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a remix i did of my track "psionic"... just for fun...

mana - psionic (lysa's mix)

back when internet radio was in its infancy i did a weekly 2 hour show for trancedomain (web 1.0!) i've found the master mini-discs i recorded on and slowly but surely i'm getting them migrated over to share once again. enjoy!

Lysa Oldhams -TrancedomainWK3pt1

Lysa started DJing in 1994 after a long love affair with clubbing, being exposed to great American DJ's from Los Angeles (Taylor, Sandra Collins) all the way to Orlando (Jimmy Van M, Dave Canalte, Andy Hughes) to places such as Phoenix (Markus Shulz and CL McSpadden) and everywhere in between. This has given Lysa a wide variety of places to draw inspiration for learning her craft.

After a year of playing for friends Lysa graduated to playing a small clubs in Florida. It wasn't long after that she moved to England to be with Guy Oldhams in 1995. By '96 she and Guy had secured a residency at a new multi million pound venue in Bolton called The Temple. Lysa also began working in an A&R capacity for Sperm Records and Platipus Records, helping to sign 'Universal State of Mind' and 'Libra presents Taylor'. She also delved into the young world of internet radio. She had a weekly broadcast on www.Trancedomain.com. 

To further her evolution as an artist, Lysa jumped at the chance to remix Florida based artists Insight and immediately loved being in the studio. Using the pseudonym MANA, Lysa has gone on to remix X Cabs, Paul Van Dyk and her dance heros Fluke among others.

It was after the X Cabs remix that Fluid Recordings UK invited Lysa to record her first original track as MANA, 'Psionic'. 'Psionic' was a big record for all the progressive movers and shakers, including Sasha, who borrowed it for his Global Underground compilation 'San Francisco'.  Lysa has done a remix of this top tune in 2002 as well as Pako & Frederik. Out only on exclusive cd the release of this monster is TBC.

 Lysa was also in the studio in October of 2000 with CL McSpadden. Originally they worked on a remix for Hook Recordings. Canyon's "Agitator" was out in March 2001 and was massive as big leaguers John Digweed, Danny Howells and Steve Lawler have all given huge support to it. Lysa and CL have also recorded a few more original tracks and the first one from them is called "Queller"  was  released Feb 2002.  They have completed an EP and are waiting for the market to bounce back before releasing it. Lysa and CL have remixed Fluke's "hang tough" track - as they are mentors to Lysa. Doing this remix was an honor and a great achievement for her. Fluke held onto the remix and used it exclusively for their live tour and shows.

Among the many dj's she counts as friends as well as mentors, Lysa has also played beside some of the world's best dj's, including Nick Warren, Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, John 'Quivver' Graham, Parks & Wilson, Rabbit in the Moon, The Crystal Method, Sandra Collins, Three, Christopher Lawrence, Deep Dish, Evolution, Steve Porter...the list goes on! Lysa,  before moving to LA, most recently held a residency at Generation X in Manchester England, a monthly called 'Female of the Species'.  She has dj'd all over  : England, Ibiza - Spain, Germany, and as far as Finland and the interior of Canada as well as all over the US. As of 2011 Lysa is currently working in the film/tv industry but occasionally takes gigs as her passion for seriously rockin choons has never died.



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