A bit about the inspiration for this mix - the full text and the tracklist are at https://djsolitare.com/old-dogs-new-tricks

I recall an amazing Equinox event in the Autumn of 1995 where Kuni played the whole night and the impression was that a cloud of quantum information would enter the dance floor in the middle of the forest and when it had communicated its message, another would come in and take its place as the old one left, and there was a moment to catch your breath and adjust to the new data entering the space. At times during these events, one had the impression that the music was not music, it was geometrical design and information that was communicating in sonic form. There wasn’t the sense that the DJ was a ‘DJ’ playing ‘music’: rather, the DJ booth was like a cosmic radio tower with an antenna tuned into outer space, picking up signals and transmitting them to those gathered in this tribal gathering.

Each time I play a set, the type of storyline and style of tracks are different, and my approach to transitions depends on track selection and how things line up, though there are general parameters that I always aim for. As a result of my classical training, my emphasis when mixing has been to try to connect more than just the kick but to find matching patterns between tracks and to blend those to create a thread of continuity beyond the percussive elements, at times with kick-matching and at other times not. Usually, it’s a combination of the two, but keeping the rhythm consistent and aiming to have one track ‘hand over’ the space to the next one in a less conventional sense, like multiple speakers reading different chapters from a book that one absorbs through the set.

As I tuned into the more hypnotic and nighttime storyline that emerged as this set evolved, I was drawn to more of that atmospheric cloud-like mixing style, where one track dances with the next along harmonic, rhythmic, and upper-register elements as opposed to the bass-level kick. As I listened with headphones, I was able to let go of the technical focus of the ‘mixing' of two ‘tracks’ and rekindle some of those early impressions of this music being more than just music but combinations of patterns gathered together and presented through sound waves, hearing things not in left-right, high-low mode but all-at-once, like voices coming both from the speakers and the centre of one’s head.

I believe that as we have gotten used to listening to this music at clubs and events over the years, many of us have adapted to a sense-based linear perception of what we’re hearing as opposed to a more embodied dimensional experience, and we can easily listen with a set of standards that can be mechanical rather than holistically musical. I know this has been the case for me, and listening at home can have its pitfalls, as you get used to hearing the music outside of the contextual space for which it was created, and on speakers whose size are inverse proportion to your body than what they would be at an event. But in the right outer and inner space, we can hear these sounds beyond the framework of the familiar and as an expression of something quite outside the ordinary.

All of us experienced some magic in our early years of attending these events - and sometimes since, too! - and it is my hope that these classic tracks in this storyline will enable some of those to be rekindled as they have for me.

DJ Solitare - Old Dogs New Tricks Mix

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Psychic Deli Volume 3 collects most of the tunes from the Psychedelic Electronica series (1998-2000) plus a few rarities..

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Mumbo Jumbo - Weird, Sick, Twisted (2000)

Track part of the album "Clipping The Master"
Music written and produced by Yaron Nir.
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Mastered by Matheus Bianchi at Shinkansen Studio.
Cover designed by Gal Goltzman.
Original painting by Slava Melnik.

Clipping The Master

Fuzzonaut - Burn The Brain To Warmup The Soul

Giilgämesh - 303 Gandharvas & The Apsaras (Sita Records)

Video Dj Set : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aGbwETNB6g&t=135s

This dj set was created to highlight the most memorable tracks I listened at Apsara Festival. At least the ones I was able to identify and that I have access to. Below I describe why that specific track left a mark on me.
It mixes the old school Goa Trance with modern Neo Goa , as they were the two predominant styles in the line up. 

Chi A.D. - Healing Magic      #  The opening track from a magical set by Hannah May Young. Those deep basslines were echoing all over the dancefloor.
                   
Triquetra - Metal Serpent    # This uplifting track from Triquetra's last album symbolizes the exciting first of the festival. 

RA - Reign Of Madness      # The Mighty RA ! I love this one and it was my triumphant return to the dancefloor after battling a fever all night !

J.I.S. - Beyond The Universe  # Music wise , first great moment of the festival when those beautiful melodies hit the dancefloor and the people  dance and jump beautifully.

Artifact303 - Feelings    # I listened to Artifact303 so much over the years that it was impossible not to feel emotional seeing him perform this energetic track live .

Skarma - Thysselian    # Skarma was sounding so good that I was drawn to the dancefloor and it was one of the most beautiful moments for me . Everybody was floating on that dancefloor that morning. Smiles everywhere.

Subcouds - On Red (1999 Phlatline Mix)   # I was charging my phone when this banger dropped. I just left the phone and ran straight to the dancefloor. The right thing to do in that case.

Filteria - Unfiltered (Moon Remix) # Jannis played a diferent version of this one but the melodies are unmistakable.

Psylent Buddhi - Moksha   # Absolute madness when TB played this gem.
A perfect transition to the next acts to perform.

