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DJ Gotek

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 (DJM900 Nexus Mixer, 2 Pioneer CDJ2000 Nexus's, and a RMX1000 Effector) on an M-Audio Microtrack II 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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show at Ora, but I had originally set them aside for this mix and wanted to immortalize them in the Prog Sessions series haha. Anyway, I loved the flow of this set, the throwback classic vibes of Fiji and Café del Mar (originally I was going to use the recent Oliver Smith remix for this, but opted for the brand new Yeadon mix with it's more proggy vibes for this set. Anyway, crammed a lot of beautiful tracks into this, hope you enjoy!! BTW, the photo art was literally from my walk with my dog at the park this morning haha, excellent use for this type of music haha. Cheers! Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, August 2026 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live Aug 11th, 2026 Duration: 01:02:56 BPM: 120 start / 125 end Quality: Recorded as WAV Tracklisting: 1. Parra for Cuva - Juri (Original Mix) ~ Parra for Cuva2. Lstn - Centauri (Original Mix) ~ DistroKid3. John Grand - Palermo (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic4. Wilde, MXV - Liberty (Original Mix) ~ Houstrike5. My Friend - Sizzle (Extended) ~ Clockwork Pigeon6. M.O.S. - One Love (Extended Mix) ~ Plaisirs Sonores Records7. Ruben De Ronde, Ebenezer, feat. Sarah De Warren- Colorblind (Extended Mix) ~ A State of trance8. Sound Quelle, M.O.S. - Arcade (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced) 9. Protoculture - Atlantic Static (Extended Mix) ~ Oscura Nova10. Jody Wisternoff, James Grant, Kiskadee, feat. Ren Ocean - Friendly Fire (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep11. Atlantis - Fiji (Yeadon Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats12. Daniel Portman, Drilla - Cafe Del Mar (Extended Mix) ~ Enormous Tunes13. Ciree - Alone (2026 Mix) (Original Mix) ~ Soluna Music14. Marcel Vautier - Without You (Extended Mix) ~ A Tribute To Life (Black Hole)

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Drilla Extended Mix) ~ Enormous Tunes8. Atlantis - Fiji (Oliver Smith Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9. Durante, ALLKNIGHT - How Does It Feel (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep10. HAFT - Distant Blue (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep Explorations 11. Protoculture - Atlantic Static (Extended Mix) ~ Oscura Nova12. Ruben De Ronde, Ebenezer - Heaven (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Music13. Darren Tate, Genix - Taking Us Higher (Extended Mix) ~ 14. Sunny Lax - Endlessly (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 15. My Friend - Sizzle (Extended) ~ Clockwork Pigeon16. Simon Gregory - Don't Let Me Fall (Club Mix) ~ Mondo Records

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Shine (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings11. Arggic, feat. Ren Faye - More Alive (Extended Mix) ~ Monster Pure12. Alex Djohn - Universum (Extended Mix) ~ From Scratch Recordings13. Adip Kiyoi - Your Love Is My Guide (Extended Mix) ~ Suanda Music14. Paul Miller - Pluckbraker (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE

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  • Dawn (CVMRN Extended Mix) ~ AnjunabeatsPROFF - Memory # 3 (Extended Club Mix) ~ AnjunachillAmtrac - Civilian World (Original Mix) ~ AnjunadeepTristan Klampert - Saturate  (Extended Mix) ~ Sommersville Records

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Dresden, Ora, Seattle, Wed, Dec 31, 2025 Duration: 01:07:12 BPM: 122 start / 123 end Quality: Recorded and uploaded as WAV for Streaming Tracklisting: 1.Wassu - Aerobic (Djimboh Remix) ~ Musique de Lune2.PROFF, M.O.S. - Scarlet Sails (Extended) ~ Thunderlab Collective3.Zankee Gulati - Mind Opener (Marsh Extended Remix) ~ Meanwhile4.Protoculture - Come Together (Original Mix) ~ Songspire Records5.CVMRN - Fragile Shift (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats6.Because of Art - Fired Up (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep7.Just Her - Secrets (Original Mix) ~ Selador8.IPeiqi - Wildcard (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep Explorations9.Yeadon - Call (Original Mix) ~ Houstrike10.John Grand - This Is My House (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic 11.CVMRN - Shine (Extended Mix) ~ DistroKid12.Envotion, Alexey Sonar, ANUQRAM - Common Sense (Extended Mix) ~ SkyTop 13.Lane 8, feat. Arctic Lake - Say the Word (Sultan + Shepard Extended Mix) ~ This Never Happened

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Sixthsense Remix) Soluna Music14.Colle - Burning Summit (Original Mix) ~ When Stars Align

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Albert - Luminous (Club Mix) ~ Euphonic

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On Friday, July 25th, 2025, I was beyond honored to be an opening DJ for, and have the distinct honor of handing the decks off to, none other than world-renown and beloved Italian Trance DJ/Producer and massive Trance pioneer and influencer, Giuseppe Ottaviani, a.k.a. GO, at Ora Nightclub in Seattle!!! This was actually my second time getting to hand off to Giuseppe, the first time was at the Underground in Seattle back in 2016 (that set is also here on Soundcloud if you scroll way down haha), so I was counting my blessings to be able to have another opportunity to support this amazing talent, and super nice, humble gentleman, to boot!! Anyway, if you haven’t noticed, it’s been a while since I have had a legit club show with a headliner, been super focused on my “real” job for the past 6 months, so I was actually feeling pretty nervous before the show, that I might be rusty and not have my “sea legs” about me haha.. However, I put a lot of work into this set leading up to the show, and (as I should have known) I once again discovered that once I started playing, and saw all those beautiful, smiling faces out in the crowd, hands in the air, I immediately felt right at home behind the decks, my happy place, my Zen, and everything went perfectly!! Anyway, I really loved the way this set turned out, and the feedback I got after the show was so amazing as well, lots of sweaty hugs and high fives etc, the best kind of positive affirmation there is haha. I hope you like this set as much as I loved playing it. Cheers, and hope you’re all having a great summer! Mark, a.k.a. Gotek DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for Giuseppe Ottaviani, Ora, Seattle, Fri, July 25th, 2025 Duration: 01:03:54 BPM: 130 start / 136 end* Quality: Recorded as WAV * Tracklisting:1.Alex Wright - Amore (Extended Mix) ~ Pure Trance2.Elevven, Alex Sonata & TheRio - Blue Java (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats3.Aimoon, ARS - Hyperspace (Extended Mix) ~ Nomads Music4.Dan Stone - Connection (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento5.Alex Wright - Galactica (Original Mix) ~ Levitated Music6.Dan Stone - Falling Without Fear (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento7.Solarstone, Farius - Velvet Tread (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive8.Ultimate - Never Say Goodbye (Original Mix) ~ Pure Trance9.Craig Connelly - The Great Hall (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE10.Station To Station (IT) - The Drums (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.Lycii - The Fall (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive 12.Bobina, Betsie Larkin - You Belong to Me (PROFF Extended Remix) ~ Unicode Lab13.Nitrous Oxide, Paul Miller - Osaka (Extended Mix) ~ Nocturnal Knights Music

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Hey guys, hope everyone’s having a great summer so far! So, I finally got this next iteration of my “Prog Sessions” demo series recorded over the 4th of July weekend! You may have noticed that I have taken a bit of a break on the DJ front this year, and that is primarily because of my actual career “day job” has finally gotten to the point where the workload and stress of my job kind of kills my energy level to work on music during the weekends. Plus, sadly, the Trance/Progressive scene in Seattle is going through a bit of a dry spell, not as many local Trance shows or opportunities for me to be an opener DJ for a headliner, etc. especially since several of my old and beloved “stomping-grounds” NW DJ clubs from yesteryear closed down during COVID.. However, rest assured, the passion will never truly die, and regardless of whether I am posting sets or not, I am still constantly listening, researching, and collecting new music for future DJ sets, so you know I’ll always be back eventually, like a moth to the flame haha. The good news is that, aside from getting out a new Prog Sessions set for your listening pleasure, I do have an awesome show coming up in a couple weeks at ORA Nightclub, where I will be opening for world-famous and beloved Italian DJ/Producer, Giuseppe Ottaviani, on Friday, July 25th!! Can’t WAIT for that one!! So, lastly, I really liked the way this one turned out, it was a one-time-through dry run that I recorded and thought, “that’s it”, that’s exactly what I wanted, that hypnotic journey through sound, beautiful Progressive House ramping into more ethereal Progressive Trance, my happy place.. Anyway, hope you enjoy, and keep your eye out for a new Trance Mission demo coming soon, and possibly a new “White label” Classic Trance set as well!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek P.S. The photo is one I took on a vacation that I took to Rome about 10 years ago, the beautiful Basilica of St. John Lateran, the oldest public church in Rome, consecrated in 324 CE by Pope Sylvester I. I always loved the way the sunlight played through the clouds in the backdrop, very magical looking. So, this was in honor of Giuseppe Ottaviani, our Roman Trance Champion, coming to Seattle this month!! =)DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, July 2025 Edition” a Progressive demo mix, recorded live July 6th, 2025 Duration: 01:04:58 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 - Just One Way (Extended Mix) ~ Sekora 2.Station To Station (IT) - Caramel (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 3.Jody Wisternoff, PROFF, James Grant, Siobhan Wilson, Takeshi Furukawa - Mui (Ezequiel Arias Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep 4.Conro, Oncor - By Myself (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat 5.My Friend - Make U Mine (Extended Mix) ~ All Ways Dance6.Cephas Azariah - Contours (Steven Weston Extended Mix) ~ Anjunachill 7.Yotto - Polar (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out 8.Max Freegrant, Slow Fish - Fine Day (Extended Mix) ~ Freegrant Music 9.Bobina, feat. Betsie Larkin - You Belong to Me (PROFF Extended Remix) ~ Unicode Lab 10.Agustin Pietrocola - Sizer (Original Mix) ~ UV Noir 11.RÜFÜS DU SOL - Lately (Enamour Remix) ~ Rose Avenue/Reprise 12.Laura van Dam, feat. Dan Soleil - Never Feel Alone Again (Extended Mix) ~ DAYS like NIGHTS13.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Badnik (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 14.Digital Drift - Red Kite (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records

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On Saturday, October 5th, I was honored to open for KRISTINA SKY, an LA-based Progressive & Trance DJ/Producer, who’s been around for a couple decades and has been recognized as ranked # 13 on TrancePodium's Top 100 DJs, and # 39 on America's Best DJ, having played so many festivals and guest DJ appearances on so many global Trance DJ shows and podcasts throughout the years. I have met Kristina in the past, and it was so cool to see her again, and reconnect with such a nice and sincere person and DJ. This set was so much fun to play, I had just opened for Markus Schulz a few weeks before and was just still coming down from that high, so I was stoked to be offered this show so quickly afterwards, especially since I hadn’t played a show since April before that. This is one of those sets where every track just fell together and created such an incredible vibe, and really allowed me to connect with the audience at a very personal level. I hope that you enjoy this set as much as I enjoyed playing it. I dedicate this set to my amazing father, Jim McCarthy, an amazing man who’s meant the world to me. -Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for KRISTINA SKY, Ora, Seattle, Oct 5th, 2024 Duration: 00:56:18 BPM: 124 start / 126 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Into The Ether - The Shambles (Extended Mix)2.Protoculture - Migrations (Extended Mix)3.David Broaders - Deliverance (DJ Version)4.Yeadon - Look Within (Extended Mix)5.Heard Right, Anriu - Together (Extended Mix)6.Above & Beyond, feat. Zoë Johnston - Crazy Love (ANUQRAM Extended Mix)7.ANUQRAM, Dulus - Vicensa (Extended Mix)8.Pete K, Peter Illias - Higher State (Extended Mix)9.TheRio - Tender (Extended Mix)10.Nitrous Oxide, Adam Sobiech - Magique (Extended Mix)11.Digital Drift - Alone (Extended Mix)12.Digital Drift - Nebula (Original Mix)13.Max Graham, Second Sine - Chance to Escape (Original Mix)

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Hey guys!! Well on Saturday, September 14th, I had a very special honor of being on the opening roster for the one-and-only, MARKUS SCHULZ, which was definitely a Bucket List DJ/Producer to open for, for me.. I’ve been a fan of Markus since the early days of my trance obsession, the early 2000’s, and have purchased so many of his tracks over the years, and/or tracks from his label, Coldharbour Recordings, not to mention being an avid listener of his weekly podcast, Global DJ Broadcast. For this show, Markus had his own opener, Tim Clark, so I got the early spot, and unfortunately was only given a 45 minute time slot to allow for some extended sets for the headliners. Also, I was bummed that I didn’t get to meet Markus or get my token “Headliner selfie” haha, which sucked, but oh well, I was just happy to be there and get to play some music for a packed club, even for the early spot. For this set I wanted to keep it pretty progressive and slower BPM’s, but I really liked this blend of tracks, and also had to pull in a few of my faves from my recent “Prog Sessions” demo mix, because they were just too good to not bust out for a live club session. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the set as much as I enjoyed spinning it, as usual!! Cheers! -Mark, a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for MARKUS SCHULZ, Ora, Seattle, Sat, Sept. 14th, 2024 Duration: 00:48:59 BPM: 123 start / 125 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Emmit Fenn - Amman (Extended Version, Nils Hoffmann Remix) 2.Leo Lauretti, Bidwell, feat. Anita Tatlow - See Me Fly (Can You Feel It) – (Extended Mix)3.Kyau & Albert - Cascading Waterfalls (Extended Mix) 4.Dinka - Back for Good (Extended Mix) 5.Dosem - Desire (Extended Mix) 6.Genix, feat. Flowanastasia - Lights, Sound, Camera, Action (Yeadon Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 7.ANUQRAM - This Beat (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats 8.Jody Wisternoff, feat. Sian Evans - The Bridge (Chicane Extended Rework)9.RYTERBAND - Echoes (Boxer Remix - Extended) ~ RYTERBAND Records 10.Jordin Post, feat. Dan Soleil - Deserve You (Dosem Extended Mix) 11.Digital Drift - Strobe (Original Mix)

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Hey guys, hope you’ve been having an awesome summer!! Hard to believe that it is nearly September, when summer starts winding down, kids go back to school, and the beginnings of Fall start showing up here and there, my favorite season. Well, as you can tell, it’s been a very slow summer, DJ-gig-wise, which has kind of worked out for me because I have been buried at my job all summer long, but I also really miss playing in the clubs, and am hopeful the Seattle Trance scene will start picking up again with more shows in the Fall. Meanwhile, I never stop listening to, buying, and collecting music, so shows or no shows, I’ll always continue recording my live demo mixes. And, speaking of, I just recorded the latest in my “Prog Sessions” progressive house demo series, last weekend. I had a lot of amazing music to choose from, and had to spend a lot of time whittling it down to just 15 tracks, but I was really happy the way this one turned out, with brand new releases from some of my go-to progressive artists including Genix, ANUQRAM, PROFF, LTN, Paul Arcane, and I was SOOOO happy the insanely awesome Yeadon remix of Genix’s “Lights, Sound, Camera, Action” released the very day I recorded the mix!!! I had been checking Beatport every day since I first heard it, and it’s definitely my Fave track on the mix. Anyway, I’ve found that to keep the quality level to my very high standards for these things, my goal is always to have a set where I never feel like fast forwarding through any tracks, therefore I usually won’t have enough A-list tracks stored up to record one every month (I am quite picky haha), but I will try to get one out every other month. And meanwhile, I’ll continue working on my “Mission Trance” uplifting trance demo mixes as well, with about the same bi-monthly cadence haha. As usual, hope you enjoy!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek PS: The cover art photo was taken on a beach trip I went on to Pacific Beach, WA, a few weekends ago, such a beautiful place!!DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, August 2024 Edition” a Progressive demo mix, recorded live Aug 17th, 2024 Duration: 01:05:25 BPM: 120 start / 127 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Marsh, Nox Vahn - Come Together (Nox Vahn & Marsh Revisit) ~ Reflections2.LTN, Ghostbeat, feat. Adara - What Does Forever Mean? (Extended Mix) ~ Magik Muzik3.RYTERBAND - Echoes (Boxer Remix (Extended) ~ RYTERBAND Records4.Genix - Got My Love (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats5.ANUQRAM - This Beat (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats6.Genix, feat. Flowanastasia - Lights, Sound, Camera, Action (Yeadon Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats7.Above & Beyond, PROFF - Palermo (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep8.Kyau & Albert - Photographs (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic9.Ophanim - Libra (Extended Mix) ~ Immersed10.Yeadon - Expanse (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.Kaz James - Never The Same (Original Mix) ~ Rose Avenue12.Tim Iron, Michael Mashkov - That Vibe (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Melodies13.Quizzow, Loreno Mayer, Paul Arcane, feat. Brandon Mignacca - Lose It All (Extended Mix) ~ AVA Recordings (Black Hole)14.Digital Drift - Nebula (Original Mix) ~ SNRS15.Dusky - Trance You (Extended Mix) ~ 17 Steps

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Hey guys, well it’s been a while since I posted any Uplifting Trance demo mixes.. Well, guess what, I’M BACK!!! (Haha) Truth be known, regardless of how long I go in between uplifting Trance sets, I still do listen to it, my first love in this type of music, before Progressive House or anything else, Uplifting Trance of the 138-140 BPM caliber was what originally hooked me into this world and scene and encouraged me to buy my first set of DJ gear and force myself to learn how to play, on vinyl back then.. Anyway, I still listen to it all the time, and am always researching and buying new tracks to add to my collection. You’ll notice with this one that there is a HELLUVA-LOTTA Vocal Trance on this one compared to my usual selections, but oh man, there are SO many amazing vocal tracks coming out these days, so I couldn’t resist. You may also possibly notice that I am attempting to programatize these demos, just like with my “Prog Sessions” progressive house demo mixes, I am starting a new series for Hi-NRG Uplifting “138”-type tracks, and I am calling it “Trance Mission”, which, I know, is extremely predictable, however my veeerry first residency was for a show in Portland called Trance Mission, and that’s not really used anymore, but it brings back good memories for me. So, screw it, there’s probably 10,000 other mixes called Trance Mission, but this it’s the DJ Gotek version haha, and I’ll make it a series. Couple shout-outs on this demo set: first of all I loaded it up with some super-charged tracks from some of my favorite go-to Uplifting artists, Billy Gillies, Craig Connally, Temple One, etc. so a few extra doses of major spine tingles. The lyrics to the Lost Witness track, “Carry Me Home” really reminded me of having to put my 17-year-old, blind Pug, Stella, to sleep a few years ago, and I was literally crying when I played that track and singing along. Such a beautiful, and deeply heart-breaking song (to me). And lastly, I finished the mix with a classic from 2011 that I have been meaning to play for such a long time, Lifted Emotion, “In My Dreams”, fit so perfectly into this vocals-centric mix as a good way to end it. Anyway, had a lot of fun with this one, and I hope you like it. This (to me) is the true spirit of Uplifting Trance, to me, and if you’re feeling down and you listen to this, you will be uplifted. I promise. Cheers!! ~ Mark, a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: “Trance Mission, June 2024 Edition” an Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live June 16th, 2024 Duration: 01:12:22 BPM: 132 start / 140 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Temple One - Uncharted (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion2.Digital Drift, feat. Aneym - Here I Am (Extended Mix) (Original Mix) ~ SNRS3.Simon Gregory - Fool Me Once (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Records4.Billy Gillies - Closed Eyes (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE5.Lost Witness, feat. Laura-Ly - Carry Me Home (Craig Connelly Extended Mix) ~ RazNitzenMusic6.Aly & Fila, Luke Bond, feat. Audrey Gallagher - Million Voices (Billy Gillies Remix) ~ FSOE7.Arggic - Can't Ignore It (Extended Mix) ~ Monster Tunes8.Akira Kayosa, Hugh Tolland - Surya (Temple One Remix) ~ Alter Ego Digital9.Craig Connelly, feat. Cari - Breathe Again (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings10.Ultimate - Fire Breathing (Extended Mix) ~ Infrasonic Pure11.Daxson, Nation Of One - Now Or Never (Craig Connelly Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings12.Billy Gillies - Lovesick (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE13.James Cottle - Trinity (Extended Mix) ~ Pure Trance NEON14.Lifted Emotion, feat. Anastasiia Purple - In My Dreams (Original Mix) ~ CTS Records

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Hey Guys, getting the next iteration of my Progressive House series, “Prog Sessions” in just under the wire for May here haha. I was figuring that I would call it “June Edition”, but since the cover art is an awesome photo, taken over my house by my neighbor across the street, of the Aurora Borealis caused by the solar storm that so many people saw around the world during the month of May, and also in honor of my Dad’s 87th Birthday, which is TODAY (May 30th), I am sticking with “May Edition” for this one!! I have been struggling with time lately, as my “real job” has been super busy, so I haven’t had much time to work on DJ stuff lately. But I (of course) keep listening and constantly buying new music, and I had this massive stockpile of awesome new tunes building up, so much so that I really had a severe case of writer’s block with this one and had no idea where to start. So last weekend I spent hours downloading and arranging tracks and got it narrowed down to about 50 “keeper” tracks, then managed to narrow it down to the lucky 13 on this set, and recorded it on Monday, memorial Day Holiday.. This was a one-taker, so just recorded this the one time and that was it; all the tracks just worked together beautifully, which is rare for a one-time play through!! Lasty, I usually try to put 14 tracks on these Prog demos, but Warung’s EPIC track, “All We Have Is Time”, seemed like such a great place to end it, so I stopped the recording there. Anyway, I feel like I am rambling, so better get back to work haha, I hope you enjoy this set as much as I did recording it!! Cheers!! Mark, a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, May 2024 edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live May 27th, 2024 Duration: 01:00:22 BPM: 124 start / 126 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Jody Wisternoff, Blake.08 - BLAM (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep2.Braxton, Because of Art - Between The Stars (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep3.Darren Tate - 5AM To Lima (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeasts4.Blue Harvest, Leo Lauretti - All The Way (Extended Mix)5.Simon Doty, My Friend - Tuxedo Park (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)6.John Grand - Sapphire (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic7.My Friend - Moonbeam (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep8.Autograf - Wait For The Weekend (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Music9.ANUQRAM – Alright Now (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats10.Diego Morrill - Farallon (Original Mix) ~ Alter Ego Digital11.My Friend - Wavy Jane (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep12.Blake.08 - High Fidelity (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep13.Warung - All We Have Is Time (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)

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On Friday, April 12th I was incredibly honored and excited to be able to warm up the decks, along with my good DJ buddy, Serjey Andre Kul, for the one-and-only, beloved Irish Trance DJ/Producer and early pioneer in this music, Mr. PURE Trance himself, Richard Mowatt, or more commonly known as.. SOLARSTONE, at Ora Seattle. This was my third time getting to open for Richard, and as expected, it was a night of beautiful, euphoric, vibey Trance and Progressive that I was so happy to be a part of. On these rare occasions when I get to open numerous times for the same famous, globe-trotting DJ/Producers like Solarstone, it adds a special element of fun to it because they always remember me like we’re old friends haha, which just makes it all the more special of an experience. Also, Richard has such a loyal following and it was awesome to see all these fans show up for the chance to shake his hand, get autographs, or just old friends who’ve seen him play for decades, there to say hello to a dear friend. It was really cool. One funny little note about this mix, this DJ booth was a newer downstairs edition to the club that I hadn’t played on yet, and it had slightly older CDJ’s and I was having issues getting my SD memory stick to load, so in the commotion I accidentally started with my very last track first. I meant to kick this set off with Nils Hoffmann, “Closer”, but the DJ before me somehow set it to my last track and I didn’t notice until after I already transitioned it in. So, it was one of those serendipitous things where I had a bonus track at the very end that I didn’t think I’d get to, which was Yotto, AVIRA, ALSO ASTIR, “Forget”, accidentally get played first, and it was GREAT and the crowd loved it!! I am really thankful it happened haha. Anyway, I loved playing this set, and I hope you enjoy. ~ Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SOLARSTONE, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Apr 12th, 2024 Duration: 01:05:53 BPM: 123 start / 125 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Yotto, AVIRA, ALSO ASTIR - Forget (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out2.Nils Hoffmann - Closer (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep3.Enamour, Paraleven - Rune (Original Mix) ~ Rose Avenue4.David Broaders - Arka (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive5.LavKastor - E3 (Terry Da Libra Remix) ~ Monstercat Silk6.Nitrous Oxide, Seb Hennig - Constellation (Extended Mix) FSOE Argento7.Terry Da Libra - Eventide (Extended Mix) ~ Nothing But8.Protoculture - Starfield (Extended Mix) ~ Marula Music9.SUN3, Davee (ES) - With You (Extended Mix) ~ Scorchin’ Progressive10.Robby East, feat. Kuala - Love In Slow Motion (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)11.Breeder - Tyrantanic (Freedo Mosho & Maze 28 Remix) ~ Hooj Choons12.JODA (UK) - Spark (Jono Grant & Harry Diamond Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats13.BT, Shingo Nakamura - Lifeforce (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat

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Hey guys, just like the last edition of Prog Sessions, I’ve been working on this one for a while and have recorded it numerous times and changed things around quite a bit. I recorded this iteration of it a couple weekends ago on Saturday, March 2nd, and I really liked how it turned out, so it’s a keeper. I felt that this one turned out how I had intended it to, relaxing and sublime, with a nice, mesmerizing journey through sound. One thing to note is that, the 2nd track, “Silence If You Fall” by Alex H, I first heard on complication back in December while on vacation in Kona, Hawaii, and I listened to this track again and again for my whole trip, I loved it so much.. Frustratingly it wasn’t released until just recently, but I knew as soon as it came out it would be my impetus to build a mix around it, such a wonderful, amazing track that just makes me feel like I am floating haha.. Anyway, without going into too much additional (and probably needless) detail, I welcome you to Prog Sessions, March Edition, and hope that you enjoy the mix!! PS: the photo is one I took on my vacation to Japan back in October; that was from an early morning walk on the beach in Hamamatsu, and yes those are my footprints haha. I thought that photo would be perfect for this mix. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: “Progressive Sessions, March 2024 edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live March 2nd, 2024 Duration: 01:09:32 BPM: 122 start / 124 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Spencer Brown - Papi's Cenote (Jamie Stevens Acid Sunset Mix) ~ Divine2.Alex H - Silence If You Fall (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)3.Bound to Divide - Remember Me (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)4.Gregory Esayan - Cradle (LTN 'Sunrise' Extended Remix) ~ Monstercat Silk5.Wassu - The Way Back (Extended Mix) ~ Quantum Feels6.ANUQRAM - Hold Up (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats7.Eugene Becker - Look Back (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced) 8.Hessian - I See You (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Electronic Elements9.Spencer Brown, Qrion - 20ms (Extended Mix) ~ Divine10.Sound Quelle - Pianorez (Extended Mix) ~ Rewoven11.Jiminy Hop - A Tour (ALURIA Remix) ~ Shambhala Music12.Genix, feat. flowanastasia - Lights, Sound, Camera, Action (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats13.Magnus - JOI (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Electronic Elements14.LTN, Ghostbeat - Exploring The Mind (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk15.Into The Ether, Rebel Of Sleep - Melting Horizons (Extended Mix) ~ Immersed

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On Saturday, February 17th, I was thrilled to be able to venture back down to my old stomping grounds of Portland, Oregon, and play a Trance guest set for the boys behind Mission Trance and Team Yellow, at Opaline Nightclub in the heart of NW Portland in the Old Town district. I was joined by some fellow Trance enthusiasts and up-and-coming Portland DJ’s, Anthony Julian, and Dougal Sorcha, whom completely blew me away with their awesome sets and performances, and of course, OG Portland Trance Master and avid promoter, ZOXY. We had a great little crowd of local Trance fans dancing the night away that evening, and this show was so much fun to play at, just like all of my previous experiences playing at Opaline; kind of bare bones set up, but with a cool, underground sort of vibe, just large enough to feel like a club, but still a smallish, more intimate setting, with a great sound system and great drinks! Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this set, and since I was first on, I wanted to kick it off slow and have a nice build, and ended up using three tracks by one of my favorite producer Duo acts and creators of a non-stop list of spine-tingly bangers, Alex Sonata & TheRio. I included “Nebula”, which I had played once before in 2021 during a COVID quarantine streaming set, but I had always wanted to play it live to an audience, such a great track.. I also broke out one of my all-time favorite tracks from the archives, “Cloverfield”, by 19 Hz, SO great to hear that track again after so many years. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this set as much as I enjoyed playing it, and just a heads-up that I will have a new Prog Sessions uploaded sometime soon, with some really beautiful and mellow, soulful tracks as well. Cheers and enjoy the set! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek DJ Gotek presents: Guest set for the “Trance Portland” show, Opaline, Portland, Sat, Feb 17th, 2024 Duration: 01:02:43 BPM: 124 start / 130 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Nitrous Oxide, Adam Stodtko - Reborn (Sundriver Remix) ~ LW Recordings2.Durante, feat. HANA - Hot Night (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep3.Nihil Young - 1998 (Extended Mix) ~ Zerothree4.Bliss29 - Serenity (Blue Harvest Remix) ~ Soluna music5.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Nebula (Extended Mix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings6.Ultimate - Horizon (Extended Mix) ~ InfraProgressive7.Alex Sonata & TheRio - The Real Thing (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats8.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Are We Dreaming (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9.Pete K - For Love (Extended Mix) ~ Stress Records10.ALPHA 9 - Save Earth (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.19 Hz - Cloverfield (Original Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive12.Alex Wright - Camelback (Extended Mix) ~ Ride Recordings

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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

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On Sunday, January 21st, I recorded this, the next iteration of my Progressive House demo series, which I do every once in a while, when I feel like mixing but I don’t have any good shows coming up that match the music, yet meanwhile the flow of incoming tracks is just too great to ignore.. So, Viola!! Demo Set time haha.. Since I got tired of trying to think of clever new names for each demo set, I’ve just been calling them the month they were recorded in, followed by “Prog”, like “October Prog” late last year. But moving forward, I am going to call them a very generic “Prog Sessions”, because that’s what they are, even though everyone else also uses that same boring naming convention already haha. So, welcome to the January edition of Prog Sessions, the first of the New Year. And truth be known, I’ve been working on this one for an embarrassingly long time, and have actually recorded it several times before last Sunday, but they were never quite the right mix of tracks. I always have a rule for these things, and that is, would I want to listen to it multiple times myself. If the answer is yes, then I have a keeper (usually).. But if the answer is no, I keep on working on it. I figure that I need to make these things for myself first, make something that I love deeply, and hopefully if I get it right, other people might get some joy out of it too. So, with this one, I really now like the blend of Progressive House and Progressive Trance, some more deep and moody, and some more funky and Housey, with the common denominator of emotional and melodic undercurrent throughout. I almost think this one has a theme of “Love Sickness”, with the happy epiphanies of joy, followed by the moments of sadness or depression of longing for someone that maybe doesn’t notice you or like you back in the same way, but I’ll let you be the judge haha. Anyway, I hope you like the mix!! Cheers!!! ~ Mark a.k.a. Gotek PS: BTW, I took that photo in Kona, Hawaii, last Dec, so lovely!! DJ Gotek presents: “Prog Sessions, Jan 2024 Edition” a progressive house demo mix, recorded live January 21st , 2024 Duration: 01:08:29 BPM: 122 start / 124 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting: 1.Yotto, Franky Wah - Just Over (Franky Wah Extended Remix) ~ Odd One Out2.Kris O'Neil, Alex H - Canvas White (Alex H Extended Remix) ~ Fluentia Music3.djimboh - Yours (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings4.A.M.R - Holding On Is Human (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat5.Sunny Lax - Raindance (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats6.Tomb - Innerspace (Extended Mix) ~ Sekora7.Tailor, Hessian, Modera - Never Enough (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)8.Ruben De Ronde, David Frank, Farius - Radiant (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Music9.Sebastian Sellares - Juno (Original Mix) ~ AMITABHA10.Tomas Heredia - Desire (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.Marsh - Pretty Eyes (Marsh’s Extended Reflective Mix) ~ Anjunadeep12.Tibasko - Freedom (In Ur Mind) (MAFRO Extended Remix) ~ Another Rhythm13.Ultimate - Hai Van (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento14.Marsh, Nox Vahn - Come Together (Scorz Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

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On Sunday, December 31st, I was thrilled to have been invited back down to Portland, Oregon, to play a New Year’s Eve 2024 Trance Party at Opaline Nightclub, for the 2nd year in a row!! Opaline is a neat, kind of intimate little club in the heart of the NW “Old Town” district of downtown Portland, and it was a total blast to be down there again spinning some Trance with my old DJ buddies from yesteryear; Zoxy, Scott Vorel, and Tim Clang, guys from the old “Mission Trance” days when I had a once-a-month residency at the “Whiskey Bar” in Portland for a few years, over a decade ago.. Whiskey Bar has sadly since closed down during COVID, and ironically, I had to walk by the boarded up building where it once was, to get to Opaline, I could still feel the energy and almost hear the Oonz Oonz Oonz coming out of there like the old days, a lot of fond memories and ghosts from a better time emanating from within. As soon as I found out that my set time was from 12am to 1am, starting right after the New Year’s Champaign Toast at Midnight, I immediately knew that I needed to kick off the set with the CLASSIC “Moonlight Party” by Fonzerelli, to get a bit of that early nostalgic Tiesto “In Search of Sunrise” vibe, and to set up the total party mood to keep people dancing and on the dance floor. From there, I just decided to keep it all Classics, and played a smattering of some of my very favorite tracks, ranging from 2005 to 2016, but mostly centered around the early 20-teens, to align with that magical era when I was playing the Mission Trance at the Whiskey Bar in Portland and Foundation in Seattle, when there were SOOOOO many incredible Progressive Trance tracks coming out back then. Anyway, the DJ coming on after me took some extra time coming up to the DJ booth so I got to sneak in a few extra tracks past my 1-hour time slot, and also I ratcheted it up to some Uplifting Trance at the end, which was fun. Also, this set was RECORDED LIVE directly from the mixer at the club, and unfortunately the first track got cut off on the recording a bit.. Oh well.. But the rest turned out pretty great and I hope you enjoy this collection of some of my very favorite tracks and relive that New Year’s Eve with me. Cheers, and happy 2024 everyone!! ~ Mark, a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Guest set for ”New Years Eve 2024 at Opaline”, Recorded LIVE on Sunday, December 31st, 2023 Duration: 01:11:48 BPM: 130 start / 136 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Fonzerelli - Moonlight Party (Original Mix) ~ Meena Music (2005)2.DT8 Project - Hold Me Till The End (Truly Deeply Dub) ~ Mondo Records (2007)3.Empire Of The Sun - Alive (Mat Zo Remix) ~ Capitol Records (2013)4.Dirty South, Those Usual Suspects, feat. Erik Hecht - Walking Alone (Arty Remix) ~ Phasing records (2011)5.Lange - Songless (Cerf & Mitiska Trancetastic Remix) ~ Maelstrom Records (2009)6.Sound Quelle - Delicacy (Original Mix) ~ Monster Tunes (2013)7.Jallen - Venture (Makaseo Remix) ~ Elipptical Sun Melodies (2016)8.Piramex - Aravia (Original Mix) ~ Silk Royal Records (2015)9.ARTY - Zara (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2011)10.Sound Quelle, Max Meyer - Toscana (Miroslav Vrlik Remix) ~ Silk Music (2015)11.Andrew Bayer - Memories (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2015)12.Suncatcher, Mihai M, Starshifters - Driveby (Original Mix) ~ Enhanced Recordings (2012)13.Nitrous Oxide - Aurora (Sunny Lax Remix) ~ Anjunabeats (2009)14.John Askew - Chime (Original Mix) ~ Discover (2007)

