Monday 11 November 2013

Trance is not a dirty word!






Trance is not a dirty word!

Let's face it, most of us go out at the weekend to fall into one anyway yet when it comes to music and club culture, Trance has attracted an unwarranted stigma in recent years, none more so than in the city that once celebrated it with such fervour and abandon; Brighton.

It's hard therefore to know where to start when you want to change that. There's an enthusiasm and apprehension about it that makes it feel like you're trying to change the world. It becomes baffling because you know that what is on offer pales in comparison.
And yet the horse still won't drink.
The task at hand becomes so important to you that in many ways it feels insurmountable. It's a situation analogous to, and not helped by, Brighton's decaying club scene.

As both a DJ and a clubber, this is something both I and many others find ourselves becoming increasingly passionate about. It's a passion driven by the knowledge that there is demand for change. This is what drives us.

In response to this passion and in recognition of the demands of the discerning clubber, we have come together to bring you Ethos; a celebration of the very best trance and club music. However,it's success depends upon you. If you're fed up with the West Street influence, the stag do's, the hen parties, the limousine lifestyle and the endless cacophony of shit music put out by promoters and managers hamstrung by the climate of late-night licenses, then come and show your support at El Duomo on the 23rd. Its the perfect intimate venue to recapture that familiar atmosphere where we've engineered a blistering sound system for you so we can all revel in the music we love.

Come and celebrate the renaissance.

Join us.


Wednesday 30 October 2013

Vorticity Volume 54






Vorticity Volume 54

Ahead of my post-warmup set that will take us to the midnight hour at Brighton's new trance night Ethos, I'm taking it down again a little bit with this enchanting progressive trance set.
A perfect winter warm up, this is what you can expect from me at the Ethos launch party.
November 23rd, El Duomo, Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, UK




Tracklisting:

Agoria - Scala
Darin Epsilon - Shine The Light (Ryan Davis Reconstruct)
Frankie Dep - A Radio In My Head
Booka Shade - Love Inc (Hot Since 82 Remix)
Veerus & Maxie Devine - Cars
Baboop - Split Horizon (Cid Inc Remix)
Guy J - Seven
Cid Inc - Divine (Hernan Cattaneo & Soundexile Remix)
Tweak & Brains - Lunar Eclipse
Christopher Vassilakis - Turquoise
Ivan Lu - Window In The Sky
Sergio Domingo - Taking Off
Gary Delaney - The Nightmother (You Are My Salvation Remix)
Incolumis - Point Blank
Luke Porter - Sardonica
The Digital Blonde - Noc2one (Midnight Mix)
Ethan - Hestia (Hivanova Remix)
Narel - The Machines Were Dreaming (Airwave's Sleepy Robots Remix)

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Vorticity Volume 53






Vorticity Volume 53

Now that Hush vs Transition has come and gone, I thought I'd share my mix from that night. 
This is 2+ hours of dark, driving, progressive trance that occasionally soars into deep goa and is held together by pulse-pounding techno. Featuring tracks from Lyctum, Fleming, Airwave, Ovnimoon and Monolock, this is a mix that shifts from gear to gear at an unrelenting pace. 
Enjoy!

Sunday 14 July 2013

Vorticity Volume 42


Vorticity Volume 42

relaunch - eternal light
moshic - evil inclination part 2
union jack - papillon
crystal verge - invasion (psy progressive mix)
nicholas bennison - sulfur (heavy mix)
duotekk - zlow
the digital blonde - rain song
cosmithex - alchemy
cosmithex - projection
ace ventura - genesis (flegma & nerso remix)
e-clip - existence
skinny - betty cat
polaris - time for 6/8
brainiac - inside your brain
burn in noise - vuuv festival celebration
mind paradise - trip inside yourself
union jack - red herring (ainur remix)
art of trance - octopus
project purity - karnac

Vorticity Volume 43






Vorticity Volume 43

noizehaze - dense fog
aerospace & sunseek - restoring normality
freq - sunglider
liquid soul - colours
failsafe - trance driver
john merki - second chances
x-noize - no mishaps
indecent noise ft. ridgewalkers - full moon fever
shaun williams - digital communication
o.b. vs. nyx - backfire
tripleone - out of the shadows
ashley smith & josh - far away
bryant baker - combustion
alex boboc - super storm
nr32 - l.m.y. (ian betts remix)
frank dueffel - hybrids (myk bee remix)
juventa - dionysia
grigory prometey - history of fire

Vorticity Volume 44






Vorticity Volume 44

quadran - rectangle
basil o'glue - cosmogony (relaunch remix)
felix pot - autumn storm
santerna - under protection (dub mix)
basil o'glue - dropout (david granha remix)
ava mea - in the end
laurent garnier - our futur
airwave - atlas winds
protoculture - cobalt
bevan miller - illusions (akira kayosa remix)
cristian paduraru - doartu doamne (inspring edm mix)
protoactive - spiritual reaction
john 00 fleming - baphomets horn (cj art remix)
vibrasphere - autumn lights (oliver prime remix)
adrian orellano - trancestral
orkidea - lifetime warranty
push - daylight
three drives - carrera 2

Vorticity Volume 45






Vorticity Volume 45

corn flakes 3d - harmony of waters
sean j morris - earth
magnus - hypnotic
marc simz - forbidden city (indecent noise remix)
front line assembly - shifting through the lens
matt skyer - bad trip
2012 - invisible world
spectra sonics - ufo ride
inlakech - cielab
john bishop & costa pantazis - endgame (dj audy remix)
dermot bateman - insomniac
matt watering - moonlock
blazed - global crises
braniac - the healer
pzy chi - andromeda
iain cross - music maker
front line assembly - hostage
phil reynolds & costa pantazis - continuum

