Decided to upload another preview after all as it's, of course, soooooo much better than the previous one. ;) Unfortunately still lacking the intro and I gave away my Dan Moi jew's harp so I can't record that part before buying a new one, but that's not before the local music store gets a new batch.

Jew's Warp PREVIEW #2

WARNING: This track contains spoilers for the 2011 video game "Portal 2" and is potentially not good for one's sanity overall. Listener discretion is advised!

This is an experimental miniature two-track DJ-set/mix I whacked together sometime in 2018 after observing how well the vocal samples in question sound when played over some melodic hitech tracks.

I've played this as a part of my set at a handful of suitable gigs and it has received mixed, yet mostly positive reactions. Some people have even been persistently asking multiple times over the years if the track gets published sometime. Well, here you go! Apparently the release was pending until the state of the AI-art had reached the required level. More about this topic in the track description and song lyrics. Have a thrilling adventure! I hope you get back safely and in your regular form! No refunds! Enjoy!

Tracklist:
Fatal Discord - 7th Heaven
Btoxic & Dirty Phreak - Mantra
Speech samples from "Portal 2", an excellent hitech puzzle video game.

About the cover image: This AI-assisted art was created with Stable Diffusion 1.4 model's txt2img and edited with GIMP. I described the desired image style using words from the track title. The background image with the delightful "Scienice Advice!" text was first to come up and became an immediate favourite. Sprinkled some additional AI-generated assuring scientific certifications and emblems over it to make listeners feel safe through their hitech science adventure, and voilà.

Hermosaha's Fantastic Scientific Hitech Portal Adventure Extravaganza!(MiniMix)

All things must eventually come to an end. This unfortunately also applies to good things too, such as exceptionally well done annual series of underground open air trance parties. Here is a closing DJ set I played in sunny morning hours in one of such events.

While I have a huge space (now a void) in my heart for oldskool goa trance and it often feels like the music is somehow holy, there shouldn’t be things too holy to joke about. There should always be some room for horseplay, especially when the purpose is to let loose and have some great fun with friends. This is what this DJ set is about, pushing some limits here and there with a tongue on the cheek while still mainly keeping it tasty, civil and beautiful.

Enjoy! <3

Tracklist:
01. Star Sounds Orchestra - Aruna
02. Ethereal - Elysian Fields
03. Genetic - Transmission (Cops Don’t Knock Mix)*
04. Astrancer - Solioonensius
05. Eat Static - Lost in Time (Hermosaha’s Lost in Aikahattu remix)*
06. Astrancer - Life in Orbit
07. Lunar Dawn & Arronax - The Dark Side Of The Moon
08. Pandora - Naked Sun*
09. Ajna feat. Goalien - The Only Way to Fly
10. Astrancer - ORS*
11. Astral Projection - Heaven’s Gate
12. Afgin - Heaven’s Tears
13. Astral Projection - Tryptamine Dream*
14. Goasia - Sunrise
15. The Infinity Project - Feeling Very Weird (Astral Projection remix)*
16. Skarma - Cianendeon (Median Project Remix)
17. Afgin - Journey Through Acid
18. Afgin - Communicate
19. MFG - New Kind Of World
20. Shakta - Expedition to Earth
21. Astralasia - The Seven Pointed Star
22. Ethereal - All Systems Are Go (Expand the system mix)
23. Scooter - Coldwater Canyon

(Tracks marked with the * symbol are my own editions, meaning that I’ve done some manipulations to them in advance using a DAW. Often it’s just about removing some boring parts or rearranging the track a bit, but in some cases the complexity of edits done could already justify calling them as unofficial remixes.)

In memoriam: Aikahattu. Thou shall be greatly missed. Hoping that this ending is just another beginning for something as great. This set was uploaded right around the annual date of the event. May the music bring joy, relief and fond memories to everyone involved.

Cover photo is from Aikahattu 2022, taken by an unknown person while a group of partygoers suddenly decided to rush into the water for some refreshing morning skinny dipping, causing a chain reaction of other people following soon. I’m the naked guy saluting the sun on the right side of the photo, and my wife, who also found this photo from social media, is on the left. Thanks for the photo, whoever you were! (Msg me if wanting to put photo credits here.)

Blissful Blasphemy (DJ set @ Aikahattu 2021)

Each of us have our own perversions. One strong one for me in the recent years has been hitech psytrance, so I was extremely thrilled to be requested to play a set at a party that is completely devoted to this noble and sophisticated genre!
Because the party had to stop rather early and I was playing last, I wanted to create something that essentially compresses all the remaining hours of the party to 1 hour set with a nice transition from a darker atmosphere to the crazy melodic morning stuff. Enjoy! No refunds!

Tracklist:
Mindelve - Micro Bot
Insector - Synthetic Dreams (N.GIN Remix)
Yucatech - Extraterrestrial Insector - Alascan Thunderfuck
Zombie Scream vs Gotalien - Milky Way
Cosmo - Fantastica
Neosapiens - @ Babas
Audiopathik vs Bombax - Interdimensional
Gotavat - Comment Here
Hypergotavat - Misteriosamente
Selective Mood - Let's Dance
Mimic Vat - Huniverse

Sharks with Lasers! (DJ set @ Tappajahaitek NYE 2017)

Granted with an opportunity to present some hi-tech music at a staff celebration party of one of the greatest electronic music festivals of Finland, I wanted a build a set that could satisfy the hardcore fans of the genre, but would also be as easy as possible to digest for the people who have not previously found love for this variety of music.

