Name: Essential Mix 2003-01-12 - Ashley Casselle by Iridium DJ in Essential Mix 2
Duration: 2 h

Listened to this mix many times back then, today again 1st time since at least 15 years - still so good and lovely curated! Thanks for the upload! And if you read this Mr. Casselle, thanks for this mix, I ate many nights in 2003 😍🔥🕺🏼

Essential Mix 2

Defqon 1 Festival 2010 - Almeerderstrand Almere - 12-06-2010
From 11:00 hrs - 23:00 hrs, broadcasted live on ID&T Radio.

Line-up Defqon.1 Festival

1 Red

11:00 - 12:15: Evanti & Thilo 
12:15 - 13:30: Headhunterz
13:30 - 15:00: Coone
15:00 - 16:30: Brennan Heart 
16:30 - 17:30: Frontliner
17:30 - 18:30: Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo
18:30 - 20:00: Noisecontrollers
20:00 - 21:30: D-Block & S-te-Fan
21:30 - 23:00: Wildstylez

MC DV8

2 Blue

11:00 - 12:15: NitrouZ
12:15 - 12:45: Second Identity
12:45 - 14:15: Slim Shore
14:15 - 14:45: Psyko Punkz
14:45 - 16:00: Digital Punk
16:00 - 17:30: Zany
17:30 - 19:00: Tatanka 
19:00 - 20:30: Alpha² & Beat Providers 
20:30 - 21:30: B-Front
21:30 - 23:00: Deepack

MC Villain

3 Black

11:00 - 12:00: E-Ruption 
12:00 - 13:15: Neophyte
13:15 - 14:30: Art of Fighters
14:30 - 15:45: Outblast
15:45 - 17:00: Tha Playah
17:00 - 18:30: Nosferatu
18:30 - 20:30: Amnesys, AniMe & Mad Dog
20:30 - 21:45: Endymion 
21:45 - 23:00: Partyraiser & Unexist

MC Da Mouth of Madness

4 Grey

11:00 - 12:00: Robin Albers 
12:00 - 13:00: Fierce Ruling Diva
13:00 - 14:30: Yves
14:30 - 16:00: The Prophet
16:00 - 17:30: Panic & The Viper 
17:30 - 18:30: Promo
18:30 - 20:00: Pavo
20:00 - 21:30: Delirium
21:30 - 22:45: Vince

MC Da Syndrome

5 Orange

11:00 - 12:15: Dimavi
12:15 - 13:30: Phil York
13:30 - 14:45: Stana 
14:45 - 16:15: Kamui
16:15 - 17:45: Nik Fish
17:45 - 19:15: Fausto 
19:15 - 20:45: A*S*Y*S
20:45 - 22:45: Kutski 

MC J-B

6 Brown

11:00 - 13:15: Jones
13:15 - 14:30: Davoodi
14:30 - 15:00: Transfarmers
15:00 - 16:15: Fenix
16:15 - 17:30: Dr Phunk
17:30 - 19:00: Coone & Ruthless
19:00 - 20:30: Demoniak
20:30 - 23:00: Dark-E & Playboyz

MC Chucky 

7 Green

11:00 - 12:00: Audio Slayer 
12:00 - 13:00: Virgil Enzinger
13:00 - 14:15: Mike Drama
14:15 - 15:30: Fernanda Martins
15:30 - 17:00: Bold
17:00 - 18:30: Miss Djax 
18:30 - 20:00: Boris S
20:00 - 21:30: Daniela Haverbeck
21:30 - 22:45: Hilarious

MC TMC

8 Silver

11:00 - 12:15: Mental Wreckage 
12:15 - 13:30: Negative A
13:30 - 14:45: Tymon
14:45 - 16:15: Simon 
16:15 - 16:45: Mez & Torsion
16:45 - 18:15: Stormtrooper
18:15 - 19:45: Mindustries
19:45 - 21:15: Bryan Fury
21:15 - 22:30: Drokz

MC Justice

9 Purple

11:00 - 12:00: Ezteq
12:00 - 13:00: Waverider
13:00 - 14:00: Soul T
14:00 - 15:00: Atmozfears
15:00 - 16:00: Hektic
16:00 - 17:00: Frequencerz
17:00 - 18:00: Intractable One
18:00 - 19:00: Bioweapon
19:00 - 20:00: Artic
20:00 - 21:00: The Yofridiz
21:00 - 22:00: The Vision
22:00 - 23:00: Titan

