Spirit Base has become the largest psychedelic trance festival in Austria since its inception in 2007. More than 5,000 visitors from all over Europe came in 2010. After eight years in a quarry in the south of Vienna, Spirit Base moves to a forest near Ernstbrunn where a Stone Age village was built for a TV production. The main floor, this year will be designed by several decoration teams, and there will be some visual surprises. Projections of Sikanda, 3D Visuals, UV decorations and special laser shows from Germany and Austria will transform the forest into a fantasy landscape. More than 100 international DJs and live acts from 20 countries are booked. The focus of the line-up is again on Progressive Trance, but Full-on, Dark-Psy, Oldschool and spacey Ambient are not be forgotten. In addition to the main floor there is a big chillout tent, as well as a third dance floor, which alternates in tempo with the main floor.

Most artists come from Israel, Germany, Austria and several European countries, but also from some South American countries. Among the world-famous live acts and DJs are:

• Dino Psaras
• Bamboo Forest
• Ananda Shake
• U-Recken
• Klopfgeister
• Protonica
• Neelix
• Alpha
• Symphonix
• Shane Goby

…and many, many more!

Also, the local elite of DJs and Trance producers will be given a lot of space. A 40-meter chillout tent is hosted by Vienna’s Psy-DJ Gobayashi and his Astral Zone.

VJ Sikanda is famous for its gigantic projections that show the cultures of the world on all available surfaces. The “Funny Astronaut” and his team have been known for years for the light magic in Viennese clubs and on the Austrian Paradise Festival that takes place again later in July this year. Austria’s best decorative Psytrance artist Calaquendi and several artist teams will again provide huge and bright paintings and three-dimensional masterpieces of art. Fire shows, fireworks and performances round off the comprehensive offer.

For more information visit: www.spirit-base.at

My set from this week is still untitled. It must be a bit early for the creative juices to be flowing.

Some weeks when I go looking for music, it seems like I have to listen to 100 tracks to find 1 or 2 good ones, but this week it seems like everything I listened to was brilliant! What started off as a tribute to Mekkanikka (who will be playing live at Organix (Club 23 West) in Vancouver next Friday, soon grew to include new music from Laughing Buddha, a new artist I’d never heard of before named Triptych, new tracks from TIP World and another new group named Mesmerizer. This week’s set is VERY psychedelic.

For the second half of the show, Caddyshack brought out some updated Union Jack sounds (a personal fave) as well as some mashed up classics. I could admit I didn’t write down his setlist because I was chatting with our studio guest, Jay (really glad you came by!), but it’s way more fun to just say Caddyshack’s set is top secret – like back in the day when DJs would be pretty reluctant to tell you what tracks they were playing

dj Smiley Mike Psychedelic Trance Mix

Lucas & Dickster – Brainstorm
Laughing Buddha – Space Race
Laughing Buddha – Sacred Technology
Triptych – Here I Am
Triptych – Bokoboko
Aphid Moon & Lucas O’Brien – Hat Trick
Lucas O’Brien & Tristan – Magic Umbra
Lucas O’Brien & Avalon – Stinkin’ Warehouse
Laughing Buddha & Lucas – Binary Bonanza
Triptych – Question & Answer
Laughing Buddha – Freaking Out
Triptych – Playground
Mekkanikka – Bodyakasha
Earthling – Echo Ghetto (feat. Mekkanikka & Chromatone)
Triptych – Playground
Mesmerizer – Break it Down
Mesmerizer – Like a Machine
Mekkanikka – Power (Mesmerizer Remix)
Mekkanikka – Resurection
Mesmerizer – Break it Down

This week Caddyshack starts off the show while I wrap up an Alien Abduction Game that I’ve been working on, I will also like to get to know more about overwatchsrpros.com . Caddyshack drops a fairly eclectic trance mix before I get into some proggresive psytrance at a slightly slower tempo than usual (but not too slow

dj Caddyshack Trance Mix

Deadmau5 – Jaded (Caddyshack Edit)
LSG – Blueprint (Version 1)
LSG – Hearts
LSG – Netherworld (Kirill Titov Rework)
Dash Berlin – Till the Sky Falls Down (Dub Mix)
Phil York & Dark by Design – Electric Cabaret (Shockforce Remix)
The Space Brothers – Shine (Shockforce Remix)
ShockForce – Stimulate
The Prodigy – No Good (Start the Dance)
The Prodigy – Charly (Joint Operations Center Rework)

