I've been spinning progressive house since the early 2000's, and over the years I have recorded some demo sets along the way. I thought I would compile them all in one place to make them easy(er) to find for people that like this type of more mellow, chillax, emotion-invoking music. More recently I started the "Prog Sessions" series, and I'll continue to add those here as they come out. Hope you enjoy!!

Gotek's Progressive House Demo Sets - Melodic and Emotive Sounds.. ^_^

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

Hey guys, welcome to the next iteration of Prog Sessions, April 2024 edition!! This one sort of happened by accident; I’d been working on my set for Solarstone and I was going through all of my recently purchased music, and for tracks that I thought were too mellow for the Solarstone show I was throwing them into a folder I just called “April Prog”, but I noticed later that I actually had a ton of great tracks in there so made a note to go back and see if I had the right elements to get a playlist to work.. I wanted to record a set to listen to for Saturday night BBQ, something I frequently do haha. So, I did, on that Saturday the 13th, this is what happened, and after I listened to it I knew I had a keeper. Probably “TMI” haha, but that’s literally how this set came to be, whereas many of my previous "Prog Sessions" sets took me numerous tries and probably weeks of trial and error to get to a version that I thought was good enough for streaming, so this was a pleasant surprise!! :D Anyway, without going into too much additional boring detail, I welcome you to Prog Sessions, April Edition, and hope that you enjoy the mix as much as I did recording it!! PS: the photo is one I took on my vacation to Germany back in October of 2022 for Oktoberfest; that was from a morning walk through a huge square in Stuttgart called Schlossplatz, and it has these two enormous and beautiful fountains, which were built in honor of King William of Württemberg, in 1863. The two landmarks are popular sights for tourists and visitors to Königstraße in Stuttgart, and I’ve always loved seeing them whenever I am there. I thought that photo would be perfect for this mix. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, April 2024 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live April 13th, 2024
* Duration: 01:06:02
* BPM: 122 start / 125 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Passive Progressive, LTN, Ghostbeat - Echo (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat
2.	Plaha - Lose Myself (Original Mix) ~ Lilly Era
3.	Tommy Loude - Terra Incognita (Extended Mix) ~ Lost Tunes
4.	Sound Quelle, Norbert Koenner - Kislorod (Original Mix) ~ Melody of the Soul
5.	Tru Concept, feat. Romany - Give No More (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
6.	Le Youth, Møøne - Overgrown (Warung Remix) ~ This Never Happened
7.	Jody Barr - Eleanor (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
8.	Robby East, Feat. Kuala - Love In Slow Motion (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
9.	Angara, Bound to Divide - Odyssey (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
10.	Simon Gregory - Run Away (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records
11.	Late Night Alumni  - Beautiful (Myon x Hoten Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
12.	Luttrell - Space (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
13.	Raine, feat. Lewyn - I Want to Come Home (Original Mix) ~ Songspire Records
14.	Paul Thomas - Belle (Extended Mix) ~ UV

“Prog Sessions, April 2024 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live April 13th, 2024

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

Hey guys, hope you’ve been having an awesome summer!! Hard to believe that it is nearly September, when summer starts winding down, kids go back to school, and the beginnings of Fall start showing up here and there, my favorite season. Well, as you can tell, it’s been a very slow summer, DJ-gig-wise, which has kind of worked out for me because I have been buried at my job all summer long, but I also really miss playing in the clubs, and am hopeful the Seattle Trance scene will start picking up again with more shows in the Fall. Meanwhile, I never stop listening to, buying, and collecting music, so shows or no shows, I’ll always continue recording my live demo mixes. And, speaking of, I just recorded the latest in my “Prog Sessions” progressive house demo series, last weekend. I had a lot of amazing music to choose from, and had to spend a lot of time whittling it down to just 15 tracks, but I was really happy the way this one turned out, with brand new releases from some of my go-to progressive artists including Genix, ANUQRAM, PROFF, LTN, Paul Arcane, and I was SOOOO happy the insanely awesome Yeadon remix of Genix’s “Lights, Sound, Camera, Action” released the very day I recorded the mix!!! I had been checking Beatport every day since I first heard it, and it’s definitely my Fave track on the mix. Anyway, I’ve found that to keep the quality level to my very high standards for these things, my goal is always to have a set where I never feel like fast forwarding through any tracks, therefore I usually won’t have enough A-list tracks stored up to record one every month (I am quite picky haha), but I will try to get one out every other month. And meanwhile, I’ll continue working on my “Mission Trance” uplifting trance demo mixes as well, with about the same bi-monthly cadence haha. As usual, hope you enjoy!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek 
PS: The cover art photo was taken on a beach trip I went on to Pacific Beach, WA, a few weekends ago, such a beautiful place!!

DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, August 2024 Edition” a Progressive demo mix, recorded live Aug 17th, 2024
* Duration: 01:05:25
* BPM: 120 start / 127 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Marsh, Nox Vahn - Come Together (Nox Vahn & Marsh Revisit) ~ Reflections
2.	LTN, Ghostbeat, feat. Adara - What Does Forever Mean? (Extended Mix) ~ Magik Muzik
3.	RYTERBAND - Echoes (Boxer Remix (Extended) ~ RYTERBAND Records
4.	Genix - Got My Love (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
5.	ANUQRAM - This Beat (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
6.	Genix, feat. Flowanastasia - Lights, Sound, Camera, Action (Yeadon Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
7.	Above & Beyond, PROFF - Palermo (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
8.	Kyau & Albert - Photographs (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
9.	Ophanim - Libra (Extended Mix) ~ Immersed
10.	Yeadon - Expanse (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
11.	Kaz James - Never The Same (Original Mix) ~ Rose Avenue
12.	Tim Iron, Michael Mashkov - That Vibe (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Melodies
13.	Quizzow, Loreno Mayer, Paul Arcane, feat. Brandon Mignacca - Lose It All (Extended Mix) ~ AVA Recordings (Black Hole)
14.	Digital Drift - Nebula (Original Mix) ~ SNRS
15.	Dusky - Trance You (Extended Mix) ~ 17 Steps

“Prog Sessions, August 2024 Edition” a Progressive demo mix, recorded live Aug 17th, 2024

Hey guys, hope everyone’s having a Happy New Year so far! So, as I mentioned on my Facebook page, I tried to get this next iteration of my “Prog Sessions” demo series finished in December. I think I recorded it at least four times, and each time I felt it wasn’t quite ready for uploading here and released into the wild, it could be better. So I kept whittling away at it, and now it’s practically an entirely different mix than what I started with, but I am very happy with it. It might even be my favorite of the series so far haha. So (for me at least) the wait was worth it. Anyway, we are all our own wort critics I suppose, but I love every track on this mix, and love the journey through sound aspect of this mix, with a little something for everyone, some twists a turns through mostly instrumental melodic Progressive sounds, some more Housey, some a little more moody and ambient Deep Progressive “Guy J” kind of vibes, and even a dash of Progressive Trance. The highlight of this set is one of the only truly vocal tracks in the mix, the LTN remix of “Wait Forever” by Estiva. I first heard a bootleg of this track on YouTube probably a year ago and was so in love with this track, but it never released. Finally, I JUST found a radio edit of it, and had to use some looping and hot cues to make it work in this mix, but I just can’t get enough of this gorgeous track. Anyway, I hope you like this set as much as I enjoyed spinning it! Not sure when I’ll get my next one out, but I’ll do my best to keep them coming ASAP haha. Cheers! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, January 2025 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live Jan 11th, 2025
* Duration: 01:09:08
* BPM: 123 start / 125 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV 
* Tracklisting:

1.	Amber Stomp - Nerja (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
2.	Second Mars - Skynet (Paul Arcane Remix) ~ Allsense Recordings
3.	Into The Ether - Those Who Wait (Extended Mix) ~ Hathōr
4.	Ultimate - Catalyst (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento
5.	PROFF, Igor Garanin - Glacier (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
6.	Estiva, Cardinal, feat. Arielle Maren - Wait Forever (LTN Radio Edit) ~ Armada Music
7.	Simon Gregory - Ah Funk It (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
8.	Lost Arcade - Jupiter (Vora Extended Remix) ~ Deep State
9.	Maty Owl - Intuitions (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep Explorations
10.	Yeadon - Look Within (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 
11.	Abaze, Paul Arcane - Vaporis (Original Mix) ~ Transensations Records
12.	Jad Alexander - Route (Original Mix) ~ Soundcloud Direct
13.	Mark Eteson, Bluebird Wood - Nostalgia (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
14.	Vintage & Morelli - As We Become (Extended Mix)  ~ As You Are
15.	Marsh, Volen Sentir - Ascension (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

“Prog Sessions, January 2025 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live Jan 11th, 2025

Hey guys, hope everyone’s having a great summer so far! So, I finally got this next iteration of my “Prog Sessions” demo series recorded over the 4th of July weekend! You may have noticed that I have taken a bit of a break on the DJ front this year, and that is primarily because of my actual career “day job” has finally gotten to the point where the workload and stress of my job kind of kills my energy level to work on music during the weekends. Plus, sadly, the Trance/Progressive scene in Seattle is going through a bit of a dry spell, not as many local Trance shows or opportunities for me to be an opener DJ for a headliner, etc. especially since several of my old and beloved “stomping-grounds” NW DJ clubs from yesteryear closed down during COVID.. However, rest assured, the passion will never truly die, and regardless of whether I am posting sets or not, I am still constantly listening, researching, and collecting new music for future DJ sets, so you know I’ll always be back eventually, like a moth to the flame haha. The good news is that, aside from getting out a new Prog Sessions set for your listening pleasure, I do have an awesome show coming up in a couple weeks at ORA Nightclub, where I will be opening for world-famous and beloved Italian DJ/Producer, Giuseppe Ottaviani, on Friday, July 25th!! Can’t WAIT for that one!! So, lastly, I really liked the way this one turned out, it was a one-time-through dry run that I recorded and thought, “that’s it”, that’s exactly what I wanted, that hypnotic journey through sound, beautiful Progressive House ramping into more ethereal Progressive Trance, my happy place.. Anyway, hope you enjoy, and keep your eye out for a new Trance Mission demo coming soon, and possibly a new “White label” Classic Trance set as well!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek 

P.S. The photo is one I took on a vacation that I took to Rome about 10 years ago, the beautiful Basilica of St. John Lateran, the oldest public church in Rome, consecrated in 324 CE by Pope Sylvester I. I always loved the way the sunlight played through the clouds in the backdrop, very magical looking. So, this was in honor of Giuseppe Ottaviani, our Roman Trance Champion, coming to Seattle this month!! =)

DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, July 2025 Edition” a Progressive demo mix, recorded live July 6th, 2025
* Duration: 01:04:58
* BPM: 122 start / 126 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Into The Ether - Just One Way (Extended Mix) ~ Sekora 
2.	Station To Station (IT) - Caramel (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 
3.	Jody Wisternoff, PROFF, James Grant, Siobhan Wilson, Takeshi Furukawa - Mui (Ezequiel Arias Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep 
4.	Conro, Oncor - By Myself (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat 
5.	My Friend - Make U Mine (Extended Mix) ~ All Ways Dance
6.	Cephas Azariah - Contours (Steven Weston Extended Mix) ~ Anjunachill 
7.	Yotto - Polar (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out 
8.	Max Freegrant, Slow Fish - Fine Day (Extended Mix) ~ Freegrant Music 
9.	Bobina, feat. Betsie Larkin - You Belong to Me (PROFF Extended Remix) ~ Unicode Lab 
10.	Agustin Pietrocola - Sizer (Original Mix) ~ UV Noir 
11.	RÜFÜS DU SOL - Lately (Enamour Remix) ~ Rose Avenue/Reprise 
12.	Laura van Dam, feat. Dan Soleil - Never Feel Alone Again (Extended Mix) ~ DAYS like NIGHTS
13.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Badnik (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 
14.	Digital Drift - Red Kite (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records

Prog Sessions, July 2025 Edition - a Progressive demo mix, recorded live July 6th, 2025

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. =)