Caddyshack really steals the show this week! It’s been awhile since he played a Drum and Bass set and it put a huge smile on my face as soon as he dropped the first track. Don’t miss his mix in the second part of the show that seems to slide back and forth between Drum and Bass and Jungle.

I wasn’t sure how my set turned out this week. I switched it up after being in the psychedelic zone for the past few weeks, and to be quite honest, I barely listened to any of the tracks in this week’s set before the show. A lot of the magic is in the tracks themselves this week. Most of my set features hard trance sounds with the twist of having unique breakdowns that include everything from phat almost crunky beats, to the killer bootleg remix by Organ Donors (what is that from?)

dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Funky Breakdown Mix

Nish – Dying for You (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Shockforce – Future
Shockforce – Stimulate
Log:One – Celexa
Wragg & Log:One – Mindscape (Nomad Remix)
Nomad – Ignited
Organ Donors – Apache (Bootleg Mix)
Karney – I’ve had my Fun (Sneijder Remix)
Fausto vs. Tommy Pulse – Meloncholika (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Dark Matter Ft. Missing Jem – Sweet Dreams (Fabio Stein Dying Vaio Remix)
Organ Donors – In Power (Wragg ∓ Log:One Remix)
Wragg & Log:One Remix – Enemies of the Earth

dj Caddyshack Drum n Bass Jungle Mix

Adele – Hometown Glory (High Contrast Mix)
Netsky – Lost in this World
Netsky – Eyes are Closed
Drifter – Deeper Love
Hanuman Tribe – Feeling Good Rewind (Camo Remix)
State of Mind – Back to the Jungle
Sub Focus – Follow the Light
Sub Focus – Join the Dots
Sub Focus – Timewarp
High Contrast – If we Ever
Reflekt – Need to Feel Loved (Deep Focus & Incontext Remix)
Prodigy – Smack my B!tch Up (Sub Focus Remix)

I couldn’t wait for this week’s show after being forced to take last week off! You guys have been asking for a fix of dark psytrance and this week’s set delivers. As usual it’s mixed with a fairly deep and twisted selection of fullon psy. I also discovered a great EP by Planewalker titled Psychic Evolution, which is available for free download at Ektoplasm. It’s a killer mix of breakbeat and psychedelic trance which seems to be shaping a relatively new sub-genre called psybreaks. While still a relatively young sub-sub-genre of trance, I could see more artists like Planewalker and Dapanji creating a pretty popular fusion between the already popular psytrance and breakbeat sub-genres.

Caddyshack drops some new tracks in his set this week too, including a new Nick Sentience remix of Edison Factor and a killer Organ Donors remix of Adapter by Scott Attrill. Another track worth mentioning for Hard Acid Trance fans is Andy Farley & Base Graffiti – No More. Base Graffiti is one of those names I don’t see too often, but it always catches my attention when one of their tracks get’s played.

dj Smiley Mike fullon dark and psybreaks mix

Astrix – Acid Rider
Timelock – Radioactive
Alien vs. The Cat vs. Shanti – Ookikabuki (Studio Mix)
Planewalker – Psychic Evolution
Planewalker – Vampire Hunter
Tripy – Trip Out
Mekkanikka – Sweet Afghani Delicious
Ephedrix & Oonah – Space & Time
Sufi – Playground (Getafix Remix)
Domestic – Bloom on Day
Astrix – Eye to Eye (GMS 2010 Remix)
TighT – White Primative
Planewalker – Primary Ascender (Secondary Mix)
Tetrium – Electro Sounds

dj Caddyshack Vocal and Hard Dance Mix

Mauro Picotto – Back to Cali (Organ Donors Remix)
Organ Donors – Dr. Kaotica
Vinylgroover & The Red Hed – Everlasting (Scott Attrill’s Hard Electrik Mix)
Vinylgroover & The Red Hed – Hopscotch
Cirez D vs Armin Van Buurin – On Off Love (Armin Van Buurin Mashup)
Edison Factor – Hallucination (Nick Sentience Mix)
Scott Attrill – Adapter (Organ Donors Mix)
Ambers D – Amber’s Theme (Alex Kidd & Kidd Kaos Mix)
Anne Savage vs. Lisa Lashes – Release Me (Organ Donors Mix)
Andy Farley & Base Graffiti – No More
Organ Donors – Tranceplant
Defunct – Fokkin Lekker (Rel1 Refix)

As usual, recorded live in a single take using Serato 2.0 with vinyl control records.

There’s a glitch in the first 5 minutes or so, but once you skip past that – this week’s show should not be missed! Possibly my best Hard Trance Mix ever, this may turn into my latest demo mix. New and old smashing tracks and a few that have been given the Smiley Mike touch – guaranteeing that you won’t hear a set quite like this anywhere else in the world!

For those who are curious – these are digital tracks mixed live using Serato with vinyl control records.

