The Force Factor - Trance and Hard Trance Podcast: Recent Episodes

Andy Ace

The Force Factor is a monthly mix of the best pumping, uplifting trance, from euphoric vocals to harder beats. Mostly fresh new releases with the odd classic thrown in for good measure. (ENHANCED ITUNES VERSION)

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Finally the summer’s heating up…. and so are the tunes! Enjoy!

  1. Nitrous Oxide & Adam Kancerski pres. Husaria - Poznan
  2. Gareth Weston - Temptation
  3. Ashley Smith & Josh Kayn - Far Away (Touchstone remix)
  4. Mark Leanings vs. Space Rockerz & Tania Zygar - Whatever Happened to Puzzle Piece (John O'Callaghan mashup)
  5. Blank and Jones - Cream (Chris Metcalfe remix)
  6. Bryan Kearney - Mexican Rave (Neal Scarborough remix)
  7. Clayfacer & Cryptix - Final Destination
  8. Lee Walls - Sunrise
  9. Technikal feat.GD - You Belong To Me
  10. Costa Pantazis feat. Adrenaline Dept.- Exodus (Costa Pantazis mix)
  11. John Askew - How Can I Put This (John O'Callaghan remix)

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This month, with a holiday and the big celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee here in the UK I haven’t been able to spend the usual time on my favourite pastime - choosing & buying new trance tracks! - so I’ve had a dig around and chosen some belters from a year or 2 ago which I love but haven’t heard in a while. Hope you enjoy!

  1. Thomas Bronzwaer - Galaxyrise
  2. Bryn Whiting - Out of the Dark and Into the Light
  3. Bryan Kearney & Liam Melly - The Other Half (Thr3Shold remix)
  4. Adam Tas feat. Sopheary - Say (Indecent Noise remix)
  5. Med vs Neil Bamford - Light Up (Indecent Noise remix)
  6. Above - Stella IX
  7. Lee Walls - For You I’ll Be There
  8. Luke Warner & Matt Church - Perfect Dream (Big Kev remix)
  9. Ben Stevens & Rodi Style - The Eternal
  10. Neon Lights - Home (Steve Hill vs Technikal mix)

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A quality-packed Force Factor this month including one of my favourite tracks at the moment - Indecent Noise’s insane remix of Forbidden City by Marc Simz which is just exploding with retro-sounding energy. Plus dusting off two fantastic records from a few years back from the incredible Vinylgroover & The Red Hed.

  1. Inertia - The System (Sean Tyas & Tom Colontonio remix)
  2. Matt Bowdidge - No Room To Breathe
  3. RAM - RAMplify
  4. Marc Simz - Forbidden City (Indecent Noise remix)
  5. Peter Plaznik - The Werewolf
  6. Darren Porter & Gareth Weston - The Tesla Effect
  7. Vinylgroover & The Red Hed - Touch Me
  8. Jason Cortez - Brothers & Sisters
  9. Vinylgroover & The Red Hed - The Process
  10. Will Atkinson - Hold Tight

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Fifty shows!! Celebrating half a century of pumping out trance & hard trance belters month in month out - and number 50 is no different! Stormers from Johan Ekman, Mark Leanings, & loads more. Thanks for listening, here’s to another 50 :-)

  1. John O'Callaghan & Heatbeat - Las Lilas
  2. Sean Truby & Craig Purvis - Beyond The Horizon
  3. LTN - Out Of This World (James Dymond remix)
  4. Johan Ekman - Vaste Regrette
  5. Simon Patterson - We’ll See
  6. Johan Ekman - So On, So Forth
  7. Mark Leanings - Guiding Light
  8. Luke H and Dr Suess - Sweet 666 (Jody 6 remix)
  9. Nu NRG - Casino (Stoneface & Terminal remix)
  10. Twisted Frequencies - Soundwaves
  11. David McRae & Clayfacer - In The Ashes

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Spring is here so get the car windows down, volume up, and pump out some of this tech & hard trance to help your neighbours’ gardens grow! Some huge tunes from Jason Cortez, Luke H and many more!

  1. Sound Players - Baiana (Paul Miller vs Ronald de Foe remix)
  2. Jason Cortez - Lil More Luv
  3. John O'Callaghan - Raw Deal
  4. Simon Patterson - Backstab
  5. Jase Thirlwall - Whopper
  6. Neutr4l Numb3r - Cosmic Raves
  7. The Sixth Sense - Trancemission (NG Rezonance remix)
  8. Technikal & Johnny HT - The Pulse
  9. Luke H - Feel So Good
  10. Ehren Stowers - Defender
  11. Meridian - Smile (Arctic Moon remix)

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Tech trance time! February’s Factor gets the rave juices flowing but - for this episode - doesn’t stray over into the territory of hard dance… this is 100% gritty trance from the likes of Askew, Patterson etc (my favourite kind!). Hope you agree!

