So, this mix was intended to be an experiment, just to play with some deep progressive and organic house tracks that I have compiling for my next (hopefully) progressive house opening set, which is at this time a primary support spot for GENIX on Feb 11th, which I am very excited about!! Most of these tracks ended up being a bit too mellow for my Genix set, but I did manage to hit “record” on my digital recorder before I played it, just so I could listen to this later while working or driving, etc, my favorite times to listen to more introspective, thought and emotion-provoking music. After I listened to it a few times I realized that this set actually turned out kinda special, the tracks really went well together, so thought I would post it as a demo set anyway, just in case anyone else might enjoy it as well. One thing to call out is the opening track “Last of Us” by Vintage & Morelli, I actually bought a few years ago and believe it or not this is actually a 100 BPM track, which is insanely slow for a DJ set, e.g. usually the very lowest I will go would be in the neighborhood of 118 BPM or so, but I could hear that this track has these amazing qualities that probably would be better consumed at faster BPM’s and I always wanted to experiment with it, like I finally did on this set! I love how it sounds at 116 BPM, the very fastest I could speed it up on my CDJ’s, and it almost has that “Grand Theft Auto 3” opening track vibe (only PC gamers will get that reference haha), so chill and layered with euphoric complexity, albeit the ocean wave sounds towards the end sound quite ridiculous speeded up that fast haha.. oh well.. Oh!! And also, I chopped up the Forty Cats' beauty, "Zen", with hot cues a bit, because I needed to hear that beautiful piano breakdown more than just once haha.. Anyway, thought I would explain some of the background on this one, if anyone even reads these things haha. If you ARE reading this, I hope you enjoy this peaceful set, “Introspections”. Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Introspections” a Deep Progressive demo mix, recorded live Jan 31st, 2023
* Duration: 00:59:13
* BPM: 116 start - 123 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Vintage & Morelli - Last Of Us (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk
2.	Forty Cats, Arentis - Zen (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat (gotek edit.. )
3.	Moby - Why Does My Heart (Oxia Dub Mix) ~ Deepalma
4.	Jordin Post, feat. Dan Soleil - Deserve You (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
5.	Lane 8 - Closer (Falden Remix) ~ This never Happened
6.	Into The Ether - I Do (Extended Mix) ~ UV
7.	Cressida - Enigma (Extended Mix) ~ Avanti
8.	Shingo Nakamura - Falling Off (Extended Club Mix) ~ Monstercat
9.	Yotto - Just Over (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out
10.	Ollie Darling, feat. Rihana Shae - Fling (Sound Quelle Extended Remix) ~ LNG Records
11.	Yotto, Something Good - Rhythm (Of The Night) (Extended Mix) ~ A State of Trance
12.	Chicane - Offshore (Kryder Extended Remix) ~ Modena Records

“Introspections” a Deep Progressive demo mix, recorded live Jan 31st, 2023

So, I’ve hinted that this mix was coming on my Gotek FB page etc, but I’ve noticed that I’ve been gravitating to my collection of much older, “vintage”, Uplifting Trance tracks (early-to-mid 2000’s, before 2010), many of which I originally purchased on vinyl, some of which were only ever released in vinyl format, back in the day when I would hear something on DI.FM and frantically search the internet for it, when you often times would be paying $15-$30 bucks for a “white label” piece of vinyl to be shipped to you from Europe somewhere, long before the convenience of the Internet and paying $2.50 for immediate gratification to download a lossless file. Back in the days when Trance was still forming, when the tracks were 8-9 minutes long and sounded rawer and more primitive, but still some of the most spine-tingly stuff I have ever heard. Well, a couple of weekends ago I decided to record a classics mix on the CDJ's to listen to later from Dropbox (something I do once in a while for music to listen to in the backyard while I was BBQ’ing, etc). So I went to my music collection and sorted by date, and was frankly surprised how many MP3’s I had that had no date or other metadata because they were so old, so I compiled a list of tracks I hadn’t heard in many years, and this is what I ended up with. Truth be known, I did go back and repurchase many of these tracks in AIFF (lossless) format from Beatport, because some of those ancient MP3’s just didn’t have the sound quality I needed, but there still were several MP3’s used to mix this set from tracks that weren’t available to re-buy as lossless files anywhere online. This mix has been professionally sound-leveled, and preserved in the original WAV format that I recorded it in,  for that added punch of sound quality on those extra old files, but I also sort of don't mind the MP3's for the extra emphasis on that "vintage" (slightly crappy) sound quality anyway haha. For me, this mix really brought back a lot of fond memories from a couple decades ago, when Uplifting Trance was much newer and pure, still just coalescing and finding it's place, and the feelings it conjures up are pure magic. I called this one “White Label”, and plan to have a vintage Trance series of the same now. I hope you feel the same way as I do when you hear it, enjoy!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek PS: I always thought Menno De Jong’s “Intuition (Summer Event '07 Theme)” needed an extra breakdown after he teases you with it then just ends the track haha.. So I added some hot cues ands chopped it up on the CDJ's and added it myself!! So there, Menno!! =)

