On Saturday, August 14th, THIS was a big one for me….. I was beyond honored to find out, just one week before this event, which I already had purchased tickets for, that I would be the opening DJ for world-renown German Trance legend, Nic Chagall of COSMIC GATE, on the “Sunset Sessions on the HIYU” DJ Cruise, Saturday, August 14th, 2021. I am pretty much speechless about this one, almost impossible to describe this amazing day, but also it was a really cool "full circle" for me because Cosmic Gate was my very first opener show in Seattle on May 11th, 2013, at club a called Foundation, just a few years after I moved up here, so it was such an honor to be able to share the decks with Cosmic Gate again after all these years. This show sold out in 3 minutes, so unfortunately there were a lot of people who wanted to go that couldn’t, but for those whom were able to attend, it was such a perfect NW summer day out on the beautiful Lake Washington and Elliott Bay, with such a special group of amazing friends and Trance Family that attended, the euphoric vibes were through the roof....truly a magical experience that I will never forget.. Originally, I was told I would be playing from 4:30-5:30pm, then it was off to the Cosmos, but my set got lengthened by over 20 minutes, so by the time I handed the decks off to Nic the cruise was well underway, and it was such a thrill seeing all the people dancing and having a great time to my set. I’m still kind of walking on clouds from that day, it really seemed like it was just a dream, just a bunch beautiful smiling faces, high fives, pats on the back, sweaty hugs, and a blur of amazing music and beautiful water scenery. Cosmic Gate...it was a special day. SO honored to have been a part of it. Hope you enjoy the set!!! -Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for COSMIC GATE "Sunset Sessions on the HIYU" DJ cruise, Sat, Aug 14th, 2021, Seattle, WA
* Duration: 01:22:26
* BPM: Start - 122 / End - 124
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Marsh - Wasn't Enough (Original Mix) Anjunadeep
2.	Sasheen, Jacob Acosta - Falling (Jody Wisternoff Remix) Where the Heart Is 
3.	Mike Griego - Dysbiosis (Original Mix) Replug
4.	Sound Quelle, Jackarta - Froggy (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
5.	Jordin Post - In Circles (Original Mix) This Never Happened
6.	Because of Art, feat. Ruth Royall - Lost in the Sun (Simon Doty Extended Night Mix) Stress Records
7.	Paul Thomas, Fuenka - Yin (Djimboh Extended Remix) UV
8.	Mat Zo, feat. OLAN  - Problems (Hausman Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
9.	Simon Doty - Rave Generator (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
10.	Marsh - There For Me (Original Mix) Anjunadeep
11.	Boxer - Free (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
12.	Dezza, Lewyn - Won't Let Go (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
13.	BT - Never Odd or Even (Grum Extended Remix)  Black Hole Recordings 
14.	Vitodito - Socarrat (Original Mix) Encanta
15.	Above & Beyond - Home (Boxer & Amy Wiles Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
16.	Vintage & Morelli feat. Arielle Maren - Valley Of Hope (Extended Mix) Monstercat

Opening set for COSMIC GATE "Sunset Sessions on the HIYU", Sat, Aug 14th, 2021, Seattle, WA

On Friday, August 19th, I was incredibly honored to be on the opening roster for Canadian Anjunadeep rising star, SIMON DOTY, at Q Nightclub in Seattle. This was such a fun show, and ironically just the weekend before I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be the only opener for Cosmic Gate on a Seattle DJ boat cruise around Lake Washington called “Sunset Session on the HIYU”, and the two Simon Doty tracks I played during that set were probably my favorite in the whole mix, so Simon was already on my radar as being one of my favorite new up-and-coming DJ/producers out there, and to hand off the decks to him was a total blast and honor, super nice and humble guy, and his set was incredibly mesmerizing, so much so that most everyone stayed until the very end on a Thursday night, me included! I shared the decks with a couple other great DJ’s that night, Oxymoron (a.k.a. Alex Henkens, a good buddy of mine and a great producer in his own right, formerly known as FFM), and Tommy T. It was my first time playing at Q Nightclub, located in Capital Hill, Seattle, a beautiful, large club with an amazing sound system, and the crowd that night was super amazing and supportive, fun to play to, and as usual, yet another unforgettable evening.. I knew Simon plays at around 123-125-ish, so I played a really down-tempo and ethereal deep progressive set and it seemed to resonate with he audience that evening, which was awesome. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the set! Stay tuned for an opening set for DEZZA & MATT FAX at ORA Nightclub coming up later this month!!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SIMON DOTY, at Q nightclub, Seattle, Fri, Aug 19th, 2021, Seattle, WA
* Duration: 01:07:20
* BPM: 122
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:
 
1.	Tash, Mango - Lost (Oliver & Tom Remix)
2.	Hausman, Wynnwood, Lumynesynth - Calliope (Extended Mix)
3.	Angus Powell, Westseven - Go Right Through (Sound Quelle Extended Mix)
4.	Sound Quelle - Tehnika (Extended Mix)
5.	Boris Brejcha feat. Ginger - To The Moon And Back (Original Mix)
6.	York - On The Beach (Kryder Extended Remix)
7.	Makanan - Limber (Original Mix)
8.	Jordin Post - New Day (Extended Mix)
9.	PROFF - Vajrasattva (Extended Dub Mix)
10.	Sebastian Sellares - Room 09 (Original Mix)
11.	Luttrell - Snoop Dawk (Extended Mix)
12.	Matt Lange - Rift (Alex O’Rion Extended Mix)
13.	Luke Hunter, Frankie M - Distant Ocean (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)

Opening set for SIMON DOTY, at Q nightclub, Seattle, Fri, Aug 19th, 2021, Seattle, WA