  1. Monada - Turbulence
  2. Lee Miller - Deception (Oliver Brooks remix)
  3. Running Man - Sorrow (Trance Arts remix)
  4. Indecent Noise pres. Mental Asylum - Gambit
  5. Jamie Harrison - Bucky Balls
  6. Paul van Dyk - Tell Me Why (John Askew remix)
  7. Indecent Noise pres. Mental Asylum - Trauma
  8. John O'Callaghan - Stresstest (John Askew remix)
  9. Binary Finary - 1998 (Alex M.O.R.P.H. remix)
  10. Simon Patterson - Smack
  11. John O'Callaghan feat. Guiseppe Ottaviani - Ride The Wave (Will Atkinson remix)

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Lots of bootlegs/remixes/mashups in this one, so if you like that sort of thing you’re in for a treat! A few producers including the awesome Bryan Kearney kindly distributed some excellent productions over xmas so I’ve included a few to get the year off to a banging start. Plus a great guest mix from up & coming Vancouver based DJ, EYC.

  1. Whiteroom vs Ferry Corsten - White Love (Bryan Kearney’s Passionate mashwork)
  2. Bryn Whiting - Never Coming Down
  3. Planet Perfecto Knights - ResuRection (Paul Oakenfold Full-On Fluoro mix)
  4. Cygnus X - Superstring (Jordan Suckley IO remix)
  5. Jordan Suckley - Flames (Sneijder 1AM remix)
  6. Jean Jacques Smoothie - Two People (Kipster remix)
  7. Josh C - Knock Off (David McRae remix)
  8. On NRG - Own Way
  9. Paul F feat. Adele - Rollin In
  10. Bryan Kearney - You Will Never Be Forgotten (Unreleased mix)
  11. Bryan Kearney & Snatam Kaur vs Solarstone vs Neptune Project - Ong NamAztec In Seven Cities (Bryan Kearney Pach-Up)

EYC Guest Mix:
12. Matias Faint - Casino Fire (Kent & Gian remix)
13. Sunny Lax - Always (Matt Skyer remix)
14. Nick Sentience - Kinetic
15. Paul Webster - Cut Off (Chris Metcalfe remix)
16. Running Man pres. Fifth Dimension - Somewhere
17. Bryan Kearney & Jamie Walker - We’ll Never Die

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My set for Afterhours.fm’s End of Year Countdown was a 2001 special, a nostalgic look back at the big trance hitters 10 years ago, so in case you were too busy stuffing yourself with spuds & sprouts to catch it on Xmas day, here’s the uncut version for your downloading delight :-)

  1. Lange feat. Skye - Drifting Away
  2. Solid Sessions - Janeiro
  3. Insigma - Open Our Eyes
  4. DJ Tiesto - Suburban Train
  5. Mario Piu pres. DJ Arabesque - The Vision
  6. Push - The Legacy
  7. Perpetuous Dreamer - The Sound Of Goodbye
  8. DJ Tiesto - Flight 643
  9. Dirt Devils - The Drill
  10. Members Of Mayday - 10 in 01
  11. JFK - Good God
  12. PPK - Resurrection
  13. Ratty - Sunrise

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If you want a big soundtrack for your xmas party, look no further! :) Loads of great new trance plus some cheeky remixes of Lost Tribe, Armin Van Buuren and even Rihanna! Have a great xmas and don’t forget my “2001 special mix” for Afterhours.fm’s End of Year Countdown - midday on Christmas Day!

  1. Gareth Emery ft. Mark Frisch - Into The Light (Alex M.O.R.P.H. remix)
  2. Sean Tyas - Lift (Des McMahon remix)
  3. Shaun Williams - Digital Communication
  4. Brett Wood - My Everything
  5. Maguire - Face Yesterday (Dark Acid mix)
  6. Fady and Mina - Egypt
  7. Rihanna - Music (Kipster remix)
  8. On NRG - Synchronism
  9. Steve Hill & Technikal vs Costa Pantazis - Gamemaster (Part 2)
  10. Armin Van Buuren - Hold On ft. Audrey Galagher (Rob.O.T.T. Bootleg)

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My set from this year’s UK In The Mix 005 event on Afterhours.

