Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by admin . Filed under:
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This is the first EP release of the forthcoming debut album “Zest” from Ignite Digital – the UK based Hard Dance/Hard Trance label run by DJ/Producer Simon Qudos. This EP sees Brisbane based Luke S team up with one of our favourite UK producers, Nick Squires – better known as SQ. After many hours locked in the studio, these two have produced two impressive tunes aimed to devastate the dance floor.
“Relentless” is an out and out solid hard trancer driven by a powerful kick drum and complimenting rolling bassline – plenty of subtle key changes and enough twists and turns to keep you hoping for more!
“Red & Blue” sees the boys take it up a notch and the result is a tune that would easily bridge hard trance and hard house – elements of old skool with a plenty here, with a well used 303, rave FX and a vocal sample from The Matrix that fits the tune perfectly and makes it one to remember long after you’ve left the dance floor!
You can here both of these tracks in my recent Hard Acid Trance Mix, and watch for the Zest album from Ignite Digital to be released on Nov 11, 2010 with digital release following up in December.
I’m listening to the first third of this weeks podcast right now and watching Metrotown pass by while I ride the train through the blue sky on my way back from another busy day that started off with three hours of dentistry this morning. So now you get why this week’s show is untitled. I could have called it the Froster.ca launch show, but that seemed a little too corporate. Yeah – I do have a day job, and this week I was right in the middle of it during the show. How is that possible, given that the show airs from 10pm – Midnight in my timezone? Well, let’s just say I’m a dedicated employee that is lucky enough to work with some pretty dedicated people.
Alright, so none of that really has to do with anything musical. What’s on the decks this week? I’m still well into my PsyTrance kick. Steve played some of the wonkiest, most twisted trance I’ve ever heard (sorry, I wasn’t able to capture the track list), and Caddyshack dropped a fine mix of old-made-new epic trance.
dj Smiley Mike PsyTrance Set:
Timelock – Radioactive
Disco Hooligans – Clear Skies
Disco Hooligans – Easy to Get Lost
Quadra – Pure Ecstasy (Dynamic Remix)
Save the Robot – I Care
Domestic – Bloom on Day
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Dapanji – Attention Please
Dapanji – The Dog is Talk
Hunab Tech & Antigravity – Nitro (Lamat Rmx)
F.F.T – Frequency Request (Lamat Rmx)
Lamat & Hans Solo – Next Generation of Science
Dapanji vs Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music
Steve Krueger Twisted Trance Set:
I didn’t get Steve’s track list this week because I was winding up a pirate game and launching a new Froster website for Mac’s.
dj Caddyshack Trance Mix:
Deadmau5 – Jaded (Caddyshack Edit)
John ‘00′ Fleming & The Digital Blonde – Nine Inch Nails (The Dub Mix)
Christopher Lawrence & Nicholas Bennison – Continuation (Original Mix)
Ummet Ozcan – Timewave Zero (Original Mix)
Cirez D vs Armin Van Buuren feat Sharon – On Off Love (Armin Van Buuren Mash-Up)
Andy Moor vs Motorcycle – So Much Rush (Myon & Shane Mash-Up)
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave (Original Mix)
Ben Gold – First Class Travel
The Prodigy – Smack my Bitch Up (Richard Durrand Remix)
Taucher – Science Fiction (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Push – Universal Nation (Dumonde Remix)
Just before the show this week I discovered two albums worth picking up. Usually I only like one or two tracks off an album, but these two are fantastic all the way through. The first feature album is “Love Machine” by a group called Save the Robot. Save the Robot is made up of Ari Linker (also known as Alien Project) and Ido Liran (also known as Quadra). It’s not surprising since I discovered Alien Project a few weeks ago after falling in love with their “Activation Portal” album, and along the way I found a few tracks by Quadra that were equally rich. I can only hope we see/hear more from these guys!
The second album featured is by non other than Quadra. After the first few tracks that caught my interest, IU went looking for more and found their “Voice of Reason” album. We live in the era of music download sites like iTunes and Track it Down, where you can pick and choose which songs you want for as low as 99 cents – so I know an album has to be exceptional when I fork out for the whole damn thing!
So I’m just the first third of this week’s mix. Caddyshack and Steve Krueger lay down breaks and deep trance sets to make it a 3 hour show this week. If you like the show, don’t just download – subscribe in iTunes – it looks good in the radio station stats!
dj Smiley Mike PsyTrance Mix:
quadra – back again
save the robot – dream catcher
save the robot – let it play
save the robot – i care
save the robot – lowrider
save the robot – robotz
save the robot – she came
save the robot – what the funk
quadra – back again
save the robot – feel like a star
quadra – bless the robot
quadra – cyberfunk
quadra – technoport
quadra – time immortal
quadra – unification
quadra – we shall overcome
phil reynolds & ben bennett – progress (adrenaline dept. remix)
dj Caddyshack Breakbeat Mix:
dj czech – czech fu (re-edit)
dj czech – rockin’
funkagenda vs. eurythmics – sweet f*@# (Funkagenda WTF Mix)
dizzee rascal – bonkers (absorb breaks mix)
far too loud – pay it loud (broken robot mix)
deadmau5 – strobe (plump dj’s mix)
dirtyphonics – vandals
prodigy – smack my bitch up (sub focus remix)
deadmau5 – ghosts n stuff (sub focus remix)
adam f – original jungle sound (tc remix)
Steve Krueger Deep Mix:
daniel heathcliff – phoenix (original mix)
richard durand – tiger’s appology (original mix)
marcus schossow & robert burian – kofola (shy brothers mix)
deadmau5 – FML (original mix)
tiesto – bend it like you don’t care (extended version)
dada life – let’s get bleeped tonight (tiesto mix)
wippenberg vs daft punk – pong around the world (de jan bootleg)
dada life – bleep satisfaction
electrixx – tetris (original mix)
Here’s the track list for this week’s show.
dj Smiley Mike Full On PsyTrance Mix:
Han Solo & Inference – Just a Dream
Alien Project - Activation Portal
Simon Qudos - Even Harder, Even Faster, Even Stronger
Alien Project vs Space Cat vs Quadra - I Dose
Quadra - LSD Came Falling Down
Quadra - Pure Ecstasy (Dynamic Remix)
SubConsciousMind - My Music
F.F.T - Frequency Request (Lamat Remix)
F.F.T & Frenessy - Psychedelic System
Hunab Tech & Antigravity - Nitro (Lamat Remix)
Lamat & Antigravity - Accidental Overdose (Lamat Remix)
Lamat & Han Solo - Next Generation of Science
Spanknoise and Lamat – Fogo Na Selva (feat. Janelo)
Alien Project – NRG
Alien Project - Missing Linker
Alien Project – Deeper
Astrix – Tweaky (Alien Project Remix)
Steve Krueger Vocal Trance Mix:
Mike Shiver & Aruna - Everywhere You Are (Intro Edit)
Steve Kruger - The Great Denva Escape Mashup
George Acosta feat Fisher – True Love (Garry Cueto Remix)
Stoneface & Terminal - Don’t Give a F*** (Vocal Mix)
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (Airspark’s Gateways Mash)
Tocadisco feat. Nadia Ali - Better Run (Wippenberg Remix)
Robbie Rivera feat. Denise Rive - Back to Zero (George Acosta Remix)
Zoo Brazil feat. Leah – You Can Have it All (George Acosta Remix)
Jes – Love Song (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Nic Chagali feat. Johnathan Mendalsohn – This Moment (Prog Mix)
Mat Zo – The Fractal Universe (Original Mix)
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