I have a confession to make... I kinda like EDM. Now I don't mean the overarching genre, I mean the festival-headlining, drop heavy, pop-influenced phenomenon somewhere between progressive and electro with a tinge of fluro. I know, I know, I hear you. No self-respecting DJ should even like this stuff, let make a 95 minute mix of it. But here's the rub. Without EDM, I think the popularity of all genres wouldn't be where it is today. People who would have otherwise listen to rock or pop are now loving electronic music and what's more, they're buying it on iTunes, listening on Spotify and getting it played on the radio. In a world of infinite data, it doesn't take much to start recommending all kinds of genres to that group which will expand their taste and fuel the demand for better and varied music. A great example is that Calvin Harris' new song with Rihanna dropped this week and went number 1 on iTunes all across the globe. How is that not a good thing. Or would you rather it be another Miley Cyrus song... Love it or hate it, here's some of my favourite tunes from some of the biggest names out there. My 5 year old twins get into it and my wife won't get me to change the music, so I'd count that as a win.

This is my guilty pleasure.

Tracklist

01. Nicky Romero & NERVO - Like Home (Extended Mix)

02. Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin - Reload (Vocal Version Extended Mix)

03. Sick Individuals & Axwell feat. Taylr Renee - I Am (Original Mix)

04. Tommy Trash feat. JHart - Wake The Giant (Original Mix)

05. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (Hook N Sling Extended Mix)

06. David Guetta feat. Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces)

07. David Guetta feat. Sam Martin - Lovers On The Sun (Stadiumx Remix)

08. Martin Garrix vs. Matisse & Sadko - Break Through The Silence (Original Mix)

09. Axwell Λ Ingrosso - Sun Is Shining (Extended Mix)

10. Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up! (Heavens Extended Mix)

11. Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child (Extended Mix)

12. Porter Robinson - Language (Extended Mix)

13. Alesso vs. OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself (Alesso vs. OneRepublic Extended Remix)

14. Krewella - Alive (Original Mix)

15. Avicii feat. Chris Brown - Beautiful Levels (e1usion Mashup)

16. Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso feat. Ryan Tedder - Calling (Lose My Mind) (Extended Club Mix)

17. Martin Garrix & Tiesto - The Only Way Is Up (Original Mix)

18. Galantis - Runaway (U & I) (Extended Mix)

19. Stadiumx & Taylr Renee - Howl At The Moon (Original Mix)

20. Denis Koyu & Don Palm feat. Ellie Goulding - Lift Me Outside (e1usion Mashup)

21. The Aston Shuffle vs. Tommy Trash - Sunrise (Won't Get Lost) (Tommy Trash Version)

22. Tommy Trash & Wax Motif vs. Zedd & Hayley Williams - Stay The HEX (Ole Rethans Mashup)

23. Calvin Haris & Alesso feat. Hurts - Under Control (Extended Mix)

Progressive House is such a broad genre. It can be energetic or deep. Fast or slow. Uplifting or dark. But it all has a melodic vibe that I've always loved. I decided to do a pair of mixes which explore the progression from deep to energetic, one with an uplifting vibe and one more dark and brooding. As two complementary styles, I needed a pair of names which would embody both the connection and the individual theme.

This is Sunset.

Tracklist

01. Jeremy Olander - Taiga (Original Mix)

02. Fat Sushi - Hana (Original Mix)

03. Henry Saiz - Dystopian (Original Mix)

04. Orsen - Organisms (Original Mix)

05. Carlo Runia - Melting Thoughts (Original Mix)

06. Universal Solution - Kaleidoscope (Original Mix)

07. Guy J - Octavia (Original Mix)

08. Dale Middleton - Chasing Dogs (Original Mix)

09. Alexey Lisin & Ange - Vesna (Original Mix)

10. Nero - Into The Night (e1usion Remix)

11. Yotto - Mulholland 99 (Original Mix)

12. Experimental Feelings - In Your Heart

13. Matt Fax - Hyperspace

14. Orsen - Tourist (Original Mix)

15. Starbeam - Another Chance

16. Audio Junkies & Sahar Z - Lalitha (Original Mix)

17. Apsara - Terminal (Original Mix)

18. Jean-Michel Jarre & M83 - Glory (Steve Angello Remix)

Progressive House is such a broad genre. It can be energetic or deep. Fast or slow. Uplifting or dark. But it all has a melodic vibe that I've always loved. I decided to do a pair of mixes which explore the progression from deep to energetic, one with an uplifting vibe and one more dark and brooding. As two complementary styles, I needed a pair of names which would embody both the connection and the individual theme.

This is Sunrise.

