On Friday, March 24th, I was super excited and honored to not only be opening for Irish Trance legend and pioneer, JOHN O’CALLAHAN, but also to be back behind the decks doing a B2B set with one of my oldest and dearest Trance DJ buddies, the promoter that offered my very first gig and chance to open for a world-class Trance headliner, (The BLIZZARD, at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, 11 years ago in 2012!!) which made everything else after that possible, for which I will eternally owe him my endless gratitude for making my DJ dreams come true, my dear Serbian buddy, Zoran, better known as ZOXY. What a night, that’s all I can say. The club was packed for John O’Callahan, and it was packed early so even us opener DJ’s had a packed dance floor to play to, and it was so much fun. It is now just a blur of laughing and high-fiving and hugs and a bunch of smiling people with their hands in the air, which is about as good as it gets. Anyway, B2B sets are always fun, and also challenging to try to figure out how to mix in the next track on an unrehearsed set. This one has some amazing tracks and also a few unreleased bootlegs/mashups. I hope you enjoy the set as much as we enjoyed playing it!! Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Zoxy + Gotek B2B opening set for John O’Callahan, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Mar 24th, 2023
* Duration: 01:00:19
* BPM: 124 start - 130 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Yotto - Breezer (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out
2.	BT - Kintsugi (Siskin Extended Remix) ~ Black hole Recordings
3.	Joris Voorn, Monkey Safari - Safe (Joris Voorn Remix) ~ Spectrum (NL)
4.	David Broaders - Evenfall (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
5.	Armin van Buuren vs. Genix - For Those Shivers We Lost (Myon Bootleg Mashup) ~ ID/ID
6.	Grum, Tigerblind - Shout (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
7.	Armin van Buuren - Communication (Roger-M Deep Trance Re-Rub) ~ ID/ID
8.	Kyau & Albert - Always (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
9.	Armin van Buuren, Shapov - Welcome Home (Extended Mix) ~ A State of Trance
10.	Alex Wright - Electropia (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
11.	Above & Beyond, feat. Richard Bedford – (Ilan Bluestone Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
12.	Greg Downey, Ben Nicky, feat. Christian Burns - Always (Richie Blacker Classic Trance Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

Zoxy + Gotek B2B opening set for John O’Callahan, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Mar 24th, 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

On Friday, May 19th, I recorded a demo set of some dreamy, relaxing proggy stuff that I have been listening to and collecting for the past couple months, literally to upload to dropbox so I could listen to it in the backyard BBQ’ing on a beautiful, early summer evening haha, the night before the Rinaly show at Ora, which was last Saturday (AND, a totally awesome time!!! My set should also be uploaded sometime soon). I actually did try to record this once before several weekends before that but I didn’t like a few things about it and cut the recording off midway through, but this time it turned out pretty cool, so I thought I would share. Just a random hodge-podge of beautiful tracks that make me feel a certain special way, kind of happy/sad, but hopeful, and I hope it gives you the same feeling. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Summer Prog – May 2023 ” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 19th, 2023
* Duration: 01:12:31
* BPM: 120 start / 122 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	VONDA7 - Perception (Alex O'Rion Remix) ~ Sudbeat Music
2.	Cornelius SA, Sebee - Silhouette (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	LTN, Ghostbeat, feat. Nina Carr - Captivated (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings 
4.	M.O.S., Serious Dancers, feat. Alexandra Savvidi - Meera (Original Mix) ~ Melody of the Soul
5.	Boxer - Crawler (Extended Mix) ~ UV
6.	Navid Mehr - Cematics (Original Mix) ~ Proton Music
7.	Kasper Koman - The Observer (Original Mix) ~ Lost Miracle
8.	Odsen - Shadow Settles (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
9.	Marsh, feat. Leo Wood - Fall To Pieces (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
10.	The Cobb - Spring Time (Mass Digital Remix) ~ -102°C
11.	Pumbum - Retreat (PROFF's Extended Respray) ~ SkyTop
12.	LAR - I Miss You (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings
13.	Siskin - Always You (Club Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
14.	Braxton - Indigo (Original Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

“Summer Prog – May 2023 ” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 19th, 2023

Join Suzanne for the 187th outing of the Voyager spaceship ahead of her huge shows at ASOT London and Luminosity this summer. She’s got a brilliant episode lined up for you with from Matt Fax, Oliver Heldens, Woody van Eyden, EDX, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Orkidea, Dimension, XiJaro and Pitch and loads more including some insane Drum & Bass in the Black Hole! 

