I started going to warehouse raves in the early 90s, and quickly found myself travelling around Western Canada to attend outdoor raves and electronic music festivals like Summer Love. My passion for electronic dance music has never wavered, but until this year, I haven’t been out to many shows over the past 10 years. Despite knowing many people who have made the annual treck to Shambhala, it has never been successful at drawing me out of hibernation.
Enter Motion Notion. It was a Trancendance fan who first told me about Motion Notion (thanks Karl!), and as soon as I saw the lineup I NEEDED to go! I’ve been fortunate enough to see the likes of Union Jack, Chemical Brother and Skylab 2000 all play live. But the group that has escaped me for years is The Crystal Method. I’ve been a huge fan of their unique sound since the beginning, and I’ve always wanted to see them. If that wasn’t enough, I’ve become a huge fan of Ace Ventura over the past few years, and watching the photos and videos of his performances from overseas as they get posted to Facebook has left me wishing and waiting for him to play a show close enough to BC or Alberta that I can see him play. John 00 Fleming is icing on the cake.
Last week, after Caddyshack and I had already been buzzing about the potential for a road trip from Vancouver to Golden, BC to see the show, I found out that Motion Notion had asked to sponsor Trancendance for June and July! And so it begins. Over the next six weeks leading up to the Motion Notion festival, Trancendance will feature different artists scheduled to headline the show as well as some of the different artistic aspects of the event. Plus… we’ll be talking about a roadtrip or maybe even a caravan from Vancouver to the Beaverfoot Lodge in Golden.
I’m a bit late posting this set, but it’s been a long time coming as I’ve had a few reminders of requests for some Digicult. So here it is! In addition to several Digicult tracks, there’s several by Lamat, another favorite who’s tracks seem to fit quite well.
dj Smiley Mik Full On Psytrance Mix
Digicult & U-Recken – Days in Space
Digicult – Star Travel
F.F.T – Frequency Request (Lamat Remix)
Synsun & Kamasutrance – The Key (Lamat Remix)
Lamat – Mass Control
Digicult – Icarus One (Lamat Remix)
Digicult – The Zen Mind
Hunab Tech & Antigravity – Accidental Overdose
Ephedrix & Aquila – 10 Miles Out (Lamat Remix)
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Lamat Remix)
Laughing Buddha & Lucas – Binary Bonanza
Laughing Buddha – Space Race
Digicult & Fatali – The Return
Digicult & U-Recken – Into the Heartland
Mickey Noise – Miniballistic
I got lazy and didn’t write down Caddyshack’s set this week. It’s summer. It’s tqaken me a week even to get this posted
The sunshine seems to be missing this summer. What better reason to hang out with some lasers and bass-bins behind the decks at your favourite local club.
The Internet feed was down this week, and I thought I had lost the whole podcast, but after a little digging and a little pixie dust, here we go! (And it’s a good one, so find an excuse to be home alone and crank the volume right up to the top!)
dj Smiley Mike – Progressive Psytrance & Goa Mix
Liquid Soul – Hypnotic Energy
Liquid Soul – Prophecy
Freq & Liquid Soul – Liquid Frequencies (Liquid Soul Mix)
John 00 Fleming – Jawa (Ovnimoon Remix)
Liquid Soul – Devotion (Protoculture Mix)
Earsugar – Bonfire
Liquid Soul – Devotion (Ace Ventura Mix)
Ace Ventura – Genesis
Haldolium – The Last Dance (Echotek Remix)
E-Clip – Tough Frequency
E-Clip – Chandra
Ovnimoon – Sacred Earth
Nerso – Outer Space
Astrix – Eye to Eye
dj Caddyshack New Trance Set
Funkagenda & Adam K – Drift (Original Club Remix)
Scot Project & DJ Sabu – Feel
Afrojack & R3hab – Aces High Prutata
Garry Cueto – It’s Not What You Think
Stoneface & Terminal – Rush (Original Mix)
Leon Boiler & Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Boiler Mash-up)
Crimson – Stardust
Pryda – Illusions
Gareth Emery – Citadel (Super 8 & Tab Remix)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (John 00 Fleming Mix)
Major League – Wonder
Posted Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by dj Smiley Mike . Filed under: Events
Spirit Base has become the largest psychedelic trance festival in Austria since its inception in 2007. More than 5,000 visitors from all over Europe came in 2010. After eight years in a quarry in the south of Vienna, Spirit Base moves to a forest near Ernstbrunn where a Stone Age village was built for a TV production. The main floor, this year will be designed by several decoration teams, and there will be some visual surprises. Projections of Sikanda, 3D Visuals, UV decorations and special laser shows from Germany and Austria will transform the forest into a fantasy landscape. More than 100 international DJs and live acts from 20 countries are booked. The focus of the line-up is again on Progressive Trance, but Full-on, Dark-Psy, Oldschool and spacey Ambient are not be forgotten. In addition to the main floor there is a big chillout tent, as well as a third dance floor, which alternates in tempo with the main floor.
Most artists come from Israel, Germany, Austria and several European countries, but also from some South American countries. Among the world-famous live acts and DJs are:
Also, the local elite of DJs and Trance producers will be given a lot of space. A 40-meter chillout tent is hosted by Vienna’s Psy-DJ Gobayashi and his Astral Zone.
VJ Sikanda is famous for its gigantic projections that show the cultures of the world on all available surfaces. The “Funny Astronaut” and his team have been known for years for the light magic in Viennese clubs and on the Austrian Paradise Festival that takes place again later in July this year. Austria’s best decorative Psytrance artist Calaquendi and several artist teams will again provide huge and bright paintings and three-dimensional masterpieces of art. Fire shows, fireworks and performances round off the comprehensive offer.
This week marked yet another prediction for the end of the world. It seemed fitting to feature some tracks from the Circle of Life EP by Ephedrix in the midst of a heart-pounding Full On psychedelic trance mix.
Before the live mix part of the show, I played:
Members of Mayday – Sonic Empire (SynSUN Remix)
dj Smiley Mike Full On Psytrance Mix
Ephedrix – Circle of Life
Ephedrix – Prototype
Sub6 & Astrix – Control Me
Ephedrix – Astral Ignition
Aquila – Gain Control (Shagma Remix)
Astrix – Closer to Heaven (Pixel Mix)
Didrpest – Celebration
Didrapest vs. Mixed Emotion – Reality
Gataka – Desert Wind
Rastaliens vs. Avalon – Ufoff
Indra – Feel Free
Aquila & Evoice – Arrigato
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Lamat Remix)
Spade – Reaction
Lamat – Mass Control
SynSUN & Kamasutrance – The Key (Lamat Remix)
System Nipel – Game On (feat. Electra)
Ephedrix – Mexican Wave (Original Mix)
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