I’m pretty stoked to have Eric Allen on the show this week! I knew there was something about his style that I was drawn to, and as we chatted a bit more about some of his influences and styles, there seemed to be a common theme: high energy stuff that stays interesting. Probably the most fascinating thing was that, with such a similar taste in music, several of the artists he plays aren’t even on my radar! You can be sure that I’ll spend the rest of the week trolling through some of the artists and labels that he played on tonight’s show.

Don’t miss Eric this weekend when he opens at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the Benny Benassi show (with Sander van Doorn and Arty) put on by Blueprint Events. You can also follow Eric Allen on Facebook or check out his mixes on Mixcloud.

Eric Allen Guestmix

Armin van Buuren – Stellar
Progressers – Tears of Joy (Eric’s Edit)
Koele Vaten – Boom (Michael Patterson & Warner Powers Remix)
Clashback & Michael Woods vs R.E.M. – Loosing my Outset (Gabriel & Dresden Mashup)
Ostbahnhof & Ugo Platana – Evensong (Michael Woods Remix)
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Lethal Industry
Solarstone & Orkidea– Slow Motion (Klauss Goulart Remix)
Markus Schulz – Digital Madness (Short Edit)
KhomHa – 507
Orjan Nilsen – Viking
Ortega, Nash & Pepper – First Scream (We Are Extended Mix)

Smiley Mike Uprise Mix

Alion – Bliss
Saint X – Glo
Krama – Vir Mortalis
Hanzo – Take You
Riktam & Bansi – Right Way Up
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave (Fabio Stein Crasher Remix)
The Hague – Crank
Ferry Corsten -It’s Time (Kai Tracid Remix)
Paul Oakenfold – Full Moon Party
Quantum – Expose
Geezk & G.R.G. – Madcake (dj Smiley Mike Smashed & Broken Remix)

Once again the Facebook fans sparked me to look at some new Psytrance and sure enough I found some great new tracks including the new Circle of Life EP by Ephedrix. Just listen!

dj Smiley Mike Full On Psytrance Mix

Tracklist:

Ephedrix – Circle of Life
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Original Mix)
Ephedrix – Prototype (Edit)
Ephedrix – Edison’s Future
Talamasca feat. Nomad – The Awakening (Ephedrix Remix)
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Lamat Remix)
Lamat – Mass Control
Ephedrix – Astral Ignition
Synsun & Kamasustrance – The Key (Lamat Remix)
Gataka – Higer Lever
Gataka – In My Mind (DNA Remix)
Gataka – Dreaming Mode
California Sunshine – Last Feeling
California Sunshine – The Order

dj Caddyshack Epic Trance Mix

Tracklist:

Aria – Dido (Armin van Buuren Remix)
Yahel – Going Up (Magikal Remake)
Dawnseekers – Gothic Dream (Jan Johnson Remix)
Leon Bolier vs Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Bolier Mashup)
Scott Mac – Damager 02 (W&W Remix)
Ummet Ozcan vs. W&W – Synergy
Ummet Ozcan – Timewave Zero
M6 – Fade to Black (W&W Remix)
Taucher – Science Fiction
Major Laegue – Wonder
Jochen Miller – U &Eye (Extended Version)

After many weeks of PsyTrance and a few weeks of talking about a new deep trance mix, Smiley Mike finally delivers with a mix of new and old tracks including deep trance, uplifting trance (or epic trance as I like to call it) and even a few vocal trance trax.

Caddyshack follows up with some uplifting vocal trance of his own, but his set, and the entire show – is cut about 10 minutes short after security guards walk into the studio and inform us that we have to leave the UBC Student Union Building immediately due to a bomb threat. (I’m not sure who makes a threat on a nearly empty building at close to midnight on a Sunday – but that’s how it went down!)

dj Smiley Mike New Deep Trance Mix

Disco Hooligans – Steady Now
Michael Lee – Everblue (Adam Foley Remix)
Nick Rowland – Galactica
John Askew & Matt Hardwick – Slaves to the Machine (Liam Melly Remix)
Disco Hooligans – Steady Now
John Askew – How Can I Put This (Fabio Stein Remix)
Nick Larson – Push (Fabio Stein back2basics Remix)
Chac feat. Chilli Gold – 7 Years (Grinder Vox for the Box Remix)
First State – Off the Radar (First State’s 808 Clash Remix)
Claudia Cazacu – Quatrain 3
Maloraca Lee – Medication Vacation (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Remix)
Activa – Transmission
eGYPT – Spoken Words

dj Caddshack Vocal Trance Mix

Re-locate – Rogue (Caddyshack Edit)
Cirez D vs. Armin Van Buuren – On Off Love (Armin Van Buuren Mashup)
DJ Tomcraft – Overdose
Reflekt feat. Deline Bass – Need to Feel Loved (Seb Fontaine Remix)
Andy Moor vs Orkidea – Yearzero
Orkidea & Gareth Emery vs. Nadia Ali & Andy Moor – Metaversal Love Story (Theta Mashup)
Super 8 & Tab – Irufushi
Lens Flare – Shutter (DNS Project Original Mix)
Tiesto – Sparkles (Transa Remix)

After two weeks off I’m back, throwing down more psytrance. But it’s Caddyshack that really hammers it this week with a killer uplifting trance mix featuring mashups by Armin Van Buuren and Theta. My favourite track this week – Trancemission by Activa!

dj Smiley Mike PsyTrance Mix

Mad Maxx – At the End of the Rainbow (Smiley Mike Live Remix)
XSI feat. Lucid – Dominion
XSI – Alchemik Machines (Mad Maxx)
Aquila – Alice (Ephedrix Remix)
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
Alien Project – NRG
Ephedrix & Aquila – 10 Miles Out (Lamat Remix)
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Quadra – Back Again
Refuge Cru – Terminator II
Dance 2 Trance – Power of American Natives
Mellow Mellow - I Can’t Stop

dj Caddyshack Uplifting Trance Mix

Deadmau5 – Jaded (Caddyshack Edit)
DJ Tom Stevens vs Fridge – Outface 2000
DJ Tiesto – Sparkles (Transa Remix)
Andy Moor vs. Orkidea – Yearzero
Cirez D vs Armin Van Buuren feat Sharon Den Adel – On Off Love (Armin Van Buuren Mashup)
Sia – Buttons (Marcus Schulz Coldharbour Dub Mix)
Orkidea & Gareth Emery vs Nadia Ali & Andy Moor – Metaversal Love Story (Theta Mashup)
Super 8 & Tab – Irufushi
Activa – Trancemission
Christopher Lawrence & Nicholas Bennison – Continuation
Fabio Stein – Agent of Chaos (Asoteric Orchestral Mix)
Joshua Ryan – Cherry Whip (Track name might not be exact)

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)