On January 29th, 2022, I was honored to be on the opening roster for UK Trance legend and true pioneer from the very early days of Trance music, JOHN OO FLEMING, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle. This was another one of those "Pinch me, am I dreaming?" moments for me haha, as I have been a fan of JOOF since way back at the beginning when I first started to discover this world of Trance and Progressive, so it was such a thrill to be able to warm up the CDJ's for this incredibly talented individual, whom has truly stood the test of time, and has contributed so much to the Trance scene over the past couple decades. Anyway, it's been a while for me, with COVID going around I haven't been going out to many shows, and haven't had an opportunity to play live since the Sunny LAX show back in October. So, on top of the thrill of seeing John OO perform live for the first time ever, it was just so great to see so many familiar, smiling faces and friends having a good time on the dancefloor, and to finally start feeling alive again. I loaded this set up with some gems that I have been listening to and collecting over the past few months, and it was such a fun set to play. I hope you enjoy this memory from a truly unforgettable night. Cheers! ~ Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for JOHN OO FLEMING, Ora, Seattle, Jan 29th, 2022
* Duration: 00:59:50
* BPM: start 124 / finish 126
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1. Genix, JVMIE - Until I Find You (Alex Sonata & TheRio Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
2. Eli & Fur - Wild Skies (Marsh Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun recordings
3. Quizzow, Paul Arcane - You (Aresz Extended Remix) ~ Anjunadeep
4. Kamilo Sanclemente - Honest (Axel Giova Remix) ~ Magnitude Recordings 
5. Pandhora - Euthymia (Jiminy Hop Remix) ~ Art Vibes Music
6. Kyau & Albert - Where Did All the Years Go? (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
7. David Broaders - Hold On (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk
8. SØNIN - Cry (Extended Club Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
9. Tom Clave, Julian Wess, Seven Note - Just with You (Breame Remix) Incepto Bundles
10. Hausman - Megalodon (Extended Mix) ~ Entranced Progressive 
11. Tomas Heredia - Eye Contact (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
12. Arielle Maren, Vintage & Morelli - Taunt Of The Flutes (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
13. Kobana, Hiski - Too Far (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat

Opening set for JOHN OO FLEMING, Ora, Seattle, Jan 29th, 2022

Brand New!!! On Saturday, March 15, 2014, I was honored to be one of the opening DJ's at Foundation Nightclub in Seattle for USC's Progression Saturdays show featuring headliner, Dutch Trance superstar DJ/Producer, Richard Durand. I opened with a couple other good Seattle DJ buddies of mine, Zack Moss and Marc Pospisil a.k.a. MarQ, and it was also the closing party for the annual USC St. Patrick's Day rave "Lucky", so the crowd was off the hook and truly got way into the music which, of course, made it all the more pleasurable and memorable to be lucky enough to be behind the decks that night. Richard Durand was an incredibly humble and nice guy, and his set absolutely rocked in every way - huge fan here!!! Anyway, this is one of those sets where every track is a 10 and I was absolutely in love with each one, so it is one of my personal FAVE mixes so far. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did spinning it. Cheers! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Opening Set for Richard Durand, Foundation Nightclub, Seattle, 3-15-14
* Duration: 01:02:00:096
* BPM: 128
* Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Marsh - Sleeping Now (Rodrigo Deem & amp, Vitodito Remix)
2.	PROFF, Louder Dale - Traverse (Original Mix)
3.	Blend, D05 - Starstrobe (Stereopole Remix)
4.	Fon.Leman - Good Morning Sophie (Up Cent Remix)
5.	Sequentia, Ferrin  Morris - Niagara (Willem de Roo Remix)
6.	Hanski, Jjoo - Premonition (LTN Remix)
7.	Adam Szabo, Johan Vilborg, Johnny Norberg - Two To One (Matt Fax Vocal Mix)
8.	Paul Thomas, Weekend Heroes - Morena (Original Mix)
9.	Accendo - Ledra (Sunny Lax Remix)
10.	Blend, Basstard Effect - Lodestar (Original Mix)
11.	Ilan Bluestone - Spheres (Original Mix)
12.	Johan Vilborg, Seven Palmberg - She Made Me Smile (Original Mix)


Opening Set for RICHARD DURAND @ Foundation - 3-15-14

138 BPM Trance, before it was even referred to as “Uplifting Trance”, is what I originally fell in love with back in the late 90’s and what eventually inspired me to buy some turn tables and learn how to DJ, which began this whole thing for me. Even though I mostly only am able to DJ Progressive House and/or Progressive Trance (sub-130 BPM Trance) when I play out in clubs, Uplifting Trance will always be my original love and passion for this music, and it was the spring well that led to all of these other genres in the decades that followed. To me, nothing can ever quite make you feel that weightless feeling of those massive, dizzying Uplifting Trance break downs, euphoric builds, and spine-tingly crescendos.. Anyway, I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Uplifting stuff, and will always continuously buy a few here and there when I hear something special, collecting them as the months go by. Occasionally when the mood strikes, (and more often then not there "might" be a few cocktails involved haha) I’ll start kicking around a set list and experiment with it on the CDJ’s, and when the stars align, I hit the “record” button on my digital recorder and see what I end up with. This is one of those, recorded on Saturday, January 21st, on a chilly, grey winter day here in Seattle, but reminiscing about my recent vacation in beautiful sunny Hawaii, and some of the tracks I was listening to while I was there….always remembering that no matter how grey and dismal things get around here, there is a magical paradise somewhere out there, just waiting for us, and music can help us get there. I have also been thinking about a lot of older classics lately, so made sure to throw some golden oldies in on this one, as well as a few recent amazing remixes of classics. I really liked the way this one turned out, and I hope you enjoy the mix. Cheers!! Mark a.k.a. Gotek
 
