...when I’m travelling I always love to listen to those lush and smooth, but also tech'ish classic progressive sounds…will you join me on this journey?

this is progressive paths - part nine
01 - Michel De Hey vs. Literon - Cloaked (Circulation Remix)
02 - Decepticons V Subway - Amazonia (Sub Dub)
03 - H-Two Featuring Leah – Burnin' Fire (Original Mix)
04 - Phasebase Productions - I'm Reachin' (Dan Morris & Shylock Remix)
05 - Prism - Globalism (Original Mix)
06 - Humate - Vivid (Nova Remix)
07 - Polar - Polar Soul (Kobyashi Remix)
08 - DJ Marko – Wodka Sunrise
09 - Subsky – Four Days (Gil Remix)
10 - Revolver - Absorber (Blu Peter & Ant Present A Groove Council Mix)
11 - John Johnson-I Want You (Van Bellen's Last Shout Remix)
12 - Manhattan – Psychomanteus (Bass Odyssey)
13 - Red Shift - Motivation (Hamel's Quadrant Remix)
14 - Stef - Oriental West
15 - Chris Raven - Loss Of Memory
16 - Inertia - Vellum (Hamel's Quadrant Dub)
17 - Innerself - Gautama (Chaos to Clarity Mix)
18 - DJ Nûgen – Deliverance
19 - Kristen - Airclass
20 - Robbers Of Antiquity - Nocturnal (Rapture! Remix)
21 - Shibumi - Lost Again (Control Z Remix)
22 - DJ Stephen – 7 Minutes Of Life
23 - Incisions ‎– Hard Tipped
24 - J.C. - Redsky (Deep Progressive Mix)
25 - Francesco Pico - Giga
26 - Sonic Tribe – Synchronized (Original Mix)
27 - Luigi - Jet Black (O.S.S. Remix)
28 - Alpha Omega ‎– Omega
29 - Jaya - No Mas
30 - Graemel - New Beginning (Qattara Remix)
31 - Blank & Jones - DJs, Fans & Freaks (Marco V remix)
32 - Future Noir - Artificial Tears (Club Mix 1)
33 - Arksun - Virtual World (Part 2)
34 - Classified Project - Resurrection (Original Mix)

Progressive Paths - Part Nine

Welcome to my page which is dedicated to all things trance! 

I’ve been DJing off and on since I got my first pair of Gemini belt drive decks way back in ‘99, which some people refer to as the “year of trance”.  My love for trance started when I first heard PvD - For an Angel and have been hooked ever since. 

I mainly DJ’d in the 00s at a few bars and clubs in Leicester, but never went any further than that. Then life took over and I gave it all up for about 10 years or so, selling all my DJ equipment in the process.  It was only in lockdown that I started it up again as was so bored, and I got back my love of trance and have been mixing ever since. 

I love most types of trance so wanted to create this page to share my mixes which are made up of my favourite tunes from over the years. 

Really hope you enjoy them.

Listen / Like / Share / Repost / Enjoy !

Born in the hot summer of 1979, I grew up in the center of The Netherlands. At the age of 12 I discovered the wonderful new genre of House music. Still a schoolboy, I used all my pocket money to buy cassette tapes of famous Dutch house compilations like Move The House, Turn up the Bass & House Party. In the following years several new subgenres emerged, in which the melodic ones were my favourites. That means lots of Eurodance, and instead of the popular Dutch Hardcore, I chose for German Rave and Hardtrance. That combination of powerful beats with lots of melodies was golden and formed my music taste.

Some years through genres like Dream House, Club Trance and the famous Pizzicato house followed and the first Trancemaster! CD’s were collected. And then the year 1999 came, I discovered a strange imported English mix compilation called Gatecrasher:Wet
It contained a wonderful combination of trance tracks from all over Europe. At that moment I started to save some money for buying my first turntables. When I bought my first 2 belt drive turntables and a basic mixer a new world opened. The world was far less international so it was quit a challenge to get those gems from abroad. In 2005 this trance addiction was expanded with producing my own tracks with the then brand new FruityLoops software. Exploring all ranges of trance music my production portfolio is very diverse, like all the different music styles I like to play. 

Being a bedroom producer and DJ for many years my collection grew to about 2500 records ranging from deep progressive house to hardtrance. Around 2007/2008 vinyl records stopped being the main medium for electronic music and things were getting all digital. Missing the fun part of buying and spinning part of records, together with a changing sound of trance made that spinning music was not on my highest rank anymore. But although not too active, this was the period that I discovered harmonic mixing, which still forms the base of all my mixes. By combining the harmonies of different tracks, my mixes are full of homemade mash-ups and by using the harmonic mixing wheel I try to make one continuous journey through harmonies.

In these years my turntables and record collection were gathering dust. I still followed the trance scene sideways and made an occasional mix (with Virtual DJ) or track. In 2018 something changed. I decided to go to a trance festival again after 15 years, so me and my friends made a trip to Luminosity Beach Festival 2018. I was overwhelmed by the fact that this scene was so much more alive than I expected. Especially the fact that there were so many DJ’s that still played those classic trance tracks. Inspired by those sets I decided to upload some of my older mixes on my SoundCloud page for all those classic trance lovers. 

In the past 4 years I created my own themes for my mixes, some modern ones but lots of classics. For example my yearbooks in honour to those golden years of trance. My Exhibition of Classic Trance does reflect my personal taste the best, those mixes are always more than 3 hours to ensure a complete journey through different styles of trance. My personal favourite series is Hidden Treasures, which completely consists of all those hidden gems from back in the days. Of course I love the obvious classics, just as much as all trance lovers, but mixes with only the well-known classics are sometimes a bit exchangeable. With these hidden treasures I can let people discover tracks they never heard of and be more unique. It’s my pleasure to provide you all with a broad range of trance music.

Love progressive, love mixing, nothing better than an escape!  As Danny Tenaglia said, "music is the answer"  also if you support me I'll support you too.  Slainte.

Speed is a US Florida native who grew up NYC tri-state area and took on a liking to Trance at an early age of his youthful years. He got his first pair of decks at 16 and would travel to Satellite records shop in Manhattan to get releases he heard on his pc. As time went on he grew a passion for his art in turntable beat matching and was inspired by the likes of the well-known big artists in the genre of Progressive, Trance, & Breaks. Later on, SpeedRising met up with Richard Sander the label boss of Saturn3 Records where Richard signed Speed's first track, Rouge City.

Progressive Paths - Part Nine

Marnix Mulder