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).

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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

Wow, after a terrible experience on Saturday trying to mix with CDJs, it felt great to lay down a killer epic journey for tonight’s podcast. It’s got the melodic and uplifting breakdowns, some stomping hard beats that deliver when they’re supposed to, and some throwback remixes of some classic trance anthems including I Feel Love by CRW and a remix of Urban Hype’s A Trip to Trumpton by Toryn D. This is the set inspired by the Spirit of Squamish where the circle once again returned to gather on Saturday. It was so good to see so many old friends and, as always, make a few new ones too!

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dj Smiley Mike Killer Epic Trance Mix

A.S.Y.S. – No More F*****g Rock’n'Roll
Ram – Godspeed (Fabio Stein Uprise Mix)
Fabio Stein – Agent of Chaos
Mallorca Lee – Medication Vacation (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Re-interpretation)
Mike Nichol – Tweak
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (dj Smiley Mike Epicrediable Remix)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (Marco V Remix)
Outdare! – Live Today (Parks & Wilson’s AnnexeDub)
John Askew – How Can I Put This (Fabio Stein Remix)
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
CRW – I Feel Love (P.H.A.T.T. Remix)
Nick Rowland – Galactica
Geezk & G.R.G. – Madcake (dj Smiley Mike Smashed & Broken Remix)
Activa vs. eGYPT – Transmission of Spoken Words (dj Smiley Mike Epicane Mashup)
Kaylab – Here We Go (Jam-X Remix)
Toryn D – Trip to Trumpton

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

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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.

This is supposedly the last Nukleuz Records set for awhile. I don’t know if I can stick to my promise or not. I don’t want to subject you guys to the same tracks week after week, but after giving the first hour a second listen this morning I was pleasantly surprised. There’s a lot of decent mixing in the first hour (I’m a perfectionist so you won’t often hear me praise my own mixing) but I was pretty disheartened after the first colossal trainwreck. It wasn’t so much a trainwreck of a mix as the golden mistake of cuing the record with the level all the way up. Argh!

I find at the radio station I’ve been mixing more with the gain knobs than usual. I like it – but you really have to watch that the level slider isn’t left up when you start to cue the next record. 

All in all it was a good listen.

The second hour is a bunch of B-Sides thrown together. The radio show has always been about having fun for me and the second hour is just me playing around with a bunch of records that I have rarely if ever played.

This week I tackle mixing on 3 decks, or as close as I can get at the radio station. The studio here has a Rane Serato SL-3 which has a built in SP-6 sampler. So I can play triples where I start with the samples track and then mix two tracks into it. Unfortunately the studio here only has a 2 channel mixer, so it’s a little tricky mixing 3 audio sources with only 2 faders. Some of the mixes are a little rough around the edges, but I’m pretty sure some of the triples worked out pretty well, so it’s just a matter of refining them. I think you’ll see more 3 deck mixes from me soon. Maybe even a CD this summer.

Caddyshack has gone full on into a hardcore drum and bass phase, which I am loving. His taste in music has traditionally been very similar to mine, so all the tracks he’s been searching out have the kind of sounds and elements that I like.

dj Smiley Mike on 3 decks
2  turntables and a sampler

Ephedrix – Evolving Moods (Chronos Remix)
Aquila – Alice (Ephidrex Remix)
Ephidrex – Fly Away (DNA Remix)
Indigo feat. DJ Anneli – My Time
Visual Contact vs. Electro Sun – Facing the Future
Quadra – Time Immemorial
Bizarre Contact – Run Away (Electro Sun Remix)
Dapanji – Attention Please
Mad Maxx & XSI – Creeping
Talamasca feat. Nomad – The Awakening (Ephedrix Remix)
Dapanji vs. Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music
Save the Robot – Robotz
Quadra – Time Immemorial
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Peacemaker – Hallucination Power
Peacemaker – Japanese Tours
Ephedrix & Aquila – 10 Miles Out
Hunab Tech & Antigravity – Nitro (Lamat Remix)
Space Cat vs. Onyx – Time Wolers

dj Caddyshack Hardcore Drum & Bass Mix

Pendulum – Slam
State of Mind – Dune
State of Mind – Sunking
Netsky – Eyes Closed (Original Mix)
Netsky – Sweet Dreams (Bootleg Mix)
Prodigy – Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)
State of Mind – Back to the Jungle
State of Mind – Real McCoy
Netsky – Lost in this World
Zyon Base – Tombstone Blues