  1. Indecent Noise - Grim Reaper
  2. Lee Miller - Inception
  3. Brian Cameron - Engage
  4. John Askew - Bastard
  5. Simon Patterson & Greg Downey ft. Bo Bruce - Come To Me
  6. Will Atkinson - Breathe It
  7. Cosmic Gate - Human Beings (Daniel Kandi’s Humane Society remix)
  8. Too Many Artists - Get Exact Blackout (Indecent Noise Bosh-Up)
  9. Alex Mac & Zeebra Kid vs Nicky D ft Amy D - Reboot 14
  10. Bryan Kearney - Stealth Bomber (TrancEye remix)

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A massive guestmix from up & coming producer Lee Miller follows some rather large new tunes from the likes of Will Atkinson with Breath It and Brian Cameron with Engage, two of my fave tracks at the moment. Plus (by complete coincidence) another great remix of Paramore’s Crush, this time with Costa Pantazis on mix duties.

  1. Luke Terry - Counting Stars (99 Returning Remix)
  2. Will Atkinson - Breathe It
  3. James Allan & Kevin Aitken - Killswitch (Mark Sherry remix)
  4. Too Many Artists - Get Exact Blackout (Indecent Noise Bosh-Up)
  5. Tongue & Groove - Crush (Costa Pantazis remix)
  6. Brian Cameron - Engage
    Lee Miller Guestmix:
  7. Lee Miller - Orion
  8. Lee Miller - Deception
  9. Lee Miller - Conspiracy
  10. Lee Miller - Rolling Tides

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Better late than never hmm?! So.. Paramore in a trance mix?!! I came across an American tech-trance DJ called Fei Fei this month and I’m loving her sound, see what you think!

  1. Talla 2XLC vs Paul Miller - Extravaganza
  2. Martin Libsen - Sirius
  3. Fei Fei - Hellion
  4. Bryan Kearney - Stealth Bomber (TrancEye remix)
  5. Paramore - Crushcrushcrush (Fei Fei’s Feided remix)
  6. Peetu S - Scorpion
  7. Indecent Noise - Civitanova
  8. Eddie Hallett - Acclamation (Burak Harsitlioglu remix)
  9. Lee Walls - Enjoy The Silence
  10. Lee Walls vs Ashley Waters - Mess You Up

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Great new releases from some of the big guns of trance make it a storming September! Plus on the harder side, Costa Pantazis/Ashley Waters and April manage to keep their full-throttle sound melodic & uplifting - love it. But Indecent Noise’s “Grim Reaper” has to be my favourite track for bloody months - incredible. As the Aussies like to say… banging like a dunny door in a thunderstorm.

  1. Peter Sawland - Angel Eyes
  2. Paul Webster - Circus
  3. Paul Oakenfold - Full Moon Party
  4. JFK - Good God (2010 mix)
  5. John Askew - Torture Chamber
  6. Indecent Noise - Grim Reaper
  7. Robbie Muir - Buzz Tribute
  8. Shiverize - Repulse (Xinetd D remix)
  9. Ashley Waters & Costa Pantazis - Pathfinder (Instrumental mix)
  10. April - You’re in my World Now
  11. Cosmic Gate - Human Beings (Daniel Kandi’s Humane Society remix)

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This is a set called ‘End of Integrity 2’. It’s similar to a mix I made last year (called, guess what… End of Integrity), but with a bit of extra integrity squeezed painfully out of it. Warning: If you are hoping for the latest Force Factor, you will be deeply disappointed. That will follow in a few days. In the meantime… do not download this MP3. You have been warned.

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So as you probably know by now I love the old skool sounds and August’s mix is chock-full of them! A new remix of the 1997 Lustral classic ‘Everytime’ by Kipster, Amen UK’s 'Passion’ from 1995 remixed by Neon Lights, plus the old-skool flavour that runs through Rob O.T.T’s This is the Time. Hope it gets your rave juices flowing!

  1. Tom Colontonio - Longport (Uplifting mix)
  2. Goldenscan - Sunrise 2011 (Neptune Project remix)
  3. Thr3shold - From Dust
  4. Sean Tyas - By The Way
  5. Kipster - Everytime
  6. Rob O.T.T. - This is the Time
  7. Carl Nicholson - Fairytales
  8. Carl Nicholson - Thrust
  9. Neon Lights - Passion (MDA & Spherical remix)
  10. Rob O.T.T. - Teleportation

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Two for the price of one this month! Your usual dose of Force Factor tuneage, plus a fantastic hour-long guestmix from someone whose fast-paced trance productions I’ve been banging out for ages, so you’ll already be familiar with his sound - Burak Harşitlioğlu. Thanks for the mix Burak, & enjoy everyone!