Vorticity Volume 46






Vorticity Volume 46

yvan prokopov - eruption
mosahar - progmassive
pulser ft. molly bancroft - in deep (pulser's main floor remix)
2 players - signet (wellenrausch remix)
physical phase - terminal zero
federation - black tide
dj michael angelo - somewhere
polar - i the man
hmc - cum on (accentbuster maximum acidum remix)
reaky & skaivox - collective insanity
john 00 fleming - 10th life (artifact303 remix)
denis master - aspekt
matt pincer vs xam - inspiration
ehren stowers - enigma
chris metcalfe - curveball
darkboy - darker shades of black
mark leanings - whatever happens
arctic moon - starships over alice (paul webster remix)
magnus - the chase
soul & senses - natural symbiosis (indecent noise remix)

Vorticity Volume 47


Vorticity Volume 47

brent sadowick - mainroom
giuseppe ottaviani - thermophile (extended version)
peppelino - madagascar
indecent noise - razor
allan mcluhan - when the city sleeps
reaky & mark ankh - queen (woo york remix)
mekk - twisted
peppelino - prometheus (mark ankh remix)
octagen & m.i.d.o.r. - metropolitan (mesh remix)
david forbes meets dr willis - the kracken (dave schiemann mix)
kamui - gaga culture (thilo evanti remix)
graeme pollock - omni (tech  mix)
kamui - electro slut
rhythm technologies - cause and effect part one
david moleon & audiowarp - porlapolla
davey asprey - mindless (f1d0 remix)
larix - electronic industry
michael lee - everblue
a force - crystal dawn
orbital frame - solaris
apogee - shimmering (marcos euphonic remix)

Vorticity Volume 48






Vorticity Volume 48

No tracklisting available.

Vorticity Volume 49

Vorticity Volume 49

No tracklisting available.

Vorticity Volume 50


Vorticity Volume 50

tom colontonio - underboss (3rd planet mix)
deadmau5 - 1981 (lissat & voltaxx mix)
lissat & voltaxx - dreams 2012
matthew dekay - shadows & mirrors
the catt - quasar
ambassador - fade
federation - quiero (future disciple remix)
corderoy - when magic falls (club mix)
natious - amber (thomas datt remix)
amex & basil o' glue - rusted bliss
allure - coming light (pulser remix)

Monday 8 July 2013

Uberkon Volume 22





Uberkon Volume 22

The quality of releases continues to increase in recent months so Uberkon is able to return to the high BPM's with some quality high energy, driving trance. Pop ya gear on and hit the gym!

7 baltic - turbulence
johann stone - moondancer
paul webster - the joker (heatbeat remix)
armin van buuren - i'll listen (john o'callaghan dark mix)
mike foyle & supresa - placebo
james dymond - signify
husaria - jade
john o'callaghan - bring back the sun (thrillseekers remix)
paul davids - meanwhile
angry man - tyrant
airborn - the storm
ppk - resurection (full on fluoro mix)
rory james - quake (john dopping trigger mix)

Uberkon Volume 21


Uberkon Volume 21

Playing around with some of the latest uplifting vocal trance numbers that are doing the rounds right now.

dr willis & junkyard dog ft. antonia lucas - here she comes (aaron camz remix)
mehilove - daylight (andy tau remix)
robert gitelman - children of the sun (las salinas remix)
m.i.k.e. - any direction (m.i.k.e. vs revero club edit)
airbase - uppercut
tucandeo - in a moment (andy tau remix)
cerf mistika & jaren with fine taste - ready for go (dj feel remix)
betsie larkin & ferry corsten - stars (ferry fix)
lee haslam - beautiful place
fast distance - quantique
paul van dyk ft. austin leeds & elijah king - such a feeling (alex morph remix)
corderoy - when magic falls
jamie walker - for a lifetime

Sunday 7 July 2013

Vorticity Volume 52






Vorticity Volume 52

Blurb:

Without a shadow of a doubt my most popular mix has been the hard techno / trance crossover of Vorticity I put together some months back. I've always wanted to return to that format and this one was an absolute blast to mix. This is 70 minutes of unrelenting, high energy, harder, faster trance and techno.

Tracklisting:

dima e - slow fucking
dr willis & tyson dior - myth buster
brent sadowick - mainroom (kaeno & denzo remix)
ian void - destroy the boss
peppelino - stop
hertz - granit
hughes & ballantine - horrors (andy richmond remix)
bryan kearney - punchline
woo york - old gangster
peppelino - prometheus (mark ankh remix)
kay d smith & mark tall - hoipolloi (mark sherry's trance mix)
mallorca lee & james allan - twisted
abel ramos - electro fun (e craig remix)
ferry corsten - cubikated (original extended mix)



Vorticity Volume 51





Vorticity Volume 51

Blurb:

In terms of progression and couture mixing, this mix is my personal favourite, and personal best, since Theory 5 (yup, that long ago). Perfect uplifting trance for after parties or hot summer afternoons.

Tracklisting

pryda - bergen
sasha, donatello, knox, kastis torrau & arnas d - smoke cone (uner live club mix)
phil kieran & white noise sound - never believed (noir remix)
francesco rossi - paper aeroplane
kasey voorn & deepfunk - long time coming
facepalm - brainwash (arcalis remix)
york & jpl - nightmare (jpl club mix)
andrew bennett - menar
vibrasphere - purple (jaia remix)
craig connelly - robot wars
anna lee - a new hope (summer edit)
finist - trust me
chris harvey - in dreams with betty