This new (old) M!X is OverHUGE Mr.GOTEK🤍 ... as usual .... And many many thanks for 🤍Delicacy & 🤍Toscana.

On Friday, September 22nd, I was honored to open for rising ASOT & Anjuna star, Dutch Trance and Progressive artist, Laura Van Dam. This show was called “Vivid Presents a Vue Takeover feat. Laura Van Dam with DEPTH & Friends”, so it was at a new Seattle club for me that I hadn’t ever been to before, and it was amazing!! This was also my very first time playing for Vivid Presents, so it was a super great honor for me to be the primary opener spot and hand off the decks to Laura herself!! On top of everything else, it was Laura’s birthday too, so it was a party. As mentioned, this was my first time at Vue Lounge, and the club was packed, even when I showed up at 9:30pm, and by the time I went on there was such a magical Trance Fam vibe going on, so many smiling faces and people dancing, arms in the air. They had the DJ booth kind of right there on the dance floor, so you were right there with the people, which was an interesting and invigorating experience to be out in the open like that. Vue had three stages going on, what a neat venue with a totally different vibe at each room, but amazing DJ’s at each with different varieties of hard techno and electro house. Laura was super humble and sweet and it was such an honor to meet and hand the decks off her, and her set was totally fun to dance to. It was also fun to share this adventure with my two fellow opener DJ buddies, Isabel Rose and Bryan Kyes, who also played some killer supporting Trance sets. I was really happy with the way this set turned out and there were so many great prog-trance tracks that just released from some of my main go-to Trance Fave producers, such as Dan Stone, Nitrous Oxide, David Broaders, Kyau & Albert, Darren Tate, Aimoon, and more.. I was like a kid in a candy shop and I was able to cram 14 tracks into 1 hour haha. Such a cool night, thank you so much to Vivid for having me out to spin some Trance!!! Anyway, hope you enjoy the set... Cheers!! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek 

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for LAURA VAN DAM, Vue Lounge, Seattle, Friday, Sept 22nd, 2023
* Duration: 01:03:17
* BPM: 124 start / 126 mid / 125 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1. Digital Drift - Apollo (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento
2. Steve Brian - Cali (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
3. Alex Wright - Camelback (Extended Mix) ~ Ride recordings
4. Darren Tate - Ark (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Black
5. Nima van Ghavim - Oxytocin (Extended Mix) ~ Evolve Records
6. Dan Stone - Higher (Mind Of One Extended Remix) ~ FSOE Argento
7. David Broaders - Starlit (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
8. Elevven, Alex Sonata & TheRio - Hanalei (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
9. Arggic - Feel It Tonight (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento
10. Kyau & Albert, Steve Brian - Dreaming Awake (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
11. Aimoon - Kaleidoscope (Extended Mix) ~ Monster Tunes
12. CamelPhat, feat. London Grammar - Higher (Extended Mix) ~ When Stars Align
13. Nitrous Oxide - Antidote (Extended Mix) ~ Armada
14. Amy Wiles & Leena Punks - Sweet Feeling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

Opening set for LAURA VAN DAM, Vue Lounge, Seattle, Friday, Sept 22nd, 2023

Hey guys, this is the latest iteration of my Progressive demo set series, called "October Prog".  I aspire to have this be a monthly podcast release, doesn't always work out that way with work and other "life" things that get in the way time-wise, not to mention that I am extremely picky about track selection for these sets, which can sometimes be hit-or-miss. However, I am very happy with the way this one turned out, and there are SO many great tracks on this mix. I just recently went to Japan on vacation for 10 days and was hoping to get this one done before I left. I recorded a version of it however it wasn't quite ready, but I listened to it a ton while in Japan, and as soon as I got back, I made some changes, even swapped out a few tracks with some new gems that released while I was abroad, and ended up with this. I'll have my Uplifting Trance opening set from the GANESH show uploaded next, and I'll also be opening for Irish Trance DJ/Producer, Billy Gillies, on November 17th at Ora, which I am really excited about. Anyway, this mix has pretty much been on constant rotation for my daily playlist, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun recording it!! BTW, the photo is one I took during my Japan trip, from a botanical garden in Kobe called “Herb Garden” which was this really neat place that you had to take a gondola ride up to and then hike down the long trails of flowers and herbs. It’s not necessarily an “October-ish” photo I suppose, but it was taken during October, so that will have to be good enough haha. Cheers! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek 

