Now We Are Free (Magdelayna Remake) -- Hans Zimmer
Mission: Apollo -- The Advocate
Syntax (Gai Barone Remix) -- Philthy Chit, Trilucid
Surrender -- ANNA
UFO -- Mind Conspiracy
Downfall -- Transcode
Red Lights (Basil O'Glue Remix) -- Dain
Bright Star (Solarstone Remix) -- Zoya
Seven Days And One Week (DRL Rework) -- BBE
Driller (Teenage Mutants Remix) -- The YellowHeads, UMEK
Sky Is The Limit (Nomas Remix) -- Ziger
Midnight Magic -- Layton Giordani, Bart Skils
Interstellar -- Victor Ruiz
A Further Existence -- Enrico Sangiuliano

The Gatekeepers

Beyond - Ralf Hildenbeutel
Voyager - Martin Merkel, Malefiz (Joof Recordings)
Nothing Matters (Madan Remix) - Paul Hamilton (Soundteller Records)
Horizons (Subandrio Remix) - Cream(PL) (One Of A Kind)
Healing Is The Hardest Part - Airwave (Bonzai Progressive)
Ghosts - (Another Audio Noir Odyssey) - Martin Andrioli (Stellar Fountain)
Lost - Donna-Marie (NZ) (Polyptych)
A Time Before Time - Art of Trance (Platipus Records)
Razor Crest (Basil O Glue & Nomas Remix) - Facade (Forescape Digital)
Pipe Dreams (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) - Will Atkinson (Black Hole Recordings)
Goodbye (Jeremy Rowlett Remix) - Tim Penner (JOOF Recordings)
Outside The Unknown - Dark Matter (Sueno Digital)
Far Away - Jan Ritter, Amigow (Reload Black Label)
Love Stimulation - Gai Barone (JOOF Recordings)
Sadness In Black & White Pt 2 - Airwave (JOOF Recordings)
Cassiopeia - Binaryh (Hiato Music)
Downfall - Transcode (Terminal M)
Spiral - Bastet, Samuel Well (Set About)
Atomo - Oliver Lieb (Respekt Recordings)
Cathedral of Souls(Sisko Electrofanatik Remix)- Matteo Magni  (Orange Recordings)
Artemis - Oliver Lieb (Gem Records)
Frequency - Beico (Techno Brooklyn Records)
Full Moon - Pierre Blanche (Reload Records)
The Hunt - SHDDR (Off Recordings)
In Space (Diego Straube & Rachel Raw Remix) - Heerhorst (Jannowitz Records)
Hesitated - Oliver Prime (Oxygen Records)
Crack of Dawn (Trance Edit) - Relaunch - Mistique Music
Lost In Emotion (John's Twisted Mix) - John 00 Fleming (React)
Callakuma 22 - The Digitial Blonde (JOOF Recordings)
Love Stimulation (Oliver Lieb Softmix) - Humate (Grand Casino Records)
Undone - Noir (Noir Music)
February - Solar Fields (Droneform Records)
Daydreamer - Artifact303 (Hado Records)
Historia - Airod (Molekul)
Psychotic Chaos - trance[]control (Flash Traxx)
Feelings - Artifact 303 (Suntrip Records)
Lonely Casseopaya - L.S.G.  (Solieb Digital)

T.ake C.are

I discovered my passion for dance music at a low-point in my life. When everything else felt so wrong, losing myself in sound, dancing felt right. It was cathartic. It was healing. I haven't always had the healthiest methods of dealing with my emotions, but dancing and music gave me an outlet for that.

I picked up DJ mixing as a hobby during the pandemic, a way to fill the void left by the shuttering of clubs. For me, this mix represents those nights on the dance floor when I was seeking a temporary escape; connecting with strangers through a shared experience. Music and dance feel like one of the ways that humans got things right, and I have often been able to see the beauty of life most clearly in the darkness of a club.

