On, Saturday, April 29th, I was beyond honored to be the primary support for easily one of my all-time favorite Trancers, Anjuna star and true prodigy Trance pioneer from the earlier days, Hungarian DJ/record producer, Levente Márton, better know by his stage name, SUNNY LAX. This is one of those “pinch myself am I dreaming??” moments because this is the 3rd time I’ve been on the opening roster for Sunny Lax, which is 3x more than I could have even hoped for haha, and it’s always such a pleasure to see this genuinely friendly, humble, and sweet fellow again, let alone warm up the decks for him. What an honor!! I was joined by Bryan Kyes on the opening crew, a new edition to the Seattle Trance DJ Fam, and Bryan kicked us off with a classic trance set, and I carried on from there with this, a mixture of euphoric Progressive and Trance, and threw in a little side excursion of some beatsy techno tracks because I was in the mood to hear some driving bass, hope you don’t mind haha!! Anyway, as usual, it was a totally fun night at Ora and the crowd was amazing and the Anjuna Fam love was in the air. Hope you enjoy the set, and also just a heads-up that I am pretty far along on the next iteration of the "White Label Trance Classics" series, # 4, hoping to record it this weekend.. And lastly, I'm excited to be opening for rising Japanese big room Trance star, the absolutely lovely, RINALY, at Ora Nightclub on May 20th, so be looking for that one later this month.. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Saturday, April 29th, 2023
* Duration: 01:00:18
* BPM: 128 start - 126 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	The Blizzard, Paul Arcane - First Snow (The Blizzard Extended Mix) ~ Deeper Harmonies
2.	Kyau & Albert - Follow the Waves (Heard Right Extended Remix) ~ Euphonic
3.	Markus Schulz, BT - Prestwick (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
4.	Genix - Ba55 I5land (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
5.	Armin van Buuren, feat. Stuart Crichton - Dayglow (Extended Mix) ~ Armind (Armada)
6.	JODA (UK) - We Find Ourselves (Jono Grant's Extended Stadium Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 
7.	Suncatcher - Chaos (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento
8.	Alex Sonata & TheRio - Breath Of The Wild (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
9.	SMR LVE, feat. Roxanne Emery - Let the Light In (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings
10.	Agnelli & Nelson - Hudson Street (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) ~ Xtravaganza Recordings
11.	Estiva, feat. Julia Church - On The Line (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced) 
12.	Beatsole, SebDell - Twilight Atlas (Extended Mix) ~ Nomads Music

Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, April 29th, 2023

Hey guys, well here it is, # 4 on my Classic Trance series, White Label!! I’ve been working on this one for weeks and finally recorded a take that I liked last Saturday on May 13th, and have been listening to it non-stop ever since haha. I really had to play with the track order on this one, but I think I finally got the right blend of vocal and instrumental uplifting trance, and if you’re a fan of the classics you’ll for sure recognize some of these gems from yesteryear, as well as maybe hear a few that are a little more off the beaten path that you may have missed, like Terradia - Drowning in Dreams, I bought that on MP3 in the mid-2000’s and I don’t believe it’s still available anywhere, was so great to  dig that one out and hear it again!! So many of these other tracks I haven’t listened to in 10 or 15 years, so many huge tracks and artists from yesteryear that give me goosebumps still to this day.. It's actually really shocking, the shelf-life on all these songs, especially once I’ve gone out and repurchased them as lossless files, they (to me) sound even better now than they perhaps did back then, they just keep getting better with age. Anyway, I had a lot of fun with the journey to record this set and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed playing it!! I’ll probably be able to make 2-3 more of these before I run out of classics that I am passionate about, so look for those over the following months. And BTW, I will be opening for Japanese rising star Trancer, the lovely, RINALY, this weekend at ORA Nightclub in Seattle, and I will be playing some Uplifting Trance for that one in the low 130's, a bit faster than I usually get to play live, so CAN’T WAIT for that one haha!! Hope to see you there.. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 004, recorded live May 13th, 2023
* Duration: 01:31:29
* BPM: 138
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality
* Tracklisting:

