Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026

Big-room trance construction: propulsive kicks, soaring leads, and breakdowns that aim for release rather than subtlety. The festival text puts him in a trance radio-and-networking setting, so this is likely to be a vocal, high-BPM, hands-up set.

More about Darren Porter

Discogs lists him as an uplifting trance DJ and producer from Seaham, near Newcastle upon Tyne. His releases are split across FSOE, Reason II Rise, Monster Force, Grotesque, and other trance imprints, which places him squarely in the modern euphoric-trance circuit.

A story

He learned keyboards and piano without lessons or the ability to read music, then entered and won the Dave Pearce bedroom producer competition with 'termination'. In their own words

Playing

• 2026-10-22 12:00 · Reason II Rise Special ADE take Over · Coco’s Outback · hosted by Reason II Rise Music
• 2026-10-23 22:00 · Luminosity - Nighttime Event · Panama

Labels

Start here

• The Void (2014) · Who’s Afraid Of 138?!
  Hard-driving early marker of his style.

Worked with

• Sy Gardner collaborated with · source

For fans of

Giuseppe Ottaviani, Gareth Emery, Sean Tyas, Sneijder

Official links

SpotifyDiscogs

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