DJ Gotek presents: “Winter in Paradise” an Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live Sat, Jan 21st, 2023
* Duration: 01:11:02
* BPM: 136 start - 140 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:
 
	1. Edelways, Hoenir V - Interlude (Extended Mix) ~ Always Alive Recordings
	2. BT - Flaming June (Dan Thompson Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
	3. Nitrous Oxide, feat. Fenna Day - Spring Is Always Somewhere Else (Original Mix) ~ Raz Nitzan Music
	4. Ben Nicky, feat. Emma Hewitt - Collide (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
	5. Golden Coast - Ivory (DJ Scot Project Remix) ~ High Contract Nu Breed
	6. Mobi D, Nu Spirit - Anything Is Possible (Extended Mix) ~ Positive State
	7. Solid Globe - North Pole vs. Sahara (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix) ~ Amsterdam Trance Classics
	8. Nimmo & Bayer - Unconditional (Original Mix) ~ Mondo Records
	9. Nitrous Oxide, Dreamy - Meridian (Extended Mix) ~ Always Alive Recordings
	10. Elevven, feat. Sarah Mark - Shallow (Daniel Kandi Extended Remix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
	11. Sam Cydan - Finding Our Home (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE
	12. Richard Durand, feat. Christina Novelli - Save You (Extended Mix) ~ Magik Music
	13. Last Soldier - Alliance (Extended Mix) ~ XYZ Trance
	 
~ As a side note, I heard Richard Durand’s “Save You” on a recent Trance Sanctuary podcast, and the beautiful, heartfelt lyrics of Christina Novelli reminded me of my very, very, very best friend from High School, Kent Bench, whom was and always will be my dearest friend. Kent tragically passed away a few years ago from liver disease associated with alcoholism, and it was beyond crushing to me and everyone whom loved Kent. These lyrics reminded me of that time, no matter how much I desperately wanted to save Kent, there ended up being nothing anyone could do to reverse the course of this horrible disease, and he slipped away. Anyway, sorry to be depressing, and I really hope none of you ever have to go through something like that. I dedicate this mix to my best friend, Kent. I love and miss you buddy. <3

“Winter in Paradise” an Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live Sat, Jan 21st, 2023

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 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

Hey guys, well here it is, # 4 on my Classic Trance series, White Label!! I’ve been working on this one for weeks and finally recorded a take that I liked last Saturday on May 13th, and have been listening to it non-stop ever since haha. I really had to play with the track order on this one, but I think I finally got the right blend of vocal and instrumental uplifting trance, and if you’re a fan of the classics you’ll for sure recognize some of these gems from yesteryear, as well as maybe hear a few that are a little more off the beaten path that you may have missed, like Terradia - Drowning in Dreams, I bought that on MP3 in the mid-2000’s and I don’t believe it’s still available anywhere, was so great to  dig that one out and hear it again!! So many of these other tracks I haven’t listened to in 10 or 15 years, so many huge tracks and artists from yesteryear that give me goosebumps still to this day.. It's actually really shocking, the shelf-life on all these songs, especially once I’ve gone out and repurchased them as lossless files, they (to me) sound even better now than they perhaps did back then, they just keep getting better with age. Anyway, I had a lot of fun with the journey to record this set and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed playing it!! I’ll probably be able to make 2-3 more of these before I run out of classics that I am passionate about, so look for those over the following months. And BTW, I will be opening for Japanese rising star Trancer, the lovely, RINALY, this weekend at ORA Nightclub in Seattle, and I will be playing some Uplifting Trance for that one in the low 130's, a bit faster than I usually get to play live, so CAN’T WAIT for that one haha!! Hope to see you there.. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 004, recorded live May 13th, 2023
* Duration: 01:31:29
* BPM: 138
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality
* Tracklisting:

1.	Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Tall Paul Remix) ~ Ultra (2006)
2.	Kuffdam & Plant - Summer Dream (Whiteroom Remix) ~ Vandit Records (2009)
3.	4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night) (Vocal Mix) ~ Zeitgeist (2001)
4.	Terradia - Drowning in Dreams (Arksun Remix) ~ MPFS Records UK (2005)
5.	Lange presents: Firewall - Kilimanjaro (Original Mix) ~ A State of Trance (2004)
6.	Armin van Buuren - Shivers (Rising Star Remix) ~ Armanda (2005)
7.	Above & Beyond - Alone Tonight (Ronski Speed Remix) ~ Euphonic (2006)
8.	Lost Witness - Happiness Happening (Lange Remix) ~ Radikal Records (2000)
9.	Nu NRG - Dreamland (Original Mix) ~ VANDIT Records (2004)
10.	Evbointh - One Wish (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2007)
11.	Solid Globe - Black Woods (Original Mix) ~ Fundamental Recordings (2005)
12.	Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar (Three N One Remix) ~ Urban - Germany (1997)
13.	Amex - Back in the Sun (Saint Rush Remix) ~ Emotive Sounds (2006)
14.	Signalrunners - Aria Epica (Bart Claessen Remix) ~ Anjunabeats (2007)
15.	Reflekt Feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Thrillseekers Remix) ~ Positiva (2005)

“White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 004, recorded live May 13th, 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

