Come along for a 23 year long journey! Spirit/Spirit of Ibiza/My Spirit, has held a special place within my musical heart for a long time. Second track on my first (and probably last) real single release (on vinyl). From a time when labels where real and music was physical. Thanks to everybody who made this journey possible, the Transa brothers, Blue Amazon, Inzite (J. Gustafsson) and my brother Eric (@ericlidstroem), especially for finding all this in the deep archives of The Lidstroem Sound Republic!

DJ Zephyr / Dual Force / Robert Lidstroem - Spirit of Ibiza/My Spirit

Alright, here it is, all the possible Recitation-versions, remixes and edits! My biggest success of my 25 years as an active producer!

"Recitation" was featured in ASOT episode 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, 089, 095 and the Transa remix of "My Spirit" was featured in ASOT episode 113 (with Lange as a guest DJ). 

Stream, download, share and enjoy! Feel free to contact me if you happen to have more remixes/edits that im not aware of.And all downloadable to use in mixes etc!

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation

Remixes by me

Remixes other producers have made of my tracks!

Remixes of my music

"Recitation", my breakthrough track in 2002-2003. Made quite a buzz with the help of Misja Helsloot and Armin van Buuren. Armin had the Misja Helsloot Remix as "Tune of the Week" 5 times in a row and opened his NYE gig in NY with it. It opened alot of doors to me. I got invited to play at clubs, free shots in the bars, hang out with ALOT of cool people. The "Original Mix" never made it onto the vinyl sadly, but had a life of its own through FTPs and Napster back then. The "Radio Edit" got used as a theme-track for a event called Tranceatlantic in Stockholm, Sweden. My biggest track to this point, now available for all of you to enjoy, legally!

© 2002
Written, produced & arranged by R. Lidstroem

Recitation

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Original Mix)

"Tribute To Gorgeous Mix". In 2009 i decided to pay tributes to the best club me and my brother, @ericlidstroem ever visited. Club Gorgeous was actually named Club IN and was located in Copenhagen. But on Wednesdays, Club IN turned into Club Gorgeous, and it was heaven! 50 minute trainride from me in Sweden, we met people along the way, and it was always a blast! Me and my brother eventually got VIP-entrance to the club, and we were treated very well there, especially by a legend called Michael Splint and his then to be wife, Sasja.

Champagne would fall from the heavens and we went open to close more then once! This club had its haydays in 2001-2002 when trance-royalty like Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Graham Gold, Cosmic Gate and many many more played there! And the atmosphere, it was crowded like, i dont know, and you could shake the DJs hand directly from the floor.

My humble tribute was a new take on my track Recitation, a little touch up. Not released, and it didnt make its way on to the internet much, it seems. But here it is! Enjoy!

© 2009
Written, produced & arranged by R. Lidstroem

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Tribute To Gorgeous Mix)

Another fairly unknown remix from 2003 by Paul Moelands (of Octagen and Re:Locate-fame!). I never knew this was made, even back in the day, but as i kept an eye out on the interwebs this came floating by. Its a proper great remix, by a really great producer. Paul went on to make huge tracks like Re:Locate - Waterfall and was a big name both for Galactive and Captivating (Armada), he also worked at Armada as Creative Director! Enjoy!

© 2003
Remix by P.Moelands

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Paul Moelands Remix)

The year 2000! Well, in 1998 i had been fiddlin with musicsoftware a while, inspiration back then came from the clubscene, Sash!, Robert Miles, Alice Deejay, Darude etc. In 2000 i felt something was going in the right direction. The places to be for electronic music producers then was MP3.com and Beatmaka.com. All websites where you could upload your music, have it reviewed and enjoyed by listeners. Kind of like SoundCloud today. Yes this is 23 years old now, and it shows, but just tag along memory lane here and you will find old goodies! And yes, my seriously cool "artistname" was DJ Zephyr!

© 2000
Produced, written & Arranged by R. Lidstroem

DJ Zephyr  - Trip Away (Radio Edit)

Another remix, think this guy was from Norway, big in the clubscene on Beatmaka and MP3.com

© 2000
Remixed by Eskimo

DJ Zephyr - Trip Away (Eskimo Remix)

In 2008 my brother (@ericlidstroem) gave Recitation another take. Clubbier, proggier, deeper! Enjoy!

© 2008
Remixed by @ericlidstroem / E. Lidstrom

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation 2008 (Eric Lidstroem Nutid Remix)

In 2000 i had a change of style and got more influenced by the german and dutch trance scene. Me and my brother (@ericlidstroem) was buying In Trance We Trust and Trancemaster-mixalbums by the truckloads! I have a feeling i must have started this even in late 1999, and i believe this was made in either MadTracker2 or FruityLoops, yes the DAW was named FruityLoops. Still using it 23 years on! This is one of the absolutely first versions of the track later known as "My Spirit". Using my DJ Zephyr moniker at the time!

