A bit about the inspiration for this mix - the full text and the tracklist are at https://djsolitare.com/old-dogs-new-tricks

I recall an amazing Equinox event in the Autumn of 1995 where Kuni played the whole night and the impression was that a cloud of quantum information would enter the dance floor in the middle of the forest and when it had communicated its message, another would come in and take its place as the old one left, and there was a moment to catch your breath and adjust to the new data entering the space. At times during these events, one had the impression that the music was not music, it was geometrical design and information that was communicating in sonic form. There wasn’t the sense that the DJ was a ‘DJ’ playing ‘music’: rather, the DJ booth was like a cosmic radio tower with an antenna tuned into outer space, picking up signals and transmitting them to those gathered in this tribal gathering.

Each time I play a set, the type of storyline and style of tracks are different, and my approach to transitions depends on track selection and how things line up, though there are general parameters that I always aim for. As a result of my classical training, my emphasis when mixing has been to try to connect more than just the kick but to find matching patterns between tracks and to blend those to create a thread of continuity beyond the percussive elements, at times with kick-matching and at other times not. Usually, it’s a combination of the two, but keeping the rhythm consistent and aiming to have one track ‘hand over’ the space to the next one in a less conventional sense, like multiple speakers reading different chapters from a book that one absorbs through the set.

As I tuned into the more hypnotic and nighttime storyline that emerged as this set evolved, I was drawn to more of that atmospheric cloud-like mixing style, where one track dances with the next along harmonic, rhythmic, and upper-register elements as opposed to the bass-level kick. As I listened with headphones, I was able to let go of the technical focus of the ‘mixing' of two ‘tracks’ and rekindle some of those early impressions of this music being more than just music but combinations of patterns gathered together and presented through sound waves, hearing things not in left-right, high-low mode but all-at-once, like voices coming both from the speakers and the centre of one’s head.

I believe that as we have gotten used to listening to this music at clubs and events over the years, many of us have adapted to a sense-based linear perception of what we’re hearing as opposed to a more embodied dimensional experience, and we can easily listen with a set of standards that can be mechanical rather than holistically musical. I know this has been the case for me, and listening at home can have its pitfalls, as you get used to hearing the music outside of the contextual space for which it was created, and on speakers whose size are inverse proportion to your body than what they would be at an event. But in the right outer and inner space, we can hear these sounds beyond the framework of the familiar and as an expression of something quite outside the ordinary.

All of us experienced some magic in our early years of attending these events - and sometimes since, too! - and it is my hope that these classic tracks in this storyline will enable some of those to be rekindled as they have for me.

DJ Solitare - Old Dogs New Tricks Mix

Digital Talk - Live
Mini-disc recording, probably from "Forever Psychedelic 9" Festival, Budapest 2004. Most (if not all) of the tracks are unreleased, or difficult to be recognized releases, because the versions were played much faster. 

Tracklist:
01 - Digital Talk - Biometric (Unreleased) 00:00
02 - Digital Talk - Artificial Beings 09:52
03 - Droidsect - Poltergeist (Digital Talk Remix) 16:07
04 - Digital Talk - Confusion (Unreleased) 23:44
05 - Digital Talk - Maniac (Unreleased) 30:36
06 - Droidsect - Invasion From Outer Space (Digital Talk Unreleased Remix) 38:46
07 - Digital Talk - Sans Issue 45:42
08 - Digital Talk - ? 53:10

*Identification for tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 by Jahbo
*Identification for tracks 1, 4, 5 by DJ Sunborn

Please help us identify the remaining track. Thank you!

Unreleased

Digital Talk - Live

Here's something next to my Psytrance sets.