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On Saturday, December 23rd, I was honored to be the direct opening support for on of my all-time Fave Trance artists, Hungarian DJ/record producer, early pioneer in Trance, and beloved ANJUNA superstar, Levente Márton, better known by his stage name, SUNNY LAX. This was my 4th time opening for Levente, for which I sometimes have to pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming haha… For this particular show I was asked if I wanted the gig, and I heart-breakingly had to decline the offer because it was the day before Christmas Eve, and I was traveling to Portland, OR, that weekend to spend the Christmas holiday with my family. But thankfully, the promoter checked back one more time after I had time to think about it, so I cut my Portland trip a day short and did the show anyway. I am really glad that I did, because that night was truly a magical experience. First of all, Levente is such a dear, sweet guy and he always remembers me and gives me a big hug when he comes on stage, and he’s just such a laid back, gool dude, and so fun and inspirational for me to watch perform live. And secondly, the crowd that night was just amazing – I was worried that it might be a slow night because of the holiday weekend, but Sunny always brings them in like moths to the flame, and the club was packed with so many cool, happy people, truly in the holiday spirit and Anjunafam vibes were definitely flowing freely!! I had a lot of fun playing this set, and the tracks just seemed to flow together, with some incredible, m spine-tingly new releases, as well as a couple brand new remixes of HUGE classics, like the Ginchy Mix of Reflekt’s “Need To Feel Loved”, and the brand-new Nitrous Oxide remix of Mirco De Govia “Voller Sterne”, which the original is one of my favorite tracks of all-time. Anyway, as usual, I hope that you enjoy the set as much as I loved playing it, and keep your eye our for a new Progressive demo mix that I’ve been teasing for quite a while, as well as my set from the New Years party at Opaline in Portland, which I just returned home from today, such a blast!! Cheers, and Happy New Year!!! -Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Ora, Sat, December 23rd, 2023 Duration: 01:01:10 BPM: 123 start / 125 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Yotto, Nils Hoffmann, Julia Church - No Ending (Nils Hoffmann Extended Remix) ~ Odd One Out2.Farius, Tea Petrovic - Chemical Affair (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Music3.Simon Doty - Lady Danger (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep4.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Feels Like Home (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats5.Arggic - Never Change (Extended Mix) ~ Interplay Flow6.ANUQRAM - Don't Stop (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats7.Elevven - Surrender To You (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats8.Sander Van Doorn - Need To Feel Loved (Ginchy Mix) (Extended Mix) ~ Doorn Records9.Dan Stone - Reflect (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings10.Jerome Isma-Ae, Alastor - String Of Lights (Original Mix) ~ JEE Productions11.Aalto - Resolution (Alex Sonata & TheRio Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats12.Mirco De Govia - Voller Sterne (Nitrous Oxide Extended Remix) ~ Euphonic13.Max Freegrant, Slow Fish - Affection (Extended Mix) ~ Freegrant Music

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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. GotekDJ 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) ~ Anjunabeats2. OceanLab, Above & Beyond - Satellite (Above & Beyond's 2023 Extended Progressive Mix) ~ Anjunabeats3. Adam Nickey - Callista (Dan Stone Extended Remix) ~ FSOE Argento4. Will Holland, feat. Line Froyset - Things That Happen (Temple One Remix) ~ Enhanced Recordings5. Dan Stone, Ultimate - Enru (Original Mix) ~ FSOE Fables6. Solarstone - Sovereign (Ultimate Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings7. Lostly - That Next Place (Extended Mix) ~ Borderline8. Nitrous Oxide - Redmoon (John Rockwell Remix) ~ Oxidised9. Novaline, Einar K - Time Has Come (Original Mix) ~ Infrasonic Pure10. Temple One - Infinite Structure (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion11. Alex Di Stefano - What's the Catch (Original Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings12. Karybde & Scylla - Distorted Reality (Odonbat Remix) ~ E.T.T. Recordings13. Prox - Dreamer (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE

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Hey guys, sorry for the long delay, but just uploaded my set from back on October 6th, opening for GANESH, a Trance and Techno OG West Coast DJ/Producer and very early adopter to the LA Trance Rave scene in the 90’s. This was a real treat to be able open for such a well-known “semi-local” pioneer and influencer on the underground Ravey Techno/Trance sounds, and a staple DJ on the festival line-up’s like Dreamstate. I got to hand off the decks to Ganesh, whom was a super nice, humble, and intellectual guy, and a literal “mad scientist” when it came to mixing haha; it was mesmerizing and inspirational watching his hands expertly fly around all the effects as he wove his magical dark techno beats. My newish DJ buddy, Bryan Keyes, newcomer to the Seattle Trance scene from Alaska, opened the club and threw down an awesome set as well. I always love these opportunities to open for these 140+ BPM DJ’s because it allows me to play up to 138 BMP Trance, which isn’t common for openers to be able to play that fast, but one of my favorite genre’s and what originally lured me into Trance in the first place, uplifting 138 BPM Trance bangers!! I lucked out because I wanted to have a bit of a classic Trance element to this set because of Ganesh’s tenure in the scene, and there just happened to be several hot new remixes recently released of some uber-classic sounds, like the Emery vs Brisky Remix of Nu NRG’s “Dreamland”, Maria Healy’s remix of BT’s “Godspeed”, and Cosmic Boys’ new remix of the timeless “Café Del Mar” by Energy 52, which I kicked the set off with.. Plus, so many other great recently released tracks, and Ganesh let me spin one final track past my set time while he got set up, so I was able to squeeze 13 tracks into this bad boy. Hope you like the set as much as I loved spinning it, and if you’re in the Seattle area, be sure to come out to see me open for Irish Trance rising star, Billy Gillies, on November 18th at Ora Nightclub – should be a blast, and even more 138!! Cheers! Mark, a.k.a. GOTEKDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for GANESH, Ora Nightclub, Fri, October 6th, 2023 Duration: 01:04:44 BPM: 132 start / 138 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Cosmic Boys Remix) ~ Superstition Records2.Victor Ruiz, Modeā - Contrast (Original Mix) ~ Drumcode3.George Acosta, feat. Fisher - True Love (Billy Gillies Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings4.BT - Godspeed (Maria Healy Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings5.Nu NRG - Dreamland (Emery vs Brisky Remix) ~ Armada Music6.Jamie Walker - Talk To Me (Original Mix) ~ Centerpoint Recordings 7.John Askew - Afterburner (Extended Mix) ~ Deep In Thought8.Lustral, DT8 Project - On My Own (Last Soldier Remix) ~ Mondo Records9.Stoneface & Terminal, Aldous, feat. Faus - Burn So Bright (Extended Mix) ~ In Trance We Trust10.Maria Healy - Reputation (Extended Mix) ~ Subculture11.Temple One - Need to Understand (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion 12.Tom Colontonio - 7 Years (Extended Mix) ~ Subculture13.Allen Watts - Set Me Free (Original Mix) ~ Kearnage Recordings

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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) ~ Anjunadeep2.Steven Weston, feat. Natalia Salter - Hold Back (Warung Remix) ~ Blank Dust3.NevadaSYSTEM - Eastern Sunrise (Into The Ether Extended Remix) ~ DistroKid4.Wassu, djimboh - Parsa (Original Mix) ~ Visceral5.Arggic - My Attention (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings6.Noel Sanger - Falling Upward (Jamie Stevens Remix) ~ Dissident Music / EMG7.Kyau & Albert - Made of Sun (Adam Sobiech Remix) ~ Euphonic8.Marsh - Reminiscent (HANA Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep9.Ultimate - Stages (Extended Mix) ~ InfraProgressive10.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 Records13.Tomb - Intermodal (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat14.Warung - Falling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

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On Friday, September 22nd, I was honored to open for rising ASOT & Anjuna star, Dutch Trance and Progressive artist, Laura Van Dam. This show was called “Vivid Presents a Vue Takeover feat. Laura Van Dam with DEPTH & Friends”, so it was at a new Seattle club for me that I hadn’t ever been to before, and it was amazing!! This was also my very first time playing for Vivid Presents, so it was a super great honor for me to be the primary opener spot and hand off the decks to Laura herself!! On top of everything else, it was Laura’s birthday too, so it was a party. As mentioned, this was my first time at Vue Lounge, and the club was packed, even when I showed up at 9:30pm, and by the time I went on there was such a magical Trance Fam vibe going on, so many smiling faces and people dancing, arms in the air. They had the DJ booth kind of right there on the dance floor, so you were right there with the people, which was an interesting and invigorating experience to be out in the open like that. Vue had three stages going on, what a neat venue with a totally different vibe at each room, but amazing DJ’s at each with different varieties of hard techno and electro house. Laura was super humble and sweet and it was such an honor to meet and hand the decks off her, and her set was totally fun to dance to. It was also fun to share this adventure with my two fellow opener DJ buddies, Isabel Rose and Bryan Kyes, who also played some killer supporting Trance sets. I was really happy with the way this set turned out and there were so many great prog-trance tracks that just released from some of my main go-to Trance Fave producers, such as Dan Stone, Nitrous Oxide, David Broaders, Kyau & Albert, Darren Tate, Aimoon, and more.. I was like a kid in a candy shop and I was able to cram 14 tracks into 1 hour haha. Such a cool night, thank you so much to Vivid for having me out to spin some Trance!!! Anyway, hope you enjoy the set... Cheers!! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for LAURA VAN DAM, Vue Lounge, Seattle, Friday, Sept 22nd, 2023 Duration: 01:03:17 BPM: 124 start / 126 mid / 125 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1. Digital Drift - Apollo (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento2. Steve Brian - Cali (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive3. Alex Wright - Camelback (Extended Mix) ~ Ride recordings4. Darren Tate - Ark (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Black5. Nima van Ghavim - Oxytocin (Extended Mix) ~ Evolve Records6. Dan Stone - Higher (Mind Of One Extended Remix) ~ FSOE Argento7. David Broaders - Starlit (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic8. Elevven, Alex Sonata & TheRio - Hanalei (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9. Arggic - Feel It Tonight (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento10. Kyau & Albert, Steve Brian - Dreaming Awake (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic11. Aimoon - Kaleidoscope (Extended Mix) ~ Monster Tunes12. CamelPhat, feat. London Grammar - Higher (Extended Mix) ~ When Stars Align13. Nitrous Oxide - Antidote (Extended Mix) ~ Armada14. Amy Wiles & Leena Punks - Sweet Feeling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

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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 and we had the distinct honor oh 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 late 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, to fill 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, suck a classic from the early 2000’s that sounded SOOO awesome on the club sound system, 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.

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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

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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

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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)

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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. GotekDJ 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) ~ (Anjunabeats2.Mario Piu, DJ T.H. - Techno Harmony (DJ T.H. Extended Remix) ~ Acalwan3.Alex Wright, Allen Belg - Merida (Extended Mix) ~ Always Alive Recordings 4.Stowers & Cooper, feat. That Girl - Us Against the World (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE5.Temple One - Find a Way (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion6.Nhato - Vert (Original Mix) ~ Otographic Music7.Nitrous Oxide, Paul Miller - Panamera (Original Mix) ~ Music En Route8.Temple One - Escape Velocity (Extended Mix) ~ Vivid Motion9.Ultimate - Fly (Extended Mix) ~ Infrasonic Pure10.Tritonal, feat. Cristina Soto - Hands To Hold Me (Temple One Remix) ~ Nothing But11.Ross Cairns - Carbon Copy (DJ T.H. Remix) Sub.Mission Recordings12.Adam Mason, feat. Kate McQuaide - Remedy (Extended Mix) ~ Positive State13.Narel - Pulse Garden (Deepcry Remix) Bonzai Black Catalogue

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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. GotekDJ 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 Music2.Cornelius SA, Sebee - Silhouette (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep3.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 Soul5.Boxer - Crawler (Extended Mix) ~ UV6.Navid Mehr - Cematics (Original Mix) ~ Proton Music7.Kasper Koman - The Observer (Original Mix) ~ Lost Miracle8.Odsen - Shadow Settles (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat9.Marsh, feat. Leo Wood - Fall To Pieces (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep10.The Cobb - Spring Time (Mass Digital Remix) ~ -102°C11.Pumbum - Retreat (PROFF's Extended Respray) ~ SkyTop12.LAR - I Miss You (Extended Mix) ~ LW Recordings13.Siskin - Always You (Club Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings14.Braxton - Indigo (Original Mix) ~ Anjunadeep

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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'll be opening for rising Japanese Trance star, the lovely RINALY, at Ora Nightclub on May 20th, so be looking for that one later this month.. Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ 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 Harmonies2.Kyau & Albert - Follow the Waves (Heard Right Extended Remix) ~ Euphonic3.Markus Schulz, BT - Prestwick (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings4.Genix - Ba55 I5land (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats5.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 Argento8.Alex Sonata & TheRio - Breath Of The Wild (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9.SMR LVE, feat. Roxanne Emery - Let the Light In (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings10.Agnelli & Nelson - Hudson Street (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) ~ Xtravaganza Recordings11.Estiva, feat. Julia Church - On The Line (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced) 12.Beatsole, SebDell - Twilight Atlas (Extended Mix) ~ Nomads Music

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Hey guys!! Well I've been plugging away at this White Label Classic Trance series and managed to finally record a take that I last Sunday, so here it is, after something like 15 attempts to record it and endless rearranging and being unsatisfied and going back to the drawing board again and again messing with it haha.. It's always worth the effort though, and I have really appreciated all the nice comments in support of this classics series, as well as it's personally a lot of fun for me to mix this stuff, from back when Trance was still pretty new and raw. I already have #4 almost figured out, and figure I have enough classic trance that I am still passionate about to keep the series going for at least another 3-4 iterations, so if you like this stuff please let me know in the comments, and/or if there are tracks that you miss from yesteryear that you'd like to possibly hear in this series. Really like the way this one turned out, and I hope that you do too!! Until next time, Cheers, and I hope you enjoy the mix!! Mark a.k.a. Gotek PS: I will be the direct opener for Sunny Lax at Ora in Seattle this coming Saturday, so expect to see that set up here sometime soon, can't WAIT!!! =)DJ Gotek presents: “White Label ” a Classic Trance demo mix: 003, recorded live Apr. 22, 2023 Duration: 01:27:44 BPM: 134 start / 138 mid / 136 end Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound Tracklisting:1. Weekend Players - Into the Sun (Riva Remix) ~ Armada Music (2002)2. Tall Paul, INXS - Precious Heart feat. INXS (Original) ~ Bang On! (2001)3. FB, feat. Edun - Who’s Knockin (Ferry Corsten remix) ~ Flashover Recordings (2005)4. Super8 & Tab - Helsinki Scorchin (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix) ~ Anunabeats (2006)5. Tranquility Base, Above & Beyond - Getting Away (Original ~ Anunabeats (2005)6. Mike Shiver, Marc Damon - Water Ripples (Mike Shiver's Catching Sun Mix) ~ Captured Music (2006)7. Myon - Albion (Sunny LAX Remix) ~ In Trance We Trust (2007)8. Dogzilla - Without You (Without You 12") ~ Armada Music (2005)9. DJ Tab - Verso (Original Mix) ~ Anunabeats (2004)10. Pulser - Cloudwalking (Astral Mix Edit) ~ A Trance Communication release (1999)11. Firewall, Lange - Sincere (Pulser Remix) ~ A State of Trance (2003)12. Sunny Lax - M.I.R.A [Original Mix] ~ Anunabeats (2007)13. Ultravibe - Choose Freedom (Original Mix) ~ Bonzai Music (2001)14. Schiller - Das Glockenspiel (Humate Remix) ~ Zeitgeist (1998)

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On Friday, March 24th, I was super excited and honored to not only be opening for Irish Trance legend and pioneer, JOHN O’CALLAHAN, but also to be back behind the decks doing a B2B set with one of my oldest and dearest Trance DJ buddies, the promoter that offered my very first gig and chance to open for a world-class Trance headliner, (The BLIZZARD, at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, 11 years ago in 2012!!) which made everything else after that possible, for which I will eternally owe him my endless gratitude for making my DJ dreams come true, my dear Serbian buddy, Zoran, better known as ZOXY. What a night, that’s all I can say. The club was packed for John O’Callahan, and it was packed early so even us opener DJ’s had a packed dance floor to play to, and it was so much fun. It is now just a blur of laughing and high-fiving and hugs and a bunch of smiling people with their hands in the air, which is about as good as it gets. Anyway, B2B sets are always fun, and also challenging to try to figure out how to mix in the next track on an unrehearsed set. This one has some amazing tracks and also a few unreleased bootlegs/mashups. I hope you enjoy the set as much as we enjoyed playing it!! Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Zoxy + Gotek B2B opening set for John O’Callahan, Ora, Seattle, Fri, Mar 24th, 2023 Duration: 01:00:19 BPM: 124 start - 130 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Yotto - Breezer (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out2.BT - Kintsugi (Siskin Extended Remix) ~ Black hole Recordings3.Joris Voorn, Monkey Safari - Safe (Joris Voorn Remix) ~ Spectrum (NL)4.David Broaders - Evenfall (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic5.Armin van Buuren vs. Genix - For Those Shivers We Lost (Myon Bootleg Mashup) ~ ID/ID6.Grum, Tigerblind - Shout (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats7.Armin van Buuren - Communication (Roger-M Deep Trance Re-Rub) ~ ID/ID8.Kyau & Albert - Always (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9.Armin van Buuren, Shapov - Welcome Home (Extended Mix) ~ A State of Trance10.Alex Wright - Electropia (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.Above & Beyond, feat. Richard Bedford – (Ilan Bluestone Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats12.Greg Downey, Ben Nicky, feat. Christian Burns - Always (Richie Blacker Classic Trance Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

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Hey guys, well, I had SO much fun recording the first White Label Classic trance mix, and received a lot of much-appreciated positive feedback on it, that I AM BACK with another Classic Uplifting Trance mix for ya, with White Label 002!! I really dug deep on this one and used even more MP3’s than on the first one because some of this stuff is so rare it’s no longer available to purchase, and/or only released on vinyl. I did my best with sound leveling to make sure the recording volume is consistent from track to track, but some of this still stuff is just so old that it wasn’t great sound quality, hopefully it sounds okay. I had to take several tries at recording this and really had to play with the tracks and placement, but I think I got it right in the end, however I’ll let you be the judges haha. One thing I noticed is I heavily indexed on Ronski Speed on this set, but truth be told it was really Ronski’s sound that I obsessed with in the early years of building interest in Trance, and we have a lot to thank Ronski for in all of his pioneering and influence in this uplifting trance sound in the very early days, some of my very favorite stuff of all-time. Also loaded it up with some other golden oldies and rare gems and I really like the way this one turned out. Hoping you do too, and please LMK in comments etc, if you like this “classics” stuff I’ll keep recording them for you guys.. Cheers, and hope you enjoy the mix! Mark, a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: “White Label: 002” a Classic Trance demo mix, recorded live March 5th, 2023 Duration: 01:27:57 BPM: 136 start - 138 end Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound Tracklisting:1.Alex Gold - Better Dayz (Saturday Night Special Mix) ~ Extravaganza (2005)2.Matt Schwartz pres. Sholan - Can You Feel (What I'm Going Thru)(The Thrillseekers remix) ~ Ministry of Sound (2002)3.Solid Globe - North Pole (Original mix) ~ Cloud 9 Dance (2009)4.Sonorous - Protonic (Ronski Speed Remix) ~ Monster Tunes (2005)5.Sun Decade - Have It All (Original Mix) ~ Euphonic (2006)6.Aurora, feat. Naimee Coleman - Sleeping Satellite (Super8 Remix) ~ Capitol (2003)7.DT8 Project - Sun Is Shining Down On Me (Club 12 Inch Mix) ~ Ultra (2006)8.Andy Moor, Markus Schulz - Daydream (Lemon & Einar K Uplifting Mix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings (2008)9.Jussi Polet - Two Seas Apart (Original Mix) ~ Armada (2008)10.Ronski Speed vs Ocean Lab – (EOS vs. Satellite mashup) ~ Water Music Records (2004)11.Aalto - Liquid Sweep (Super8 Mix) ~ Anjunabeats (2002)12.Stoneface & Terminal, Ronski Speed - Incognition (Original Mix) ~ Euphonic (2005)13.Armin van Buuren, feat. Justine Suissa - Burned With Desire (Ronski Speed Extended Remix) ~ ARVAS (2003)14.Paul van Dyk, feat. Saint Etienne - Tell Me Why (The Riddle) (Club Mix) ~ Vandit Records (2000)

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On Saturday, February 11th, I was honored to be the primary support opening DJ for world-renown Anjuna star, Progressive and Techno UK record producer and DJ, Damion Houchen, better known by his stage name, GENIX. I am lucky enough to have opened for GENIX twice now, the first time was at a club in Seattle called The Underground, which was a super fun little 200-person club and unfortunately is no longer open due to COVID, but this time it was at ORA, which is one of the coolest clubs in Seattle, and the crowd there that night for GENIX was truly something special. I had a ton of friends show up to the show as well so it's always extra fun to play a set and look down from the DJ booth to see a bunch of smiling faces of people you know, that is the best feeling. GENIX was such a sweetheart, and the Anjuna and Trance Fam vibes were so magical that evening. I had kind of an eclectic set that night that bounced around from some more organic sounding house to trance to progressive house to more trance haha, but it all seemed to fall together quite nicely and the crowd seemed to really enjoy it, so I hope that you do too, at least as much as I enjoyed playing it!! Cheers, and hope to see you on the dancefloor sometime soon!! -Mark, a.k.a. GOTEKDJ Gotek presents: Opening set for GENIX, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Feb 11th, 2023 Duration: 01:01:35 BPM: 124 start - 126 end Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound Tracklisting:Tinlicker - Just To Hear You Say (Joseph Ray Extended Mix) ~ AnjunadeepJust Her - The Mirror (Extended Mix) ~ AnjunadeepDJ T.H., Damian Duda, feat. Sharon Valerona - Open My Heart (Extended Mix) ~ Magic Island recordingsBeatsole - Inaccessible Worlds (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun RecordingsVintage & Morelli - Crossroads (Extended Mix) ~ AnjunabeatsSound Quelle - Sevlar (Extended Mix) ~ Magic CompsOAI, Ra5im - Echoes Of Silence (Extended Mix) ~ MonstercatSunny Lax - Archons (Extended Mix) ~ AnjunabeatsYotto - Rimini Trance Energy (Extended) ~ Odd One OutYotto - Just Over (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One OutAlpha 9 - Final Frontier (Extended Mix) ~ AnjunabeatsColonial One, Quizzow - Solaria (Che Jose Extended Remix) ~ Elliptical Sun RecordingsKoyah - Comet (Extended Mix) FSOE Argento

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So, I’ve hinted that this mix was coming on my Gotek FB page etc, but I’ve noticed that I’ve been gravitating to my collection of much older, “vintage”, Uplifting Trance tracks (early-to-mid 2000’s, before 2010), many of which I originally purchased on vinyl, some of which were only ever released in vinyl format, back in the day when I would hear something on DI.FM and frantically search the internet for it, when you often times would be paying $15-$30 bucks for a “white label” piece of vinyl to be shipped to you from Europe somewhere, long before the convenience of the Internet and paying $2.50 for immediate gratification to download a lossless file. Back in the days when Trance was still forming, when the tracks were 8-9 minutes long and sounded rawer and more primitive, but still some of the most spine-tingly stuff I had ever heard. Well, a couple of weekends ago I wanted to record a mix to listen to some classics while I was BBQ’ing in the backyard so I went to my music collection and sorted by date, and was frankly surprised how many MP3’s I had that had no date or other metadata because they were so old, so I compiled a list of tracks I hadn’t heard in many years, and this is what I ended up with. Truth be known, I did go back and repurchase many of these tracks in AIFF (lossless) format from Beatport, because some of those ancient MP3’s just didn’t have the sound quality I needed, but there are still MP3’s on this mix from tracks that aren’t available anywhere online. This mix has been professionally sound-leveled, and preserved in the original WAV format that I recorded it in, for that added punch of sound quality. Anyway, for me, this mix really brought back a lot of fond memories from a couple decades ago, when Uplifting Trance was much newer, still just forming, and the feelings it conjures up are pure magic. I called this one “White Label”, and plan to have a vintage Trance series of the same now. I hope you feel the same way as I do when you hear it, enjoy!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek PS: I always thought Menno De Jong’s “Intuition (Summer Event '07 Theme)” needed an extra breakdown after he teases you with it then just ends the track haha.. So I added some hot cues ands chopped it up and added it myself!! So there, Menno!! =)DJ Gotek presents: “White Label” a Classic Trance demo mix, recorded live Feb 13th, 2023 Duration: 01:22:10 BPM: 136 start - 139 end Quality: Recorded as WAV – professionally sound leveled and uploaded in WAV format for the best quality sound Tracklisting:1.Global Warming - Far & Away – (Wandii Remix) ~ Moonrising, 20082.Sophie Sugar - Day Seven (Original Mix) ~ A State of Trance, 20073.4 strings - Jewel (Original Mix) ~ Liquid Recordings, 20104.Deems - Tears Of Hope (Aly & Fila Remix) ~ Armada Music Albums, 20105.Kenny Hayes - Daybreaker (Original Mix) ~ White Label, 20056.Onova - Platitude (Original Mix) ~ Monster Tunes, 20077.Jose Amnesia - The Eternal (Original Mix) ~ Armada , 20038.Svenson & Gielen feat. Jan Johnston - Beachbreeze [Spacediver Remix] ~ Let it Play Music, 20039.Blank & Jones feat. Bobo - Perfect Silence (Martin Roth Hard Trance Mix) ~ Sound Colors, 200910.Julian Ressive - Sunrise (‘The Anthem’ Orginal Mix) ~ White Label, (?)11.Mirco De Govia - Aura Indigo (Sequentia Remix) ~ Euphonic, 200712.Emotional Horizons, Xplorations - Emotia (Original Mix) ~ Deep Blue Records, 200713.Lost Witness feat. Tiff Lacey - Coming Down (Sequentia Remix) ~ Captivate (Fektive), 200714.Menno De Jong, Solid State, ft. Re:Locate - Intuition (Summer Event '07 Theme) ~ Intuition Recordings, 2007 (Gotek edit)

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So, this mix was intended to be an experiment, just to play with some deep progressive and organic house tracks that I have compiling for my next (hopefully) progressive house opening set, which is at the time for a primary support spot coming up for GENIX on Feb 11th, which I am very excited about!! Most of these tracks ended up being a bit too mellow for my Genix set, but I did manage to hit “record” on my digital recorder before I played it, just so I could listen to this later while working out, or driving, etc, my favorite times to listen to more introspective and thought-provoking, emotional music. After I listened to it a few times I realized that this set actually turned out kind of special, and some of the tracks really played nicely together, so thought I would post just it in case anyone else likes it as well. One thing to call out is the opening track “Last of Us” by Vintage & Morelli, I actually bought a few years ago and believe it or not this is actually a 100 BPM track, which is insanely slow for a DJ set, e.g. usually the very lowest I will go would be in the neighborhood of 118 BPM or so, but I could hear that this track has these amazing qualities that probably would be better consumed at faster BPM’s and I always wanted to experiment with it, like I finally did on this set! I love how it sounds at 116 BPM, the very fastest I could speed it up on my CDJ’s, and it almost has that “Grand Theft Auto 3” opening track vibe (only PC gamers will get that reference), so chill and layered with euphoric complexity. The ocean wave sounds during the interlude however sound quite ridiculous speeded up that fast haha.. Anyway, thought I would explain the background on that one, if anyone even reads these things haha. If you ARE reading this, I hope you enjoy this peaceful set, “Introspections”. Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: “Introspections” a Deep Progressive demo mix, recorded live Jan 31st, 2023 Duration: 00:59:13 BPM: 116 start - 123 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Vintage & Morelli - Last Of Us (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk2.Forty Cats, Arentis - Zen (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat3.Moby - Why Does My Heart (Oxia Dub Mix) ~Deepalma4.Jordin Post, Dan Soleil - Deserve You feat. Dan Soleil (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats5.Lane 8 - Closer (Falden Remix) ~ This never Happened6.Into The Ether - I Do (Extended Mix) ~ UV7.Cressida - Enigma (Extended Mix) ~ Avanti8.Shingo Nakamura - Falling Off (Extended Club Mix) ~ Monstercat9.Yotto - Just Over (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out10.Ollie Darling, Rihana Shae - Fling (Sound Quelle Extended Remix) ~ LNG Records11.Yotto, Something Good - Rhythm (Of The Night) (Extended Mix) ~ A State of Trance12.Chicane - Offshore (Kryder Extended Remix) ~ Modena Records

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138 BPM Trance, before it was even referred to as “Uplifting Trance” is what I originally fell in love with back in the late 90’s and what eventually inspired me to buy some turn tables and learn how to DJ, which began this whole thing for me. Even though I mostly only am able to DJ Progressive House and/or Progressive Trance (sub-130 BPM Trance) when I play out in clubs, Uplifting Trance will always be my original love and passion for this music, and it was the spring well that led to all of these other genres in the decades that followed. To me, nothing can ever quite make you feel that weightless feeling of those massive, dizzying Uplifting Trance break downs, euphoric builds, and spine-tingly crescendos.. Anyway, I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Uplifting stuff, and will always continuously buy a few here and there when I hear something special, collecting them as the months go by. Occasionally when the mood strikes, (and more often then not there "might" be a few cocktails involved haha) I’ll start kicking around a set list and experiment with it on the CDJ’s, and when the stars align, I hit the “record” button on my digital recorder and see what I end up with. This is one of those, recorded on Saturday, January 21st, on a chilly, grey winter day here in Seattle, but reminiscing about my recent vacation in beautiful sunny Hawaii, and some of the tracks I was listening to while I was there….always remembering that no matter how grey and dismal things get around here, there is a magical paradise somewhere out there, just waiting for us, and music can help us get there. I have also been thinking about a lot of older classics lately, so made sure to throw some golden oldies in on this one, as well as a few recent amazing remixes of classics. I really liked the way this one turned out, and I hope you enjoy the mix. Cheers!! Mark a.k.a. Gotek DJ Gotek presents: “Winter in Paradise” an Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live Sat, Jan 21st, 2023 Duration: 01:11:02 BPM: 136 start - 140 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting: 1. Edelways, Hoenir V - Interlude (Extended Mix) ~ Always Alive Recordings2. BT - Flaming June (Dan Thompson Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings3. Nitrous Oxide, feat. Fenna Day - Spring Is Always Somewhere Else (Original Mix) ~ Raz Nitzan Music4. Ben Nicky, Emma Hewitt - Collide (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings5. Golden Coast - Ivory (DJ Scot Project Remix) ~ High Contract Nu Breed6. Mobi D, Nu Spirit - Anything Is Possible (Extended Mix) ~ Positive State7. Solid Globe - North Pole vs. Sahara (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix) ~ Amsterdam Trance Classics8. Nimmo & Bayer - Unconditional (Original Mix) ~ Mondo Records9. Nitrous Oxide, Dreamy - Meridian (Extended Mix) ~ Always Alive Recordings10. Elevven, feat. Sarah Mark - Shallow (Daniel Kandi Extended Remix) ~ Enhanced Progressive11. Sam Cydan - Finding Our Home (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE12. Richard Durand, feat. Christina Novelli - Save You (Extended Mix) ~ Magik Music13. Last Soldier - Alliance (Extended Mix) ~ XYZ Trance ~ As a side note, I heard Richard Durand’s “Save You” on a recent Trance Sanctuary podcast, and the beautiful, heartfelt lyrics of Christina Novelli reminded me of my very, very, very best friend from High School, Kent Bench, whom was and always will be my dearest friend. Kent tragically passed away a few years ago from liver disease associated with alcoholism, and it was beyond crushing to me and everyone whom loved Kent. These lyrics reminded me of that time, no matter how much I desperately wanted to save Kent, there ended up being nothing anyone could do to reverse the course of this horrible disease, and he slipped away. Anyway, sorry to be depressing, and I really hope none of you ever have to go through something like that. I dedicate this mix to my best friend, Kent. I love and miss you buddy. <3

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On Friday, January 6th, I was honored to play my very first show of the New Year at ORA Nightclub in downtown Seattle, and this one was for a fun Trance and Progressive local Seattle DJ’s night called “Illuminate”. For this Illuminate it was an all B2B sets (B2B = “back-to-back”, 2 DJ’s playing a set together) night, and I was lucky enough to once again be paired up with one of my favorite local talents, the lovely Janice Chae, a.k.a. J-Note. If you’ve listened to some of my more recent mixes you’ve probably heard Janice and I spin together before, opening for the likes of Paul Oakenfold and Oliver Smith within the past 6 months. So, I am always excited to B2B with Janice and I really love how her taste in music works so well with mine and we always have so much fun and many laughs up there behind the decks. It ended up being a great night and we had a really good turn out at the club for a “local’s night”, so it was extra fun to play to a bunch of great people whom were there to have a fun time and dance the night away. Originally this Illuminate was announced to be an "Anjuna Tribute night", but that changed towards the end, however Janice and I were already working on getting an Anjuna playlist together, so we stuck with our original plan, since we both adore the Anjuna record labels, and played a magical playlist of may of our more recent Fave Anjuna tracks, plus one massive golden oldie by Mat Zo slipped in there thanks to Janice and I really loved hearing that one again after so many years. Anyway, as usual, I hope that you enjoy the set!! Cheers and Happy New Year. Mark a.k.a. GotekDJ Gotek presents: Gotek + J-Note guest B2B Anjuna Tribute set for “Illuminate” at Ora, Seattle, WA, Fri, Jan 6th, 2023 Duration: 00:57:24 BPM: 123 start - 127 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1.Rezident - Echoes (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep2.Damate - Eternity (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats3.Del-30, Meduza, feat. Maki-Koa - Sparks (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats4.Gardenstate - 1995 (Simon Doty’s I Made Trance Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats5.My Friend - Came Here for Love (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep6.Above & Beyond, feat. Zoe Johnston - No One On Earth (Gardenstate Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats7.Bexxie - The Time (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats8.ALPHA 9, Tom Bailey, Scorz - Calling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9.Mat Zo - Superman (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats10.Oliver Smith, SØNIN - Passion (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats11.Luminary - Amsterdam (Grum Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats12.BT, Ilan Bluestone, feat. Caitlin Charters - Run (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