Hey guys, Happy July!! Can’t believe it’s already practically mid-summer already.. Well, as sure as the world keeps turning, I keep acquiring more and more music and messing around with it on the decks, and if I don’t happen to luck out and get a club gig opening for an artist that matches well with the sets I am working on at the time, I’ll just create a “demo set” and record it on my gear in my home studio to get this lovely music out there for people to enjoy! So once again, I have a brand-new demo mix of some chill and mesmerizing, mostly progressive and organic house, maybe a few tracks bordering on a little more progressive trancey sounds, but this was intended to be a deep and chillax mix to sit back and soak in some sun, hopefully with an amazing view and an icy cocktail haha.. This is mostly new stuff, which I try to always use brand new material on each mix (unless I am doing a classics mix of course haha) but I did bring back three tracks that I’ve played previously, two in recent live gigs, and one from a demo I did quite a while back that’s never left my mind, because, to me, this is about as perfect of a set I can ever aspire to do as far as the amazing tracks that are on it, and I wanted to immortalize these three tracks that I still seek out to listen to because I love them so much, namely, the catchy "Don’t Forget the Parachute” by Not Now Please, PROFF's magical "Light Magic”, and the eternally mesmerizing “Alya” by Maiga, all on one demo mix to enjoy together. But I literally LOVE every track on this set, and I hope you do too. The very last track, A.M.R.’s “Got A Feeling”, I really lucked out with because he played it on a recent Monstercat/Silk Music Showcase and he said it wasn’t going to be released until his artist album towards the end of the summer, but it just magically appeared in Beatport right when I was finalizing my playlist for this set, so I snagged it and snuck it in at as the last track. Anyway, as always, hope you enjoy, and have a Happy Summer!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “July Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live July 3rd, 2023
* Duration: 01:19:13
* BPM: 121 start / 124 mid / 122 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Aneesh Gera, Paul Arcane, Chitralekha Sen - Jaipur (Paul Arcane Extended Mix) ~ UV
2.	Jerro, feat. Beacon - Go Back Now (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	Not Now Please - Don't Forget The Parachute (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
4.	PROFF - Light Magic (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
5.	David Broaders - Sandcastles (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
6.	Simon Doty, feat. Ursula Rucker - Soulflow (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
7.	Sound Quelle, Jiminy Hop - Luce (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
8.	G.Pal, Simon Vuarambon - 3rd Of July (Simon Vuarambon Retouch) ~ Shanti Radio
9.	Yotto, Something Good, feat. Sansa - Before Dawn (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Music
10.	Jiminy Hop - A Tour (Original Mix) ~ Shambhala Music
11.	JODA (UK), feat. Robyn Sherwell, - Closer (Simon Doty Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
12.	Kaive, Jats (ofc) - Hypnotize (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
13.	Maiga - Alya (Original mix) ~ Midnight Aurora
14.	A.M.R - Got A Feeling (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat

“July Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live July 3rd, 2023

This is "Part 2" B2B opening set from Friday, July 7th, where I was incredibly honored to be on the opening roster for a UK Trance Legend, JOHN ASKEW, at Ora Seattle!!! Once again, I was able to join my dear buddy from Portland, Zoxy, behind the decks for a B2B ("back-to-back") set, and we had the distinct honor of handing off the decks to John Askew, whom both Zoxy and I had been a fan of since the very early days of Trance in the 90’s. I am calling this set “Part 2” because I had already played for an hour before this with another great DJ buddy of mine, Eric Weber, a.k.a. WEB for an unplanned B2B set to open the club. We were filling in for another DJ who was not feeling well that night unfortunately, but it was a unique opportunity to play for 2 hours and kick off the night with a cool progressive set with Eric, then ratchet it all the way up to 138 BPM’s to get the club heated up for John Askew, which was a lot of fun. It was an amazing evening of incredible music, and the crowd of Trance fans there to see John Askew was SO much fun to play for.. For this one, Zoxy and I played a mixture of some brand-new releases, as well as a few older, more vintage Trance Choones from yesteryear, and I even busted out “Call The Galaxy Taxi” by Plastic Angel, such a classic from the early 2000’s that sounded SOOO awesome on the club sound system, and we had the dance floor jumping up and down a few times. Anyway, incredible night, and once again, being able to hand off to John Askew was a true honor. Hope you enjoy the set, and if you like the classic Trance vibes, make sure keep your eye out for a new edition of the White Label classic Trance series that should hopefully have up here in a few weeks. Cheers! Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: ZOXY + Gotek B2B opening set (Pt. 2) for JOHN ASKEW, Ora, Fri, July 7th, 2023
* Duration: 01:00:44
* BPM: 127 start - 138 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Chicane - Offshore (Grum Extended Remix) ~ Armada Music
2.	David Broaders - Moonkilla (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
3.	Sunny Lax - Emerald (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
4.	Dan Stone - Absent Minds (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
5.	Scooter, Giuseppe Ottaviani - Hyper Hyper (Extended Mix) ~ Sheffield Tunes
6.	Plastic Angel - Call The Galaxy Taxi (Martin Roth's Nu-Style Mix) ~ Afterglow
7.	Jorn Van Deynhoven - We Can Fly (Extended Mix) ~ A State of Trance
8.	Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Paradise (Extended) ~ VANDIT Records
9.	Sunlounger - Another Day On The Terrace (I.D. Remix) ~ I.D.
10.	Harshil Kamdar - Set Me Free (Extended Mix) ~ Regenerate Records
11.	Mark burton vs Sunlounger, feat. Zara Taylor - Try Understatement To Be Love (Armin van Buuren Mashup) ~ I.D.