DJ Gotek presents: “October Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live October 21st , 2023
* Duration: 01:10:11
* BPM: 119 start / 123 mid / 120 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Steven Weston, feat. Taė - Same Dream (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
2.	Steven Weston, feat. Natalia Salter - Hold Back (Warung Remix) ~ Blank Dust
3.	NevadaSYSTEM - Eastern Sunrise (Into The Ether Extended Remix) ~ DistroKid
4.	Wassu, djimboh - Parsa (Original Mix) ~ Visceral
5.	Arggic - My Attention (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
6.	Noel Sanger - Falling Upward (Jamie Stevens Remix) ~ Dissident Music / EMG
7.	Kyau & Albert - Made of Sun (Adam Sobiech Remix) ~ Euphonic
8.	Marsh - Reminiscent (HANA Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
9.	Ultimate - Stages (Extended Mix) ~ InfraProgressive
10.	Angara, feat. Beacon Bloom - In The Storm (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
11.	Kaiyan - Whispers Of The Night (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
12.	LTN, Boris Foong - Caught In Your Space (Extended Mix) ~ Interplay Records
13.	Tomb - Intermodal (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat
14.	Warung - Falling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

“October Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live October 21st , 2023

On Saturday, December 23rd, I was honored to be the direct opening support for on of my all-time Fave Trance artists, Hungarian DJ/record producer, early pioneer in Trance, and beloved ANJUNA superstar, Levente Márton, better known by his stage name, SUNNY LAX. This was my 4th time opening for Levente, for which I sometimes have to  pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming haha… For this particular show I was asked if I wanted the gig, and I heart-breakingly had to decline the offer because it was the day before Christmas Eve, and I was traveling to Portland, OR, that weekend to spend the Christmas holiday with my family. But thankfully, the promoter checked back one more time after I had time to think about it, so I cut my Portland trip a day short and did the show anyway. I am really glad that I did, because that night was truly a magical experience. First of all, Levente is such a dear, sweet guy and he always remembers me and gives me a big hug when he comes on stage, and he’s just such a laid back, gool dude, and so fun and inspirational for me to watch perform live. And secondly, the crowd that night was just amazing – I was worried that it might be a slow night because of the holiday weekend, but Sunny always brings them in like moths to the flame, and the club was packed with so many cool, happy people, truly in the holiday spirit and Anjunafam vibes were definitely flowing freely!! I had a lot of fun playing this set, and the tracks just seemed to flow together, with some incredible, m spine-tingly new releases, as well as a couple brand new remixes of HUGE classics, like the Ginchy Mix of Reflekt’s “Need To Feel Loved”, and the brand-new Nitrous Oxide remix of Mirco De Govia “Voller Sterne”, which the original is one of my favorite tracks of all-time. Anyway, as usual, I hope that you enjoy the set as much as I loved playing it, and keep your eye our for a new Progressive demo mix that I’ve been teasing for quite a while, as well as my set from the New Years party at Opaline in Portland, which I just returned home from today, such a blast!! Cheers, and Happy New Year!!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora, Sat, December 23rd, 2023
* Duration: 01:01:10
* BPM: 123 start / 125 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Yotto, Nils Hoffmann, Julia Church - No Ending (Nils Hoffmann Extended Remix) ~ Odd One Out
2.	Farius, Tea Petrovic - Chemical Affair (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Music
3.	Simon Doty - Lady Danger (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
4.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Feels Like Home (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
5.	Arggic - Never Change (Extended Mix) ~ Interplay Flow
6.	ANUQRAM - Don't Stop (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
7.	Elevven - Surrender To You (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
8.	Sander Van Doorn - Need To Feel Loved (Ginchy Mix) (Extended Mix) ~ Doorn Records
9.	Dan Stone - Reflect (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings
10.	Jerome Isma-Ae, Alastor - String Of Lights (Original Mix) ~ JEE Productions
11.	Aalto - Resolution (Alex Sonata & TheRio Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
12.	Mirco De Govia - Voller Sterne (Nitrous Oxide Extended Remix) ~ Euphonic
13.	Max Freegrant, Slow Fish - Affection (Extended Mix) ~ Freegrant Music

Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora, Sat, December 23rd, 2023

On Sunday, December 31st, I was thrilled to have been invited back down to Portland, Oregon, to play a New Year’s Eve 2024 Trance Party at Opaline Nightclub, for the 2nd year in a row!! Opaline is a neat, kind of intimate little club in the heart of the NW “Old Town” district of downtown Portland, and it was a total blast to be down there again spinning some Trance with my old DJ buddies from yesteryear; Zoxy, Scott Vorel, and Tim Clang, guys from the old “Mission Trance” days when I had a once-a-month residency at the “Whiskey Bar” in Portland for a few years, over a decade ago.. Whiskey Bar has sadly since closed down during COVID, and ironically, I had to walk by the boarded up building where it once was, to get to Opaline, I could still feel the energy and almost hear the Oonz Oonz Oonz coming out of there like the old days, a lot of fond memories and ghosts from a better time emanating from within. As soon as I found out that my set time was from 12am to 1am, starting right after the New Year’s Champaign Toast at Midnight, I immediately knew that I needed to kick off the set with the CLASSIC “Moonlight Party” by Fonzerelli, to get a bit of that early nostalgic Tiesto “In Search of Sunrise” vibe, and to set up the total party mood to keep people dancing and on the dance floor. From there, I just decided to keep it all Classics, and played a smattering of some of my very favorite tracks, ranging from 2005 to 2016, but mostly centered around the early 20-teens, to align with that magical era when I was playing the Mission Trance at the Whiskey Bar in Portland and Foundation in Seattle, when there were SOOOOO many incredible Progressive Trance tracks coming out back then. Anyway, the DJ coming on after me took some extra time coming up to the DJ booth so I got to sneak in a few extra tracks past my 1-hour time slot, and also I ratcheted it up to some Uplifting Trance at the end, which was fun. Also, this set was RECORDED LIVE directly from the mixer at the club, and unfortunately the first track got cut off on the recording a bit.. Oh well.. But the rest turned out pretty great and I hope you enjoy this collection of some of my very favorite tracks and relive that New Year’s Eve with me. Cheers, and happy 2024 everyone!! ~ Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Guest set for ”New Years Eve 2024 at Opaline”, Recorded LIVE on Sunday, December 31st, 2023
* Duration: 01:11:48
* BPM: 130 start / 136 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Fonzerelli - Moonlight Party (Original Mix) ~ Meena Music (2005)
2.	DT8 Project - Hold Me Till The End (Truly Deeply Dub) ~ Mondo Records (2007)
3.	Empire Of The Sun - Alive (Mat Zo Remix) ~ Capitol Records (2013)
4.	Dirty South, Those Usual Suspects, feat. Erik Hecht - Walking Alone (Arty Remix) ~ Phasing records (2011)
5.	Lange - Songless (Cerf & Mitiska Trancetastic Remix) ~ Maelstrom Records (2009)
6.	Sound Quelle - Delicacy (Original Mix) ~ Monster Tunes (2013)
7.	Jallen - Venture (Makaseo Remix) ~ Elipptical Sun Melodies (2016)
8.	Piramex - Aravia (Original Mix) ~ Silk Royal Records (2015)
9.	ARTY - Zara (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2011)
10.	Sound Quelle, Max Meyer - Toscana (Miroslav Vrlik Remix) ~ Silk Music (2015)
11.	Andrew Bayer - Memories (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2015)
12.	Suncatcher, Mihai M, Starshifters - Driveby (Original Mix) ~ Enhanced Recordings (2012)
13.	Nitrous Oxide - Aurora (Sunny Lax Remix) ~ Anjunabeats (2009)
14.	John Askew - Chime (Original Mix) ~ Discover (2007)

Guest set for ”New Years Eve 2024 at Opaline”, Recorded LIVE on Sunday, December 31st, 2023