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On Saturday, December 31st, I was honored to be invited to play at a NYE Trance DJ event at a club called Opaline, in Portland, Oregon. This was a special show for me for a couple of reasons, 1/ Opaline was a new club for me, which is always exciting and fun to spin at new venues, but also, 2/ this was my very first time playing in Portland since December 31st, 2019, for the NYE Bash at the Whiskey Bar, a club that I’ll always hold near and dear to my heart and which has since unfortunately closed down due to financial hardships caused by the COVID pandemic, which took the world by storm just a few months after that show.. This means that I was able to spin with some of my best DJ buddies like ZOXY and Scott Vorel (Cooltown) down there, whom I’ve missed terribly over the past several years. I was also joined by a Seattle Trance DJ and long-time buddy of mine, Serjey Andre Kul, which was a lot of fun, and the show was kicked off by a rising young DJ in Portland, Shay Baca, and she kicked off the eve with a banging Electro House set that had the crowd bouncing off the walls. We had a total blast that night bringing in the New Year, and the crowd was so much fun to play to. I was SOOOO happy the way this set turned out, and I was able to play tracks on the slower, more progressive side by so many big name artists that you usually find in the higher BPM’s of Uplifting Trance, such as Ronski Speed, Nitrous Oxide, DJ T.H., Dan Stone, and Kyau & Albert, plus some of my current FAVORITE spine tingly and brand new Progressive House tracks from the likes of Vintage & Morelli, SØNIN, Hiski, and Laura van Dam. I really tried to select tracks that might capture some feelings one might be inclined to feel on New Year’s Eve, and it was one of those nights where everything just fell together so perfectly and I wished the night would never end.. I know I’ll be listening to this set many times over the next many months, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed playing it. Hoping you all are having an Awesome 2023, Cheers and Happy New Year!! Mark a.k.a. GOTEKDJ Gotek presents: Guest set for NYE 2022 Party at Opaline Nightclub, Portland, OR, Sat, Dec 31st, 2022 Duration: 01:03:40 BPM: 122 start - 127 end Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:1. Hiski - Hourglass (Original Mix) ~ Mango Alley2. Nitrous Oxide, Mac Night - World of Clocks (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento3. Ronski Speed, Sun Decade, DJ T.H., feat. Linnea Schossow, - Searching In Your Soul (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats4. Vintage & Morelli, Anthony Nikita - Terra Nuova (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats5. Cubicore, feat. July Mell - Remember Me (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive6. Hausman - Four To Three (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive7. SØNIN, feat. Lewyn - Waterfall (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats8. Andrew Bayer, feat. Alison May - Midnight (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats9. Dan Stone - Waiting (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE Argento10. Alex Sonata, TheRio - Voices (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive11. Kyau & Albert - Falling Anywhere (David Broaders Extended Remix) ~ Euphonic12. Laura van Dam - This Love (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats13. Kojun, Kev Bundy - Nova Aurora (DJ Version) ~ Deepalma

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On Saturday, November 5th, I was incredibly honored to be direct support for world-renown and beloved Trance DJ and record producer, visiting us all the way from Wales, UK, Richard Mowatt, better known as SOLARSTONE, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle. This was actually my 3rd time getting to open for this famous guy, and it was really fun to see him again and be able to say hi and get to hand off the decks to Mr. Pure Trance himself. I had SO many great tracks that I was so excited to play that night, and the crowd was incredibly fun to play for and at a few points were jumping up and down and dancing so hard that the DJ booth was shaking so hard that I thought it might collapse haha, that was really exhilarating. Such an incredible evening of beautiful Trance and Progressive, beautiful smiling faces and hands in the air, incredibly positive energy, and I was so happy to be able to make people dance like that; it’s one of the best feelings in the world. What a great way to kick off the holiday season.. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the set. Cheers!! Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for SOLARSTONE, Ora, Sat, Nov 5th, 2022 * Duration: 01:02:42 * BPM: 124 start - 126 end * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Heard Right feat. Leo Islo - Stay/You’re In Everything (Hausman Extended Remix) ~ Purified Records
  2. Vintage & Morelli - Senshi (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk
  3. Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Cristoph Extended Mix) ~ Positiva
  4. Darkersound feat. ALNA - Falling Down (Paul Sawyer Remix) ~ Krafted Records
  5. BT - Where the Sun Meets the Sea (Nourey Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
  6. PROFF, Kyler England, Key Lean - Long Distance (PROFF Dub Remix) ~ Protagonist Recordings
  7. Sound Quelle feat. 88Birds - Wonderland (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
  8. Andrew Bayer feat. Red Dragons - DNA (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  9. John Grand, Dave Raval - Midnight Sun (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
  10. Protoculture - Submerge (Original Mix) ~ Serendipity Musik
  11. Kyau & Albert - Velvet Morning 22 (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
  12. ALPHA 9, Scorz, feat. Tom Bailey - Calling (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

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On Saturday, October 1st, I was honored to be direct support, along with my long-time Seattle DJ peer and buddy, the lovely Janice Chae, a.k.a. J-Note, on a super fun “back-to-back” (B2B) opening set for one of my all-time favorite Trance DJ’s and Record Producers, Anjuna Star and renown Trance Pioneer, visiting us all the way from the UK, OLIVER SMITH, at Ora Nightclub in Seattle. I’ve been a fan of Oliver’s since the earliest stages of my Trance obsession when I first heard his collab with Mark Pledger in the early 2000’s, “Northern Lights”, hands down my number one favorite trance track ever. I am actually lucky enough to be able to say that this was my second time in my life handing the decks off to Oliver, and every time I see this guy, I am reminded of what a sweet, down-to-earth, genuinely nice gentleman Oliver is, and it’s always such a pleasure to talk to him. Janice and I had a total blast that night and bounced off each other just riffing on tracks in an unrehearsed B2B set, and I really loved the way the set turned out. The crowd that night was totally off-the-hook with tons of Anjunafam vibes and Anjuna T-shirts everywhere, could not have been a better night. Anyway, it was a night I won’t forget, and as usual, I hope that you enjoy the set.. Cheers!! Mark, a.k.a. Gotek.

DJ Gotek presents: J-Note + Gotek B2B opening set for OLIVER SMITH, Ora, Sat, Oct 1st, 2022 * Duration: 01:05:31 * BPM: 120 start - 127 end * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Into The Ether - Don't Wanna Dream (Club Mix) ~ Hathor
  2. Dassent Matter, feat. Evelynka - Round (Original mix) ~ Arcadia Music
  3. ANUQRAM - Get On (Extended mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  4. Sultan + Shepard, HRRTZ, feat. Liz Cass - Break your fall (Extended mix) ~ This Never Happened
  5. Hausmann - Four to Three (Extended mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
  6. MeHiLove - Beautiful (Extended mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  7. BT - Paper Chairs (Alex Sonata & TheRio Extended mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
  8. Chunk and Twist - Battery Life (Original Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  9. Above & Beyond - Screwdriver (Jono Grant’s Summer of ’95 mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  10. Shahin Shantiaei feat. Lauren L’aimant - Close to Me (Extended mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
  11. Kyau & Albert - Walk Down (Paul Arcane Extended remix) ~ Euphonic
  12. Mona Vale - Pieces of you (Original Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  13. Alex Sonata & TheRio - Cala Luna (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

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Hey guys, hope you’re all doing well!! So, crazy to think it’s October already, and sorry it’s been a while since I have posted anything new. Sadly, since the COVID pandemic took the world by storm, two of the clubs that I used to play at regularly, The Underground in Seattle, and Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, both shut down due to the lack of business and financial hardships brought on by the pandemic. Fortunately for me I still have an amazing club in Seattle to play at, ORA Nightclub, but moving forward I will probably have less shows to record unless something changes. Just a fact of life I guess. So, on the brighter side, I recently took my first vacation since the pandemic and went to visit some friends in Germany, which was awesome. I had been experimenting with some newer proggy tracks that I had been hoping to play at a progressive house show, but decided to record a demo set and I listened to it nonstop while I was in Germany. When I got home I made a few minor tweaks and re-recorded it last Saturday (Oct 15th), and I really loved the way the tracks just set this certain relaxing, yet peppy, introspective vibe, and (for me at least) I really love to listen to it while driving. So, I called this mix “Autumn Drive”, as fall is one of my very favorite times of year, when all the leaves turn beautiful colors and begin to fall, and we get some amazingly colorful sunsets here in the Pacific NW. Anyway, buckle your seatbelts, ease back into the seat, and I hope you enjoy the ride.. Mark a.k.a. DJ GOTEK …PS: I opened for one of my all-time favas at Ora on October 1st, Oliver, Smith right before I left on my trip, so expect to see that set up here shortly as well!! =)

DJ Gotek presents: “AUTUMN DRIVE” – a Progressive House demo mix, recorded live, Sat, Oct 15th, 2022 * Duration: 01:06:16 * BPM: 122 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Into The Ether - Back To Me (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  2. Andy Moor, Adam White, feat. Whiteroom - The Whiteroom (Marsh Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  3. ANUQRAM - Get On (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  4. Oësha, Beckeringh - Celestial (Extended Mix) ~ Hathor
  5. Gardenstate - Surreal (Alex O’Rion Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  6. Ben Böhmer - Fade To Blue (Matador Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  7. Heard Right, Meeting Molly - Several Times (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  8. Sound Quelle feat. Lauren L'aimant - Colours (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
  9. Into The Ether - Don't Wanna Dream (Club Mix) ~ Hathor
  10. Morgin Madison, Meeting Molly - Fragment (Extended Mix) ~ Songspire Records
  11. Hausman - Secrets (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  12. Sam Davies - Northern Lights (Extended Mix) ~ Monstarcat Silk
  13. York, Scot & Millfield, feat. Chris Howard - Out Of The Woods (Damate Extended Remix) ~ Enhanced Recordings

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On Saturday, June 4th, 2022, I was beyond honored to open and hand off the decks to rising Anjunadeep star DJ/record producer, NOX VAHN, an incredibly talented and relevant name in the industry, known for his addictive dark techno vibes. This just happened to be one of those crazy serendipitous things were the local support DJ that had the primary support spot for this show had to bow out due to COVID unfortunately, so I was asked if I could fill in a few days before the show and I jumped at the opportunity. I was a little intimidated by this one because it was slightly outside of my comfort zone and my “sound” tends to be on the more uplifting, melodic, progressive goodness, but I tried to come up with a more ambient, vibey feel to this set, not necessarily dark per se, but not bright either, but definitely maintained a connection to some beautiful, more subtle melody, just to make it mine. Just like with the GO show a few weeks before, Nox Vahn came out into the stage a little late so I was able to play a slightly extended set to a full house, which is always a blast. It’s one of those funny things in life when you change things up and worry no one is going to like it, but I had numerous people come up to me afterwards and tell me this was one of their favorite sets they’ve ever heard from me, which I was surprised to hear, but very pleasantly so haha. Anyway, MAN, what an awesome night, the Anjuna crowd came out en-masse to support Nox Vahn, and the love and beautiful vibey feelings of Anjuna were in the air for sure. Anyway, had an amazing night, and I really hope you enjoy the set! Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ Gotek presents: Opening set for NOX VAHN, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Sat, June 4th, 2022 * Duration: 01:14:42 * BPM: 122-123 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Braxton - The River (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  2. Yotto, Laudic - Skin (Extended Mix) ~ Odd One Out
  3. Jordin Post - Jupiter (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
  4. Terry Da Libra - Sparkles (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  5. Genix, Zashanell - All I Want (My Friend Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  6. Boxer - Total Uphoria (Extended Mix) ~ Colorize (Enhanced)
  7. Simon Doty feat. Ursula Rucker - Hometown (Extended Mix)
  8. Santiago Luna - Voyage (Original Mix) ~ Mango Alley
  9. Pete K - Rubicon (Extended Mix) ~ Zerothree
  10. F4T4L3RR0R - Lost (Kay-D Remix) ~ Addictive Sounds
  11. Jiminy Hop - Johlin (Original Mix) ~ Meanwhile
  12. Hausman, Discognition, Lumynesynth - Garden Of The Gods (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  13. Fehrplay - Magnolia (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  14. Rick Pier O'Neil, Robert Mason - The Last (Original Mix) ~ Outta Limits

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On Saturday, May 21st, 2022, I was incredibly honored to open and hand off the decks to none other than GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI, world-renown Italian DJ and record producer, at ORA Nightclub, Seattle. Giuseppe, also known as GO, is an incredible creative and pioneering force in the Trance industry, and just like some of the other UBER talented producers like Paul van Dyk, frequently performs at the top clubs and massive festivals with his sequencers and synths and produces his Trance real-time in the DJ booth. Long-time veteran of Trance music, GO is also a member of the project, Pure NRG, with British producer Solarstone, and has a long list of club Trance mega-hits and anthems played around the globe by all the biggest names in the industry. Needless to say, it was an amazing rush to open for GO (for my 2nd time!!), and the club was jam-packed with Trance fans and amazing, positive Trance Family energy. I tried to play an uplifting, energetic set, and pulled in many of my go-to Trance & Progressive artists like Sunny Lax, Beatsole, Myon, John Grand, Zuubi, and an awesome Trancey collab between Mike Koglin & Genix, an unlikely pairing, but they made some magic happen!!. Originally, I intended to end my hour set off with two recent incredible remixes of classics, the amazing Rub!k remix of “Happiness Happening” by Lost Witness, brings back such a great memory from yesteryear, and the awesome Elevven remix of Sushi by 7 Skies, another massive flashback choon!! But as fate would have it, GO came out onto the DJ stage almost 15 minutes past Midnight so I was able to squeak in 3 additional tracks, hence the longer-than-1-hour time on the mix. Anyway, this was an absolutely awesome night, and I hope you enjoy the set!! Cheers!! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

Opening set for GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI, Ora, Seattle, Sat, May 21st, 2022 * Duration: 01:12:58 * BPM: 127-130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Simon Doty - Airlift (Extended Mix) ~ Purified Records
  2. Scolario, Paul Arcane - Donovenya (Extended Mix) ~ Enhanced Progressive
  3. Myon feat. Nikol Apatini - Ghost Town (Rodrigo Deem Extended Remix) ~ Ride Recordings
  4. Beatsole, Eugenio Tokarev, feat. Kimberly Hale - Only Me (Extended Mix) ~ Raz Nitzan Music
  5. John Grand - Bridges (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Recordings
  6. Sunny Lax - V.I.B.E. (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  7. Nifra - Getaway (Extended Mix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings
  8. Genix, Mike Koglin - Helion (Norin & Rad Remix) ~ Anjunabeats
  9. Karanda, Zuubi - Voyage (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Recordings
  10. Tinlicker feat. Jamie Irrepressible - You Take My Hand (Reinier Zonneveld Remix) ~ Anjunadeep
  11. Lost Witness - Happiness Happening (Rub!k Extended Remix) ~ Armada Captivating
  12. 7 SKIES - Sushi (Elevven Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  13. Timur Shafiev feat. Irage - Faith (Original Mix) ~ ARVA
  14. Lewis Dodkins - Reaction (Audien Remix) ~ Arisa Audio
  15. Above & Beyond - Screwdriver (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats

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Finally got around to recording a new Uplifting Trance mix on Saturday, May 14th, 2022, just in time for Spring. I actually had hoped to record one of these as a “year-end mix” back around the holidays, but unfortunately just never had time with work etc. Regardless, I still have been buying a lot of uplifting 138-140 BPM Trance over the months, continuously listening and adding to my collection of the original style of music that drew me into the Trance scene way back in the late 90’s, and will always be near and dear to my heart. I finally distilled it down to these twelve tracks and recorded on a Saturday night just for fun, and really liked the way it turned out. This is all brand new (or fairly recent) releases, and there’s a nice euphoric build on this one with representation from a lot of my favorite “usual suspect” Uplifting Trance artists, including Suncatcher, Nitrous Oxide, Sean Tyas, Paul Miller, Activa, Craig Connolly, and Alex Wright. I really loved that this was a mostly instrumental journey in sound, with a lot of throw-back, nostalgic vibes of some older school Trance, reminiscent of the effervescent and bright uplifting Nu NRG era. Special call-outs to “Vert” by Nhato, probably my favorite track on the set, just blew me away and sends chills down my spine during the breakdown every time, NO-SO’s “I Do Both Jay & Jane”, with the electric female vocals and catchy chorus, and that sort of sexy after-hours party vibe, Billy Gillies’ “Starlab”, such a banger, this guy is new on my radar and super stoked to have discovered him, and finishing off with Simon Patterson & Will Atkinson with their epic “Golden Hour”, just kicks it into the stratosphere in style. The name of this mix was inspired by some photos I took on a recent flight to LA for work, and just the beauty of the majestic snow-capped NW mountains at 30,000 feet, and feeling excited to be able to travel for work again, everything feels hopeful and getting back to “normal”, so I hope that vibe carries through in this mix and gives you a sense of hope and euphoria too. Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ Gotek presents: “SKYVIEW” – Spring Uplifting Trance demo mix, recorded live, Sat, May 14th, 2022 * Duration: 01:01:46 * BPM: 138-140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Nitrous Oxide, Paul Miller - Panamera (Original Mix) ~ Music En Route
  2. Nhato - Vert (Original Mix) ~ Otographic Music
  3. Craig Connelly - Lose Control (Extended Mix) ~ Higher Forces Records
  4. Suncatcher, Exolight - Ascend (Maywave Remix Extended) ~ Euphonic
  5. Simon Bostock - Reflect (Extended Mix) ~ Borderline
  6. Activa - Luminosity (Sean Tyas Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
  7. Alex Wright, Amos & Riot Night - Apparition (Extended) ~ High Voyage Recordings
  8. NO-SO - I Do Both Jay & Jane (Extended Mix) ~ Victims Helpline
  9. Activa - Polestar (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings
  10. RAMIN ARAB - Flashover (Extended Mix) ~ Monster Force
  11. Billy Gillies - Starlab (Extended Mix) ~ FSOE
  12. Simon Patterson, Will Atkinson - Golden Hour (Extended Mix) ~ Black Hole Recordings

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On Saturday, April 30th, 2022, I was honored to be on the opening roster to perform a B2B (back-to-back) set, paired up with my long-time Seattle DJ friend, the lovely Janice Chae, a.k.a. J-NOTE, for none other than one of the true Godfathers of the Trance scene, legendary UK Trance artist and record producer, PAUL OAKENFOLD. Truth be known, it was Paul Oakenfold that originally sent me spiraling into the world of Trance, from which I never have emerged again, in 1998 when I first heard his album “Tranceport” at Disney World in Orlando, FL. That album blew my mind and it sent me into this mad frenzy to find more and more of this music called Trance, which led me down the rabbit hole to other artists over the next few years like Tiesto, Mirco de Govia, Ronski Speed, Kyau & Albert, NuNRG, Andy Moor, Mike Shiver, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Cosmic Gate, and eventually Above & Beyond, ANJUNA, etc, but that whole journey for me had a definitive starting point, “the Big Bang” as it were, and for me that was Paul Oakenfold… So, this show really felt like a going the full circle for me, and was just a really amazing night. It was also my good friend Eric Weber’s birthday, and he DJ’d an amazing all-classics Birthday set right after us, so it was truly a night to remember, and the club was totally packed with Trance fans and had an incredible energy to play to. Janice and I didn’t rehearse this set, we just set rough guidelines for general BPM and feel, and to try to have tracks that were easier to mix into, but what you hear on this set is what we figured out organically as we played through our 70-minute time slot. It was a total blast, and getting to “open for” and actually meet Paul Oakenfold was a definite bucket list item checked off for me. What a night!! Hope you enjoy the set, and stay tuned because I have a few more coming in rapid succession. Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

GOTEK & J-NOTE opening B2B set for PAUL OAKENFOLD, Ora, Seattle, Sat, April 30th, 2022 Duration: 01:10:34 BPM: 125-127 Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download Tracklisting:

  1. Qrion - Your Love (Jordin Post & Qrion Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  2. Simon Doty - Tellin Me (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  3. Andy Kulter, Steand - It's Okay (Extended Mix) ~ Purified Records
  4. Pakka - Dripped in Blue (Boxer Remix) ~ SkyTop
  5. Kasablanca > - Immunity (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  6. Ferry Corsten, Dustin Husain - Timeout (Extended Mix) ~ Flashover Recordings
  7. Reflekt, feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Cristoph Alternative Remix) ~ Altra Moda
  8. Kyau & Albert, Steve Brian - Novel (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
  9. Above & Beyond, feat. Justine Suissa - Almost Home (Above & Beyond Extended Deep Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  10. Hoten - 29 Summers (D-Nox, Nine One Remix) ~ 43 Degrees Records
  11. Jordin Post - Fade Away (Promnite Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  12. Gardenstate - By Your Side (Oliver Smith Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  13. Franky Wah - Another Day (Original Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  14. Robert B, Airo - The Distant (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Recordings

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On Friday, April 1st, I was beyond humbled and honored to be the single opening DJ for a world-class Trancer from the Netherlands, who’s been a pioneer and influencer on the Uplifting Trance genre for nearly 20 years, one whom I’ve been a huge fan of since the early 2000’s, MENNO DE JONG. Menno intended to do his “Farewell Tour” before the pandemic hit, and he had to postpone it until now, but this is basically his last tour around the globe and he’s going to be trying to spend more time with his family and focus on other interests. Seattle was his first stop on the US leg of his tour, and it was such a “bucket-lister” for me to be able to play this show and hand off the decks to this legend. I tried to put together a euphoric, vibey set for this one and build it into a Trancey finish, and basically had to rework the entire set twice to fit the hot new Sound Quelle remix of Audien’s ”One Last Dance” in there (sort of seemed appropriate for the Menno farewell tour), but I really liked how this one turned out, and it was awesome seeing the dancefloor fill and people dancing and cheering during the set. I really hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed playing it, and wishing the very best of luck to Menno and his future adventures in life, the global Trance scene is eternally grateful to this guy!! Cheers everyone! - Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for MENNO DE JONG, “Farewell Tour”, Ora, Seattle, Fri, April 1, 2022 * Duration: 01:01:02 * BPM: 120-127 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Kobana, Hiski - Hold Hands (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  2. Audien, feat. XIRA - One Last Dance(Sound Quelle Extended Remix) ~ Armanda Music
  3. LTN, Ghostbeat, feat. Michele C - Mind Body and Soul (Extended Dub Mix) ~ AVA Deep
  4. Not Now Please - Don't Forget The Parachute (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  5. Banaati, Dokho - Dream Cycle (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  6. Kasablanca - Phoenix (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  7. Walden - Fire (Pete K Extended Remix) ~ Release Deep
  8. Simon Doty - Trance Tool (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  9. Kyau & Albert - Hearts Will Burn (Extended Mix) - Anjunabeats
  10. Solarstone - Solarcoaster (Marsh Extended Remix) ~ Armada Music Albums
  11. Suncatcher, Exolight - Sunset Drive (Original Mix) ~ Euphoric
  12. Nitrous Oxide - Eau Rouge (Original Mix) ~ Oxidized
  13. Isoprospect - Let Go (Tomas Heredia Dub Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Recordings

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On January 29th, 2022, I was honored to be on the opening roster for UK Trance legend and true pioneer from the very early days of Trance music, JOHN OO FLEMING, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle. This was another one of those "Pinch me, am I dreaming?" moments for me haha, as I have been a fan of JOOF since way back at the beginning when I first started to discover this world of Trance and Progressive, so it was such a thrill to be able to warm up the CDJ's for this incredibly talented individual, whom has truly stood the test of time, and has contributed so much to the Trance scene over the past couple decades. Anyway, it's been a while for me, with COVID going around I haven't been going out to many shows, and haven't had an opportunity to play live since the Sunny LAX show back in October. So, on top of the thrill of seeing John OO perform live for the first time ever, it was just so great to see so many familiar, smiling faces and friends having a good time on the dancefloor, and to finally start feeling alive again. I loaded this set up with some gems that I have been listening to and collecting over the past few months, and it was such a fun set to play. I hope you enjoy this memory from a truly unforgettable night. Cheers! ~ Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for JOHN OO FLEMING, Ora, Seattle, Jan 29th, 2022 * Duration: 00:59:50 * BPM: start 124 / finish 126 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Genix, JVMIE - Until I Find You (Alex Sonata & TheRio Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  2. Eli & Fur - Wild Skies (Marsh Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun recordings
  3. Quizzow, Paul Arcane - You (Aresz Extended Remix) ~ Anjunadeep
  4. Kamilo Sanclemente - Honest (Axel Giova Remix) ~ Magnitude Recordings
  5. Pandhora - Euthymia (Jiminy Hop Remix) ~ Art Vibes Music
  6. Kyau & Albert - Where Did All the Years Go? (DJ Version) ~ Euphonic
  7. David Broaders - Hold On (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk
  8. SØNIN - Cry (Extended Club Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  9. Tom Clave, Julian Wess, Seven Note - Just with You (Breame Remix) Incepto Bundles
  10. Hausman - Megalodon (Extended Mix) ~ Entranced Progressive
  11. Tomas Heredia - Eye Contact (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  12. Arielle Maren, Vintage & Morelli - Taunt Of The Flutes (Extended Mix) ~ Monstercat
  13. Kobana, Hiski - Too Far (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat

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On Friday, October 29th, 2021, I was incredibly honored to be the direct opener for one of my all-time FAVE Anjuabeats artists, Hungarian Trance music and Progressive House producer, Levente Márton, better known by his stage name, SUNNY LAX, for his stop-over in Seattle on his North American tour. This was Halloween weekend so it was so much fun playing to an audience all dressed up in the Halloween costumes, and to see all the amazing Anjunafam support and love for our special guest that night. This was my second time opening for Levente, and it’s just hard to describe what a genuinely friendly, humorous, and sweet guy he is, so impressed by him, not to mention an incredibly talented and influential artist who’s been cranking out some of the world's best Trance for the past 15 years.. Anyway, I tried to put together a euphoric and “feelsy” opening set to open for Sunny Lax and this is what I ended up with for this incredible night that I'll never forget. Hope you enjoy. Cheers, and Happy Holiday Season everyone!! -Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SUNNY LAX, Seattle, The Underground, Oct 29, 2021 * Duration: 01:01:48 * BPM: start 125 / finish 127 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Hausman, Discognition - Catalyst (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Melodies
  2. Mehilove - Beautiful (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  3. Tygris - WildFlower (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  4. Adrian Alexander, 5ALVO - Chromatic (Paul Arcane Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Recordings
  5. Protoculture - Deep Forest (Extended Mix) ~ Armada Music
  6. Paul Arcane - Bloom (Extended Mix) ~ Elliptical Sun Recordings
  7. Alex Sonata, TheRio - Nebula (Extended Mix) ~ Coldharbour Recordings
  8. Apollo Nash - Need You (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  9. Gardenstate - 1995 (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  10. Jaytech - Colossus (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunabeats
  11. Simon Gregory - InTranced (Extended Mix) ~ Mondo Recordings
  12. Grum, Waves On Waves, feat. Chris Sevier - Never Have To Be Alone (Grum Remix) ~ Severe Records
  13. Vintage & Morelli - Riptide (Original Mix) ~ Monstercat Silk

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On Saturday, September 18th, 2021, I was incredibly honored to open for a couple of my long-time top favorites and two incredibly talented individuals who’s songs have been featured in so many of my sets; rising star Canadian progressive house DJ/producer, Derek Silvester, a.k.a.. DEZZA, and French electronic dance music prodigy, David Ciekanski, better known by his stage name, MATT FAX, who basically began writing music at the age of 13 and encountered early success with support from renowned DJs and artists around the world, such as Depeche Mode, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond and Gareth Emery. On top of everything else, while I was playing my set, which by the way was the first set played on Ora’s newly installed EAW sound system, which sounded absolutely incredible, one of the first people out on the dance floor watching the set was this tall dude wearing an Anjuna t-shirt, whom I later discovered was none other than Devon Ausman, otherwise known as HAUSMAN, another one of my all-time favorites whom had driven all the way from Boise, ID, to see the show, and whom I got to meet and talk to after my set. It was so incredible to meet these guys, and talk to them about their music, ask them questions and learn about their backgrounds, that was such a thrill for me. I was truly in the presence of Progressive/Trance greatness. Anyway, what else can I say, it was such a memorable and fun night, and my set was so packed with incredible tacks that were so much fun to play. I hope you enjoy!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for MATT FAX & DEZZA, Colorscapes Vol. 3 Tour, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Saturday, Sept 18, 2021 * Duration: 01:01:54 * BPM: 122 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Warung - Sinuous (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  2. Sound Quelle - Fofan (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
  3. Angara, Diana Goldberg - Escape - Extended Mix (Original Mix) LANDR (Self Released)
  4. Alan Fitzpatrick, Lawrence Hart - Warning Signs (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  5. Waxman (CA) - Dreams of Blue (Dabeat Remix) Magnitude Recordings
  6. Freefall - Skydive (Paul Thomas & Bluum's Midnight Extended Mix) UV
  7. Chakra - Home (Jody Wisternoff Extended Remix) Armada Music Albums
  8. Simon Doty, Ezequiel Arias - Requiem (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  9. Paul Thomas, Fuenka - Yin (Extended Mix) UV
  10. PROFF - Light Magic (Extended Mix) Monstercat
  11. Joris Voorn - Antigone (Yotto Extended Mix) Spectrum (NL)
  12. Arielle Maren, Vintage & Morelli - Heartbeat (Extended Mix) Monstercat

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On Friday, August 22nd, I was honored to take part in what turned out to be an incredibly fun private party weekend event up in Bellingham, WA; the "High Vibes Weekend-er", put on by this arts and wellness organization called Evergreen Flow Events. This sort of rave-esque party took place literally way out in the untamed countryside, outside the college town of Bellingham, on the grounds of this amazing private compound, and people camped and enjoyed a variety of outdoor music and activities throughout the weekend. This included DJ’s at night in a really cool outbuilding that was equipped with a massive, club-quality sound system, club lighting, and even lasers and a fog machine, plus lots great people dancing in their eclectic costumes, having fun. The closest thing I could compare it to would be a Burning Man “burner”-type event, if you're familiar, the whole outside and camp grounds was lit up with ambient neon-lit art pieces and an assortment of decorative lights hanging from trees and tents, it was really quite magical looking at night. I wasn’t really sure what to expect as this was my first time to this annual event, and up in that area in general, but I ended up being really thankful that I took the chance to be a part of this thing, and I met a lot of really interesting, artistic, talented, cool people, and was inspired by a lot of great DJ’s & awesome electronic dance music. My set time was Midnight-1pm and I was asked to kind of “bring it” with some more bangin' prime-time Trance, and this is the set I ended up with, which fortunately, people really seemed to love.. Hope you like it too!! Stay tuned for another new mix coming soon from my Matt Fax/Dezza opener show last weekend, yet another amazing night... Cheers! -Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest Trance set for Evergreen Flow Events "High Vibes Weekend", Fri, Aug 22, 2021, Bellingham, WA * Duration: 00:59:08 * BPM: Start - 126 / End - 132 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Dan Stone - Back To You (Paul Arcane Extended Mix) - Elliptical Sun Recordings
  2. Jack Vath, Breame - Winter's End (Les Extended Remix) - Emergent Cities
  3. Jack Vath, Breame - Be Right Here (Extended Mix) - AVA Recordings (Black Hole)
  4. Dan Stone - Sunset Skyline (Extended Mix) - Entranced Progressive
  5. Beatsole - Mir (Maywave Remix) - Euphonic
  6. Sunny Lax - Delirium (Extended Mix) - Anjunabeats
  7. Sense8 - Night Drive (Original Mix) - Rockettt Music
  8. Ultimate - Rosa (Extended Mix) - Infrasonic Pure
  9. Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon Lighthouse (DOLAN RELICK Bootleg Mashup) - White Label
  10. Abstract Vision, Ultimate - Ethereal (Arjans Extended Remix) - Infrasonic Recordings
  11. DJ T.H. feat. Alexandra Badoi - Kiss Me (Extended Mix) - Coldharbour Recordings
  12. Alex M.O.R.P.H., Chriss Ortega - Ocean Drive (Original Mix) - Armada Music Albums
  13. SMR, LVE feat. Roxanne Emery - Lost In Love (Paul Arcane Extended Remix) - Armada Music Albums

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On Friday, August 19th, I was incredibly honored to be on the opening roster for Canadian Anjunadeep rising star, SIMON DOTY, at Q Nightclub in Seattle. This was such a fun show, and ironically just the weekend before I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be the only opener for Cosmic Gate on a Seattle DJ boat cruise around Lake Washington called “Sunset Session on the HIYU”, and the two Simon Doty tracks I played during that set were probably my favorite in the whole mix, so Simon was already on my radar as being one of my favorite new up-and-coming DJ/producers out there, and to hand off the decks to him was a total blast and honor, super nice and humble guy, and his set was incredibly mesmerizing, so much so that most everyone stayed until the very end on a Thursday night, me included! I shared the decks with a couple other great DJ’s that night, Oxymoron (a.k.a. Alex Henkens, a good buddy of mine and a great producer in his own right, formerly known as FFM), and Tommy T. It was my first time playing at Q Nightclub, located in Capital Hill, Seattle, a beautiful, large club with an amazing sound system, and the crowd that night was super amazing and supportive, fun to play to, and as usual, yet another unforgettable evening.. I knew Simon plays at around 123-125-ish, so I played a really down-tempo and ethereal deep progressive set and it seemed to resonate with he audience that evening, which was awesome. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the set! Stay tuned for an opening set for DEZZA & MATT FAX at ORA Nightclub coming up later this month!!! Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SIMON DOTY, at Q nightclub, Seattle, Fri, Aug 19th, 2021, Seattle, WA * Duration: 01:07:20 * BPM: 122 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Tash, Mango - Lost (Oliver & Tom Remix)
  2. Hausman, Wynnwood, Lumynesynth - Calliope (Extended Mix)
  3. Angus Powell, Westseven - Go Right Through (Sound Quelle Extended Mix)
  4. Sound Quelle - Tehnika (Extended Mix)
  5. Boris Brejcha feat. Ginger - To The Moon And Back (Original Mix)
  6. York - On The Beach (Kryder Extended Remix)
  7. Makanan - Limber (Original Mix)
  8. Jordin Post - New Day (Extended Mix)
  9. PROFF - Vajrasattva (Extended Dub Mix)
  10. Sebastian Sellares - Room 09 (Original Mix)
  11. Luttrell - Snoop Dawk (Extended Mix)
  12. Matt Lange - Rift (Alex O’Rion Extended Mix)
  13. Luke Hunter, Frankie M - Distant Ocean (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)