dj Smiley Mike Progressive Psy Trance Mix

Symphonix – People of the Dawn (ARW Mix)
ARW – Time is Not Free
Aquafeel – Pure Imagination
Pakman – Change the Things
Pakman – Some Noise
Pakman – Stage
Ace Ventura – Genesis
Ace Ventura – Rebirth
Freq – Short Life Again
Haldolium – The Last Dance (Echotek Remix)
Zonka – Heil (Erotic Dream Remix)
Ritmo – Dimensions (Zonka Remix)
Flegma – Blow Out (Zonka Remix)
Erotic Dream – The Last Drop
Sideform – Elektrik
Zonka – Heil (Erotic Dream Remix)

What a deadly show! You guys helped with the tracklist (join the Facebook page if you don’t know what I’m talking about) and you said you wanted it dark – and so here it is! This week’s show features several tracks from Alien vs. The Cat as well as some Sesto Sento. Two great suggestions from fans this week.

Part 1 – Dark Psytrance Mix

Mekkanikka & Vibraddict – Ookikabuki (Studio Mix)
Alien vs. The Cat vs. Shanti – Trick Track (Alien vs. The Cat Mix)
Timelock – Radioactive
SubConsciousMind – Essenz
SubConsciousMind – Past Be Past
Mekkanikka – Sweet Afghani Delicious
Cybernetika – The Outer Reach
Magic & Witchcraft – Superstructure
Mad Maxx – At the End of the Rainbow (Remix)
Mad Maxx & XSI – Creeping
XSI – Dominion (Original Mix feat. Lucid)
Shayning – Lobotomized

Part 2 – Fullon PsyTrance Mix

Alien vs. The Cat vs. Dino Psaras – Shokata (GMS Remix)
Alien vs. The Cat – Hear the Noise
Alien vs. The Cat – Space Jam (GMS Remix)
Alien vs. The Cat vs. Shanti – The Purist (Lifestyle Remix)
Save the Robot – I am a Robot (Alien vs. The Cat Remix)
Alien vs. The Cat – Hear the Noise (Quadra Remix)
S.U.N. Project – Wicked (Sesto Sento Remix)
Sesto Sento vs. Systemic vs. Aquatica – No One Can Stop Us Now
Aquatica – Place of Panic (System Nipel Remix)
Aquatica – Place of Panic (System Nipel Remix) – Doubled Up
Mekkanikka – Black Jack
Broken Toy – Nu Metro
GMS – My House (Ari Linker & Avi Algranati Remix)
S.U.N. Project – 380 Volt (Slackjoint Remix)
Slackjoint – Cybersex

We’ve really been on fire the last few weeks! Here’s another installment that starts of with the psychedelic influence of Disco Hooligans before blowing the roof off with Simon Qudos and Nick Robertson. Caddyshack brings the funk in the second half of the show with a bunch of Cut n Run old skool breaks mashups mixed in with a few other tasty treats.

dj Smiley Mike Psytrance set:

New Born – Trip of the Luna King
Disco Hooligans – No Judgement
Disco Hooligans - Easy to get Lost
Disco Hooligans - Clear Skies
Disco Hooligans - String Theory (Alternate Mix)
Disco Hooligans - String Theory
Disco Hooligans - It’s Good to be Alive
Clone – Perseids
Magic & Witchcraft - Superstructure
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Fleming – Beyon the Limit (Deep Mix)
Nick Rowland & Toryn D – Timeline (Original Mix)
Geezk & G.R.G. - Madcake
Simon Qudos –  Lets Get Higher
Nick Robertson – Identity Crisis
Simon Qudos - Acension Protocol
Simon Qudos - Next Generation

dj Caddyshack Oldskool Breakbeat set:

Cut n Run - In for the Pill
Cut n Run – No Good
Cut n Run – Outta Space
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Far Too Loud – Play it Loud (Broken Robot Mix)
Cut n Run - Done it Again
Young MC – Knowhow (Stanton Warriors Edit)
Cut n Run - King of the Bongo
Cut n Run – Horny Disco Balls
Shimon & Nixon – White Noise (Original Mix)
The Prodigy – Take me to the Hospital (Adam F & Horx Remix)
Josh Wink – Higher State (Hexadecimal Re-think)