A State of Trance

This wiki page is made to point out some of the specific techniques for tagging the A State of Trance radio shows.

Release Groups and Releases

• Release groups represent dates not events. For any event that spans multiple dates it should be made into multiple release groups.
• Each normal episode is made up of a continuous mix and split track versions like;
  • A State of Trance 490
  • A State of Trance 490: Continuous Mix

Tracks

Almost all episodes have an intro and outro in the form of "[intro] - [unknown]" and "[outro] - [unknown]". There are a few releases that need this corrected.

Tags

Each episode usually contains three special tracks; Tune of the Week, Future Favorite and ASOT Radio Classic. Theses are tagged with square brackets at the end of the track title:

• If It Ain't Broke [Tune of the Week] (http://musicbrainz.org/track/74500b50-948b-4eb8-917e-43bf50948704.html)
• Another World (Shogun remix) [Future Favorite] (http://musicbrainz.org/track/58045b1c-0c95-4781-9442-4bd2e0e0b1ae.html)
• Dark Side of the Moon [ASOT Radio Classic] (http://musicbrainz.org/track/1c0a4335-032a-4c03-8866-1334dabfa651.html)

Labels

Often raw tracks imported from astateoftrance.com or other source will have the label for that particular track attached, like:

• Mat Zo – Default (Anjunabeats)

Once a "published" track-label relationship is added the " (Anjunabeats)" can be removed.

Other Notes

• Do not use the term "XXL" in titles. If you find it in titles you may remove it; but before you remove the XXL check astateoftrance.com because it's likely to be at a location like "Amnesia, Ibiza"
  • I believe these are all removed now, but if you do find any the above applies.