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On Saturday, August 14th, THIS was a big one for me….. I was beyond honored to find out, just one week before this event, which I already had purchased tickets for, that I would be the opening DJ for world-renown German Trance legend, Nic Chagall of COSMIC GATE, on the “Sunset Sessions on the HIYU” DJ Cruise, Saturday, August 14th, 2021. I am pretty much speechless about this one, almost impossible to describe this amazing day, but also it was a really cool "full circle" for me because Cosmic Gate was my very first opener show in Seattle on May 11th, 2013, at club a called Foundation, just a few years after I moved up here, so it was such an honor to be able to share the decks with Cosmic Gate again after all these years. This show sold out in 3 minutes, so unfortunately there were a lot of people who wanted to go that couldn’t, but for those whom were able to attend, it was such a perfect NW summer day out on the beautiful Lake Washington and Elliott Bay, with such a special group of amazing friends and Trance Family that attended, the euphoric vibes were through the roof....truly a magical experience that I will never forget.. Originally, I was told I would be playing from 4:30-5:30pm, then it was off to the Cosmos, but my set got lengthened by over 20 minutes, so by the time I handed the decks off to Nic the cruise was well underway, and it was such a thrill seeing all the people dancing and having a great time to my set. I’m still kind of walking on clouds from that day, it really seemed like it was just a dream, just a bunch beautiful smiling faces, high fives, pats on the back, sweaty hugs, and a blur of amazing music and beautiful water scenery. Cosmic Gate...it was a special day. SO honored to have been a part of it. Hope you enjoy the set!!! -Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for COSMIC GATE "Sunset Sessions on the HIYU" DJ cruise, Sat, Aug 14th, 2021, Seattle, WA * Duration: 01:22:26 * BPM: Start - 122 / End - 124 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Marsh - Wasn't Enough (Original Mix) Anjunadeep
  2. Sasheen, Jacob Acosta - Falling (Jody Wisternoff Remix) Where the Heart Is
  3. Mike Griego - Dysbiosis (Original Mix) Replug
  4. Sound Quelle, Jackarta - Froggy (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
  5. Jordin Post - In Circles (Original Mix) This Never Happened
  6. Because of Art, feat. Ruth Royall - Lost in the Sun (Simon Doty Extended Night Mix) Stress Records
  7. Paul Thomas, Fuenka - Yin (Djimboh Extended Remix) UV
  8. Mat Zo, feat. OLAN - Problems (Hausman Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
  9. Simon Doty - Rave Generator (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  10. Marsh - There For Me (Original Mix) Anjunadeep
  11. Boxer - Free (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  12. Dezza, Lewyn - Won't Let Go (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
  13. BT - Never Odd or Even (Grum Extended Remix) Black Hole Recordings
  14. Vitodito - Socarrat (Original Mix) Encanta
  15. Above & Beyond - Home (Boxer & Amy Wiles Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
  16. Vintage & Morelli feat. Arielle Maren - Valley Of Hope (Extended Mix) Monstercat

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Brand new!! On Thursday, July 29th, I was invited to spin a guest set alongside my good DJ buddy, Chris Paape, at Suite Lounge in Bellevue, WA. If you’ve been listening to my sets for a while, you may recognize Chris’s name because Chris had this kind of legendary party every year, the “Chris Paape Cabana Party” which was held at the boat house at his condo on Lake Sammamish, with this crazy amazing view of the lake and all the DJ gear out on the deck facing the water, and it was an all-day party with a bunch of Seattle’s fave local Trance/Progressive DJ’s spinning house and progressive in late July; it was always such an amazing time, and I was SO fortunate to have been able to spin at this event several times over the years. Unfortunately, Chris has moved away and those parties ended 4 years ago, but recently everyone on Facebook was reminiscing about how much they missed these parties. Out of the blue, Chris contacted me and said he was in town, and arranged for us to spin a deep progressive set at this cool, sexy little cocktail lounge in the heart of Bellevue, and it was short notice, but I made it work, and we had such a fun time with a small group of friends that showed up and the rest of the people who were just randomly lucky enough to have been there that night to hear 2.5 hours of this amazing music. I was really happy that this happened because this was probably the exact set I would have played at Chris’s Cabana party, had there been one this year… Anyway, we did a B2B set, 3 on, 3 off, but the next day I recorded all my tracks into one set in the exact order that I played them in, and this is it. I hope you enjoy, and best of luck to Chris Paape in Florida, it’s truly the end of an era in Seattle, and he will be missed. Cheers everyone. -Mark, a.k.a GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: “An Evening @ Suite Lounge” Progressive House Guest Set, Thursday, July 29th, 2021 * Duration: 01:16:04 * BPM: Start - 120 / End - 124 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Mike Isai - Home (Original Mix) Meanwhile
  2. Arielle Maren, Vintage & Morelli - Away (Extended Mix) Monstercat
  3. Jordin Post - Blossom (Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
  4. Boxer - Free (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  5. Dezza, Lewyn - Won't Let Go (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
  6. Tomas Heredia - Gave U My Love (Mike Saint-Jules Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
  7. Simon Doty, Ezequiel Arias - Requiem (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  8. Sound Quelle, Jackarta - Froggy (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
  9. Marsh - Heaven (Extended Mix) Anjunadeep
  10. RÜFÜS DU SOL - Like An Animal (Yotto Remix) Foreign Family Collective
  11. Sound Quelle, Matt Fax - Sunburst (Extended Mix) Colorize (Enhanced)
  12. Mat Zo, OLAN - Problems feat. Olan (Hausman Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
  13. Jordin Post - New Day (Extended Mix) Anjunabeats
  14. Yotto feat. braev - I Want You (Original Mix) Odd One Out
  15. Dezza, Lauren L'aimant - Ghost (Remixes) Colorize (Enhanced)

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Brand New!! On Saturday, July 17th, I finally got around to recording a new Hi-NRG, Uplifting 138 BPM Trance demo mix that's been on my mind for a while, and it was so much fun to finally be able to spin it live. This was a one-time play through, no rehearsing, just did my best to arrange the tracks harmonically and according to energy build, had to do a couple key hops to make it work, nothing too drastic, and this is what I ended up with. I am always paying attention to and buying Uplifting/138, mostly just to listen to, as this is the Trance genre that first really hooked me and got me listening to Trance back in the late 90's, and I've never looked back. Of course I mostly only get to play much slower Progressive tracks in the clubs, but this is my guilty pleasure that I'll forever have a weak spot in my heart for.. Uplifting 138. I got to feature a lot of amazing, fresh new Uplifting Trance from some of my FAVE go-to Trance artists such as Temple One, Dan Stone, Ronski Speed, Will Atkinson, Suncatcher, and even snuck in a lovely, classic old fave CHOON of mine from 2007, "Morning Light" by Nitrous Oxide; still gives me chills down my spine after all these years haha.. Hope you enjoy the mix, and stay tuned, as I am starting to line up my first club gigs since the pandemic began (FINALLY!!!), so expect to see more new mixes up here soon.. Cheers!!! -Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Uplifting 138 BPM Trance demo mix "AZURE SKIES", recorded live July 17th, 2021 * Duration: 01:02:27 * BPM: Start - 137 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Temple One, Cosmic Mystery - Around The World (Original Mix) Blue Soho Recordings
  2. C-Systems feat. Hanna Finsen - Listen To The Wind (Temple One Extended Remix) Digital Society Recordings
  3. Miroslav Vrlik - Hold Me (Extended Mix) Always Alive Recordings
  4. (Crate Diver Throwback – 2007!!) Nitrous Oxide - Morning Light (Original Mix) Anjunabeats
  5. Dan Stone feat. Stine Grove - If I Never Make It Home (Extended Mix) FSOE Fables
  6. Ronski Speed - Roxy (Extended Mix) Nocturnal Nights Music
  7. Suncatcher, Sensu - My Happy Place (Extended Mix) FSOE
  8. Alan Morris - Where Life Takes You (Extended Mix) Transistic
  9. Everlight - Microgravity (Alex Wright Extended Remix) FSOE
  10. Will Atkinson, Nick Callaghan – Let Go (Indecent Noise Dark Sessions Edit) Black Hole Recordings
  11. UDM - Spectrum (Extended Mix) Deep In Thought
  12. David Forbes - Equator (Extended Mix) Who’s Afraid of 138?!

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Brand new!! Just uploaded this set that I recorded on the 4th of July, and it’s a combination of emotive, euphoric, summery-vibe tracks that I just loved. This mix was inspired by the joyous feelings we’re experiencing of finally coming out of COVID lock-down, being able to see friends and family and even people’s smiles again (w/o masks), and it just so happened that I went to see my very first DJ show on June 30th, which was also the day that the State of Washington removed most COVID-19 restrictions. To coincide with that ceremonious occasion, we had Anjunadeep rising star, Tom Marshall, a.k.a. MARSH, for the FIRST “Sunset Sessions On the Hiyu” DJ boat cruise since the pandemic began, and also my first show, of any sort whatsoever, since then as well. I am cautiously optimistic that life is returning back to normal, but I can’t imagine a more perfect event to have kicked it off than seeing Marsh play live out on the water in the lovely Puget Sound. I took that draw-bridge picture for the cover art for this mix from that very boat cruise as well! Anyway, I had been working on this demo set for a while and got to play it live at my DJ buddy Eric Weber’s annual DJ BBQ down in Tacoma, which was a blast, and also submitted a version of it for a guest DJ mix for DJ friend in Portland's “PFB Radio” podcast, but I really liked how this set turned out, and I hope you like it too. I know COVID is still here and not everyone is out of the woods yet, so no matter where you're located, just stay positive my friends, make sure to get vaccinated if you haven’t already (if you’re able to), and we’ll all get through this together. Feels like we’re almost there... Cheers! -Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Progressive House demo mix "Electric Blue Seattle", recorded live July 4th, 2021 * Duration: 01:01:51 * BPM: Start - 122 / End - 124 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Panama, Ben Bohmer - Weightless (Extended Mix) - Future Classic
  2. Sound Quelle - Dobro (Extended Mix) - Colorize (Enhanced)
  3. Jack Lost - Walls (Extended Mix) - Anjunadeep
  4. Marsh - Innocence (Extended Mix) - Anjunadeep
  5. Pierce Fulton - I Can't Remember If It Was A Dream (Jordin Post Extended Remix) - Potential Fun
  6. Tinlicker - Watching Over You (Extended Mix) - Anjunadeep
  7. Angus Powell, Westseven - Go Right Through (Sound Quelle Extended Mix) - Soul De Anima
  8. Jordin Post - Autumn In Amsterdam (Extended Mix) - Anjunabeats
  9. Shingo Nakamura, Vintage & Morelli - The Longest Hour (Extended Mix) - Monstercat
  10. York - Farewell To The Moon (PROFF Extended Remix) - Armada Music
  11. Dosem, Marsh - Eternal Summer (Marsh Extended Mix) - Anjunadeep
  12. Boxer - Free (Extended Mix) - Anjunadeep

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Blast from the past here, I have a number of older sets that I never uploaded to Soundcloud for one reason or another, been meaning to upload this one for a while.. As you'll hear this is before I had my voice ID's recorded, and even before my "Gotek" logo was created, so WAY long ago.. :P Anyway, I had the honor of being one of two opening DJ’s for the Seattle stop on the PRYDA FRIENDS North American Tour at USC’s Progression Saturdays, at Foundation Nightclub, Saturday, September 28, 2013. Well first of all, Eric Prydz is a huge inspiration to me and to be able to see two of his top protégés from the Pryda Friends label, Jeremy Olander and Fehr Play spin a FOUR HOUR set in such an intimate setting of a smaller club compared to huge festival settings these guys typically fill up, was like a dream come true. Because they wanted to spin a full four hours it meant that DJ Chronus (Chris Winebarger) and I only had 30 minutes each to kick things off, but I wanted to make my set as memorable as possible because I had a ton of friends that showed up to see me spin which made it extra fun for me, but also went off my usual beaten path of Progressive to spin some sexy brand new Deep House beats, and managed to squeeze 8 tracks in there for a total of 38 minutes. I love every track on this set, and I did something that I don’t ordinarily do and that was to spin three tracks by the same artist, the entire new release by Meramek off the Anjunadeep label because they were all such kick-ass tracks and I couldn’t decide which one to use, so spun them all haha, and truly amazing tracks they are. Anyway, this was a magical evening that I will never forget and the Pryda Friends boys lit up the house for four solid hours of some of the best music I have probably ever heard, much of which wasn't released for a year or more afterwards – what a night it was… Hope you enjoy! –Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for Pryda Friends, Sept 28, 2013 * Duration: 00:38:30:600 * BPM: Start 122 / End 123 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Jody Wisternoff - 95 (Original Mix)
  2. Beckwith - Townsend Sling (Original Mix)
  3. Meramek - Feeling (Original Mix)
  4. Meramek - Maybe (Original Mix)
  5. Meramek - FWD (Original Mix)
  6. Dusky - Calling Me (Original Mix)
  7. Leftwing & Kody - Deep In (Original Mix)
  8. Dusky - Nobody Else (Original Mix)

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Seattle Trance Alliance (STA) recently had it’s 5-year Anniversary Stream Party, and I was incredibly honored to be on the DJ line-up for this super fun, 2-day event which aired on Fri/Sat, Feb 19th & 20th. Each night had a unique line-up featuring world-class Trance/Progressive headliners, including Solarstone, Myon, Reorder, and Elevven. It also featured several rising star Northwest breakout artists, such as Dimibo, Emerge, and Magnus. Lastly, we had a veritable “dream team” assembly of local Seattle DJ’s, including Des, Johnny Monsoon, Madlon, MarQ, Ophidia, Solarwind, Sunriser, Web, and me (Gotek)! It was SO much fun getting to record our sets live at The Underground, literally my first time setting foot in an actual club in over a year, and even though we only played to a cold, dark, empty club, it just felt unbelievably awesome to be there again. Hoping it’s a foreshadowing of brighter times ahead in the not-too-distant future, but until then, here’s the set I played that Friday evening on Feb 19th. I made sure to load it up with some beautiful and uplifting new Proggy Trance vibes that will be sure to tug at your heart strings (I hope so anyway haha).. Thanks again to the Seattle Trance Alliance; CONGRATS on FIVE solid years of providing the NW with the best in Trance & Progressive from around the world, and creating so many awesome memories and adding so much to the Seattle Trance scene. Take care, stay healthy, and Cheers everyone! Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for Seattle Trance Alliance 5-Year Anniversary live stream, Seattle, Fri Feb 19, 2021 * Duration: 01:03:21 * BPM: Start - 122 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Solewaas - Bainem 4 AM (Original Mix) *Intricate Records
  2. Nuera - Revise (Alex Wright's Slow 'N' Funky Remix) *LW Recordings
  3. Sense8 - Progressia (Original Mix) *Progressive Dreams
  4. Sander Van Doorn feat. Blondfire - Golden (Extended Mix) *Spinnin' Records
  5. Spencer Brown, Marsh - Pursuance (Extended Mix) *Anjunabeats
  6. Elypsis - Adira (Extended Mix) *Elliptical Sun Recordings
  7. Jaytech - Dreamworld (Extended Mix) *Anjunabeats
  8. Andrew Bayer, Genix - The Test (Extended Mix) *Anjunabeats
  9. Ultimate - Afterlight (Extended Mix) *Infrasonic Recordings
  10. Gardenstate - By Your Side (Extended Mix) *Anjunabeats
  11. 7 Skies - ZAO (Extended Mix) *Anjunabeats
  12. Marcus Schossow, Gardenstate - Surreal (Extended Mix) *Anjunabeats
  13. Robert B, Airo - The Distant (Extended Mix) *Elliptical Sun Recordings

NOTE: For a limited time the live-recorded video stream will be available for viewing here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/920962671 Be sure to follow NATA Trance Alliance on Twitch!!

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On Friday, December 4th, 2020 I recorded this as a demo set for my long-time DJ buddy, Eric Weber, a.k.a. WEB, who was nice enough to invite me to be the guest DJ on his monthly podcast, "United by Music", December edition. This was kind of a special mix for me because I finally got to play a bunch of amazing tracks I had been listening to all summer and had envisioned trying to make a beach-themed progressive soundscape, and was finally able to make it happen and all the tracks seemed to fall together so beautifully together. As I have done several times in the past, I attached an iPad to my mixer and added some ambient oceanic sounds over the music to further enhance the "beachy vibe", and also added an additional floater track at the very end as kind of an "encore", just because I loved this track so much but it was too slow to mix in, turned out kind of neat and dreamy (I think so anyway haha). Lastly, the cool photo I used for the album art was sent to me by a good friend named Andrea who took this gorgeous picture on a walk on Rialto Beach in the Olympic National park in WA, a super-coool photo and I thought it was perfect for the mix (thank you Andrea!!)!! Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope that 2021 turns out to be a much better, happier, safer, and prosperous year for all of us than 2020 was!! Cheers everyone!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: December guest mix for "United by Music" podcast - "Winter Walk On The Beach", recorded live on December 4th, 2020, Seattle * Duration: 01:03:54 * BPM: Start - 116 / End - 125 (encore track: 100) * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. 5ALVO, Hausman, feat. Lumynesynth - Eden (Original Mix) ~ Silk Music
  2. A.M.R - Uncharted (Extended Mix) ~ EDM Comps
  3. Lesh - Red Angel (Astrevea Remix) ~ Saluna Music
  4. Makay, Bound to Divide - Cascade (Original Mix) ~ Silk Music
  5. Sound Quelle - Djerba (Noequalgods 'Emerald Summer' Extended Remix) ~ Silk Music
  6. Marsh - Lost In You (Extended Mix) ~ Anjunadeep
  7. Glaue - Over It (Extended Mix) ~ Silk Music
  8. Volen Sentir - The Great Escape (Original Mix) ~ Lost & Found
  9. Jay FM - New Dimension (Original Mix) ~ Silk Music
  10. Andromedha - Harbour Calling (Original Mix) ~ Silk Music
  11. BT, Emma Hewitt - No Warning Lights (ALPHA 9 Extended Remix) ~ Black Hole records
  12. Arielle Maren, Vintage & Morelli, RNX - Lonely Shore (Album Extended Mix) ~ EDM Comps
  13. Approaching Black, Avalon Mia - Fade Away With You (Original Mix) ~ Silk Music

PS: In case you're interested, here is the link to the original "United by Music" podcast that this mix was featured in last month (Dec, 2020), which also has an hour set by my good friend and DJ promoter, WEB, for 2+ hours of gorgeous progressive sounds, make sure to subscribe! =)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/united-by-music-by-web-livemix-six-guestmix-by-dj-gotek/id998809202?i=1000503716798&fbclid=IwAR20q9VxHDLEzPsuxpCp17_G2xbsTghQp181KVVw2C1y7invXggEOt9f8xw

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On Saturday, November 28th, 2020, I was honored to be invited to spin a guest set for the 3rd iteration of the "SIGNAL" live DJ broadcast, this time featuring streams from heavyweight headliners including the likes of Christopher Lawrence, Monoverse, Tempo Guisto, 10 total DJ's for this epic streaming event. It was a total blast to share the airwaves with Seattle local favorites, MarQ, Oxymoron, and Madlon, and we had such an awesome crowd of friends and Trance fans tuned in for the online show, even all the way from Europe, so it was a great mood-lifter from the doldrums of daily life in this pandemic, and a way for people to get together and lift everyone's spirits with the lovely healing power of Trance. I was super excited to be back behind the decks for this live stream and tried to bring some vibey, euphoric, and uplifting Progressive House and Trance, this coming two days after Thanksgiving, which was also my B-Day!! :P Special thanks to my buddy Donald Li for allowing me to play his incredible new bootleg mashup of Andain, “Beautiful Things”, and also was excited to spin a few other tracks by some of our amazingly talented NW artists making a global name for themselves in the Trance scene like EMERGE and HAUSMAN. I hope you enjoy the set! Cheers and Happy Holidays everyone. -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for "SIGNAL - Transmission 003" live stream, Seattle, Sat, Nov 28, 2020 * Duration: 00:59:25 * BPM: Start - 123 / End - 130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Lesh - Blue Spirit (Joshua Ollerton Remix)
  2. Andain, Dolan - Beautiful Prou Things Final B (Dolan mashup)
  3. Pete K - Traveller (Extended Mix)
  4. Beatsole, Eugenio Tokarev - Midnight (Original Mix)
  5. Leo Lauretti, Taygeto, Giovanna Bianchi - Find My Own (Emerge Extended Mix)
  6. Dan Stone - All for You (Original Mix)
  7. Above & Beyond, feat. Zoë Johnston - No One On Earth (Gardenstate Extended Mix)
  8. Alex Klingle - Colors Back (Paul Arcane Extended Remix)
  9. Ellez Ria, Arkam - Anime (John Manz Remix)
  10. MR90 - Need You Now (Extended Mix)
  11. Gabriel & Dresden, Sub Teal - Something Bigger feat. Sub Teal (Elevven Extended Mix)
  12. 5ALVO, Hausman - Maelstrom (Extended Mix)

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On 4th of July Saturday, I finally got around to recording an Uplifting Trance set I've been working on and playing around with for the past few months, so it felt great to dust off the decks after what seemed like eons of disuse during the pandemic and all the endless lonely self-isolation and boredom. I don't know about you guys, but being able to escape into my little world of electronic dance music has definitely been my guiding light that has helped me get through these bleak times. I hope it does for you too, and that's exactly why I am posting this, in hopes that this journey through the uplifting and euphoric sounds of Trance helps someone out there in some way, even if it's only just one person, it would still be worth the effort to me. As usual, for this set I scoured my collection and spent many hours listening to tracks on podcasts and Beatport to refine it down to this list. It also features a classic selection produced by a buddy of mine in the UK who also happens to be my sound technician who sound levels all my mixes and adds the voice ID's, Chris Dececio, also known as Redd Square. This track was produced back in 2012 and still sounds amazing by today's standards, one of my fave tracks on the set for sure. Thought I would entitle this one "Arise" as we all reinvent ourselves and arise from this calamity called COVID-19, like the proverbial phoenix's from the flames haha! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did spinning it.. Cheers, and take good care everyone! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Demo 138 BPM Uplifting Trance set "ARISE", recorded live in Seattle, on Sat, July 4th, 2020 * Duration: 01:06:56 * BPM: Start - 134 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Sense8 - Citadel (Original Mix)
  2. Aimoon - Afterglow (Extended Mix)
  3. Timur Shafiev - Glory (Edu Remix)
  4. Accendo - Troodos (Original Mix)
  5. Temple One, Mandy Jones, Active State - Just You (Extended Mix)
  6. Tobi Atkins - Set Me Free (Original Mix)
  7. Smallow - In the Clouds (Extended Mix)
  8. DJ T.H., Hanna Finsen, TEKNO - Danger Zone (Tom Exo Extended Remix)
  9. Redd Square - Digital Acoustics (Onova Remix)
  10. Billy Gillies, Sneijder - Rhino (Extended Mix)
  11. Hiroyuki ODA - Polaris (Extended Mix)
  12. Rated R - Lifted (Extended Mix)
  13. Illuminor feat. Elle Vee - Dreams (Temple One Remix)
  14. TrancEye - Sunrise (Extended Mix)

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Hey guys, just uploaded my streaming set from the “All For One, One For All virtual tour 2020”, last Saturday, May 23rd, that took place here in Seattle and elsewhere around the world, featuring the amazing sounds of MYON, RODG, & JORN VAN DEYNHOVEN, with Marc Pospisil a.k.a. MARQ and me warming up the decks for the first two hours. I was first up that day so tried to create an atmospheric and mesmerizing soundscape to set the other DJ's up right - got in a lot of huge tracks here, and finally was able to spin Braxton's "Chiaroscuro" after waiting for like a whole year for it to release, what a track!! It was such a fun and memorable night, and if anyone would like to watch the recording of the entire event it can be found here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/630159286 Cheers and stay safe everyone, and I hope you enjoy the set!! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for "All For One, One For All virtual tour 2020", Seattle, Sat, May 23, 2020 * Duration: 00:59:05 * BPM: Start - 121 / End - 127 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Braxton - Chiaroscuro (Extended Mix)
  2. Quivver - Long Time (Extended Mix)
  3. Patrik Humann - The Light (DJ Version)
  4. Sense8 - Murmuring (Original Mix)
  5. Andrew Lang - Valhallan Threshold (Original Mix)
  6. Mehilove - Escape (Original Mix)
  7. Glaue - Stellar Cascade (Original Mix)
  8. myni8hte, Mark Digital - Modern Rendition (Mark Digital Mix)
  9. Solewaas - Sunk Cost Bias (Original Mix)
  10. Slusnik Luna - Sun 2011 (Genix Techno Extended Update)
  11. Andrew Lang, Lumidelic - Dream Inside (Original Mix)
  12. Late Night Alumni, Lipless - Just A Dream (Nitrous Oxide Extended Remix)

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On Saturday, March 21st, I was honored to take part in a streaming DJ show called “Quarantine”, which was put on by the North American Trance Alliance and The DJ Sessions. It was streamed live from a rooftop with a commanding view of downtown Seattle on a beautiful sunny day, and in spite of the circumstances, was a lot fun. This was the 2nd iteration in a row of the Quarantine show, the first of which took place the weekend before from the Underground club where we usually play live. As the Quarantine name aptly suggests, it’s a way for some local NW promoters and DJ’s to try to reach out and spread some cheer and happy vibes to a population largely locked-down and “sheltering in place”, awaiting the end of this nightmare known as COVID-19. It was such a surreal feeling to be playing that beautiful music with the healing sounds of Trance & Progressive on a rooftop that should have been packed with dancing people and smiling faces, to only a skeleton crew of sound technicians and the people who made the stream possible.. But we hope that the vibes that we tried to create helped people escape reality for a few hours and brought smiles to their faces anyway. I loaded up this set with a bunch of new euphoric and melodic tracks from my favorite artists and labels (SILK, ANJUNA, ARMADA). I hope you enjoy, and stay safe out there my friends. Hoping you see you soon, as in really “see” you. =) –Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK Presents: Guest set for NATA/TDJS “Quarantine Stream Party”, streamed live from downtown Seattle, Sat, Mar 21st, 2020 * Duration: 01:03:24 * BPM: Start: 120 / End: 128 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Jody Wisternoff, James Grant - Dapple (Extended Mix)
  2. Terry Da Libra - Momento (Original Mix)
  3. Ole Biege - The Glow (Original Mix)
  4. Yotto - Is This Trance? (Original Mix)
  5. Mehilove - Afterlight (Original Mix)
  6. Marsh, Spencer Brown - Pursuance (Original Mix)
  7. Nox Vahn - Walking With Giants (Extended mix)
  8. Approaching Black, Brandon Mignacca - One Minute Longer (Movement Machina Remix)
  9. Yotto - Hyperlude (Dosem Remix)
  10. Cristoph - Sleepless Nights (Original Mix)
  11. Ad Brown, Matt Lange, feat. Kerry Leva - As the Rain Falls(Original Mix)
  12. Adrian Alexander - Free Yourself (Extended Mix)

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On Friday, Feb 7th, 2020, I was incredibly honored to be one of two openers for the Anunabeats Worldwide 09 Tour, featuring world-renown British Trance Producer/DJ, Damion Houchen, better known as GENIX. On top of being a HUGE fan of GENIX, having played so many of his tracks in my sets over the past several years, and also having seen him perform live at one of my all-time favorite Trance festivals I have ever been to, ABGT # 250 on the Columbia River Gorge, which was basically a religious experience, this was just one of those “pinch yourself to see if you’re dreaming” moments for me when I found out I was opening for Genix, dream-come-true kind of stuff. As you would probably expect, Genix was the nicest guy ever, so humble and approachable, and he seemed genuinely stoked to be playing at The Underground which is obviously a much smaller venue than this world-class mega DJ was used to playing at, and Seattle really brought its A-game to welcome him to our city with a sold-out show packed with the greatest Anjuna fans who were SO much fun to play for, and their pure unbridled energy really made it a memorable experience for everyone, especially Genix himself. Anyway, I was asked to keep it on the mellow side for this one so tried to put together a heart-felt set with some beautiful melodies and a blend of some more housey and progressive vibes, with just a little bit of Trance towards the end to get the blood pumping. I was super stoked to see people dancing for the entire set!! Hope you enjoy, Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK Presents: Opening set for GENIX – Anunabeats Worldwide 09 Tour, The Underground, Seattle, Fri, Feb 7th, 2020 * Duration: 01:02:39 * BPM: Start: 120 / End: 125 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Leaving Laurel - Need Little, Want Less (Extended Mix)
  2. Noequalgods - Constellation (Original Mix)
  3. boys be kko - Home Run Bat (Original Mix)
  4. Sense8 - Amaltea (Original Mix)
  5. Vintage & Morelli - Allure (Original Mix)
  6. Hausman - Panama (Extended Mix)
  7. Tabasco Bob, Steve Brian - Astral Haven (Extended Mix)
  8. GAR - Rudimentary (Original mix)
  9. Sound Quelle - Mastaje (Extended Mix)
  10. Spencer Brown - Wannamaker (Fatum Remix)
  11. Marc Marberg - Guarana (Kyau & Albert Rework Extended Mix)
  12. Sound Quelle - Cobra (Original Mix)
  13. ElevenFive - Floating... (Original Mix)

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It doesn’t happen every year, but on this past Dec 31st I was incredibly excited to be asked to DJ a NYE party, this time at one of my favorite clubs and essentially where I got my start at DJ’ing shows over 10 years ago, the Whiskey Bar in Portland, Oregon. Portland is always a super fun city to be in for New Year’s Eve; all the clubs are packed all night and as expected the Whiskey Bar was no exception for NYE 2020 and we had a great crowd show up for this extended hours party with 6 DJ’s and a full night of amazing Trance and Progressive from around the globe. For this show I had the closing spot from 1-2am, so I had that rare opportunity to spin the music of the Heavens, 138 BPM Trance, so tried to put together a heart-pumping, euphoric set of spine-tingly Uplifting Trance, and decided to add in some huge classics and some of my personal faves from yesteryear that I hoped people would remember, including 5 or 6 tracks that I have had for many years and always wanted to play live, so it was a total thrill hearing these amazing sounds come over the big PA system and I was probably jumping around on stage as much as the people on the dancefloor haha.. :P It truly was a night to remember, and especially at the end after the club closed and the lights came on when I dropped Above & Beyond’s “Small Moments Like These” for some meaningful and peaceful music for people to exit the club to, this really cool group of people that had been dancing up front all night struck a pose on the dancefloor in an Anjuna-esque gesture (the picture is on the top center of the album art), and I would have to say that was one of the more touching moments of my DJ career so far, truly the epitome of the title of the track, “small moments like these” don’t seem like a big thing, but are really the moments you’ll remember for a lifetime. Well, anyway, happy 2020 everyone, and hope you enjoy the set!! =) -Mark, a.k.a. DJ GOTEK

DJ GOTEK Presents: Guest 138 BPM Trance set for NYE 2020 Party at Whiskey Bar, Portland, OR, Dec 31st, 2019 * Duration: 01:13:53 * BPM: Start: 130 / End: 140 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. 5ALVO, Profetik - Lifestream (Original Mix)
  2. Ultimate - Fenomeno (Extended Mix)
  3. Andy Moor, Markus Schulz - Daydream (Lemon & Einar K Uplifting Mix)
  4. Ronnie Allstar - Good Morning Sunshine (Lemon & Einar K Remix)
  5. Mike Koglin, Mark Pledger - All The Way (Original Mix)
  6. Tranquility Base, Above & Beyond - Getting Away (Original Mix)
  7. Mirco De Govia - Voller Sterne (Super8 Remix)
  8. U96, DJ T.H., Nadi Sunrise - Das Boot 2018 (Original Mix)
  9. Dan Stone - Topaz (Original Mix)
  10. Young Rebels, Eddie Thoneick, Francesco Diaz feat. Cozi - Perfect Moment (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)
  11. Mysterious Movement - Saturday (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  12. Lennox – Flyin’ Amongst The Stars (Remastered Version)
  13. Mauro Picotto - Komodo (Binary Finary Extended Remix)
  14. Above & Beyond - Small Moments Like These (Outro)

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On Friday, December 20th, I was honored to be on the DJ roster for TRANCEMAS 2019 at The Underground, Seattle, for a holiday party to kick off the holiday festivities!! We had a cool crew of local NW DJ’s assembled for the night, including special guest DJ visiting us from Portland, OR, and a very good buddy of mine, ZOXY, and between the four of us we did our best in taking The Underground into the Trance stratosphere! For this show I was on from 11-Midnight tried to put together a rather euphoric journey in sound, heavy on Anjuna-esque melodic and uplifting, proggy Trance with a smattering of new remixes of classics and a blazing hot bootleg mash-up of Arty & Reflekt that I’ve been dying to play for years. Met some really cool people at this show including a contingent of the Alaska Trance Family who were down for the Deadmau5 show the night before and who came by the Underground to party with us, it was a super fun night.. Hope everyone had a happy holiday season, are off to a good 2020 so far, and that you enjoy the set! Hey speaking of 2020 I will have my 138 BPM NYE 2020 set from the Whiskey Bar, Portland, OR, posted here in a day or two, so stay tuned! Cheers! –Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK Presents: Guest set for TRANCEMAS 2019 show, The Underground, Seattle, Fri, Dec 20th, 2019 * Duration: 01:03:26 * BPM: Start: 124 / End: 130 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. deadmau5 - luxuria (ov) (Tinlicker Remix)
  2. Ilan Bluestone, Spencer Brown - Steelyard (Original Mix)
  3. Sense8 - Landscape (Original Mix)
  4. Redub - Bright Days (Ethillas Remix)
  5. Late Night Alumni - Empty Streets (ALPHA 9 Extended Remix)
  6. Grum - Running (Extended Club Mix)
  7. Above & Beyond, Spencer Brown, feat. RBBTS - Long Way From Home (Extended Mix)
  8. Ronski Speed, Sun Decade - Follow You (Bryn Liedl Remix)
  9. Misja Helsloot, AxelPolo, Dark Echo - Dark Side (Extended Mix)
  10. Thomas Mengel & Adrian Alexander - Requiem (Extended Mix)
  11. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - Alchemy (i_o Extended Mix)
  12. Arty vs. Reflekt - Hope to Feel Loved (Eric Smalls Bootleg Mash-up)
  13. Andrew Bayer - True Feelin' (Extended Mix)

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On Friday, December 12th, I was incredibly honored to be the main opener for Finnish Trance music duo Miika Eloranta and Janne Mansnerus, better known as SUPER8 & TAB, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle. I’ve been a fan of these pioneers in Trance for so many years, since the early 2000’s, and also have had the amazing luck and good fortune to be on the opening roster for them 3 times so far, plus have seen them perform numerous other times, but getting to hand the decks off to the Miika & Janne themselves this time was a particular thrill for me. The crowd at Ora was jam-packed with awesome Trance fans and playing this set for them was also a very memorable experience that I won’t soon forget with lots of high-fives and sweaty hugs afterwards, really an EPIC evening, and of course Super8 & Tab blew the roof off for the remainder of the night and into the early morning with their unique blend of euphoric and banging CHOONS and original productions, what a night and great way to welcome in the Holidays! Hope you enjoy! Speaking of Holidays I will be playing a another set this weekend at Seattle Underground for the TRANCEMAS show, and also heading down on Portland, OR, to DJ for NYE 2020, so stay tuned for more mixes to follow, plus been dabbling with an end-of year uplifting 138 BPM demo mix to keep with traditions.. So...have my work cut out for me, but regardless, HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone!! :P -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SUPER8 & TAB, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Friday, Dec 12th, 2019 * Duration: 00:58:12 * BPM: Start - 124 / End - 129 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. CUT_ - Out Of Touch (Tinlicker Extended Remix)
  2. Sound Quelle - Makelda (Extended Mix)
  3. Cosmic Gate feat. Foret - Need To Feel Loved (Extended Mix)
  4. Kyau & Albert - So True (Extended Mix)
  5. Andrew Bayer - Voltage Control (Extended Mix)
  6. Tritonal feat. Rosie Darling - Never Be The Same (ALPHA 9 Extended Remix)
  7. Theølogy, Profetik - Soul Dreamer (Original Mix)
  8. DT8 Project - Carry On (Myon Return To 95 Extended Mix)
  9. 5ALVO - Flux (Original Mix)
  10. Jason Ross - Many Days (Original Mix)
  11. Gerome - On The Go (Original Mix)
  12. Cosmic Gate – Fire Wire (Andrew Bayer Extended Remix)

