A remix of my set that I played on the opening night of the 2017 edition of ZNA Gathering in Portugal on August 23, 2017. I played a 2.5-hour night-time set after Eat Static's opening set, from 11pm to 130am (this was one hour later than originally planned) and aimed for a deep and dark atmosphere that also included some uplifting and cosmic night music as I led into Element Over Nature's set. 

This remix of my original set includes a few but not all of the unreleased tracks that I played - I have used the commercial release of Hallucinogen's Demention rather than the extended and rather wilder unissued version, and have used the issued Pleiadians 1997 live version of Electra rather than the unreleased 1998 mix that I played - but there are still a few fantastic as-yet-unissued alternate mixes here, notably the opening No Guilt Trips remix and a stunning 1998 live mix of the Pleiadians' Alcyone that was really well received. 

A note about No Guilt Trips: I played a bit of it for the X-Dream guys when we met privately at our accommodation and they didn't recognize or remember the mix... so it is unclear if it is really X-Dream's own alternate mix of the track, but the quality and musical integrity of the track is such that I would expect it to be (whoever produced it, it's top-notch). Stay tuned on that one...

In addition to having the opportunity to play this amazing festival again, and on opening night, there were two particularly meaningful aspects to my experience of the set: Graham Wood was there to hear me play some Infinity Project tracks (he danced by the front of the DJ booth while I was playing the Noises from the Darkness live mix), and Ray Castle was also there to hear me play my favourite track of his, Stellium (which I also got to hear him play in his morning set at the festival a few days later). 

Enjoy!

Tracklist:

X-Dream: No Guilt Trips (unidentified remix)*
Hallucinogen: Demention
Juno Reactor: The Heavens
The Infinity Project: Noises from the Darkness (desk mix)
Crop Circles: Antonomasia
Rhythmystec: Stellium
Juno Reactor: Kaguya Hime
Infernal Machine: Nocturnal Chainsaw Kerfuffle
The Delta: Traveling at the Speed of Thought
Hallucinogen: Angelic Particles
Semsis: Planet (alternate mix)*
Space Tribe: Machine Elf
Overlords: Naked People (MWNN rmx)
The Infinity Project: Binary Neuronaut
LFOIDS: Medusa*
Pleiadians: Alycone (1998 live mix)*
Cyberjam: Alpha Flight
Transwave: Code S9
Akasha: Ace of Wands
Pleiadians: Electra (1997 live mix)
Blue Planet Corporation: Xoco
Slug: Slugfest

*unreleased

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DJ Solitare @ ZNA Gathering 2017 remixed

DJ Solitare is Mark Ainley, a psychedelic trance DJ representing both the Italian retro label DAT Universe (formerly DAT Records) and the legendary Tsuyoshi Suzuki's label Matsuri Digital. A classically-trained musician still working in the classical industry, Mark has been active in the psy scene since 1994 and has evolved a mixing style that fuses the formative sounds of the psychedelic trance movement with the latest productions, a blend of old and new, to create a fresh present-time dancefloor experience.

DJ Solitare @ ZNA Gathering 2017 remixed

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