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

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Scorchin' Radio 140 - Dino Martin

01 TUNE OF THE WEEK: BetweenUs - Dunia (Extended Mix) [Black Hole Recordings]
02 Mattia Pompeo - Sao Paulo (Original Mix) [TalkTalk Records]
03 BetweenUs, VJS - Floating (Extended Mix) [Black Hole Recordings]
04 Quivver - Tuluminate (Original Mix) [Controlled Substance]
05 Accent - Cloud (Quattrovalvole Remix) [Kinetika Music]
06 D-Nox, Beckers - Control (The Wash Remix) [Mango Alley]
07 Fernando Olaya - Connection (Sebastian Haas Rmx) [Superordinate Music]
08 Althoff, Gespona - Jigsaw (Original Mix) [Stil Vor Talent]
09 Colouour - Uyku (John Digweed & Nick Muir Remix) [Sum Over Histories]
10 Yotto - Breezer (Extended Mix) [Odd One Out]
11 Agents of Time Feat. Vicky Who - Liquid Fantasy (Club Remix) [Kompakt]

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Scorchin' Radio 140 - Dino Martin

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

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

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

Zoxy + Gotek B2B opening set for John O’Callahan, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Mar 24th, 2023

On 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

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Scorchin' Radio 150 - Ben McConnell

01 Sunny Lax - Emerald (Extended Mix)
02 Spada	Fantasya - 3000 (Extended Mix)
03 Nick Hayes - Signal (Extended Mix)
04 Reznor - All I Want (Extended Mix)
05 Milad E & David Deere ft. Julia Ross - Haven (Ben McConnell Remix)
06 Bart Skils vs Lana Del Rey - Ocean Drive Vs Summertime Sadness (Gabriel & Dresden Mashup)
07 Ahmed Helmy - Talk To You (Extended Mix)
08 Rodrigo Deem - Behind The Sun (Extended Mix)
09 Retrika, Alex Mueller - Braindance (Extended Mix)
10 Chris Giuliano, Taber feat. Taber - All Again (Extended Club Mix)
11 Ben McConnell - Hyde (Extended Mix)
12 Rodrigo Deem - Old Times (Extended Mix)
13 John Grand - Fernet (Extended Mix)
14 Chris Schweizer, Sarah Howells feat. Sarah Howells - Company (Extended Mix)
15 Phillip Castle - The Gap (Extended Mix)
16 Yoel Lewis, EL Waves feat. EL Waves - Just Like That (Extended Mix)
17 Reznor - How Could It Be (Ben McConnell Extended Remix)
18 JODA (UK) - Breaking Down Walls (Myon’s Return to 2000 Extended Mix)
19 Andrew Bayer, Asbjørn - Equal (Andrew Bayer and Alex Sonata & TheRio Extended Mix)
20 Super8 & Tab, Jess Ball feat. Jess Ball - Live For Tonight (Extended Mix)
21 Kanallia - Alstroemeria (Extended Mix)
22 Armin van Buuren, Diane Warren feat. My Marianne - Live On Love (Achilles Extended Remix)
23 Mark Bester vs. Morgan Page - Longest Time (Jorza Remix Mashup)
24 Super8 & Tab - Komorebi (David Gravell Extended Remix)
25 Rank 1 - Airwave (Giuseppe Ottaviani Extended Remix)
26 CamelPhat X Lowes - Easier (Daxson Bootleg)
27 Ben McConnell v Pryd - Generate Spheres (Henry Carlin Mashup)

Scorchin' Radio 150 - Ben McConnell

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

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

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

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

Final Approach
Enya -  Athair Ar Neamh (2009 Remaster)

Suzanne Chesterton presents Voyager Radio 187

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

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

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

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

Welcome to our new radio show which is on DIFM the second Monday of every month! More of the same awesome stuff from Sunset Sessions! We’ve got loads of guest mixers doing the second hour over the next six months so stay tuned ❤️ hope you like this episode! 

Track list 

Sunset Sessions September 2023 Part 1: Stoby

Gai Barone & Micah Paul Lukasewich feat. Dave Damage - Soaring  (Extended Mix) [The Soundgarden]
foglight - Feel Again (Anton Borin & Kostya Outta Remix) [Mango Alley]
Simon Sinfield - Road to Le Mans (Extended Mix) [Krafted Underground]
Alex H - Sip Your Poison (Ranj Kaler Remix)[Dissident Music]
Abramasi - The Glowing Way [Pure Progressive]
Dmitry Molosh - Shining (Original Mix) [Proportion]
Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On (Stan Kolev Remix) [Outta Limits]
Paul Sawyer - Endless Path (Extended Mix) [Krafted Underground]
Lindja feat. Lewyn - Everything Changes But Us (Leossa Remix) [Songspire Records]
Sasha & Because of Art - Fused (Original Mix) [Last Night On Earth]
Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Eagles & Butterflies Remix) [Bedrock]

Sunset Sessions September 2023 Part 2: Sonia Scott

Indaco - Cala Luna (Original Mix)[Ride Recordings]
anamē & Steve Smith - Beautiful World (Extended Mix]) [Anjunabeats]
Atmospherika, Sumika - Sunrise (Surreal Self Remix) [Soluna Music]
ID - ID [Krafted Underground]
Focus FL - Wake The Spirit [Dissident Music/EMG]
Amy Wiles & Leena Punks - Sweet Feeling [Extended Mix] [Anjunabeats]
Sasha, Franky Wah - I'll Never Change (SHÈN Edit) [SHEN Recordings]
Ginchy & GXD feat Yasmin Jane - As The Rush Comes (Extended Mix) [Ginchiest Records]
Kasablanca - Am I Dreaming? (Øostil Remix) [Anjunabeats]
Equinøx & PANORAMA - To The Moon (Extended Mix) [High Contrast Recordings]
Standard Form - Surface Wave (Extended Mix) [Sounds of Krafted]

Sunset Sessions Radio September 2023 DIFM

Life’s moving fast — too fast to wait.
This summer, don’t hold back.
Dance. Laugh. Feel.
Soak in the sun, the people, the moment.
There’s no rewind — only right now.
Never live a half lived life.

Never live a half lived life

Melodism

Something (Original mix]

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. =)