On Saturday, February 10th, 2024, I was extremely honored to find myself back behind the decks as an opening DJ for none other than Mr. “Perfecto” himself; world-renown, globe-trotting Trance pioneer and early EDM influencer, PAUL OAKENFOLD, at ORA, Seattle!! Paul’s album “Tranceport” was my very first Trance CD in 1998 and will always be one of my very favorite live-mixed Trance sets and what really sparked my soon-to-be hardcore obsession with Trance from that moment forward. This dapper fellow was even bestowed an honorary award from Queen Elizabeth on behalf of the British Empire as a “Pioneer of the Nation” for his contributions to dance music. I opened, along with rising star DJ, Sloane Motion, as the local support, and Paul has his own label opener “BLKLGHT”. I was 2nd DJ on and was super excited to see that the club was pretty full when I started, and by the time I reached the halfway point of my set the dancefloor was packed with the smiling faces of Trance fans, hands in the air, so it was a total blast. This set was so much fun to play and I was able to cram in 15 tracks of mostly instrumental Progressive Trance, so it’s a really cool, euphoric journey through sound and I received a ton of compliments from people in the audience once I came down off the stage, which is always a fantastic feeling to get that kind of real-time positive feedback on something I had put a lot of work into preparing for. Anyway, here it is, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed playing it!! Lastly, I just played again last weekend down at Opaline Nightclub in Portland for a local DJ’s Trance night, and that was also a lot of fun and I should have that set also uploaded here for streaming shortly. Cheers!! Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for PAUL OAKENFOLD, Ora, Seattle, Sat, Feb 10th, 2024 Duration: 01:08:08 BPM: 124 start / 128 mid / 126 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Sunny Lax - The Future (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats2.Protoculture - Weightless (Eugene Becker Extended Remix) ~ Enhanced Progressive3.Nitrous Oxide, Seb Hennig - Constellation (Phillip Castle Extended Remix) ~ FSOE Argento4.Kiholm - Interstellar (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive5.Jackarta - Invincible (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize Enhanced6.Ferry Corsten, Marsh - Fulfillment (Extended Mix) ~ Flashover Recordings7.Oscar Guez, German Ortiz - Ausente (DIM3NSION Pres. Benner Extended Remix) ~ Spitfire Music8.Temple One - Pacific Palisades (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion9.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Night Drive (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats10.OceanLab, Above & Beyond - Beautiful Together (Genix Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.Dan Stone - Metronome (Extended Mix) ~ Pattern12.Andrew Bayer - Once Lydian (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats13.Simon Gregory - F.O.S (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records14.David Broaders - Horizons (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic15.Yotto, Anden - Will You Remember Me? ((YOTTO vs. Anden Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out