Find the tracks here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4V3ym9MLKUIm6HQquEf1KW?si=689b5d708398476d

Luke Brancaccio
"Silvia's Calling"

Tokyo Fan Club
"Horses (Echonomist Remix)"

Khen
"Levantine"

Ormus
"Kyrios - RPO Remix"

Something Else
"Breathe - MPathy Remix"

The Ambush
"Everlast - Oliver Lieb Remix 2"

Max Averbach
"Late Night Return - F-Act's Natural Progression Remix"

Ruben Karapetyan
"Evening in Yerevan - Jerome Isma-Ae Remix"

Ricardo Piedra
"Over the Lake - East Cafe Remix"

Audio Noir
"Revelation - Gai Barone Vox On Wax Remix"

Chaim
"In Trance We Trust"

Rinzen
"The Alchemist"

Luke Brancaccio
"Silvia's Calling (Artche Remix)"

Maryer
"Acid Chant - Dub"

Tim French
"Kamino Static - Qoob Remix"

Alex Morelli
"Sleeping Sun"

Standard Form
"Emeralds Above You - Extended Mix"

The Stupid Experts
"Anomaly"

Subtara
"Trancentral Journey - Original Mix"

Citizen Kain
"Pablo"

Liam Sieker
"Dwaal - Ursarix Remix"

Senses Of Mind
"Becoming One"

Astral Base
"At Dawn - Nomas Remix"

Nightsteppaz
"God Was In The Speakers - Nick Devon Remix"

Kamilo Sanclemente
"Atlantis Lights - Nichols Remix"

Ari Sakeson
"Lyra - Alfonso Muchacho Remix"

Oliver Prime
"Water Rise - Take 2"

Hidden Vibes
"The Rainbow Rabbit"

Relaunch
"Behind My Mind"

Alfonso Muchacho
"She's Real"

21street
"Arya - Extended Mix"

Alfonso Muchacho
"Saw Subject"

Parallel Universe
"Espiral - D-Nox Remix"

Relaunch
"Reconnect"

Rick Pier O'Neil
"Haurun - Nomas Remix"

Ormus
"Analemma - Mindskap Remix"

Binaryh
"Icarus"

DJ Dextro
"T Minus Zero"

Gordey Tsukanov
"One Day at Homeland - Original Mix"

Facade
"The One True Morty"

Intacto
"Monument - Basil O'Glue Remix"

Sian
"I Will Wait For You"

AKKI (DE)
"Loneliness - Original Mix"

Gundamea
"The Upside Down - Extended Club Mix"

MOGUAI
"DT64"

John 00 Fleming
"Looking Back. To Look Forward. - Original Mix"

Binaryh
"Other Side"

Nomas
"Lost in You"

Luca Marchese
"Brainporting - Original Mix"

Oliver Prime
"Hello World - Take 3"

HighGo
"M8 Runner - Moxa's Techno Trance Mix"

Orkidea
"Z21 - Activa's Origins Extended Mix"

Sisko Electrofanatik
"Solar Rock"

One Man Army
"Ballroom Dancer"

3runo Kaufmann
"Raised In The 90s"

Coredata
"Shagohod - Narel Remix"

Wehbba
"Inertia"

Charlotte de Witte
"Ahimsa"

Jones & Stephenson
"The First Rebirth - Remastered John 00 Fleming Remix"

Freedom Fighters
"Aura"

A Thousand Cuts

Whenever I make a mix, I try to make the mix that I want to hear. Usually it's reflective of the mood I'm in, but regardless of that there are certain things I am drawn to in music: I want it to be danceable, deep, driving, and of course hypnotic. Whenever I try to stray from this, my heart just isn't in it. I am always drawn back to where my passions lie. 

Being true to self brings far more fulfillment and love than living a lie ever could. Knowing your own mind and embracing a sincere version of yourself brings peace that others notice. People are drawn to authenticity. In the end, regardless of whether we embrace it or we try to hide it, our true colors are always revealed.