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On Friday, September 27th, I was honored to be on the guest DJ roster at a 2-stage event for the 2nd iteration of the Last Supper Club Reunion Night featuring DJ’s spinning Classic Progressive House on the upstairs Box House stage, and full-on funky House music on the downstairs stage at the Underground. This night was a total BLAST, and it was such an honor to share the decks with Seattle DJ legends Scott Keith, Chris Winebarger a.k.a. Chronus, and I was able to do yet another B2B set with Johnny Monsoon, one of my original faves and major inspirations for me to DJ in the earlier years, so much fun and so many familiar faces from yesteryear came out to the reunion show making it all the more special… This night started upstairs with 30 minute sets by the 4 DJ’s (I was up first, followed by Scott Keith, Chronus, & Johnny Monsoon) which was followed by Chronus/Scott Keith B2B, followed by Johnny Monsoon and me B2B, and finished the night off with all of us B2B together until the club closed…just a blur of memories of so many incredible songs I haven’t heard in way too long, and a bunch of sweaty hugs and high fives from all the great people who came out to support the show. Definitely will be remembering this one for a long time. For this recording I played my original 30 minute opening set, plus mixed all the tracks I played for the remainder of the evening. I added in 2 tracks that the other DJ’s played (marked with an “*”) because they fit particularly well with the tracks I played, wish I could have played them all but many were rare and unavailable to buy anymore, some unreleased white label mash-ups, etc, couldn’t recreate the entire 4 hours of this magical eve, but you’ll get the picture of the vibe. I was finally able to play some tracks live that I have always wanted to play live which was such a thrill, including a very rare gem, “Twisted” (Riva Remix) by Dreamcatcher, brings back so many great memories from the early 2000’s… I hope you enjoy the set as much as I did playing it, Cheers! –Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Classic Progressive House guest set for the “TELEPORT - LSC Reunion Night” at Box House, Seattle, Fri, Sept 27th, 2019 * Duration: 01:26:52 * BPM: Start - 125 / End - 130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Hernan Cerbello - Reach Your Soul (Original Mix)
  2. Luminary - Amsterdam (Grum Extended Mix)
  3. Jaytech - Neon Void (Original Mix)
  4. Way Out West - We Love Machine (Jaytech Remix)
  5. PROFF - Tell (Original Mix)
  6. Hiroyuki ODA - Submarine (Shingo Nakamura Remix)
  7. Empire Of The Sun - Alive (Mat Zo Remix)
  8. ARTY, Mat Zo - Mozart (Original Mix) *
  9. Mat Zo - It's Yours (Original Mix)
  10. Dirty South, Those Usual Suspects, Erik Hecht - Walking Alone (Arty Remix)
  11. PROFF, Louder Dale - Traverse (Original Mix)
  12. Fonzerelli - Moonlight Party (Original Mix)
  13. Dreamcatcher - Twisted (Riva Remix)
  14. The Spoons - Nova Heart (Redanka Vocal Mix) *
  15. Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Markus Schulz & Elevation Intro Mix)

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On Sat, September 7th, 2019, I was honored and SUPER stoked to be part of the lineup for the 2nd iteration of the ANJUNABEATS Tribute Show down in Portland, OR, at the Whiskey Bar. The first Anjunabeats Tribute show put on by Mission Trance Promotions happened at Whiskey Bar back on Nov 10th of 2018, and this was an incredibly magical night with a completely packed, almost sold-out house, and this second one was exactly along the same lines, totally packed with the coolest bunch of friends and Anjuna Trance fans - the positive energy and Trance Fam vibes were palpable with everyone there to hear the beloved uplifting and melodic sounds that the Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep record labels have brought to us throughout the better part of past two decades, SO much fun to play this music and watch the expressions of joy on everyone’s faces.. For this show we had Vincent Thomas Calabrese, Evan Alexander, Zoxy, and finally me wrapping things up from 1-2am. Since I was the closer this time around I decided to go FULL-ON CLASSIC Anjunabeats Trance and bring it up to 138 BPM, and had the pleasure of sorting through all of my old files and spent hours and hours listening to pick out the exact right tracks, which was so difficult to choose out of so many favorites, but it brought back so many great memories from between 2001 to about 2014…SO many tracks I wanted to play, but these were the 12 that were played on this amazing eve and I was in absolute Heaven the entire time. This is some of my favorite music on the planet from back during a happier time, and I love how it just takes me back again and again and fills me with hope. I hope it does that for you too.. Cheers, -Mark, a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for ANJUNABEATS TRIBUTE NIGHT II, Whiskey Bar, Portland, Sat, Sept 7th, 2019 * Duration: 01:03:22 * BPM: Start - 132 / End - 138 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Mark Pledger, Super8 & Tab - Worldwide (Junk Science Remix)
  2. Dan Stone, Nitrous Oxide - Nautica (Original Mix)
  3. Above & Beyond - Formula Rossa (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  4. Andy Moor, Above & Beyond - Air For Life (Original Mix)
  5. P.O.S., Super8, feat. Aalto - 5 (Original Mix)
  6. Nitrous Oxide feat. Sean Ryan - Come Into My World (Original Mix)
  7. Bart Claessen - 90 Nights Of Summer (Original Mix)
  8. Above & Beyond - Stealing Time (Above & Beyond's Deep Club Mix)
  9. Alt+F4 - Alt+F4 (Dan Stone Remix)
  10. Kaste - Desert Eagle (Original Mix)
  11. OceanLab - Beautiful Together (Original Mix)
  12. Smith & Pledger - Northern Lights (Original Mix)

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On Saturday, July 20th, I was honored to DJ for the third time at a very special party and beloved, semi-underground, cult-classic Seattle DJ institution that has been around for many years, the Chris Paape Cabana Party. This party used to be held every July on the deck of a marina boat house on Lake Sammamish and had a long-standing core crowd of friends and DJ’s who would attend and/or play a set for this super fun event overlooking the beautiful view of the lake. Two years ago we had what we thought was the “farewell party” to end the tradition because Chris was moving off the lake, but this year he decided to have a reunion and invite back all the same people and many of the DJ’s that were the staples of parties-past, and hence the “Return” of the Chris Paape Cabana Party happened and was held at a really cool bar called Suite Lounge in Bellevue, which had this amazing outdoors veranda courtyard, so it was super fun to play at, and also the summer weather was just perfect that day for an outdoor DJ event. I had an hour so I tried to think a nice blend of recent faves and a more Anjuna-sounding set that would lend a peaceful and atmospheric outdoor afternoon party vibe, and here’s what I ended up with. Hope you enjoy! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for the RETURN of the CHRIS PAAPE CABANA PARTY, Suite Lounge, Bellevue, Sat, 7/20/19 * Duration: 01:06:35 * BPM: Start: 122 / Finish: 127 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Tinlicker feat. Thomas Oliver - Nothing Without You (Applescal Extended Mix)
  2. Dosem - Your Next Station (Extended Mix)
  3. 5ALVO, Hausman - Erebus (Original Mix)
  4. Sound Quelle - Boddhidharma (Original Mix)
  5. Unlivian - The Escaped (Original Mix)
  6. Talamanca, South Pole, Alicia Kapel - In The City (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  7. Above & Beyond, feat. Alex Vargas - Blue Sky Action (EDX's Indian Summer Remix)
  8. ALPHA 9 - Burning Heart (Extended Mix)
  9. Sound Quelle - Windra (Original Mix)
  10. Tim Iron - Sofia (Original Mix)
  11. Vintage & Morelli - Sky High (Mindset Remix)
  12. Paul Keeley - Doormatica (Original Mix)
  13. Criminal Vibes - Caribe (Matteo Marini Remix)

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On Friday, July 19th, I was incredibly honored to be on the opening roster, along with my good buddy, Eric Weber a.k.a. WEB, for world-renown Serbian Trance & Progressive producer/DJ and honestly one of my favorite artists of all-time, VINTAGE & MORELLI, for his debut US tour with the Silk Music Showcase # 500. I have probably played more Vintage & Morelli tracks in my sets than any other artist, and have always been fascinated and mesmerized by his ethereal, haunting, melodic style, mastery of the angelic piano chords in his tracks, and always building in that infectious hook into his songs that just tug at your heartstrings in such a wonderful way!! Marko Cubric (V&M) was such an amazingly sweet and humble guy, and I had the opportunity to chat with him for about 30 minutes after my set and ask all the questions I ever wanted to ask, and really tell him what a huge fan I've been of his music! It was definitely a “bucket list” DJ night for me. The crowd was so incredibly AWESOME that night and I really tried to put together a down-tempo, ethereal, and atmospheric set that would really set up the night nicely, and was really happy to see so many people out on the dance floor dancing during my time behind the decks. The whole night was just amazing and I will never forget it. Hope you enjoy the set!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for VINTAGE & MORELLI, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Friday, July 19th, 2019 * Duration: 01:05:19 * BPM: Start - 120 / End - 122 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Sense8 - Sunny Valley (Original Mix)
  2. Marsh, Nox Vahn, feat. Mimi Page - Follow Me (Extended Mix)
  3. Sound Quelle - Windra (Original Mix)
  4. Nox Vahn, feat. Mimi Page - There Is Peace Beyond (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Extended Rework)
  5. Mizar B - We Found It (Original Mix)
  6. PROFF, EKSF - For The Night (Extended Mix)
  7. Sense8 - The Element (Original Mix)
  8. Sound Quelle - Clazamas (Original Mix)
  9. Hausman - Aether (Original Mix)
  10. Yotto feat. Vok - The One You Left Behind (SONIN Extended Mix)
  11. Sound Quelle - Boddhidharma (Original Mix)
  12. Yotto - Kantsu (Original Mix)
  13. Lane 8, Tinlicker - Anthracite (Extended Mix)

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On July 5th, 2019, I was honored to be on the opening DJ roster for world-renown Irish Trance DJ/Producer, JOHN O’CALLAGHAN, at The Underground, Seattle. This was a sold-out show and the energy and Trance Fam love in the club was unprecedented, totally amazing night!! Of course, as usual it was so humbling to be able to meet and share the decks with such a well-known and beloved Trance artist, and John was a totally down-to-earth, cool dude who was a pleasure to meet. I had a lot of fun playing this one and made sure to load up my 45 minute set time with some of my most fave current and spine-tingly progressive Trance goodness.. I hope you enjoy the set. –Mark, a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for JOHN O’CALLAGHAN at The Underground, Seattle, July 5th, 2019 * Duration: 00:43:26 * BPM: Start: 126 / Finish: 130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Vintage & Morelli - Ascension (Extended Mix)
  2. Oliver Smith- Solina (Extended Mix)
  3. Mully, Shvman, feat. M3GA - What Are You Made of (Myon Return to 95 Extended Mix)
  4. Kyau & Albert - You Are All (Extended Mix)
  5. 5ALVO, Profetik - Lifestream (Original Mix)
  6. Emerge, feat. Sally Oh - Closer To You (Extended Mix)
  7. First State, Sunny Lax, feat. Paul Aiden - Underneath My Skin (Extended Mix)
  8. Ilan Bluestone - Steeder (Extended Mix)
  9. Ilan Bluestone, EL Waves - We Are The Universe (Extended Mix)

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Hi guys, Happy July 4th!!! I figured maybe some of you might enjoy a little 138 BPM Uplifting Trance to help add some fireworks to this special holiday in the US.. I actually originally created this mix back in May for an Internet radio broadcast on TranceWorld.com that I was asked to do by a local Seattle DJ but unfortunately that project fell through and this mix has been burning a hole in my pocket, so wanted to share it and get it out there. I really tried to make this a special one with a little more ethereal and spine-tingly Vocal Trance than I ordinarily play, but I really like the way it turned out, hope you do too!! Also, keep your eyes peeled for a few new mixes coming out sometime soon; I have a 4th of July rooftop party in Capital Hill that I am playing at literally in a few hours, opening for the beloved Irish Trance Icon, John O’Callaghan, tomorrow night at The Underground, Seattle, and will be playing at the legendary “Return of the Chris Paape Cabana Party” which should be insane, a bit later in July, so lots of great tunes coming your way, and hope to see some of you out on the dance floor(s) Enjoy the day!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Summer Trance 2019, 138 BPM Demo set, recorded live, Sat, May 25th, 2019 * Duration: 00:59:06 * BPM: Start: 136 / Finish: 138 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Darren Tate, DT8 Project - Leave It All Behind (Darren Tate Club Mix)
  2. Ultimate - Route 77 (Extended Mix)
  3. Kiyoi & Eky, Khairy Ahmed - Naiad (Extended Mix)
  4. Ferry Tayle, Driftmoon - Unforgettable (Ferry Tayle Epic Remix)
  5. Daniel Skyver - Activation (Extended Mix)
  6. Chris Schweizer - Phase One (Extended Mix)
  7. Braulio Stefield, Victoriya - See Ghosts (Extended Mix)
  8. Fright Nite - Full Throttle (Original Mix)
  9. Ultimate - Hypersphere (Extended Mix)
  10. DT8 Project, feat. Carla Werner - Pieces (Extended Mix)
  11. Boris Deckert - Surin (Club Mix)
  12. Young Rebels, Eddie Thoneick, Francesco Diaz, feat. Cozi - Perfect Moment (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)

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On Friday, June 14th, I was honored to have been asked to play a Trance set for the SEATTLE TRANCE FAMILY APPRECIATION NIGHT, along with 9 other DJ’s divided between two connected clubs on two stages, one downstairs for Psy Trance at The Underground and one upstairs for Progressive and Uplifting at Box House. This event happened during a huge and widely known NW EDM festival called Paradiso which happens each year out at the beautiful Columbia Gorge Amphitheater (where Above & Beyond has their ABGT shows) attended by 25,000 people, so because of that and that many of the people who ordinarily would be coming to these clubs were out of town, the promoter had a Trance Appreciation Night for those who didn’t attend Paradiso, so it wasn’t the most packed house I’ve ever played to (haha) but those who were there were smiling ear to ear all night and it still was a SUPER fun crowd of beautiful Trance fans and an awesome night of amazing music with a bunch of great DJ’s. I had the closing set on the main stage so obviously showed up intending to blow the roof off with a rare chance to play a blazing Hi-NRG, Uplifting Trance set, which I loaded with spine-tingly, 138 BPM classics or remixes of classics, and a few of my more recent faves. It was 52 minutes of Heaven on the dance floor mixIng my absolute favorite music in the world on a huge sound system. Hope you enjoy the set!! Mark a.k.a. Gotek =)

DJ GOTEK presents: Gotek Guest set for Seattle Trance Family Appreciation Night, Box House, Seattle, Fri, June 14th * Duration: 00:51:52 * BPM: 138 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. JJ, Hoyaa - Greyzone (Extended Mix)
  2. Jose Amnesia - The Eternal (Scott Bond & Charlie Walker Rebooted Remix)
  3. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Sunset Boulevard feat. Ana Criado (Ben Nicky Remix)
  4. Mysterious Movement - Saturday (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  5. Nu NRG - Dreamland (Original Mix)
  6. Perry O'Neil - Wave Force (South Of The Stars Extended Remix)
  7. Woody Van Eyden, James Cottle - Caliber-12 (Extended)
  8. The Thrillseekers feat. ARUNA - Waiting Here For You (Nikos Zografos Remix)
  9. Ana Criado - In A Thousand Skies (Extended Mix)
  10. Trance Arts - Homecoming (Original Mix)

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On Friday, May 31st, I was incredibly honored to be on the opening line-up for two Finnish Trance producer/DJ’s who’s faces are renown around the world in the global Trance scene, Miika Eloranta and Janne Mansnerus, better known as SUPER8 & TAB, at the SOLD-OUT show at The Underground, Seattle. I felt incredibly fortunate to be opening for them for a 2nd time in my DJ career, the first time several years ago, also a sold-out show at a much larger club in Seattle which is no longer open (Foundation), but to open for them at The Underground which is a much more intimate venue with an amazing sound system and where the entire crowd can get up close to the DJ’s and really feel connected to the music, was just indescribably awesome. I have been a fan of Super8 & Tab since the early 2000’s when hits like “Helsinki Scorchin” started making the rounds on ASOT and the like, and it’s been runaway train for them ever since with hit after hit, and they have been such a big influence on the scene, truly was an honor to shake their hands and hang out on stage with them, total crowd pleasers and professional performers. The energy with the crowd was so positive and upbeat all the way until the club closed and the uplifting beats and sweaty dancing continued on into afterhours….what a night!! Also got to share the decks with two amazingly talented Seattle DJ’s, Marco Howard Valencia and John Adam Espinoza a.k.a. EMERGE, and we had a lot of fun up there getting the audience revved up. Hope you enjoy the set!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SUPER8 & TAB, The Underground, Seattle, May 31st, 2019 * Duration: 00:46:44 * BPM: Start - 124 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Huskarian Geist feat. Susie Ledge - Fall to Pieces (Sense8 Remix)
  2. Maor Levi, Ilan Bluestone feat. EL - The Distance (Extended Mix)
  3. Hausman - Elysium (Original Mix)
  4. No Mana feat. Jessica Ess - Panic (Genix Extended Mix)
  5. Sodality, Paul Arcane - Delta (Original Mix)
  6. Ultimate - Your Destiny (Meridian Remix)
  7. The Antipodes - Odyssey (Extended Mix)
  8. Assaf feat. Clara Yates - Incomplete (Extended Mix)
  9. Quizzow - Crossroads (Extended Mix)
  10. Nay Jay, Leonard A - Lunar (Original Mix)

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On Sat, May 25th, I was honored to be able to take part in another very special Tribute night at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, along with my good DJ buddies from PDX, Zoxy, Tim Clang, Rubin Sarafinchan, and Danny Davoodi, this time honoring the beloved electonic sounds of the legendary Trance pIoneer & DJ/Record Producer, Armin van Buuren, along wIth the Dutch Trance label, “Armada Music”, that so many associate with Armin, and lastly the “Armind” label, with the little Armind angel as its trademark, founded by Armin van Buuren himself, who selects the best and most original tunes and artists, often instant classics or glorious future favorites, and Armin chose Armind as the home of all his own productions as well. This was a SUCH a fun night and an eve dedicated to so many of our favorite tracks and releases by Armin and all the other amazing artists that Armin helped discover and propel into notoriety by signing them to his labels and featuring them on ASOT (A State of Trance) over the span of many, many years. I had a SO MUCH fun putting this set together and got to play so many of my recent favorites as well as truly classic Trance choons, some dating back to the early 2000’s all to such an amazing crowd of Trance fans and friends...what a night!!! As an added bonus when I recorded this set I played my entire playlist that I showed up to the club with and “hoped” to play, but was limited to just one hour so wasn’t able to play as many of the tracks I had wanted, but on this recording I lovingly played every one of them so there are a few extras 138 BPM classics at the end, and I had a total blast playing them, some of these tracks actually brought tears to my eyes. I hope you enjoy. BTW, I’ll be opening for the world-renown SUPER8 & TAB tonight at the Underground, Seattle, so be looking for that mix up here on Soundcloud sometime soon! Cheers!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for the ARMADA TRIBUTE NIGHT at the Whiskey Bar, Portland, Sat, May 25th, 2019 * Duration: 01:25:10 * BPM: Start - 128 / End - 138 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Rowald Steyn - Revolution (Original Mix)
  2. Mark Andrez, Den Rize - Naiad (Audien Remix)
  3. Armin van Buuren feat. Susana - Shivers (ALPHA 9 Extended Remix)
  4. Henry Dark - Divine (Extended Mix)
  5. Emerge - Surreal (Extended Mix)
  6. Armin van Buuren feat. Fiora - Waiting For The Night (Beat Service Dub)
  7. Suspect 44 - Amazing (Original Mix)
  8. Protoculture, Johnny Yono - Luna (Harryson Extended Remix)
  9. Mike Foyle, Statica - Blossom (Arty Remix)
  10. Super8 & Tab - Komorebi (Original Mix)
  11. Perry O'Neil - Bass Society (Original Mix)
  12. The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Johan Malmgren 2012 Remix)
  13. Armin Van Buuren - Hold On To Me feat. Audrey Gallagher (Extended Mix)
  14. Goldenscan - Only With You (Adam Ellis Re-Make)
  15. Hemstock, Jennings - Babylon (Original Mix)
  16. Andain - Summer Calling (Airwave Club Mix)
  17. David Newsum - 63b Clerkenwell Road (Original Mix)

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On Sat, May 4th, I was honored to be on the opening roster, along with my good friend and DJ buddy, Eric Weber, a.k.a. DJ WEB, for world-renown Norse Trancer, Champion of AvB, ØRJAN NILSEN. This show was actually supposed to happen a few months ago but it was cancelled due to a crazy snow storm we had here in the NW, but thankfully Ørjan was willing to come back and spin his Trance Magic for Seattle, and WHAT A NIGHT!!!!!! So much fun to meet this crazy charismatic character and see the crowd react to his punchy Trance vibes; we had a full house that night and it was so much fun to open with tons of sweaty hugs and high fives, I just love those kinds of nights.. Anyway, I was first-up so tried to start with a nice mellow and heart-felt vibe and built it up in BPM to some more Trancey stuff towards the end. Hope you like the set, and looking forward to seeing some of you on May 25th in Portland for the Armada Tribute show at Whiskey Bar which should be pretty nuts, and then the following Friday, May 31st, at The Underground where I’ll be opening for Super8 & Tab, goIng to be purely mental, insane eve right there, dont miss out, fun couple weeks ahead!! ..And if not, those sets will be posted here soon, I promise. Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for ORJAN NILSEN, Ora Nightclub, Seattle, May 4th, 2019 * Duration: 00:52:52 * BPM: Start - 119 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Eleven.Five - To Mean It (Club Mix)
  2. Yotto, SONIN - Nothing Like You (Extended Mix)
  3. Sound Quelle - Lasu (Original Mix)
  4. Matters, Matt Fax - Roof Park (Extended Mix)
  5. Eleven.Five, Andromedha - Ode To The Rising Sun (Original Mix)
  6. Mike Koglin - Kosmonaut (Original Mix)
  7. Adrian Alexander, The Antipodes - Oxygen (Emata Remix)
  8. Chris Giuliano - Dream You (Extended Mix)
  9. Ilan Bluestone - Raindrops (Extended Mix)
  10. Oliver Smith - Over You (Original Mix)
  11. Paul Tarrant - Sunset Serenade (Audien Remix)

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On Saturday, April 13th, I was honored to be on the opening line-up for one of the true pioneers in Trance from the early days, Dutch Trance producer duo, 4 STRINGS, at Ora Nightclub in Seattle. Jan de Vos is the front man for 4 Strings and is such a totally laid back, humble, and nice guy, and the sets he plays are crammed full of the most treasured classics and anthems that bring back so many fond memories from the late 90’s and beyond when I first started listening to Trance, it can be quite an emotional voyage in sound through the decades, and Jan is the master. I am lucky enough to have opened for 4 Strings twice now, the first time was down in Portland a few years ago, and both experiences were similar in the fact that the most loyal and awesome Trance fans come out to see him play and were such a great audience to play for. For this set (I was first on) I had an hour so I wanted to start off with a more ethereal and dreamy vibe and work into some more uplifting and classic Trance stuff towards the end for the hand-off to Randall Glenn, the other opener along with me, but the club had some sound issues and the music started about 12 minutes late so my set was cut short by about 3 tracks unfortunately. I was pretty bummed by that but still had a great time playing and got a few classics in there in spite of it all. I hope you enjoy the set. -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for 4 STRINGS, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Sat, April 13, 2019 * Duration: 00:51:04 * BPM: Start - 122 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Sense8 - Tamashii (Original Mix)
  2. Max Freegrant, Francesco Sambero, Madeleine Wood - Phenomenon (Original Mix)
  3. PROFF, Cory Friesenhan - Consequence Of You (Elevven Extended Remix)
  4. Luttrell - Into Clouds (Marsh Extended Mix)
  5. DT8 Project - A Million Ways (Extended Mix)
  6. Above & Beyond, Zoe Johnston - Prelude (Andrew Bayer & James Grant Remix)
  7. Terry Da Libra - Orama (Original Mix)
  8. Weekend Players - Into the Sun (Riva Remix)
  9. Rodg - The Coaster (Extended Mix)
  10. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - There's Only You (Above & Beyond Extended Club Mix)

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On Saturday, April 6th, I was honored to be invited to play a 1-hour guest set for "ZAPPED" at The Underground, the unofficial LASERFACE after-party, with Johnny Monsoon, FFM, and several other well-known local Seattle Trance/Progressive DJ’s. This is the 2nd after-party I’ve played at Underground, the first of which was after a BLISS Trance festival about 3 years ago, and it was so incredibly fun, got to throw down some 138 on a super late night/early morning set and the club was absolutely packed… So as you might imagine I was super excited to be able to do it again and this time it was even more insane, the club was sold out for the after-party and as soon as Laserface got out at WaMu Theater it was packed like sardines, and that was right when I was playing, so it was totally off the hook!!! There were rumors abound of who might show up after Laserface and sure enough everyone was absolutely thrilled when the heart of the Laserface show, namely Trance celebs Craig Connelly, Gareth Emery, and Emma Hewitt walked in and played cameo walk-on sets. Needless to say it was a totally insane eve, I didn’t quite manage to work up to 138 but 135 isn’t too bad in my book.. :P Hope you enjoy the set!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set from ZAPPED, the Laserfaceunofficial After Party, at The Underground, Seattle, Sat, April 6, 2019 * Duration: 00:56:35 * BPM: Start - 125 / End - 135 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Enamour - Lifeforms (Original Mix)
  2. Tim Iron, Michael Mashkov - Quaresma (Michael Mashkov Extended Mix)
  3. Francesco Sambero - Transparencies (Original Mix)
  4. Gabriel & Dresden, feat. Jan Burton - You (Myon & Elevven Extended Mix)
  5. Tomas Heredia - Volantis (Original Mix)
  6. Scolario, Milad E - Vikings (Extended Mix)
  7. Leo Lauretti - INCA (Extended Mix)
  8. Hakan Ozurun - Zero Seven (Lensa Remix)
  9. Maywave, CJ Seven - Moorea (Adam Sobiech Remix)
  10. Dan Stone - Mantra (Johnny Yono Remix)
  11. Terry Da Libra - Eunoia (Sundriver vs. Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  12. DT8 Project, feat. Carla Werner - Pieces (Extended Mix)

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On Friday, January 25th, 2019, I was honored to be on the opening roster, along with MarQ and Backmans, for a legend in the Uplifting and Psy Trance industry, all the way from Dublin, Ireland, BRYAN KEARNEY, at The Underground, Seattle. The KEARNAGE show set a new record for the short amount of time it took to sell out, and was such an incredible night filled with the most positive energy and the smiling faces and hands in the air of so many Seattle Trance fans, truly a night I will never forget. It was a super tough day for me personally, because my best friend from childhood had passed away earlier that day from terminal illness, but I was glad that I was able to rally and make it to the show and get up on the stage and play this beautiful and healing music I love so much, and there were so many hugs and wonderful people to help me make it through the night. I played one of my fave vocal trance tracks in recent times, Elypsis feat. Fenna Day, “Who You Are”, because it reminded me of my friend Kent; Godspeed to you my friend. Hope you enjoy the set guys. -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for BRYAN KEARNEY, The Underground, Seattle, Jan 25th, 2019 * Duration: 00:44:19 * BPM: Start - 127 / End - 130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Andrew Bayer feat. Ane Brun - Love You More (Matt Leger Extended Remix)
  2. Genix - Kill Switch (Original Mix)
  3. Ultimate - Dreamers (Extended Mix)
  4. Elypsis feat. Fenna Day - Who You Are (Extended Mix)
  5. East & Atlas - Whispers (Extended Mix)
  6. Oliver Smith - Java (Original Mix)
  7. Axis, Alae Khaldi - Libra (Original Mix)
  8. Nitrous Oxide, Mysterious Movement - El Camino (Original Mix)
  9. Dennis Sheperd, DIM3NSION - Amigos (Extended Mix)

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First mix of 2019!! This set stemmed from a practice session on the New Years Day holiday this week which turned into a recording that was a keeper, as I was experimenting with a bunch of 138 BPM Trance tracks that I have been diligently collecting over the holiday months, and it was just one of those days where everything fell together pretty close to perfectly on the first try, so decided to keep the recording, and also seemed to be appropriate that I kick off 2019 with a Hi-NRG and Uplifting Trance set!! The title of this mix was inspired by a recent trip to Kona on the main island of Hawaii over the Christmas break, and a truly exhilarating helicopter ride I took over the pristine beaches with aqua blue water and the vast barren volcanic landscapes, like an exotic, beautiful and untouched alien world, so I am calling this one “Beauty from Above” and it is crammed full of brand new Uplifting Trance as well as kicked it off with a classic from yesteryear, the incredible Broning remix of “Phobia” by Suncatcher, Mihai M, & Starshifters, one of my very FAVE tracks ever, and also an insane remix of an ultimate classic vocal Trance CHOON, “Waiting Here For You” by The Thrillseekers, featuring the angelic voice of ARUNA. Lastly, stay tuned for some new sets coming soon as I will be opening for Trance legends BRYAN KEARNEY in a few weeks, and ORJAN NILSEN in early Feb, so lots of great things in the hopper coming at us, plus lots of other demo ideas floating around in my brain, going to be a good 2019!! Happy New Year everyone, and hope you enjoy the set!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Uplifting Trance Demo Set “BEAUTY FROM ABOVE”, recorded live on Jan 1, 2019 * Duration: 01:17:28 * BPM: Start - 134 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Suncatcher, Mihai M, Starshifters - Phobia (Broning Remix)
  2. Alex M.O.R.P.H., Paul van Dyk - We Are (Extended Mix)
  3. Terry Da Libra - Eunoia (Sundriver vs. Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  4. Dirkie Coetzee, Assaf, Clara Yates - Incomplete (Dirkie Coetzee Extended Remix)
  5. Factor B, Cat Martin - White Rooms (Extended Mix)
  6. U96, DJ T.H., Nadi Sunrise - Das Boot 2018 (Original Mix)
  7. Misja Helsloot - We All Should Know (Tasso Remix)
  8. Ana Criado - In A Thousand Skies (Extended Mix)
  9. The Thrillseekers feat. ARUNA - Waiting Here For You (Nikos Zografos Remix)
  10. Paul Todd - Spectral (Original Mix)
  11. Ocean State - Gods (Extended Mix)
  12. Ian Source - Deep In Thought (Trance Arts Remix)
  13. Manuel Rocca - Neblina (Kiyoi & Eky Remix)
  14. Paul Denton - The Way Back (Extended Mix)

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Had some new, super Hi-NRG 138-140 BPM Trance burning a hole in my pocket so decided to bust out a special demo mix for the Holiday Season; recorded this last week the day before Thanksgiving so I could have some good driving music for my trip down to Portland from Seattle to visit my family for the Holiday, only meant as a practice “rough draft” session but I liked how it turned out so kept the original take.. This mix is mostly new releases but it also includes two incredible recent remixes of classics that I loved, the Lightform remix of Lost Tribe's “Gamemaster” which brings back SO great many memories from the late 90’s, and the crescendo of the mix, Perry O'Neil’s classic “Wave Force”, South Of The Stars Extended Remix, which I heard Ferry Tayle play on a live set a short while back and it totally blew my mind. Also included the new Ben Nicky Remix of Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s “Sunset Boulevard”, one of my favorite vocal trance tracks in recent years, and lots of other incredible new tracks from many of my fave usual suspect powerhouses for euphoric 138 BPM Trance; Ronski Speed, Nitrous Oxide, Will Atkinson, Ultimate, etc, even a hot new collab between PvD and Alex M.O.R.P.H... An uplifting slice of bliss; hope you enjoy, and have a warm, safe, and joyous Holiday Season everyone!! -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Holiday 138 BPM Uplifting Trance Demo “PRISTINE”, recorded live on Nov 21, 2018 * Duration: 01:20:07 * BPM: Start - 135 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Dennis Sheperd, DIM3NSION - Amigos (Extended Mix)
  2. Alex Wright, Allen Belg - Merida (Extended Mix)
  3. Kamil Polner - Earth Protector (7 Skies & Static Blue Remix)
  4. Amine Maxwell, Mhammed El Alami - Rolling Stones (Paul Shields Remix)
  5. Matt Darey, Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Lightform Remix)
  6. Will Atkinson - Dusk (Stoneface & Terminal Extended Remix)
  7. Nitrous Oxide feat. Sarah Lynn - Clear As The Sky (Extended Mix)
  8. Alex M.O.R.P.H., Paul van Dyk - Voyager (Original Mix)
  9. Alex Wright, Jonny Royall - Octane (Original Mix)
  10. Abstract Vision, Ultimate - Ethereal (Original Mix)
  11. Ronski Speed - Sette Stelle (Extended Mix)
  12. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Ana Criado - Sunset Boulevard (Ben Nicky Remix)
  13. Perry O'Neil - Wave Force (South Of The Stars Extended Remix)
  14. Nikolauss - Ares (Extended Mix)
  15. Richard Lowe, James Cottle - Airborne (Extended)
  16. Active State - Evolution (Extended Mix)