On Sunday, January 21st, I recorded this, the next iteration of my Progressive House demo series, which I do every once in a while, when I feel like mixing but I don’t have any good shows coming up that match the music, yet meanwhile the flow of incoming tracks is just too great to ignore.. So, Viola!! Demo Set time haha.. Since I got tired of trying to think of clever new names for each demo set, I’ve just been calling them the month they were recorded in, followed by “Prog”, like “October Prog” late last year. But moving forward, I am going to call them a very generic “Prog Sessions”, because that’s what they are, even though everyone else also uses that same boring naming convention already haha. So, welcome to the January edition of Prog Sessions, the first of the New Year. And truth be known, I’ve been working on this one for an embarrassingly long time, and have actually recorded it several times before last Sunday, but they were never quite the right mix of tracks. I always have a rule for these things, and that is, would I want to listen to it multiple times myself. If the answer is yes, then I have a keeper (usually).. But if the answer is no, I keep on working on it. I figure that I need to make these things for myself first, make something that I love deeply, and hopefully if I get it right, other people might get some joy out of it too. So, with this one, I really now like the blend of Progressive House and Progressive Trance, some more deep and moody, and some more funky and Housey, with the common denominator of emotional and melodic undercurrent throughout. I almost think this one has a theme of “Love Sickness”, with the happy epiphanies of joy, followed by the moments of sadness or depression of longing for someone that maybe doesn’t notice you or like you back in the same way, but I’ll let you be the judge haha. Anyway, I hope you like the mix!! Cheers!!! ~ Mark a.k.a. Gotek PS: BTW, I took that photo in Kona, Hawaii, last Dec, so lovely!! 

DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, Jan 2024 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live January 21st , 2024
* Duration: 01:08:29
* BPM: 122 start / 124 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:
 
1.	Yotto, Franky Wah - Just Over (Franky Wah Extended Remix) ~ Odd One Out
2.	Kris O'Neil, Alex H - Canvas White (Alex H Extended Remix) ~ Fluentia Music
3.	djimboh - Yours (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings
4.	A.M.R - Holding On Is Human (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
5.	Sunny Lax - Raindance (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
6.	Tomb - Innerspace (Extended Mix) ~ Sekora
7.	Tailor, Hessian, Modera - Never Enough (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
8.	Ruben De Ronde, David Frank, Farius - Radiant (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Music
9.	Sebastian Sellares - Juno (Original Mix) ~ AMITABHA
10.	Tomas Heredia - Desire (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
11.	Marsh - Pretty Eyes (Marsh’s Extended Reflective Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
12.	Tibasko - Freedom (In Ur Mind) (MAFRO Extended Remix) ~ Another Rhythm
13.	Ultimate - Hai Van (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento
14.	Marsh, Nox Vahn - Come Together (Scorz Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

“Prog Sessions, Jan 2024 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live January 21st , 2024

Track list:

1. Above & Beyond - Long Way From Home feat. RBBTS (Extended Mix)
2.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Mantra (Extended mix)
3. Chicane, ilan Bluestone - Saltwater feat. Moya Brennan (Ilan Bluestone Extended Remix)
4. Sonin - Nightlife_(Extended_Mix)
5. Protoculture - The Descent (Extended Mix)
6. Above & Beyond - Blue Sky Action Feat. Alex Vargas (Above & Beyond Club Mix)
7. Maor Levi - Mhondoro (Extended Mix)
8. Andrew Bayer - If You Loop It, They Will Come (Extended Mix)
9. Above & Beyond - Crazy Love (feat. Zoë Johnston) [Extended Mix]
10. Ocean Lab - Beautiful Together (Genix Extended Mix)
11. Above & Beyond - What It Feels Like For A Girl (Above & Beyond Remix) (Heatbeat Rework)

