Uplifting Only 700: Journey Through Time 2013-2026 [No Talking] [All-Instrumental] (July 2026)

We've reached 700 episodes of Uplifting Only, and it's time to celebrate! We will journey in time from 2013 — the first year of the show —to the present. And this will be an all-instrumental episode.

Ori has chosen finalists (both winners and runners-up) from the yearly Tune of the Year votes, choosing only all-instrumental tracks, and will play them in roughly chronological order. (Plus, to represent 2026, we have an exclusive world premiere of a forthcoming orchestral uplifter on Abora from later this summer.)

We'll begin with the TOTY vote winner from 2013, and end with the TOTY vote winner from 2025. Enjoy this special episode!

All episode info & links: www.abora-recordings.com/uponly-700

TIMED TRACKLIST: 1. [0:00:00]: 2013 #1: SoundLift - Freedom (Intro Mix) [Abora Skies] 2. [0:10:16]: 2013 #2: Kelly Andrew - The Incursion (Epic Orchestral Trance Mix) [Abora] 3. [0:14:29]: 2014 #5: Sergey Nevone & Simon O'Shine - In Spite Of Everything [Defcon] 4. [0:20:29]: 2014 #1: New World - Ushio (Emotional Intro Mix) [Abora Skies] 5. [0:27:15]: 2016 #2: illitheas - Last Forever [Abora Skies] 6. [0:31:39]: 2016 #1: illitheas - Moments with You [Abora Skies] 7. [0:36:59]: 2015 #1: Sergey Nevone & Simon O'Shine - Ethereal Rhapsody [Defcon] 8. [0:43:53]: 2016 #3: Aly & Fila with Ahmed Romel - Kingdoms (FSOE 450 Anthem) [FSOE] 9. [0:49:13]: 2018 #5: Tycoos & Sandro Mireno - A Place Where Love is Born [Abora] 10. [0:53:13]: 2018 #4: Andy Blueman - Sea Tides (Cinematic Remake) [Abora Skies] 11. [0:59:18]: 2015 #3: SoundLift - Wonderful Feeling [Natura] 12. [1:05:44]: 2019 #3: Damian Wasse & Sandro Mireno - The Motive Of Childhood [Abora Skies] 13. [1:10:36]: 2020 #5: tranzLift - Heaven's Shore (Mercurial Virus Remix) [Beyond the Stars] 14. [1:16:05]: 2018 #1: Akku - Megumi (Emotional Mix) [Abora Skies] 15. [1:20:44]: 2022 #1: CO1N & Darkingz - Mermaid's Tears [Aerodynamica] 16. [1:27:14]: 2020 #2: DreamLife & Aleksey Gunichev - Maybe Someday [Abora Skies] 17. [1:32:01]: 2024 #1: AYDA - Stellar [Abora] 18. [1:36:04]: 2023 #3: CO1N & Darkingz - Winter Sea (Darkingz Remix) [Abora Skies] 19. [1:42:04]: 2023 #4: Sandro Mireno - Morning Prayer [Abora] 20. [1:46:32]: 2024 #3: XiJaro & Pitch - Unite Again (Corrado Baggieri Remix) [Phoenix] 21. [1:50:42]: PRE-RELEASE PICK: Sou Enomoto - Hakumei [Abora] [WORLD PREMIERE] 22. [1:54:01]: 2025 #1: illitheas - Golden Skies [Abora]