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

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

zepapahtule retro dark set

FORTEM – Stories Of Slasher EP [Kinesic Records]

Stories Of Slasher es la nueva entrega de FORTEM, una propuesta que profundiza en su concepto de Circuit Techno, un sonido marcado por estructuras hipnóticas, percusión precisa y una energía oscura que roza lo industrial.

Label: Kinesic Records
Artist: FORTEM
Title: Stories Of Slasher EP
Genre: Circuit Techno 
Mastering: BVKIN
Release: 2025

Stories of Slasher

The Final Girl

Fortem - The Final Girl [FREE DL]

eurotrance , hardgroove , melodic techno , rave

UNDERGROUND

THE BANSHEE!!  150 BPM .

Free download!!!
track list:
Emanuel Top - Acid Phase
Subcouds - Greenflow /rmx 1997/
Planet Ben - Questionmark
Prana - Starchild /Total Eclipse rmx/
Nada - N.R.G.
Astral Projection - Kabalah /rmx/
ManMadeMan - Drama
ManMadeMan vs Tristan - Purple Merlin
Vana Imago - Tesi 1995

Goa dreadlock tales vol.4 /1993-1999/

Thanks & Rest  In Peace, DJ SHARAKU.
We love SHARAKU forever.
This mix made from my memories of  SHARAKU
He is GREATEST LIVE DJ around the world.
6Dimension Soundz spirit never die. keep on..... 
MIO

picture image from minyaco's photo. thanks. 


L onging S haraku D ays mix

Dj set Goa Trance by Ratagnan

Traklist:

001 Median Project - Constellation - 07 Sand of Time
002 OXI - Beyond the Light
003 Javi, SkoOma - Mentally Exhausting
004 CoaGoa - Transcendental Consciousness (Tribute to Nova Fractal)
005 Cactus Arising - Moon + Sun
006 Nova Fractal - Perplexed (Cactus Arising Remix)
007 Siam - Dolphins in Space
008 Ohm Mind - Angkor Thom.
009 The Maniac - A Treatise On Acid - 01 Praise The Acid.
010 Proxeeus - Ephraim Waite
011 Veasna - Spectral Flux - 05 Aviation
012 Imba - Golden Times EP - 02 Imba - Festival Season
013 The Maniac - Maha Shivaratri  - 01 Maha Shivaratri
015 - 01-N - Proliferation
016 Psylent Buddhi - Secrets of the Atom - 02 Neura
017 GoaD - Galactic Aviator - 03 Intergalactic Gates.
018 Imba - Golden Times EP - 01 Imba & Proxeeus - Golden Times
019 Proxeeus - Yog sorthorh in the gate
020 Javi & SkoOma - Dark Side of Our Foot
021 Ion Vader - Brightstar
022 The Maniac - Necronomicon II - 01 Throne Of Azathoth

https://soundcloud.com/ratagnan

Point Of No Return

Ratagnan Dj Goa/Acid Goa
From the punk scene of the 80s/90s
Chris discovered Trance in the 2000s.
In 2015, after the Balkan Goa Fanatik festival in Croatia, he decided to mix Goa Trance and released his first Set in 2018.
The following year in 2019, he created his Artistic page and the “Goa Trance Sharing” Group which later became “Goa Trance Sharing & 303 Experience Promotion” with over 11,000 members today.
He joined the Timewarp Records label the same year and the Taïma Project association of which he became Co-President the following year.
In 2021, he joined the very prestigious "Global Sect" label and founded 303 Experience, an association which aims to promote Goa Trance music in France.
In 2022 he joins the Cronomi Records Label
2025 will be the beginning of a new adventure with the release of the 4-day "Ohm Spirit Festival" organized by 303 Experience...
His sets are mainly based on melody and acid, the tracks blend into each other and he plays from 130 to 160 bpm.

Ratagnan links:
https://www.facebook.com/ratagnan/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2095275180571832/
https://www.facebook.com/303experience/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCuFzGhbwTb3t6N0fvbwRaJg

Discography:
 https://timewarprecords.bandcamp.com/album/goa-trance-timewarp-vol-5-by-dj-ratagan-dunle-goaleidoscopic-timewarp134-timewarp

Point Of No Return

RATAGNAN