1.	Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Tall Paul Remix) ~ Ultra (2006)
2.	Kuffdam & Plant - Summer Dream (Whiteroom Remix) ~ Vandit Records (2009)
3.	4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night) (Vocal Mix) ~ Zeitgeist (2001)
4.	Terradia - Drowning in Dreams (Arksun Remix) ~ MPFS Records UK (2005)
5.	Lange presents: Firewall - Kilimanjaro (Original Mix) ~ A State of Trance (2004)
6.	Armin van Buuren - Shivers (Rising Star Remix) ~ Armanda (2005)
7.	Above & Beyond - Alone Tonight (Ronski Speed Remix) ~ Euphonic (2006)
8.	Lost Witness - Happiness Happening (Lange Remix) ~ Radikal Records (2000)
9.	Nu NRG - Dreamland (Original Mix) ~ VANDIT Records (2004)
10.	Evbointh - One Wish (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2007)
11.	Solid Globe - Black Woods (Original Mix) ~ Fundamental Recordings (2005)
12.	Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar (Three N One Remix) ~ Urban - Germany (1997)
13.	Amex - Back in the Sun (Saint Rush Remix) ~ Emotive Sounds (2006)
14.	Signalrunners - Aria Epica (Bart Claessen Remix) ~ Anjunabeats (2007)
15.	Reflekt Feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Thrillseekers Remix) ~ Positiva (2005)

“White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 004, recorded live May 13th, 2023

On Friday, May 19th, I recorded a demo set of some dreamy, relaxing proggy stuff that I have been listening to and collecting for the past couple months, literally to upload to dropbox so I could listen to it in the backyard BBQ’ing on a beautiful, early summer evening haha, the night before the Rinaly show at Ora, which was last Saturday (AND, a totally awesome time!!! My set should also be uploaded sometime soon). I actually did try to record this once before several weekends before that but I didn’t like a few things about it and cut the recording off midway through, but this time it turned out pretty cool, so I thought I would share. Just a random hodge-podge of beautiful tracks that make me feel a certain special way, kind of happy/sad, but hopeful, and I hope it gives you the same feeling. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “Summer Prog – May 2023 ” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 19th, 2023
* Duration: 01:12:31
* BPM: 120 start / 122 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	VONDA7 - Perception (Alex O'Rion Remix) ~ Sudbeat Music
2.	Cornelius SA, Sebee - Silhouette (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	LTN, Ghostbeat, feat. Nina Carr - Captivated (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings 
4.	M.O.S., Serious Dancers, feat. Alexandra Savvidi - Meera (Original Mix) ~ Melody of the Soul
5.	Boxer - Crawler (Extended Mix) ~ UV
6.	Navid Mehr - Cematics (Original Mix) ~ Proton Music
7.	Kasper Koman - The Observer (Original Mix) ~ Lost Miracle
8.	Odsen - Shadow Settles (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
9.	Marsh, feat. Leo Wood - Fall To Pieces (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
10.	The Cobb - Spring Time (Mass Digital Remix) ~ -102°C
11.	Pumbum - Retreat (PROFF's Extended Respray) ~ SkyTop
12.	LAR - I Miss You (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings
13.	Siskin - Always You (Club Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
14.	Braxton - Indigo (Original Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

“Summer Prog – May 2023 ” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 19th, 2023