Tracklist

01. Jeremy Olander - Falls (Original Mix)

02. Huminal - Horizontal Memories (Original Mix)

03. Dosem - Runnerpark (Jeremy Olander Remix)

04. Yotto - Personal Space (Original Mix)

05. Lane 8 - Midnight (Original Mix)

06. William A - Alpha (Original Mix)

07. Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar (deadmau5 Remix)

08. Soundslogic - Inochi

09. Nathan Rux & Ramon Vincent - Sunset Trip (Original Mix)

10. Roddy Reynaert - Scroll (Extended Mix)

11. Mo' Funk - Mono (Original Mix)

12. Matt Fax - Alpenglow (Original Mix)

13. Rufus - Like An Animal (Yotto Remix)

14. Laniakea - Skyborn (Takaki Matsuda Remix)

15. Alex H - Cape To Cairo

16. Proglifter - Time Machine (Original Mix)

17. Haxxy - Can't Stay (Original Mix)

18. Eric Prydz - Generate

In The Thick Of It

In the thick of what, you might ask... Well I did this mix as a way of getting my very first original track out into the wild. You'll find that track 'Depth Charge' right in the middle of this funky tech-house mix at around the 36 minute mark. Right in the thick of it, I suppose ;). The mix is a selection of some of my recent favourite tech party tracks and I think it has a get up and dance vibe to it.

I'll be releasing my new track on its own soon but for the moment you can enjoy it and a selection of other great tracks in this new mix.

Tracklist

01. Oscar L & Sr.Markus - Sata (Original Club Mix)

02. Ben Coda - Kinetik (Original Mix)

03. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Florian Gasperini Edit)

04. Joyce Muniz - You Always Get Me High

05. Mike Mago - The Gift (Mark Knight Remix)

06. Mason - Exceeder (UMEK & Mike Vale Remix)

07. Chus & Ceballos, Stefano Noferini - Mamasitas (Original Mix)

08. e1usion - Depth Charge (Original Mix)

09. Volac - Lights (Original Mix)

10. Peter Brown - Touch It (Original Mix)

11. Technasia & Green Velvet - Suga (Original Mix)

12. Mark Knight - Ironing Man (Original Mix)

13. Jay Lumen & Harvey McKay - Two (Original Mix)

14. Collective Machine - Lux (Miguel Lobo Dub Remix)

15. Weekend Heroes - Plus One (Nicholas Van Orton Remix)

16. Boris The Spyder - Stand Up (Original Mix)

#TBT again. This time we're going all the way back to 2002 and the heyday of trance. This mix has some of my fave tracks from back then and invokes plenty of great memories from parties back in the day.

This was one of the last mixes I recorded purely from vinyl before I switched to DVS, so one for the history books.

e1usion - Solar Theme

Tracklist

01. Solarstone - Solarcoaster

02. Cygnus X - Positron (Armin van Buuren Remix)

03. Midway - Monkey Forest (Original Mix)

04. Cape Town - Pitstop

05. Hybrid - Visible Noise

06. Sasha - Xpander

07. Way Out West feat. Tricia Lee Kelshall - Mindcircus (Gabriel & Dresden Club Mix)

08. Iio - At The End (Scumfrog Mix)

09. DJ Jeffrey & De Leit - Moody Groove

10. Starchaser - Love Will Set You Free (Jambe Myth) (Original Vocal)

11. 4 Strings - Diving (Original Mix)

12. Jurgen Vries - The Theme (Original Mix)

Atmospheric Pressure

It can be hard to break into the DJ scene and even harder to make any kind of living out of it. These days, I DJ for the love of it but at one point it was my primary source of income. I was playing mostly trance and there wasn’t really a big trance scene in Sydney at the time. However, the music suited a really important part of the evening/morning - the late set.

So I started DJing late night/early morning private gigs, mostly at people’s houses, and the concept of the wake up set was born. It was a combination of the most ethereal, atmospheric, minimal trance I could find and it suited that period between leaving the club and starting the day (whatever that may have entailed).

I decided to update the wake up set concept and the result is this mix, Atmospheric Pressure. It’s a combination of deep progressive and tech house with some minimal techno to help you ease out of or into the day.

Tracklist

01. Grum - U (Original Mix)

02. James Monro - Nectar

03. Sasha - Ether (Original Mix)

04. Cid Inc vs. Darin Epsilon - Outliers (Petar Dundov Remix)

05. Lane 8 feat. Matthew Dear - Undercover (Yotto Remix)

06. Meramek - Know Me (Original Mix)

07. Marc Romboy - Hypernova (Original Mix)

08. Tiesto - Lethal Industry (De Hofnar & The Techtives Remix)

09. Adam-P - Indifference (Spacebeat Remix)

10. Gardens Of God - Juno 1 (Original Mix)

11. Kasall & Cristian R - Deepness

12. Eelke Kleijn - Space Disco (Original Mix)

13. Jeremy Olander - Lunar (Original Mix)

14. Tom Middleton - Heva (Original Mix)

#TBT time again. Here's a mix from earlier in 2015 with some of my favourite Progressive and Electro tracks from late 2014 and early 2015. Still really enjoying these tracks so it's a perfect throwback Thursday mix.