MC V 

10 White Qlub Underground

11:00 - 12:30: Darren Mase
12:30 - 13:30: Dov Elkabas
13:30 - 14:15: Pavelow
14:15 - 15:30: A*S*Y*S
15:30 - 16:30: Arjen T
16:30 - 18:00: Dustin Zahn
18:00 - 19:00: Dock 45
19:00 - 20:30: Nightstalkers 
20:30 - 23:00: Isaac

11 Heineken Star Club

13:45 - 15:15: Juan Sanchez
15:15 - 16:30: Carita La Niña
16:30 - 18:00: Lucien Foort
18:00 - 19:30: Mike Ravelli
19:30 - 20:45: Sandrien
20:45 - 22:00: Presetone

MC Ambush

A.S.Y.S. Live @ Defqon 1, Almeerderstrand Almere 12-06-2010

Heard so many great music from different genres at this stage, that I had to make a small recap of this day. Very happy that the Orange is back as a hardtrance area, I hope it will stay like this for a long time!

1. Alessandra Roncone - For Our Angels
2. Absolom - Secret
3. Mauro Picotto - Komodo (Megavoices Claxixx Mix)
4. Walt - Waltstreet
5. Kai Tracid - Trance & Acid
6. Tankis & Savietto - Antea
7. DJ Isaac - On The Edge
8. Microbots - Cosmic Evolution (Scot Project Remix)
9. Sensation - The Anthem 2002
10. Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase (Scot Project Remix)
11. Costa Pantazis - Child of the Guillotine (Liam Howells Remix)
12. Geck-O - A Dream Unfolds..
13. Thera & T.C.C. - Trance Atlantic Express
14. Geck-O & DJ Thera - Go With The Flow
15. Doruksen & Denis Dekay - Enter The Void
16. Lightforce - Join Me (KSN Edit)

This was the Orange @ Defqon.1 2025

Mystery Land - Voormalig Floriadeterrein Hoofddorp - 27-08-2005

From 11:00 hrs - 23:00 hrs.

Broadcasted live on ID&T Radio.

Line Up:

Open Air Stage

11:00 - 12:30: VictorVille
12:30 - 14:00: Sharam Jey
14:00 - 15:30: Benny Benassi
15:30 - 17:00: David Guetta
17:00 - 18:30: Paul Oakenfold
18:30 - 20:00: Armand van Helden
20:00 - 21:30: Johan Gielen
21:30 - 23:00: Marco V

MC: Vika Kova

Subliminal Sessions

11:00 - 13:00: Benjamin Bates
13:00 - 15:00: Jorge Jamarillo
15:00 - 17:00: Jose Nunez
17:00 - 19:00: Erick Morillo
19:00 - 20:30: Harry Romero
20:30 - 22:45: Steve Angello

Felix da Housecat

11:00 - 12:30: Disco Twins
12:30 - 14:00: Headman
14:00 - 15:30: Tommie Sunshine
15:30 - 17:15: The Glimmers
17:15 - 19:45: Felix da Housecat
19:45 - 21:15: Joost van Bellen
21:15 - 22:45: Erol Alkan

Everybody

11:00 - 13:00: Chab
13:00 - 14:00: Live: King Unique
14:00 - 15:30: Stef Vrolijk
15:30 - 17:00: Desyn Masiello
17:00 - 20:30: Sander Kleinenberg
20:30 - 22:30: Danny Howells

Blackhole Recording

11:00 - 12:00: Mr. Sam
12:00 - 14:00: Montana
13:30 - 15:30: Ton TB
15:30 - 17:00: Live: Mojado
17:00 - 18:45: Judge Jules
18:45 - 20:45: Cor Fijneman
20:15 - 22:15: Mark Norman

4N

11:00 - 12:30: Billy the Klit
12:30 - 14:00: Rob Manga
14:00 - 15:30: Benny Rodrigues
15:30 - 17:00: Hitmeister D
17:00 - 19:00: Chuckie
19:00 - 20:30: Madskillz
20:30 - 22:30: Real El Canario

Madhouse stage

11:00 - 13:00: Mark van Dale
13:00 - 15:00: Erick E
15:00 - 16:30: Jean
16:30 - 18:00: Randy Katana
18:00 - 19:30: E-Craig
19:30 - 21:00: G-Spott
21:00 - 22:30: Jean

