Spring Mix 2024 Classic Edition

There are only two kinds of music – good music and bad music. And you won’t find the latter here.

Every year since 2006 I try to prepare a sepcial set for the first day of Spring. After a break in 2023, I come back with this extra-long set full of classics, that have a common theme: chilled, progressive tunes and gentle melodies easy for an ear.

Tracklist:

1. Telepopmusik – Breathe
2. Chicane – Offshore (Original)
3. Underworld – Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)
4. Pharmacy Of Sound – Searching For Substance
5. Sascha Funke – Mango
6. Hybrid- Finished Symphony
7. Synergy – Hello Strings
8. Sasha – Xpander
9. Cerf, Mitiska And Jaren – Light The Skies (Original Mix)
10. Benz & MD – Turning the Curve (Original Mix)
11. Seyton – Vikingfjord (Micah’s Alaisiagae Battle Chant Remix)
12. Blue Room Project – Pure (Original Mix)
13. Milan Lieskovsky – Elenya (Original Mix)
14. Ridgewalkers feat. El – Find (Andy Moor Remix)
15. ATB – 9PM (Till I Come) (9PM Mix)
16. Andy Moor vs. Orkidea – Year Zero (Orkidea’s Metaverse Remix)
17. Headstrong feat. Tiff Lacey- Symphony Of Soul (Original Mix)
18. Salt Tank – Eugina (Marcel Woods Remix)
19. Way Out West – Killa (Orkidea Remix)
20. Humate – Love Stimulation (Paul Van Dyk Love-Club-Mix)
21. Albion – Air (Original Mix)
22. Cape Town – Proglifter (Original Mix)
23. Perpetuous Dreamer – Dust Wave (Armin Van Buuren Rising Star Remix)
24. Sarah McLachlan – Fallen (Gabriel & Dresden Anti-Gravity Mix)
25. Lost Witness feat. Tiff Lacey – Home (Mike Shiver Catching Sun Remix)
26. Aven – All I Want (Ferry Corsten Remix)
27. Above & Beyond – No One on Earth (San Francisco remix)
28. Arksun – Arisen
29. Madonna – What It Feels Like For A Girl (Above & Beyond Remix)
30. Super 8 & DJ Tab – Suru
31. Airbase – Tangerine (Original Mix)

Today’s classic turned quite eclectic, blending many styles and eras of music. It includes hits knows to everybody from a radio, universally acclaimed trance bombs and some niche recommendations found here and there. Surely you will be suprised more than once 🙂 It was great fun to amass a ton of various tracks and just let it flow, then discover where key progression gets me.

Also, check the other one: Spring Mix 2015 Classic Edition

Spring Mix 2022

Long overdue, but nevertheless it’s here just like every year. This episode contains more uplitfing that progressive, unlike others. Either way, I am very satisfied with this mix and hopefully so will you 🙂

Freebie: Warmonger – 42

Hello, it’s another freebie I share with you as an overdue X-mas present 🙂 Free for download from Soundcloud.

Yep, it’s an unsuccessful attempt at creating melodic and orchestral uplifting trance. Quite a misadventure in terms of composition as I relied too much upon Orb Composer.

Still, it’s a solid production, so maybe sometone with an ear for unusual tunes will find it interesting.

Also, it’s the first and only production where I tried to use Tone2 Rayblaster 2 – an unique synth based on impulse modeling engine, with a very distinct and pleasant sound.

The Realm Never Dreamed out now!

This release in a fine melodic / uplifting trance tune with epic breakdown. Powerful yet smooth, as I wanted.

Beatport
Juno
Apple Music

Also, certainly my best yet. Having done that, I need to tthink about producing some tunes more in line with commercial standards. It’s not a matter of technical skills anymore, it’s a matter of style.

What to compress and what not

My approach to applying compression across the different parts of the mix.

New freebie: Jihad

Hello, it’s time for another giveaway!

“Jihad” is a dark and heavy trancer at 140 BPM, featuring authentic arabian instruments. Especially the flute is a star of the show.

I decided to give it away as no label has shown interest in it over last 2 years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Apparently labels these days are not into dark tunes in general.

Spring Mix 2021

Can you feel the spring already?

Well, where I live I can’t yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, so I recorded this mix for the first day of spring. Enjoy over two hours of progressive vibes fading from deep house to uplifting trance.

Tracklist:

Scythe is out now!

Another month, another release. This time on Sampler 006 thanks to friendly label Mindlifing Bundles (part of Tecnomind Music).

This one is a bit dark melodic tune that for some reason reminds me of 80’s synthpop. Either way, it flows nicely. Finally nailed it.

Beatport

Juno

Apple Music

The Making of: Full Moon Remix

The remix of “Full Moon” by Matthias Bishop got quite some range and positive feedback. It was also an occasion to record a video about sound design for this track. The video is my most popular episode on Youtube by far, go check it out:

Recorded back in the summer, recently edited with great (and free!) DaVinci Resolve 16. That certainly is quite an advancement since early episodes, but I won’t stop here!

The Video features Reaktor Blocks, now with awesome Toybox expansion which suddenly became my favourite tools of trade. Feels nice to use, looks great, but most importantly, sounds gorgeous. Indeed there’s something about all these “analog” and analog emulations.

Matthias Bishop – Full Moon (Warmonger Remix) is out!

A second remix for producer and label owner Matthias Bishop. This time it’s meant to be funky and progressive, but ends up with familiar uplifting lead. The only 138 trancer in this single, as you might have expected:

Spotify

Beatport
Juno
Apple Music
Traxsource

Grab it now and enjoy the music!