So we just got back from the Sander van Doorn show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Last week it was the Benny Benassi show, but it was really Sander’s show. Electro House isn’t something we play a lot of, but Sander’s set was so good, we figured we dig up some of the tracks he played and see what happens. One of the funniest things I noticed, is that half of these Electro HOUSE tracks are remixed TRANCE tracks! Trance. FTW.

dj Smiley Mike Electro House Mix

ID – How are you Feeling Right Now (Michael Woods Remix)
A*S*Y*S – Acid Glitch
Melleefresh – Intuition (Darth & Vader Remix)
Filo & Peri – Subzero
Sander van Doorn – Drink to Get Drunk (Extended Mix)
Melleefresh – Intuition (Darth & Vadar Remix)
Avicii – Sweet Dreams (Cazzette Meet at Night Mix)
Hardwell – Spaceman
Sander van Doorn – Drink to Get Drunk (Extended Mix)
Tommy Trash – Cascade
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Lethal Industry
Tiesto – Love Comes Again (Hardwell Rework)
Sander van Doorn – Koko (R3hab Remix)
Avicii – Sweet Dreams (Cazzette Meet at Night Mix)
Tiesto – Traffic (Tristen Garner Remix)
Darth & Vadar – Return of the Jedi
Plasmic Honey – Here We Go
Tiesto – Maximal Crazy (Bassjackers Remix)
Planet Perfecto Knights – Resurection (EC Twins & Remy De Luc Mix)
Paul Jacobson – R U Ready

dj Caddyshack Electro House Mix

Tiesto – Las Vegas
Gareth Emery – Tokyo
Temple One feat. Neev Kenedy – Love the Fear (Tom Fall Remix)
Nicky Romero – Toulouse
Hardwell & Joeysuki – Munster
Benny Benassi – House Music
TV Rock – I am Techno
Eddie Halliwell – Neon
Tiesto & Diplo vs. Phil Collins – C’Mon in the Air (Romain G Bootleg Mix)
Ralph Good – SOS (Tujamo Remix)
Skynet UK – Back to 89 (Calvatron Remix)
Columbo – Everybody
Savoy – I’m in Need
Avicii vs. Sebastien Drums – Snus
System F vs. Cosmic Gate – The Blue Theme (Ferry Corsten Fix)
Leon Boiler vs. Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Boiler Mashup)

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)

I played Full On psytrance and it’s a good set, but Caddyshack’s set this week is freakin’ mind blowing!

This week I discovered a group named Psy Craft (or Psycraft), which seem to have an awesome blend of full on vocal psytrance. I also played some borderline psychedelic thrash metal by Mystical Complex. Together it made for a pretty diverse range of psychedelic mayhem.

Caddyshack however managed to dig up some of the best trance anthem mashups that I’ve heard in ages, and wove them together into a masterful set. Do NOT miss his set! The music only version is available for free download from his Soundcloud account (for a limited time).

dj Smiley Mike Full On Psytrance Mix

Sigma – Say Yes Say No
Sigma – War of the Worlds
Crystal Sound & Domatek – Nok Out
Nick Sentience – Threshold
Outsiders – Summer Memories
Psy Craft & Dali – Don’t Wanna Be the Same
Psy Craft & Dali – Rebirth
DNA & Mystical Complex – Final Trip
Psy Craft – Follow the Line
Psy Craft – Memories Inside
Calldweller – The Best it’s Gonna Get (Mystical Complex Remix)
Psy Craft – New Dance
X-Noise – Rock It

dj Caddyshack Freakin Epic Trance Mashup Mix

Orkidea – Unity
Lange & Gareth Emery – Another You Another Me (Rafael Frost Remix)
System F vs. Cosmic Gate – The Blue Theme (Ferry Corsten Fix)
Eddie Halliwell – Neon
Deniz Koyu vs. Fatboy Slim – Hertz Ya Mama (Makj & Politik Bootleg)
Tiesto & Diplo vs. Phil Collins – C’Mon in the Air (Romain G Bootleg)
Sander van Doorn vs. Afrojack & R3hab – Koko Prutata (First State Bashup)
Marcel Woods – Advanced (Tiesto Remix)
Tiesto – Maximal Crazy (R3hab & Swanky Tunes Remix)
Moby – After (The Loops of Fury Remix)
Avicii vs. Journey – Don’t Stop the Levels (TMAN Mashup)

I was really struggling to find a direction for this week’s set. I’m pretty sure I’ve been fighting off a cold and it seems like my head was just scattered. As it turns out, my opening set was going quite well, right up until the last track. All too often I make the decision to play “just one more”, and all too often it’s that last track that just doesn’t quite fit. If I’d listened to that quiet voice in the back of my head, I probably could have anticipated that it just wasn’t quite going to work… but some people are better listeners than others

dj Smiley Mike Trance Anthem Mix

Sara McLachlan – Fear
Lee Coombs & Nick Thayer – TFM
Gareth Emery – Arrival (Ashley Wallbridge Intro Mix)
Liquid Vision – At Long Last
Gerry Cueto – It’s Not What You Think
Tiesto & Hardwell – Zero 76
Wippenberg – Pong (Extended Mix)
Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman – Flashing Lights (Nicky Ramero & Nilson Dub)
Marcel Woods – Everything
Tiesto & Diplo – C’mon
Ali Wilson & Lee Osborne – Flash
Ali Wilson – Pandora
Push – Universal Nation (Easton Remix)

dj Smiley Mike Encore Mix

Rank 1 – L.E.D. There be Light (Extended Mix)
Rank 1 – Symfo (Sunrise Festival Theme 2009)
Sly One vs. Jurrane – Everything to Me
Ferry Corsten – Punk (Arty Rock-n-Rolla Mix)
Ashley Wallbridge – Jynx
Sneijder – Away From Here (Arty Remix)
The Hague – Crank