Hey Guys, getting the next iteration of my Progressive House series, “Prog Sessions” in just under the wire for May here haha. I was figuring that I would call it “June Edition”, but since the cover art is an awesome photo, taken over my house by my neighbor across the street, of the Aurora Borealis caused by the solar storm that so many people saw around the world during the month of May, and also in honor of my Dad’s 87th Birthday, which is TODAY (May 30th), I am sticking with “May Edition” for this one!! I have been struggling with time lately, as my “real job” has been super busy, so I haven’t had much time to work on DJ stuff lately. But I (of course) keep listening and constantly buying new music, and I had this massive stockpile of awesome new tunes building up, so much so that I really had a severe case of writer’s block with this one and had no idea where to start. So last weekend I spent hours downloading and arranging tracks and got it narrowed down to about 50 “keeper” tracks, then managed to narrow it down to the lucky 13 on this set, and recorded it on Monday, memorial Day Holiday.. I just recorded this the one time and that was it; all the tracks just worked together beautifully, which is rare for a one-time recording session!! Lastly, I usually try to put 14 tracks on these Prog demos, but Warung’s EPIC track, “All We Have Is Time”, seemed like such a great place to end it, and also loved the irony because all I DON'T have is time these days haha, so I stopped the recording there. Anyway, I feel like I am rambling, so better get back to work haha, I hope you enjoy this set as much as I did recording it!! Cheers!! Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, May 2024 edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 27th, 2024
* Duration: 01:00:22
* BPM: 124 start / 126 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Jody Wisternoff, Blake.08 - BLAM (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
2.	Braxton, Because of Art - Between The Stars (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	Darren Tate - 5AM To Lima (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeasts
4.	Blue Harvest, Leo Lauretti - All The Way (Extended Mix)
5.	Simon Doty, My Friend - Tuxedo Park (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
6.	John Grand - Sapphire (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
7.	My Friend - Moonbeam (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
8.	Autograf - Wait For The Weekend (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Music
9.	ANUQRAM – Alright Now (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
10.	Diego Morrill - Farallon (Original Mix) ~ Alter Ego Digital
11.	My Friend - Wavy Jane (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
12.	Blake.08 - High Fidelity (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
13.	Warung - All We Have Is Time (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)

“Prog Sessions, May 2024 edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 27th, 2024

Seattle's Mark McCarthy a.k.a. DJ Gotek emerged out of the exploding Electronic Dance Music scene in the Pacific Northwest over the past decade+, and has held residencies at some of the hottest DJ clubs in the NW such as The Underground, Club Contour, and Foundation Nightclub in Seattle and Whiskey Bar in Portland, and also has played at an ever growing list of clubs and venues on the west coast. Specifically noted for his euphoric, uplifting, and melodic Progressive and Trance sets over the past decade, DJ Gotek has found himself being invited to open for some of the world's most prolific and iconic Trance and Progressive DJ/Producers, artists such as Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Cosmic Gate, Sunny Lax, Genix, Solarstone, 4 Strings, Aly & Fila, ARTY, Ilan Bluestone, Super8 & Tab, Omnia, Ronski Speed, Orjan Nilson, Roger Shah, Chicane, The Blizzard, Lange, Daniel Kandi, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Gareth Emery, MYON, Max Graham, Andy Moor, Richard Durand, Bobina, Stoneface & Terminal, John OO Fleming, Simon Doty, Dezza, the list grows ever longer.. DJ Gotek always strives to create a feeling of euphoria with his mixes which are consistently heavy on the dreamlike and spine-tingly electronic sounds, regardless of which genre he’s playing in; Mark’s passion is to move people by bringing the very best in in Trance and Progressive to his audiences, and hopefully it shines through in the mixes he creates.

Note: Mark only uses AIFF lossless quality tracks mostly purchased at Beatport.com (except for producer demos). All mixes were either recorded live in the club or directly from Mark's gear (DJM A9 Mixer, 2 Pioneer CDJ3000's) recorded on a Zoom H4n Pro in WAV format, then professionally sound leveled post-recording, Voice ID Tagged, and  converted to MP3 by Chris Dececio Studios in the UK. EVERY single mix on Mark's Soundcloud was recorded live and in the moment on top-notch Pioneer DJ gear, not mixed with computer software, so they might not be exactly perfect 100% of the time, but they are "real", which is a standard of mix quality, authenticity, care, passion for live mixing, and DJ integrity Gotek is proud of. =)