A bit about the inspiration for this mix - the full text and the tracklist are at https://djsolitare.com/old-dogs-new-tricks

I recall an amazing Equinox event in the Autumn of 1995 where Kuni played the whole night and the impression was that a cloud of quantum information would enter the dance floor in the middle of the forest and when it had communicated its message, another would come in and take its place as the old one left, and there was a moment to catch your breath and adjust to the new data entering the space. At times during these events, one had the impression that the music was not music, it was geometrical design and information that was communicating in sonic form. There wasn’t the sense that the DJ was a ‘DJ’ playing ‘music’: rather, the DJ booth was like a cosmic radio tower with an antenna tuned into outer space, picking up signals and transmitting them to those gathered in this tribal gathering.

Each time I play a set, the type of storyline and style of tracks are different, and my approach to transitions depends on track selection and how things line up, though there are general parameters that I always aim for. As a result of my classical training, my emphasis when mixing has been to try to connect more than just the kick but to find matching patterns between tracks and to blend those to create a thread of continuity beyond the percussive elements, at times with kick-matching and at other times not. Usually, it’s a combination of the two, but keeping the rhythm consistent and aiming to have one track ‘hand over’ the space to the next one in a less conventional sense, like multiple speakers reading different chapters from a book that one absorbs through the set.

As I tuned into the more hypnotic and nighttime storyline that emerged as this set evolved, I was drawn to more of that atmospheric cloud-like mixing style, where one track dances with the next along harmonic, rhythmic, and upper-register elements as opposed to the bass-level kick. As I listened with headphones, I was able to let go of the technical focus of the ‘mixing' of two ‘tracks’ and rekindle some of those early impressions of this music being more than just music but combinations of patterns gathered together and presented through sound waves, hearing things not in left-right, high-low mode but all-at-once, like voices coming both from the speakers and the centre of one’s head.

I believe that as we have gotten used to listening to this music at clubs and events over the years, many of us have adapted to a sense-based linear perception of what we’re hearing as opposed to a more embodied dimensional experience, and we can easily listen with a set of standards that can be mechanical rather than holistically musical. I know this has been the case for me, and listening at home can have its pitfalls, as you get used to hearing the music outside of the contextual space for which it was created, and on speakers whose size are inverse proportion to your body than what they would be at an event. But in the right outer and inner space, we can hear these sounds beyond the framework of the familiar and as an expression of something quite outside the ordinary.

All of us experienced some magic in our early years of attending these events - and sometimes since, too! - and it is my hope that these classic tracks in this storyline will enable some of those to be rekindled as they have for me.

DJ Solitare - Old Dogs New Tricks Mix

Some years ago there was a meeting of the minds in Denmark and the idea was conceived to host a forest party in the Danish woods with the some of finest underground Scandinavian psychedelic trance artists around. A few years later these Seismic professors yet again hosted what was an incredible yet intimate trance gathering deep in the forests of Skanderborg in Jutland. 

The music heard in this recording was played between the hours of 14:45 - 16:30 on the Saturday afternoon of the party. 

Massive, massive thanks to the organisers Kristian, Nanna, Mikael, Jacob & Sebastian for their efforts, hospitality, inviting me to play, smooth operations and amazing musical programming. And of course to all of the legendary artists, dj's and fun loving party-people who made the weekend so special and inspiring. 

Thanks :D

(setlist to come!)