ZOXY + Gotek B2B opening set (Pt. 2) for JOHN ASKEW, Ora, Fri, July 7th, 2023

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

Hey guys, sorry for the long delay, but just uploaded my set from back on October 6th, opening for GANESH, a Trance and Techno OG West Coast DJ/Producer and very early adopter to the LA Trance Rave scene in the 90’s. This was a real treat to be able open for such a well-known “semi-local” pioneer and influencer on the underground Ravey Techno/Trance sounds, and a staple DJ on the festival line-up’s like Dreamstate. I got to hand off the decks to Ganesh, whom was a super nice, humble, and intellectual guy, and a literal “mad scientist” when it came to mixing haha; it was mesmerizing and inspirational watching his hands expertly fly around all the effects as he wove his magical dark techno beats. My newish DJ buddy, Bryan Keyes, newcomer to the Seattle Trance scene from Alaska, opened the club and threw down an awesome set as well. I always love these opportunities to open for these 140+ BPM DJ’s because it allows me to play up to 138 BMP Trance, which isn’t common for openers to be able to play that fast, but one of my favorite genre’s and what originally lured me into Trance in the first place, uplifting 138 BPM Trance bangers!! I lucked out because I wanted to have a bit of a classic Trance element to this set because of Ganesh’s tenure in the scene, and there just happened to be several hot new remixes recently released of some uber-classic sounds, like the Emery vs Brisky Remix of Nu NRG’s “Dreamland”, Maria Healy’s remix of BT’s “Godspeed”, and Cosmic Boys’ new remix of the timeless “Café Del Mar” by Energy 52, which I kicked the set off with.. Plus, so many other great recently released tracks, and Ganesh let me spin one final track past my set time while he got set up, so I was able to squeeze 13 tracks into this bad boy. Hope you like the set as much as I loved spinning it, and if you’re in the Seattle area, be sure to come out to see me open for Irish Trance rising star, Billy Gillies, on November 18th at Ora Nightclub – should be a blast, and even more 138!! Cheers! Mark, a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for GANESH, Ora Nightclub, Fri, October 6th, 2023
* Duration: 01:04:44
* BPM: 132 start / 138 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Cosmic Boys Remix) ~ Superstition Records
2.	Victor Ruiz, Modeā - Contrast (Original Mix) ~ Drumcode
3.	George Acosta, feat. Fisher - True Love (Billy Gillies Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
4.	BT - Godspeed (Maria Healy Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
5.	Nu NRG - Dreamland (Emery vs Brisky Remix) ~ Armada Music
6.	Jamie Walker - Talk To Me (Original Mix) ~ Centerpoint Recordings 
7.	John Askew - Afterburner (Extended Mix) ~ Deep In Thought
8.	Lustral, DT8 Project - On My Own (Last Soldier Remix) ~ Mondo Records
9.	Stoneface & Terminal, Aldous, feat. Faus - Burn So Bright (Extended Mix) ~ In Trance We Trust
10.	Maria Healy - Reputation (Extended Mix) ~ Subculture
11.	Temple One - Need to Understand (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion 
12.	Tom Colontonio - 7 Years (Extended Mix) ~ Subculture
13.	Allen Watts - Set Me Free (Original Mix) ~ Kearnage Recordings

Opening set for GANESH, Ora Nightclub, Fri, October 6th, 2023

On Saturday, November 18th, I was honored to be the primary support for rising star Irish Trance DJ/Producer, BILLY GILLIES, at Ora Nightclub in Seattle. It seems I have been on a roll opening for Uplifting Trance and Techno Headliners lately, which has been super fun because it allows me to tap into the higher BPM's (up to 138) which are fairly far-and-few-between opportunities for opening DJ's.. Uplifting Trance is one of my favorite genre's of electronic dance music, and what got me into Trance in the first place. I was particularly excited about this one because Billy Gillies has definitely been on my radar for the past year or so , after having first heard a set by him on the "Trance Sanctuary" monthly podcast, which follows all the big DJ's and newer, relevant names rising in the scene in the big Trance Clubs in the UK. I was super excited about his tracks and remixes, and became a fan instantly. This set was so much fun, and I got to spin for the first time with an O.G. Seattle DJ who's been around for long before I showed up in the Seattle DJ scene, Kazan. I was able to squeeze in 13 tracks into this one, which is packed from beginning to end with amazingly euphoric bangers, spiced up with a couple classics from yesteryear which still send chills down my spine to this day; the Odonbat Remix of Karybde & Scylla's "Distorted Reality", and the timeless Temple One remix of "Things That Happen" by Will Holland, such an amazing track. The audience of Trance fans at this show was super fun to play for, and Billy Gillies showed up with a huge entourage of friends and fans that had followed him from playing three sets at Dreamstate down in LA just a few days before. Billy was a super friendly and humble guy, and it was a real honor to meet him and hand the decks off to this amazingly talented guy. This will likely be my last headliner opening show for the year, but I do have NYE show lined up in Portland, which should be a lot of fun, and I hope to have another Progressive House demo mix finished before Christmas, so keep your eye out for those! Anyway, as usual, hope you enjoy the set, and have a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends! Cheers! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for Billy Gillies, Ora Nightclub, Sat. November 18th, 2023
* Duration: 01:02:50
* BPM: 130 start / 138 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1. Giuseppe Ottaviani, Alex Sonata & TheRio, feat. Tishmal - Tears Of The Kingdom (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
2. OceanLab, Above & Beyond - Satellite (Above & Beyond's 2023 Extended Progressive Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
3. Adam Nickey - Callista (Dan Stone Extended Remix) ~ FSOE Argento
4. Will Holland, feat. Line Froyset - Things That Happen (Temple One Remix) ~ Enhanced Recordings
5. Dan Stone, Ultimate - Enru (Original Mix) ~ FSOE Fables
6.  Solarstone - Sovereign (Ultimate Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
7. Lostly - That Next Place (Extended Mix) ~ Borderline
8. Nitrous Oxide - Redmoon (John Rockwell Remix) ~ Oxidised
9. Novaline, Einar K - Time Has Come (Original Mix) ~ Infrasonic Pure
10. Temple One - Infinite Structure (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion
11. Alex Di Stefano - What's the Catch (Original Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
12. Karybde & Scylla - Distorted Reality (Odonbat Remix) ~ E.T.T. Recordings
13. Prox - Dreamer (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE

