Mad Maxx played at Organix on Friday and after looking through some of my recent podcasts, I was surprised that I hadn’t played more Mad Maxx given that I have quite a few of his tracks and generally love his stuff. This week I picked up a few newer Mad Maxx tracks, dug up some of his older stuff and put together a Full On Psytrance set that hopefully does him proud. Still a long way off from the live set he delivered on Friday, but Max sets the bar pretty high as a long-time leading name in hard psychedelic trance.

dj Smiley Mike Mad Maxx Tribute Mix

Astrix – Dharma
Digicult & Fatali – The Return
Astrix – Take a Shot
Astrix – Antiwar
Audio-X – Everything’s Gone (Audio-X Remix)
Digicult & U-Recken – Days in Space
Sufi – Playground (Getafix Remix)
XSI & Mad Maxx – Bass Monkey
Mad Maxx – At the End of the Rainbow (Remix)
Mad Maxx & XSI – The Shamen
XSI – Alchemik Machines (Mad Maxx Remix)
Mad Maxx & XSI – Creeping
XSI – Dominion feat. Lucid
Peace Maker vs. Mad Maxx – Everyone Equal
Bamboo Forest – Voyager (Solar System Remix)
Mekkanikka – Black Jack
Broken Toy – Nu Metro
Switch – Let the Bass Be Louder

Steve Kreuger Eclectic Mix

I always have the hardest time describing other people’s sets as the connection to the music isn’t quite as intimate. And Steve plays such an eclectic mix that I’m not always sure how to classify it. Some of it is a little housey, some of it is trancey and some of it seems almost a bit technoey. (Spell check is giving me a hard time there, but I think you get what I mean.) If you really want to know what I’m talking about, give Steve’s set a listen and then let me know how you would classify the style.

La Roux – In for the Kill (Michael Woods Remix)
Cirez D – The Tumble
Thomas Gold – Star 69 (The Thomas Gold 09 What the F*ck Edit)
Dad Life – Just Bleep Me (Satisfaction)
Tiesto feat Emily Haines – Knock You Out (Keemerah Remix)
Hey Today! – Strange
Aeroplane, Steve Angello & Mylo – Drop the Superstar Knas
Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner – Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup)
Tiesto – Louder than Boom

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.

I couldn’t wait for this week’s show after being forced to take last week off! You guys have been asking for a fix of dark psytrance and this week’s set delivers. As usual it’s mixed with a fairly deep and twisted selection of fullon psy. I also discovered a great EP by Planewalker titled Psychic Evolution, which is available for free download at Ektoplasm. It’s a killer mix of breakbeat and psychedelic trance which seems to be shaping a relatively new sub-genre called psybreaks. While still a relatively young sub-sub-genre of trance, I could see more artists like Planewalker and Dapanji creating a pretty popular fusion between the already popular psytrance and breakbeat sub-genres.

Caddyshack drops some new tracks in his set this week too, including a new Nick Sentience remix of Edison Factor and a killer Organ Donors remix of Adapter by Scott Attrill. Another track worth mentioning for Hard Acid Trance fans is Andy Farley & Base Graffiti – No More. Base Graffiti is one of those names I don’t see too often, but it always catches my attention when one of their tracks get’s played.

dj Smiley Mike fullon dark and psybreaks mix

Astrix – Acid Rider
Timelock – Radioactive
Alien vs. The Cat vs. Shanti – Ookikabuki (Studio Mix)
Planewalker – Psychic Evolution
Planewalker – Vampire Hunter
Tripy – Trip Out
Mekkanikka – Sweet Afghani Delicious
Ephedrix & Oonah – Space & Time
Sufi – Playground (Getafix Remix)
Domestic – Bloom on Day
Astrix – Eye to Eye (GMS 2010 Remix)
TighT – White Primative
Planewalker – Primary Ascender (Secondary Mix)
Tetrium – Electro Sounds

dj Caddyshack Vocal and Hard Dance Mix

Mauro Picotto – Back to Cali (Organ Donors Remix)
Organ Donors – Dr. Kaotica
Vinylgroover & The Red Hed – Everlasting (Scott Attrill’s Hard Electrik Mix)
Vinylgroover & The Red Hed – Hopscotch
Cirez D vs Armin Van Buurin – On Off Love (Armin Van Buurin Mashup)
Edison Factor – Hallucination (Nick Sentience Mix)
Scott Attrill – Adapter (Organ Donors Mix)
Ambers D – Amber’s Theme (Alex Kidd & Kidd Kaos Mix)
Anne Savage vs. Lisa Lashes – Release Me (Organ Donors Mix)
Andy Farley & Base Graffiti – No More
Organ Donors – Tranceplant
Defunct – Fokkin Lekker (Rel1 Refix)

As usual, recorded live in a single take using Serato 2.0 with vinyl control records.

