SourceCode #16 27-05-24 - Rob Van Arden - Slipcode & Chalmers

This month we welcome the awesome Rob Van Arden with an amazing harder guest mix. Big thanks to Rob for the support :)

Slipcode & Chalmers:
1. John O'Callaghan - Pebble Beach (Extended Mix)
2. Marcella Woods, Adam Taylor - A Million Miles (Extended Mix)
3. Andy Newtz - Mechanika (Extended Mix)
4. Manuel Le Saux, Db Mokk - Silver Moon (Extended Mix)
5. Hypersia, Last Soldier & NELLY TGM - Inevitable
6. Leroy Moreno - Zuriel (Extended Mix)
7. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Walk the Edge (RAM Extended Remix)
8. Eryon Stocker - Nuwanda (Extended Mix)
9. Jamie Knowles - Red Pill Blue Pill (Active State & Dustin Husain Remix)
10. Rene Ablaze & Waves on Waves - Twilight (Extended Mix)
11. BiXX - Another Door Opens (Extended Mix)
12. Amos Riot Night with Aylin - Clear Future (Extended Mix)

Rob Van Arden:
1. Anyma & Chris Avantgarde - Consciousness (Greg Downey Remix)
2. Steve Dekay - Black Magic
3. DK8 - Murder Was The Bass (Robbie Van Doe's Trippin Balls Rework)
4. Blutonium Boy - Make It Loud (Shugz Extended Remix)
5. Ezequial Lovera - Sparkling (Extended Mix)
6. B.E.A.R - Lost (Extended Mix)
7. Camelphat & Artbat feat Rhodes - For A Feeling (Greg Downey Rework)
8. Mark Wilkes - Abandoned Reality (Extended Mix)
9. NG Rezonance & Coulson - Relentless (Extended Mix)
10. Kinetica - Sting (Extended Mix)
11. Jerzyk & Robbie Graham - Illusion (Extended Mix)
12. Igor S - Airforce One (Will Rees Extended Remix)
13. Signum - What You Got For Me (Shugz & Decky Scott Remix)
14. Steve Dekay - Played A Live (Extended Rework)

SourceCode #16 27-05-24 - Rob Van Arden

Multi genre 💽🎚️🎛️🎚️💽

Looking for guestmixes for my fortnightly Trance Adixxtions show. If interested i ask you send me a link to given set by email too davidwatt1988@gmail.com
If you have a logo then send along in email also. 🙂
Any style of trance accepted. Only request is set is 30 mins long and recorded at a set BPM rate.
Thanks guys.

I am a flyer ... Dancer of Trance Music.. 

djstefangrainger@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/stefangrainger


At a very early age Stefan developed a passion for dance music but, it wasn't until he was 17 years old, and had discovered an event called Tangled in Manchester, that his passion led him down the road to the DJ booth.  After watching DJ's week in, week out, in awe of what they did and how they did it, he took the plunge and invested in a pair of inexpensive belt drive decks on which he learned the fundamentals of beat matching and mixing.  As the love for trance, house and the harder side of house grew, so did the need to upgrade his setup.  After purchasing a shiny new pair of Technics 1210 mk2's Stefan secured a spot at the School of Sound Recording in Manchester where he learned new skills, and gained valuable insight into promotional management.  After this, he then completed a Radio Production course with Mancat College to further his knowledge of the music business and was a semi-finalist in the National Superstar DJ Competition in 2004.

Soon to follow were gigs at some of the big events of that time, notably, TOAST, SIN:ERGY, PUREFILTH, AFFINITY and FUSED. Also, under the management of Logical DJ Agency, he played regular 5 hour funky house sets at Bar Ca in Manchester.

After an 8 year absence from the scene due to personal reasons, the love for dance music was still there... 2020 saw Stefan return to DJ'ing, but this time using the digital format. Posting regular trance and hard house sets to his SoundCloud, his audience began to grow at a quick rate and he has since featured on Wanted Underground Sounds birthday livestream as well as on JamJam Radio alongside the likes of Lab4 and HTE, where he reached an audience of thousands.  In 2021 he played his first gig for the new hard dance brand Meltdarn in Barnsley, with whom he then went on to secure a residency with. Stefan entered the System Damage DJ competition and came a very commendable 2nd place which secured him a gig at their event in Leicester. Most recently in 2022, Stefan has been playing at gigs up and down the country and went on to secure another residency with a new hard dance brand, Exile Events, playing his first gig for them in Weston-super-Mare along side the likes of Tom Berry, Jason Nawty, General Bounce and many others. Stefan will making his London debut for the Noise Addicts Afterparty in August 2023 and his first collab track 'Alright' with Bass Jumper has recently been signed to Hi-Five Digital due for release in late Summer.

