This mix is dedicated to Aly & Fila :) @alyandfila @fsoe-recordings

It is finally here, my first mix in over 25 years! This mix is dedicated to Aly & Fila, my greatest inspiration of all time. :)

There was a time living in NYC around 2009 where I sunk into a dark place. I was thumbing through podcasts and decided to randomly click on their page. When I listened, I said "hey someone is actually still making the trance that I grew up with!" From then, for years I followed their intricate creativity as they combined the most unique sounds in the trance genre together, in a flawless and seamless way. I only met Aly one time in person after a show in Atlanta, I gave him a big hug and said to him "you hit the frequency of the pyramid with that one"... to which he laughed.. (if you know esoteria you understand). Thank you Aly & Fila for carrying me through many years of darkness and joy. 

This set reflects the inner turmoil I have faced the last few years, bliss and euphoria mixed with darkness, pain, and anger. Starting with an uplifter, the landscape will take you through a battle between light and darkness, ending with beautiful vocals. It was actually a healing experience for my soul to make it and listen to it. 

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The MetaMix series is 7 total parts - inspired by my 30 years of loving trance music. These are not your average mixes. They are greatly inspired by the 1990's, along with the "megamix" movement of Eurodance. Those sets were not mixed by "blending" as longer trance tracks were, they were hard turns and quick flips. So.. that is what you'll get here. It allows for a lot more options with surprises and reduces "build up and cool down" phases.

As such, this is coming out of a heart of loving trance for 30 years. If I were to put that all into seven mixes.. that would equal this series. I want these to be a gift to the world, inspiring healing for others. They are designed like the mixes of old, to listen from the beginning to end in one sitting, not as a party mix, but as a journey of sound, spirit and emotion, with a goal and a resolution. That is what these mixes are, a gift of healing.

Each MetaMix's tracks are carefully selected as a representation of my favorites, throwbacks to old, inspiration from new, and ultimately are done in the style of my favorite DJ's who best inspired the sounds, as a tribute to them. Each one has a different sound theme, and each carry depths of symbolism as part of the human experience and path towards healing.

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Tracklist: 

1. P.0.S. - ID (@ Area One, A State Of Trance Festival, Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands 2024-02-24)
2. Andrea Ribeca - Destination Outer Space 
3. Stoneface & Terminal - Tantra 
4. Argy & Omnya - Aria 
5. Greg Downey - Invaders 
6. Airwave - Tears in Rain
7. Aly & Fila ft Sue McLaren - Still (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)
8. Simon Patterson - Mood Swing
9. ID - ID (Aly & Fila & John O'Callaghan @ Subculture Bangkok, Bravo BKK, Thailand 2024-03-02)
10. LEVT - My Voice 
11. Aly & Fila - Tula (Noble Six Remix)
12. Amos & Riot Night w/ Ran Faye - Different View 
13. Ronski Speed - Trisolaris (FSOE)
14. Manual Le Saux & Db Mokk - Silver Moon 
15. Steve Allen - I Need You

MetaMix 1 - Shining Darkness (Uplifting / Hard Trance) - Aly & Fila Tribute

I have been a trance lover since the 1990's. As an American born Romanian 🇷🇴, I grew up only listening to eurodance and electronic music ⚡️. Living in Detroit, as a teenager I remember seeing Armin Van Buuren at the annual electronic music festival (now known as Movement) when it was still free to attend! I made my first trance mixes at age 17, completing five sets, inspired by the sounds of Gatecrasher, Ministry of Sound, and Ibiza. 

As an adult, I got back into the trance scene in 2010 while living in NYC, and it has not stopped since. My greatest inspiration the last decade has been the sets of Aly & Fila (Future Sound of Egypt), who I had the pleasure of meeting in Atlanta after one of the greatest productions I've ever seen. It's been a long heart-felt desire to mix my own sets again, and now in 2024 I'm ready to start! 

Let's go on this music journey together. You will see a rare blending of the uplifting melodic and vocal trance genre, with dark/hard trance. This polarity is a reflection of me... light ☀️ and darkness 🌒 are always fighting each other. 

Lets let the light win :) 🙌

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