Euphoria (compilations)

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The first compilation in the Euphoria series: 'For the Mind, Body and Soul' Euphoria, mixed by PF Project. For the mind body and soul euphoria.jpg
The first compilation in the Euphoria series: 'For the Mind, Body and Soul' Euphoria, mixed by PF Project.

Euphoria is a series of dance music compilations that debuted on the Telstar Records label in early 1999. [1] During the first year, Euphoria focused primarily on trance music until mid-2000 when Euphoria released the first chill-out album in the series and the first hard house album in late 2000. [2] Euphoria was later spun off into a number of associated club nights around the UK, Ibiza and Cyprus. Over the course of three years, in excess of 500 tour dates were chalked up with tour DJs such as Adam White, Robert Van Ryn, Simon Webdale and Darren James. The compilations included box sets usually priced at around £20.00. The Euphoria albums were of high quality and still are highly collectible and the earlier versions are somewhat rare.

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Frequent DJs and/or producers who have mixed albums include Dave Pearce, Matt Darey, Lisa Lashes, John '00' Fleming, Adam White, The Tidy Boys, Jay Burnett, Red Jerry and Andy Whitby.[ citation needed ]

When Telstar Records folded in 2004, the brand went to Ministry of Sound recordings.

Since the debut release, the Euphoria brand has showcased other genres in electronic dance music including hard house, hard dance, progressive and psy-trance as well as releasing some (thus far) "one offs" that cover old skool, funky house, hardcore and the ever-popular "mash up".

Although focusing mostly on "Best of" compilations in recent years under various guises, the Euphoria brand went "back to its roots" in mid-2008 with its first release of new (all encompassing) trance music in 3 years as opposed to the subgenre releases. Summer Euphoria was also the first digital-only release under the Euphoria brand.

With no new releases for nearly 18 months, Ministry of Sound released Euphoria 2011 in September of that year. This was a new direction for the Euphoria brand in that the album contained the latest dance music including the recent fusion of dance beats with R&B.

Telstar also launched the Breakdown (its full name being The Very Best of Euphoric Dance Breakdown) series in 1999, the same year as the inaugural Euphoria album, and this brand also went to Ministry of Sound following the folding of Telstar. Breakdown too focused on electronic dance music, but was never focused on trance music in particular, focusing on a wide range of subgenres of dance music, including non-electronic genres such as a disco edition. The series was computer mixed, but did not list a DJ on its cover, but instead in its liner notes. In the book The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums, the Breakdown series is erroneously listed as being part of the Euphoria series.

List of Euphoria albums by Telstar Records (Telstar TV) (1999–2004)

#Album NameMixed byRelease YearCatalog #
1 Euphoria - For the Mind, Body and Soul [3] PF Project 1999TTVCD3007
2'Deeper' Euphoria Red Jerry 1999TTVCD3064
3 Ibiza Euphoria Matt Darey 1999TTVCD3078
4'A Higher State of...' Euphoria - Level 3PF Project1999TTVCD3095
5 Pure Euphoria Matt Darey 2000TTVCD3118
6 Chilled Euphoria Red Jerry 2000TTVCD3127
7Ibiza Euphoria Volume 2Alex Gold and Agnelli & Nelson 2000TTVCD3134
8Hard House Euphoria Volume 1 Lisa Lashes 2000TTVCD3152
9'Transcendental' Euphoria Dave Pearce 2000TTVCD3155
10 Deep & Chilled Euphoria Red Jerry 2001TTVCD3164
11'True' Euphoria Dave Pearce 2001TTVCD3176
12Hard House Euphoria Volume 2 [4] Lisa Pin-Up & The Tidy Boys 2001TTVCD3177
13Progressive Euphoria John '00' Fleming 2001TTVCD3183
14Chilled Out Euphoria Solar Stone 2001TTVCD3189
15Ibiza Euphoria Volume 3 Dave Pearce 2001TTVCD3199
16'Total' Euphoria Dave Pearce 2001TTVCD3220
17Old Skool Euphoria Altern8 2001TTVCD3233
18White Label Euphoria John '00' Fleming 2002TTVCD3241
19'Absolute' Euphoria Dave Pearce 2002TTVCD3251
20Extreme Euphoria Volume 1 [5] Lisa Lashes 2002TTVCD3265
21 Ibiza Euphoria Volume 4 Dave Pearce 2002TTVCD3274
22The Very Best of Euphoria Matt Darey 2002TTVCD3297
23Extreme Euphoria Volume 2 Lisa Lashes 2003TTVCD3305
24Deeper Shades of Euphoria Volume 1Jay Burnett2003TTVCD3285
25White Label Euphoria Level 2 John '00' Fleming 2003TTVCD3327
26Ireland EuphoriaAl Gibbs2003TTVCD3334 (deleted)
27Extreme Euphoria Volume 3 Lisa Lashes 2003TTVCD3346
283CD Limited Edition Euphoria Matt Darey & Adam White2003TTVCD3365
29Extreme Euphoria Volume 4 Lisa Lashes & BK & The Tidy Boys2003TTVCD3374
30Deeper Shades of Euphoria Volume 2Jay Burnett2004TTVCD3383