Tracklist

01. Calvin Harris & Firebeatz - It Was You

02. John Christian - Next Level (Nicky Romero Edit)

03. PrototypeRaptor - Survivors (Original Mix)

04. DubVision - Broken (Original Mix)

05. Etta Matters & Atmo - Prophecy (Original Mix)

06. R3hab & NERVO & Ummet Ozcan - Revolution (Original Vocal Mix)

07. Alesso - Tear The Roof Up (Extended Mix)

08. Magnificence & Alex Maire - Echoes (Instrumental Mix Edit)

09. Nicky Romero & Anouk - Feet On The Ground (Original Mix)

10. Flaremode feat. Tayma - Invisible (Outwork Remix)

11. Deniz Koyu - Sonic (Original Mix)

12. Alpharock & VIDA - Knives (Original Mix)

13. Abel Ramos & Felix Leiter - Halo (Original Mix)

14. R3hab & NERVO feat. Ayah Marar - Ready For The Weekend

15. Paris Blohm feat. Charles - Demons (Original Mix)

16. Fenixpawl, Project 46, BYNON, Melissa Ramsay - Home (Original Mix)

17. Gareth Emery feat. Gavin Beach - Eye Of The Storm (Stadiumx Remix)

18. Nicky Romero - Toulouse

Growing Up Part 2

After about a decade of predominantly playing trance, I found my creativity and enjoyment waning. There’s only so much euphoria one can take I guess. Then a good mate of mine put on an album one weekend that was so different from what I was listening to at the time and started my largest vinyl binge ever.

That album was Eargasm by Plump DJs.

Breaks got me over the mixing slump and straight back into creative mode again. I had to go and grab enough vinyl to be able to play a reasonable set and so off I went and spent way to much cash buying up pretty much any record that caught my interest. These are some of my favourite breaks records from my collection.

Tracklist

01. Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

02. The Rim Doctors - Magnum P.I.

03. The Prodigy - What Evil Lurks

04. Coburn - We Interrupt This Programme (Stanton Warriors Remix)

05. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (New Originals 1799 Remix)

06. Genesis - Land Of Confusion (DJ Genesis Breakbeat Remix)

07. Leftfield - Release The Boot

08. Plump DJs - Pray For You

09. New Order - Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix)

10. Three Drives - Greece 2000 (Breaks Remix)

11. Sharam Jey - Sharam Jey vs. Stupid Breax

12. Chevy One feat. Jamie Lisa - Now I’m Letting It Go (Original Mix)

13. Stanton Warriors feat. Ruby Goe & Hollywood Holt - Get Up (Extended Mix)

Time for a #TBT mix... Something from the archives. In preparation for a new mix next week, here's part 1 of my Growing Up mix series.

Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I have a wide array of musical influences. Everything from disco to new wave, from techno to house and everything in between. These days there are great remixes of so much of the music i grew up with. This is a collection of some of my favourite tracks from those days with a modern touch to them.

Tracklist

01. Stafford Brothers feat. Peter Millwood - More Than A Feeling

02. The Jackson 5 - ABC (Freemasons Remix)

03. KAFFEIN feat. Al Jet - All That She Wants (DJ Nejtrino & DJ Stranger Remix)

04. Allstars - Thriller (Original Mix)

05. Mylo - In My Arms

06. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Extended Mix)

07. Cassius - 99 (Original Remastered)

08. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Gigamesh Remix)

09. The Police - Roxanne (Fonzerelli Red Light Remix)

10. Bastille - Of The Night (Paulo Bautista Remix)

11. Karl Wolf - Go Your Own Way (Cahill Club Mix)

12. Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks - Dreams (Axwell Remix)

13. A-Ha - Take On Me (Fonzerelli Cool Club Remix)

14. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Lars Moston, Matchy & Bott Remix)

Anjunabeats Group Therapy

You never forget your first love. The power and feeling that trance could evoke was something that became the core of my music for close to a decade.

Fast forward to now and Above & Beyond and the stable of artists on their Anjunabeats label are producing some of the best trance on the planet and touring the world putting on awesome Group Therapy shows.

So in honour of their great music and for bringing Group Therapy 150 to Sydney, get ready, put your hands in the air and go wild listening to some of the best trance on the planet.

Tracklist

01. Jody Wisternoff feat. Sian Evans - The Bridge (Chicane Rework) 00:00

02. Grum - Lightspeed (Original Mix)

03. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - We're All We Need (Extended Mix)

04. Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - Patience (Extended Mix)

05. Jason Ross - Ravenna (Original Mix)

06. Ilan Bluestone - 43 (Original Mix)

07. Wrechiski & Jason Ross - Atlas (Original Mix)

08. Above & Beyond feat. Gemma Hayes - Counting Down The Days (Above & Beyond Club Mix)

09. BT, Super8 & Tab - Aika (Extended Mix)

10. Ilan Bluestone - Snapdragon (Original Mix)

11. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - Peace Of Mind (Extended Mix)

12. Jean-Michel Jarre & Tangerine Dream - Zero Gravity (Above & Beyond Remix)