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On Saturday, Nov 10th, 2018, I was honored to be a guest DJ for a very special ANJUNABEATS TRIBUTE NIGHT at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, where all the tracks played by the DJ’s were either on the Anjunabeats or Anjunadeep labels, or at the very least had something recognizably to do with Above & Beyond, ABGT, etc. What made this night so truly special (for me), aside from being able to play an entire set of ANJUNA magic, and the fact that the club was totally PACKED from barely 20 minutes from doors opening with the most wonderful crowd of Anjuna fans who were SO fun to play for, was that we had some of the biggest names in the NW Trance and Progressive DJ scene on the roster for the night, JOHNNY MONSOON, EVAN ALEXANDER, and DJ ZOXY, so it was pretty over the top for the amount of fun we all had spinning together, tons of laughs & Tom Foolery, all the smiling faces in the crowd, and hands in the air, truly a night that I will never forget. For this set I really tried to stick to the classics and played many of my favorite Anjuna tracks from yesteryear that bring back so many great memories, but also threaded a few newer releases in there as well, including the opening track of the mix, which I first heard played by James Grant and Jody Wisternoff on 2nd “Anjunadeep” day of ABGT # 250 in the Columbia Gorge, their remix of Pola & Bryson - Cinematic Fireball, such a beautiful track that sends shivers down my spine each time I hear it, but I love every selection in this mix, and hope you do too.. Cheers!! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for ANJUNABEATS TRIBUTE NIGHT, at Whiskey Bar, Nov 10th, 2018 * Duration: 01:09:28 * BPM: Start - 124 / Mid - 128 / End - 124 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Pola & Bryson - Cinematic Fireball (Tom Middleton, Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix)
  2. Tinlicker feat. Thomas Oliver - Soon You'll Be Gone (Original Mix)
  3. Paul Keeley feat. Natalie Peris - Disco Belle (Dub Mix)
  4. Jody Wisternoff (Way Out West) - Lassoo (Original Mix)
  5. Jaytech, Super8 & Tab - Code Red (Kago Pengchi Remix)
  6. Jason Ross feat. Lauren Ray - Me Tonight (Meramek Remix)
  7. Oliver Smith - Sunday (Original Mix)
  8. Solarity - Terminal 6 – (Original Mix)
  9. Andrew Bayer - Do Androids Dream Part 2 (Original Mix)
  10. Audien - Eventide (Original Mix)
  11. Alpha 9 - Skin (Original Mix)
  12. Boom Jinx feat. Meredith Call - The Dark (Spencer Brown Remix)
  13. Luttrell - Intergalactic Plastic (Original Mix)

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On Saturday, Nov 3rd, I was honored to be an opener, along with my buddy Johnny Monsoon, for one of Podium's top 100 DJs of 2017 and 2018 (#70) and Markus Schulz's breakout DJ of 2018, Stuart Turner of ARKHAM KNIGHTS, at Ora, Seattle!!! This was this Trance Star's Seattle debut appearance and it was so much fun to be the opener for this show, Stuart was a super nice guy and a bunch of his fans showed up to hear his dark Tech Trance style and he showed up to deliver with a blazing performance! For this set I paired up with one of my favorite Seattle DJ’s, a well known NW Trance DJ icon from the early days, Johnny Monsoon, and our set was recorded straight from the mixer at the club. John and I didn’t do any pre-show planning or rehearsing for this other than agreeing on a BPM range and a feel for the tracks we wanted to play to set the mood, so this recording is what organically evolved out of that, 100% figuring it out as we went, and the crowd was totally awesome whole time we played. Always have a fun time spinning with Johnny Monsoon, and looking forward to the next time. This set turned out to be a 1-hour and 48 minute journey through sound that progresses nicely from a moody progressive start into a driving Trance finish with a few interludes with some more euphoric and uplifting Trance thrown in there. Hope you enjoy! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Gotek & Johnny Monsson opening B2B set for ARKHAM KNIGHTS, at Ora Nightclub, Seattle, Nov 3rd, 2018 * Duration: 01:48:17 * BPM: Start - 124 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Partenaire, Mønje - Illuminaria (Original Mix) -G
  2. Mat Zo - Meaning Lost All Words (Original Mix) -G
  3. deadmau5 - 1981 (Mike Vale vs Jerome Robins Remix) -G
  4. Fran&Co - Symphony From Outer Space (Stan Kolev Remix) -JM
  5. Paul Thomas - Aquamarina (Extended Mix) -JM
  6. Sunny Lax, Aneym - Counter Clockwise (Max Freegrant & Slow Fish Remix) -G
  7. Aly & Fila & Paul Thomas - UV (Matan Caspi Remix) -JM
  8. Mitiska - Sparrow (Hausman Remix) -G
  9. Alex O’Rion - Waipoua (Version 1) -LM
  10. Gabriel & Dresden - Jupiter (Genix Remix) -G
  11. Late Night Alumni, Myon - Hearts & Silence (Myon Extended Club Mix) -G
  12. Push - Strange World (Andrew Bayer Remix) -G
  13. Emerge - Phenomena (Extended Mix) -JM
  14. Kyau & Albert - Under Your Spell (Bryn Liedl Remix) -JM
  15. Oliver Smith, Natalie Holmes - Zero (Original Mix) -G
  16. Thrugger – Deep Space Jump (Extended Mix) -JM
  17. Genix - Ripsaw (Original Mix) -G
  18. Artento Divini - Aeon (Original Mix) -JM
  19. Jan Johnston - Calling Your Name (Sunny Lax Remix) -G
  20. Lumisade - Onawo (Original Mix) –JM

Note: I indicated who played which track with our initials (G/JM) following the track =)

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On Friday, October 26th, I was honored to be on the opening roster at The Underground, Seattle, for one of my all-time favorite Trance producers visiting us all the way from Germany, ALEX M.O.R.P.H.!!! On top of that, it has been such an amazing honor and fun experience to have opened for Alex three separate times over the past several years, at different clubs in Seattle each time, and it’s always so great to see this amazingly funny and witty guy who just knows how to control the crowd so well and weave these magical journeys in sound that are truly soul-healing, and take it into the stratosphere. The crowd that night was so amazing, and this show went until after 4am as the after-hours party took off with people coming from the Halloween Freaknight rave down the street. It was also another fun opportunity and adventure to share the stage with my good buddy from Portland, Zoxy, and also Shane Neel from Seattle, who both played amazing sets. I really loved each track of this set which had mostly new stuff but a few classic gems in there as well, hope you enjoy! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for ALEX M.O.R.P.H., at The Underground, Seattle, Oct 26th, 2018 * Duration: 00:46:53 * BPM: Start - 128 / End - 130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. BT, Matt Fax - The Noetic (Extended Mix)
  2. Paul Arcane - Memories (Extended Mix)
  3. AOA! - Murcia (Plz Stay) (Original Mix)
  4. Genix - Mr. H2O (Original Mix)
  5. Zuubi, Dalero, Aresz - Eleven (Extended Mix)
  6. Ronski Speed - Fubu (Original Mix)
  7. Joel Gershom - Monsoon (Varun Remix)
  8. Juventa - Sundesire (EDU Presents 5tranger Remix)
  9. Myon - Albion (Marcus Santoro Remix)
  10. Max Millian, Sean Mathews - Highest Hopes (Original Mix)

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On September 14th, 2018, I was honored to be the direct opener for Richard Mowatt, uplifting UK Trance pioneer from the very beginnings of Trance, a.k.a. Liquid State, a.k.a Young Parisians, or more commonly known as SOLARSTONE, at the Underground, Seattle. I am lucky enough to be able to say this was the third time I have opened for Solarstone, and just like the other two times, the show was sold out, the crowd was an absolute joy to spin for, and the club was packed with Solarstone fans from around the NW, all there to experience the euphoric sounds and vibes of PURE TRANCE from this world-class Trancer. I was asked to put together a slower and more proggy set because Solarstone was spinning for 4 hours and wanted to start off slow, and this is what I came up with, loved every track - it was such a magical night, the crowd was absolutely off the hook, and I’ll be remembering this one for a long time.. Hope you enjoy the set! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SOLARSTONE, at The Underground, Seattle, Sept 14th, 2018 * Duration: 00:54:01 * BPM: Start - 122 / End - 126 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Sound Quelle - Badoor (Extended Mix)
  2. Tinlicker feat. Thomas Oliver - Dream With Somebody (Extended Mix)
  3. Maiga - Alya (Original mix)
  4. South Pole, Lumidelic - Afterglow (Original Mix)
  5. Rodg - Ticket To Jupiter (Extended Mix)
  6. Tritonal, Lourdiz - Love U Right (Kyau & Albert Extended Remix)
  7. Oliver Smith - On The Moon (Spencer Brown Remix)
  8. Above & Beyond - Rocket Science (Original Mix)
  9. Soulforge, Vito De Santis - If Only (Original Mix)
  10. Spencer Brown - Downpour (Original Mix)

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On Saturday, Aug 4th, 2018, I was beyond honored to be direct opening support for one of my all-time favorite Trance DJ/record producers, OLIVER SMITH, for the Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 Tour stop-off in Seattle. I have been a fan since around 2005 when I first heard Smith & Pledger – Northern Lights (Original Mix), which immediately became my #1 favorite Trance track, ever, and have played his tracks since then in so many of my sets and have been a loyal fan all through his career with Anjunabeats; never in my wildest dreams would have guessed that I would be handing off the decks to him at a sold out show in Seattle 13 years later, honestly it was a dream come true!! The club was sold out and incredibly packed, hot and sweaty, but the people in the audience we so incredibly amazing and I had SOOOO much fun playing this set. My good friends Janice Chae (J-Note) and Randall Glenn also played amazing sets leading up to mine and it all went together so perfectly. Oliver couldn’t have been a more kind, polite, humble, and endearing person, and it was such an amazing honor to play at this show. I’ll never forget this night, and I hope you enjoy the set. –Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for OLIVER SMITH, Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 Tour, ORA, Seattle, Aug 4th, 2018 * Duration: 01:08:50 * BPM: Start - 124 / End - 126 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Armin van Buuren, Susana - Shivers feat. Susana (ALPHA 9 Extended Remix)
  2. Spencer Brown, Liam Hathaway - Audio (Original Mix)
  3. Unlivian - The Escaped (Original Mix)
  4. Rodg - Heights (Extended Mix)
  5. Unterberg - Set U Free (Club Mix)
  6. Clara Sofie, Capa (Official) - Breathe (Tinlicker Extended Remix)
  7. LTN, Ad Brown, Cat Martin - Miss You (Piramex Remix)
  8. Soundprank - Don't Take It Away (Original Mix)
  9. AirTraffic - Nightdrive (Solewaas Remix)
  10. Sunny Lax - Naida (Original Mix)
  11. Chris Giuliano, Paul Arcane - Shapes (Original Mix)
  12. Kyau & Albert - Tube Hearts (Original Mix)
  13. Jules, Spencer Brown, Wilt Claybourne - waves.wav feat. Jules (Original Mix)
  14. Leonety - Evening Embraces (Andreas J Remix)

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On Saturday, July 28th, 2018, I was honored to be a guest DJ for the MISSION TRANCE show at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, which is put on by my long-time friend and fellow lifetime Trance addict, ZOXY, and has been providing a constant source of Trance to Portland for many years and loved by many, myself included, so it’s always a pleasure to be back to where I got my start!! For this set I had the rare opportunity to unleash the raw emotional and uplifting power of 138 BPM Trance, which I so rarely get the chance to spin in a club, but had the 11:30pm-1am time slot so wasted zero time in trying to send the vibes into the stratosphere, and came prepared to spin a carefully selected collection of incredible brand new Trance, plus a blend of classics including a few of my very favorite tracks, ever. It was truly a very special night with a ton of friends at the show and the crowd was absolutely incredible, so much Trance love in the air, I had a total blast spinning this set. Hope you enjoy!! -Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest 138 BPM Trance set for the MISSION TRANCE show, Whiskey Bar, Portland, OR, Saturday, July 28th, 2018 * Duration: 01:30:44 * BPM: Start - 134 / End - 138 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Aneym, Johan Vilborg - Never Changing (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  2. Suncatcher, Mihai M, Starshifters - Driveby (Original Mix)
  3. Nitrous Oxide - Aurora (Sunny Lax Remix)
  4. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Summer Love Story (Extended Mix)
  5. BT - Flaming June (Paul Van Dyk Remix)
  6. JJ, Hoyaa - Greyzone (Extended Mix)
  7. Lead, Christian Stalker - Energy Reflect (TrancEye Remix)
  8. Ultimate - Mapusa (Extended Mix)
  9. Haka, Christina Novelli - Worlds Collide (Chris Metcalfe Remix)
  10. Moonsouls - Black Box (Extended Mix)
  11. Lemon, Einar K - Anticipation (Original Mix)
  12. Alex Wright - Planetaria (Extended Mix)
  13. James Cottle - Rudimental (Original Mix)
  14. John Askew - The Door (John Askew Remix)
  15. Supernal - Supernal (Extended Mix)
  16. DT8 Project, Andrea Britton - Winter feat. Andrea Britton (Solis & Sean Truby vs Ultimate Extended Remix)
  17. Armin van Buuren - Shivers (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)

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On Sun, July 15th , 2018, I took a stab at recording a Trance set just for fun and to escape the heat on a 93 degree summer day. I arranged some tracks, a combination of some classic stuff I’ve been listening to lately, mixed in with some hot brand new stuff as well, and this is what turned out. I kicked it off with the Probspot remix of a rare track that was actually produced many years ago (early 2000’s) by the talented guy that does all of my sound mastering and Voice ID tags (the cute British girls’ voices that you may have become familiar with on my mixes), Chris Dececio, a.k.a. Insignia, a.k.a. Redd Square a.k.a. Bellatrax, out of the UK, one of my favorite tracks and it was so great to hear it again. Anyway, this set was super fun to record, as are all my 138 BPM Hi-NRG sets, and I hope you enjoy it and that it brings a summery and euphoric feeling to you. Cheers! -Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Uplifting Trance demo mix “SUNBEAM”, recorded live on Sun, July 15th , 2018 * Duration: 01:20:14 * BPM: Start - 132 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Insignia - Piano in the Rain (Probspot Vocal mix)
  2. Sound Quelle - Allous (R3dub Remix)
  3. Super8 & Tab - Needs To Feel (Original Mix)
  4. Robert Nickson, Dimension - Wormhole (Original Mix)
  5. Ronski Speed - Overfloat (Mike Saint-Jules Planet Bounce Mix)
  6. DJ T.H. - Different Ways (Original Mix)
  7. Super8 & Tab feat. Jan Burton - Mercy (7 Skies Remix)
  8. Ultimate - Adam's Peak (Extended Mix)
  9. A.M.R. - Sand Dunes (Daniel Kandi Club Mix)
  10. Darren Tate - When The Morning Comes (Original Mix)
  11. Allen Watts - Polarize (Original Mix)
  12. Omnia, DRYM - Ethereal (Extended Mix)
  13. Andre Visior, DJ T.H. - Firewalk (Extended Mix)
  14. Woody Van Eyden, James Cottle - Caliber-12 (Extended Mix)
  15. Mysterious Movement - Saturday (Nitrous Oxide Remix)

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On Sunday, June 24th, I recorded a set of some beautiful and chillaxed melodic progressive tracks from some artists that I have been listening to a lot lately, mostly when I am at work trying to concentrate and focus, or while driving, this music really clears my mind like a deep breath of fresh cool air, so decided to entitle this mix "Breathe". On this one I connected my iPad to the mixer to augment the set with some relaxing beach and nature sounds to help with that chill vibe I was hoping to inspire. It turned out kind of neat and I really ended up liking this mix a lot, hope you enjoy it as well! Cheers and if you're in the US, have a Happy 4th of July!! =) -Mark a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Melodic Progressive demo set – “BREATHE” - recorded live on Sunday, June 24th, 2018 * Duration: 01:17:11 * BPM: Start - 118 / Mid - 125 / End - 120 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Jay FM - Voices (Original Mix)
  2. Illumia - I Know (Extended Mix)
  3. Sound Quelle - Chanunpa (Extended Mix)
  4. LTN, Eleven.Five - LiPo (Original Mix)
  5. Sense8 - Odyssey (Extended Mix)
  6. Unlivian - The Escaped (Original Mix)
  7. Sunset Moments - Tranquility (Original Mix)
  8. Unlivian - On the Edge (Original Mix)
  9. Maiga - Alya (Original mix)
  10. Sunset Moments - Serenity (Original Mix)
  11. Outfade - Everlasting Dawn (Original Mix)
  12. AirTraffic - Nightdrive (Original mix)
  13. Positive Addiction - Sea of Tranquility (Original Mix)
  14. Jay FM - Come (Original Mix)

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On Friday, May 25th, I was honored to be an opening DJ for world-renown French DJ/Producer and frequent contributor and guest DJ on shows like “A State of Trance” with Armin van Buuren and “Future Sound of Egypt” with Aly & Fila, FERRY TAYLE, at The Underground, Seattle. I was joined on the warm-up crew by local Seattle faves Gavin Patrick a.k.a. Medicated Melodies, and Marc Pospisil a.k.a. MarQ, and this was truly a night to remember, the crowd went absolutely off the rails and was SO MUCH FUN to play to, and meeting Ferry Tayle was such a thrill after being a fan for so many years, such a nice and down to earth gentleman, and his set truly lit up a bright spot on planet earth that night… For this set I had some amazing Trance gems that I was super excited to play, and threw in a couple classics or remakes of classics that the crowd went pretty wild for. I certainly wish I could live this set again, but will have to settle for the recording haha.. Speakin’ of that, hope you enjoy!! –Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for FERRY TAYLE at The Underground Nightclub, Seattle, May 25th * Duration: 00:50:28 * BPM: Start - 127 / End - 132 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Cosmic Gate, Super8 & Tab - Noom (Estiva Extended Remix)
  2. ALPHA 9, Spencer Brown - No Going Back (Original Mix)
  3. Kukuzenko - Allegoria (Extended Mix)
  4. Boom Jinx, ARUNA - Light As A Feather (Sunny Lax Remix)
  5. LTN, Mohamed Ragab - Ground Zero (Extended Mix)
  6. Myon, feat. Alissa Feudo - Omen In The Rain (Myon Club Mix)
  7. Sunny Lax - So Long (Original Mix)
  8. Super8, Mark Pledger, Tab - Worldwide (Junk Science Remix)
  9. Ronski Speed - E.O.S. (Johnny Yono Remix)
  10. Cyril Ryaz - Homecoming (Extended Mix)

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Brand new!! On Sat, April 28th, I was honored to be invited to play a Progressive Trance set at a hot new club in Seattle called ORA, for a new recurring show called “Illuminate Saturdays”, which features a rotating cast of some of the local and better-known names in the NW DJ scene specializing in Deep & Progressive House & Progressive Trance. This night was especially fun for me because I got to spin with some of my personal faves in the Seattle club scene, Johnny Monsoon, Chris Paape, Frequent Flier Miles, Digital Ascension, and Serjey Krul, which was a total blast and the crowd was so much fun that night and everyone danced all night long.. Chalk up another great night in the Seattle Trance scene, which I feel so fortunate to be a part of. As a side note, this is my 100th MIX on Soundcloud!!!!!!!!! I can’t really believe that, but I knew this set was lining up for this magic number so I made sure to include some of my favorite tracks from mixes along all the many years to get to this point, including a few from my very first two mixes on Soundcloud, Dapple Apple - “Cognac 1994”, and PROFF - “Tell “, two of my very dearest songs, and that I had never played live in a club until now, which was a thrill and felt like coming full circle, at last……….. Hope you enjoy the set and as usual, thank so much for the support!!! –Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for ILLUMINATE SATURDAYS show at Ora Nightclub, Seattle, April 28th, 2018 * Duration: 00:59:18 * BPM: Start - 126 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Genix - Rogue (Original Mix)
  2. Talisman & Hudson - Leaving Planet Earth (Dousk Remix)
  3. Aeron Aether, Terry Da Libra - Hope Unchained (Extended Mix)
  4. 7 Skies, Super8 & Tab - Rubicon (Yotto Remix)
  5. Audien - Eventide (Original Mix)
  6. Genix, Kyau & Albert - Mantis (Original Mix)
  7. Seven Lions feat. Runn - Calling You Home (Oliver Smith Extended Mix)
  8. PROFF - Innervate (Extended Mix)
  9. PROFF - Tell (Original Mix)
  10. Dapple Apple - Cognac 1994 (Original Mix)
  11. Vintage & Morelli - While The Earth Sleeps (David Broaders Extended Mix)

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Brand new – I have been meaning to record a set of all of this beautiful deep & proggy house music I’ve been listening to and accumulating ever since the ABGT 250 show, primarily inspired by the Above & Beyond deep set that kicked off the show and the entire 2nd day (Anjunadeep day) which was literally one of the best days of my life, music-wise, pure magic all day long, and a show I will never forget. For this set I did a dry run and recorded it once just to listen to it myself and practice, but ended up keeping the first take, it just seemed to fall together and turned out really cool (I thought so at least). For the ocean sounds I plugged my iPad into one of the channels on the mixer and played some relaxing beach sounds while I recorded the set, just because I was wanting to add some ambient sounds to enhance the chill vibe. It's a nice journey through sound to get you in the mood for the warmer months ahead and delves a bit into that grey area where progressive house, deep house, techno, and progressive trance all collide to make something very sublime, soothing and wonderful, which I love so much. Anyway, as usual, I hope that you enjoy the set! –Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Deep Progressive demo set - SPRING CHILL 2018 - recorded live on Sat, Apr 21, 2018 * Duration: 01:37:46 * BPM: Start - 120 / Mid - 123 / End - 120 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Kyson - Flightless (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Extended Mix)
  2. Moon Boots - Red Sky (Original Mix)
  3. Kyohei Akagawa - As No World Idealized (KIWAMU Remix)
  4. Luttrell - What You Are (Original Mix)
  5. Sound Quelle - Djerba (Original Mix)
  6. Masoud, Tara Louise - Goodbye (meHiLove Instrumental Remix)
  7. P.O.S. - Gravity (Andrew Bayer, James Grant Remix)
  8. Max Cooper - Resynthesis (Original Mix)
  9. Tinlicker feat. Thomas Oliver - Nothing Without You (Applescal Extended Mix)
  10. Jody Wisternoff, James Grant, Koelle - On Air (Original Mix)
  11. Dusky - Tyto Alba (Original Mix)
  12. Way Out West - Tuesday Maybe (Guy J Extended Mix)
  13. Sound Quelle, Michael Mashkov - Arffa (Extended Mix)
  14. Sahar Z, Vic F - Ollie (Original Mix)
  15. Choir Of Young Believers - Hollow Talk (Jody Wisternoff, James Grant & Lane 8 Remix)
  16. Adverb - Que Veo (Original Mix)
  17. Yotto - Second Life (Original Mix)
  18. Chicane, Moya Brennan - Saltwater feat. Moya Brennan (Jody Wisternoff Remix)

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Hi guys, it’s been a little while since I put out a 138 BPM Uplifting Trance demo set, so figured it was about time with Spring just right around the corner and all of this awesome, euphoric and melodic Trance that keeps coming out. I was really inspired at the recent 4 Strings show in Portland to go back to my roots and start playing more uplifting 138 BPM Trance, and this recording was a one-take keeper after guestimating on a list of some of my favorite tracks at the moment and I was really happy how it turned out. In honor of the coming of Spring I entitled this one “BLOOM”, and it is packed with incredible, spine-tingly tracks the whole way through, truly some of the most uplifting Trance out there. I hope you enjoy! –Mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Uplifting Trance demo mix “BLOOM”, recorded live on, Sat, April 7h, 2018. * Duration: 82:31 * BPM: Start - 132 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Elypsis feat. Fenna Day - Who You Are (Extended Mix)
  2. Mhammed El Alami - Buenos Aires (Extended Mix)
  3. Activa - Telic (John Dopping Strategy)
  4. Xgenic - Around Me (Original Mix)
  5. Bluskay - Sun Rays (Extended Mix)
  6. Temple One - Ocean Paradise (Extended Mix)
  7. Protoculture - Sunspire (Extended Mix)
  8. Michael Li - Winter Sun (Original Mix)
  9. Adam Szabo - Serano (Original Mix)
  10. Driftmoon feat. Julie Thompson - Only You (Extended Mix)
  11. DT8 Project - Destination (James Dymond Extended Remix)
  12. Signum, James Dymond - Keep On Moving Up (Extended Mix)
  13. Monoverse - Avenoir (Niko Zografos Extended Remix)
  14. Temple One - Transiberian (Original Mix)
  15. Miroslav Vrlik, Martin Jurenka - Spotlight (James Cottle Extended Remix)
  16. TrancEye - Illusion (Extended Mix)

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On Friday, March 23rd, I was honored to be on the opening roster for UK DJ, Grammy-nominated record producer, and renown pioneer in dance music across Europe, Russia, and the US, FUNKAGENDA, at Club Contour, Seattle. For this set I was paired up with a local Seattle DJ legend and long-time inspiration to me, Johnny Monsoon, who was opening for well-known headliners before I ever even bought my first set of DJ gear, so that was a real honor for me as well!! For this set we didn't rehearse or discuss what we were playing beforehand, just had a rough BPM range in mind and a notion that we should loosely play funky, Housey tracks with a bit of Anjunadeep influence, and this is what we ended up with, which was a SUPER fun set to play to an audience that danced, hooted, and hollered the whole time haha. This set is a live recording right from the mixer at the club, so about as live as it gets.. I hope you enjoy! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Special B2B House set with Gotek & Johnny Monsoon, opening for FUNKAGENDA, Club Contour, Seattle, Fri, Mar 23rd, 2018 (Live Recorded Set) * Duration: 58:18 * BPM: 122 - 124 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Way Out West - Set My Mind (Luttrell Remix) - G
  2. Luttrell - Intergalactic Plastic (Original Mix) - G
  3. Mike Griego - Ceres (Original Mix) - JM
  4. Paulo Mojo - Kangiten (Original Mix) - JM
  5. Adamwah - 1am in Sin City (Original Mix) - G
  6. Guy J - Airborne (Original Mix) - JM
  7. Dusky - Cold Heart (Original Mix) - G
  8. Dale Howard - Alfagarth (Eli Brown Remix) - JM
  9. Sweet LA - Bleeding (Lovely Bootleg MM Master) - G
  10. Kyau & Albert, Hello Machines - Changes (Original Mix) - JM
  11. Mark Knight, Tuff London - Jus’ Come (Original Mix) - G
  12. Mason Maynard & Eli Brown - Jungle City (Original Mix) - JM
  13. Raul Mendes, Andy Bianchini – If You (Original Mix) - G

*("G" = Gotek / "JM" = Johnny Monsoon)

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Brand New!! On Friday, Jan 26, I was honored to be on the opening roster for Dutch Trance Superstar, MARK SIXMA, an Armada label veteran and regular on ASOT with Armin van Buuren himself, so it was a real honor to be able to meet and share the stage with this rising star in the Euro Trance scene!! As I have said so many times in the past, it's so often truly impressive and refreshing to me that these globe-trotting DJ stars are so humble and friendly in person, and also to see how much they like playing at The Underground, which is such a tiny club compared to some of the huge venues they play in around the world, but time and again they are blown away by the energy our Seattle Trance Alliance audiences bring to the Underground, and so often they play for hours past last call when clubs usually shut down; pretty special thing we have going on here in Seattle!! For this show I had the 10:45-11:30 pm time slot in between my two good Trance DJ buddies, Randall Glenn and Marc Pospisil (MarQ), and the sets were recorded live at the club which is always a cool bonus. I tried to pick an interesting blend of punchy Prog Trance blended with some uplifting Prog House and a few select vocal Trance choons that I have been listening to lately, and the crowd was so much fun during my set, showing a lot of support for the locals, which I really appreciated SO MUCH!! I hope you enjoy the set.. Cheers!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for MARK SIXMA, recorded live at The Underground, Fri, Jan 26, 2018 * Duration: 45:39:00 * BPM: Start - 126 / End - 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Alpha 9 - You And I (Extended Mix)
  2. Myon - Albion (Estiva Remix)
  3. Timur Shafiev feat. Dasha - Reunion (Aknael & Bekeela Remix)
  4. Ledo - Three Nights in Doha (Original Mix)
  5. Ruben De Ronde feat. Donata - Stand In My Way (Sound Quelle & Max Meyer Extended Remix)
  6. Store N Forward feat. Sylvia Brandse - Yesterdays & Futures (Original Mix)
  7. Athom - Ultimatum (Original Mix)
  8. Emata - Ascension (Original Mix)
  9. Ruslan Radriges, Cari - Follow The Sun (Extended Mix)
  10. Alpha 9 - Higher Place (Extended Mix)

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On Friday, Jan 19th, 2018, I was honored to be on the opening roster for a truly classic and household name for anyone who’s been listening to this type of music since the far earlier days; iconic UK record producer and DJ, CHICANE. This was a sold-out show and it turned out to be an absolutely mesmerizing and magical evening with SO many people and fans of all ages who came out to see Chicane weave his progressive magic. I had the middle 10-11pm opening slot in between two of my favorites in Seattle, Janice Chae a.k.a. J-Note and Eric Weber a.k.a. WEB, and we literally had the dance floor full all night with these enchanting sounds and people having the greatest time; it was truly a night I will never forget. I hope you enjoy the set! =)

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for CHICANE at Club Contour, Seattle, Friday, Jan 19, 2018 * Duration: 01:02:11 * BPM: Start - 120 / End - 125 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Marsh, Jesse Bullitt – Ritual (Extended Mix)
  2. Sound Quelle, Referna - Gapona (Extended Mix)
  3. Sense8 - Tokyo Time (Extended Mix)
  4. Sense8 - Duende (Original Mix)
  5. Maiga - Havens (Original Mix)
  6. Matt Fax - Aura Lusia (Extended Mix)
  7. Dunkan - Gravity (Original Mix)
  8. Soty, Seven24, Angel Falls - Believe in Myself (Lesh Remix)
  9. Jacqueline - My Paradise (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  10. Roman Messer, Angel Falls, Armos - Higher (LTN Sunrise Dub Mix)
  11. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Dale Middleton Remix)
  12. Dunkan - Orchid (Original Mix)

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Brand new, I've been working on this one for a while, a collection of spine-tingly 138 BPM uplifting and euphoric Trance, just in time for the kick-off of holiday season! Featuring mostly brand-new (or at least fairly recent) releases from some of my favorites artists in the genre, plus some bright new names to the scene as well, but the common denominator is every single track on this 70 minute set majorly gives me the chills and I hope it does that for you too (haha!) For the title of the set I tried to articulate how this music makes me feel, and I could imagine soaring alone, high above the clouds at blinding speeds in the icy cold air, with the all-consuming light of the sun drawing me in, and all of the troubles and heartbreaks of mankind lost somewhere far below, only the crystal pure sounds of the music to clear the mind and carry you to a better place, as you're soaring at the top of the world... Hope you enjoy! -Mark =)

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Trance demo mix, “TOP OF THE WORLD”, recorded live Sat, Nov 4th, 2017 * Duration: 01:10:21 * BPM: Start - 134 / End - 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Backdraft, Suncatcher, Mihai M - Candle (PARITY Extended Remix)
  2. Ula - Tender Feeling (Original Mix)
  3. Nitrous Oxide feat. Aneym - Far Away (Ronski Speed Remix)
  4. Nitrous Oxide, Mysterious Movement - Breathe (Original Mix)
  5. Ozo Effy - Deep Reality (Ultimate Extended Remix)
  6. Moonsouls, Ultimate, feat. Marjan - No One Else (Extended Mix)
  7. Ultimate - Mapusa (Extended Mix)
  8. Alex M.O.R.P.H., Eric Lumiere - Heart of Life (Skylex Extended Remix)
  9. Revolution 9, Amara - Savitri (Midnight Mix)
  10. Steve Allen, UDM, Nightflyers - Nightflyers (Extended Mix)
  11. James Cottle - Rudimental (Original Mix)
  12. Alex Wright - Planetaria (Extended Mix)
  13. Venaccio - Wave Rush (Extended Mix)
  14. Riialto, F.G. Noise - Edgy (Extended Mix)

Lastly, but not least, I dedicate this set to my sweetest little angel, my Pug named Tuggle-chan, who left us to go to Heaven on Monday, November 13th, 2017. She was my biggest fan and sat through every single endless 1000’s of hours of DJ practice, and many of my recorded sets, always wanted to be near me no matter what, even if the music got a little loud at times. This was the last set she ever heard me play, and it will always remind me of her now. I’ll miss you forever, my little angel.

“How can you be far away, how can you be far away? You’re always here with me baby, always with me, even when you’re gone...”