Summer	Solar Fields
Waterfalls and Us - Kamilo Sanclemente, Mauro Aguirre Remix	Radieux, Kamilo Sanclemente, Mauro Aguirre
No Education - Jerome Isma-Ae Remix	Romina, Franck Dona, Jerome Isma-Ae
Circles - Marc Romboy Remix	Tokyo Fan Club, Marc Romboy
The Hole - Torsten Fassbender Remix	Feemarx, Torsten Fassbender
Sleepwalkers	Alex Morelli
Save Me - Tryger Extended Remix	Lena Storm, Natalie Exland, Tryger
Floating - Extended Mix	John 00 Fleming
Arya - Extended Mix	21street, Sean & Dee, Burak KESKIN
Akawi	Ormus
Espiral - D-Nox Remix	Parallel Universe, D-Nox
Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) - Dark Matter (ISR) Remix	Delerium, Sarah McLachlan, Dark Matter (ISR)
Starchitects - Original Mix	Enlusion, Soundbreeze
Monument - Basil O'Glue Remix	Intacto, Basil O'Glue
Lost in You	Nomas
Trickster - Gai Barone Remix	Grube & Hovsepian, Gai Barone
The Mind Flayer - Cosmithex Remix	Horizons (IT), Cosmithex
Water Rise - Take 2	Oliver Prime
In Space - Diego Straube & Rachel Raw Remix	Heerhorst, Diego Straube, Rachel Raw
Crack of Dawn - Trance Edit	Relaunch
Singapore Sling - Original Mix	Facade, Digital Darkroom
Louder - Extended Mix	Terminal (DE)
Kali	Charlotte de Witte
Valley Of Fire	ONYVAA
Cybersexx	Lucinee
The Stand	Javi Golo, Peke Albeza
Our Bodies	Ireen Amnes
Bass und Sex - Extended Mix	DJ Fishbone
Departure	Ryan Clover
Rave Harder Techno Bass	Mark Dekoda
Midnight Caller - Original Mix	Maruwa
Unity - Mindwave Remix	Orkidea, Mindwave
Consensuality	Misstress Barbara
Blackwater	SOURCE+RUMITZ
Lonely Satellite	DJ Jock
Legend - Extended Mix	Adam Beyer
Body Language	Layton Giordani
Breathe - Timmo Rework	Clint Stewart, Timmo
T Minus Zero	DJ Dextro
Having Sex	Alessandro Spaiani
Tell Nobody	Basil O'Glue
Full Moon	Pierre Blanche
Super Sonic - Relaunch Remix	Timewave, Relaunch
Guru Meditation	Airwave
Transmission	Marco Zaffarano, Andy Lupoli
Out of Time - Rick Pier O'Neil Remix	Santiablo, Junta, Rick Pier O'Neil
Mercury	DJ Jock
Suitcase	Gai Barone
Save Yourself - Nomas Remix	Whoriskey, Nomas
Mission	Basil O'Glue, Nomas
Nocturna - Tommaso De Donatis	Torsten Fassbender, Tommaso De Donatis
Hell to the Liars - K√∂lsch Remix	London Grammar, K√∂lsch

Support the artists. Find the tracks here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yUwLXQcTc21gkHwGvR8mS?si=c193c60893634f2e&pt=29658750b80f585981502ed4bc955c60

True Colors

Ballet - Fusion (Original Mix), Sven Vath
Sol (Live, Gothenburg, 2016), Solar Fields
Breath (Hernan Cattaneo, Jamie Stevens remix) - Pink Floyd
Arkham Asylum (Alfonso Muchacho Remix), Sasha
March (Subandrio Remix), Kaspar Koman
Space Time (Original Mix), Pole Folder, CP
Niflheim (D-Nox & Gai Barone), Sex Mind
Infinite Meado (Original MIx), Township Rebellion
Acid Chant (Dub), Maryer
Emeralds Above You (Extended), Standard Form
Saw Subject (Original Mix) Alfonso Muchacho
The Hole (Torsten Fassbender Remix) Feemarx
Kyrios (RPO Remix), Ormus
Out of Time (Rick Pier O’Neil Remix), Junta, SANTIABLO
Martian Sunrise (Original Mix), Simon Berry
A Time Before Time (original mix), Art of Trance
Event Horizon (original mix), Mekka
Lyra (Alfonso Muchacho Remix), Ari Sakeson
Izometrical (Ormus Remix), Dark AREK
Nostos (Original), Basil O Glue
One Day at Homeland (original, Gordey Tsukanov
Mission (original), Basil O glue, Nomas
Sleeping Sun (original), Alex Morelli
Monument (Basil O’Glue Remix), Intacto
Analemma (Mindskap remix) Ormus
Lost In You (original), Nomas
I Will Wait For You, Sian
Driller (Teenage Mutants remix), The YellowHeads, UMEK
Monophonic (original), Brattig, Jan Ritter
Behind My Mind, Relaunch
Gajin, Airwave
Pulse, Solar Fields
In Space (Diego Strobe & Rachel Raw remix), Heerhorst
Jungle Run (Basil O glue & nomas), Oracle
Full Moon, Pierre Blanche
Mercury, DJ Jock
Transmission, Marco Zaffarano, Andy Lupoli
Looking Back To Look Forward, John 00 Fleming
Super Sonic (Relaunch Remix), Timewave
Save Yourself (Nomas remix), Whoriskey
Starchitects, Soundbreeze, Elusion
Guru Meditation, Airwave
Blackwater, SOURCE+RUMITZ
Water Rise (Take 2) Oliver Prime
Haurun (Nomas remix), Rick Pier O Neil
Trickster (Gai Barone remix), Grube & Hovsepian
Crack of Dawn (Trance edit), Relaunch
Hello World (Take 3), Oliver Prime
Hesitated, Oliver Prime
Pop Culture, Basil O Glue
Ballroom Dancer, One Man Army
Stimulated Oliver Prime
Antenna Robert Elster
Legend, Adam Beyer
Inertia, Wehbba
Ahisma, Charlotte De Witte
The First Rebirth (John 00 Fleming remix), Jones & Stephenson
The Train of Thought (Thomas Datt re-edit), LSG
Back to Infinity, relativ
Beyond Lightspeed, Artifact303