Prana - Alien Pets      #  The classic of the classics would never go unnoticed.

Chi A.D. - Eye Am The I   # The most awaited track by me since Chi A.D.
was announced on the line up. Biggest moment of the festival as I've never seen a dancefloor so joyful and ecstatic in my life.

Dimension 5 - Deep Space 5D   # Pretty much the festival's closing track. A classic . 
 
Chi A.D. - Exit Eternity    # The last track of a magical set . The atmosphere 
there is just indescribable.

Mindsphere - Fly High     # Ali Akgun's music can bring the feelings out of you like no other . Tears were dropped during his set , I have to admit . You literally fly high !

RA - Light Receiver     # I listened this masterpiece from the tent while looking at meteor showers in the sky. Mystical .

303 Gandharvas & The Apsaras (Tribute To Apsara Festival)- 2023

Victor Zolotarenko known to the world as Zolod Parasense, one of the members of the legendary Russian project Paranoic Sensations (ParaSense), a spontaneous decision Alex (Aleksey Kurkin) and Zolod write a joint track, in the future will make a huge and invaluable contribution to the development and strengthening of the Russian Psy Trance scene! Zolod - Victor Zolotarenko on the right is an ideologist and founder of the Russian Psy Trance culture, was at the origin "of the School of Psy Trance music." Already in the 98th year, Alex and Zolod play's they first overseas live, at a party in Hungary. Currently Parasense a solo project Alex, which is one of the biggest names in world Psychedelic Trance music. ... 
January 4, 2006, was tragically cut short the life of a talented Russian psytrance-musician Victor Zolotarenko ... Participant projects Parasense, Terminator, Freaking, Big Noise, Burned Processor, Deja Vu Fabrique.

R.I.P Zolod

Terminator - Doors

nicht gewollt

New Reality

Veros first release on Loading Systems Records in 2025 is a classic peak-time techno banger thats all about energy, tension, and release. A relentless groove drives the track forward, while a sharp acid fusion adds that raw, electrifying edge.

Vero - Dopamine (Original Mix)

Lynx @ Apsara Festival 2018( live recording)
Live recorded @ Apsara Festival. I played from 7:00 till 9:00 AM. Before me played dj Mawski(forrest-isch goa) and after me Cosmic Dimension(newskool)
 
As promised here the full tracklist! Enjoy!!

Atmos - So Nice You Name It Twice
Lunar Asylum - Meltdown
In Trance - Kashmir
O.O.O.D. - Other World
Artha - (unreleased as far as I know))
Captain Unplugged - 30°S Free
Astrological - Space Odysee
P.Cok - Sky Pusher (remaster Binary Bliss)
Zero To Nine - Jericho
Sound Pollution - Euphoria
Dreamweaver - Vishnu
Asia 2001 - Sherkan 2
Aurari - Instant Transmission
Crossing Mind - Psy Crise
Cosmosis - San Yacid
Aerosis - Contorsion
MK-Ultra - Shivarathri
Red gravity - MixDownMix
Binary Bliss - Connection (unreleased)

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Lynx @ Apsara Festival 2018( live recording)

this set is full of my unreleased music.
some of the track will be out soon @Egohunter records.

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Tentagram Set @The Block 2.5 Part 1

Now for something completely different! You get a set specially done for Random Records, the leading suomi-label of today! Because I always had a soft spot for this music (I used to play this type of music a LOT over a decade ago) I am very happy to see it is gaining popularity again! :) Tracklist below! For the people that don't know what suomi is... Its the more freestyle, experimental type of psychedelic trance/goa-trance that was born in Finland (which is called Suomi in Finnish). These days it is made allover the world tho :) 

1. Midiliga - All Over (Microgram Recordings)
2. Fluoro Fantasy - Stereocommunichaos (Thirteen Productions) 
3. Flying Scorpions - Avari (Raivovajari Mix) (6-Dimension Sound)
4. 5MeoGeo - Flying Pussy (Adama Records) 
5. Mandalavandalz - 1995 (Karelia Records) 
6. F-Virus - Happy Happy Joy Joy (6-Dimension Sound) 
7. Sattel Battle - Work In Space (Gi'iwa Productions)
8. Tarezen - Say Whot!? (Gi'iwa Productions) 
9. Tamlin - Fjaqek (Gi'iwa Productions) 
10. Shiwa 2000 -  Merkababa (Sienis Rmx) (Hippie Killer Producctions)
11. Odd Harmonic - Intensive Hindrance (Dada Stream Publishing)

Anoebis - Random Records Suomilicious

Anoebis is an old school goa-trance, acid-trance, forest trance and ambient addicted dj, playing this kind of music as much as possible for people that love to dance hard and float around! :) Besides that I and Mars are also the managers of Suntrip Records! A label concentrating on "old school" goa trance, made today :) 



Anoebis - Random Records Suomilicious

Anoebis (Suntrip Records)