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On Friday, October 27th, 2017, I was honored to be on the opening roster, along with my good buddy and fellow Seattle Trance DJ, Derrick Gennrich, for one of my personal favorite Trance DJ/Producers from yesteryear, an Irish Trance DJ/Producer visiting Seattle all the way from Wales, Mr. PURE himself, Richard Mowatt, commonly known as SOLARSTONE, at the Underground. This is actually the 2nd time I was lucky enough to open for Richard, and just like the first time, it was extremely humbling to share the decks with such a Trance legend, and whom also happens to be a very humble and engaging guy in spite of his fame. It was an absolutely awesome night, the Friday of Halloween weekend, so there were lots of Solarstone fans and friends of mine in the audience, many with their Halloween costumes on, incredible vibes throughout the entire evening, and Richard ended up playing an absolutely mesmerizing set into the after hours nearly until the sun rose the next morning. I had the early 10-11 pm opening spot so set out to play a beautiful and melodic progressive set with some Trancey overtones here and there to set the evening up right. Had a a total blast and wish I could go back and play this one again. Hope you enjoy the set!! =) -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for SOLARSTONE, The Underground, Seattle, Fri, Oct 27, 2017 * Duration: 01:09:58 * BPM: 120-126 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Marway - Unmasked (Original Mix)
  2. Michael Mashkov - Melilla (Sense8 Remix)
  3. Elypsis - Into the Storm (Original Mix)
  4. Sense8 - Chakra (Original Mix)
  5. Ma5haria - Lash (LTN Remix)
  6. Boom Jinx, The Blizzard - Senja (The Blizzard's Midnight Sun Mix)
  7. Ashworth - Lost (Original Mix)
  8. Andrea Bertolini - Peaceful (Original Mix)
  9. Unlivian - Victoria (Original Mix)
  10. Grum - Inflight (Extended Mix)
  11. Katrin Souza - Cactus Blossom (Jay Hubbard Remix)
  12. Miroslav Vrlik - Beauty in the Mirror (Mark & Lukas Remix)
  13. Vitodito - Sa Cova (meHiLove Remix)
  14. Lessov - Bleyban (Shingo Nakamura Remix)

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On Saturday, July 22nd, 2017, I was incredibly honored to be one of a handful of local Seattle DJ’s to be invited to spin a set at a party that has become a bit of a legendary institution on the East Side over the past decade, Chris Paape’s annual Cabana Party on Lake Sammamish, Washington. Chris is a friend, former workmate, and fellow DJ buddy that has been playing around Seattle for as long as I have lived here, coming up on nine years, and this is an annual party that he has had for nearly as long, always at the end of July. Sadly the tradition is coming to an end as Chris sold his condo on the lake, making this party extra memorable and so many great and long-time friends came out to party with us in the summer sun that day. This was an incredibly beautiful and crystal clear summer afternoon in Seattle with a warm breeze coming in off the water, and was a pretty surreal view to play from, looking out across scenic Lake Sammamish. I’ve been to this party many times but only played at it twice, and got to share the decks with many well-known Seattle favorites, such as Mr. Paape himself, Jason LeMaitre, Marc Pospisil, Travis Colvin, Dirty-ish, and Sean Henderson. I came prepared to play an hour set but as fate would have it ended up playing for almost two hours, and I spun some brand new melodic progressive plus some faves from past sets to try to create a magical summery vibe for the party. This is "most" of my set from a day I will never forget, and I hope you enjoy it!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Guest set for CHRIS PAAPE’s 7th (and final) CABANA PARTY 2017, Lake Sammamish, WA, Sat, July 22nd * Duration: 78:20 * BPM: 121-128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Marsh feat Katherine Amy - Life On The Shore (Original Mix)
  2. Jelly For The Babies, Odison - Utopia (Extended Mix)
  3. Marsh - Smiling at You (Original Mix)
  4. Vitodito - Sa Cova (Original Mix)
  5. Jallen - Venture (LTN Remix)
  6. Sense8 - Sweet Lullaby (Original Mix)
  7. Same K - Bloomlight (Extended Mix)
  8. Sense8 - Blue Skies (Original Mix)
  9. Unlivian - I Want Your Love (Original Mix)
  10. Yasuha. - Morning Glow (Original Mix)
  11. Spencer Brown - Vernal (Original Mix)
  12. Unlivian Project - Eternal Sunshine (DVDDHLN Remix)
  13. Alpha 9 - Skin (Original Mix)
  14. Suonare - Must Be (Original Mix)
  15. Nikio - Chirihama Beach (Original Mix)

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On Friday, July 21st, I was honored to be on the opening roster for world-renown and beloved Progressive House Pioneer, GAI BARONE, visiting us all the way from Italy for the “Elements” Progressive House show at the Underground, Seattle. This was an incredibly fun show to play at, and it was so great getting to meet Gai and talk to him for a while before my set to get his perspectives on music production and the Trance/Progressive scene on the world stage; he was such a humble, witty, and charming guy, and it was an incredible honor to be able to meet him and share the stage with a true master of the craft. That type of stuff never ceases to humble me and pretty much have pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming haha.. Anyway, as with most of my opening sets at Underground, the openers only get 45 minutes so I wanted to use the short time I had to create a beautiful, ethereal, and uplifting atmosphere with some lovely Deep and Progressive to get the CDJ’s and club warmed up, so this is what I ended up playing for an amazing crowd of lovely people. Hope you enjoy the set! –Mark a.k.a. Gotek =)

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for GAI BARONE at Elements, The Underground, Seattle, Friday, July 21, 2017 * Duration: 46:19 * BPM: 121-125 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Marsh - Loved Me (Original Mix)
  2. Andre Sobota - Concluded (Marsh Remix)
  3. Tom Bro - Morning Sun (Extended Mix)
  4. Keith Harris - Desire (Deep State Remix)
  5. Efedry, Lorraine Gray - How Much Is Enough (Dub Mix)
  6. Spencer Brown - Vernal (Original Mix)
  7. Druce - Casa Costa (Original Mix)
  8. Solarbeam, Lunarbeam - White Sand (Original Mix)
  9. Suonare - Destiny (Original Mix)

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Hello my friends! Well.. I’ve been gone a while, but I’M BACK (haha!) My job has been taking a lot of my time lately with lot of travels etc, plus I recently bought some new DJ gear, which sat around in my office useless and collecting dust until just recently when I had some spare time to get it set up and start playing on it. I have had a few shows lately, and those sets will be up here soon, but I thought it appropriate for the Maiden Voyage of my new gear to record a live 138 BPM Hi-NRG and Uplifting Trance set!! A recent trip to Bainbridge Island and a photo I took from the ferry of the Seattle cityscape across the Puget Sound inspired the name of the mix, “PACIFIC SKYLINES”.. This is mostly brand new stuff, or at least fairly recent, plus an awesome Solarstone remix of a Gai Barone track to pay homage to the Italian Prog master that I recently opened for in Seattle (set from that show forthcoming), a Mega-euphoric mashup of a Darren Tate/DT8 Project CLASSIC vocal Trancer vs. one of my more recent FAVE Trance producers from Russia, Ultimate, and a whole bunch of other incredible and spine-tingly tracks that I absolutely LOVE. I hope you do too. Cheers and enjoy getting “Lost In Music”. –mark a.k.a. GOTEK

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Demo Set - PACIFIC SKYLINES - Live Recorded Set - Sunday, July 30th, 2017 * Duration: 66:18 * BPM: 136-140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Up & Forward - Aquamarine (Edelways Remix)
  2. DT8 Project, Ultimate - Destination Wonderland (Colonial One Mashup)
  3. Edelways - Sorrow (Farid & Arcuate Remix)
  4. Aimoon - Freedom (Original Mix)
  5. Max Denoise - Principessa (Dreamseekers Remix)
  6. Adam Ellis - Aulus (Original Mix)
  7. Gai Barone - Lost in Music (Solarstone Pure Mix)
  8. Ultimate - Elbrus (Extended Mix)
  9. Sheridan Grout - The Last Word (Sam Laxton Remix)
  10. Michael Maclean - Transforming (Original Mix)
  11. Allen Watts, Amir Hussain - Parallax (Original Mix)
  12. Talla 2xlc - Infinity (Extended Mix)
  13. Temple One - Innerspace (Extended Mix)

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Brand new!! Just in time for Spring I finally got around to recording the latest iteration of my Uplifting and Euphoric 138 BPM Trance demo sets, something that started off as more of an inwards-focused novelty, since I so rarely get an opportunity to spin 138 live in clubs, to record just a couple sets to get some of my favorite Trance tracks and classics on the airwaves so I myself could enjoy them once in a while.. But as it turns out the 138 BPM'ers are amongst the most listened-to podcasts on my Soundcloud, so apparently I am not the only one who likes them, yet another sign that TRANCE IS NOT DEAD haha!! Anyway, for this one I really went back to my roots for that ethereal, uplifting, spine-tingly, jaw-dropping, euphoria-inducing Trance sound that back in the late 90's got me into this music in the first place, and I have some incredible, BRAND NEW tracks on this one, as well as a couple classics from the old record box from the likes of Menno De Jong and a great new remaster of "Flyin' Amongst the Stars" by Lennox. I entitled this one SUNGAZER for the coming of Spring, and the feelings of hope it brings when life renews and the days get longer, and once in a while you might find yourself gazing at the sun as it shines down upon the world. As with all of my 138 BPM sets, this was super fun to record, and I hope you enjoy it! Cheers, and as usual, thank you very much for the support! -Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

PS: I'm working on another Deep & Progressive demo set at the moment and also I am honored to say that I will be the direct support opener for the amazing Trance legend, SUNNY LAX himself, here in Seattle on April 28th, so keep your eyes peeled for a lot of great new Trance and Progressive up on here soon... =)

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Demo, SUNGAZING, recorded live in the studio in Seattle on Mar 14, 2017 * Duration: 01:20:41:000 * BPM: Start 136 / End 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Tobi Atkins - Wind & Sea (Sunny Lax Remix)
  2. Efedry - Colours (Eddie Lung Remix)
  3. Menno De Jong - Guanxi (Super8 Remix)
  4. Roman Messer feat. LJ Ayrten - Break The Ice (Aimoon Remix)
  5. Alex M.O.R.P.H., feat. Natalie Gioia - My Heaven (Original Mix)
  6. Sneijder feat. Katty Heath - The Only Place (UCast Remix)
  7. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Kim Kiona - Coming Home (Dub Mix)
  8. Rene Ablaze, Universal Sense - Island of Dreams (Original Mix)
  9. Amine Maxwell - Legzira (Extended Mix)
  10. Miroslav Vrlik, Martin Jurenka - Reach Me (Extended Mix)
  11. Gerome feat. Cassandra Grey - Memory Lane (Den Rize vs. Levekar Remix)
  12. Miroslav Vrlik - Fly Away (Extended Mix)
  13. Juventa - A Thousand Words (Original Mix)
  14. Three Drives - NASA (Original Mix)
  15. Lennox - Flyin’ Amongst The Stars (Remastered Version)
  16. Bryan Kearney - Awaken (UCast Rewake)

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On Sat, Nov 17, 2012, I was invited to be the guest DJ for the 2-hour spot on Jason LeMaitre's Progressive Saturdays show in the Blue Room at Trinity Nightclub in Seattle. Jason is is a well-known DJ in Seattle and he had been a resident at Trinity running this renown show every Saturday for several years, and it was such an honor to be a part of it. This was a very memorable and special night for me because it was my very first live show in Seattle since I had moved there for work a couple years before, plus I had a ton of friends show up for the show that I wasn't expecting, plus it just happened to be one of the most packed nights there in a while, so needless to say I was pretty nervous but it ended up being such an amazing night with such great vibes that I will never forget. It's always been on my bucket list to re-record the playlist from this show, so I final;ly re-purchased all the tracks as lossless AIFF files (the original set was played from CD's on CDJ1000 MK3's before the the CDJ2000 era) and spent a whole Saturday a couple weeks ago recording the entire set three times, and chose the best take for this podcast. It's funny to listen to the mix now because it is kind of a time capsule of so many huge tracks that were taking the scene by storm in 2012 with artists like Arty, Matt Zo, Audien, etc, so you'll definitely have some blasts from the past with this one, but hopefully there are some new tracks you've never heard before on this as well. This set went from 11pm to 1am so I took it from 126 all the way to 135 BPM Trance by the end of the night with so much energy in the club as the night waned on. Great memories indeed! I hope you enjoy the set, and as usual, thank you for your support. -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Live guest set at Trinity Blue Room for Jason LeMaitre’s Progressive Saturdays show, Seattle, Sat, Nov 17, 2012 * Duration: 01:57:38:00 * BPM: Start 126 / End 135 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Juventa - The Kite (Original Mix)
  2. Amaya - Amaya (Andy Tau Remix)
  3. Criminal Vibes - Caribe (Matteo Marini Remix)
  4. Audien - Fall Into Place (Original Mix)
  5. Arty - Gentle Touch (Juventa Club Mix)
  6. Johan Vilborg, Seven Palmberg - She Made Me Smile (Original Mix)
  7. Ost & Meyer - Antalya (Original Mix)
  8. Jussi Polet feat Josie Dale - Positive (Supermodels From Paris Remix)
  9. CLASSIXX - Cold Act Ill (Wolfgang Gartner Monster Mix)
  10. Arty - Around The World (Two Pearls Rock, Sven Kirchhof Remix)
  11. M.I.K.E., Maor Levi - Couleurs Du Soleil (Clubstage Mix)
  12. Dirty South & Those Usual Suspects feat Erik Hecht - Walking Alone (Arty Remix)
  13. Boxer - Fathom (LTN Remix)
  14. Sundriver, Schodt feat Aida Fenhel - Here With Me (Sundriver Vocal Mix)
  15. Karanda - Titan (Original Mix)
  16. Mat Zo, Arty - Rebound (Original Mix)
  17. Will Holland, feat Jeza - Every Heartbeat (Beat Service Remix)
  18. Robert Nickson - We Won't Forget (Arty Remix)
  19. Ferrin & Morris - Pacific (Alan Morris Mix)
  20. Boom Jinx feat Justine Suissa - Phoenix From The Flames (Omnia, The Blizzard Remix)
  21. Suncatcher, Mihai M, Starshifters - Driveby (Original Mix)
  22. Nitrous Oxide - Downforce (Club Mix)

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Decided to record a new chill proggy-deep demo set to kick off 2017, sort of in a holding pattern in between shows, but meanwhile the music keep flowing endlessly and I can’t sit idle for too long haha.. I intended this mix to be a more ambient and Deep set, but did some genre blending and kind of started off more progressive and transitioned over into Deep House territory and then back into some lovely Progressive Trance for the last 5 or so tracks. So a little bit of a bi-polar demo per se (haha), but it seems to have a really nice vibe and was a really fun set to record. I hope that you enjoy it.. Cheers!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Melodic Deep & Progressive Demo, WINTER CHILL, recorded live in the studio in Seattle on Jan 8, 2017 * Duration: 01:13:20:688 * BPM: Start 122 / End 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Eleven.Five feat. Arielle Maren - Remember (Original Mix)
  2. You Are My Salvation - Gryning (Original Mix)
  3. Yotto - Fire Walk (Original Mix)
  4. Emod - And Yet I Twitch (Original Mix)
  5. Robert Babicz - Centurion (Jody Wisternoff Vox Mix)
  6. Ira, 8Kays - ID Happiness (Original Mix)
  7. Luttrell - Need You (Original Mix)
  8. Vintage & Morelli - Nothing To Lose (Original Mix)
  9. Blood Groove & Kikis feat. Ai Takekawa - She (Original Mix)
  10. Minicied, Bryn Liedl - Skera (Original Mix)
  11. Jallen - One Way Ticket (Original Mix)
  12. Infinity State - Counting Waves (Original Mix)
  13. Efedry feat. Lorraine Gray - How Much Is Enough (Original Mix)
  14. Aleksey Yakovlev - Last Reflection (Original Mix)
  15. Terry Da Libra - Zephyrus (Original Mix)

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Well, thought I would try to record one last set for 2016, and a 138 BPM mix seemed appropriate for the Happy Holidays and Year End, so here it is!!! I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to pull this off because I have spent much of this month recovering in bed from some surgery I had at the beginning of Dec, which has been a very painful process, but just managed to get well enough in time to be able to stand and record on my gear for this set (which turned out to be a long one of course, Doh!).. I was hoping I might have it ready before New Year’s Eve, but I am happy that I was able to finish it by Christmas so anyone who likes my mixes can enjoy some uplifting and heart pumping Trance over the holiday weekend. Anyway, 2016 was a very good and bad year for me in a lot of ways, so happy to have experienced it, but stoked to be moving onto 2017 and hopefully an excellent year for us all. A lot of incredible brand new Trance on this one, starts off a little harder than usual, but gradually settles into that euphoric sound I love so much, with a couple of well-placed vocal tracks that I guarantee will send chills down your spine like a winter breeze haha!! I hope you enjoy the set, and Happy Holidays to you all! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: 2016 Year End Mix, a 138 BPM Trance Demo recorded live in the studio in Seattle on Dec 22, 2016. * Duration: 01:21:10:536 * BPM: Start 138 / End 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Scot Project - W5 [Waiting For] (Original Mix)
  2. Indecent Noise - Strikeforce (UCast Remix)
  3. Lange - The First Rebirth (Extended Mix)
  4. Aimoon - Fusion (Extended Mix)
  5. Young Rebels, Eddie Thoneick, Francesco Diaz feat. Cozi - Perfect Moment (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)
  6. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Aurora (OnAir Mix)
  7. Steve Dekay, Crystal Blakk - Musa (Extended Mix)
  8. Suncatcher, Exolight - Memory Of You (Extended Mix)
  9. Kyau & Albert - Walk Down (Ronski Speed Remix)
  10. Max Millian, Sean Mathews - Highest Hopes (Manuel Rocca Remix)
  11. Daniel Kandi, Zack Mia - Sector 7 (Extended Mix)
  12. Factor B - Luna Therapy (Extended Mix)
  13. Bryan Kearney, Will Atkinson - The Game Changer (Standerwick Remix)
  14. Indecent Noise - Daybreak (Ferry Tayle Remix)
  15. Inertia - The System (Original Mix)

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Brand new!! Once again I was beyond honored to be on the opening roster for one of those gargantuan names in Trance, a true pioneer and contributor to the formation of the Trance genre in the early years, one of the founders of NU-NRG with all of their classic Trance hits from the late 90’s that Trance enthusiasts hold so near and dear, and so much more between then and now, Italian DJ/Producer mega-force, GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI. This was such a special show for many reasons: it was the night before Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so "Trancegiving Eve" (haha) as we called it, it was a few days before my Birthday, it was at the Underground in Seattle which is such a memorable place to see these big Trance stars perform up close because of the intimacy of a smaller venue vs. the giant festival arenas they ordinarily play at, plus Giuseppe is one of those rare and super talented Producers who prefers to compose the majority of his sets live with a huge array of electronic music gear on the stage rather than just “DJ” like most everyone else, which makes each show a unique and one-of-a-kind experience, truly an amazing, EPIC night in Seattle!! Giuseppe was incredibly humble and nice, so polite, and a genuinely friendly guy, and it was a true honor to meet him after all these years of being a fan. I was first up that night so set out to create a nice ambient start and mellow build into a euphoric "wall-of-sound" vibe that I had so much fun playing, plus I had so much great and brand new material to work with from some of my favorite Trance artists to help set the mood for the eve. Lastly, as usual, special THANK YOU to Marc Pospisil and the Seattle Trance Alliance for inviting me to be a part of this magical night. Hope you enjoy the set!! Cheers!! –Mark a.k.a. DJ Gotek

..Late, but as promised... :P

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI, The Underground, Seattle, Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 - Live Recorded Set * Duration: 00:52:44:544 * BPM: 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Blugazer, The Cynic Project - Feel Me Wondering (LTN 'Sunrise' Remix)
  2. Jay FM - Escape (Andrew Benson Remix)
  3. Firas Tarhini - Hybrid (Original Mix)
  4. Andrew Lang - Reflecting (Original Mix)
  5. EDU - Action Hero (Progressive Mix)
  6. Yuri K - Ocean (Original Mix)
  7. Minicied, Bryn Liedl, Bethany Marie - Outlander (Original Mix)
  8. Minicied - Innerslide (Original Mix)
  9. Omair Mirza - Too Big To Fail (Original Mix)
  10. Ronski Speed - Octavia (Original Mix)
  11. Odison - Apollo 8 (Dalero & Zuubi Remix)
  12. Kyau & Albert - Memory Lane (Original Mix)

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On Friday, August 26th, I was very honored to be part of the opening roster for a rising star in the global 138 BPM Trance Circuit running his hi-NRG hit Trance tracks with the likes of FSOE, ASOT, Gods Kitchen, and Armada, all the way from Sweden, BJORN AKESSON. I helped kick the night off with Andy K and MarQ, and had a super fun night playing this set with a ton of my friends and Trance fans who showed up to give Bjorn a warm NW welcome to the states. I will add more to this ASAP, but for now I hope that you enjoy the set! -M

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for the BJORN AKESSON Show, The Underground, Seattle, Fri, Aug 26th, 2016 - Live Recorded Set * Duration: 00:45:27:792 * BPM: 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Henry Dark - Divine (Extended Mix)
  2. Jason Ross Nightfall (Royal Zeven Remix)
  3. Rodrigo Deem - Belvedere (Original Mix)
  4. John Grand - Polarized (Original Mix)
  5. Kyau & Albert - Made Of Sun (Sunny Lax Remix)
  6. Jallen - Venture (Makaseo Remix)
  7. Piramex - Aravia (Original Mix)
  8. Above & Beyond - A.I. (Original Mix)
  9. Marway - Sound of Void (Lesh Remix)

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It seems I have been on a 138 BPM kick lately, and to add to the ever-expanding “DJ Gotek repertoire of 138 BPM mixes” I finally got around to recording this earlier in the week on Monday, August 15, 2016, after several weeks of delay due to business travel for my “real job” (haha)! This one was a lot of fun and I was able to cross a few more of my favorite EPIC classics from yesteryear off my bucket list to use in a mix; this time I even busted out my old Trance vinyl collection and the Technics turntables to add in some very vintage and rare tracks straight from vinyl, which was a load of fun as well, although you may hear some scratches and pops due to the years-old & well-played vinyl plus it’s so hard to get the levels to sound right with this really old Trance compared to the super high-fidelity new production stuff, of which there are some incredible just released spine-tingly and highly euphoric CHOONS on here as well. From the classics side I kicked it off with one of my favorite long-lost tracks from the early days of Trance on vinyl, the eternally awesome Super8 Remix of Aurora’s “Sleeping Satellite”, and also included Thrillseeker’s incredible remix of “Can You Feel” by Sholan, plus a recent insane remake of Goldenscan’s "Only With You", and end it off with the timeless and haunting "Choose Freedom" by Ultravibe, all of which are many, many years old now, and names you probably have not heard in a while, or perhaps even EVER haha, and it's all just as good all these years later!!! This one also features the brand new epic release from Swedish Trance powerhouse Bjorn Akesson ("Paper Dreams"), whom I am honored to be opening for in Seattle this month at the Underground on Friday, Aug 26, SOOOO EXCITED about this one!!! Lastly I would have to say Aimoon’s brand new release "Thunderbolt" is probably my very favorite track on the mix, or is it Alex M.O.R.P.H. and "Sunset Boulevard"?? Hard to say.. but needless to say there is all sorts of incredible stuff on this 84 minute behemoth of Hi-NRG Melodic Trance action to help you finish off the sunny days of summer. Hope you enjoy the set, and as usual, thank you for listening and for the support, no matter where you are. Hello from Seattle and Cheers! -Mark

BPM: 138 Tracklist:

  1. Aurora feat Naimee Coleman - Sleeping Satellite (Super8 Remix)
  2. Kuffdam & Plant - Summer Dream (Whiteroom Remix)
  3. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Sunset Boulevard feat. Ana Criado (Dan Stone Rework)
  4. Rene Ablaze - Above the Sky (UDM Remix)
  5. Allen Watts - Out of Reach (Original Mix)
  6. Goldenscan - Only With You (Adam Ellis Re-Make)
  7. Mark Andrez, Den Rize - Flames (Original Mix)
  8. UDM - Endless World (Original Mix)
  9. Sholan - Can You Feel (What I'm Going Thru) (The Thrilseekers Remix)
  10. Bjorn Akesson - Paper Dreams (PTIV Extended Remix)
  11. Aimoon - Thunderbolt (Extended Mix)
  12. Tobi Atkins - Set Me Free (Stonevalley Remix)
  13. The Orange - Are U Ready For 2012 (Den Rize pres. Rizen 2013 Remix)
  14. Mark Andrez, Den Rize - Naiad (Original Mix)
  15. Ultravibe - Choose Freedom (Original Mix)

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Brand new 138 BPM TRANCE demo set for you!! This one has some brighter summery sounds and features an assortment of incredible and euphoric just-released stuff, plus a few EPIC CLASSICS that seemed to fit the mix perfecty.. I recorded this on the afternoon of Sunday, July 10, and have been pretty excited about this one for a while because A.) there seems to be an uptick of jaw-droppingly gorgeous 138 BPM stuff getting released lately, which I am ecstatic about and just proves that Trance is NOT DEAD (so there, Tiesto!!!) haha), B.) there has also been a recent resurgence of remakes of some of the epic classic oldies (like I’m talking 15-20 years) from the likes of the Trance Masters of yesteryear such as Forerunners, Darren Tate a.k.a. DT8, Kyau & Albert, to name a few, and C.) I have been searching for a CD that I thought I had lost for YEARS (literally)of a rare remix back from 2002 of an incredible track, Svenson & Gielen ft. Jan Johnston – Beachbreeze (Spacediver remix), which I had discovered in the earlier days of Trance when I was still learning the sounds that I was most attracted to, so I was so sad that I thought I had lost this incredibly uplifting track forever.. At long last and to my surprise I finally found it by accident a few weeks ago in a box of old CD’s in the garage, so this is the track that inspired the concept of this mix, and with which I kicked everything off to celebrate it's return to my collection.. All these years later it still massively sends chills down my spine, but then again, quite a few tracks on this set do that!! I hope that you are having a great summer, wherever you are, and I hope that you enjoy the mix!! Thanks again, as usual, for listening and for the support. Cheers! –Gotek a.k.a. Mark =)

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM Demo Trance set, SUMMER 2016 EDITION, recorded live on Sun, July 10th, 2016 * Duration: 01:23:22:608 * BPM: Start 138 / End 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Svenson & Gielen feat. Jan Johnston - Beachbreeze (Spacediver Remix)
  2. Arcuate, Joe Lyons - Nebula (Cosmaks Remix)
  3. Nu NRG - Dreamland (Original Mix)
  4. Stonevalley - Twilight (Original Mix)
  5. Sholan - Rebound (Original Mix)
  6. Alex Ryan - Connect (Original Mix)
  7. Kyau & Albert - Falling Anywhere (20 Years Remake)
  8. Alex M.O.R.P.H., Den Rize feat. Natalie Gioia - Angelic (Original Mix)
  9. Ultimate - Your Destiny (Original Mix)
  10. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Not All Superheroes Wear Capes (Club Mix)
  11. Forerunners – Lifecycle (Amir Hussain Remix)
  12. Tobi Atkins - Set Me Free (Colonial One Remix)
  13. DT8 Project, Ultimate - Destination Wonderland (Colonial One Mashup)
  14. DJ T.H., K-Narf feat. Gracie - Dreams (Estigma Remix)
  15. Manuel Le Saux, TrancEye - Endless Horizon (Original Mix)

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On Saturday, July 2nd, 2016, I had the honor of being invited down to play at a show called DEEP & PROGRESSIVE at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, which I have played at before many times, and each time I am totally thrilled because the people who come out to the shows there are typically great Trance fans with a lot of “Trance Fam” vibes and support for the DJ’s, both local and all the huge headliners they bring through there as well, plus it has a super rockin’ sound system so it feels so great to feel this music resonate with your bones haha!! This particular night was on 4th of July weekend (a big holiday in the US) so it was unknown what kind of a crowd the show would draw due to people traveling etc, but ended up having an awesome core crowd including people down from Seattle (including me!) and also all the way from Las Vegas there to see some good Trance, which was totally appreciated and awesome!!! My set that night was a little later in the evening so it was a bit more energetic later on than the title of the show would indicate, plus it was 30 minutes longer than I was originally told so the last 30 minutes was more ad-hoc but fortunately I always show up with plenty of music to play for many hours if needed so it all worked out great and it was a super fun night for me to play. I had some great brand-new and spine-tingly stuff to play, plus pulled in some gems from some of my more recent sets towards the end. Special thanks (as usual) to my good friend and DJ buddy, Zoxy, who is a local Portland Trance celeb and promoter of many of these shows I play at down there, and also props to a new-comer to the Portland scene, Jinxxie, for her high-energy and fun selection of late-night Hard-Trance that kept the dance floor full and pumping until close. I hope you enjoy the set, and as always, thank you for the support!! –Mark, a.k.a. Gotek

DJ GOTEK presents: Gotek’s set for the DEEP & PROGRESSIVE Show, Whiskey Bar, Portland, Sat, July 2nd, 2016 * Duration: 01:37:05:160 * BPM: Start 126 / End 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. LTN, Arielle Maren - Lucky Star (Vintage & Morelli Extended Remix)
  2. Vintage & Morelli - Desire (Original Mix)
  3. Dextrose - Body Talk (Original Mix)
  4. Marcus Gauntlett, feat Dani Senior - From the Outside (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  5. Andrew Bayer - Do Androids Dream Part 2 (Original Mix)
  6. Kyau & Albert - Made Of Sun (Sunny Lax Remix Remx)
  7. Sixteen8 - First Step (Denis Neve Remix)
  8. Vitodito, Talamanca - Malaga (Original Mix)
  9. Marway - Sound of Void (Original Mix)
  10. Andrew Bayer - Need Your Love (Club Mix)
  11. Michael Maclean - Transforming (John Manz Remix)
  12. Kamil Esten - Helix (Original Mix)
  13. Kono (USA) - Miles of Space (Original Mix)
  14. Ruben De Ronde, Rodg - Steampunk (Sound Quelle vs Reskide Extended Remix)
  15. Andrew Bayer - Memories (Original Mix)
  16. Mark Andrez, Den Rize - Naiad (Audien Remix)
  17. Genix, Sunny Lax - Seven (Original Mix)
  18. Emerge - Surreal (Extended Mix)

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On Friday, June 17th, I was honored to have been invited to play alongside some of Seattle finest Progressive House and Trance DJ’s. Eric Weber, a.k.a. “WEB”, Jason LeMaitre, Alex Henkens, a.k.a. “Frequent Flyer Miles”, and Tony Apfelbeck, ½ of “Cartographer”, at a unique show call “SLIGHTLY CHILLED” that was meant to be a more laid-back and classy eve with wine tasting during the earlier cocktail hours and gradually progressing into more Progressive Trance later in the night. I had the 12:15-1 am time-slot so my set was perhaps not as “chilled” as the earlier sets in order to maintain the energy and keep people on the dancefloor, but as usual it was a super fun night to play and an awesome group of friends and fans of the music that turned out for the show. I had some great tracks selected which included a few tracks from my recent “Somewhere Over Ibiza” demo which hadn’t been played (by me) in front of a live audience yet, plus some brand-new releases that I just love. I hope that you enjoy the set, and as usual thank you for the support!!! On a much more somber note, albeit none of us realized at the time of the show, this ended up being the last night for a friend of all of ours and well-known fellow Seattle DJ who was loved by many, who passed away the following day after a long and brutal battle against cancer. He was only 32. I dedicate this set to Erik Anderson; you will be missed dearly sir, Godspeed.

DJ GOTEK presents: Melodic Progressive set for the SLIGHTLY CHILLED show, Club Contour, Seattle, Friday, June 17th, 2016 * Duration: 00:51:45:432 * BPM: Start 125 / Mid 128 / End 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Boom Jinx, Soundprank, feat Katrine Stenbekk – We Know (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  2. Bryn Liedl - Faroe (8Kays Remix)
  3. Yuriy Mikhailov - 4U (Shane Robinson Remix)
  4. Marcus Gauntlett, feat Dani Senior - From the Outside (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  5. Vitodito - Cosmic (Club Mix)
  6. Audien, Decolita - Behind Our Thoughts (Dave Horne Remix)
  7. John Manz - Until The End (Original Mix)
  8. Kono (USA) - Sakuna (Original Mix)
  9. Proglifter – Time Machine (Original Mix)

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On the eve of Tuesday, May 14th, I finally got around to forcing myself to record a chill and progressivy semi-Balearic beach-themed demo mix that I entitled "Somewhere Over Ibiza", a mix that I had been planning and working on for probably 6 months or more. It all starts with an idea, and by the time I recorded this the entire mix had probably been abolished and re-worked something like 7 or 8 times, and most of the original tracks that inspired the mix in the first place didn’t end up making the final cut as it turned out (happens a lot actually). One of the reasons it took so long is I really wanted this to be (in my opinion) the perfect chill out ambient mix, and I kept coming across better and better tracks that I fell in love with, and the track list of “MUST HAVE'S” grew and grew until it was impossibly long, so I had to pain-stakenly go through and whittle it down to just 17 tracks, which was actually 3-4 tracks longer than I intended, but I believe that these are all exquisite, dreamy, spine-tingly, beautiful, gorgeous tracks of equal quality throughout, and that you will enjoy, hopefully multiple times! I set out to record a set that had a chill, beachy and/or "summer twilight on the terrace or poolside" vibe, not all necessarily the quintessential “Balearic” approved quality with the cliché acoustic guitar riffs etc, definitely some straight Progressive House and even a bit of Progressive Trance in there to keep things interesting and on the euphoric side, but I made sure all the tracks sounded great together, were in key, and offered a very gradual build and then tapered off into a chill-out remix of one of my all-time favorite tracks that I always need to include some iteration of in any beach-themed mix, Mike Foyle’s eternally beautiful piano version of “Shipwrecked”. Also, to enhance the beach ambiance I have added some recorded samples of tropical nature, birds, and the surf from various exotic beaches from around the world by plugging in my iPhone to the mixer in an unused channel and bringing in the sounds at opportune times to enhance the music. Lastly, just had a few new Voice ID Tags made and inserted by my beloved sound producer, Chris Dececio in the UK, as a finishing touch. Hope you enjoy this one, and as unusual, thank you for listening and for the support! Oh, and as a P.S. the photo was actually taken by me on vacation a few years ago over the Mediterranean Sea about 20 minutes out from landing at Ibiza, so literally "somewhere over Ibiza" haha.....Yours, Mark a.k.a. Gotek. =)

DJ GOTEK presents: Melodic Progressive House Demo, SOMEWHERE OVER IBIZA, recorded live on May 14th, 2016 * Duration: 01:35:27:264 * BPM: Start 118 / Mid 128 / End 116 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Vintage & Morelli - Daydream (Original Mix)
  2. Jallen - Dreamcatcher (LTN Remix)
  3. Talamanca, South Pole, feat. Alicia Kapel - In The City (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  4. Blood Groove & Kikis - Heavens (Original Mix)
  5. Yuri K - Thai (Original Mix)
  6. Joshua Ollerton - Foreplay (Original Mix)
  7. Bee Hunter, Andrew Lang - Mangoes & Limes (Original Mix)
  8. Bee Hunter - Giraffe (Original Mix)
  9. Jallen - Venture (Andrew Lang Remix)
  10. James Woods - Bliss (Mindset Remix)
  11. John Manz - Until The End (Original Mix)
  12. Espen, Shane Robinson - In Time (Monojoke Remix)
  13. Adrian Roman - Vermillion Cliffs (Original Mix)
  14. ID - ID (MacRamsey Remix) *Soon to be released
  15. Yuriy Mikhailov - 4U (Shane Robinson Remix)
  16. Alex H, feat. Mona Moua - There's No Turning Back (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  17. Mike Foyle - Shipwrecked (Chill Out Mix)

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On Sat, May 7th, Seattle had one of its first large-scale 100% purely Trance festival-style shows at WaMu Theater called “BLISS, The Awakening”, which drew over 10,000 Trance fans out on an epic day of beautiful NW sunshine and gorgeous summery weather for an incredible night of Trance. I was very honored to be invited to join a rare collection of NW Trance and Progressive DJ’s from Seattle and up from Portland for an unofficial (not put on by promoters of Bliss) after-party called AFTERGLOW at a club a few blocks away from the Bliss show, called the Underground. The DJ’s included Gabe Spiel (10-Midnight), Chris Paape (Midnight-1:30am), DJ Gotek (me, 1:30-2am), DJ Zoxy (2-2:30am), Marc Pospisil a.k.a. MarQ (2:30-3:00), Jose Hernandez, (3-3:30am), and Bobby Lilly a.k.a. Digital Ascension, wrapping it up from 3:30-4am. All I can say is, WOWW, WHAT A NIGHT!!!!! It was a little sketchy at first because everyone was at Bliss and it was unclear whether we would get much of a crowd, but as Bliss was winding down the Underground began filling up, and by the time the clock struck 1:30 am when I was just going on there was a steady stream of ravers and Trance fans all dressed up in their finest Trance gear and lights flowing onto the dance floor, and by the time I handed off to Zoxy the club was PACKED with a huge line going all the way down the street, everyone was in such great spirits, so many hugs and smiles and happy faces and hands reaching out in the blinding light, it all went by in a blur, it was yet again a night I will never, ever forget. I only had 30 minutes so made sure to shoot for the stars and played some brand new stuff mixed with a blend of a few tracks from my recent 138 Trance demos that deserved to be played in front of a dancefloor and not just on a demo mix, and ended off with my favorite Trance track of all time, “Northern Lights” by Smith & Pledger, can almost cry whenever I hear this track, and to see people jumping up and down when I played it, man, chiiiilllllllsssss doesn’t even come close….. Loved this night, thank you to all who support us, and hope you enjoy the set, beautiful Trance people! –Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Gotek’s 138 BPM Trance set for the Bliss unofficial After-Party at Underground, Seattle, Sat, May 7th, 2016 * Duration: 00:32:32:064 * BPM: Start 134 / End 138 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Bryan Kearney, Will Atkinson - The Game Changer (Original Mix)
  2. Giuseppe Ottaviani, Orkidea - North Star (Extended Mix)
  3. Jack Vath, Breame - Polar Circle (Original Mix)
  4. Tobi Atkins - Set Me Free (Trance Arts Remix)
  5. Arcuate - La Jolla (Original Mix)
  6. Smith & Pledger - Northern Lights (Original Mix)

