Recommended Artists:

Regular Trance:
ATB
Armin Van Buuren
M.I.K.E./Push/Plastic Boy (or his 88 other aliases)
Markus Schulz
Nolita
Cosmic Gate
Cosmic Baby
Vincent De Moor
Pulsedriver (borders on hard trance)
Hybrid
Above and Beyond
Chicane
Milk Inc (bordering hardtrance)


Hardtrance:
Pulsedriver
Rocco & Bass-T (borders on hands-up)
Tiesto
Starsplash
Special D
Topmodelz
Alex Megane
Groove Coverage (bordering trance/hands-up)
Aycan
Cane
Marco Larusso
2Vibez
Commercial Club Crew
Megara VS DJ Lee
Cascada (before 2009)


Recommended Compilations:

Regular Trance:
A State of Trance
Trance the Vocal Sessions
Trancemaster
Global DJ Broadcast

Hardtrance/Hands-up:
Future Trance (borders with reg. trance)
Dream Dance (borders with reg. trance)
Trance Voices (borders with reg. trance)
Fantasy Dance Hits
Tunnel Trance Force


Mainstream dance:
Clubland
Remixland
Ministry of Sound (various comps)
CD Pool
Promo Only
Fun Dancefloor
Bargrooves
House Clubhits
Dancefloor Deluxe



Classic comps you may be interested in:

Classic unspecified:
Club mix (Cold Front)
Digital Empire (Cold Front) (Rare)
Totally Dance
This Is Ultimate Dance
Happy Rave
DJ Mix(1)(2)
DDR mixes
Now Dance
Dance Sounds
Madacy's cover collections (Countdown Dance Masters) (CDM Project)
Fired Up!
Dance Mix UK
Dance Nation
Dancehits Supermix