Looking Forward

It’s Scorpio season. 

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Dark Reverie

I've heard the era of trance from 1994 to 2004 described as the golden age of trance by some and the death of trance by others. Often "classic trance" gets lumped in with the eurodance popular on dancefloors in the late 1990s. In addition to that, it was this era that gave rise to the anthem sound that came to be known as uplifting trance or simply uplifting. 

In my search for trance from this period, I found far more amazing tunes than I could ever play in just one mix. By my standards, this is a short one--a nearly 3-hour peak-time mix, I hope you enjoy it.

Uplifting Era

Without a North Star, it’s easy to lose yourself. Principle isn’t always compatible with popularity. And, so sometimes a choice must be made. By the early 2010s, the trance scene had largely chosen to chase fads and in doing so, had lost itself. In trying to remain relevant in a fickle world, the scene had forgotten Trance music’s original ethos. There were no guiding principles, no North Star. 

The scene had largely moved on to a Big Room EDM sound, but trance music continued.  By this time, it could mostly be found hiding in psytrance and techno; timeless and relevant, unbound by external expectation, ever true to the hypnotic sound that gave it meaning and purpose.

Tracklist
Cobalt (Original Mix) - 		       H.U.V.A. Network
165 Earth Years (Original Mix) -   Daniel Lesden
When Less Is More - 			Lost Shaman
Transparent People - 			Mindwave
Black Arrow - 				Solar Fields
Morning Breeze - 				Vibrasphere
Masa Chante 6.0 (Original Mix) -Dan Ascheri
Redshift - 					Allaby
Spectral Nation - 				Solar Fields
Brainbow - 					Solar Fields
Zero Tonic Passion			Human Blue
Arise						Alpha Tracks
PSST						Oprofessionell
Delerium						Artifact303
Dessert Desert				Human Blue
The Source 					JaraLuca
Phoenix						Dimension 5
Midian (Astral Projection Remix)	Blue Planet Corporation
Halcyon Days				Lund & Ronde, Dimensionhopper
The Lost Woods				DJ Reiz, Tonni 3000, hllw, sebsy
Mugen (Astral Projection RMX) 	Prana
Trancemission (Original Mix) 	Artifact303
Bloom 						Mikkel Rev

Ever True: The EDM Era

Transitions are inherently about looking forward. What comes next? How do we get from where we are to where we want to be? It’s a moment to reorient and to redefine ourselves. A moment of change. And though transitions are about the future, we inevitably must reflect back on where we’ve been. We can learn from the past, but we cannot cling to it.

