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

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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