Mr. Pit

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Better known to his family and friends as Adrian Ivan, it’s under the assumed name of Mr Pit that he’s spent the last 5 years delivering one block-rocking track after another to the world’s trance floors. Adrian’s studio story began halfway through the last decade when he produced a clutch of well-received tunes for underground imprints like Grooved, Emotive and Super6. In early 2008 he composed what turned out to be his breakthrough track - the epically melodic ‘Shana’. It was snapped up by Coldharbour Recordings and midway through the year became Pit’s debut release on the label. In a charge led by trance overlord (and Coldharbour label boss) Markus Schulz, the genre’s DJ hierarchy hammered it – turning it into one of the tracks of the year. Thus begun a flourishing artist/label relationship that over the last 4 years has gone from strength to strength and seen the release of over a dozen tracks. Near singlehandedly putting his native Romania on the genre’s map, through tracks like the ‘The Cube’, ‘Vanguard’, the Vicky Fee vocalled ‘Back For More’, ‘Unchanged’ and ‘Deluxe’, Pit established himself as a major production force. Now a cornerstone of the Coldharbour label (and seen by fans as one of its key latter-day sound designers), most recently it’s been the likes of ‘Sky Traffic’, ‘Stamina’ and ‘Overload’ that’s seen Mr Pit continue to reign supreme. From its erstwhile singularly sweeping harmonic/melodic feel, Pit has future-proofed his sound and latterly introduced t

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Dancing Through the Space

A State Of Trance Year Mix 2008

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Doppelbanger

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Afraid to feel Remixes

Toronto '09

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A State of Trance Radio Top 15 - October/September/August 2010

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We Are Planet Perfecto, Vol. 2

River of Hearts / It is What it Is

Shana

A State of Trance 500

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A State of Trance 500 (Mixed by Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Markus Schulz, Cosmic Gate & Andy Moor)

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Toronto 09 (Mixed by Markus Schulz)

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