My guestmix for Nick Denny's awesome Saturo Sounds show - A life less ordinary. This mix showcases the sound of Arcana - a regular night in Manchester featuring myself and other regular residents bringing you sumptuous and melodic sounds from the cosmos. 

Tracklist:
Lone - Under Cherry Blossoms (Mind’s Eye Reprise)
Alucidnation - Beautiful House
Jimpster, Greg Paulus - Soul Spectral (feat. Greg Paulus) (Dub)
Shur-I-Kan - Away (Original Mix)
Technasia - I Am Somebody (Original Mix)
16BL - Murder Weapon (Original Mix)
Monki, Queen Rose - Ring Ring ft. Queen Rose (Original Mix)
Andre Sobota - Collide (Tencode Remix)
Gai Barone - Carnival
Max Meyer, A-Line, Wilderness - Forest Man (PROFF Extended Remix)
Dabeat, Kamilo Sanclemente - Canis (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)

Arcana Guestmix - Saturo Sounds / A Life Less Ordinary

Been doing his malarkey longer than I care to remember, always with one foot in the rave...

Resident DJ on www.saturosounds.com with my show /// A Life Less Ordinary \\\ on the 1st Monday of every month 

/ dEEp / techin / hypnotic / discofied / progged / drugged / dubbed / nu-soulin / jazztastic / bass-slappin / acid rave / space bass / dream-fuckin-trippin is where i wanna be

I've been listening to electronic music since I was old enough to tune into the John Peel show on Radio 1. Peel first introduced me to Chicago House, Detroit Electro and Rap. I would listen to an entire show with my finger hovering over the record button of my 'tape-recorder' close to the radio speaker just to record whatever 3 electronic imports he would play each night. I wish I'd kept those recordings.
From the moment I first heard 'Roxanne Shante' I sought out everything I could ranging from Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Kurtis Mantronik, Africa Bambata, Grandmaster Flash, Gorgio Morodor, Axel-F, Jean Michel Jarre and just about anyone who used a synth to make music! With the arrival of House in the mid-late 80's the likes of Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steve Silk Hurley, Adonis and many more American underground House producers, the music had developed into a new, seriously exciting phenomena.
Music progressed at pace with House and Acid imports driving change, the UK in particular underwent an epiphany of sorts in the 80's and 90's. From Break-Dancing to New Romanticism, the music developed, finally morphing into the early genres of Acid Trance, Techno and Progressive Trance. Heavily influenced by American and underground Dutch and German artists and with the advent of clubbing and non-speaking mixing DJ's, it opened up a Pandora's box of new music, influences, sounds and styles. What that amounted to for me (and most others like me) was an ever-growing range of electronic music that was continually breaking free from pigeon-holes and mainstream pop culture. Electronic music had become the new classical music of a generation.
I can only say that electronic or computer music has evolved beautifully in the past 40 years and I love it as much now as the day I first heard John Peel play fantastic American imports.
I'm not anything more than a bedroom DJ and electronic music enthusiast. I have the greatest admiration for those who DJ publicly and seek to build a following or career from DJing, but that’s not a path I’ve tried to follow. I do love to put together great tunes, so for me using this sort of platform for sharing music is perfect for me. I do mixes both on my decks and using Ableton, as sometimes I find it easier to create a journey through that medium. 
As for making music, I’m slowly finding my way around Ableton in order to bring life to the musical ideas rolling around my head. 
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the mixes I post, please give me some feedback and if nothing else, support the artists themselves and buy their music.

Angrish

Loving and Listening to house/trance/progressive...you name it since 90's and I don't think I’ll ever want to stop...I know I won't

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Universal Solution, the artistic moniker of Gavin Holland, is a dynamic force in electronic music. Emerging from the vibrant UK dance scene, Holland has carved a niche with his evocative soundscapes and emotive melodies that traverse progressive house, deep house, and melodic techno. Drawing inspiration from pioneering acts such as Global Communication, B12 (Warp Records), and Aphex Twin, his music blends rhythm and harmony.

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