When I heard Mad Maxx was coming in from Spain to play a live set of full on psytrance in Vancouver this Hallowe’en, I couldn’t wait! In the last few months I’ve rediscovered my psytrance roots, and really been loving some of the new stuff. Mad Maxx stood out as one of my favorites and I’ve featured his tracks most notably on my Journey to Here episode. (I thought I had featured him more, but am a bit excited to see that I haven’t overplayed his tracks. Maybe I’ll feature him in the Hallowe’en podcast.)

Anyways, Mad Maxx is actually Max Peterson who was born in San Diago but spent time living in France and Mexico before moving to Spain where he is currently based. In 2000, Max teamed up with Samy Guediche (CPU) and Nicolas Oesch (Mekkanikka) to create a group called Biodegradable. After the success of their album, Phaser, Max joined up with Davina Elmosnino and created the Trance Project formerly known as Sirius Isness.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s show at 23 West in Vancouver! Event info is on the Facebook Event page. You can find a little more about Mad Maxx on the Mad Maxx MySpace page. And watch for more Mad Maxx on Trancendance very soon!

A fantastic Yin and Yang show this week with special guest Steve Krueger in the studio to start things off with a groovy trance set.

The second half of the show picks up the pace with a hard acid trance set featuring two brand new promo tracks from Ignite Digital – Future Manipulation by Burak Harsitlioglu and Alternative by On NRG. Both tracks will appear on the forthcoming Zest album from Ignite Digital, mixed by Simon Qudos (another of my current faves). On NRG caught my attention a few weeks back when I included the track On Stars in The Burning Man Mix (which seems to be quite a popular mix).

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Steve Krueger Groovy Trance Mix

John Digweed & Nick Muir – Satellite (Christian Smith Remix)
Moguai – Oyster (Michael Woods Mix)
Fatboy Slim vs. Funkagenda – What the F**k (Funkagenda Remix)
Timofey & Bartosz Brenes – Heaven (Phonk D’or Rework)
Nic Chagall – Back to San Fran
Phonk D’or – Fck me up (Phonk’s Re-Dub)
Lazy Jay – Float My Boat (Moguai Remix)
Fischerspooner – Supply & Demand (Moguai Remix)
Fedde Le Grande feat. Mitch Crown – Rockin High (Nicky Romero Mix)

dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Mix

Lab4 – Concept of Love (SQ’s Electric Shandy Remix)
Luke S & SQ – Relentless
Burak Harsitlioglu – Future Manipulation
Simon Qudos & Toryn D – Destiny
Steve Hill & Technikal – Theme from HTML (Nomad Mix)
Scott Genetik vs. Alex Mac & Zebra Kid – U Got Me
On NRG – On Stars
On NRG – All Will Be Lost
On NRG – Alternative
Luke S & SQ – Red & Blue
Future Resonance – Elite Force (Ilogik Shrink Wrapped Remix)
Future Resonance – Attention
Future Resonance – Seduction
Manik – Domestics on the Decks
Manik – Twist

Tonight’s set starts out with a few high-energy tracks from Astrix’s new album Red Means Distortion before slowing down into some deep trance by Zonka and Pakman. Just when you think you’ve drifted to the deepest edges of the Universe, a few tracks by Ephedrix will have you back home in record time.

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dj Smiley Mike Trance Adverture Mix

Astrix – Mir
Aquatica – Place of Panic (Sytem Nipel Remix)
Astrix – Eye to Eye (GMS 2010 Remix)
Astrix – Acid Rocker
Protoculture – 1998
Timelock – Radioactive
Space Cat – Feel the Future
Anti Matter – Absolute Zero
Ritmo – Dimensions (Zonka Remix)
Flegma – Blow Out (Zonka Remix)
Zonka – Heil (Erotic Dream Remix)
Erotic Dream – The Last Drop
Pakman – Change the Things
Pakman – Stage
Pakman – Some Noise
Easy Riders – Test Drive
Electro Sun & Brain Damage – Hypnotic Voices (Ephedrix Remix)
Ephedrix & Oonah – Space & Time
Astrix – Antiwar
Domestic – Bloom on Day

Encore Mix

Astrix – Dharma
Hysteria – One

Dose Presents Life Force
New Years Eve Rave 1995

I was digging through my collection of old mixtapes this week and found this gem, recorded from a Dose Productions rave here in Vancouver on New Years Eve 1995 featuring live sets from DJ Vitamin E and DJ Lace. These mixes are likely to be available only for a limited time, so grab them while you can!

You can find them on the dj Smiley Mike Soundcloud profile.