Welcome to my regular visitors and to the newcomers as well, read on if you're interested in hearing some great music submitted by your fellow Newgrounds users!

Every month I go through the tracks submitted that month, pick my favorites, and promote them in a front-paged news post. I don't mean at all to imply that these are the best tracks submitted - just my favorites. What's more, these couldn't, for sure, be the best overall. You'll find I'm heavily biased towards Trance and related electronic genres while selecting tracks as it's my area of expertise, and I have to be careful I don't select and promote something that may not meet high standards for its genre. I also may have missed a deserving track entirely, so it's inaccurate to suggest that these submissions below are the best tracks out of everything submitted. Regardless, you can be assured that this is quality music, as each track is strong in composition, character, and overall execution.

Thanks to those of you who made suggestions or helped find these artists, and to you readers, please support these deserving artists by showing some kind of support - reviewing, leaving a comment or PM, anything, they deserve it!

Karco's Picks of January

Karco's Top Pick of January: [GF]MinimalJourney[GF] by GrouindForce [House]
This could actually be the very first minimal track I've heard on Newgrounds. I could be wrong about that but it's definitely a very rare style heard here; so plus quite a few points to GroundForce for doing something new for himself. Better still, he pulls it off really well - just that synth and the minimal amount of drums he used (and in places the padlike sounds) were more than enough to fill the track, an impressive feat which earns my respect.

2nd Pick of January: Eye Vision (Original Mix) by Sungazer [Trance]
I've been following Sungazer since his very first submissions to Newgrounds on his very first account (this is his fourth I believe) and he's come quite a long way! Synth diversity/character are both excellent and the mix is one of his best. Composition wasn't his focus here but his progression was also strong and the peak soared to excellent heights as it went on. Definitely a good example of a strong Trance track!

3rd Pick of January: Down To Earth - BrixX & Lira by DJBrixX [Trance]
Though lacking somewhat in its mix and structure, DJBrixX has definitely put together a decent track that definitely deserves its spot here on my picks of the month. Highlights of the track include a wonderful uplifting progression and creative vocal cuts towards the end!

4th Pick of January: Lira - Amnesiac (MCN Mix) by Liralei [Dance]
An experimental track by Mrmilkcarton, it's not meant to be a full-on Trance/Dance track but I included it here for the sheer creativity displayed by Mrmilkcarton in making this track. Liralei's submission Amnesiac provided the vocals which Mrmilkcarton proceeded to slice up to no end - as described by Liralei it was quite a practical way to use the vocals which were recorded on-the-spot and weren't meant to be useful to anyone at all. Well-deserved!