© 1999/2000
Written, produced & arranged by R. Lidstroem

© Dj Zephyr

DJ Zephyr - Spirit 2000

We are still in early 2000, January 22nd (thanks @ericlidstroem for digging through the archives). This is a somewhat different version and i did a namechange aswell. Fairly simple stuff, and uplifting. I had been producing for 2-3 years at this point.

© 1999/2000
Written, produced & arranged by R. Lidstroem

DJ Zephyr - Spirit Of Ibiza

Now we are in 2001! Epic music year, and headlong into trance by this time! I had left home and was at the moment living with a close friend, J. Persson (@joakim-persson-649475997). Like mentioned before he had all the bells and whistles in terms of both hardware and skill! We took it upon us to freshen this track up, and while doing so, we made a co-op alias to go with it, "Dual Force" (nah, i dont think Dutch Force had anything to do with the name....not at all...nahah!). This made its way up on Beatmaka, a great site for amatures to get music featured! Great times! Enjoy!


© 2001
Written, produced & arranged by ©J.Persson, R.Lidström (@joakim-persson-649475997)

©J.Persson, R.Lidström

Dual Force - Spirit of Ibiza

Still in 2001! Jan Gustafsson, "Inzite" was a fellow Swedish producer who went on to make awesome things in the trancescene! He was also very active on a website called Beatmaka, even released a fullength album (which i ofcourse have), and he was kind enough to even include this remix on his own album. We still chat now and then, me and Jan, and have made (very vague) plans of hitting Luminosity in the future as part of a old Swedish Trance Producers Alumni-kind of thing ;)

Great guy, awesome producer! Went on to release on Galactive, ATCR, Godskitchen Recordings and more!

P.S: This is not to be confused with the later "Transa vs Inzite Remix"! More on that later on!

© 2001
Written, produced & arranged by ©J.Persson, R.Lidström (@joakim-persson-649475997)
Remixed by J. Gustafsson

© DJ Zephyr

Dual Force - Spirit of Ibiza (Inzite Remix)

Time to get serious! As you can see its not "DJ Zephyr" or "Dual Force" anymore. Now, this is straight from my one and only true release in 2003. Although not as commercially succesful as the Misja Helsloot-remix of Recitation, this was a true trancer! Cue classic trance courtesy of legends Transa! Lush pads, production is impeccable, stomping right to the end. Now, why would there be a "vs Inzite"? Well, its 20 years ago so i might not be spot on. But to some extent Transa borrowed inspiration and style in a way, from the Inzite remix, that it was best to just release it as "Transa vs Inzite". 

Enjoy!

© 2003
Remixed by ©D.Webster, B.Webster, J. Gustafsson

My Spirit

Robert Lidstroem - My Spirit (Transa vs Inzite Remix)

The Transa-guys (Dave and Brendan Webster) had all kinds of connections in the scene, and beeing the guys behind the label i was signed to (Exciter Recordings) they managed to get hold of Blue Amazon, Lee Softley. Never knew about Blue Amazon until i heard the remix, prior to the release! Trance with a proggier side to it. Still like this alot all those years later! Definatly a new take on an old track!

Enjoy!

© 2003
Remixed by ©Blue Amazon

My Spirit/Recitation EP

Robert Lidstroem - My Spirit (Blue Amazon Remix)

"Recitation", my breakthrough track in 2002-2003. After a couple of months Recitation started to get remixes here and there. I had no part in deciding, i dont think any label was involved. People just made remixes and released online. As i now try to catalogue the releases/productions/remixes, i found this one again. Dont know much about Airforce, more than that he is a fellow Swedish, longtime, trance-producer.So if you see this feel free to contact me about the story behind the remix! Enjoy!

© 2003
Written by R. Lidstroem
Remixed by Airforce (R. Alm) @therealairforce

Promo CDR

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Airforce Remix)

Yet again a remix i was unaware of beeing made. Think its just fanmade. Back in the day, around 2003, i think i had some contact atleast with Jesper (feel free to enlighten me @jespersamuelson), and again i found this on my backups, nice uplifting remix! Enjoy!

© 2003
Written by R. Lidstroem
Remixed by J. Samuelson @jespersamuelson

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Samuelzone Remix)

"Recitation", was actually all around in 2003! And what to do to gain more "roll"? Make a high-energy, 2min56sec Radio Edit, ofcourse! So i did! This was even kind of a "theme" for a promotional video by RotoR, a swedish eventcompany that had tranceevents at famed "Docklands" in Stockholm back in the day! See the video below!

(https://youtu.be/horVjee04eI)

Enjoy!

© 2003
Written, arranged and produced by R. Lidstroem

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Radio Edit)

Can you say "breakthrough". This is the one, the magic, the holy grail! The Misja Helsloot Remix was commisioned by the label, for the single release. It has a slower, different vibe to it, but boy did it hit! I will be forever in debt to Misja for making this, and his connection to Armin did help! Thanks to official "Lidstroem Sound Republic"-archive-worker @ericlidstroem for digging out this quite impressive info:

"the Misja Helsloot remix of Robert track "Recitation" was featured in ASOT episode 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, 089, 095 and the Transa remix of "My Spirit" was featured in ASOT episode 113 (with Lange as a guest DJ). Also the Robert Lidstroem remix of my Sturmkraft track "Revolution" was featured in episode 95 (Misja Helsloot as a guest DJ)".