Another smashing week with an extended 3hr show! This week my set features remixes of classic trance anthems and trance mash-ups that should send shivers down your spine and leave your whole body tingling! I’ve always liked the heavy remixes and mash-ups, but often they’re on the lighter side. Not this set! At 145bpm it’s an epic PsyTrance set not to be missed! Tell your friends!

During the second half of the show, after his excursion into Drum & Bass, Caddyshack returns to trance with an Epic Trance mix that combines both new and old favourites.

dj Smiley Mike PsyTrance Remixes of Classic Trance Anthems and Mash Up Set:

Domestic – Bloom on day
Save the Robot – I Care
Quadra – Pure Ecstasy (Dynamic Remix)
Quadra – Bless the Robot
Save the Robot – She Came
Save the Robot – Robotz
Quadra – Chase the Sun
Alien Project – Deeper
Alien Project vs Space Cat vs Quadra – I Dose
Alien Project – Activation Portal
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Quadra – Unification
Quadra – LSD Came Falling Down
Alien Project – Missing Linker
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
Astrix – Tweaky (Alien Project Remix)
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Alien Project – NRG
Save the Robot – What the Funk
Sub Focus – Rock It (Stanton Warriors Re-Rub)
Skynet UK – Back to 89 (Calvertron Remix)

dj Caddyshack Epic Trance Set:

Funkagenda vs Eurythmics – Sweet F*** (Funkagenda WTF Remix)
Cut & Run – Horny Disco Balls
Prodigy – Smack my Bitch Up (Richard Mix)
DJ Tomcraft – Lonliness (Above & Beyond Remix)
Energy 52 – Cafe Del Mar (John ’00′ Fleming Remix)
DJ Tomcraft vs Sunbeam – Versus (Original Mix)
Ummet Ozcan – Timewave Zero (Original Mix)
Klauss Goulart – Misty (Fabio Stein’s Uprise in ’99 Remix)
Christopher Lawrence & Nicholas Bennison – Continuation (Original Mix)
John ’00′ Fleming & The Digital Blonde – Nine Inch Nails (Dub Mix)
John ’00′ Fleming & The Digital Blonde – Sunburn (Original Mix)
Andy Farly & Base Graffiti – No More (Original Mix)
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave (Original Mix)
Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt – Waiting (First State Remix)

Easter long weekend is just another excuse for an extended show! The first two hours is uninterrupted and journeys from PsyTrance into Hard Trance, then through some heavily remixed Trance Classics before weaving back into PsyTrance and then finishing with some more Hard Trance.

Caddyshack discovered Drum n Bass last week and goes mental this week in what may very well be his first ever Hard Drum and Bass set.

dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Mix:

Space Cat vs. Onyx – Time Wolers
Disco Hooligans – String Theory
F.F.T. & Frenessy - Psychedelic system
Hunab Tech & Antigravity - Nitro (Lamat Remix)
Astrix – Tweaky (Alien Project Remix)
Save the Robot – Robotz
Alien Project - Activation Portal
Simon Qudos - Lets Get Higher
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (Original Mix)
Simon Qudos - Ascension Protocol
Simon Qudos – Next Generation
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (Adrenaline Dept. Remix)
Quadra – Bless the Robot
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Save the Robot – Communicate
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
Alien Project – Deeper
Quadra – Back Again
Alien Project – NRG
Save the Robot – I Care
Fabio Stein – Agent of Chaos
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Remix)
Nick Robertson – Identity Crisis
Nick Sentience & Nick Rowland – Meridian
Nick Larsen – Push (Fabio Stein’s Back 2 Basics Remix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Uplifting Mix)
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave (Fabio Stein Crasher Remix)

dj Caddyshack Drum & Bass Mix:

Reflekt – Need to Feel Loved (Deep Focus & Incontext Mix)
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc (DnB Mix)
Sub Focus – Timewarp
Sub Focus – X-Ray
Pendulum feat. Sub Focus – Triad Warrior (Noisia Remix)
Adam F – Original Jungle Sound (TC Remix)
Prodigy – Take Me to the Hospital (Sub Focus Remix)
Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up (Sub Focus Remix)
Deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire – Ghosts n Stuff (Sub Focus Remix)
Friction & K-Tee – Untitled Blues
Inhaler feat. Christian Burns – Something About You (J. Magik & Wickamann’s Extended Mix)
J. Magik & Wickamann – Crazy World
Sub Focus – Follow the Light
Sub Focus – Join the Dots
Ed Rush & Optical – Pac Man (Upbeats Remix)
Martsman – 8 Bit Bouncer
Spor – 1 up
Rank 1 – L.E.D. there be Light (Tn DnB Remix)
DJ Czech – Rockin’
Ed Solo – Age of Dub (Parker Remix)
DJ Czech – Untitled