Posted Monday, September 5, 2011 by dj Smiley Mike . Filed under:
Trance
I spent the previous week digitizing some old vinyl tracks, and there are some killer records in my set that you just can’t find in the digital stores, or even on YouTube. But those old tracks tend to drift a lot more and keeping the beats lined up is a lot tougher, especially after you’ve (I’ve) gotten used to today’s tight digital productions.
The real killer set this week is from Steve Krueger who lays down a thumpin’ trance mix that is a must hear. Plus, there’s a special set from DJ Zero D. Special thanks to the Vancouver Trance Family!
dj Smiley Mike Digital Vinyl Mix
Kobyashi – Release (Main Mix) [Fluid Recordings 1998]
eGYPT – Spoken Words [Ultra Records 2000]
Paul van Dyk – We Are Alive (Breathless Mix) [Vandit 2000]
Mana – Psionic (Arrakis Remix) [Fluid Recordings 1999]
Kai Tracid vs. Kan Cold – Untitled [Tracid Traxxx 2004]
Arrakis – The Spice (New Club Mix) [Orbit Records 1999]
Les Legos – 1.17 [Noom Records 2001]
eGYPT – Awake [Ultra Records 2000]
ATB & Kai Tracid (Farrago) – Union (1st Clubb Mix) [Kontor Records 2003]
Yoda – Definitely (Kai Tracid vs. Sunbeam Mix) [Anthem 2001]
FAST – Transmission (Original Mix) [Eve Nova 2000]
DJ Eyal – Everlasting Flow of Energy [Phatt Phunk Records 1999]
Seafield – Feel Free [Limbo Records 1997]
Embargo – Embargo 2009 (dj Smiley Mike Edit)
Steve Krueger Killer Guest Mix
Astrix – Reunion (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)
Alex O’Rion – The Jabberwocky (Original Mix)
Space Rockerz – Crooked Hook (Original Mix)
Mason – You Are Not Alone (Original Mix)
Judge Jules – THe Greater Good (Marcus Schossow Remix)
Henrik B – Acid Rocker (David Tort Remix)
Dragon & Jontron – Wheels Up (Original Mix)
Leon Bolier – Vengeance Vengeance
Bart Claessen – Fantomah (Original Mix)
Ummet Ozcan – Reboot (Original Mix)
Tempo Guisto – Metropolitan (Alex O’rion Remix)
DJ Zero D Uplifting Mix
Mike EFEX pres. Emtech – Callisto (Daniel Hairston Remix)
Noel Gitman Feat Buran B – FooDoora (Taras Bazeev And Maxim Yurin Remix)
Igor Dyachkov – Still One (Original Mix)
Lesko & Lorentzen – Catch That Moment (Robert Burian Remix)
Talla 2XLC & Robert Burian – Dynamo (Original Mix)
Sean Tyas – By The Way (Original Mix)
Existone Presents E1 – Electric Sundown (Original Mix)
Cold Blue – Lucidity (Original Mix)
Aly & Fila Feat Sue McLaren – Still (Jorn Van Deynhoven Remix)
LTN – The Art Of Freedom (DJ Feel Remix)
Simon Patterson & Greg Downey Feat. Bo Bruce – Come To Me (Original Mix)
Marcos feat. Helen Sylk – Take Cover (Sonic Element Remix)
My apologies, but I think the last few tracks of Zero D’s set got cut off from the end of the podcast. You can find his full set available for download along with some others on the Zero Disbelief website.
This week was as indecisive as I’ve been in a long time! I’ve got ideas percolating for a classic anthem set, and olskool rave set and a Top 10 Eve Records set – and I just couldn’t decide what to play right up until the show started this week.
Good friend Morgan from the Spirit Circle dropped by this week too, although he somehow managed to duck out at just the right time to avoid being on air! I found out that Morgan got turned on to electronic dance music the same way I did, by listening to CiTR back in the early 90s when shows like Homebass with DJ Noah, Synaptic Sandwhich with DJ Cyber and, drum roll please… Digital Alarm Chronometer with DJ Vadar were ruling the airwaves! Little did Morgan know, I became a regular fixture on Digital Alarm Chronometer starting in about 1994!
dj Smiley Mike Retro Psytrance Mix
Ephedrix – Evolving Moods (Chronos Remix)
Quadra – Chase the Sun
Quadra – Pulverturm 3.0
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Save the Robot – She Came
Bamboo Forest – Voyager (Solar System Remix)
Mekkanikka – Black Jack
Dapanji vs. Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music
Quadra – Back Again
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Alien Project – N.R.G.
