The sunshine seems to be missing this summer. What better reason to hang out with some lasers and bass-bins behind the decks at your favourite local club.

The Internet feed was down this week, and I thought I had lost the whole podcast, but after a little digging and a little pixie dust, here we go! (And it’s a good one, so find an excuse to be home alone and crank the volume right up to the top!)

dj Smiley Mike – Progressive Psytrance & Goa Mix

Liquid Soul – Hypnotic Energy
Liquid Soul – Prophecy
Freq & Liquid Soul – Liquid Frequencies (Liquid Soul Mix)
John 00 Fleming – Jawa (Ovnimoon Remix)
Liquid Soul – Devotion (Protoculture Mix)
Earsugar – Bonfire
Liquid Soul – Devotion (Ace Ventura Mix)
Ace Ventura – Genesis
Haldolium – The Last Dance (Echotek Remix)
E-Clip – Tough Frequency
E-Clip – Chandra
Ovnimoon – Sacred Earth
Nerso – Outer Space
Astrix – Eye to Eye

dj Caddyshack New Trance Set

Funkagenda & Adam K – Drift (Original Club Remix)
Scot Project & DJ Sabu – Feel
Afrojack & R3hab – Aces High Prutata
Garry Cueto – It’s Not What You Think
Stoneface & Terminal – Rush (Original Mix)
Leon Boiler & Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Boiler Mash-up)
Crimson – Stardust
Pryda – Illusions
Gareth Emery – Citadel (Super 8 & Tab Remix)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (John 00 Fleming Mix)
Major League – Wonder

This week dj Smiley Mike slows it down for a deep trance mix while dj Caddyshack gets inspired by David Guetta’s recent appearance in Vancouver, and touches on all four corners of trance from the borderline house sounds of Nalin & Kane’s Beachball to the ripping acid sounds of I am Techno by TV Rock.

dj Smiley Mike Deep Trance Mix

DNA – Get Wicked
Lish – On the Edge (Visual Paradox vs. Cosmic Tone Remix)
Lish & Ace Ventura – The Light (Lish Album Edit)
Trancemission & Odiseo – Impulses
Astrix – Just in Time
Ace Ventura – Baby Boom
Union Jack – Two Full Moons & a Trout (Chab Mix)
Pryda – Illusions
Pryda – Glimma
Solesystem – Onion
Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman – Flashing Lights (Original Mix)
Kidstreet – X (Rampue Remix)
Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman – Flashing Lights (Dub Mix)
Nick Sentience – Below Zero
Max Graham – Nothing Else Matters

dj Caddyshack Four Corners of Trance Mix

Relocate – Rogue (Caddyshack Edit)
Ummet Ozcan vs. W&W – Synergy
Leon Bolier vs. Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Bolier Mash-Up)
Kaskade feat. Martina of Dragonette – Fire in Your New Shoes (Sultan & Ned Shepard Electric Daisy Remix)
Nalin & Kane – Beachball (Chris Lake Remix)
Phunk Investigation – 1980s
TV Rock – I am Techno
Sebastian Drums & Avicii – My Feelings for You
Tiesto & Diplo – C’Mon
Avicii – Levels
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave

This week marked yet another prediction for the end of the world. It seemed fitting to feature some tracks from the Circle of Life EP by Ephedrix in the midst of a heart-pounding Full On psychedelic trance mix.

Before the live mix part of the show, I played:
Members of Mayday – Sonic Empire (SynSUN Remix)

dj Smiley Mike Full On Psytrance Mix

Ephedrix – Circle of Life
Ephedrix – Prototype
Sub6 & Astrix – Control Me
Ephedrix – Astral Ignition
Aquila – Gain Control (Shagma Remix)
Astrix – Closer to Heaven (Pixel Mix)
Didrpest – Celebration
Didrapest vs. Mixed Emotion – Reality
Gataka – Desert Wind
Rastaliens vs. Avalon – Ufoff
Indra – Feel Free
Aquila & Evoice – Arrigato
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Lamat Remix)
Spade – Reaction
Lamat – Mass Control
SynSUN & Kamasutrance – The Key (Lamat Remix)
System Nipel – Game On (feat. Electra)
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Original Mix)

dj Tso Goa Dreams Volume 7

dj Tso started off the overnight mix.

You can find more from dj Tso on Soundcloud.

When DJ Cyber asked me to fill in for him this week I was only too happy to jump at another chance to play loud trance this weekend. Synaptic Sandwich has been on-air even longer than Trancendance, filling the 9-11pm (PST) Saturday Night time slot on CiTR 101.9fm.

Tonight’s show got started about a half hour early at about 8:30 with some of Christopher Lawrence’s live set from Burning Man 2007. DJ Quake brought us across the 9 o’clock hour getting us warmed up for my live mix.

dj Smiley Mike Psynaptic Mix

Tracklist:

Ovnimoon – Galactic Mantra (Liquid Soul Remix)
Ovnimoon – Sunset
Nok & Nok – Breaking Point (Vice Remix)
ARW – Time is Not Free
Vice – Royal Shadow
Aquafeel – Pure Imagination
Ritm’o & Ritmo – De Festa
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside (System Nipel Mix)
Suntree – Private Guide (Album Edit)
Suntree – Inside
Nerso – Outer Space
Suntree – Back to the Source
Earsugar – Bonfire
E-Clip – Reactor
Ovnimoon – Sacred Earth

dj Smiley Mike Retro Mix

Tracklist:

Quadra – Pulverturm 3.0
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Dapanji vs. Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music [Madonna Remix]
Quadra – Back Again [Renegade Masters Remix]
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Alien Project – N.R.G. [Energy 52 Cafe del Mar Remix]
Save the Robot – What the Funk [Funkagenda / Fatboy Slim Remix]

This week’s mix got started with a track recommended by Nikki Sentience: The Liquid Sould remix of Galactic Mantra by Ovnimoon. Truly a psychedelic intro, if ever there was one. The rest of the inspiration came from DJ Tso, whose mix: Goa Dreams Volume 4 turned me on to the group Suntree.

I was a bit disappointed with the mix at first, but on second listen, most of it is actually pretty good with only one or two major goofs near the end. Considering everything I played was brand new and mixed entirely on-the-fly, it came out not bad.

dj Smiley Mike’s Deep Goa Trance Mix

Tracklist:

Ovnimoon – Galactic Mantra (Liquid Soul Remix)
Suntree – Back to the Source
Suntree – Inside
Earsugar – Bonfire
Suntree – Dusty Hofman
Nerso – Outer Space
Human Element – Sweet Addiction
Ovnimoon – Sacred Earth
Freq & Liquid Soul – Liquid Frequencies (Liquid Soul Mix)
E-Clip – Reactor
Suntree – Unseen
Suntree – Private Guide (Album Version)
Audioload – Way Out
Suntree – X.T.C.
Suntree – Electric Mind
(Maybe one more?)