This is the Drum and Bass set I played @ the Lost in Summer Time festival in 2017 (by Lost in Time Records) in the chillout. I kept the tracklist I played there and recorded it at home now. These tracks are still among my most favorite 90's "Intelligent Drum and Bass" tracks. Moody & spacy stuff. And at the end it's going into tracks by the Derango duo and straight up Neurofunk. 😁

Tracklist:
1. J Majik - Gemini (Infrared, 1997)
2. The Future Sound of London - Her Face Forms in Summer Time (Virgin, 1996)
3. Nostramus - Dark Jewel (Recordings of Substance, 1997)
4. One True Parker - Bubblegum (Ray Keith Remix) (Creation Records, 1996)
5. Nostramus - Mystic Drum and Space (Recordings of Substance, 1997)
6. Source Direct - Secret Liaison (Good Looking Records, 1996)
7. J Majik - Your Sound (Metalheadz, 1995)
8. John B - Olé (Formation Country Series, 1998)
9. Hidden Agenda - Dispatch #2 (Platinum Breakz, 1997)
10. Photek - UFO (J Majik Remix) (Astralwerks, Science, 1998)
11. Adam F - Jaxx (Positiva, F Jams, 1997)
12. Goldie - Inner City Life (Peshay Mix) (FFRRR, 1995)
13. Future Forces - Dead By Dawn (Renegade Hardware, 1996)
14. Photek - Infinity (Science, Virgin, 2000)
15. Pendulum - Aphid (Star Mark, Breakbeat Kaos, 2006)
16. Ghostscent - Chasing Ghosts (Oval Harmonique, 2017)
17. Derango - Strul-Ultra (Lost Theory Records, 2012)
18. Current Value - Sleepwalk (Titan Records, 2017)
19. Current Value - Mind's Nature (Blackout Music NL, 2017)

Crystal Dynamics (Psytek) @ Lost In Summer Time 2017 (Drum and Bass)

Dark El Kante, aka Jorge Bazan of Spain, is one of the absolute main leading stars of the Suomisaundi genre! Psychedelic trance with a funky and not too serious twist that found its origins in Finland! :) He is the manager of Random Records, the biggest music label only focusing on this genre! :) On Apsara he could spoil us with a set during sunrise and pampered us with the best of the best of this unique genre! :)

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/darkelkante

Facebook:
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Dark El Kante - Apsara 2023

Various Artists

No Possible Soundz　Vol.2
6 Dimension Soundz [6DCD08]

release note

6 DIMENSION SOUNDZ presents their first compilation album,
compiled by the legendary Petri Koskinen,
who is more usually known by his nickname Pepe,
featuring 9 previously unreleased tracks,
all written and produced by Pepe's various projects and side-projects !
Pepe is one of the founding fathers of the Suomi style of trance,
and he influences all producers in this genre.
Together with Francoise Faggot he set up Squaremeat in the 90's and
had numerous releases including 3 albums on Finland's Exogenic Records and
1 on pioneering German label Nephilim Records,
plus many compilation tracks on Surreal Audio,
Exogenic and recently Faerie Dragon's "Squeech",
and now 2 more on this new compilation.
Together with Timo from Mandalavandalz he also produces as Flying Scorpions,
who released their debut album with 6 Dimension Soundz in 2003 and have 2 tracks here.
His solo project, Lightaman Jr, has been receiving great reviews at parties in Japan,
and this compilation will showcase the first Lightaman Jr compilation releases.
He also team's up with Pii (Chill Band of Sora) as Gruuvit Muuvit for 2 tracks,
and finally with Ville from Salakavala as F-Virus. Pepe and his friends
bring you a masterpiece of suomi trance
"No Possible Soundz".


1. Lightaman Jr / Hungry Hippo
2. Flying Scorpions / Jet Pilot
3. Squaremeat / Conjuring Trick
4. Gruuvit Muuvit / Melkeen Pilli
5. Squaremeat / Fingerprinter
6. Lightaman Jr / Please Me
7. Flying Scorpions / Syokykierre
8. Gruuvit Muuvit / Multiverse
9. F-Virus / Happy Happy Joy Joy


02-Flying Scorpions-JetPilot

Recording of Nick Taylor & Andrew Till on Evosonic - Paradise FM (Germany) 14 September 1997

Paradise FM - Nick Taylor and Andrew Till (Psy-Harmonics) 14-09-1997

A mix I made for a Radio show January 2019.