Stefan Grainger, a DJ to keep your eyes on, is a multi genre artist of obvious talent whose sets of house, trance and hard house are bursting with the best of classic, upfront, and often unreleased tracks. 

For over 3 decades I have been in love with this music, starting off raving in the 90's to hardcore and transitioning to trance and never looking back. 

Taking to the Digital Decks to mix the music I love in my man cave AKA the 'Trance Shed' my show 'Trance on the Hillz' was born. 

I am trying to create a unique style which represents my taste, all type's of trance will be played but always edging towards the harder sounds.

I am currently playing on After Hours FM as a resident every fourth Monday of the month from 3.00pm - 4.00pm UK Time, so please join in for some great mix's and support myself and the show.

https://ah.fm/shows/david-hill-trance-on-the-hillz/

I hope you all enjoy who listens and would really appreciate any help along the way on this journey.

Thanks everybody!

Rob Van Arden Bio: 

Manchester based Trance/Hard Trance & Hard House Dj, Rob Van Arden is no stranger to the scene.

After discovering hard house & trance in London during the late 90's.
Attending nights such as Frantic, Heaven, The Gallery, Sunnyside Up & Trade.
Rob moved to Manchester & soon was a regular at nights like North, Sin:ergy, Gatecrasher, Goodgreef, Insomniacz & Sundissential North.

After getting his first set of decks he became a regular face at Manchester's legendary record shops Eastern Bloc & Spin Inn, at the time the beating heart of the city,s Dj scene. It is here, he perfected the art of digging deep into the crates of white labels & back shelf vinyls, always hunting for those rare, hard to get tunes to take the roof off his next Dj set.

It didn't take him long to get bookings & he was soon playing alongside his heroes, holding down a residency at North Hard House Reunion & gaining  bookings for brands such as Anthematics, Blueprint, The Howard, Goodgreef, Ideal (Tidy), North Hard House Reunion, Off The Rails, Rave On, We Like It Hard & Wax Format.

Over the years, Rob has supported many of the Dj's he originally looked up to, including Paul Oakenfold, Guy Ornadel, Signum, Scott Bond, The Thrillseekers, Simon Patterson, Jordan Suckley, Rob Tissera, The Tidy Boys, Andy Farley, B.K, Andy Whitby, Lab 4, Kutski, Mark E.G & M-Zone.

These earlier influences show in his sets, where he twists trippy acid lines, haunting vocals & rasping synths over thumping, driving beats.
Making his sets distinctive, wether it be Trance Or Hard House.

After a ten year break, Rob is back firing up the decks again. You can catch his upcoming, online sets on Abandoned Reality Radio, Keeping Hard Trance Alive & System Code.

Rob has also dabbled with production, gaining a release on Armin Van Burren's Who's Afraid Of 138 alongside Ally Brown, entitled "The Next Page" & also remixed the legendary OD404's 9Bar, under his Hoover Groover alias. Further productions are in the pipeline.

https://www.mixcloud.com/rob-van-arden/

https://www.facebook.com/share/1JVdWBJY46/


Lincoln based DJ & Learning Producer | Beats4Exercise 🎧

Hello and thank you for visiting my SoundCloud page. 

Inspired by past and present trips to Ibiza I trained to DJ back in 2000 at a studio in Sheffield on Technics 1210s and the early CDJ 300s so that I could record my own workout mixes.

Alongside playing the odd terrace set with my own gear I completed a six week Ableton Live music production course at The Lincoln DJ Hub to better understand the structure of Electronic Dance Music, which in turn has helped to improve the DJing.

Also a nod to the DJs, producers, vocalists and record labels who have provided me with an important soundtrack over the years many of whom I’ve come into contact with since posting mixes here.

Thanks again for visiting my page, it is very much appreciated.

SourceCode #16 27-05-24 - Rob Van Arden

Source:Code - Slipcode & Chalmers