On Saturday, May 20th, I was extremely honored to be the primary opener for Japanese DJ and music producer, RINALY, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle. You may have seen Rinaly at one of the giant Trance festivals around the globe, and she has performed in renowned clubs such as Zouk Singapore, Colosseum Jakarta, as well as major international events such as Amsterdam Dance Event, EDC Las Vegas, Japan & China. She’s been producing Trance for the past decade and seen several of her singles hit the top Trance charts on Beatport. Rinaly in fact flew directly from this year’s EDC in Las Vegas to Seattle to play with us at Ora that night, and it was so cool to meet her in person. She was quite humble and sweet (and also very tall!), in fact on my last track I noticed something out of the corner of my eye and she was waiting at the bottom of the DJ booth stairs for me to invite her up, which was hilarious to me and very cute; most headliners just barge their way onto the stage and shove us openers aside. Haha just kidding (mostly) but I thought that was very humble and endearing. Anyway, since Rinaly plays uplifting Trance, 138-140+, the promoter told me I could play up to 136, which we rarely get to play in clubs. So as you’ll soon hear, I took full advantage of that and cranked it up to 136 for most of the set and got to play a lot of my favorite go-to Trance artists, such as Temple One, Ultimate, DJ T.H., and Alex Wright, plus a bunch of other amazingly uplifting tracks, and kicked it off with the brand new Myon remix of JODA’s “Breaking Down the Walls” which I was SOOOO excited to hear on the club sound system , such a crazy awesome track. Anyway, as usual, hope you enjoy the set as much as I did playing it!! Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for RINALY, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Saturday, May 20th, 2023
* Duration: 01:05:07
* BPM: 132 start - 136 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	JODA (UK) - Breaking Down Walls (Myon’s Return to 2000 Extended Mix) ~ (Anjunabeats
2.	Mario Piu, DJ T.H. - Techno Harmony (DJ T.H. Extended Remix) ~ Acalwan
3.	Alex Wright, Allen Belg - Merida (Extended Mix) ~ Always Alive Recordings 
4.	Stowers & Cooper, feat. That Girl - Us Against the World (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE
5.	Temple One - Find a Way (Extended Mix)  ~ Vivid Motion
6.	Nhato - Vert (Original Mix) ~ Otographic Music
7.	Nitrous Oxide, Paul Miller - Panamera (Original Mix) ~ Music En Route
8.	Temple One - Escape Velocity (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion
9.	Ultimate - Fly (Extended Mix) ~ Infrasonic Pure
10.	Tritonal, feat. Cristina Soto - Hands To Hold Me (Temple One Remix) ~ Nothing But
11.	Ross Cairns - Carbon Copy (DJ T.H. Remix) Sub.Mission Recordings
12.	Adam Mason, feat. Kate McQuaide - Remedy (Extended Mix) ~ Positive State
13.	Narel - Pulse Garden (Deepcry Remix) Bonzai Black Catalogue

Opening set for RINALY, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Saturday, May 20th, 2023

Hey guys! Well, I’ve been working in the background on this next iteration of the “White Label” Classic Trance series, number 5, for the past month or so, and every time I record another one of these I worry whether I’ll have enough good material that will continue to motivate me to keep mixing these, and once again I re-reminded myself that there’s no shortage of amazing tracks that were produced pre 2010-ish, which is where I wanted to draw the line to keep this more about “classic” and “yesteryear” theme for the series. In fact, out of the 15 tracks on this mix I had to narrow that down from about 60 tracks that I still have left in the hopper from my original scan through my collection of the older stuff. Really happy with the way this one turned out, and I re-reminded myself about some of the hidden gems that I’ve totally forgotten about, like the Photon Project Remix of Andain’s “Beautiful Things”, that’s from 2003!!! I wouldn’t have been surprised if that was a brand new release, what an incredible remix of that track and from TWENTY years ago, and most people probably never even heard it. I also got to mix up a “dream team” list of some of my all-time FAVE vintage instrumental Uplifting Trance tracks, all back-to-back, like “Desert Eagle, “Northern Lights”, “Chime”, and “Aurora”, all on one mix, it’s almost TOO much Trance goodness in one mix, but I did it anyway.. I hope you’ll forgive me haha. I almost fainted from the adrenaline rush while playing those tracks together, such incredible memories and amazingly spine-tingly tracks, not to mention so many others, “Velvet Morning”, “Hold On To Me”, “Bass Society”, “Air for Life”, and I’ll never forget hearing Paul Oakenfold playing “Nice Guys Finish Last” but at a much faster speed, and was amazed that it was actually an amazing Trance track when played faster… And all the way from 1999, the iconic Fragma, and of course, “Gamemaster”, with the timeless famale vocal that helps me so vividly imagine our beautiful planet Earth a million years ago, so pure and untainted by mankind, so much awesomeness… Anyway, I’ll shut up an let you listen, and BTW, I will be opening for one of the artists on this mix, JOHN ASKEW, in July, so really looking forward to that one, definitely a bucket-lister for me haha. Hope you enjoy the mix as much as I did playing it, and until next time, Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 005, recorded live June 14th, 2023
* Duration: 01:33:28
* BPM: Start: 130 / Mid: 138 / End: 136
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Pinkbox Special - Nice Guys Finish Last (Original Mix) ~ Armada (2004)
2.	Lange - Songless (Cerf & Mitiska Trancetastic Remix) ~ Maelstrom Records (2009)
3.	Perry O'Neil - Bass Society (Original Mix) ~ Electronic Elements (2006)
4.	The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Club Mix) ~ Adjusted Music (2008)
5.	Armin van Buuren, feat. Audrey Gallagher - Hold On To Me (John O’Callaghan Mix) ~ Armada (2009)
6.	Fragma - Toca Me (Club Mix) ~ Positiva (1999)
7.	DT8 Project - Destination (Akesson Remix) ~ Mondo Records (2009)
8.	Matt Darey, Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Original Mix) ~ Hooj Choons (1999)
9.	Andain - Beautiful Things (Photon Project Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings (2003)
10.	Kaste - Desert Eagle (Smith & Pledger Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2005)
11.	Smith & Pledger - Northern Lights (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2005)
12.	John Askew - Chime (Original Mix) ~ Supreme Music (2007)
13.	Nitrous Oxide - Aurora (Sunny Lax Remix) ~ Anjunabeats (2009)
14.	Kyau & Albert - Velvet Morning (Mirco de Govia Remix) Club Culture (2003)
15.	Above & Beyond, Andy Moor - Air For Life (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2005)