Opening set for Billy Gillies, Ora Nightclub, Sat. November 18th, 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

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

On Saturday, February 17th, I was thrilled to be able to venture back down to my old stomping grounds of Portland, Oregon, and play a Trance guest set for the boys behind Mission Trance and Team Yellow, at Opaline Nightclub in the heart of NW Portland in the Old Town district. I was joined by some fellow Trance enthusiasts and up-and-coming Portland DJ’s, Anthony Julian, and Dougal Sorcha, whom completely blew me away with their awesome sets and performances, and of course, OG Portland Trance Master and avid promoter, ZOXY. We had a great little crowd of local Trance fans dancing the night away that evening, and this show was so much fun to play at, just like all of my previous experiences playing at Opaline; kind of bare bones set up, but with a cool, underground sort of vibe, just large enough to feel like a club, but still a smallish, more intimate setting, with a great sound system and great drinks! Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this set, and since I was first on, I wanted to kick it off slow and have a nice build, and ended up using three tracks by one of my favorite producer Duo acts and creators of a non-stop list of spine-tingly bangers, Alex Sonata & TheRio. I included “Nebula”, which I had played once before in 2021 during a COVID quarantine streaming set, but I had always wanted to play it live to an audience, such a great track.. I also broke out one of my all-time favorite tracks from the archives, “Cloverfield”, by 19 Hz, SO great to hear that track again after so many years. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this set as much as I enjoyed playing it, and just a heads-up that I will have a new Prog Sessions uploaded sometime soon, with some really beautiful and mellow, soulful tracks as well. Cheers and enjoy the set! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek 

DJ Gotek presents: Guest set for the “Trance Portland” show, Opaline, Portland, Sat, Feb 17th, 2024
* Duration: 01:02:43
* BPM: 124 start / 130 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Nitrous Oxide, Adam Stodtko - Reborn (Sundriver Remix) ~ LW Recordings
2.	Durante, feat. HANA - Hot Night (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	Nihil Young - 1998 (Extended Mix) ~ Zerothree
4.	Bliss29 - Serenity (Blue Harvest Remix) ~ Soluna music
5.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Nebula (Extended Mix)  ~ Coldharbour Recordings
6.	Ultimate - Horizon (Extended Mix) ~ InfraProgressive
7.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - The Real Thing (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
8.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Are We Dreaming (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
9.	Pete K - For Love (Extended Mix) ~ Stress Records
10.	ALPHA 9 - Save Earth (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
11.	19 Hz - Cloverfield (Original Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
12.	Alex Wright - Camelback (Extended Mix) ~ Ride Recordings

Guest set for the “Trance Portland” show, Opaline, Portland, Sat, Feb 17th, 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

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

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, well it’s been a while since I posted any Uplifting Trance demo mixes.. Well, guess what, I’M BACK!!! (Haha) Truth be known, regardless of how long I go in between Uplifting Trance sets, I still do listen to it, my first love in this type of music, before Progressive House or anything else, Uplifting Trance of the 138-140 BPM caliber was what originally hooked me into this world and scene and encouraged me to buy my first set of DJ gear and force myself to learn how to play, on vinyl back then.. Anyway, I still listen to it all the time, and am always researching and buying new tracks to add to my collection. You’ll notice with this one that there is a HELLUVA-LOTTA Vocal Trance on this one compared to my usual selections, but oh man, there are SO many amazing vocal tracks coming out these days, so I couldn’t resist. You may also possibly notice that I am attempting to programatize these demos, just like with my “Prog Sessions” progressive house demo mixes, I am starting a new series for Hi-NRG Uplifting “138”-type tracks, and I am calling it “Trance Mission”, which, I know, is extremely predictable.. However, my veeerry first residency was for a show in Portland called “Trance Mission”, and that title is not really used anymore, but it brings back great memories for me. So, screw it, there’s probably 10,000 other mixes called Trance Mission, but this is the DJ Gotek version haha, and I’ll make it a series. Couple shout-outs on this demo set: first of all I loaded it up with some super-charged tracks from some of my favorite go-to Uplifting artists, Billy Gillies, Craig Connally, Temple One, etc. so a few extra doses of major spine tingles. The lyrics to the Lost Witness track, “Carry Me Home” really reminded me of having to put my 17-year-old, blind Pug, Stella, to sleep a few years ago, and I was literally crying when I played that track and singing along. Such a beautiful, and deeply heart-breaking song (to me). And lastly, I finished the mix with a classic from 2011 that I have been meaning to play for such a long time, Lifted Emotion, “In My Dreams”, fit so perfectly into this vocals-centric mix as a beautuful way to end it. Anyway, had a lot of fun with this one, and I hope you like it. This (to me) is the true spirit of Uplifting Trance, to me, and if you’re feeling down and you listen to this, you will be uplifted. I promise. Cheers!! ~ Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Trance Mission, June 2024 Edition” an Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live June 16th, 2024
* Duration: 01:12:22
* BPM: 132 start / 140 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Temple One - Uncharted (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion
2.	Digital Drift, feat. Aneym - Here I Am (Extended Mix) ~ SNRS
3.	Simon Gregory - Fool Me Once (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records
4.	Billy Gillies - Closed Eyes (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE
5.	Lost Witness, feat. Laura-Ly - Carry Me Home (Craig Connelly Extended Mix) ~ RazNitzenMusic
6.	Aly & Fila, Luke Bond, feat. Audrey Gallagher - Million Voices (Billy Gillies Remix) ~ FSOE
7.	Arggic - Can't Ignore It (Extended Mix) ~ Monster Tunes
8.	Akira Kayosa, Hugh Tolland - Surya (Temple One Remix) ~ Alter Ego Digital
9.	Craig Connelly, feat. Cari - Breathe Again (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
10.	Ultimate - Fire Breathing (Extended Mix) ~ Infrasonic Pure
11.	Daxson, Nation Of One - Now Or Never (Craig Connelly Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
12.	Billy Gillies - Lovesick (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE
13.	James Cottle - Trinity (Extended Mix) ~ Pure Trance NEON
14.	Lifted Emotion, feat. Anastasiia Purple - In My Dreams (Original Mix) ~ CTS Records