Unusually, the last installment of the Telstar years, Deeper Shades of Euphoria (volume 2) was a co-release with Virgin Records/EMI, who had been rival labels with Telstar in the past. It has been suggested Virgin and EMI helped support the album as Telstar entered closure.

List of Euphoria albums by Ministry of Sound (2004–2017)

#Album NameMixed byRelease YearCatalog #
31Frantic Euphoria Anne Savage & Cally & Juice2004EUPCD1
32 Infinite Euphoria Ferry Corsten 2004EUPCD3
33 Extreme Euphoria Volume 5 BK 2004EUPCD4
34The Very Best of Tried & Tested Euphoria Judge Jules 2004EUPCD5
35Frantic Euphoria Volume 2 Anne Savage & Andy Whitby2004EUPCD6
36 Beyond Euphoria DT8 Project 2005EUPCD7
37Tidy Euphoria [6] Lee Haslam & The Tidy Boys & Amber D 2005EUPCD8
38Judgement Euphoria Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell & Trophy Twins2005EUPCD9
39 The Very Best of Uplifting House Euphoria Jay Burnett2005EUPCD11
40The Very Best of Frantic Euphoria Anne Savage & Andy Whitby2005EUPCD12
41Classic EuphoriaDave Turner2006EUPCD14
42 Lashed Euphoria Lisa Lashes 2006EUPCD16
43Classic Euphoria Level 2Jay Burnett2006EUPCD17
44Hardcore Euphoria [7] Sy & Unknown, Dougal & Gammer, Brisk & Ham2006EUPCD19
45Return to Ibiza Euphoria [8] Jay Burnett2007EUPCD20
46The Very Best of Extreme Euphoria Lisa Lashes 2007EUPCD21
47Psy-Trance Euphoria John '00' Fleming 2008EUPCD22
48Summer EuphoriaAirwave2008Digital download only
49Tech-Dance Euphoria Yoji Biomehanika 2008EUPCD24
50Psy-Trance Euphoria Level 2 John '00' Fleming 2009EUPCD26
51Mash Up EuphoriaThe Cut Up Boys2009EUPCD25
52Hard Dance Awards 2009 EuphoriaAndy Whitby, Showtek & Ed Real2009EUPCD27
53Euphoria Run-Fit WorkoutN/A2009Digital download only
54The Very Best of Chilled EuphoriaJay Burnett2009EUPCD23
55Euphoria Trance Awards 2009 Sean Tyas, Simon Patterson & Claudia Cazacu 2009EUPCD28
56The History of Trance Euphoria John '00' Fleming 2010EUPCD30
57Hard Dance Awards 2010 Euphoria Kutski, Andy Whitby vs. Technikal & Ed Real2010EUPCD32
58A Decade of Trance Anthems EuphoriaJay Burnett2010EUPCD31
59Euphoria 20112011EUPCD33
60Classic Euphoria Fitness Workout2012Digital download only
61Electronic Dance Music Euphoria [9] 2012MOSCD304
62Electronic Dance Music Euphoria 20132013MOSCD333
63Deep House Euphoria2014MOSCD361
64Electronic Dance Music Euphoria2014MOSCD382
65Euphoria Classics2017MOSCD494

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