This week I tackle mixing on 3 decks, or as close as I can get at the radio station. The studio here has a Rane Serato SL-3 which has a built in SP-6 sampler. So I can play triples where I start with the samples track and then mix two tracks into it. Unfortunately the studio here only has a 2 channel mixer, so it’s a little tricky mixing 3 audio sources with only 2 faders. Some of the mixes are a little rough around the edges, but I’m pretty sure some of the triples worked out pretty well, so it’s just a matter of refining them. I think you’ll see more 3 deck mixes from me soon. Maybe even a CD this summer.

Caddyshack has gone full on into a hardcore drum and bass phase, which I am loving. His taste in music has traditionally been very similar to mine, so all the tracks he’s been searching out have the kind of sounds and elements that I like.

dj Smiley Mike on 3 decks
2  turntables and a sampler

Ephedrix – Evolving Moods (Chronos Remix)
Aquila – Alice (Ephidrex Remix)
Ephidrex – Fly Away (DNA Remix)
Indigo feat. DJ Anneli – My Time
Visual Contact vs. Electro Sun – Facing the Future
Quadra – Time Immemorial
Bizarre Contact – Run Away (Electro Sun Remix)
Dapanji – Attention Please
Mad Maxx & XSI – Creeping
Talamasca feat. Nomad – The Awakening (Ephedrix Remix)
Dapanji vs. Crazy Tone – Dance 2da Music
Save the Robot – Robotz
Quadra – Time Immemorial
Quadra – Cyberfunk
Peacemaker – Hallucination Power
Peacemaker – Japanese Tours
Ephedrix & Aquila – 10 Miles Out
Hunab Tech & Antigravity – Nitro (Lamat Remix)
Space Cat vs. Onyx – Time Wolers

dj Caddyshack Hardcore Drum & Bass Mix

Pendulum – Slam
State of Mind – Dune
State of Mind – Sunking
Netsky – Eyes Closed (Original Mix)
Netsky – Sweet Dreams (Bootleg Mix)
Prodigy – Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)
State of Mind – Back to the Jungle
State of Mind – Real McCoy
Netsky – Lost in this World
Zyon Base – Tombstone Blues

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)

It’s been just a month or two since we finally went all digital. Still using Technics 1200s with a vinyl interface but now connected to a Macbook running Serato — the potential seems to have blown through the roof. The colour coded waveform is perhaps the biggest advancement in DJing since the 1200s. What a difference, and what a great visual representation of the music.

dj Smiley Mike set:

Nick Robertson – Cattleships & Bruisers
Nick Rowland – Timeline (Original Mix)
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Flemming – Beyond the Limit (Deep Mix)
Christopher Lawrence & John 00 Flemming – Beyond the Limit (Nicholas Bennison Remix)
Ben Nicky – Catapult (Fabio Stein’s Uprise Mix)
Nicholas Bennison – Spirit Chamber
Nicholas Bennison – Exocet (Bennison Rework)
Nick Robertson – Identity Crisis
Nick Sentience feat. Nick Rowland – Meridian
Nick Sentience – Electrify (Tech Mix)
Nick Sentience – Electrify (uplifting Mix)
Fabio Stein – Stroboscopic
Fabio Stein – Panic Mode (Danny Oliveira’s Future Tech Remix)
Nick Larson – Push (Fabio Stein’s Back2Basics Remix)
Organ Donors – In Power (Fabio Stein’s Under the Knife Remix)
Lab 4 – Concept of Love (SQ’s Electrik Shandy Remix)

dj Caddyshack’s tracklist is super secret.

Lots of fresh trance this week although some of it was previewed last week. First half of the show went down much smoother than the second half. More vocal trance than I usually play, but several of these vocal tracks don’t overdo it and they still have a rougher electro feel to them so they seem to satisfy my taste. Two of the new records that are already standing out to me are the Judge Jules and BK collaboration on Riot Recordings. You might recognize BK from some of the Nukleuz tracks I play in the Hard Trance sets. The other is the Peter Luts Remix of Inspiration.

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Tracklist First Half:

Polar – Polar Soul – Kobyashi Remix
Transa – Supernova
Judge Jules & BK – I Don’t Know
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question – Chris Micrli Mix
Generation Gap – Last Rites
Schiller mit Mila Mar – Lebe – ATB Club Remix
White Label – Inspiration – Peter Luts Remix
Outdare – Live Today – Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub
Judge Jules & BK – I Don’t Know
Outdare – Live Today – Parks & Wilson’s Annexe Dub

Tracklist Second Half:

Prism – Innerscape
Paul Oakenfold – Faster Kill – Roman Hunter
DJ Eyal – Everlasting Flow of Energy
Flash Brothers feat Tiff Lacey – Stay – Noel Sanger Remix
DJ Eyal – Xtacy 1999
White Label – Numb – Nick Muirs Mix
Flash Brothers feat Tiff Lacey – Stay – Original Mix
Delerium – Silence – Funkagenda’s Saphire Vox Remix
Three Drives – Greece 2000 – Leama & James Davis Mix
BT – Smartbomb – Plump DJs Remix

Finally back at the station after a crazy December – this show goes out to Steve Clark. A good friend, a brother in fact – Steve and I met at the legendary 1999 Spirit Circle gathering in Pemberton. Steve was up on Blackcomb mountain for New Year’s Eve and an avalanche got him. You’ll always be with us in spirit Steve. 

Quite a few new records this week…

One other thing I forgot to mention – the Trancendance Podcast is now available straight from the iTunes store. Just search for Trancendance and click on See All in the Podcast section. 

First Half:

Tomcraft – Katowice
Prism – Innerscape
Flash Brothers feat. Tiff Lacey – Stay - Noel Sanger Remix
Forcefield – Visions of Eden – Mea Culpa Remix
Ian Van Dahl – Inspiration – Peter Luts Remix
Tomcraft – Lonliness – Club Mix
Tomcraft – Lonliness – Hacker Remix
Breeder – Twilo Thunder – Stoked Up Mix
Freddie Filter vs BT – Loving U More

Second Half:

Chac feat. Chilli Gold – 7 Years – Grinder Vox for the Box Remix
Miss Shiva – Dreams – Humate Remix
Delerium – Silence – Funkagenda’s Saphire Vox
Schiller mit Mila Mar – Lieb – ATB Club Remix
Dumonde – God Music – Euphonic Mix
Habersham & Numinous – Rhetorical Question – Chris Micrli Mix
White Label – Numb – Nick Muirs Mix
BT – Smartbomb – Plump DJs Mix
Outdare – Live Today