Live at SEISMO 2023

Morninghaze

Recording of Nick Taylor & Andrew Till on Evosonic - Paradise FM (Germany) 14 September 1997

Paradise FM - Nick Taylor and Andrew Till (Psy-Harmonics) 14-09-1997

00:00:00 Black Sun – Ligea (1998)
00:05:24 Omputer – Space Midi (1998)
00:09:49 Shakta – Spiritual Beings in Physical Bodies (1997)
00:15:32 Pleiadians – Alcyone (1997)
00:22:08 Oforia – Maximiser (1998)
00:27:25 Total Eclipse – Aliens (1994)
00:33:04 Phreaky – Over the Moon (1996)
00:39:48 Nucleus – Superluminal (1996)
00:43:55 Killing Joke – Jana (Hallucinogenic) 1998
00:49:03 Kaaya – Braindance (1996)


Olho de Shiva - Goa Trance (Dragonfly Records)

higher state of conciousness

Set recorded for Acid Night Party (05/07/2025) in Lyon. All tracks loaded with heavy acid, spanning acid trance and Goa.
Careful, fast-paced set here :)
Thanks to the crews and goa semoule dj klub :)

Tracklist:

00:00:00 "Perfect Rainbow - Dream On Dreamer"
00:05:55 "Technossomy - Electron Bender (Samsara Live Mix)"
00:12:47 "Green Nuns Of The Revolution - Two Vindaloos & An Onion Bhagee"
00:18:17 "Mirage - Thor"
00:24:54 "Project X - Highlander (The Acid Rain Mix)"
00:29:33 "Technossomy - VTOL"
00:36:00 "Pura - Acid Dream"
00:42:20 "DJ Baphomet - Ehec Injection"
00:47:32 "Dr. Octopus - Dr. Octopus"
00:53:51 "Dream Frequence - Emotional Guide"
01:00:41 "Evolution - The 1st Evolution (DJ Fusion Remix)"
01:06:59 "P. Cok - Double Doper"
01:12:48 "Experimental Fluxtuation - Anjuna"
01:18:19 "Solar Quest - Acid Air Raid (George's All Nighter)"
01:23:51 "Cybernaut - Brain Drain"

Acid Night - Binaryman (ACID Trance / GOA)

00:00:00 "Yakari - The Sound Ordeal"
00:04:12 "Holophonia - Nadir"
00:10:06 "EPD - Spiritual Hallucination"
00:16:13 "Audientic - Inspiration"
00:22:36 "Trance Experiment - Sensation"
00:27:46 "Sourmash - The Blessing (Dave's Road To Enlightenment Mix)"
00:34:27 "Yakari & Delano - You Got To... (Trance It Mix)"
00:39:52 "Liquid Lunar - Hydrophobia"
00:48:45 "Possesed - Virtual Dreams"
00:56:02 "Masa - Dawn of Man"
01:02:23 "Asia 2001 - Lokayatikas"
01:07:41 "Paradise Connection - Creation"
01:12:43 "Manmademan - Drama"
01:17:29 "Space Buddha - Real World"
01:23:58 "Asia 2001 - Guarana Cupana"
01:31:01 "Spectral - Kundalini"

Goa Proximate number 3 - Binaryman

ER045 - Hoami - Electro Chemistry EP - OUT NOW - https://erebosrecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/er045-electro-chemistry-ep

Orbiting the event horizon, this new EP from Hoami bends gravity and distorts time. Enter the portal with Erebos Records.

Dedicated to Koohyar Ghaffari - R.I.P

Buy This EP

Hoami - Digital Portal

Serenity Flux - Hazeman (Original MiX)

Free download!!!
track list:
Emanuel Top - Acid Phase
Subcouds - Greenflow /rmx 1997/
Planet Ben - Questionmark
Prana - Starchild /Total Eclipse rmx/
Nada - N.R.G.
Astral Projection - Kabalah /rmx/
ManMadeMan - Drama
ManMadeMan vs Tristan - Purple Merlin
Vana Imago - Tesi 1995

Goa dreadlock tales vol.4 /1993-1999/

Et Al. Records takes its name from "et al.," reflecting our academic roots and the (inclusive) rationale of "and/with others."

It has been co-founded by Arnakzone (@arnaud-jooris) and Binaryman (@dj_binaryman).

Connect with us at et[dot]al[dot]records[at]gmail[dot]com for any collaborations, ranging from bed-djing together to mounting festivals, whatever really !

Goa Proximate number 3 - Binaryman

Et Al. Records

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