Discoveries
GATTÜSO ft. Jalja - Out Of My Mind [Ultra Records] 
Matt Fax & x.o.anne - Underwater [Chromattic Music]
EDX x Frey - The Rhythm Of The Night [Spinnin]
Everything But The Girl - Missing 2023 (Sonny Noto Remix) [Progressive Deep]
Oliver Heldens & DJs From Mars ft. JD Davis - Blue Monday [Heldeep Records] 
HÄWK & ATIØPE - Live Is Life [SPRS]
Orkidea - Forward Forever (DISCO19 Remix) [Pure Progressive] 

Black Hole
Metrik - Fall To The Dust [Hospital Records]

Interstellar
DIM3NSION - Adagio In G Minor [Coldharbour Recordings] 
Giuseppe Ottaviani & Richard Walters - Keep You Safe (Cold Blue Extended Remix) [Cold Blue Records] 
Woody van Eyden & Alex Kudrow - Just Bounce Up [In Trance We Trust] 
BiXX - Sinfonia [Nocturnal Knights Music] 
Emma Hewitt x XiJaro & Pitch - Everlasting [Black Hole] 

Final Approach
Enya -  Athair Ar Neamh (2009 Remaster)

Suzanne Chesterton presents Voyager Radio 187

Hey guys! Well, I’ve been working in the background on this next iteration of the “White Label” Classic Trance series, number 5, for the past month or so, and every time I record another one of these I worry whether I’ll have enough good material that will continue to motivate me to keep mixing these, and once again I re-reminded myself that there’s no shortage of amazing tracks that were produced pre 2010-ish, which is where I wanted to draw the line to keep this more about “classic” and “yesteryear” theme for the series. In fact, out of the 15 tracks on this mix I had to narrow that down from about 60 tracks that I still have left in the hopper from my original scan through my collection of the older stuff. Really happy with the way this one turned out, and I re-reminded myself about some of the hidden gems that I’ve totally forgotten about, like the Photon Project Remix of Andain’s “Beautiful Things”, that’s from 2003!!! I wouldn’t have been surprised if that was a brand new release, what an incredible remix of that track and from TWENTY years ago, and most people probably never even heard it. I also got to mix up a “dream team” list of some of my all-time FAVE vintage instrumental Uplifting Trance tracks, all back-to-back, like “Desert Eagle, “Northern Lights”, “Chime”, and “Aurora”, all on one mix, it’s almost TOO much Trance goodness in one mix, but I did it anyway.. I hope you’ll forgive me haha. I almost fainted from the adrenaline rush while playing those tracks together, such incredible memories and amazingly spine-tingly tracks, not to mention so many others, “Velvet Morning”, “Hold On To Me”, “Bass Society”, “Air for Life”, and I’ll never forget hearing Paul Oakenfold playing “Nice Guys Finish Last” but at a much faster speed, and was amazed that it was actually an amazing Trance track when played faster… And all the way from 1999, the iconic Fragma, and of course, “Gamemaster”, with the timeless famale vocal that helps me so vividly imagine our beautiful planet Earth a million years ago, so pure and untainted by mankind, so much awesomeness… Anyway, I’ll shut up an let you listen, and BTW, I will be opening for one of the artists on this mix, JOHN ASKEW, in July, so really looking forward to that one, definitely a bucket-lister for me haha. Hope you enjoy the mix as much as I did playing it, and until next time, Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 005, recorded live June 14th, 2023
* Duration: 01:33:28
* BPM: Start: 130 / Mid: 138 / End: 136
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Pinkbox Special - Nice Guys Finish Last (Original Mix) ~ Armada (2004)
2.	Lange - Songless (Cerf & Mitiska Trancetastic Remix) ~ Maelstrom Records (2009)
3.	Perry O'Neil - Bass Society (Original Mix) ~ Electronic Elements (2006)
4.	The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Club Mix) ~ Adjusted Music (2008)
5.	Armin van Buuren, feat. Audrey Gallagher - Hold On To Me (John O’Callaghan Mix) ~ Armada (2009)
6.	Fragma - Toca Me (Club Mix) ~ Positiva (1999)
7.	DT8 Project - Destination (Akesson Remix) ~ Mondo Records (2009)
8.	Matt Darey, Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Original Mix) ~ Hooj Choons (1999)
9.	Andain - Beautiful Things (Photon Project Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings (2003)
10.	Kaste - Desert Eagle (Smith & Pledger Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2005)
11.	Smith & Pledger - Northern Lights (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2005)
12.	John Askew - Chime (Original Mix) ~ Supreme Music (2007)
13.	Nitrous Oxide - Aurora (Sunny Lax Remix) ~ Anjunabeats (2009)
14.	Kyau & Albert - Velvet Morning (Mirco de Govia Remix) Club Culture (2003)
15.	Above & Beyond, Andy Moor - Air For Life (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2005)

