Trance mixes that are worthy of listening to and that are not made by me.

Trance Mixes That Are Worth A Listen

r/trance March 2021 Label Showcase Mix Contest

The Beyond Wonderland Mix

A rework and reimagining of CD1 of Sasha and John Digweed's first Northern Exposure mix using alternative mixes and tracks, and a couple of additions.  Made for the Classic Trance reddit mix competition Jan 2023.

Tracklisting

1. Keiichi Suzuki - Satellite Serenade (Sunday Mix)
2. Future Sound of London - Cascade (Phase 5)
3. Young American Primitive - Ritual
4. God Within - Raincry (Spiritual Thirst)
5. Rabbit In The Moon - Out Of Body Experience (Phase 1 - First Contact)
6. Morgan King - I am Free (Leftfield Dub Mix)
7. Booma - Booma (Full On)
8. Ultraviolet - I Wish That (Radical Mix)
9. William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf (Spooky's Acid Bath Mix)
10. Apolllo 440 - Liquid Cool (Theme For Cryonic Suspension)
11. D:Ream - Unforgiven (Leftfield Hands Mix)
12. Banco de Gaia - Last Train To Lhasa (Extended Ambient Mix)

*With a David Attenborough intro and outro

Altered Exposure - Sasha and John Digweed's 'Northern Exposure' reimagined

This mix was created for the /r/classicstrance comp, the prompt encouraging one or more rare tracks (hence the 'under the table') pre-2008 trance with no other restrictions. Freedom! I've been itching to make a classics prog set for a while anyway. This set leans in to that classic late 90s prog sound, although it reaches in to the EE era as well. Journey prog was always my favorite and likely always likely will be. Shame the genre is nearly non-existent in 2023. I wanted this mix to be dreamy and a bit more emotive than some of the mixes I've made lately. This mix really takes its time as well, so sit back for the ride. There are some footnotes to explain the rarity or composition path for some of the tracks below. 128-137bpm. Enjoy.

Dream of Journeys Past

1. Orkidea - Unity (A992's OG-Pure Intro Baby) [2023] ******
2. Trance Wax; Atlantis vs Avatar - Fiji [2018]**
3. Pinkbox Special - Nice Guys Finish Last (Original Mix) [2004]
4. Quivver & Blackwatch - Loveless (05 Mix) [2005]
5. Hammer - Deep Blue Ocean (Original Mix) [2005] *
6. BT featuring Jan Johnston - Remember (Sasha's Remix) [1997]*
7. Space Manoeuvres - Stage One (Northern Exposure Total Separation² Mix) [1999]*
8. Horse - Careful (Sasha's Separated Horse Mix) [1997]*
9. The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive (BT's Creatine Method Mix) [1997]*
10. Bladey and Julez - Dirty Muffin Breakz [2003]
11. Bedrock - Set In Stone (Original Mix) [1997]
12. Kalafut and Fygle - Novocaine (Original Mix) [2006]***
13. Echano - Nothing To Live For (Original Mix) [2004] ***
14. Westbam vs Lost Tribe - Wizards of the Red Sea (A992 Chillbreaks Explosion) [2023] ****
15. Lustral - Everytime (A992 Koglins Red World Outro) [2023] *****

* Personal edit or minor masher.
** From the 2018 Trance Wax 04 bootleg vinyl, this track is simply labeled 'Trance 16'. Limited release so this one is spendy now.
*** Digital lossless copy of these were never officially released. There are <10 copies of the promo CDR of Novocaine, but Nothing to Live For was only ever available on vinyl. Recently obtained from the old parent label. Thanks Richard!
**** 2023 update to a remix/masher I made a few years back. Wanted to resurrect this one for a while. I would not usually dissect such pristine tracks, but I noticed a few years ago that Lost Tribe's 'Under the Red Sea' and Darey's infamous 'Wizards of the Sonic' Remix were made from the same ingredients. Had to cook up a new recipe with them. This is a longer version with a remaster.
***** 2023 update to an outro remix. This update has more elements of the red sea and extended.
****** I thought I could use the Solarstone Pure Intro as it is 2011 remix of a 1999 track, but alas, I missed a rules clarification for modern booties only. This hybrid was made to get around the rules.

Stress & Strain Vol 15 - Classic Progressive Trance, Under the Table

The Digital Blondes - Antheum (Original Mix) 
Neo & Farina - Someone (Original Mix)
Scott Bond vs Solarstone (Red Line Highway)
Jose amnesia - Louder (Club Mix)
Dj Hinx - El Viento (Martin Eyerer Mix) 
Eon - Pocket Damage (Original Mix)
Scott bond press. Q:dos - I’m Not Going Home (Gatecrasher Vocal Mix)
Randy Katana - Fancy Fair (Original Mix)
Public Domain - Operation Blade (Club Mix)
Members of Mayday - 10 in 1  (Paul Van Dyk Club Mix)
Paul Van Dyk vs Lover, Sarah Mcfarlane - Found An Angel (Bootleg)
Solarstone - Seven Cities (V-One ‘Living Cities’ Mix)
Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am) (Club Mix)

Tiny Trancer - The 'Found An Angel' Competition Mix

A celebration of Jackpot Records

1. Tenth Chapter - Whiteland
2. Amethyst - Six
3. React 2 Rhythm - Intoxication (John Digweed and Nick Muir's Bedrock Mix)
4. Chakra - I am (John Digweed and Nick Muir's Bedrock Mix)
5. Tenth Chapter - Prologue (Carl Cox and Paul Van Dyk Mix)
6. The Bubble - The Bubble (Temple of Doom Mix)
7. Blue Amazon - And When The Rain Falls (Andy Ling Mix)
8. Amethyst - Futura 2000 (Miasma Mix)
9. Amethyst - The Tempest
10. Shango - Bodyrock (Native Mix)

Hit The Jackpot

1999-2001 was when trance really made an impact for me, so making a 1999 mix was deffo on my list! This era of trance had such a wide spectrum of music, few rules... few who cared about genre... just bangin' sets and bangin' people. You never really knew what to expect from some DJ's who would spin up quite the variety of trance, house, and whatever felt right for the night. 

And that's how I approached this mix. A bit funky, a bit weird, and ever so 1999. Except for the intro, which is not 1999, and I am sorry about that but it had to be done.

And that leads to my mix, which is called The Inside Joke. There's a backstory to the beginning of this mix and maybe, just maybe, one of you will get it. Enjoy, was a lot of fun making it.

Tracklist:
1. Sunscreem  - Love You More
2. PMT - Deeper Water (Wookie Slut Extended Dub Mix)
3. Big Time Charlie - Mr. Devil (Big Ron Remix)
4. Miller & Floyd - Colours (Miller Mix)
5. Gouryella - Walhalla (Hybrid's Matrix Dub)
6. Sasha - Xpander (Breaks Edit)
7. Brainchild - Symmetry C (Lange Breakbeat Remix)
8. Tilt - Children (Tilt's Courtyard Mix)
9. Aurora - Hear You Calling (Origin Remix)
10. C-Sharp - The Quest
11. Kamaya Painters - Cryptomnesia
12. Lucid - Crazy (Nalin + Kane Down On A Sit) 
13. Solarstone - Seven Cities (V-One Living Cities Remix)
14. Luis Paris - Incantation 
15. Ayla - Outburst
16. Dream Traveller - Time (Deepsky Mix)
17. Prototype - Soundpercing (Original Mix)
18. Moovon - Rising (Orkidea's Higher Spirit Remix)
19. Paul Van Dyk - Avenue

Tiny Trancer - The 'Found An Angel' Competition Mix

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