Just before the show this week I discovered two albums worth picking up. Usually I only like one or two tracks off an album, but these two are fantastic all the way through. The first feature album is “Love Machine” by a group called Save the Robot. Save the Robot is made up of Ari Linker (also known as Alien Project) and Ido Liran (also known as Quadra). It’s not surprising since I discovered Alien Project a few weeks ago after falling in love with their “Activation Portal” album, and along the way I found a few tracks by Quadra that were equally rich. I can only hope we see/hear more from these guys!

The second album featured is by non other than Quadra. After the first few tracks that caught my interest, IU went looking for more and found their “Voice of Reason” album. We live in the era of music download sites like iTunes and Track it Down, where you can pick and choose which songs you want for as low as 99 cents – so I know an album has to be exceptional when I fork out for the whole damn thing!

So I’m just the first third of this week’s mix. Caddyshack and Steve Krueger lay down breaks and deep trance sets to make it a 3 hour show this week. If you like the show, don’t just download – subscribe in iTunes – it looks good in the radio station stats!

dj Smiley Mike PsyTrance Mix:

quadra – back again
save the robot – dream catcher
save the robot – let it play
save the robot – i care
save the robot – lowrider
save the robot – robotz
save the robot – she came
save the robot – what the funk
quadra – back again
save the robot – feel like a star
quadra – bless the robot
quadra – cyberfunk
quadra – technoport
quadra – time immortal
quadra – unification
quadra – we shall overcome
phil reynolds & ben bennett – progress (adrenaline dept. remix)

dj Caddyshack Breakbeat Mix:

dj czech – czech fu (re-edit)
dj czech – rockin’
funkagenda vs. eurythmics – sweet f*@# (Funkagenda WTF Mix)
dizzee rascal – bonkers (absorb breaks mix)
far too loud – pay it loud (broken robot mix)
deadmau5 – strobe (plump dj’s mix)
dirtyphonics – vandals
prodigy – smack my bitch up (sub focus remix)
deadmau5 – ghosts n stuff (sub focus remix)
adam f – original jungle sound (tc remix)

Steve Krueger Deep Mix:

daniel heathcliff – phoenix (original mix)
richard durand – tiger’s appology (original mix)
marcus schossow & robert burian – kofola (shy brothers mix)
deadmau5 – FML (original mix)
tiesto – bend it like you don’t care (extended version)
dada life – let’s get bleeped tonight (tiesto mix)
wippenberg vs daft punk – pong around the world (de jan bootleg)
dada life – bleep satisfaction

electrixx – tetris (original mix)

Here’s the track list for this week’s show.

dj Smiley Mike Full On PsyTrance Mix:

Han Solo & Inference – Just a Dream
Alien Project - Activation Portal
Simon Qudos - Even Harder, Even Faster, Even Stronger
Alien Project vs Space Cat vs Quadra  - I Dose
Quadra - LSD Came Falling Down
Quadra - Pure Ecstasy (Dynamic Remix)
SubConsciousMind - My Music
F.F.T - Frequency Request (Lamat Remix)
F.F.T & Frenessy - Psychedelic System
Hunab Tech & Antigravity - Nitro (Lamat Remix)
Lamat & Antigravity - Accidental Overdose (Lamat Remix)
Lamat & Han Solo - Next Generation of Science
Spanknoise and Lamat –  Fogo Na Selva (feat. Janelo)
Alien Project – NRG
Alien Project - Missing Linker
Alien Project – Deeper
Astrix – Tweaky (Alien Project Remix)

Steve Krueger Vocal Trance Mix:

Mike Shiver & Aruna - Everywhere You Are (Intro Edit)
Steve Kruger - The Great Denva Escape Mashup
George Acosta feat Fisher – True Love (Garry Cueto Remix)
Stoneface & Terminal - Don’t Give a F*** (Vocal Mix)
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (Airspark’s Gateways Mash)
Tocadisco feat. Nadia Ali - Better Run (Wippenberg Remix)
Robbie Rivera feat. Denise Rive - Back to Zero (George Acosta Remix)
Zoo Brazil feat. Leah – You Can Have it All (George Acosta Remix)
Jes – Love Song (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Nic Chagali feat. Johnathan Mendalsohn – This Moment (Prog Mix)
Mat Zo – The Fractal Universe (Original Mix)