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dj Smiley Mike Epic Hard Trance Mix:

Nick Rowland – Galactica (dj Smiley Mike Edit)
John Askew & Matt Hardwick – Slaves to the Machine (Liam Melly Remix)
Geezk & G.R.G. – Madcake (dj Smiley Mike Smashed & Broken Remix)
Mallorca Lee – Medication Vacation (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Re-interpretation)
Outdare! – Live Today (Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub)
Activa vs. eGYPT – Transmission of Spoken Words (dj Smiley Mike Epicane Mashup)
Toryn D – Trip to Trumpton
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (dj Smiley Mike Epicredible Remix)
A.S.Y.S. – No More F*****g Rock’n'Roll
Organ Donors – In Power (Fabio Stein’s Under the Knife Remix)
Phil Reynolds – Global Takeover
Nick Sentience feat. Nick Rowland – Meridian
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Tech Mix)
Simon Qudos – Ascension Protocol
John Askew – How Can I Put This (Fabio Stein Remix)
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Remix)

After 15 years of DJing I can’t fend off the remix bug any longer. I still have a huge learning curve ahead of me but this week’s set features “first drafts” of two bootleg remixes. After a few listens, I’ve already got a few improvements in mind, but I’m pretty keen to hear feedback and constructive criticism too. As soon as I’ve tuned them up I’ll post links so you can find them on SoundCloud.

The first remix is really just a mashup of Activa’s Transmission with an old white label vinyl that I’ve had in the collection for a long while: Spoken Words by eGYPT.

The second remix is of Progress by Phil Reynolds and Ben Bennett – a killer track to begin with. It’s a bootleg remix so it’s a little choppy in a couple places, but overall it seems okay for one of my first endeavors into remixing. It uses parts from the original mix, parts from the Adrenalin Department remix and there’s a little sample in there from an Ephedrix track, along with a few sounds of my own.

The second half of the show features a guest mix by Simon Qudos – one of my current fave hard trance producers. Currently based out of the UK, he’s looking to debut in Canada next year. If you like this guest mix, check out Simon Qudos on sound cloud.

dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Bootleg Remix Set

Electro Sun – On Air
Disco Hooligans – It’s Good to be Alive
Disco Hooligans – Steady Now
Disco Hooligans – How It’s Gonna Go Down
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
Ram – Godspeed (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
Organ Donors – In Power (Fabio Stein’s Under the Knife Remix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Uplifting Mix)
Activa vs. EGYPT – Transmission of Spoken Words (dj Smiley Mike Mashup)
Nick Sentience feat. Nick Rowland – Meridian
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (dj Smiley Mike’s Extended Bootleg Remix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Tech Mix)

Simon Qudos Guest Mix:

(Note: this week’s guest mix did not include the complete set. Watch for part 2 coming soon!)

01. Intro: Syphon – Iridium vs Simon Qudos & Luke S [High Drive Recordings] [2009]
02. Reverse Psychology – Simon Qudos [Riot!] [2009]
03. Let’s Get Higher – Simon Qudos [Vision Control] [2010]
04. Adrenochrome – Simon Qudos [Presence Recordings] [2008]
05. My World – Simon Qudos [Riot!] [2009]
06. System Shock – Technikal pres Carl Nicholson (MDA & Spherical vs Identikal & Simon Qudos) [Vision Control] [2010]
07. Ascension Protocol – Simon Qudos [Ignite Digital] [2009]
08. Impakt – Simon Qudos & Lady G [Riot!] [2009]
09. Velocity – Simon Qudos [Presence Recordings] [2008]
10. Plaything – SQ vs Simon Qudos & April [Impact] [2009]
11. Time To Burn 2009 – Simon Qudos & Greg Brookman [Masif] [2009]
12. Next Generation – Simon Qudos [Vision Control] [2010]
13. Surrender Your Freedom – SQ vs Simon Qudos & April [Impact] [2009]
14. What is the Future – Simon Qudos [Electrik Shandy] [2009]
15. Acquisition – Iridium vs Simon Qudos & Luke S [High Drive Recordings] [2009]
16. Theme from HTML – Steve Hill & Technikal (Simon Qudos & Greg Brookman Remix)[Masif] [2010]
17. E.V.P. – Simon Qudos & Kye Shand [Ignite Digital] [2010]
18. Glitch – Simon Qudos [Ignite Digital][2010]

It’s been just a month or two since we finally went all digital. Still using Technics 1200s with a vinyl interface but now connected to a Macbook running Serato — the potential seems to have blown through the roof. The colour coded waveform is perhaps the biggest advancement in DJing since the 1200s. What a difference, and what a great visual representation of the music.

dj Smiley Mike set:

Nick Robertson – Cattleships & Bruisers
Nick Rowland – Timeline (Original Mix)
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Flemming – Beyond the Limit (Deep Mix)
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Flemming – Beyond the Limit (Nicholas Bennison Remix)
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
Nicholas Bennison – Spirit Chamber
Nicholas Bennison – Exocet (Bennison Rework)
Nick Robertson – Identity Crisis
Nick Sentience feat. Nick Rowland – Meridian
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Tech Mix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (uplifting Mix)
Fabio Stein – Stroboscopic
Fabio Stein – Panic Mode (Danny Oliveira’s Future Tech Remix)
Nick Larson – Push (Fabio Stein’s Back2Basics Remix)
Organ Donors – In Power (Fabio Stein’s Under the Knife Remix)
Lab 4 – Concept of Love (SQ’s Electrik Shandy Remix)

dj Caddyshack’s tracklist is super secret.