Last week’s show was just a warm up for this! If you like hard dance, you’re not going to want to miss this episode. dj Smiley Mike puts the spotlight on Guyver. Guyver is Guy Mearns who hit the scene in 2002 with Man On The Moon and has been releasing dance-floor smashers ever since, mainly on Tidy Trax and Tidy Two. He’s gone by a few other names, most notably The Riot Brothers which released Flashback / Guyver Unit, a favourite that I still have on vinyl somewhere.

Caddyshack had actually planned out a set this week, but just couldn’t make it through my set without throwing it all out and putting together his own Hard Dance set for the second half of the show. His set features Wragg & Log:One. Wragg is Toby Veale and Log:One is James Logan. They caught our attention soon after they hit the scene around 2008 with tracks primarily released on iHDS and Atmosphere Records UK.

And if you get all tingly when you hear some dubstep dropped in where you least expect it, you’re going to love the second half of Cadyshack’s set. Especially the Bashy & Napt track right at the end that throws things right back to the days of Pump up the Jam by Technotronic. Let’s be honest, where you even born in 1989?

dj Smiley Mike Hard Dance Mix

Fausto & Tommy Pulse – Meloncholika (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Technikal & Marc French – Mad & Confused (Guyver Remix)
Costa Pantazis & Guyver – Providence
Guyver – Differences
Guyver – Man on the Moon
Technikal & Guyver – Rushin’ (Original Mix)
Kris Mclauchlan ft. Guyver – Gridlock’d
Guyver – Trapped
Technikal & Guyver – Rushin’ (P.H.A.T.T. Remix)
Dark Matter ft. Missing Jem – Sweet Dreams (Fabio Stein’s Dying Viao Remix)
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennet – Progress (Adrenaline Dept. Remix)
Phil Reynolds – Global Takeover
Toryn D – Trip to Trumpton
Luca Antolini – Moments in Noise
Luca Antolini – Poison (Original Extended Mix)

dj Caddyshack Hard Dance Mix

Wragg & Log:One – Enemies of the Earth
DJ Husband – Real Life (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Guyver – You’ll Know It (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Force 9 – Boomin’ (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Rye Rye feat. Robyn – Never Will Be Mine (Kill the Noise Remix)
Andy Farley & Base Graffiti – No More
Phil York & Dark By Design – Electric Cabaret (ShockForce Mix)
Kevin Energy & Proteus – The Number 6 (ShockForce Mix)
Josh Wink – Higher State of Conciousness (Vinylgroover & The Hed Hed Mix)
Hanuman Tribe – Muscle Step (Beatman & Ludmilla Remix)
Paul Maddox – Endangered (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Bashy & Napt – Make My Day (Speciman A Remix)

Last year was a big year for Trancendance and 2011 is already starting strong. After dabbling with a few bootleg remixes last year, this just might be the year that dj Smiley Mike remixes make the rounds. One of the advantages I have, is that I’m really not in it for the money, and since I don’t need to worry about licensing, I can concentrate on bootleg remixes and mashups that would never get licensed. Fun times!

So I’ve been working on a Platipus mix set after it was requested a couple times via the Facebook page. I started with a bootleg mix of Tranquil by Quietman and was just getting ready for a bootleg remix of Calling Your Name by Libra & Taylor when I had to put the Platipus mix on hold. I had agreed to do a collaboration mix with DJ D.Project from the Netherlands and he gave me his part of the mix last week (which is freakin’ amazing!) and so I’ve been trying to find tracks that will live up to the massive stompers that he’s started with (I think I found some So watch for our collaboration mix to appear soon…

But I even had to put the collaboration mix on hold so I could put this set together for you tonight! Give it a listen, and if you like it, please subscribe to our iTunes podcast!

