I’m pretty stoked to have Eric Allen on the show this week! I knew there was something about his style that I was drawn to, and as we chatted a bit more about some of his influences and styles, there seemed to be a common theme: high energy stuff that stays interesting. Probably the most fascinating thing was that, with such a similar taste in music, several of the artists he plays aren’t even on my radar! You can be sure that I’ll spend the rest of the week trolling through some of the artists and labels that he played on tonight’s show.

Don’t miss Eric this weekend when he opens at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the Benny Benassi show (with Sander van Doorn and Arty) put on by Blueprint Events. You can also follow Eric Allen on Facebook or check out his mixes on Mixcloud.

Eric Allen Guestmix

Armin van Buuren – Stellar
Progressers – Tears of Joy (Eric’s Edit)
Koele Vaten – Boom (Michael Patterson & Warner Powers Remix)
Clashback & Michael Woods vs R.E.M. – Loosing my Outset (Gabriel & Dresden Mashup)
Ostbahnhof & Ugo Platana – Evensong (Michael Woods Remix)
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Lethal Industry
Solarstone & Orkidea– Slow Motion (Klauss Goulart Remix)
Markus Schulz – Digital Madness (Short Edit)
KhomHa – 507
Orjan Nilsen – Viking
Ortega, Nash & Pepper – First Scream (We Are Extended Mix)

Smiley Mike Uprise Mix

Alion – Bliss
Saint X – Glo
Krama – Vir Mortalis
Hanzo – Take You
Riktam & Bansi – Right Way Up
Dave 202 – Generate the Wave (Fabio Stein Crasher Remix)
The Hague – Crank
Ferry Corsten -It’s Time (Kai Tracid Remix)
Paul Oakenfold – Full Moon Party
Quantum – Expose
Geezk & G.R.G. – Madcake (dj Smiley Mike Smashed & Broken Remix)

I was really struggling to find a direction for this week’s set. I’m pretty sure I’ve been fighting off a cold and it seems like my head was just scattered. As it turns out, my opening set was going quite well, right up until the last track. All too often I make the decision to play “just one more”, and all too often it’s that last track that just doesn’t quite fit. If I’d listened to that quiet voice in the back of my head, I probably could have anticipated that it just wasn’t quite going to work… but some people are better listeners than others

dj Smiley Mike Trance Anthem Mix

Sara McLachlan – Fear
Lee Coombs & Nick Thayer – TFM
Gareth Emery – Arrival (Ashley Wallbridge Intro Mix)
Liquid Vision – At Long Last
Gerry Cueto – It’s Not What You Think
Tiesto & Hardwell – Zero 76
Wippenberg – Pong (Extended Mix)
Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman – Flashing Lights (Nicky Ramero & Nilson Dub)
Marcel Woods – Everything
Tiesto & Diplo – C’mon
Ali Wilson & Lee Osborne – Flash
Ali Wilson – Pandora
Push – Universal Nation (Easton Remix)

dj Smiley Mike Encore Mix

Rank 1 – L.E.D. There be Light (Extended Mix)
Rank 1 – Symfo (Sunrise Festival Theme 2009)
Sly One vs. Jurrane – Everything to Me
Ferry Corsten – Punk (Arty Rock-n-Rolla Mix)
Ashley Wallbridge – Jynx
Sneijder – Away From Here (Arty Remix)
The Hague – Crank

So I started going through my vinyl collection yesterday. I used to do it all the time. Now it only happens once a year, if that. Anyways, I came across a ton of rare white labels and test pressings, started looking up tracks on discogs and seeing if anything was available on iTunes. There were lots of bootlegs and test pressings that just aren’t available from the digital stores, but it inspired this trance anthem mix.

dj Smiley Mike Trance Anthem Mix

Natious – Arisen [2000 - Forward Recordings]
Natious – Lift [2001 - Bluestone Records]
Ashley Wallbridge – Jynx [2011 - AVA Recordings]
Rank 1 – LED (Let there be Light) (Extended Mix) [2009 - High Contrast Recordings]
Ali Wilson – Pandora [2010 - In Charge]
Jonas Stenberg – Trademark [2010 - Musical Madness]
Rank 1 – Symfo (Sunrise Festival 2009 theme) [2009 - High Contrast Recordings]
Claudia Cazacu – Quatrain 4 [2010 - Reset Records]
Push – Universal Nation (Easton Remix) [1998/2008 - Bonzai Music]
Nick Sentience – Below Zero [2011]
Sandstorm – The Return Of Nothing [1999 - Blueplate Records]
The Hague – Crank [?]
Push – Universal Nation (Guy Mearns Remix) [1998/2008 - Bonzai Music]
Jochen Miller – Red One (Extended Mix) [2009 - High Contrast Recordings]
Marcel Woods – Tomorrow (Dub Mix) [2010 - High Contrast Recordings]

Wow, a lot of those were more recent than I thought… Who knew I was so current

dj Caddyshack Epic Trance Mix

Gareth Emery feat. Brute Force – Arrival (Ashley Wallbridge Intro Mix)
John O’Callaghan & Giuseppe Ottavianni – Ride the Wave
Mark Knight vs. Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love
Nari & Milani – Kendo
Marcus Schossow – Acid, Festival, Champagne & B!tches
Kernkraft 400 – Zombienation (Chris Schweizer Bootleg Mix)
Tiesto & Hardwell feat Adele – Zero 76 in the Deep (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Bootleg)
Grace – Not Over Yet (Max Graham vs. Protculture Remix)
Rank 1 – Breathing (Breaks Dub)
Woody van Eyden & Steve Anderson – Everything’s Twisted (Woody van Eyden Mix)
Rebecca & Fiona – Bullets (Nause & Adrian Lux Club Mix)
Koer – Reactor (Rodrigo Diaz Remix)

Plus there’s part of the DJ Taucher Atlantis Non-stop Megamix from 1997!