DJ Gotek presents: “White Label” a Classic Trance demo mix, recorded live Feb 13th, 2023
* Duration: 01:22:10
* BPM: 136 start - 139 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Global Warming - Far & Away – (Wandii Remix) ~ Moonrising, 2008
2.	Sophie Sugar - Day Seven (Original Mix) ~ A State of Trance, 2007
3.	4 Strings - Jewel (Original Mix) ~ Liquid Recordings, 2010
4.	Deems - Tears Of Hope (Aly & Fila Remix) ~ Armada Music Albums, 2010
5.	Kenny Hayes - Daybreaker (Original Mix) ~ White Label, 2005
6.	Onova - Platitude (Original Mix) ~ Monster Tunes, 2007
7.	Jose Amnesia - The Eternal (Original Mix) ~ Armada , 2003
8.	Svenson & Gielen feat. Jan Johnston - Beachbreeze [Spacediver Remix] ~ Let it Play Music, 2003
9.	Blank & Jones feat. Bobo - Perfect Silence (Martin Roth Hard Trance Mix) ~ Sound Colors, 2009
10.	Julian Ressive - Sunrise (‘The Anthem’ Orginal Mix) ~ White Label, (?)
11.	Mirco De Govia - Aura Indigo (Sequentia Remix) ~ Euphonic, 2007
12.	Emotional Horizons, Xplorations - Emotia  (Original Mix) ~ Deep Blue Records, 2007
13.	Lost Witness feat. Tiff Lacey - Coming Down (Sequentia Remix) ~ Captivate (Fektive), 2007
14.	Menno De Jong, Solid State, ft. Re:Locate - Intuition (Summer Event '07 Theme) ~ Intuition Recordings, 2007 (Gotek edit)

“White Label” a Classic Trance demo mix: 001, recorded live Feb 13th, 2023

On, Saturday, April 29th, I was beyond honored to be the primary support for easily one of my all-time favorite Trancers, Anjuna star and true prodigy Trance pioneer from the earlier days, Hungarian DJ/record producer, Levente Márton, better know by his stage name, SUNNY LAX. This is one of those “pinch myself am I dreaming??” moments because this is the 3rd time I’ve been on the opening roster for Sunny Lax, which is 3x more than I could have even hoped for haha, and it’s always such a pleasure to see this genuinely friendly, humble, and sweet fellow again, let alone warm up the decks for him. What an honor!! I was joined by Bryan Kyes on the opening crew, a new edition to the Seattle Trance DJ Fam, and Bryan kicked us off with a classic trance set, and I carried on from there with this, a mixture of euphoric Progressive and Trance, and threw in a little side excursion of some beatsy techno tracks because I was in the mood to hear some driving bass, hope you don’t mind haha!! Anyway, as usual, it was a totally fun night at Ora and the crowd was amazing and the Anjuna Fam love was in the air. Hope you enjoy the set, and also just a heads-up that I am pretty far along on the next iteration of the "White Label Trance Classics" series, # 4, hoping to record it this weekend.. And lastly, I'm excited to be opening for rising Japanese big room Trance star, the absolutely lovely, RINALY, at Ora Nightclub on May 20th, so be looking for that one later this month.. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Saturday, April 29th, 2023
* Duration: 01:00:18
* BPM: 128 start - 126 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	The Blizzard, Paul Arcane - First Snow (The Blizzard Extended Mix) ~ Deeper Harmonies
2.	Kyau & Albert - Follow the Waves (Heard Right Extended Remix) ~ Euphonic
3.	Markus Schulz, BT - Prestwick (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
4.	Genix - Ba55 I5land (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
5.	Armin van Buuren, feat. Stuart Crichton - Dayglow (Extended Mix) ~ Armind (Armada)
6.	JODA (UK) - We Find Ourselves (Jono Grant's Extended Stadium Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 
7.	Suncatcher - Chaos (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento
8.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Breath Of The Wild (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
9.	SMR LVE, feat. Roxanne Emery - Let the Light In (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings
10.	Agnelli & Nelson - Hudson Street (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) ~ Xtravaganza Recordings
11.	Estiva, feat. Julia Church - On The Line (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced) 
12.	Beatsole, SebDell - Twilight Atlas (Extended Mix) ~ Nomads Music

Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, April 29th, 2023

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01 AVIRA feat. Chris Howard - Weightless (Extended Mix) [Armada Music]
02 RUFUS DU SOL - On My Knees (Cassian Remix) [Rose Avenue/Reprise]
03 Feelmark - Parallel (Final Request Remix) [BeatFreak]
04 Local Dialect - Apollo (Extended Mix) [Zerothree]
05 Einmusik & Solee - Mariposa (Original Mix) [Future Romance]
06 Will Atkinson - Pipe Dreams (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) [Black Hole Recordings]
07 Robert B - Feel The Wind (Extended Mix) [FSOE Argento]
08 Fideles - Night After Night (CamelPhat Remix) [Afterlife Records]
09 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Kryder Remix) [Armada]
10 Airsand, TuraniQa - 7 Days (Original Mix) [Exx Muzik]
11 Che Jose - Voices (Extended Mix) [Pattern]
12 Lufthaus - Unlovable (Club Mix) [Armada Music]
13 Miss Rodriguez - Never Say Goodbye (Extended Mix) [Enhanced Progressive]