Kyau & Albert closing set 10/02/24

On Saturday, February 10th, 2024, I was extremely honored to find myself back behind the decks as an opening DJ for none other than Mr. “Perfecto” himself; world-renown, globe-trotting Trance pioneer and early EDM influencer, PAUL OAKENFOLD, at ORA, Seattle!! Paul’s album “Tranceport” was my very first Trance CD in 1998 and will always be one of my very favorite live-mixed Trance sets and what really sparked my soon-to-be hardcore obsession with Trance from that moment forward. This dapper fellow was even bestowed an honorary award from Queen Elizabeth on behalf of the British Empire as a “Pioneer of the Nation” for his contributions to dance music. I opened, along with rising star DJ, Sloane Motion, as the local support, and Paul has his own label opener “BLKLGHT”. I was 2nd DJ on and was super excited to see that the club was pretty full when I started, and by the time I reached the halfway point of my set the dancefloor was packed with the smiling faces of Trance fans, hands in the air, so it was a total blast. This set was so much fun to play and I was able to cram in 15 tracks of mostly instrumental Progressive Trance, so it’s a really cool, euphoric journey through sound and I received a ton of compliments from people in the audience once I came down off the stage, which is always a fantastic feeling to get that kind of real-time positive feedback on something I had put a lot of work into preparing for. Anyway, here it is, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed playing it!! Lastly, I just played again last weekend down at Opaline Nightclub in Portland for a local DJ’s Trance night, and that was also a lot of fun and I should have that set also uploaded here for streaming shortly. Cheers!! Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for PAUL OAKENFOLD, Ora, Seattle, Sat, Feb 10th, 2024
* Duration: 01:08:08
* BPM: 124 start / 128 mid / 126 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Sunny Lax - The Future (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
2.	Protoculture - Weightless (Eugene Becker Extended Remix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
3.	Nitrous Oxide, Seb Hennig - Constellation (Phillip Castle Extended Remix) ~ FSOE Argento
4.	Kiholm - Interstellar (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
5.	Jackarta - Invincible (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize Enhanced
6.	Ferry Corsten, Marsh - Fulfillment (Extended Mix) ~ Flashover Recordings
7.	Oscar Guez, German Ortiz - Ausente (DIM3NSION Pres. Benner Extended Remix) ~ Spitfire Music
8.	Temple One - Pacific Palisades (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion
9.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Night Drive (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
10.	OceanLab, Above & Beyond - Beautiful Together (Genix Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
11.	Dan Stone - Metronome (Extended Mix) ~ Pattern
12.	Andrew Bayer - Once Lydian (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
13.	Simon Gregory - F.O.S (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records
14.	David Broaders - Horizons (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
15.	Yotto, Anden - Will You Remember Me? ((YOTTO vs. Anden Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out

Opening set for PAUL OAKENFOLD, Ora, Seattle, Sat, Feb 10th, 2024

Hey guys, just like the last edition of Prog Sessions, I’ve been working on this one for a while and have recorded it numerous times and changed things around quite a bit. I recorded this iteration of it a couple weekends ago on Saturday, March 2nd, and I really liked how it turned out, so it’s a keeper. I felt that this one turned out how I had intended it to, relaxing and sublime, with a nice, mesmerizing journey through sound. One thing to note is that, the 2nd track, “Silence If You Fall” by Alex H, I first heard on complication back in December while on vacation in Kona, Hawaii, and I listened to this track again and again for my whole trip, I loved it so much.. Frustratingly it wasn’t released until just recently, but I knew as soon as it came out it would be my impetus to build a mix around it, such a wonderful, amazing track that just makes me feel like I am floating haha.. Anyway, without going into too much additional (and probably needless) detail, I welcome you to Prog Sessions, March Edition, and hope that you enjoy the mix!! PS: the photo is one I took on my vacation to Japan back in October; that was from an early morning walk on the beach in Hamamatsu, and yes those are my footprints haha. I thought that photo would be perfect for this mix. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Progressive Sessions, March 2024 edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live March 2nd, 2024
* Duration: 01:09:32
* BPM: 122 start / 124 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Spencer Brown - Papi's Cenote (Jamie Stevens Acid Sunset Mix) ~ Divine
2.	Alex H - Silence If You Fall (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
3.	Bound to Divide - Remember Me (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
4.	Gregory Esayan - Cradle (LTN 'Sunrise' Extended Remix) ~ Monstercat Silk
5.	Wassu - The Way Back (Extended Mix) ~ Quantum Feels
6.	ANUQRAM - Hold Up (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
7.	Eugene Becker - Look Back (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced) 
8.	Hessian - I See You (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Electronic Elements
9.	Spencer Brown, Qrion - 20ms (Extended Mix) ~ Divine
10.	Sound Quelle - Pianorez (Extended Mix) ~ Rewoven
11.	Jiminy Hop - A Tour (ALURIA Remix) ~ Shambhala Music
12.	Genix, feat. flowanastasia - Lights, Sound, Camera, Action (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
13.	Magnus - JOI (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Electronic Elements
14.	LTN, Ghostbeat - Exploring The Mind (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk
15.	Into The Ether, Rebel Of Sleep - Melting Horizons (Extended Mix) ~ Immersed