Based on the feedback received afterwards and the reaction of the audience, I succeeded in this missionary mission of mine very well and turned on some new heads! Happy listening! Tracklist below.

Menu:
1. Crazy Astronaut - Funky Shit, served in OxiDaksi - Revolution -marinade
2. OxiDaksi - Volcano
3. Yoshihiro - Overdrive
4. Loose Connection vs Apollyon - Numb Skull
5. MetaHuman - Synthesizers
6. Maramba & Gotalien - Natura

Encore: Auditory Vortex - Fantastic Speed (not included, sold separately!)

175-187 BPM

Ilon kautta ulos, a.k.a. "Happy ending" (Kosmos Festival Staff Celebration DJ set)

Here is a continuation in my quest of bringing bright hitech psytrance to the masses. It was built for demonstrating the versatility, possibilities and playfulness of the genre while simultaneously pushing some limits to see how far out and over can one go with the amount of speed and cheese without emptying the dance floor. Persistence of the dancers has to be rewarded, thus a welcomed relief is provided in the end. It's funny how slow 175bpm sounds after 220, isn't it? Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. Sick Noise - Yin & Yang
2. Calabi Yau - Floripa Vice
3. Cyberhen vs Fractal Gauchos - Cyber Gauchos
4. Alekps - The Realm
5. Inner Coma - We Are Gods (Nyoteech Remix)
6. Gotalien vs Angry Luna - Shanti
7. Freq36 - StarLight
8. Crazy Astronaut - So Damn Tough (Mad Scientist RMX)
9. JunxPunx - Secret Girl
10. Jesus Raves & Sick Noise - Kresta
11. Kashyyyk - Inner Explorations

What Up Goes Down Must Come (DJ set @ Helsinki UG)

As winter was finally starting to show its hold in Finland, it provided an excellent excuse to spend a good moment drinking something nice and warm while cherishing some memories of the past summer.

Doing exactly that made me realize that I never got into listening this live recording of a very special DJ set that I played in a very special party at a...very special location. Better late than never, gave it a go, happy about the results and definitely worth sharing.

What makes it so special then? Well, the area where this extremely nice traditional Goa beach party is held annually is where I grew up and experienced some of my very first forest parties around the turn of the millennia. 

Those were truly some important life-changing moments for me and as a consequence I consider the land there to be somewhat holy. Thus I felt extremely honored to be given this opportunity to pour out some of my most treasured tunes from those times!

The set is actually a mixture of oldschool tunes and some rather fresh finds that are still beautifully holding on to that special spirit that these parties have to offer. As usual, the full tracklist is shared at the bottom of this text.

It starts with a rather Proto Goa sounding track from 1997, which I consider to be one of the best years for Goa trance. So many excellent publications were made that year. From there it goes on jumping around through time in harmonic mixing in a non-chronological order until, coincidentally, returning again to the year 1997 with the last track, and so the story, like so many great stories, ends right where it begun.

I wish you a pleasurable time listening this recording, hoping that it brings you some moments of shared nostalgia while giving you a good glimmering glimpse of the blissful moments that have been experienced around this special beach location for over two decades.

Tracklist:
01. Eat Static - Contact
02. MFG - Born Into A New Life
03. Lectro Spektral Daze - Seen Something
04. Lunar Dawn - Perun's Stones (feat. Svarica)
05. Ethereal - Fireflies (Extended Remix)
06. Star Sounds Orchestra - Western Moon
07. Lunar Dawn - Svarog's Celestial Fire
08. SynSUN - Logic Mami
09. Omnivox - Corona
10. X-Dream - Rain (Astral Projection remix)
11. Lunar Dawn - Golden Arms Of Kresnik
12. Man With No Name - Boney Incus
13. Goasia - Sundance
14. Zopmanika - Look Into Yourself
15. Goalien - Hathor
16. Agneton - Eden Ahead
17. The Green Nuns Of The Revolution - Atomic Armadillo (The Fluffening)

Photo credits: Laura Hietala <3
Recording kindly provided by the one and only, https://soundcloud.com/dj-lupu. Thanks! <3

My Extended Goa Roots (DJ set @ Aikahattu 18-08-18)

Hermosaha is a Finnish musician, DJ, producer and event organizer from Helsinki.

His passion towards electronic music got sparked at a very young age through early exposure to the works of the pioneers of the craft. This spark really burst into flames around 2001 when he found out about the psychedelic forest party scene of Helsinki and wondered into the forest to see it for himself. Big part of his heart has stayed in those woods ever since.

He has a background of music-related schools and band projects, ranging from electronic music, various forms of heavy/psychedelic rock, all the way to avant-garde experiments. These projects have taken him to tours around Finland and abroad, making him an experienced, solid and relaxed entertainer.

His DJ sets have varied in genres from goa/psy, hitech, chiptune, tribal, chillout and even 90's dance hits, depending on personal interests and the needs of the event. He is not a big fan of monotonic tunes and finds pleasure in complex layers and interesting twists.

Hermosaha

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