“Trance Mission, June 2024 Edition” an Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live June 16th, 2024

Brand new!! Just sort of randomly decided to record this more mellow and melodic Progressive House demo mix last weekend, on Saturday, October 10th. I have been collecting a lot of really great, more down-tempo Progressive tracks for the past few months, and the bare bones of this mix just happened to be what I have been practicing with on my gear lately, which gave me this kind of melancholy, happy/sad feeling that I associate with Fall, my favorite time of year; the downward slide at the tail end of the Summer months, when the days start getting shorter and colder, the leaves in the NW start changing into the most brilliant colors and then fall from the trees, and we approach the holidays and the cold of Winter. Anyway, really liked the way this one turned out, a little kick here and there, but overall very euphoric, soothing, and dreamy.. I entitled it “Sunday”. I hope that you enjoy! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Demo Progressive House Mix - “SUNDAY” - recorded Saturday, October 10th, 2015
* Duration: 01:13:53:064
* BPM: Start: 120 / End: 126
* Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:  

1.	Dezza - Meekix (LTN Remix)
2.	Vintage & Morelli  - Tsukiakari Ame (Deep Mix)
3.	Solarbeam, Sunny Terrace - Sea of Comfortable (Original Mix)
4.	Nigel Good, Sarah Clark - This Is You (Blood Groove & Kikis Remix)
5.	7 Skies, Super8 & Tab - Rubicon (Yotto Remix)
6.	Robert Nickson, RNX - Clear Skies (Original Mix)
7.	Stendahl - Aura (Original Mix)
8.	LTN, Blood Groove & Kikis - Both (Piramex Remix)
9.	Silence Groove - Wrong Way Again (Original Mix)
10.	Nap 'Till Nine - Nomen Nescio (Markus Hakala Remix)
11.	1Touch - Surfing Swans (Zage Remix)
12.	Roald Velden - Hope (Jallen Remix)
13.	Shingo Nakamura - There for Me (Original Mix)


Progressive House Demo Mix - SUNDAY - Oct 10 - 2015

On the eve of Tuesday, May 14th, I finally got around to forcing myself to record a chill and progressivy semi-Balearic beach-themed demo mix that I entitled "Somewhere Over Ibiza", a mix that I had been planning and working on for probably 6 months or more. It all starts with an idea, and by the time I recorded this the entire mix had probably been abolished and re-worked something like 7 or 8 times, and most of the original tracks that inspired the mix in the first place didn’t end up making the final cut as it turned out (happens a lot actually). One of the reasons it took so long is I really wanted this to be (in my opinion) the perfect chill out ambient mix, and I kept coming across better and better tracks that I fell in love with, and the track list of “MUST HAVE'S” grew and grew until it was impossibly long, so I had to pain-stakenly go through and whittle it down to just 17 tracks, which was actually 3-4 tracks longer than I intended, but I believe that these are all exquisite, dreamy, spine-tingly, beautiful, gorgeous tracks of equal quality throughout, and that you will enjoy, hopefully multiple times! I set out to record a set that had a chill, beachy and/or "summer twilight on the terrace or poolside" vibe, not all necessarily the quintessential “Balearic” approved quality with the cliché acoustic guitar riffs etc, definitely some straight Progressive House and even a bit of Progressive Trance in there to keep things interesting and on the euphoric side, but I made sure all the tracks sounded great together, were in key, and offered a very gradual build and then tapered off into a chill-out remix of one of my all-time favorite tracks that I always need to include some iteration of in any beach-themed mix, Mike Foyle’s eternally beautiful piano version of “Shipwrecked”. Also, to enhance the beach ambiance I have added some recorded samples of tropical nature, birds, and the surf from various exotic beaches from around the world by plugging in my iPhone to the mixer in an unused channel and bringing in the sounds at opportune times to enhance the music. Lastly, just had a few new Voice ID Tags made and inserted by my beloved sound producer, Chris Dececio in the UK, as a finishing touch. Hope you enjoy this one, and as unusual, thank you for listening and for the support! Oh, and as a P.S. the photo was actually taken by me on vacation a few years ago over the Mediterranean Sea about 20 minutes out from landing at Ibiza, so literally "somewhere over Ibiza" haha.....Yours, Mark a.k.a. Gotek. =)


