This week’s show is dedicated to the friends and families of the 19 people who were trampled to death at the 2010 Love Parade in Germany.
Is it possible to to be deep and fullon at the same time? I tend to think of them as somewhat opposite, but this week’s show really seems to bridge the gap. Two new tracks worth mentioning are Black Jack by Mekkanikka and Nu Metro by Broken Toy.
I couldn’t get the second half of the Simon Qudos guest mix working, so the second half of the show features a BBC essential mix by Christopher Lawrence from 2004. Watch for the second half of my Simon Qudos guest mix in the coming weeks!
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Bizzare Contact vs. Ultravoice – Ultrabizzy
Silicon Sound – Pure Reality (Ephedrix Remix)
Aquila – Alice (Ephedrix Remix)
Electro Sun – High Cue
Ephedrix – Far Away (DNA Remix)
Mekkanikka – Black Jack
Indigo – Moon Walker
Quadra – Time Immemorial
Quadra – Technoport
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Alien Project – Deeper
Broken Toy - Nu Metro
Dapanji vs Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music (Original Mix)
Save the Robot – Robotz
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
After two weeks off I’m back, throwing down more psytrance. But it’s Caddyshack that really hammers it this week with a killer uplifting trance mix featuring mashups by Armin Van Buuren and Theta. My favourite track this week – Trancemission by Activa!
dj Smiley Mike PsyTrance Mix
Mad Maxx – At the End of the Rainbow (Smiley Mike Live Remix)
XSI feat. Lucid – Dominion
XSI – Alchemik Machines (Mad Maxx)
Aquila – Alice (Ephedrix Remix)
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
Alien Project – NRG
Ephedrix & Aquila – 10 Miles Out (Lamat Remix)
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Quadra – Back Again
Refuge Cru – Terminator II
Dance 2 Trance – Power of American Natives
Mellow Mellow - I Can’t Stop
dj Caddyshack Uplifting Trance Mix
Deadmau5 – Jaded (Caddyshack Edit)
DJ Tom Stevens vs Fridge – Outface 2000
DJ Tiesto – Sparkles (Transa Remix)
Andy Moor vs. Orkidea – Yearzero
Cirez D vs Armin Van Buuren feat Sharon Den Adel – On Off Love (Armin Van Buuren Mashup)
Sia – Buttons (Marcus Schulz Coldharbour Dub Mix)
Orkidea & Gareth Emery vs Nadia Ali & Andy Moor – Metaversal Love Story (Theta Mashup)
Super 8 & Tab – Irufushi
Activa – Trancemission
Christopher Lawrence & Nicholas Bennison – Continuation
Fabio Stein – Agent of Chaos (Asoteric Orchestral Mix)
Joshua Ryan – Cherry Whip (Track name might not be exact)
It was tough to follow the intensity of Friday’s Rainbow Groove Invasion set so I started off with a bit of dark psy, which is a little unusual for me. I usually keep from getting too ‘demonic’ but I guess if the track is good enough I don’t mind dipping over to the dark side for a bit.
The second half of the show starts to get a little deeper with some of my less played tracks, and is it often turns out, it’s those less played tracks that had captured my interest by the end of the show. I’ve always struggled to deliver flawless sets as I constantly want to hear music that I haven’t heard in awhile. In fact, many of my sets include a substantial number of tracks that I’ve never played before. So I’ve had to get really good at playing ‘on the fly’.
Speaking of my DJ style, I haven’t covered what equipment I use in a bit. I come from an all vinyl background but now use control vinyl with Serato to play mostly MP3s while maintaining the feel of vinyl. I’ve started to experiment with Seratos SP-6 sampler, but didn’t use it all during this set. I’m also looking at Traktor’s Kontrol X1 to control the new effects rack that’s built into Serato 2.0 but, again, didn’t use any effects in this mix. I use a Vestax PMC-17A at home, however this mix uses the Denon 300X mixer from the studio (which I quite like – except that it’s not a 3 channel mixer).
XSI – Dominion
XSI – Alchemik Machines (Mad Maxx Remix)
Mad Maxx – At the End of the Rainbow
Mad Maxx with XSI – The Shamen
Electro Sun – Secret Sequence
Silicon Sound – Pure Reality (Ephedrix Remix)
Ephedrix – Far Away (DNA Remix)
Ephedrix – Evolving Moods (Chronos Mix)
Peace Maker vs. Mad Maxx – Everyone Equal
Peace Maker – Japanese Tours
Mad Maxx vs. XSI – Creeping
Talamasca – The Awakening feat. Nomad (Ephedrix Remix)
dj Smiley Mike Down Deep mix
Save the Robot – Robotz
Quadra – L.S.D. Came Falling Down
Quadra – Bless the Robot
SubConciousMind – Essenz
Disco Hooligans – Running Out of Time (Smiley Mike Live Remix)
Disco Hooligans – String Theory (Smiley Mike Live Remix)
Disco Hooligans – Steady Now
Electro Sun – On Air
Jikkenteki vs. Katapult (PAR-2) – Swamp Monster
Disco Hooligans – This is How it’s Gonna Go
Posted Saturday, June 12, 2010 by admin . Filed under: PsyTrance
DJ BFad needed a fill-in for Rainbow Groove this week and I was able to snatch the opportunity. I’m sure my set was a bit harder than BFad’s crowd is used to, but I did try to funk it up a bit with some heavily remixed tracks by some pretty recognizable artists.
dj Smiley Mike Rippin Funky PsyTrance Set
Ephedrix – Evolving Moods (Chronos Remix)
Silicon Sound – Pure Reality (Ephedrix Remix)
Quadra – Pulverturm 3.0
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Dapanji vs. Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music (Original Mix)
Visual Control vs. Electro Sun – Facing the Future
Electro Sun – Double Trouble
Mad Maxx & XSI – Creeping
Bizzare Contact – Run Away (Electro Sun Remix)
Quadra – Back Again
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Alien Project – N.R.G.
Quadra – Back Again
XSI – Alchemik Machines (Mad Maxx Remix)
XSI – Dominion (Original Mix)
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
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