“Prog Sessions, March 2024 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live March 2nd, 2024

Started off with some chill afro house, moved on to some new deep tunes, went a bit proggy then finished off with some trance classics. Hope you enjoy tonight's journey. I sure did!

Deep & Proggy & Trancey Wednesday (4-10-24)

On Friday, April 12th I was incredibly honored and excited to be able to warm up the decks, along with my good DJ buddy, Serjey Andre Kul, for the one-and-only, beloved Irish Trance DJ/Producer and early pioneer in this music, Mr. PURE Trance himself, Richard Mowatt, or more commonly known as.. SOLARSTONE, at Ora Seattle. This was my third time getting to open for Richard, and as expected, it was a night of beautiful, euphoric, vibey Trance and Progressive that I was so happy to be a part of. On these rare occasions when I get to open numerous times for the same famous, globe-trotting DJ/Producers like Solarstone, it adds a special element of fun to it because they always remember me like we’re old friends haha, which just makes it all the more special of an experience. Also, Richard has such a loyal following and it was awesome to see all these fans show up for the chance to shake his hand, get autographs, or just old friends who’ve seen him play for decades, there to say hello to a dear friend. It was really cool. One funny little note about this mix, this DJ booth was a newer downstairs edition to the club that I hadn’t played on yet, and it had slightly older CDJ’s and I was having issues getting my SD memory stick to load, so in the commotion I accidentally started with my very last track first. I meant to kick this set off with Nils Hoffmann, “Closer”, but the DJ before me somehow set it to my last track and I didn’t notice until after I already transitioned it in. So, it was one of those serendipitous things where I had a bonus track at the very end that I didn’t think I’d get to, which was Yotto, AVIRA, ALSO ASTIR, “Forget”, accidentally get played first, and it was GREAT and the crowd loved it!! I am really thankful it happened haha. Anyway, I loved playing this set, and I hope you enjoy. ~ Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SOLARSTONE, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Apr 12th, 2024
* Duration: 01:05:53
* BPM: 123 start / 125 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Yotto, AVIRA, ALSO ASTIR - Forget (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out
2.	Nils Hoffmann - Closer (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	Enamour, Paraleven - Rune (Original Mix) ~ Rose Avenue
4.	David Broaders - Arka (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
5.	LavKastor - E3 (Terry Da Libra Remix) ~ Monstercat Silk
6.	Nitrous Oxide, Seb Hennig - Constellation (Extended Mix) FSOE Argento
7.	Terry Da Libra - Eventide (Extended Mix) ~ Nothing But
8.	Protoculture - Starfield (Extended Mix) ~ Marula Music
9.	SUN3, Davee (ES) - With You (Extended Mix) ~ Scorchin’ Progressive
10.	Robby East, feat. Kuala - Love In Slow Motion (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
11.	Breeder - Tyrantanic (Freedo Mosho & Maze 28 Remix) ~ Hooj Choons
12.	JODA (UK) - Spark (Jono Grant & Harry Diamond Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
13.	BT, Shingo Nakamura - Lifeforce (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat

Opening set for SOLARSTONE, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Apr 12th, 2024

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

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. =)

Guest set for ”New Years Eve 2024 at Opaline”, Recorded LIVE on Sunday, December 31st, 2023

DJ Gotek

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