“White Label” a Classic Trance demo mix: 005, recorded live June 14th, 2023

Hey guys, Happy July!! Can’t believe it’s already practically mid-summer already.. Well, as sure as the world keeps turning, I keep acquiring more and more music and messing around with it on the decks, and if I don’t happen to luck out and get a club gig opening for an artist that matches well with the sets I am working on at the time, I’ll just create a “demo set” and record it on my gear in my home studio to get this lovely music out there for people to enjoy! So once again, I have a brand-new demo mix of some chill and mesmerizing, mostly progressive and organic house, maybe a few tracks bordering on a little more progressive trancey sounds, but this was intended to be a deep and chillax mix to sit back and soak in some sun, hopefully with an amazing view and an icy cocktail haha.. This is mostly new stuff, which I try to always use brand new material on each mix (unless I am doing a classics mix of course haha) but I did bring back three tracks that I’ve played previously, two in recent live gigs, and one from a demo I did quite a while back that’s never left my mind, because, to me, this is about as perfect of a set I can ever aspire to do as far as the amazing tracks that are on it, and I wanted to immortalize these three tracks that I still seek out to listen to because I love them so much, namely, the catchy "Don’t Forget the Parachute” by Not Now Please, PROFF's magical "Light Magic”, and the eternally mesmerizing “Alya” by Maiga, all on one demo mix to enjoy together. But I literally LOVE every track on this set, and I hope you do too. The very last track, A.M.R.’s “Got A Feeling”, I really lucked out with because he played it on a recent Monstercat/Silk Music Showcase and he said it wasn’t going to be released until his artist album towards the end of the summer, but it just magically appeared in Beatport right when I was finalizing my playlist for this set, so I snagged it and snuck it in at as the last track. Anyway, as always, hope you enjoy, and have a Happy Summer!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “July Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live July 3rd, 2023
* Duration: 01:19:13
* BPM: 121 start / 124 mid / 122 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Aneesh Gera, Paul Arcane, Chitralekha Sen - Jaipur (Paul Arcane Extended Mix) ~ UV
2.	Jerro, feat. Beacon - Go Back Now (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
3.	Not Now Please - Don't Forget The Parachute (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
4.	PROFF - Light Magic (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
5.	David Broaders - Sandcastles (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
6.	Simon Doty, feat. Ursula Rucker - Soulflow (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
7.	Sound Quelle, Jiminy Hop - Luce (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
8.	G.Pal, Simon Vuarambon - 3rd Of July (Simon Vuarambon Retouch) ~ Shanti Radio
9.	Yotto, Something Good, feat. Sansa - Before Dawn (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Music
10.	Jiminy Hop - A Tour (Original Mix) ~ Shambhala Music
11.	JODA (UK), feat. Robyn Sherwell, - Closer (Simon Doty Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
12.	Kaive, Jats (ofc) - Hypnotize (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
13.	Maiga - Alya (Original mix) ~ Midnight Aurora
14.	A.M.R - Got A Feeling (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat

“July Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live July 3rd, 2023

On Friday, July 7th, I was beyond honored to be on the opening roster for a UK Trance pioneer who’s been making a waves in the club industry since the early 90’s underground rave scene in England, and has held residencies at some of the world's most influential clubs such as The Gallery, Cream, and Ministry of Sound, JOHN ASKEW, at Ora, Seattle!!! My dear DJ buddy from Portland, Deejay Zoxy, was visiting us in Seattle and I was booked to do a B2B set with him to hand off to this legend John Askew, and the opener/opener was another good buddy of mine, the fabulous Mike Honcho (a.k.a. Mikel Bralley). Unfortunately, Mikel was under the weather that night, so I ended up doing another last-minute and fully unplanned B2B set to open the club, this time with yet ANOTHER dear DJ buddy of mine and also the promoter at the club, Eric Weber, a.k.a. WEB. So instead of playing an hour set, I was up there for 2 hours before John Askew came out on stage and delivered a blistering set of main floor Uplifting Trance to blow the roof off for a packed club. It was such a fun evening of awesome music, and the crowd was amazing that night!! I decided to break this up into the two individual B2B sets, starting with this one with WEB, and I should have my B2B with Zoxy up here pretty soon as well. For this one, Eric and I hung in the deeper progressive house zone while the club filled up, and we have a mixture of some pretty brand-new releases and remixes, as well as a selection older, more vintage proggy choones from yesteryear. Anyway, had a total blast, and being able to hand off the decks to Mr. Askew himself was a true “Bucket Lister” for me haha. Hope you enjoy the set, and as I said, keep your eye out for Part 2 of this opening B2B set up here sometime soon, as well as a new edition of the White Label Classic Trance series (# 6!!!) that I’ve been slowly working on as a side project. Hoping to get that recorded sometime soon as well. Cheers! Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: WEB + Gotek B2B opening set (Pt. 1) for JOHN ASKEW, Ora, Fri, July 7th, 2023
* Duration: 01:05:33
* BPM: 122 start - 126 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Into The Ether - Reminiscence (Extended Mix) ~ Immersed
2.	Tripswitch - Box Fresh (Tripswitch & Nicolas Rada 2020 Refresh) ~ OneDotSixTwo
3.	Johan Vilborg - Mai Tai (Dezza Extended Remix) ~ Enhanced Progressive 
4.	Gai Barone - Social Dynamics (Original Mix) ~ Patternized Recordings
5.	Myon - Albion (Pavel Khvaleev Extended Remix) ~ Ride Recordings
6.	Eli Nissan - Snow Tiger (Original Mix) ~ Lost & Found
7.	David Broaders - Sandcastles (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
8.	Cassian - Open Up (Durante Remix) ~ Rose Avenue
9.	Christina Novelli - Black Heart (Sunny Lax Extended Remix) ~ Muse Music Records
10.	Mark Otten - Libertine (Soundprank Remix) ~ Armind (Armada)
11.	Kyau & Albert - Otherworld (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
12.	Departure, Gabriel & Dresden, Markus Schulz - Without You Near (Judah Remix) ~ Armada

WEB + Gotek B2B opening set (Pt. 1) for JOHN ASKEW, Ora, Fri, July 7th, 2023

This is "Part 2" B2B opening set from Friday, July 7th, where I was incredibly honored to be on the opening roster for a UK Trance Legend, JOHN ASKEW, at Ora Seattle!!! Once again, I was able to join my dear buddy from Portland, Zoxy, behind the decks for a B2B ("back-to-back") set, and we had the distinct honor of handing off the decks to John Askew, whom both Zoxy and I had been a fan of since the very early days of Trance in the 90’s. I am calling this set “Part 2” because I had already played for an hour before this with another great DJ buddy of mine, Eric Weber, a.k.a. WEB for an unplanned B2B set to open the club. We were filling in for another DJ who was not feeling well that night unfortunately, but it was a unique opportunity to play for 2 hours and kick off the night with a cool progressive set with Eric, then ratchet it all the way up to 138 BPM’s to get the club heated up for John Askew, which was a lot of fun. It was an amazing evening of incredible music, and the crowd of Trance fans there to see John Askew was SO much fun to play for.. For this one, Zoxy and I played a mixture of some brand-new releases, as well as a few older, more vintage Trance Choones from yesteryear, and I even busted out “Call The Galaxy Taxi” by Plastic Angel, such a classic from the early 2000’s that sounded SOOO awesome on the club sound system, and we had the dance floor jumping up and down a few times. Anyway, incredible night, and once again, being able to hand off to John Askew was a true honor. Hope you enjoy the set, and if you like the classic Trance vibes, make sure keep your eye out for a new edition of the White Label classic Trance series that should hopefully have up here in a few weeks. Cheers! Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: ZOXY + Gotek B2B opening set (Pt. 2) for JOHN ASKEW, Ora, Fri, July 7th, 2023
* Duration: 01:00:44
* BPM: 127 start - 138 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1.	Chicane - Offshore (Grum Extended Remix) ~ Armada Music
2.	David Broaders - Moonkilla (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
3.	Sunny Lax - Emerald (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
4.	Dan Stone - Absent Minds (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
5.	Scooter, Giuseppe Ottaviani - Hyper Hyper (Extended Mix) ~ Sheffield Tunes
6.	Plastic Angel - Call The Galaxy Taxi (Martin Roth's Nu-Style Mix) ~ Afterglow
7.	Jorn Van Deynhoven - We Can Fly (Extended Mix) ~ A State of Trance
8.	Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Paradise (Extended) ~ VANDIT Records
9.	Sunlounger - Another Day On The Terrace (I.D. Remix) ~ I.D.
10.	Harshil Kamdar - Set Me Free (Extended Mix) ~ Regenerate Records
11.	Mark burton vs Sunlounger, feat. Zara Taylor - Try Understatement To Be Love (Armin van Buuren Mashup) ~ I.D.