  1. Akira Kayosa & Will Watson pres. Osaru - Osaru
  2. Martin Libsen - Deep Reflections
  3. Indecent Noise - Warsaw
  4. Ross Anderson - Ignite (Estigma remix)
  5. John O’Callaghan & Giuseppe Ottaviani - Ride The Wave (Full Tilt remix)
  6. Aly & Fila - Sandgroper (Bryan Kearney’s Beyond the Mind remix)
  7. Alex Mac & Zeebra Kid vs Nicky D ft. Amy D - Reboot 14
  8. Luke H vs Mavrik - Feel the Rhythm
  9. Technikal, Mikey O’Hare & Jonno - Get On Up
  10. Brett Wood & Rob.O.T.T - Airborne

Burak Harşitlioğlu Guestmix:
11. Pandora - Over The Rainbow
12. Flutlicht - The Fall (Akira Kayosa remix)
13. S.H.O.K. - Le Desir Noir
14. DJ Vega - Eternity
15. Traces Traxx - Xenergy
16. Matt Davey - Back In The Day (Estigma remix)
17. Brooklyn Bounce - Bass, Beats & Melody
18. Matt Pincer - Rockless
19. Sky Motion - Need You

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Making up for last month with a big fat dose of the fast stuff! Some great tracks around right now including a fantastic mashup if you like Chase & Status, and loads of huge new hard trance, perhaps my favourite being ‘Popcorn’ from C&D Project - amazing tune. Thanks to all you folks on Facebook for all your birthday messages this month! Enjoy the mix!

01 Nick Callaghan & Will Atkinson - Let Go
02 Mark Leanings - Dropshot (Bryan Kearney’s Step Aside Lad remix)
03 Mallorca Lee & Gary Maguire vs Chase & Status - Yalday Time (Ally Brown mashup)
04 NG Rezonance - Deception
05 Ben Bennett & Costa Pantazis - Sacrament (Lee Walls remix)
06 Steve Hill & Technikal & JT Stanhope - Silence
07 Burak Harsitlioglu - The Focus
08 John Ridout - Dancing On Ice
09 Unit 13 - Mea Culpa
10 C&D Project - Popcorn
11 Kay Cee - Escape

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This month’s mix is a big bag of tunage fresh from the large trance department, energetic as ever, but without much hard trance due to a lack of good quality new hard trance tunes when I recorded it earlier this month. Probably some of you will be pleased with that while others will miss the hard stuff, so I’ll be interested to hear your opinions!

01 Martin Libsen - Capsule
02 Sied Van Riel feat. Nicola McKenna - Stealing Time (Aly & Fila remix)
03 Bryan Kearney pres Karney - Backbreaker (Colin James & Indecent Noise remix)
04 Tom Colontonio - Reflection (Heatbeat remix)
05 Prodigy - Omen (Reaky’s Bootleg mix)
06 Steve Allen & Davey Asprey - The Glitch
07 Will Atkinson & Nick Callaghan - Until Next Time
08 John Askew - The Witch
09 Ati Rider - Love Song
10 System F - Out Of The Blue
11 Sean Tyas - Solo (Roses version)

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Podcast only extended mix! The excellent remix of ‘Ayla’ in this month’s set came out too late for the Afterhours set but it’s included here as a special treat for you podcast subscribers :) Other highlights include a great new version of the classic Cygnus X - Superstring, plus a short burst of Felix’s “Don’t you want me” dropped in briefly too…

01 James L & Thomas Coastline - Sunset Colours (Falcon & Gaz Chen remix)
02 OceanLab - Beautiful Together (Signum Remix)
03 Airbase - We Might Fall
04 Ally Brown - Cranked
05 Gary Proud - Underdog
06a BK - Pressure Down (Fabio Stein’s Downrise remix)
06b Felix - Don’t You Want Me (Hooj mix)
07 Cartel - Buenos Aires
08 Jennarate - Refocus
09 Jared Asher - Stardust (TWB remix)
10 Adrenaline Dept & Venetica - Ayla (Technikal remix)
11 Toryn D and Dave Wright - Reboot 7

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Quality fast-paced techy trance sounds from the off, including what has become one of my favourite tracks ever, Daniel Kandi’s remix of Cosmic Gate’s “Human Beings”, love that track! Also watch out for a new remix of Armin’s classic “Shivers”.

01 John O'Callaghan - Talk To Me (Activa pres. Solar Movement remix)
02 Cosmic Gate - Melt To The Ocean (John O'Callaghan remix)
03 Lee Miller - Conspiracy
04 Darren Tate vs Jono Grant - Let The Light Shine In (Corderoy remix)
05 Cosmic Gate - Human Beings (Daniel Kandi’s Humane Society remix)
06 Trevor Dans - Defend The Rights
07 Burak Harsitlioglu - Future Manipulation
08 Covered Up - Shiverz
09 Lee Miller - Inception
10 Myk Bee - Blue Harmony (Corderoy remix)

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