Well, the show goes on even if the website doesn’t get updated as often. Trancendance has been on the air now for 9 years! Before that, on a sunny February afternoon back in 1999 (if I remember correctly) there was a little ol’ gathering in Pemberton at the base of Mount Currie. This is the home of the Lil’wat Nation, and it was there that we entered into the Spirit Circle for an epic night of celebration.

There is no question in my mind that anyone who was there will remember being so — you all know who you are.

This past Sunday Caddyshack and I had an exceptionally good show and I couldn’t help but wonder if the Spirit Circle had a little something to do with that.

dj Smiley Mike set:

Blank & Jones – Miracle Cure (Progressive Mix)
Union Jack – Papillon
Union Jack – Triclops (Club Mix)
Starsign – Taurus
Nicholas Bennison – New Power
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Flemming – Beyond the Limit (SAN Remix)
Christopher Lawrence – Interceptor
Nicholas Bennison – Spirit Chamber
Nicholas Bennison – Exocet (Bennison Rework)
Fabio Stein & Claudia Cazacu – Crazakisein (Original Epic Mix)
Shadow K meets She DJ Spree – Music Is… (DJ Tatana Remix)
Danny Loko – Somos Nozes (Fabio Stein’s Electric Nuts Remix)
Fabio Stein – Stroboscopic

Well, it’s definitely better than most of the shows in the past 6 months. I’ve had some good parts of shows but there always seems to be some considerable screw-up that keeps me from posting the mix in the sidebar as a featured podcast.

The first mix is likely the shakiest and as the show goes on it just gets better and better until the last 45 minutes are really solid.

The first half is more deep pulsing layered trance that slowly builds. The second half is a little harder and a little more epic with some big ups and downs and several trance anthem remixes from over the years.

dj Smiley Mike Tracklist:

First Life – The Feeling the Day Before
POB & Taylor – Aura
Max Graham – Falling Together
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question – Chris Micrli Mix
dj Eyal – xtacy 1999
Don Grossinger – White Label
Judge Jules & BK – I Don’t Know
Cliff Tangredi – Shimmer

dj Caddyshack Tracklist:

Blue Amazon – No Other Love – Deniro Mix 1
White Label – Numb – Nick Muirs Mix
Spider vs Marc Van Bekkum – One – Tribe Tech Mix
Flash Brothers featuring Tiff Lacey – Stay – Noel Sanger Remix
Talla 2XLC – Love’s Coming Down – Dumonde Remix
Ian Van Dahl – Inspiration – Peter Luts Mix
Nick Sentience – Transcender
Paul Van Dyk – We Are Alive – Breathless Mix
Miss Shiva – Dreams – Humate Remix
Three Drives – Greece 2000 – Leama & James Davis Mix
Chac featuring Chilli Gold – 7 Years – Grinder Vox for the Box Remix

Lots of fresh trance this week although some of it was previewed last week. First half of the show went down much smoother than the second half. More vocal trance than I usually play, but several of these vocal tracks don’t overdo it and they still have a rougher electro feel to them so they seem to satisfy my taste. Two of the new records that are already standing out to me are the Judge Jules and BK collaboration on Riot Recordings. You might recognize BK from some of the Nukleuz tracks I play in the Hard Trance sets. The other is the Peter Luts Remix of Inspiration.

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Tracklist First Half:

Polar – Polar Soul – Kobyashi Remix
Transa – Supernova
Judge Jules & BK – I Don’t Know
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question – Chris Micrli Mix
Generation Gap – Last Rites
Schiller mit Mila Mar – Lebe – ATB Club Remix
White Label – Inspiration – Peter Luts Remix
Outdare – Live Today – Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub
Judge Jules & BK – I Don’t Know
Outdare – Live Today – Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub

Tracklist Second Half:

Prism – Innerscape
Paul Oakenfold – Faster Kill – Roman Hunter
DJ Eyal – Everlasting Flow of Energy
Flash Brothers feat Tiff Lacey – Stay – Noel Sanger Remix
DJ Eyal – Xtacy 1999
White Label – Numb – Nick Muirs Mix
Flash Brothers feat Tiff Lacey – Stay – Original Mix
Delerium – Silence – Funkagenda’s Saphire Vox Remix
Three Drives – Greece 2000 – Leama & James Davis Mix
BT – Smartbomb – Plump DJs Remix

Finally back at the station after a crazy December – this show goes out to Steve Clark. A good friend, a brother in fact – Steve and I met at the legendary 1999 Spirit Circle gathering in Pemberton. Steve was up on Blackcomb mountain for New Year’s Eve and an avalanche got him. You’ll always be with us in spirit Steve. 

Quite a few new records this week…

One other thing I forgot to mention – the Trancendance Podcast is now available straight from the iTunes store. Just search for Trancendance and click on See All in the Podcast section. 

First Half:

Tomcraft – Katowice
Prism – Innerscape
Flash Brothers feat. Tiff Lacey – Stay - Noel Sanger Remix
Forcefield – Visions of Eden – Mea Culpa Remix
Ian Van Dahl – Inspiration – Peter Luts Remix
Tomcraft – Lonliness – Club Mix
Tomcraft – Lonliness – Hacker Remix
Breeder – Twilo Thunder – Stoked Up Mix
Freddie Filter vs BT – Loving U More

Second Half:

Chac feat. Chilli Gold – 7 Years – Grinder Vox for the Box Remix
Miss Shiva – Dreams – Humate Remix
Delerium – Silence – Funkagenda’s Saphire Vox
Schiller mit Mila Mar – Lieb – ATB Club Remix
Dumonde – God Music – Euphonic Mix
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question – Chris Micrli Mix
White Label – Numb – Nick Muirs Mix
BT – Smartbomb – Plump DJs Mix
Outdare – Live Today

Sorry I missed last week’s show. This week was going to be a remix of three weeks ago but at the 11th hour I started pulling out records and the set seemed to be taking a more classic trance anthem feel. I’ve always had a handful of records that are brilliant but seemingly impossible to mix. This week I brought 5 or 6 of them and overall things didn’t go to badly. The first mix was a little forced but then things smooth out a little better. 

First Half

prism – innerscape (limbo records)
natious – sonic sunrise
mike hiratzka & justin scott dixon – two worlds (original mix)
seafield – feel free (white label promo)
opus 808 – don’t turn away (e.f.o. remix)
dj eyal – xtacy 1999 (phatt phunk records)
blue amazon – no other love (blue amazon’s new phase funk mix)
polar – polar south (koncept records)
dastrix – raw (red parrot recordings)
tomcraft – lonliness (club mix)

Second Half

dumonde – god music (euphonic mix)
three drives – greece 2000 (deniro remix)
talla 2xlc – love’s coming down (dumonde remix)
miss shiva – dreams (humate remix)
three drives – greece 2000 (farmatronic genetic mix)
transa – carla’s theme (hook recordings)
transa – enervate (hook recordings)
three drives – greece 2000 (leama & james davis remix)
transa – perpetua (hook recordings)
chac – 7 years (grinder vox for the box remix)