Alien Project – Deeper
XSI ∓ Mad Maxx – Bass Monkey
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
Save the Robot – What the Funk
Broken Toy – Nu Metro
Quadra – Chase the Sun
dj Smiley Mike Encore Mix
Nick Rowland – Galactica (dj Smiley Mike Edit)
Geezk & G.R.G. – Madcake (dj Smiley Mike Edit)
Activa vs. eGYPT – Transmission of Spoken Words (dj Smiley Mike Epicane Mashup)
Outdare! – Live Today (Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub)
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennet – Progress (dj Smiley Mike Epicredible Bootleg Mix)
There’s a glitch in the first 5 minutes or so, but once you skip past that – this week’s show should not be missed! Possibly my best Hard Trance Mix ever, this may turn into my latest demo mix. New and old smashing tracks and a few that have been given the Smiley Mike touch – guaranteeing that you won’t hear a set quite like this anywhere else in the world!
For those who are curious – these are digital tracks mixed live using Serato with vinyl control records.
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dj Smiley Mike Epic Hard Trance Mix:
Nick Rowland – Galactica (dj Smiley Mike Edit)
John Askew & Matt Hardwick – Slaves to the Machine (Liam Melly Remix)
Geezk & G.R.G. – Madcake (dj Smiley Mike Smashed & Broken Remix)
Mallorca Lee – Medication Vacation (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Re-interpretation)
Outdare! – Live Today (Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub)
Activa vs. eGYPT – Transmission of Spoken Words (dj Smiley Mike Epicane Mashup)
Toryn D – Trip to Trumpton
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (dj Smiley Mike Epicredible Remix)
A.S.Y.S. – No More F*****g Rock’n'Roll
Organ Donors – In Power (Fabio Stein’s Under the Knife Remix)
Phil Reynolds – Global Takeover
Nick Sentience feat. Nick Rowland – Meridian
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Tech Mix)
Simon Qudos – Ascension Protocol
John Askew – How Can I Put This (Fabio Stein Remix)
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Remix)
Posted Monday, July 19, 2010 by dj Smiley Mike . Filed under:
Hard Trance
After 15 years of DJing I can’t fend off the remix bug any longer. I still have a huge learning curve ahead of me but this week’s set features “first drafts” of two bootleg remixes. After a few listens, I’ve already got a few improvements in mind, but I’m pretty keen to hear feedback and constructive criticism too. As soon as I’ve tuned them up I’ll post links so you can find them on SoundCloud.
The first remix is really just a mashup of Activa’s Transmission with an old white label vinyl that I’ve had in the collection for a long while: Spoken Words by eGYPT.
The second remix is of Progress by Phil Reynolds and Ben Bennett – a killer track to begin with. It’s a bootleg remix so it’s a little choppy in a couple places, but overall it seems okay for one of my first endeavors into remixing. It uses parts from the original mix, parts from the Adrenalin Department remix and there’s a little sample in there from an Ephedrix track, along with a few sounds of my own.
The second half of the show features a guest mix by Simon Qudos – one of my current fave hard trance producers. Currently based out of the UK, he’s looking to debut in Canada next year. If you like this guest mix, check out Simon Qudos on sound cloud.
dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Bootleg Remix Set
Electro Sun – On Air
Disco Hooligans – It’s Good to be Alive
Disco Hooligans – Steady Now
Disco Hooligans – How It’s Gonna Go Down
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
Ram – Godspeed (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
Organ Donors – In Power (Fabio Stein’s Under the Knife Remix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Uplifting Mix)
Activa vs. EGYPT – Transmission of Spoken Words (dj Smiley Mike Mashup)
Nick Sentience feat. Nick Rowland – Meridian
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (dj Smiley Mike’s Extended Bootleg Remix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Tech Mix)
Simon Qudos Guest Mix:
(Note: this week’s guest mix did not include the complete set. Watch for part 2 coming soon!)
01. Intro: Syphon – Iridium vs Simon Qudos & Luke S [High Drive Recordings] [2009]
02. Reverse Psychology – Simon Qudos [Riot!] [2009]
03. Let’s Get Higher – Simon Qudos [Vision Control] [2010]
04. Adrenochrome – Simon Qudos [Presence Recordings] [2008]
05. My World – Simon Qudos [Riot!] [2009]
06. System Shock – Technikal pres Carl Nicholson (MDA & Spherical vs Identikal & Simon Qudos) [Vision Control] [2010]
07. Ascension Protocol – Simon Qudos [Ignite Digital] [2009]
08. Impakt – Simon Qudos & Lady G [Riot!] [2009]
09. Velocity – Simon Qudos [Presence Recordings] [2008]
10. Plaything – SQ vs Simon Qudos & April [Impact] [2009]
11. Time To Burn 2009 – Simon Qudos & Greg Brookman [Masif] [2009]
12. Next Generation – Simon Qudos [Vision Control] [2010]
13. Surrender Your Freedom – SQ vs Simon Qudos & April [Impact] [2009]
14. What is the Future – Simon Qudos [Electrik Shandy] [2009]
15. Acquisition – Iridium vs Simon Qudos & Luke S [High Drive Recordings] [2009]
16. Theme from HTML – Steve Hill & Technikal (Simon Qudos & Greg Brookman Remix)[Masif] [2010]
17. E.V.P. – Simon Qudos & Kye Shand [Ignite Digital] [2010]
18. Glitch – Simon Qudos [Ignite Digital][2010]
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)
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