“White Label” a Classic Trance demo mix: 005, recorded live June 14th, 2023

Live from Liquid - Madison Wisconsin 
Mosaiik tour June 9th 2023 w/ Cosmic Gate

Luccio Live @ Liquid Madison WI

My 2hr Live set from the Sirens of the Sea Anjuna Boat Party

Tracklist:
Intro
Diamonds (feat. Solomon Grey) - Lane 8
Far Away Place (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix) - Xinobi
Headspace (feat. Meliha) - Dee Montero
Miss U (Jody Wisternoff Remix) - Storgards
Personal Space (Original Mix) - Yotto
Free (Extended Mix) - Boxer
Another Planet feat. Sun Ra (LeSonic Extended Mix) - Marsh, Sun Ra
Need You feat. Thomas Oliver (Extended Mix) - Thomas Oliver, Tinlicker 
Soon You'll Be Gone feat. Thomas Oliver (Extended Vocal Mix) - Thomas Oliver, Tinlicker 
Always (Tinlicker Extended Mix) - Zoe Johnston, Above & Beyond 
Changing Lanes (Original Mix) - Joseph Ray
Deserve You feat. Dan Soleil (Dosem Extended Mix) - Jordin Post, Dan Soleil 
Closer feat. Robyn Sherwell (Simon Doty Extended Mix) - Robyn Sherwell, JODA (UK)
Cos Of You (Original Mix) - Joseph Ray
After Earth (Original Mix) - Ben Bohmer
You're Not Alone (Franky Wah Mix) - Olive
The Whiteroom feat. Whiteroom (Marsh Extended Mix) - Andy Moor, Whiteroom, Adam White 
Perfect Mistake (Extended Mix) - Tinlicker
Just To Hear You Say (Joseph Ray Extended Mix) - Tinlicker
Through the Night (Tinlicker Extended Mix) - Grum
Come Together (Dosem & James Grant Extended Mix) - Marsh, Nox Vahn 
Callisto (Ben Böhmer Remix) - Marc Romboy, Stephan Bodzin  
Summer & Smoke (Collé Extended Mix) - Cubicolor
In Sequence (Extended Mix) - Kasablanca
Alchemy (i o Extended Mix) - Zoe Johnston, Above & Beyond

Papa Bear - Live @ Sirens of the Sea - 2hr Anjunadeep Deep Melododic House & Techno 230701

Melodic Techno Mix :)

AYU (UA) - Space Dance (Original Mix)

In contrast, the B-side "City Life" was inspired by the vibrant, chaotic beauty of urban living. Created after a long night out in his hometown, Awiy Disco translated the pulse of the city into sound. Think neon lights, distant sirens, and the rhythm of footsteps on concrete—all woven into a hypnotic melodic techno groove. 

Together, these tracks create a dialogue between the internal and external, solitude and connection, silence and noise. With this 6th release, Awiy Disco continues to evolve his signature sound—one that blends emotional depth with club-ready energy.

Gravity

City Life

Awiy Disco - City Life

Dark/ness

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. =)