It’s been week’s and week’s since I posted a tracklist! The show goes on, but the last four or five weeks are iTunes only. Not because the shows haven’t been good, actually they’ve been quite good, but life has been busy so I’ve only been doing the bare minimum.

In the last couple week’s I’ve been inspired to dig out some of my old classic trance anthems and mix them in with some deep trance. This set was recorded just a day or two after last week’s show and I happened to be recording it. It just happened to be Caddyshack’s birthday too, so a birthday mixtape it is!

Deep and Remixed Classic Trance Anthems:

Space Manoeuvres – Part Three (Breaks Mix)
Space Manoeuvres – Stage One (Markus Schulz Dark Star Mix)
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question (Chris Micali Remix)
Mike Hiratzka & Justin Scott Dixon – Two Worlds
Space Manoeuvres – Stage One (Leama & Andy Moor Remix)
Pryda – Illusions
Pryda – Glimma
Union Jack – Papillon
Dune – Boomerang (Quivver Version)
Space Manoeuvres – Stage One (Pariah Shadow Lounging Mix)
Space Manoeuvres – Stage One (Space Manoeuvres’ Total Separation Mix)
Paul van Dyk – For an Angel (PvD Remix ’09)
Rank 1 & Jochen Miller – The Great Escape (Extended)
Nicholas Bennison – New Power
Art of Trance – Easter Island (Cygnus-X Remix)

This week was no ordinary week! Caddyshack starts things off with a Canadian Trance set that quickly became an Old Skool classics set and I follow him this week, with a rare ultra deep vocal trance set. Okay, the tracks aren’t that rare, but the fact that I’m playing deep vocal trance at sub-130bpm is!

dj Caddyshack Oldskool Trance Mix

DJ Czech – Czech Fu
DJ Czech – Rock Shock
DJ Santana – Fine Night Tonight
DJ Czech – Rockin’
Kimball Dekkard – Lifted (Dekkard Dub)
Energy 52 – State of Mind
The Grid – Swamp Thing
The House Crew – Euphoria
Sydney Blue – Senses & Mind
LSG – Can You See the Yellow Turtles

Notes: Energy 52 is Kid Paul and Cosmic Baby, The House Crew is Floyd Dyce and Acen, and LSG is Oliver Lieb.

dj Smiley Mike Deep Vocal Trance Mix

Deadmau5 & Chris Lake – I Said (Original Mix)
Deadmau5 & Chris Lake – I Said (Sergio Fernandez Remix)
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question
Chris Vaux – PaRaid
Deadmau5 & Chris Lake – I Said (Michael Woods Remix)
Lish – Running Away
Jonathan Allyn – Near You (Jaytech Remix)
Tenishia – Everything
Max Graham feat. Ana Criado – Nothing Else Matters
Andrew Bennett feat. Sir Adrian – Run Till U Shine (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Markus Schulz – Dark Heart Waiting (Jochen Miller Remix)

Wow – I was rummaging through old mix tapes, which lead me to look up a tracklist of an old skool trance and breakbeat mixtape by Kid Bippy – circa 1995. That lead me looking up some of the tracks on YouTube and that planted the seed for this week’s ultimate throwback old skool trance mix.

There are a few bumps along the way – such as the first mix or two – but get past that and get into some super long mixes of some of the most recognizable trance anthems of the early 90s. Did people even call them anthems back then?

Trance trivia

Size 9 is actually Josh Wink, who’s real name is Joshua Winkleman.

Metro LA is actually Mike Knapp & Eric Davenport. Mike Knapp is also known as Xpando.

Dune is actually Tarrentella and Redanka who operate RIP Records and were regular contributors to the Whoop! Records label.

Skynet UK is Ian Widgery, also known as Surge.

Rank 1 is Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets

…and Taucher is like nothing I’ve ever seen!

dj Smiley Mike Old Skool Trance Mix

Aftrax – The Mask (Swept Q)
Metro LA – To a Nation Rockin’ (On a Short Journey)
Size 9 – I’m Ready (Remix Edit)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (Raul Rincon Instrumental Remix)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (Deadmau5 Remix)
Save the Robot – Mars Needs Time
Sasha – Xpander (12″ Version)
Metro LA – To a Nation Rockin’
Save the Robot – Mars Needs Time
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question (Chris Micali Remix)
Dune – Boomerang (Quivver Version)
Size 9 – I’m Ready
Claudia Cazacu – Quatrain 4
Sub Focus – Rock It (Stanton Warriors Re-Rub)
Skynet UK – Back to 89
Rank 1 & Jochen Miller – The Great Escape (Extended)
Opopip – Vita (Keemo & Taucher Mix)

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

Finally back at the station after a crazy December – this show goes out to Steve Clark. A good friend, a brother in fact – Steve and I met at the legendary 1999 Spirit Circle gathering in Pemberton. Steve was up on Blackcomb mountain for New Year’s Eve and an avalanche got him. You’ll always be with us in spirit Steve. 

Quite a few new records this week…

One other thing I forgot to mention – the Trancendance Podcast is now available straight from the iTunes store. Just search for Trancendance and click on See All in the Podcast section. 

First Half:

Tomcraft – Katowice
Prism – Innerscape
Flash Brothers feat. Tiff Lacey – Stay - Noel Sanger Remix
Forcefield – Visions of Eden – Mea Culpa Remix
Ian Van Dahl – Inspiration – Peter Luts Remix
Tomcraft – Lonliness – Club Mix
Tomcraft – Lonliness – Hacker Remix
Breeder – Twilo Thunder – Stoked Up Mix
Freddie Filter vs BT – Loving U More

Second Half:

Chac feat. Chilli Gold – 7 Years – Grinder Vox for the Box Remix
Miss Shiva – Dreams – Humate Remix
Delerium – Silence – Funkagenda’s Saphire Vox
Schiller mit Mila Mar – Lieb – ATB Club Remix
Dumonde – God Music – Euphonic Mix
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question – Chris Micrli Mix
White Label – Numb – Nick Muirs Mix
BT – Smartbomb – Plump DJs Mix
Outdare – Live Today