DJ GOTEK presents: Melodic Progressive House Demo, SOMEWHERE OVER IBIZA, recorded live on May 14th, 2016
* Duration: 01:35:27:264
* BPM: Start 118 / Mid 128 / End 116
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Vintage & Morelli - Daydream (Original Mix)
2.	Jallen - Dreamcatcher (LTN Remix) 
3.	Talamanca, South Pole, feat. Alicia Kapel - In The City (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
4.	Blood Groove & Kikis - Heavens (Original Mix) 
5.	Yuri K - Thai (Original Mix)
6.	Joshua Ollerton - Foreplay (Original Mix)
7.	Bee Hunter, Andrew Lang - Mangoes & Limes (Original Mix)
8.	Bee Hunter - Giraffe (Original Mix)
9.	Jallen - Venture (Andrew Lang Remix)
10.	James Woods - Bliss (Mindset Remix)
11.	John Manz - Until The End (Original Mix)
12.	Espen, Shane Robinson - In Time (Monojoke Remix)
13.	Adrian Roman - Vermillion Cliffs (Original Mix)
14.	ID - ID (MacRamsey Remix) *Soon to be released
15.	Yuriy Mikhailov - 4U (Shane Robinson Remix)
16.	Alex H, feat. Mona Moua - There's No Turning Back (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
17.	Mike Foyle - Shipwrecked (Chill Out Mix)


Melodic Progressive House Demo - SOMEWHERE OVER IBIZA, recorded live on May 14, 2016

On Saturday, Aug 4th, 2018, I was beyond honored to be direct opening support for one of my all-time favorite Trance DJ/record producers, OLIVER SMITH, for the Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 Tour stop-off in Seattle. I have been a fan since around 2005 when I first heard Smith & Pledger – Northern Lights (Original Mix), which immediately became my #1 favorite Trance track, ever, and have played his tracks since then in so many of my sets and have been a loyal fan all through his career with Anjunabeats; never in my wildest dreams would have guessed that I would be handing off the decks to him at a sold out show in Seattle 13 years later, honestly it was a dream come true!! The club was sold out and incredibly packed, hot and sweaty, but the people in the audience we so incredibly amazing and I had SOOOO much fun playing this set. My good friends Janice Chae (J-Note) and Randall Glenn also played amazing sets leading up to mine and it all went together so perfectly. Oliver couldn’t have been a more kind, polite, humble, and endearing person, and it was such an amazing honor to play at this show. I’ll never forget this night, and I hope you enjoy the set. –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for OLIVER SMITH, Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 Tour, ORA, Seattle, Aug 4th, 2018
* Duration: 01:08:50
* BPM: Start - 124 / End - 126
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Armin van Buuren, Susana - Shivers feat. Susana (ALPHA 9 Extended Remix)
2.	Spencer Brown, Liam Hathaway - Audio (Original Mix)
3.	Unlivian - The Escaped (Original Mix)
4.	Rodg - Heights (Extended Mix)
5.	Unterberg - Set U Free (Club Mix)
6.	Clara Sofie, Capa (Official) - Breathe (Tinlicker Extended Remix)
7.	LTN, Ad Brown, Cat Martin - Miss You (Piramex Remix)
8.	Soundprank - Don't Take It Away (Original Mix)
9.	AirTraffic - Nightdrive (Solewaas Remix)
10.	Sunny Lax - Naida (Original Mix)
11.	Chris Giuliano, Paul Arcane - Shapes (Original Mix)
12.	Kyau & Albert - Tube Hearts (Original Mix)
13.	Jules, Spencer Brown, Wilt Claybourne - waves.wav feat. Jules (Original Mix)
14.	Leonety - Evening Embraces (Andreas J Remix)

Opening set for OLIVER SMITH, Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 Tour, ORA, Seattle, Aug 4th, 2018

On Friday, July 19th, I was incredibly honored to be on the opening roster, along with my good buddy, Eric Weber a.k.a. WEB, for world-renown Serbian Trance & Progressive producer/DJ and honestly one of my favorite artists of all-time, VINTAGE & MORELLI, for his debut US tour with the Silk Music Showcase # 500. I have probably played more Vintage & Morelli tracks in my sets than any other artist, and have always been fascinated and mesmerized by his ethereal, haunting, melodic style, mastery of the angelic piano chords in his tracks, and always building in that infectious hook into his songs that just tug at your heartstrings in such a wonderful way!! Marko Cubric (V&M) was such an amazingly sweet and humble guy, and I had the opportunity to chat with him for about 30 minutes after my set and ask all the questions I ever wanted to ask, and really tell him what a huge fan I've been of his music! It was definitely a “bucket list” DJ night for me. The crowd was so incredibly AWESOME that night and I really tried to put together a down-tempo, ethereal, and atmospheric set that would really set up the night nicely, and was really happy to see so many people out on the dance floor dancing during my time behind the decks. The whole night was just amazing and I will never forget it. Hope you enjoy the set!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for VINTAGE & MORELLI, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Friday, July 19th, 2019
* Duration: 01:05:19
* BPM: Start - 120 / End - 122
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Sense8 - Sunny Valley (Original Mix)
2.	Marsh, Nox Vahn, feat. Mimi Page - Follow Me (Extended Mix)
3.	Sound Quelle - Windra (Original Mix)
4.	Nox Vahn, feat. Mimi Page - There Is Peace Beyond (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Extended Rework)
5.	Mizar B - We Found It (Original Mix)
6.	PROFF, EKSF - For The Night (Extended Mix)
7.	Sense8 - The Element (Original Mix)
8.	Sound Quelle - Clazamas (Original Mix)
9.	Hausman - Aether (Original Mix)
10.	Yotto feat. Vok - The One You Left Behind (SONIN Extended Mix)
11.	Sound Quelle - Boddhidharma (Original Mix)
12.	Yotto - Kantsu (Original Mix)
13.	Lane 8, Tinlicker - Anthracite (Extended Mix)

Opening set for VINTAGE & MORELLI, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Friday, July 19th, 2019

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. =)

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