We’ve really been on fire the last few weeks! Here’s another installment that starts of with the psychedelic influence of Disco Hooligans before blowing the roof off with Simon Qudos and Nick Robertson. Caddyshack brings the funk in the second half of the show with a bunch of Cut n Run old skool breaks mashups mixed in with a few other tasty treats.

dj Smiley Mike Psytrance set:

New Born – Trip of the Luna King
Disco Hooligans – No Judgement
Disco Hooligans - Easy to get Lost
Disco Hooligans - Clear Skies
Disco Hooligans - String Theory (Alternate Mix)
Disco Hooligans - String Theory
Disco Hooligans - It’s Good to be Alive
Clone – Perseids
Magic & Witchcraft - Superstructure
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Fleming – Beyon the Limit (Deep Mix)
Nick Rowland & Toryn D – Timeline (Original Mix)
Geezk & G.R.G. - Madcake
Simon Qudos –  Lets Get Higher
Nick Robertson – Identity Crisis
Simon Qudos - Acension Protocol
Simon Qudos - Next Generation

dj Caddyshack Oldskool Breakbeat set:

Cut n Run - In for the Pill
Cut n Run – No Good
Cut n Run – Outta Space
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Far Too Loud – Play it Loud (Broken Robot Mix)
Cut n Run - Done it Again
Young MC – Knowhow (Stanton Warriors Edit)
Cut n Run - King of the Bongo
Cut n Run – Horny Disco Balls
Shimon & Nixon – White Noise (Original Mix)
The Prodigy – Take me to the Hospital (Adam F & Horx Remix)
Josh Wink – Higher State (Hexadecimal Re-think)

This week’s show is a little different than usual. It’s continuous but not mixed and the tracks come from early rave compilation CDs. These are tracks that influenced me in my early rave days.

Warning: This week’s show contains coarse language!

Classic Rave Anthems Tracklist:

Dance 2 Trance – Power of American Natives
Channel X – Rave the Rhythm
Acen – Window in the Sky
Ayahuasca – Heliotropic Twist
The Prodigy – Charly
Man with No Name – Sugar Rush
Man with No Name – Adrenosphere
Ayahuasca – Psychopharm
The Infinity Project – Ego Shredder

Where: Club 23 West - 23 West Cordova, Vancouver, BC 
When: July 18, 2008 - 10-3am

$20 at the door, Limited Capacity

Eskimo (aka Junya) is one of the most promising of the new generation of trance producers out there. Having released his debut artist album “Can You Pick Me Up” aged 17, Eskimo was almost immediately catapulted amongst the trance elite, add to this his scorching DJ Sets as DJ Junya, that he had been playing worldwide since he was 13, Eskimo is without a doubt one of the most exciting British artists today.

His unique production skills and ability to put together a class-A belter saw Eskimo’s tunes begin to show up in the sets of psy trance DJs across the globe. By the time he performed his first live set 6 months after the album dropped his repertoire had trebled and so had his ability. Landmark remixes, many still unreleased due to copyright wrangles, from this time included some of the scenes biggest players such as Infected Mushroom and Skazi, but it was his unofficial remix of The Prodigy “Voodoo People” that sealed his reputation on the global dance floor. When this struck everyone knew who Eskimo was.

By the summer of 2004 Eskimo dropped his second artist album “Take A Look Out There” a mind-altering collection of tunes let loose on an unsuspecting world including the near legendary “Party Pooper” a track sampling the police shutting down a free party. In November 2005 the release of Balloonatic Part One, a genre busting masterpiece redefined the standard of studio trickery yet retained a firm grip on the dance floor.

With the release of Balloonatic Part Two, Eskimo looks set to seal his already unassailable position as the most original and one of the most popular artists working in dance music today.