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Scorchin' Radio 150 - Super8 & Tab

01 Bockoven - Here To Stay (Extended Mix)
02 Fordman - Start Again (Robert B Remix)
03 Milad E & David Deere Feat.Julia Ross - Haven (Ben McConnell Remix)
04 Super8 & Tab and Crowd+Ctrl feat. Jess Ball - Incomplete
05 Reznor - All I Want (Extended Mix)
06 Ben McConnell - Hyde (Extended Mix)
07 Dan Miles - Away (Extended Mix)
08 Tom Klay & Doriann Pres. Angel One - Android (Extended Mix)
09 Aressa - The Reaper (Extended Mix)
10 Oleg Farrier - Hey (Extended Mix)
11 Bidwell - Ritual (Extended Mix)
12 Mofasa - Dreamer (Extended Mix)
13 Taygeto - Control (Extended Mix)
14 Super8 & Tab feat. Jess Ball - Live For Tonight (Extended Mix)

Scorchin' Radio 150 - Super8 & Tab

I'm proud to present my Anjunadeep set, recorded live from "Anjunafeast", an all - things - Anjunabeats & Anjunadeep charity event. This humble event was hosted by myself and a few very talented and very special people, all local to Melbourne in Australia, at the Melbourne Bowling Club. Proceeds from this event were all donated to Beyond Blue, a charity near to our hearts that we are proud to support.
My set was a revisiting of the Anjunadeep compilations 1-4. Compilations that were pivotal in the development of my musical tastes in my post high school years. I've been hanging on for the opportunity to share these tunes with people since 2014, so when the idea of an Anjuna tribute event was discussed, I eagerly jumped at the opportunity and listening back, I'm very pleased with the result.

Tracklist:
1. Michael Cassette - Shadows Movement
2. Michael Cassette - Summer (Dub)
3. Hernan Cerbello - Reach Your Soul
4. 16BL - Murder Weapon
5. Tom Fall - Cubic
6. Jaytech - In The Jungle
7. Sucker DJs - Killer
8. Jaytech - Vela (Electrobios & Interplay Remix)
9. Answer 42 - Dew Point
10. Jaytech - Metro
11. Michael Cassette - Regatta
12. Jamie Matrix - Rotation  
13. Parker & Hanson - Alquimia (Andrew Bayer Remix)
14. PROFF - Deep Orange

Inspirations 02: Anjunadeep Tribute Set @ Anjunafest

EMIOL is back with another exclusive guestmix and this time it is an extended one in lieu of his recent collaboration with A.L.F on AVA Deep. Perhaps one of the 'New Beginnings' apart from his collaboration?

01. EMIOL - LA Sunset [Interplay Flow]
02. Sound Forces - Cathy (EMIOL Remix) [Nicksher]
03. djimboh - Yours [Colorize]
04. Nora En Pure - Spring Embers [Enormous Tunes]
05. Boxer & RYTERBAND - Looking For Shelter [This Never Happened]
06. Above & Beyond - Surge (PROFF & Igor Garanin Remix) [Anjunadeep]
07. EMIOL - Motion [Synthbios Melodic]
08. A.L.F & EMIOL - New Beginnings [AVA Deep]
09. Mully - Stillness [AVA Deep]
10. Pretty Pink - Staying (Instrumental Mix) [DEEP WOODS]
11. GXD & Elle Vee - Sail (EMIOL Remix) [AVA Deep]

AVACast - EMIOL

Episode 003 - October 2023

01. Sunda - Supernatural (Extended Mix) [Borderline]
02. Exolight - Maybe In Another Life (Extended Mix) [Always Alive]
03. UDM - Liberta (Extended Mix) [Pure Trance Neon]
04. Kayosa & Tolland & Michael Dow - Echoes [Titan Audio]
05. James Dymond - Anantara (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
06. Active Sight - The Search For Freedom [Captivating] **Classic Selection**
07. Tiësto - Nyana [Black Hole] **Classic Selection**
08. Sonic Element - Dreamscape [Borderline]
09. Alessandra Roncone - Sensual (Extended Mix) [FSOE]
10. Solarstone - Sovereign (Ultimate Extended Remix) [Black Hole]
11. Alan Morris & Daniel Garrick - Memory Lane (Extended Mix) [ASOT]

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Reflections 003

Reflections 003 - Di FM Oct 2023

"Reborn" by John Min is a cinematic and emotionally charged instrumental that blends ambient textures with dynamic arrangements. Spanning over six minutes, the track builds with rich layers and immersive soundscapes, showcasing a strong narrative arc and refined production quality.

Producer: John Min
Publisher: YHV Music Group
Record Label: YHV Records

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John Min - Reborn [YHV RECORDS]

 Everything Is Possible, a melodic organic progressive track that unfolds as a deep emotional journey, blending flowing harmonies and textured rhythms with heartfelt intensity, capturing the struggle, self-belief, and determination to break through mental barriers in the pursuit of true dreams.

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TEA J - Everything Is Possible (Extended Mix)

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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. =)