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

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)

And here we are, 23 years later, with my brother, Eric´s, take on it! Uplifting, pounding, fresh! Maybe its time for me aswell to get my hands dirty and give the old track a swirl aswell?

Enjoy!

© 2023
Remixed by ©Eric Lidstroem (@ericlidstroem)

Robert Lidstroem - My Spirit (Eric Lidstroem 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 exclusively with hardware synthesizers, effect units and drum machines of the era, recorded live through an analog mixer with only minimal processing and some 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 Thomas Häggblom
℗ & © 2025 Atharil Music. All rights reserved.
Published by Atharil Music / Copyright Control

Length: 08:45
Ab minor / 138bpm