Transcension

This mix was recorded for my former residency at Dancevibes Radio (2023 – 2024), and was broadcast on Sunday, February 18, 2024. It contains some of my all-time favorite trancers; tunes that I’ve listened to hundreds – if not thousands of times. Tunes that still to this day give me goosebumps, some almost 25 years since the first time I heard them. 

Needless to say, it’s quite a personal ride. I hope you’ll enjoy the tunes as much as I have over the years, and let this be the first instalment in a series of promotional mixes for a new club concept – named “Transcension”.

1. Madonna – What It Feels Like For A Girl (Above & Beyond Remix)
2. The Quest – C Sharp
3. Vincent de Moor – Shamu
4. Rank 1 – Such Is Life (Extended Mix)
5. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (Ferry Corsten Remix)
6. System F feat. Marc Almond – Soul On Soul (Original Extended Mix)
7. DJ Tatana vs The Mystery – Soul Cry (Original Mix)
8. Vimana – We Came
9. Paul Oakenfold feat. Carla Werner – Southern Sun (Tiësto Remix)
10. Svenson & Gielen – Twisted (Svenson & Gielen Energy Mix)

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I dedicate this mix to the memory of my dear friend, Guclu. 

Gone too soon, but your soul is everlasting, Brother.

You left such a big imprint on me – and my musical journey is forever colored by you. 

I miss you and I hope we’ll meet again – somewhere, somewhen. 

Until then, 

Rest in peace.

✝

The First Transcension

VVELTSCHMERZ is a DJ and producer hailing from Trondheim, Norway. As a kid growing up in the 90’s, he would become greatly influenced by his father’s interest and taste in music – leading him to start collecting records at a very young age. He would bring his records with him wherever he went, and he would often end up playing them at his friends’ birthday parties etc. This led him to naturally venture into the world of DJing, and he began playing at his local youth club at the age of 11.

A typical set from VVELTSCHMERZ can be described as a high-gear, 4x4 journey through hard, electronic music – both old and new. From dirty acid and industrial warehouse techno to trance, pounding hard house and NRG – to hardstyle, hardcore, gabber and darkcore. No matter what he plays, his aim is always to create a memorable night on the dance floor.

VVELTSCHMERZ is the founder of the club concept UNTERVVELT, and one of the curators and organizers behind the art-and-club-event series KunstKLUBB and IMMERSION. Together with his good friend MØRK, he runs the club concept Heart House, and they play together under the b2b moniker Norwegian Hard House Mafia. He has held monthly residencies at Dancevibes Radio (NL) and Fnoob Techno Radio (UK), where he has played alongside names like Reinier Zonneveld and PETDuo. 

Some of his recent bookings include warm-up for Might Be Twins (Kulturfabrikken Kristiansund), Frequent Friday (Stereo) and Bass-On (Vers Libre) in Bergen, Kristiansund Kunsthall, Give Me A Break (TYVEN), TRØNDERDOME (CLUB-WONDERLAND / Lager11), Technophilia (Trykkeriet Scene), PaaDyptVann (HAVET Arena), and warm-up for Onleash (Lokal Klubb).

In addition to DJing and producing, VVELTSCHMERZ is a visual artist, and the other half of the performance art-duo Mikalsen & Marhaug – working within the fields of sound art, techno, noise, power electronics, and live action painting – often intertwined through improvisation. He is also a co-founder of the contemporary art gallery OMNIBUS.