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)