Wow – I was rummaging through old mix tapes, which lead me to look up a tracklist of an old skool trance and breakbeat mixtape by Kid Bippy – circa 1995. That lead me looking up some of the tracks on YouTube and that planted the seed for this week’s ultimate throwback old skool trance mix.

There are a few bumps along the way – such as the first mix or two – but get past that and get into some super long mixes of some of the most recognizable trance anthems of the early 90s. Did people even call them anthems back then?

Trance trivia

Size 9 is actually Josh Wink, who’s real name is Joshua Winkleman.

Metro LA is actually Mike Knapp & Eric Davenport. Mike Knapp is also known as Xpando.

Dune is actually Tarrentella and Redanka who operate RIP Records and were regular contributors to the Whoop! Records label.

Skynet UK is Ian Widgery, also known as Surge.

Rank 1 is Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets

…and Taucher is like nothing I’ve ever seen!

dj Smiley Mike Old Skool Trance Mix

Aftrax – The Mask (Swept Q)
Metro LA – To a Nation Rockin’ (On a Short Journey)
Size 9 – I’m Ready (Remix Edit)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (Raul Rincon Instrumental Remix)
Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (Deadmau5 Remix)
Save the Robot – Mars Needs Time
Sasha – Xpander (12″ Version)
Metro LA – To a Nation Rockin’
Save the Robot – Mars Needs Time
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question (Chris Micali Remix)
Dune – Boomerang (Quivver Version)
Size 9 – I’m Ready
Claudia Cazacu – Quatrain 4
Sub Focus – Rock It (Stanton Warriors Re-Rub)
Skynet UK – Back to 89
Rank 1 & Jochen Miller – The Great Escape (Extended)
Opopip – Vita (Keemo & Taucher Mix)

Easter long weekend is just another excuse for an extended show! The first two hours is uninterrupted and journeys from PsyTrance into Hard Trance, then through some heavily remixed Trance Classics before weaving back into PsyTrance and then finishing with some more Hard Trance.

Caddyshack discovered Drum n Bass last week and goes mental this week in what may very well be his first ever Hard Drum and Bass set.

dj Smiley Mike Hard Trance Mix:

Space Cat vs. Onyx – Time Wolers
Disco Hooligans – String Theory
F.F.T. & Frenessy - Psychedelic system
Hunab Tech & Antigravity - Nitro (Lamat Remix)
Astrix – Tweaky (Alien Project Remix)
Save the Robot – Robotz
Alien Project - Activation Portal
Simon Qudos - Lets Get Higher
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (Original Mix)
Simon Qudos - Ascension Protocol
Simon Qudos – Next Generation
Phil Reynolds & Ben Bennett – Progress (Adrenaline Dept. Remix)
Quadra – Bless the Robot
Quadra – We Shall Overcome
Save the Robot – Communicate
Save the Robot – Feel Like a Star
Alien Project – Deeper
Quadra – Back Again
Alien Project – NRG
Save the Robot – I Care
Fabio Stein – Agent of Chaos
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Remix)
Nick Robertson – Identity Crisis
Nick Sentience & Nick Rowland – Meridian
Nick Larsen – Push (Fabio Stein’s Back 2 Basics Remix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Uplifting Mix)
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave (Fabio Stein Crasher Remix)

dj Caddyshack Drum & Bass Mix:

Reflekt – Need to Feel Loved (Deep Focus & Incontext Mix)
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc (DnB Mix)
Sub Focus – Timewarp
Sub Focus – X-Ray
Pendulum feat. Sub Focus – Triad Warrior (Noisia Remix)
Adam F – Original Jungle Sound (TC Remix)
Prodigy – Take Me to the Hospital (Sub Focus Remix)
Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up (Sub Focus Remix)
Deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire – Ghosts n Stuff (Sub Focus Remix)
Friction & K-Tee – Untitled Blues
Inhaler feat. Christian Burns – Something About You (J. Magik & Wickamann’s Extended Mix)
J. Magik & Wickamann – Crazy World
Sub Focus – Follow the Light
Sub Focus – Join the Dots
Ed Rush & Optical – Pac Man (Upbeats Remix)
Martsman – 8 Bit Bouncer
Spor – 1 up
Rank 1 – L.E.D. there be Light (Tn DnB Remix)
DJ Czech – Rockin’
Ed Solo – Age of Dub (Parker Remix)
DJ Czech – Untitled