Last week’s show was just a warm up for this! If you like hard dance, you’re not going to want to miss this episode. dj Smiley Mike puts the spotlight on Guyver. Guyver is Guy Mearns who hit the scene in 2002 with Man On The Moon and has been releasing dance-floor smashers ever since, mainly on Tidy Trax and Tidy Two. He’s gone by a few other names, most notably The Riot Brothers which released Flashback / Guyver Unit, a favourite that I still have on vinyl somewhere.
Caddyshack had actually planned out a set this week, but just couldn’t make it through my set without throwing it all out and putting together his own Hard Dance set for the second half of the show. His set features Wragg & Log:One. Wragg is Toby Veale and Log:One is James Logan. They caught our attention soon after they hit the scene around 2008 with tracks primarily released on iHDS and Atmosphere Records UK.
And if you get all tingly when you hear some dubstep dropped in where you least expect it, you’re going to love the second half of Cadyshack’s set. Especially the Bashy & Napt track right at the end that throws things right back to the days of Pump up the Jam by Technotronic. Let’s be honest, where you even born in 1989?
dj Smiley Mike Hard Dance Mix
Fausto & Tommy Pulse – Meloncholika (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Technikal & Marc French – Mad & Confused (Guyver Remix)
Costa Pantazis & Guyver – Providence
Guyver – Differences
Guyver – Man on the Moon
Technikal & Guyver – Rushin’ (Original Mix)
Kris Mclauchlan ft. Guyver – Gridlock’d
Guyver – Trapped
Technikal & Guyver – Rushin’ (P.H.A.T.T. Remix)
Dark Matter ft. Missing Jem – Sweet Dreams (Fabio Stein’s Dying Viao Remix)
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennet – Progress (Adrenaline Dept. Remix)
Phil Reynolds – Global Takeover
Toryn D – Trip to Trumpton
Luca Antolini – Moments in Noise
Luca Antolini – Poison (Original Extended Mix)
dj Caddyshack Hard Dance Mix
Wragg & Log:One – Enemies of the Earth
DJ Husband – Real Life (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Guyver – You’ll Know It (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Force 9 – Boomin’ (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Rye Rye feat. Robyn – Never Will Be Mine (Kill the Noise Remix)
Andy Farley & Base Graffiti – No More
Phil York & Dark By Design – Electric Cabaret (ShockForce Mix)
Kevin Energy & Proteus – The Number 6 (ShockForce Mix)
Josh Wink – Higher State of Conciousness (Vinylgroover & The Hed Hed Mix)
Hanuman Tribe – Muscle Step (Beatman & Ludmilla Remix)
Paul Maddox – Endangered (Wragg & Log:One Remix)
Bashy & Napt – Make My Day (Speciman A Remix)
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
This week dj Smiley Mike slows it down for a deep trance mix while dj Caddyshack gets inspired by David Guetta’s recent appearance in Vancouver, and touches on all four corners of trance from the borderline house sounds of Nalin & Kane’s Beachball to the ripping acid sounds of I am Techno by TV Rock.
dj Smiley Mike Deep Trance Mix
DNA – Get Wicked
Lish – On the Edge (Visual Paradox vs. Cosmic Tone Remix)
Lish & Ace Ventura – The Light (Lish Album Edit)
Trancemission & Odiseo – Impulses
Astrix – Just in Time
Ace Ventura – Baby Boom
Union Jack – Two Full Moons & a Trout (Chab Mix)
Pryda – Illusions
Pryda – Glimma
Solesystem – Onion
Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman – Flashing Lights (Original Mix)
Kidstreet – X (Rampue Remix)
Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman – Flashing Lights (Dub Mix)
Nick Sentience – Below Zero
Max Graham – Nothing Else Matters
dj Caddyshack Four Corners of Trance Mix
Relocate – Rogue (Caddyshack Edit)
Ummet Ozcan vs. W&W – Synergy
Leon Bolier vs. Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Bolier Mash-Up)
Kaskade feat. Martina of Dragonette – Fire in Your New Shoes (Sultan & Ned Shepard Electric Daisy Remix)
Nalin & Kane – Beachball (Chris Lake Remix)
Phunk Investigation – 1980s
TV Rock – I am Techno
Sebastian Drums & Avicii – My Feelings for You
Tiesto & Diplo – C’Mon
Avicii – Levels
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave
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)
Mad Maxx played at Organix on Friday and after looking through some of my recent podcasts, I was surprised that I hadn’t played more Mad Maxx given that I have quite a few of his tracks and generally love his stuff. This week I picked up a few newer Mad Maxx tracks, dug up some of his older stuff and put together a Full On Psytrance set that hopefully does him proud. Still a long way off from the live set he delivered on Friday, but Max sets the bar pretty high as a long-time leading name in hard psychedelic trance.
dj Smiley Mike Mad Maxx Tribute Mix
Astrix – Dharma
Digicult & Fatali – The Return
Astrix – Take a Shot
Astrix – Antiwar
Audio-X – Everything’s Gone (Audio-X Remix)
Digicult & U-Recken – Days in Space
Sufi – Playground (Getafix Remix)
XSI & Mad Maxx – Bass Monkey
Mad Maxx – At the End of the Rainbow (Remix)
Mad Maxx & XSI – The Shamen
XSI – Alchemik Machines (Mad Maxx Remix)
Mad Maxx & XSI – Creeping
XSI – Dominion feat. Lucid
Peace Maker vs. Mad Maxx – Everyone Equal
Bamboo Forest – Voyager (Solar System Remix)
Mekkanikka – Black Jack
Broken Toy – Nu Metro
Switch – Let the Bass Be Louder
Steve Kreuger Eclectic Mix
I always have the hardest time describing other people’s sets as the connection to the music isn’t quite as intimate. And Steve plays such an eclectic mix that I’m not always sure how to classify it. Some of it is a little housey, some of it is trancey and some of it seems almost a bit technoey. (Spell check is giving me a hard time there, but I think you get what I mean.) If you really want to know what I’m talking about, give Steve’s set a listen and then let me know how you would classify the style.
La Roux – In for the Kill (Michael Woods Remix)
Cirez D – The Tumble
Thomas Gold – Star 69 (The Thomas Gold 09 What the F*ck Edit)
Dad Life – Just Bleep Me (Satisfaction)
Tiesto feat Emily Haines – Knock You Out (Keemerah Remix)
Hey Today! – Strange
Aeroplane, Steve Angello & Mylo – Drop the Superstar Knas
Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner – Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup)
Tiesto – Louder than Boom
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