So without further ado! Play, share, download and.....

Enjoy!

© 2003
Written by R. Lidstroem
Remixed by M. Helsloot

Robert Lidstroem - Recitation (Misja Helsloot Remix)

The Planet X Remix is a nice version of Mindwalker. Sadly, history has erased any memory of who Planet X was, where he/she went, or why he made this remix. If you are out there, get in touch!

Enjoy!

© 2000
Original by J. Perssson/R. Lidstroem
Remix by Planet X

Dual Force - Mindwalker (Planet X Remix)

Now! This is a proper smack-banger from the talent of Giorgio Ponticelli! Great italian guy who I recently took up contact with again. He had great success back in the early 2000s on the most popular platforms (Beatmaka and MP3.Com). With a harder edge, he took "Mindwalker" to a "pre-Nu-NRG"-state! I have contacted him recently to see if he had his old stuff still, but sadly, no, I would strongly enforce a 7min extended mix, if it was possible.

Enjoy!

© 2000
Original by J. Perssson/R. Lidstroem
Remix by Giorgio Ponticelli

Dual Force - Mindwalker (Giorgio Ponticelli Remix)

What happened? "Mindwalker"? Well this was in the period of "Spirit"/"Spirit of Ibiza" - so what happened? I teamed up with J. Persson once again under our "Dual Force"-alias and "Mindwalker" came to life! Production-wise this is a great leap forward. J.P. had all the cool stuff of that time (Novation!). It came out a banger, and we did good on Beatmaka back then! Great times!

Enjoy!

© 2000
Written, arranged and produced by J. Persson (@joakim-persson-649475997)R. Lidstroem

Dual Force - Mindwalker

"Boundless (Chapter II)" - i think this was made after the "Radio Edit". Well, as i said, its a looong time ago. You can hear some changes in sounds/synths and a longer (07:34) duration.

Enjoy!

© 2000
Written, arranged and produced by R. Lidstroem

DJ Zephyr - Boundless (Chapter II)

"Boundless" was in the spirit of "Spirit 2000", made in the same way and style. Uplifting trance inspired by the tracks of the numerous albums me and my brother were buying back then. This track also had an interresting journey, probably starting as a FTII-track, going up on TraxInSpace, back then. After that Joakim Persson (@joakim-persson-649475997) reproduced it using his hardware and knowledge! Think it ended up on Beatmaka.com and MP3.Com, and id quite well. We managed to get 2 remixes on it. Planet X i dont know much about (we are talking the bleepin years 2000-2001!), but Giorgio Ponticelli was very well established back then! Hard/uplifting trance from Italy, right before Nu-Nrg came along!

This old track might be up for a rework and perhaps a remix in the future!

Enjoy!

© 2000
Written, arranged and produced by R. Lidstroem

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DJ Zephyr - Boundless (Radio Edit)

Wave

Wave (Remix)

Robert Lidstroem - My Spirit (Atharil Remix)

This track is made out of love for classic trance sounds of the early 2000's, of which the original by Robert Lidstroem is a perfect example. My version is made with hardware synthesizers, effect units and drum machines of the era, recorded live through an analog mixer with only basic processing and some percussion samples added afterwards. Thus, it is not a modern take, but instead aims to capture the spirit, joy and nostalgia that classic uplifting trance evokes in us who love it.

I hope you enjoy the result as much as I did producing it! 
Please also check out the mastermind behind the original mix, https://soundcloud.com/robert-lidstroem

Track credits:

Written & produced by Robert Lidstroem
Additional production, arrangement and mixing by Thomas Häggblom
Mastered by Austin Leeds
℗ & © 2025 Atharil Music. All rights reserved.
Published by Atharil Music / Copyright Control

Length: 08:41
Ab minor / 138bpm

My Spirit (Atharil Remix)

Time for something fresh! Or a new take on an old classic, atleast! "Recitation" is sort of my middle name, since it was released in 2002, i havent been able to top it! Champagne would fall from the heavens, VIP-entry was a day-to-day-thing, rubbing elbows with Armin, Ferry, Marco, just another day in the office! Good times!

So this version...Its no secret that i've always been a huge admirer of Rank 1 and Piet & Benno. Their live-performances at Sensation 2001 and Trance Energy are the stuff of legends! This version just started as a joke back in august 2024, with the idea of "what if???". So i did just that! A pounding drum, clean off drumrolls, crashes, and swooshes! 

Imagine just having a sequencer and big frickin cutoff-knob! Thats about it! Now dont take this too seriously as its mostly just a humble homage to the legendary RANK 1!

© 2002 © 2025
Written, produced & arranged by R. Lidstroem

Recitation 2025 "Live"

"Discovery", a uplifting trance track, influenced by Vincent de Moor and Ferry Corsten at the time. Produced in 2003. Supposed to be the followup to "Recitation". Enjoy!

© 2003
Written, produced & arranged by R. Lidstroem

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