Club Love International

11:00 - 12:30: ONNO
12:30 - 14:15: Mason
16:15 - 17:30: Brian S
17:30 - 18:45: Nicolas Matar
18:45 - 20:00: MarYsol
20:00 - 21:30: Dimitri
21:30 - 22:30: Marcello

All is One

11:00 - 13:00: The Well
13:00 - 14:00: Tommy van Huystee
14:00 - 15:00: Taho
15:00 - 16:00: Live: OD07 & Krien
16:00 - 17:30: Isis & Mariposa
17:30 - 19:00: Egbert-Jan Weeber
19:00 - 20:30: Pang Ku Pang & Tommy van Huystee
20:30 - 21:30: Taho
21:30 - 22:30: Pang Ku Pang

Q-dance

11:00 - 12:10: Franky Jones
12:10 - 13:30: Kalashnikov
13:30 - 14:45: Furax
14:45 - 16:00: Bas & Ram
16:00 - 17:15: Yoji Biomehanika
17:15 - 18:30: Dana
18:30 - 19:40: Zany
19:40 - 20:50: Daniele Mondello
20:50 - 21:45: Alpha²
21:45 - 23:00: The Prophet

The Beatclub

11:00 - 12:45: Da Kafka
12:45 - 14:30: JP
14:30 - 16:30: Pierre
16:30 - 17:30: Quazar
17:30 - 20:30: Per
20:30 - 22:00: Dano

Cocoon

11:00 - 13:00: Tobi Neumann
13:00 - 15:00: Frank Lorber
15:00 - 15:45: Joris Voorn
15:45 - 17:45: Ricardo Villalobos
17:45 - 20:15: Sven Väth
20:15 - 21:15: Vitalic
21:15 - 22:45: Pascal FEOS

Ex Porn Star

11:00 - 12:15: Randy G. Blomstar
12:15 - 13:30: Show: Zubrowka
13:30 - 14:45: Wiebthroat
14:45 - 16:00: Brian S
16:00 - 17:15: Don Diablo
17:15 - 18:45: Touche
18:45 - 20:00: Real El Canario
20:00 - 21:30: Eric de Man
21:30 - 22:30: VictorVille

Cheese

11:00 - 13:00: Robo Boy & Synth80's
16:00 - 17:30: Darkraver
17:30 - 19:45: Melly Mel

Bloomingdale

11:00 - 13:00: Bas
15:00 - 17:00: Stefano
17:00 - 19:00: Climax

Ola Stage

11:00 - 13:00: Mischa Daniels
13:00 - 14:30: Ian Carey & MC Miss Bunty
14:30 - 16:15: Ricky Rivaro
16:15 - 17:35: ROOG
17:35 - 19:35: Benny Rodrigues
19:35 - 21:00: Victor Coral
21:00 - 22:30: Benjamin Bates

H2

15:00 - 15:45: Laidback Luke & Melly Mel
15:45 - 17:00: Viruz
17:00 - 17:45: Bass-D & Rockid
19:00 - 19:45: Hitmeister D & Jaziah
21:00 - 21:45: D-Rashid & Irwan

Cineac

14:15 - 15:45: Robert
18:45 - 20:30: Ricky Rivaro
20:30 - 22:00: Radikal Roy

Bas & Ram Live @ Mystery Land, voormalig Floriadeterrein Hoofddorp 27-08-2005

Iridium DJ Presents The Foundation of Hardstyle - The Qlubtempo Era - Part 1- 2025

- Your seal for pure Hardstyle! -

I still remember the early days of Hardstyle so clearly. When I heard the first sets of the Qlubtempo editions, I was instantly hooked! That authentic, lived-in early Hardstyle sound has stuck with me ever since! I've picked out tracks that remind me of that time. Nothing, but absolutely nothing, can beat that specific sound! Try to convince me otherwise! 

Here’s a small explanation taken from the Q-Dance website:

"Qlubtempo: the birthplace of hardstyle. This concept laid not only the foundation for hardstyle, but also for Q-dance. We'll take you back in time to the history of this legendary concept.
It was 2001: the heyday of hardcore was over, and people were looking for something new. Q-dance was still called Qlass Elite, and hardstyle hadn't yet been invented. We were throwing old-style parties, but that was starting to wear off. The hard feel that had dominated the dance scene for years was gone.

