Anniversary of the 1999 Spirit Circle Gathering in Pemberton BC

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

Fresh Trance Trax

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

WellWicked and Noom Records Trance Podcast

Sorry about the delay in posting this week’s podcast. There was a glitch with the podcast server but it’s fixed so this week’s show is ready for download.

This week Caddyshack and I were going to play a Nukleuz Records tag team set but we’ve postponed that until next week (Sep 14). In it’s place this week’s set is filled with tracks off the brilliant intelligent hard trance label WellWicked as well as the complex layered trance of Noom Records.

I tried to write down the playlist as I went but be warned there could still be a few tracks out of order.

Natious – Lift (Bluestone Records)
Nuw Idol – Polly’s Pharmacy – Dr Bob X-SDose Remix (WellWicked Records)
Nuw Idol – Not Afraid (WellWicked Records)
Natious – Another World (Bluestone Records)
Nuw Idol – Kick Drum Domination (WellWicked Records)
Sonik Kross – Walking with Dreamz (WellWicked Records)
Nuw Idol & Gianni – The Gates of Time – Nuw Idol UK DK Mix (WellWicked Records)

Les Logos – 1.17 – Original Mix (Noom Records)
Instinct – Zero (Noom Records)
Nuw Idol – Out of Id (WellWicked Records)
Natious – Thrust 1
Nuw Idol – Dreamweaver (WellWicked Records)
solarize – DJ Idge (WellWicked Records)
Snack vs. Uwe Hacker – Dampframme – Street Mix (Noom Records)
Waterhouse – Is It Right (Noom Records)
Nuw Idol – The Gates of Time (WellWicked Records)

4hr Show with 2hr Tag-Team Trance Set

Our longest show in awhile – Caddyshack starts off the night until Smiley Mike shows up around 11:30. After a half hour set we extend the show for an extra 2hrs playing a non-stop 2 records each tag-team trance set that pushes trance in every possible direction.

DJ Smiley Mike Deep Trance Set

This week I did set aside the Nukleuz records and laid down a fairly deep trance set including a few well-known trance classics. All in all the set went pretty smooth. Being a perfectionist I can hear every wobble but there were really no major mistakes.

Both the first hour and the second hour start with the same track which is written and produced by Nick Hook & Martin Sharp and released on Total Music Records – but then each set goes in its own direction.

(Note: there is some back and forth mixing so some of the records below are played more than once)

Partial track listing (First Hour)

First Life – The Feeling the Day Before – Total Music Records
Jon the Dentist – Analogue Storm (Part 1) – Intensive Music
Transa – Supernova – Xtranova / Hook Recordings
Opus 808 – Don’t Turn Away (EFO Remix) – Xtranova / Hook Recordings
Smudge & Smith – Near Me – INCredible
Doran vs. Joshua Ryan – Unreal – Crush Recordings
White Label
Chac feat. Chilli Gold – 7 Years (Grinder Vox for the Box Remix) – Tonkin’ Music Test Pressing

Partial track listing (Second Hour):

First Life – The Feeling the Day Before – Total Music Records
Trigger – Rollercoaster (The Traveller and Quest’s Ectopic Beats Remix) – Viscious Vinyl
Morris v Rogers – Girl from the Green Dimension (Main Mix) – Pitch Black Records
Dumonde – God Music (Euphonic Mix) – Bulletproof Music
Max Graham – Falling Together – Hope Recordings
Paul van Dyk – We Are Alive (Breathless Mix) – Deviant Records
Outdare! – Live Today (Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub) – Test Pressing
Plastic Gangsters – The Yin, The Yang… The Young (Corrupted Parts Hard Mix) – Nukleuz Records
Sidekick – Respond – Test Pressing
Spider & Marc van Bekkum – One (Original Mix) – 2Play Recordings
Breeder – Twilo Thunder (Beetlejuice Version 4) – Rhythm Syndicate Recordings