ZOXY + Gotek B2B opening set (Pt. 2) for JOHN ASKEW, Ora, Fri, July 7th, 2023

Hey guys, this is the latest iteration of my Progressive demo set series, called "October Prog".  I aspire to have this be a monthly podcast release, doesn't always work out that way with work and other "life" things that get in the way time-wise, not to mention that I am extremely picky about track selection for these sets, which can sometimes be hit-or-miss. However, I am very happy with the way this one turned out, and there are SO many great tracks on this mix. I just recently went to Japan on vacation for 10 days and was hoping to get this one done before I left. I recorded a version of it however it wasn't quite ready, but I listened to it a ton while in Japan, and as soon as I got back, I made some changes, even swapped out a few tracks with some new gems that released while I was abroad, and ended up with this. I'll have my Uplifting Trance opening set from the GANESH show uploaded next, and I'll also be opening for Irish Trance DJ/Producer, Billy Gillies, on November 17th at Ora, which I am really excited about. Anyway, this mix has pretty much been on constant rotation for my daily playlist, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun recording it!! BTW, the photo is one I took during my Japan trip, from a botanical garden in Kobe called “Herb Garden” which was this really neat place that you had to take a gondola ride up to and then hike down the long trails of flowers and herbs. It’s not necessarily an “October-ish” photo I suppose, but it was taken during October, so that will have to be good enough haha. Cheers! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek 

DJ Gotek presents: “October Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live October 21st , 2023
* Duration: 01:10:11
* BPM: 119 start / 123 mid / 120 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound
* Tracklisting:

1.	Steven Weston, feat. Taė - Same Dream (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
2.	Steven Weston, feat. Natalia Salter - Hold Back (Warung Remix) ~ Blank Dust
3.	NevadaSYSTEM - Eastern Sunrise (Into The Ether Extended Remix) ~ DistroKid
4.	Wassu, djimboh - Parsa (Original Mix) ~ Visceral
5.	Arggic - My Attention (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
6.	Noel Sanger - Falling Upward (Jamie Stevens Remix) ~ Dissident Music / EMG
7.	Kyau & Albert - Made of Sun (Adam Sobiech Remix) ~ Euphonic
8.	Marsh - Reminiscent (HANA Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
9.	Ultimate - Stages (Extended Mix) ~ InfraProgressive
10.	Angara, feat. Beacon Bloom - In The Storm (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
11.	Kaiyan - Whispers Of The Night (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
12.	LTN, Boris Foong - Caught In Your Space (Extended Mix) ~ Interplay Records
13.	Tomb - Intermodal (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat
14.	Warung - Falling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

“October Prog” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live October 21st , 2023