dj Smiley Mike Full On Psychedelic Trance Mix

Ananda Shake – G T High
Mental Abstraction and the Space Bar – The Vise
Vibe Tribe feat. DJ Ido – Thank You for Flying Utopia
Spade – Reaction
Didrapest – Celebration
Didrapest Vs. Mixed Emotions – Reality
Shanti – The Evenster
Avalon – Teleporter
Tetrium – Electro Sound
Exaile – Tied Up (Ajax Syndrom Remix)
Gatika – Desert Wind
Gatika – Keeping the Moment
Inner Action – Distortion
Ziki Vs. Vibe Tribe – Chain Man
Ziki Vs. Ananda Shake – High Manage
Ziki Vs. Xerox & Illumination – Mental Model

dj Caddyshack Ominous Hard Trance Mix

Wragg & Log:One – Enemies of the Earth
Guyver – You’ll Know It (Wragg & Log:One Mix)
Nick Sentience – Nocturnal
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Uplifting Mix)
Andy Farley & Base Grafitti – No More
Chop Shop Boys – Punk (Wragg & Log:One Mix)
Force 9 – Boomin’ (Wragg & Log:One Mix)
Wragg & Log:One – Necrosis
Phil York & Dark by Design – Electric Cabaret (ShockForce Mix)
Hanuman Tribe – Muscle Step (Beatman & Ludmilla Remix)
Paul Maddox – Endangered (Wragg & Log:One Mix)

A fantastic Yin and Yang show this week with special guest Steve Krueger in the studio to start things off with a groovy trance set.

The second half of the show picks up the pace with a hard acid trance set featuring two brand new promo tracks from Ignite Digital – Future Manipulation by Burak Harsitlioglu and Alternative by On NRG. Both tracks will appear on the forthcoming Zest album from Ignite Digital, mixed by Simon Qudos (another of my current faves). On NRG caught my attention a few weeks back when I included the track On Stars in The Burning Man Mix (which seems to be quite a popular mix).

Enjoy this week’s show and, if you haven’t yet, take a minute to join the Trancendance Fan Page on Facebook.

Steve Krueger Groovy Trance Mix

John Digweed & Nick Muir – Satellite (Christian Smith Remix)
Moguai – Oyster (Michael Woods Mix)
Fatboy Slim vs. Funkagenda – What the F**k (Funkagenda Remix)
Timofey & Bartosz Brenes – Heaven (Phonk D’or Rework)
Nic Chagall – Back to San Fran
Phonk D’or – Fck me up (Phonk’s Re-Dub)
Lazy Jay – Float My Boat (Moguai Remix)
Fischerspooner – Supply & Demand (Moguai Remix)
Fedde Le Grande feat. Mitch Crown – Rockin High (Nicky Romero Mix)

dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Mix

Lab4 – Concept of Love (SQ’s Electric Shandy Remix)
Luke S & SQ – Relentless
Burak Harsitlioglu – Future Manipulation
Simon Qudos & Toryn D – Destiny
Steve Hill & Technikal – Theme from HTML (Nomad Mix)
Scott Genetik vs. Alex Mac & Zebra Kid – U Got Me
On NRG – On Stars
On NRG – All Will Be Lost
On NRG – Alternative
Luke S & SQ – Red & Blue
Future Resonance – Elite Force (Ilogik Shrink Wrapped Remix)
Future Resonance – Attention
Future Resonance – Seduction
Manik – Domestics on the Decks
Manik – Twist

This is the first EP release of the forthcoming debut album “Zest” from Ignite Digital – the UK based Hard Dance/Hard Trance label run by DJ/Producer Simon Qudos. This EP sees Brisbane based Luke S team up with one of our favourite UK producers, Nick Squires – better known as SQ. After many hours locked in the studio, these two have produced two impressive tunes aimed to devastate the dance floor.

“Relentless” is an out and out solid hard trancer driven by a powerful kick drum and complimenting rolling bassline – plenty of subtle key changes and enough twists and turns to keep you hoping for more!

“Red & Blue” sees the boys take it up a notch and the result is a tune that would easily bridge hard trance and hard house – elements of old skool with a plenty here, with a well used 303, rave FX and a vocal sample from The Matrix that fits the tune perfectly and makes it one to remember long after you’ve left the dance floor!

You can here both of these tracks in my recent Hard Acid Trance Mix, and watch for the Zest album from Ignite Digital to be released on Nov 11, 2010 with digital release following up in December.

This tag team set was three weeks in the making. Before you get too excited – that doesn’t mean we spent three weeks practicing, rather it got posponed for three weeks before we managed to wing it at the last minute. Regardless of how hard I try to keep from growing up it seems inevitable and with that comes substantially less time devoted to mixing records.

After waiting three weeks for the set it took another week (due to a bad cold) to get the podcast posted. My sincere appologies to Andrew who has waited patiently after I promised him to have it up last Monday!