We decided it was time for something new. We had a venue: Hemkade in Zaandam, and we threw some harder styles into the mix. That's how we came up with a new concept: 
Qlubtempo, a monthly uptempo dance party, as we called it back then. 
"Uptempo dance only" was even the slogan for a while. "

I've tried to tell a good story with these tracks in this mix. I hope it worked out well! Leave a message in the comments and let me know how you experienced that period. 

Enjoy this trip through the Qlubtempo era! So here we go:

Tracklist:

01. Brain Ovulation - Kicks & Bass (Acid Step Mix) [59 Records 2002]
02. Warmduscher - 10 Kleine Bassdrums (Pille Palle Mix) [Tracid Traxxx 2000]
03. CJ Ash - Machines (Ultrasonic Remix) [DFC 2002]
04. Cherry Dee - The Drums (Original Mix) [Trauma Records 2001]
05. The Beholder - Frequency Attack [Seismic Records 2001]
06. K.A.M. - Frequency (Direct Mix) [Sigma Records 2001]
07. Gollum & DJ Yanny - Shithead (Original Mix) [DJs Present 2000]
08. Arne L2 - Rest In Peace (R.I.P.) [Deep Mission 2000]
09. Trance Generators - Never In Danger (Y.O.M.C Remix) [Future Sound Corporation 2002]
10. Kenji Ogura Feat. Melanie Di Tria - Kreissage (Typ A) [Tracid Traxxx 2000]
11. Pro-Tech - Out Of Control (DJ Wag Club Mix) [Pulse 2001]
12. Tankis & Savietto - Octopus (Lost In Case Remix) [Red Alert 2000]
13. Bison Meets The Quakers - I Got Tonight (Original Mix) [Activa Records 2001]
14. Blutonium Boy - Brainshooter (Club Mix) [Blutonium Records 2002]
15. Klinisch Tot - Klinisch Tot (Wiederbelebungs Mix) [Pulse 2001]
16. Poeppelbaum & Helmedach - 25.17 (2nd Club Mix) [Dropout 2002]
17. Unit 4 - Relax [ID&T 2002]
18. Nitro Man - Indian Rave [Sigma Records 2002]
19. Technoboy - Hardrive (Lesson 2) [Titanic Records 2002]

Iridium DJ Presents The Foundation of Hardstyle - The Qlubtempo Era - Part 1- 2025

Hardbass - Gelredome, Arnhem - 14-02-2009
From 22:00 hrs - 07:00 hrs

Line-up Hard Bass

Team Green 23:00 - 01:00: 

Brennan Heart
Luna
Max Enforcer
Noisecontrollers

Team Blue 01:00 - 03:00

Hardstyle Masterz
Isaac
Showtek
The Prophet

Team Yellow 03:00 - 05:00: 

Deepack
Frontliner
Headhunterz
The Beholder

Team Red 05:00 - 07:00: 

Alpha²
Donkey Rollers
Wildstylez hardstyle
Zatox

MC DV8

Team Green Live @ Hard Bass 2009

Team Red Live @ Hard Bass 2009

What a fantastic time we had last Saturday at Oude Liefde Roest Niet, Rave to the Grave! We delivered a powerful and energetic set, and not only we loved it, but the audience as well! Thanks to Oude liefde roest niet and VATO MODA for the invitation!

So here is our re-run, Enjoy!! 

Iridium DJ & TATJANA @ Oude Liefde Roest Niet, Rave to the Grave 01-11-2025 - Re-run

Tracklist:

01. TNT - Yeah (Old School Mix)
02. TNT & Brennan Heart - Punk Fanatic (Technoboy vs Tuneboy Brass Mix)
03. TNT & DJ Isaac - The Realm
04. Walt - Let The Music Play (D-Block & S-te-Fan Remix)
05. Toneshifterz - Elektro Shock (2011 Remix)
06. Dark Oscillators - Nero (Remove The Melody Mix)
07. Audiotricz & Atmozfears - Dance No More
08. Diamanic - The Italian Mash-Up
09. Technoboy - Atomic (Joshua Hiroshy Remix)
10. Noisecontrollers - Surge Of Power
11. SpaceFrog, Derb & Audiofreq - Follow Me (Max Enforcer Mashup)
12. Brooklyn Bounce - X2X (We want more) (Deepack Remix)
13. Bass Modulators - NRGizer
14. Psyko Punkz - Overclipping
15. Alphaverb - Substream (Low-E Remix) 
16. Low-E vs Alter Egosz - Harde Rag (Non Vocal Mix)
17. Gunz for Hire - Bolivia (Original Mix)

https://soundcloud.com/tatjana-hanser-866708231

Iridium DJ & TATJANA @ Oude Liefde Roest Niet, Rave to the Grave 01-11-2025 - Re-run

Hi people! 