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On Friday, April 22nd, I was truly honored to be on the opening line-up for world-renown Trance Pioneer, Record Producer, and DJ from the UK, SOLARSTONE, at the Sounds of Trance show at the Underground, Seattle. This was one of those times where I had to make sure I wasn’t dreaming because I have been a fan of Solarstone and the Pure Trance show for such a long time, some of my very earliest Trance CD’s in the 90’s were Solarstone, and to get to play on the same stage and actually meet him was just a dream-come-true for me. In his own words: "Pure Trance is a feeling, a passion which exists outside of contemporary musical fads and fashions, It is the bringing together of millions of fans for whom this music is a way of life.” - Solarstone. ..And that night was just so amazing, sold out show, everyone there was a fan, and Solarstone’s set was pure magic to behold live. I also got to spin with two of my good buddies, Erik Anderson, a.k.a. BEEFER, as well as the promoter of the show, Marc Pospisil, a.k.a. MARQ, so it was a totally awesome night from beginning to end. I only had 45 minutes for this one so tried to lay down some reasonably chill and uplifting tracks to set the stage for Solarstone, but I got a lot of pats on the back, hugs and handshakes afterwards, which is always so appreciated. Hope you enjoy the set, and as usual, thank you for the support! =) -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for Solarstone at the Sounds of Trance show, The Underground, Seattle, Fri, April 22nd, 2016 * Duration: 00:47:44:208 * BPM: Start: 125 / End: 128 * Quality: Recorded live as MP3 320 kbps * Tracklisting:

  1. Musty - Sunny Days (Denis Neve Remix)
  2. Richard Bass - Red Clouds (Original Mix)
  3. Jallen - Venture (LTN Remix)
  4. Johan Vilborg feat. Linney - Unravel Me (Original Mix)
  5. Tee-Ex - Your Perfect Beach (Adam Sobiech Remix)
  6. Cris Peacock - New Moon (Kono USA Remix)
  7. Intercity - Autumn Morning (Original Mix)
  8. Jocey, Aureluna - Mother Earth (Markus Hakala Remix)
  9. Mark Andrez, Den Rize - Naiad (Audien Remix)
  10. Richard Bass - Summer With You (Original Mix)

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Finally got around to recording the latest in my 138 BPM Trance demo series last Saturday afternoon, a beautiful sunny day in Seattle that I should probably have been outside doing something healthy rather than hanging out in my poorly lit studio blowing my eardrums out, but oh well, hopefully you will think it was worth it! I decided to just call this one by the month rather than try to think of a more clever name for it, although one observation I would call out is this is a good example of the folly of creating the “album art” before the mix, because as is turns out this one ended up a little heavier on the edgy and dark side than what I consider to be the typical "sound" I go for, so the lovely pastel sunset is perhaps a bit misleading haha (at least for the first part).. This one has some more clubby and Psy-Trance elements in the first half, but the usual "Gotek-esque" euphoric and melodic sounds are all still there, it just makes you work a little harder to get to them per se.. Also, rather than just bang it out at 138 to 140 there is a slightly slower build on this one, kicking off at 134-136 for the first 4 tracks then the rest is at 138 with the final 2 ramping up to 140, so the common denominator is 138, and thusly I don’t feel too guilty calling it a “138 BPM Trance demo”! :P I hope you enjoy the mix, and as usual, THANK YOU for your support. Stay tuned for a new proggy summery mix coming out sometime soon, and I am opening for the amazing SOLARSTONE in Seattle on April 22nd, so will have that mix posted shortly thereafter, can’t WAIT!!! Cheers! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: 138 BPM TRANCE DEMO, April 2016 Edition, recorded on Sat, April 9th, 2016 * Duration: 01:13:23:000 * BPM: Start 134 / End 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Bryan Kearney, Will Atkinson - The Game Changer (Original Mix)
  2. Ben Nicky, Thomas Mengel - Heart Go feat. Sue McLaren (Original Mix)
  3. John 00 Fleming - Healing (Liquid Soul Remix)
  4. Chris Bekker - Heimat B (Ben Nicky Remix)
  5. Cold Blue - Gold Rush (Original Mix)
  6. Arcuate - La Jolla (Original Mix)
  7. Masters & Nickson - Out There feat. Justine Suissa (Robert Nickson 2016 Extended Remix)
  8. Amir Hussain - Ethica (Original Mix)
  9. Cyre, DJ T.H. - Ibiza Calling (Mhammed El Alami & Manuel Rocca Remix)
  10. Paul Denton - Searching the Sky (Original Mix)
  11. Martin Roth, Alex Bartlett - Off the World (Eddie Bitar Remix)
  12. Binary Finary, Nicholson - Apollo Rising (Original Mix)
  13. Al Sebastian - Lost Horizon (Ico Remix)

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On Saturday, March 26th, 2016, I was honored to be invited down to be a guest DJ for a popular recurring Trance/Progressive DJ show in Portland, OR, at Whiskey Bar called HAPPY SATURDAYS, organized and promoted by my good buddy out of Seattle, Eric Weber a.k.a. DJ WEB. This show is usually local NW DJ's but occasionally has well-known headliners; this time was kind of a special night because it was all local DJ friends and peers and fellow Trance addicts, WEB, ZOXY, BEEFER, CHANNEL SURFER, JEFF KAISER, and me, GOTEK, and nearly all B2B sets (multiple DJ’s spinning on one set). I was honored to be paired up with my good friend and well-known Portland Trance DJ & Promoter, DJ Zoxy, and we had a monster 90+ minute, 21-track set. This is actually half of that set, just the tracks I played that night, which was recorded live as a rehearsal for the show the night before. I may at some future point try to re-record this set including Zoxy’s tracks, but he played a lot of demos and unreleased stuff that night so for the sake of timing I figured I would upload this practice dry-run set to bring back memories of an amazing night of a lot of laughs, tons of smiling faces in the crowd, great people and friends, and the best music on the planet. Speaking of, was SO happy to feature two brand new tracks from two Seattle producers destined for the big-time, JALLEN and EMERGE, incredible, incredible talent.... I hope you enjoy, and as usual, THANK YOU for your support!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: HAPPY SATURDAYS set, Saturday, Whiskey Bar, Portland, Sat, March 26th, 2016 * Duration: 00:59:54:696 * BPM: Start 125 / End 130 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Tim Iron - Sofia (Original Mix)
  2. Jallen - Venture (Makaseo Remix)
  3. Kono (USA) - Olikai (Original Mix)
  4. Genix, Sunny Lax - Seven (Original Mix)
  5. Keith Harris - City Nights (Original Mix)
  6. Nick Sember - Mezzo Forte (Original Mix)
  7. Emerge - Surreal (Extended Mix)
  8. Tetarise - Angel Flare (Sunny Lax Remix)
  9. Andrew Bayer - Memories (Original Mix)
  10. Mark Andrez, Den Rize - Naiad (Audien Remix)
  11. Elly, Chomi - She Is (Eskai Remix)

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On Friday, March 4th, I got around to recording this demo Trance set that I had been thinking about for a while. As it sometimes happens, I arranged some of my favorite tracks and intended to do a practice run, but hit the record button on my M-Audio MicroTrack II “just in case” and this is what turned out, so I kept it. I intended to make this a very airy, melodic, euphoric, classic-sounding 138 BPM mix with an assortment of spine-tingly tracks that can make you start thinking about the warmer weather and blue skies ahead, so I called in “Springbreeze” for lack of anything better to call it, yes, pretty cliché sounding Trancer title, I know haha.. This mix was actually inspired by the first track, which is by now more of a classic Thrillseekers vocal track that I loved back in the day, but I had never heard this particular remix before a month ago or so, taking the bus home from work, heard it on Internet radio and could barely keep myself from jumping up and down on the bus and making a complete ass out of myself haha – that acoustic guitar breakdown send chills down my spine!! Anyway I digress, hope you enjoy the mix, and if you like this stay tuned; I will have another 138 BPM’er coming down the pike sometime soon, so much inspiring new music coming out, just in time for Summer..er..umm..Spring! Cheers, and as usual, thanks so much for the support! =) -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Demo 138 BPM Trance set “SPRINGBREEZE”, live-recorded Friday Seattle, Fri, March 4th, 2016 * Duration: 01:09:36:144 * BPM: Start 134 / End 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Johan Malmgren Remix)
  2. Yang feat. Amy Kirkpatrick - Hearts At War (Tangle Remix)
  3. Enyo Giove - Magnesium (Right Face Remix)
  4. Ultimate - The Next Point (Original Mix)
  5. Sean Tyas - Melbourne (David Newsum Remix)
  6. Angel Ace - 3 a.m. (Vol Deeman Remix)
  7. Aimee B - Kadabra (Original Mix)
  8. Stine Grove - This World Is Full of Goodbyes (Sergey Shabanov Remix)
  9. Craig Connelly - Rain (Original Mix)
  10. Binary Finary - 1998 (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)
  11. Vol Deeman - Purple Rain (Original Mix)
  12. Dave Leyrock - Justified (Vol Deeman Remix)

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On Friday, Feb 12th, 2016, it was a distinct honor and privilege to be invited as an opener for one of my all-time Trance Idols, world-renown German Trance record-producer and DJ, ALEX M.O.R.P.H., at Box House (formerly Last Supper Club). I was also joined by fellow Seattle DJ’s Invincity, as well as Marc Pospisil, a.k.a. MarQ, well-known NW Trance DJ/Producer as well as the promoter of this show and champion behind the Seattle Trance Alliance, a new movement of Trance fans supporting the awareness and promotion Trance in the NW. Anyway, this was the 2nd time I have been lucky enough to open for Alex M.O.R.P.H. in my life after being such a big fan for so many years, and just like the first time, this show was packed with his fans and Alex was such a warm, funny, and humble guy to work with, consummate professional, and delivered a night of the most incredible Trance, such great energy and sense of Trance Family that night, the crowd was a giant love fest of friends and Trance enthusiasts, truly one of those magical eves I will never forget!! I really loved every track on my short 45 minute spot warming up the decks, tried to make sure every track counted and was filled with exquisite emotion and euphoria that I try so hard to build my brand around. I hope that you enjoy the set as much as I enjoyed playing it. Cheers! –Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for ALEX M.O.R.P.H at Box House, Seattle, Fri, Feb 12th, 2016 * Duration: 00:45:39:000 * BPM: 128 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Denis Neve - White Nights (Andrew Lang Remix)
  2. Suonare - I Believe in You (Original Mix)
  3. Desaicrator, Jay Flora - Stepping Stones (D05 Remix)
  4. Kono (USA) - Waves of Neon (Original Mix)
  5. Andrew Lang - Half & Half (Original Mix)
  6. Herself - Won't Let You Go (LTN Remix)
  7. Kono (USA) - Miles of Space (Original Mix)
  8. Vintage & Morelli - Daydream (Shingo Nakamura Remix)
  9. Urban Breathe, Ad Brown - Catching Stars (Luiz B Remix)

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On January 16, 2016, I had the extreme honor and privilege to be on the opening DJ crew for a true legendary and pioneering force in the Trance World, the founders of the world-famous “Future Sound of Egypt”, ALY & FILA, as headliners for the Foundation Nightclub 3-Year Anniversary party. Yet another one of those dream-come-true scenarios of opening for one of my all-time idol DJ/Producers, sort of surreal after so many years of listening to these guys as a huge fan. On top of that, the two other openers for the show were good DJ buddies and Seattle Trance Celebs, Johnny Monsoon and Randall Glenn, so the night was extra fun and memorable. This was my 2nd B2B set with Randall Glenn at Foundation (first one was for Andy Moor back in Dec of 2013, and is one of my most-played podcasts ever) and I always know that the set will turn out awesome when spinning with Randall, he definitely adds a huge banger vocal element to my traditionally "mostly" non-vocal sets, so I think the two of us play off of each other nicely and make some great crowd-pleaser mixes together. SO many brand new, incredible, amazing tracks in this one, including an unreleased demo, Apollo 8, kindly sent to me from my gifted producer buddy in Serbia, Odej Haj a.k.a. Odison, and also spun another one of my current faves, "Chase Your Dreams", a truly heavenly tune by the talented Ricardo Ban out of Ireland!!! It was an incredible night, epic SOLD-OUT show, amazing crowd of friends and Trance Families of Seattle and Portland coming together to welcome in Fadi Wassef Naquib (FILA) all the way from Egypt, and a truly magical eve that I will never forget. I hope that you enjoy the set! –Mark <3

DJ Gotek B2B Randall Glenn opening set for ALY & FILA, Foundation Nightclub 3-Year Anniversary Party, Sat, Jan 16, 2016 * Duration: 01:02:47:048 * BPM: Start: 128 / End: 130 * Quality: Recorded live as MP3 320 kbps * Tracklisting:

  1. Odison - Apollo 8 (Original Mix)
  2. Rufus – Like An Animal (Yotto Remix)
  3. Ricardo Ban - Chase Your Dreams (Original Mix)
  4. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - Treasure feat. Zoe Johnston (Kyau & Albert Remix)
  5. Sedi - Below The Sky (Original Mix)
  6. Genix - Gone (Original Mix)
  7. Protoculture - Cloud Surfing (Original Mix)
  8. Omnia, Tilde - For The First Time feat. Tilde (Original Mix)
  9. Ultimate - The Next Point (Broning Remix)
  10. Cartel, Luke Bond - Once More (Extended Mix)
  11. Zuubi, Zeni - Zip Zap (Original Mix)
  12. Genix – Muto (Original Mix)

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First show of the New Year!!! On Saturday, January 2nd, 2016, I was honored to be invited down to Portland, OR, to spin a set for a very special "138 BPM" edition of the recurring MISSION TRANCE show, which is put on monthly by my dear friend and fellow DJ/promoter, ZOXY. This is always a super fun show to play at with a great line-up of local resident DJ's and is frequented by the greatest group of loyal Portland Trance fans and friends, so there is always great energy at the club and lots of smiling faces in the crowd. Anyway, it's not very often that I get to play 138 BPM Trance, which is really at the core of my being and what originally got me addicted to the whole underground Euro electronic music scene in the first place back in the 90's, so I tried to pick a line-up of brand new tracks mixed with an assortment of precious vintage tracks that I have always wanted to spin live, including rare gems like "Aura Indigo" by Mirco de Govia, "The Sun" by Scott Mac & Drax, and kicked it of with one of my ALLLLLL-TIME-FAVE classic breaks vocal tracks, "Faith" by Starecase, sped up to 138, her voice hits a tone that just drives me wild haha...and I think what I ended up with was a pretty special hour spent!!! This is the actual set that was recorded live at the club, just Voice ID's were added, that's it! Hope you enjoy!!! =)

DJ GOTEK presents: MISSION TRANCE, 138 BPM Trance set RECORDED LIVE at Whiskey Bar, Sat, Jan 2nd, 2016 * Duration: 00:59:00:000 * BPM: Start: 138 / End: 140 * Quality: Recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Starecase - Faith (Original Mix)
  2. Juventa - Bente (Original Mix)
  3. Antheya - High (Paul Miller & Dima Krasnik Vocal Mix)
  4. Mirco De Govia - Aura Indigo (Sequentia Remix)
  5. Fast Distance - Pasadena (Original Mix)
  6. Scott Mac & Drax - The Sun (De-Progression Mix)
  7. Sneijder, The Noble Six - Question Mark (Original Mix)
  8. Jose Amnesia - The Eternal (Scott Bond & Charlie Walker Rebooted Remix)
  9. Will Atkinson - Through Spirit (Original Mix)
  10. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Sunshine (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  11. Arizona - Labyrinth (Original Mix)

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Possibly the shortest set ever, but what a night, had so much fun on this eve opening for Russian, DJ /Producer and one of my all-time faves, ARTY, and LOUD LUXURY, along with Seattle rising stars Leolux and Darrius, plus yours truly, Gotek. Incredible energy in the club that night, had so many friends in the audience, was so happy to be a part, no matter how short of a time slot it was. This set was recorded live at the club, along with the ambient background noise of the audience. Hope you enjoy!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Opening set for ARTY, Foundation Nightclub, Dec 26, 2015 * Duration: 00:20:28:933 * BPM: 126 * Quality: Recorded live as MP3 320 kbps * Tracklisting:

  1. Rii - Meridian (Desaicrator Remix)
  2. Positive Addiction - I Feel You (Desaicraitor & Jay Flora Remix)
  3. Arcuate - Newport (Original Mix)
  4. Soundslogic - Forget (Original Mix)

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On Saturday, November 28, 2015, the November edition of Mission Trance show hit the stage at Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, and it was a very special Thanksgiving Holiday and double-birthday DJ event called "TRANCEGIVING". I have been lucky enough to have been a fairly consistent member of this show for the past several years, and was honored to make the trip down from Seattle for this one in particular. All I can say is this was just one of those rare nights where all the stars aligned, the positive energy at the club, the special music every DJ played, the crowd that night was so incredible and there was so much TRANCE LOVE and Holiday HAPPINESS in the air, plus it was my birthday weekend along with the founder of the show, DJ Zoxy, on the exact same date as me (Nov 26), truly a stellar, EPIC EVE!!!!! I had so many awesome friends in town for Thanksgiving who came out to the show, plus getting to share the decks with such NW electronic dance music DJ celebs such as Jamie Meushaw, Eddie Pitzul, and DJ Zoxy himself, I can’t imagine a more perfect night. This set was packed with tracks I love, mostly just released, but also spiced up with a few of my faves discovered over the course of 2015, plus this set was 100% recorded LIVE by the club, just added Voice ID tags, that’s it. Hope you enjoy the set. Cheers and Happy Holidays everybody!! =) –Mark

DJ GOTEK presents: Mission Trance “TRANCEGIVING” show, recorded live at Whiskey Bar, Portland, OR, Sat, Nov 28th, 2015 * Duration: 01:10:26:064 * BPM: Start: 128 / End: 130 * Quality: Recorded live as MP3 320 kbps * Tracklisting:

  1. Schodt - Darkness Into Light (Silence Groove Remix)
  2. Allen Watts - Out of Reach (Thomas Hayes Remix)
  3. Artemil - Time (Proglifter Remix)
  4. Vitodito feat. Takekawa - Koori (Progressive Mix)
  5. Will Canas - Find Our Way (Vintage & Morelli Remix)
  6. Vintage & Morelli - Dark Room, Happy Thoughts (Original Mix)
  7. Audien, Decolita - Behind Our Thoughts (Dave Horne Remix)
  8. Soundslogic - Memories (Sollito Remix)
  9. Sound Quelle, Max Meyer - Toscana (Miroslav Vrlik Remix)
  10. Sound Quelle, Max Meyer - Elision (Original Mix)
  11. Zuubi, Funkydrive - Lucky Draw (Andrew Lang Remix)
  12. Super8 & Tab - Komorebi (Original Mix)
  13. Max Meyer - Yamantau (Piramex Remix)

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I was honored to have been invited by the popular Portland Trance and Progressive promotors, PLAY SATURDAYS, whom I have had the pleasure of playing for at Whiskey Bar in the past, opening for Trance superstars like Ronski Speed, Lange, and Cressida, to be their guest local DJ on the monthly Play Saturdays radio show for November. I had a lot of fun with this set and really tried to ratchet up the energy with some brand new releases by Super8 & Tab, Genix, D-Mad, Sound Quelle, Andrew Bayer, and Lange, but also made sure to get some great brand-new melodic and uplifting euphoric sounds in there as well from some of my faves like Proglifter, Sunny Lax, Rodrigo Deem (of 19 Hz), Max Meyer, and kicked it off with one of my most favorite tracks in recent times, the spine-tingly “Newport” by new-comer talent to the Trance scene, Arcuate. I hope that you enjoy the mix! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: PLAY SATURDAYS RADIO, November Edition, recorded live by DJ Gotek on Saturday, Nov 7. * Duration: 01:08:18:192 * BPM: Start: 128 / End: 130 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting: 1. Arcuate - Newport (Original Mix) 2. Kamron Schrader - Always (Original Mix) 3. Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - Let Go (Extended Mix) 4. Sound Quelle & Stargliders - Lucky Number (Original Mix) 5. D-Mad, Almer - Found (Original Mix) 6. Genix - Durban (Original Mix) 7. Sunny Lax - Daenerys (Original Mix) 8. Max Meyer - Yamantau (Piramex Remix) 9. Rodrigo Deem - Totem (Original Mix) 10. Proglifter - Shimamotsu (Original Mix) 11. Robert Nickson, RNX - Clear Skies (Piramex Remix) 12. Andrew Bayer - Nobody Told Me (Original Mix) 13. Lange - Imagineer (Club Mix)

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Brand new!! Just sort of randomly decided to record this more mellow and melodic Progressive House demo mix last weekend, on Saturday, October 10th. I have been collecting a lot of really great, more down-tempo Progressive tracks for the past few months, and the bare bones of this mix just happened to be what I have been practicing with on my gear lately, which gave me this kind of melancholy, happy/sad feeling that I associate with Fall, my favorite time of year; the downward slide at the tail end of the Summer months, when the days start getting shorter and colder, the leaves in the NW start changing into the most brilliant colors and then fall from the trees, and we approach the holidays and the cold of Winter. Anyway, really liked the way this one turned out, a little kick here and there, but overall very euphoric, soothing, and dreamy.. I entitled it “Sunday”. I hope that you enjoy! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Demo Progressive House Mix - “SUNDAY” - recorded Saturday, October 10th, 2015 * Duration: 01:13:53:064 * BPM: Start: 120 / End: 126 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Dezza - Meekix (LTN Remix)
  2. Vintage & Morelli - Tsukiakari Ame (Deep Mix)
  3. Solarbeam, Sunny Terrace - Sea of Comfortable (Original Mix)
  4. Nigel Good, Sarah Clark - This Is You (Blood Groove & Kikis Remix)
  5. 7 Skies, Super8 & Tab - Rubicon (Yotto Remix)
  6. Robert Nickson, RNX - Clear Skies (Original Mix)
  7. Stendahl - Aura (Original Mix)
  8. LTN, Blood Groove & Kikis - Both (Piramex Remix)
  9. Silence Groove - Wrong Way Again (Original Mix)
  10. Nap 'Till Nine - Nomen Nescio (Markus Hakala Remix)
  11. 1Touch - Surfing Swans (Zage Remix)
  12. Roald Velden - Hope (Jallen Remix)
  13. Shingo Nakamura - There for Me (Original Mix)

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Brand New!!! On Friday, September 18th, at Club Contour, Seattle, I was honored to be invited to be a part of a show put on by a local promoter/DJ, Bobby Lilly, a.k.a. Digital Ascension, called The Sounds of Trance. This particular night was also extra fun and special because it was centered around kind of a Northwest Trance celebrity’s birthday, Johnny Monsoon, so the club was full of friends and Trance fans that were all there for the music and to hang out with John for the festivities. It was an absolute pleasure to once again spin with Mr. Monsoon, along with Digital Ascension and Binaural, all of whom had fantastic Trance sets that night. I was up first so wanted to put together a nice subtle lead-in set to kick the night off right, and this ended up being one of those sets where I absolutely LOVED every track so much, I still get the shivers numerous times throughout this one, each track is brand new, no classic Trance on this one, every song was released in 2015, and probably half of them in the past month or two, so it is the cutting edge of the hottest, freshest, most melodic & euphoric Progressive Trance out there, and it was pure magic to play live. It was a truly an awesome eve that I will not soon forget, and I hope you enjoy the set. -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: The Sounds of Trance set, Club Contour, Seattle, Sept 18th, 2015 * Duration: 01:05:53:568 * BPM: 128 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Raphael Mayers - Another Chance (Original Mix)
  2. Odison - Malina (Original Mix)
  3. Bee Hunter - Flight to Dublin (Proglifter Remix)
  4. Mike Shiver, Rapha, Moiez, feat. Alina Renae - What I Need This Time (Johan Vilborg Remix)
  5. Terry Da Libra - Orama (Original Mix)
  6. LTN - A Long Walk To Freedom (Extended Mix)
  7. Las Salinas - London (Original Mix)
  8. Andrew Lang - Overexposed (Original Mix)
  9. Thomas Hayes - Some Things Never Change (Original Mix)
  10. Steve Haines, Dezza - Match Point (Original Mix)
  11. Arcuate - Newport (Original Mix)
  12. Piramex - Aravia (Original Mix)

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On Sunday, August 2nd, I took a stab at recording this mix, which was a collection of nearly all brand new, beautiful, exhilarating, and euphoric 138 BPM Trance tracks which I had put together for a set that I wanted to entitle "MAJESTIC" in tribute to the late Cecil the Lion. I ended up only doing one take of this recording, so just one pass, but liked how it turned out, but you can be the judge of that! I was hoping to capture a certain feeling of light and dark, beauty and melancholy, happy and sad, but also a sense of hope, brightness and wonder shining through, the way these animals should make us feel, especially when they are alive.. Anyway, this one’s for you Cecil. I hope you enjoy. <3

DJ GOTEK Presents: Demo 138 BPM Trance Mix - “MAJESTIC” - recorded Sunday, Aug 2nd, 2015 * Duration: 01:19:58:896 * BPM: Start: 137 / End: 140 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Daniel Kandi, Max Braiman - Sky0cean! (Original Mix)
  2. The Noble Six - Undimmed (Original Mix)
  3. Shingo Nakamura - Morning Sun (Hiroyuki ODA Remix)
  4. Nitrous Oxide - Morning Light (Original Mix)
  5. Will Atkinson - Through Spirit (Original Mix)
  6. Peter Santos - Deja Vu (The Noble Six Remix)
  7. C-Systems - Starbound (Original Mix)
  8. Ultimate - Reach For The Sky (Original Mix)
  9. Hiroyuki ODA - Ignite (Original Mix)
  10. Beatsole - Good Day (Air Mix)
  11. David Surok - Blue Eyes (Original Mix)
  12. Will Atkinson - Lights Out (Original Mix)
  13. Hiroyuki ODA - Meridian (Original Mix)
  14. Flynn & Denton - Second Chapter (Gai Barone Remix)

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On Saturday, June 20th, 2015, I was honored to be invited to be a guest DJ for the PLAY SATURDAYS show at Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, my old stomping ground and my home that I moved away from over six years ago, was so great to be back. On top of that I got to play a B2B set with my good friend and DJ mentor, Dj Zoxy, huge DJ talent and icon in the NW Trance scene, and I think our two styles of Trance came together to make a really beautiful mix. Our set was one of three B2B sets that night, which was kicked off by Portland DJ’s Rubin Sarafinchan and Kyle McDaniel, and finished off with two other huge Seattle DJ’s, Eric Weber a.k.a. DJ WEB, and the one-and-only, Johnny Monsoon. The crowd that night was incredible with so much positive energy and everyone was totally into the music on that hot summer eve, truly was an awesome night that I will never forget. Hope you enjoy the set!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Play Saturdays set feat. DJ ZOXY B2B w/ DJ GOTEK, Whiskey Bar, Portland, Sat, June 20, 2015 * Duration: 01:02:14:064 * BPM: Start: 126 / End: 132 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Vitodito, Davide Catania, Ailsa Villegas - Let It Go (Dub Mix)
  2. Odison - Hope (Original Mix)
  3. Above & Beyond feat Zoe - We are all we need (Extended Club Mix)
  4. Omnia - Tommorow People (Original Mix)
  5. Jallen - Moments (Original Mix)
  6. Meyce, Eleven.Five - Explanation (Sound Quelle Remix)
  7. Cosmic Gate feat Emma Hewit - Calm Down (Omnia Remix)
  8. Safri Duo - Played-A-live (Bobina Mashup)
  9. Ultimate - Once In A Lifetime (Original Mix)
  10. ReOrder, Stine Grove - Seize The Day (Timur Shafiev Remix)
  11. The Blizzard & Omnia - Whiteout (Dj.Zoxy Extended Bootleg)
  12. Airbase - Escape (Daniel Van Sand Remix)

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Brand new – just recorded this live on my CDJ’s on Sat, June 6th, the latest in my series of 138 BPM Trance demo mixes, this one I entitled “SUNFLARE” due to this mix being loaded with uplifting summery tracks with huge melodic breakdowns and spine-tingly drops, plus it being the kick-off of summer and the hot weather starting to kick in here in the Pacific NW, perfect for driving fast with the windows down and euphoric 138 BPM Trance blasting on the stereo.. This one has some brand new tracks, as in JUST OUT, seasoned with a few classics from yesteryear including one of my all-time favorite Trance tracks ever, EVER, the EPIC Super8 remix of Mirco de Govia’s “Voller Sterne”, literally brought tears to my eyes when I played it after not having heard it for many years. Anyway, as usual, hope you enjoy – Cheers!! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Demo 138 BPM Trance Mix “SUNFLARE”– recorded June 13, 2015 * Duration: 01:16:22:656 * BPM: 138 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Abstract Vision, Elite Electronic - Rise Again (Ultimate Remix)
  2. Moonsouls, Ultimate - U & Us (Original Mix)
  3. Mirco De Govia - Voller Sterne (Super8 Remix)
  4. Jack Vath, Breame - Polar Circle (Original Mix)
  5. Grenz & Skaarung - Radiate (Suncatcher Remix)
  6. Dan Stone - Topaz (Original Mix)
  7. Breame, feat. Fiona Reid - You Are The Sun (Temple One Remix)
  8. Air Night - Gliese (Original Mix)
  9. Ronski Speed, Ost & Meyer, feat. Cate Kanell - Fortress (Dan Stone Remix)
  10. The Thrillseekers - This Is All We Have (Original Mix)
  11. Sunny Lax - Reborn (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
  12. Stefan Cambridge - All I Wanted (Sunny Lax Remix)
  13. Mike Koglin, Mark Pledger - All The Way (Original Mix)

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Brand new demo mix, been experimenting with this one for quite a while, this mix is comprised of tracks that are much slower in BPM than I usually am able to play in a club, but over time I have accumulated quite a few tracks that I love that are between 110 and 120 BPM, and have been toying with a mix just so I could record it and listen to it for my own enjoyment, so thought I would share. It took a surprisingly long time to find the right tracks that were close enough in BPM and key to mix together, but after many different attempts, finally came up with this playlist and recorded it, and I am pretty happy with it, kind of a journey through sound with some really beautiful melodies and a little bit of 80's sounding synth riffs here and there, but fairly uplifting and euphoric sounds all the way through, so here it is.. Hope you enjoy - Cheers! -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Progressive House Demo Mix “SUB-120”- recorded Saturday, May 30, 2015 * Duration: 00:56:02:424 * BPM: Start: 110 / End: 120 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. David Kim, Chomi, Feat Janne Janne - Find Me (MrMilkCarton Remix)
  2. Nick Stoynoff - With You (Original Mix)
  3. James Woods - Sun On Our Faces (Original Mix)
  4. Mike Hennessy - Rain (Original Mix)
  5. A-Mase - The First Step (Rave Channel Deep Mix)
  6. B.O.N.G., Airdraw - Clarity (Original Mix)
  7. Magic Surfer - Velorian (Original Mix)
  8. Something Good - Wannabe (Extended Mix)
  9. Envotion, Sunn Jellie - Stargaze (Envotion Remix)
  10. Marsh - Sleeping Now (Original Mix)

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On May 16, 2015, I was honored to be one of the opening DJ’s at Foundation nightclub, Seattle, for two up-and-coming DJ/Producer stars, LOST KINGS from L.A., and Swedish DJ/Producer, Prinz Adrian Johannes Hynne, better known as ADRIAN LUX, along with AUDIOH and EMERGE warming up the decks beforehand. It was a totally awesome show, and a super fun set for me to play because I had a lot of friends and workmates show up to see my set which always makes it more memorable and exhilarating to be up there behind the decks. I am a huge fan of Adrian Lux and this was actually the 2nd time I’ve had the honor of being an opener for him in Seattle, the first time having been the Foundation NYE party two years ago, Dec 31, 2013, which was an incredible time as well. Anyway, only had 40 minutes for this set, so loaded it up with some deep, melodic and euphoric House, spiced up with a little Progressive. Hope you enjoy! -M

DJ GOTEK Presents: Opening set for Lost Kings & Adrian Lux, Foundation, Seattle, April 25, 2015 * Duration: 00:47:32:064 * BPM: Start: 122 / End: 127 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Nora En Pure, Sons Of Maria - Uruguay (EDX's Dubai Skyline Remix)
  2. Jody Wisternoff - Paramour (Original Mix)
  3. Dinka, Morttagua - In Caelo (Blood Groove & Kikis Remix)
  4. Zuubi - Amaterasu (Original Mix)
  5. EDU, Kristoffer Ljungberg - Around the Sun (LTN Remix)
  6. MacRamsey - Invertebrate (Original Mix)
  7. Sedi - Round 1 (Original Mix)
  8. Martin Peter - Saffron (Linemoon Remix)
  9. Deepstereo - Waves Breaking (MacRamsey Remix)

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On Saturday, April 25th, 2015, I was honored to be on the opening roster for UK DJ/Record Producer that I have been a huge fan of for many years, Stuart Langelaan, better known as LANGE. This was my second time opening for Lange in the past 2 years which was an added bonus and just like I found out the first time at Whiskey Bar in Portland, on top of being an incredible DJ and producer of such well known early-on hit Progressive tracks as “Songless” and “Angel Falls” as well as some of my favorite Trance remixes ever like Firewall’s “Kilimanjaro”, he’s a super nice and humble guy who makes friends wherever he goes and always remembers everyone the next time he’s in town, very unique for a world-famous DJ that is a regular on such world-renown shows as ASOT and ABGT. I also got to spin with two guys that I am a big fan of, and resident Foundation DJ’s, FooFou and MarQ, so it was an amazing night, and as expected, Lange’s set was off the hook with the most cutting-edge Trance, totally awesome show. I had the early opening spot for this show so I set out to make this set a very euphoric and chilled-down walk through some soul-enriching Progressive House with some amazingly spine-tingly tracks and crystalline piano riffs that sound like they are being played from the top of Mt. Everest to the Heavens haha.. I hope you enjoy the set. -Mark

DJ GOTEK Presents: Opening set for LANGE, Foundation, Seattle, April 25, 2015 * Duration: 01:03:59:064 * BPM: Start: 125 / End: 127 * Quality: 100% digitally recorded as WAV - mastered and converted to 320 Kbps, 48,000 Hz MP3 for download * Tracklisting:

  1. Mindset - Place I Wanna Be (Jallen Remix)
  2. LTN, Blood Groove & Kikis - Both (Katrin Souza Remix)
  3. Mindset - Her Shining Eyes (Jallen Remix)
  4. Eimear - Crossing Stars (Glaue Remix)
  5. Ethillas, Nanje Nowack - Siren (Jallen Remix)
  6. Matt Fax - Hidden Feelings (Original Mix)
  7. Stargliders, Seawayz - Sundiving (Original Mix)
  8. Skylight - Freedom (Jallen Remix)
  9. James Woods, Alex H - Atitlan (Original Mix)
  10. Valer den Bit - Clear Air (Jallen Remix)
  11. Sedi - Below The Sky (Original Mix)