Craig Connelly & Paul Denton Revive Acid Trance On ‘Quantum Eraser’

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When two of UK’s finest join forces in the studio you know the results are going to be impressive but Craig Connelly & Paul Denton have excelled themselves with their new collaboration ‘Quantum Eraser’.

A thunderous uplifting trance record that will be played in the pairs live sets around the globe this summer and is taken from the massively anticipated third artist album from Craig Connelly. Released on the Future Sounds of Egypt (FSOE) label, ‘Quantum Eraser’ has already seen wide praise from industry heavyweights Armin van Buuren, Ruben De Ronde, Aly & Fila and John O’Callaghan.

The last two years has been hit record after hit record for Craig Connelly including having his Roxanne Emery collaboration ‘This Life’ adding to rotation on Sirius XM’s BPM channel, the biggest dance music station in North America. His latest two vocal singles Waterfall & Lights Around The World have both been hailed as ‘Tune Of The Year’ by fans & critics alike. Other stand out productions are Phuket, The Universal, The Creator and his remixes for Bryan Kearney and Solarstone. Not to mention mixing 2019’s Subculture compilation with Factor B. His 2019 touring schedule has seen him perform at huge arenas, clubs and festivals across the globe including EDC Las Vegas, Dreamstate SoCal, Subculture in Los Angeles & Melbourne, U4RIA Festival in Toronto, Liberation at Fabric in London and Luminosity Beach Festival NL. He also sold out his San Francisco Open To Close debut set in the summer.

After entering at the top of the charts for dance music pre-orders on iTunes, Craig Connelly’s 2017 album “One Second Closer” was released worldwide and hit #2 in the iTunes dance album chart. Since it’s released it has amassed over four million plays on Spotify, The last eight years in music production have been prolic to say the least for Craig Connelly, with 25+ Beatport Top 10 selling Trance productions to date including ve number 1’s and remixes for Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, Lange, Andy Moor, John O’Callaghan and Aly & Fila to top it all off.

Available now to purchase on Beatport and listen via all popular streaming platforms, get your first listen to ‘Quantum Eraser’ by Craig Connelly & Paul Denton below!

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