Transitions are opportunities for new beginnings. It is an opportunity to create our present. These moments of change aren’t always seamless or linear. Sometimes we miss a beat or find ourselves stuck in a loop, unsure of the next step. Mistakes happen. But the beauty of transitions lies in uncertainty. It is the thrill of possibilities yet to be realized, of worlds yet to be explored. Transitions invite us to trust our instincts, to find our rhythm, and move toward a melody that is not yet heard, but deeply felt.

This mix is solidly focused on the present. Transitions is what I hope to be the first of many mixes that explore the modern era of trance music. As usual, it's a long journey (trance really shouldn't be listened to any other way). It starts around 120 BPM and works its way up to around 160 BPM.

Playlist

Feet in the water , sync24
Kamino static qoob remix
Flux Gregor tresher, Petra dundov 
salva My mind mix, oprofessionell
1994 eitan Reiter
Entheogen
Escitalotrance
Paradise Sami
Silver Can Man Solar Fields
Visione
Aliens took my speed factor x
Become Something else mix 
Idomeneo Alpha Tracks
Moved to Saito Ree K
M8 Runner (Moxa remix)
Midnattssol Komet99
Earthshaketrance kancheli
Warszawa DEAS
Once and for all sevda
Proto answer paranormal 
My heroes Nordic echoes remix
Ocean X Mikkel Rev
Knew all along aeryeen 
Dreams Tracid
Mind Over Mayhem Alpha Tracks
Ephemeral Mikkel Rev
Cybersexx Lucinee
Full Contact GTI
Chemical attraction oprofessionell
Two things can be right at once Gaston Fiore
Yengo 3am
Dive Omformer remix
Golden Shot Omformer energy remix
Utena omformer
10,000 Ohm
Glint Endym
I Tuoi Baci Gaston Fiore
Voyager Komet99
Drifter Komet 99
Szoliver Foxphase
DJ Ali Never Seen
Signal Point Komet99
Ocular Aeryeen
Take the next one sinic
Nube Immateriae 
Tewo Rina Intuition
Someone Oprofessionell
Photon Omformer
Gamma Plaza Remix immateriae
Point of No Return Omformer
A celestial body Mikkel rev

Transitions (I): The Modern Era

Tracklist

Airwave (Magdelayna's Resurrection Remix, Justin's Alan Watts Edit), Rank 1
Metalhead (Guyro Remix), Eduardo McGregor, Darksidevinyl
Unicorn, Gai Barone
Are U Real, Slowfish, Max Freegrant
Silence (Dark Matter ISR Remix), Sarah McLachlan, Delerium
Ion, Fuenka
Fading Time, Felix Raphael, Stereo Express
Drop From The Vile (Basil O'Glue Remix), John 00 Fleming, EEEMUS
Arya, 21st St, Sean & Dee, Burak KESKI
Espiral (D-Nox Remix), Parallel Universe
They Will Come for Us, Solee

Mi Hermano

“Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.”

DJing is my Hobby, trance is my passion. The allure of trance, often unfairly associated with big room EDM, captivated me. When trance is done well, the sounds cast an hypnotic spell.

I discovered my passion for dance music at a low-point in my life. When everything else felt so wrong, losing myself in sound, dancing—often with tears in my eyes—felt right. It was cathartic. It was healing. My journey into DJing began as a pandemic-inspired hobby, serving as my lifeline to electronic music and the rave scene following the shuttering of clubs. 

The DJ as a curator, guardian, and gatekeeper is also a gateway. They have to navigate the vast sea of music to introduce the audience to music that resonates with them and take them on a musical journey; shaping the sonic landscape around them.

Gatekeeping isn’t about stifling diversity, discouraging exploration, or creating unwelcoming environments. Music is art in its purest form; it is a realm for creativity, experimentation, and joy. I try to promote music that prioritizes artistic sincerity over commercial considerations; music that celebrates individuality rather than conforming to fleeting fads and trends, all while maintaining the true ethos of trance to hypnotize and en-trance the listener. Music is always evolving, but the best of it is timeless. 

I make mixes that I want to hear, but I welcome you to join me on this journey through trance. There’s a whole world of music out there waiting to be explored. I hope that my limited skills as a DJ don’t detract from the beauty of the music I share. Trance is not a BPM and I treat my mixes that way, often start deep and work up to 140 BPM or more, usually several hours long to develop a proper journey through sound.

Take care,

Justin

Gatekeeper

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