Trancendance

dj Smiley Mike and dj Caddyshack will both be going.

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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.

Find out more and get your tickets now at motionnotion.com

So we just got back from the Sander van Doorn show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Last week it was the Benny Benassi show, but it was really Sander’s show. Electro House isn’t something we play a lot of, but Sander’s set was so good, we figured we dig up some of the tracks he played and see what happens. One of the funniest things I noticed, is that half of these Electro HOUSE tracks are remixed TRANCE tracks! Trance. FTW.

dj Smiley Mike Electro House Mix

ID – How are you Feeling Right Now (Michael Woods Remix)
A*S*Y*S – Acid Glitch
Melleefresh – Intuition (Darth & Vader Remix)
Filo & Peri – Subzero
Sander van Doorn – Drink to Get Drunk (Extended Mix)
Melleefresh – Intuition (Darth & Vadar Remix)
Avicii – Sweet Dreams (Cazzette Meet at Night Mix)
Hardwell – Spaceman
Sander van Doorn – Drink to Get Drunk (Extended Mix)
Tommy Trash – Cascade
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Lethal Industry
Tiesto – Love Comes Again (Hardwell Rework)
Sander van Doorn – Koko (R3hab Remix)
Avicii – Sweet Dreams (Cazzette Meet at Night Mix)
Tiesto – Traffic (Tristen Garner Remix)
Darth & Vadar – Return of the Jedi
Plasmic Honey – Here We Go
Tiesto – Maximal Crazy (Bassjackers Remix)
Planet Perfecto Knights – Resurection (EC Twins & Remy De Luc Mix)
Paul Jacobson – R U Ready

dj Caddyshack Electro House Mix

Tiesto – Las Vegas
Gareth Emery – Tokyo
Temple One feat. Neev Kenedy – Love the Fear (Tom Fall Remix)
Nicky Romero – Toulouse
Hardwell & Joeysuki – Munster
Benny Benassi – House Music
TV Rock – I am Techno
Eddie Halliwell – Neon
Tiesto & Diplo vs. Phil Collins – C’Mon in the Air (Romain G Bootleg Mix)
Ralph Good – SOS (Tujamo Remix)
Skynet UK – Back to 89 (Calvatron Remix)
Columbo – Everybody
Savoy – I’m in Need
Avicii vs. Sebastien Drums – Snus
System F vs. Cosmic Gate – The Blue Theme (Ferry Corsten Fix)
Leon Boiler vs. Kamaya Painters – Endless Ocean Wave (Leon Boiler Mashup)