Here’s a new tribute mix I’ve made and this time it’s all about Sensation, the Black edition! Here’s a bit of history about Sensation Black;

Sensation Black was a Dutch dance festival organized from 2002 to 2012, focusing on "darker" music genres such as hardstyle and hardcore. In 2007, the name was changed to "Black" to avoid confusion with the international festival Sensation (formerly Sensation White). The festival was initially held at the Amsterdam ArenA, later at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium.

Music style: Sensation Black was known for its focus on harder dance genres, such as hardstyle and hardcore. This was a contrast to the original "Sensation," which focused on trance and house.

Development: The event began in 2002 and ran at the Amsterdam ArenA until 2008.

Relocation: Subsequent editions, up to and including 2012, were held at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium. 

Name change: In 2007, the name was changed to "Black" to distinguish it from the international festival "Sensation." There was also a special edition at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp in 2007.

Although I had never attended any editions of Sensation myself, I did had a lot of the compilations in my collection. I've selected, in my opinion, some of the coolest tracks that defined the first few hours from the earlier Black editions. Starting with some groovy club-techno tracks and build up towards some pumping Hard Trance in combination with a few Early Hardstyle tracks!

Iridium DJ Presents a Tribute to Sensation Black - November 2025

Tracklist:

00. Sensation Black Intro
01. Fierce Ruling Diva - Rubb It In (Raoul Luciano Remix)
02. Benjamin Bates - Locked Up! (Tin Men Sensational Rework)
03. X-press 2 - Smoke Machine
04. Cirez D - Control Freak
05. Mauro Picotto & Riccardo Ferri - New Time New Place
06. System F - Dance Valley Theme 2001
07. Marco V - More Than A Life Away (Original Mix)
08. Sander van Doorn - A.K.A. (Sander van Doorn Remix)
09. Remy & Roland Klinkenberg - Till Ya Drop
10. Mauro Picotto & Riccardo Ferri - Alchemist
11. Marco V - Atlanta 02022002
12. Don Diablo - Anarchy (Don Diablo vs. Meredith Mix)
13. Marcel Woods - Static State (Original Mix)
14. Armani & Ghost - Funk That
15. Lambda - Hold On Tight (Kaylab & Reeloop Remix)
16. DJ Frost - Poison (Grey & Frost Club Mix)
17. E-Craig - The Beat Goes On (Sam Sharp Remix)
18. Sa.Vee.Oh. - Loop Hole (Original Mix)
19. DJ Luna - Mindspace
20. Tommy Pulse - Land of the Lost
21. Norman DJ - Go Back (DJ Session One 303 Remix)
22. Essential DJ-Team - Bad Boyz (Club Mix)
23. Walt - Bring The Pain (Original Mix)
24. DJ Jorn - This Is Your Brain (Original Mix)
25. Ultra Tech - Bel-E-Ve
26. The Beholder & Max Enforcer - Pulse Protraction (Bitcrusher Mix)
27. U-Turn - Dead End (Original Mix)
28. Sensation - The Anthem 2002 (Dana Remix)

Iridium DJ Presents a Tribute to Sensation Black - November 2025

Qlimax - The Prophecy - Gelredome Arnhem - 22-11-2003
From 21:00 hrs - 07:00 hrs.

Line Up:


Bas & RAM
Kai Tracid
The Prophet
Max B. Grant
Pavo
Luna
Deepack
Daniele Mondello
Technoboy

11-22-2003

Kai Tracid Live @ Qlimax, Gelredome Arnhem 22-11-2003

Sensation - Black Edition - Amsterdam Arena - 13-07-2002
From 21:00 hrs - 07:00 hrs.

Line Up:

Area 1:

Chris Liebing
Dana
Marco V
Mauro Picotto
Michel de Hey

Area 2:

Le Blanc

Live @ Sensation 2002 Black

Lady Dana Live @ Sensation Black, Amsterdam Arena 13-07-2002

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