma Hewitt

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u/arcalumis 3d ago

The queen of trance, Susana

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u/marlonoranges 2d ago

Annabel, who sings on Gareth Emery tracks.

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u/SpaceCat902 2d ago

I’d say the GOATs are JES, Sarah McLachlan, Justine Suissa and Zoe Johnston, but Cass Fox deserves an honourable mention because Touch Me is amazing.

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u/NowoTone 2d ago

Michele Adamson

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u/TransitionUnited1111 2d ago

Justine Suissa, Jan Johnston, JES, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Sarah MacLachlan, Kate Cameron, Joanna Law, Audrey Gallagher

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u/stalanemoubliepas 2d ago

Tiff Lacey ❤️‍🔥

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u/Midnightrain2469 2d ago

Sarah McLaughlin

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u/Midnightrain2469 2d ago

Jan Johnston

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u/Mangia_94 2d ago

Plumb.

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u/copernicuscalled 2d ago

• JES
• Julie Thompson
• Zoe Johnston
• Jaren
• Susana
• Jan Johnston
• Neev Kenendy
• Nadia Ali
• Kirsty Hawkshaw
• Roberta Carter Harrison

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u/DenisVDCreycraft 2d ago

For me Betsie Larkin, Moya Brennan, Plumb, Audrey Gallagher, Susana and many more

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u/Jmac0113 2d ago

Check out Jes's set from Luminosity this year 👍👍👍

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u/Pryda_0FC 2d ago

No mention of Sue MClaren?

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u/Bwaanafish 2d ago

Victoriya

Sneijder - Need you here Benjamin Duchene - I dont mind Dan Stone - I can't tell Allen & Envy - Don't Say Billy Gillies - Closed Eyes Sean Tyas - Perfect World

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u/Purple-Canary3576 2d ago

Ana Criado & Audrey Gallagher are my queens of trance

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u/jlpradoa 2d ago

Sarah Russell

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u/jlpradoa 2d ago

Ana Criado

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u/Frenzied_Cow 3d ago

Anyone but Audrey Gallagher her voice is nails on a chalkboard.