On Saturday, November 18th, I was honored to be the primary support for rising star Irish Trance DJ/Producer, BILLY GILLIES, at Ora Nightclub in Seattle. It seems I have been on a roll opening for Uplifting Trance and Techno Headliners lately, which has been super fun because it allows me to tap into the higher BPM's (up to 138) which are fairly far-and-few-between opportunities for opening DJ's.. Uplifting Trance is one of my favorite genre's of electronic dance music, and what got me into Trance in the first place. I was particularly excited about this one because Billy Gillies has definitely been on my radar for the past year or so , after having first heard a set by him on the "Trance Sanctuary" monthly podcast, which follows all the big DJ's and newer, relevant names rising in the scene in the big Trance Clubs in the UK. I was super excited about his tracks and remixes, and became a fan instantly. This set was so much fun, and I got to spin for the first time with an O.G. Seattle DJ who's been around for long before I showed up in the Seattle DJ scene, Kazan. I was able to squeeze in 13 tracks into this one, which is packed from beginning to end with amazingly euphoric bangers, spiced up with a couple classics from yesteryear which still send chills down my spine to this day; the Odonbat Remix of Karybde & Scylla's "Distorted Reality", and the timeless Temple One remix of "Things That Happen" by Will Holland, such an amazing track. The audience of Trance fans at this show was super fun to play for, and Billy Gillies showed up with a huge entourage of friends and fans that had followed him from playing three sets at Dreamstate down in LA just a few days before. Billy was a super friendly and humble guy, and it was a real honor to meet him and hand the decks off to this amazingly talented guy. This will likely be my last headliner opening show for the year, but I do have NYE show lined up in Portland, which should be a lot of fun, and I hope to have another Progressive House demo mix finished before Christmas, so keep your eye out for those! Anyway, as usual, hope you enjoy the set, and have a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends! Cheers! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for Billy Gillies, Ora Nightclub, Sat. November 18th, 2023
* Duration: 01:02:50
* BPM: 130 start / 138 end
* Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download
* Tracklisting:

1. Giuseppe Ottaviani, Alex Sonata & TheRio, feat. Tishmal - Tears Of The Kingdom (Extended Mix)
2. OceanLab, Above & Beyond - Satellite (Above & Beyond's 2023 Extended Progressive Mix)
3. Adam Nickey - Callista (Dan Stone Extended Remix)
4. Will Holland, feat. Line Froyset - Things That Happen (Temple One Remix)
5. Lostly - That Next Place (Extended Mix)
6. Dan Stone, Ultimate - Enru (Original Mix)
7. Solarstone - Sovereign (Ultimate Extended Remix)
8. Nitrous Oxide - Redmoon (John Rockwell Remix)
9. Novaline, Einar K - Time Has Come (Original Mix)
10. Temple One - Infinite Structure (Extended Mix)
11. Alex Di Stefano - What's the Catch (Original Mix)
12. Karybde & Scylla - Distorted Reality (Odonbat Remix)
13. Prox - Dreamer (Extended Mix)

Opening set for Billy Gillies, Ora Nightclub, Sat. November 18th, 2023

Seattle's Mark McCarthy a.k.a. DJ Gotek emerged out of the exploding Electronic Dance Music scene in the Pacific Northwest over the past decade+, and has held residencies at some of the hottest DJ clubs in the NW such as The Underground, Club Contour, and Foundation Nightclub in Seattle and Whiskey Bar in Portland, and also has played at an ever growing list of clubs and venues on the west coast. Specifically noted for his euphoric, uplifting, and melodic Progressive and Trance sets over the past decade, DJ Gotek has found himself being invited to open for some of the world's most prolific and iconic Trance and Progressive DJ/Producers, artists such as Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Cosmic Gate, Sunny Lax, Genix, Solarstone, 4 Strings, Aly & Fila, ARTY, Ilan Bluestone, Super8 & Tab, Omnia, Ronski Speed, Orjan Nilson, Roger Shah, Chicane, The Blizzard, Lange, Daniel Kandi, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Gareth Emery, MYON, Max Graham, Andy Moor, Richard Durand, Bobina, Stoneface & Terminal, John OO Fleming, Simon Doty, Dezza, the list grows ever longer.. DJ Gotek always strives to create a feeling of euphoria with his mixes which are consistently heavy on the dreamlike and spine-tingly electronic sounds, regardless of which genre he’s playing in; Mark’s passion is to move people by bringing the very best in in Trance and Progressive to his audiences, and hopefully it shines through in the mixes he creates.

Note: Mark only uses AIFF lossless quality tracks mostly purchased at Beatport.com (except for producer demos). All mixes were either recorded live in the club or directly from Mark's gear (DJM A9 Mixer, 2 Pioneer CDJ3000's) recorded on a Zoom H4n Pro in WAV format, then professionally sound leveled post-recording, Voice ID Tagged, and  converted to MP3 by Chris Dececio Studios in the UK. EVERY single mix on Mark's Soundcloud was recorded live and in the moment on top-notch Pioneer DJ gear, not mixed with computer software, so they might not be exactly perfect 100% of the time, but they are "real", which is a standard of mix quality, authenticity, care, passion for live mixing, and DJ integrity Gotek is proud of. =)

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