Report2Dancefloor

Paps – Vibes From The Other Side (1999) Remastered by ॐ DrGoa ॐ

TRACKLIST:

1. Cyan - Dragon’s Breath
2. Chakra - Hell Razor Puzzle
3. Kode IV - Near to the Divine (Doof Remix)
4. Zodiac Youth - Atoms (Angelfish Mix)
5. Ubar Tmar - Transformer Synthesizer
6. Kuro - Revolution
7. Kaylosh - Magic Light
8. Drunk Pharaoh - Playing with Dolls
9. Triquetra - Access Denied
10. Cyberion - None of them know
11. Encens - Infinite Image
12. Cyan - G.O.A
13. Sadistic - My Baby Morning
14. Virus - Entra Omri
15. Tranceplant - Dying Planet
16. DICA - From Dawn To Dusk
17. JaraLuca - Equilibrium
18. Soundreamer feat. Genesis - Sound of Genesis

Apsara Festival - 07/08/25 10:00-11:30 DJ Set by dt

Space Safari festival 2025, full hardware live set

Jurian Reinartz
Elric Reinartz
Robin Reinartz

Enjoy!

Live Set - Space Safari 2025

A remix of my August 20, 2019 set that closed the Goa Guardians pre-party at the ZNA Gathering in Portugal.

I had agreed to have my set recorded, but unfortunately the device was accidentally set to microphone mode when it was plugged in. The audio recording of the 'air' at the event, complete with cheers and whistles from the crowd, is also uploaded elsewhere on this channel, but this current upload is a high-fidelity remix of the same story flow.

This recording features the first 2 hours or so of my 2.5-hour set, the last half hour of which featured three rare tracks that I am reserving for live appearances only: the legendary 25-minute mix of Slinky Wizard's track Wizard (the DAT title is 'Solar Journey'), the end of which I mixed with the last portion of a 16-minute mix of The Infinity Project's 'Uforica' and the opening of an unpublished mix of Hallucinogen's 'LSD 93' (featuring a different sample than the one used in the released mixes of the track, the one that would later be featured in 'Demention'). For this set remix, I have added a few minutes of these three rare tracks as a kind of closing medley, similar to the final few minutes of my actual set.

You can see some video from the actual set - including more of those closing three tracks than is presented in this remix - at this YouTube link:

https://youtu.be/b14BxC2wDYU

The track list:

Psychopod: Universal Mind
Prana: Primal Orbit
Earglobe: Spherelobe (mix 1)*
Brainman: You Are The Alien (alt mix)*
Total Eclipse: Area 51 (alt mix)*
Tufaan: Probe (Green Nuns rmx)
Doof: We Are Free (Desk mix)
The Infinity Project: Superbooster
Man With No Name: Energy Level 137
Prana: Animamundi
Hallucinogen: Shamanix (early mix)*
Noosphere: 23rd Chromozone (alt mix)*
Transwave: Absolum
The Infinity Project: Squidgy Atomicus
Transwave: Ulysses Voyage 1
Ayahuasca: Propella
Anubis: Rites of Ra
Slinky Wizard: Lunar Juice (Hallucinogen's Moon Strudel rmx)
Etnica: Merkaba

Plus a mashup of excerpts from

Slinky Wizard: Wizard desk mix (aka 'Solar Journey')*
The Infinity Project: Uforica (extended ambient into dance mix)*
Hallucinogen: LSD 93 (mix 4, introduction)*

* unreleased

DJ Solitare @ ZNA - Goa Guardians 2019 remix

Hello, welcome to my Soundcloud!

I'm a Belgian DJ active in our Goa scene.  You can pick any set here as a template for what you want at your party. And I will adjust to the lineup. I'm a label DJ at Cronomi and Schlabbaduerst and can play older tracks by these artists and tracks that are in the pipeline for future releases.

I usually play:
- Darkish Goa mixed with Schlab-style Forest and early '00s Psytrance at night
- Trippy melodic Goa during the daytime
- Modern Forest (Sanaton/Ygdrassil style) 

And going from one style to the other is what I like to do the most. :)

For bookings you can send me a pm here.

Crystal Dynamics (Psytek) @ Lost In Summer Time 2017 (Drum and Bass)

Psytek(@ Cronomi & Schlabbaduerst)