Last year I did the first Trance Fusion mix. It earned the title as it seemed to cross over between several different sub-genres of trance. It was a favorite, especially among some close friends, and so when I gave this mix a second listen, it seemed to be a great follow up. The acid-breaks bring back memories of the warehouse days, before the parties were forced to become more legit. There’s definitely some progressive psychedelic influence, but in a way that should appeal to hard trance and tech trance fans too.

dj Smiley Mike Progressive Psytrance Mix

Hi Profile – Aliens Only in America
Sideform – Psychadelic Future
Kris Del Vegas – Sigma (Isaac Swess Remix)
Sideform – Shiva
Ace Ventura – Connected (Liquid Soul Remix)
Riktam & Bansi – Right Way Up
Osher & Avshi – Adventure
Nick Sentience – Nine Moons
Nick Sentience – Hear Me Now
Nick Sentience – Stimuli
Duotekk – Zlow
Vice – Within (Zonka Remix)

dj Caddyshack Full on Psytrance Mix

Madonna – Frozen (SynSUN vs. Kamasutrance Remix)
Ticon – Models on Cocaine (SynSUN Remix)
Deadmau5 – Ghosts n Stuff (SynSUN Remix)
Members of Mayday – Sonic Empire (SynSUN Remix)
SOM – Psychedelic Dreams
NewTone – Love Machine (SynSUN & Mike Kukin Remix)
Infected Mushroom – Smashing the Opponent (SynSUN Remix)
The Prodigy – Omen (SynSUN Remix)
Astrix – Sex Style (SynSUN Remix)

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)

Maybe it was the fact that I wrote about being a selfish DJ last week that finally got me to shorten up my mixes a little bit, or maybe it’s the fact that after hosting the show four weeks in a row I’ve had a bit more practice – but I’m pretty happy with this mix. So far I’ve only listened to the first hour, and it has a few wobbles, but all in all I like the flow of the tracks.

In the first hour I only played six or seven records, weaving back and forth several times. I will try to update this post with at least a partial track list, but it will be hard to figure out the order because I played different parts of the records several times with at least one main theme record running through most of the set.