The Escapism Podcast returns with an exclusive guest mix by Czech DJ Jochen Gareth. Jochen has been supporting the Trance scene for several years and has also had the privilege of playing in Malta for Captured Festival.

The episode begins with his exclusive guest mix.

In the 2nd hour I take over the decks with my usual high energy, uplifting sounds.

Jochen Gareth guestmix

Tracklist:

01. Divasi, Pancake & Olav Basoski - Dont Turn Your Back (Extended Mix)

02. LUSU, Signum & Scott Mac - Coming On Strong (Extended Mix)

03. XiJaro & Pitch - I Have Friends Everywhere (Extended Mix) 

04. Chris Metcalfe - Running Man (Extended Mix)

05. Paul Miller - Pluckbraker (Extended Mix)

06. John Askew — Recalibrate (Will Rees Extended Remix) 

07. Paul Oakenfold & Sneijder - Bullet In The Gun (Original Mix) 

08. Paul Denton - Deep In Your Mind (Extended Mix) 

09. Y-Traxx - Mystery Land (Quinny Remix)

10. Key4050 - Hiatus (Extended Mix)

11. Paul Webster, Yasmin Jane - Live Forever (Extended Mix) 

12. Allen Watts - Stimulate (Extended Mix)

13. Sean Tyas & Chris Kayl - Coming Back Around (Extended Mix) 

14. Sean Tyas, abSTrakt (CH) - Feel Alive (Extended Mix)

15. Will Atkinson - Bamboozled (Extended Mix) 

Carlos de Matos

Tracklist:

1 Carlos de Matos - Good Times (Andy Newtz & Carlos de Matos Remix)

2 Carlos de Matos - Nebula (Original Mix)

3 Ryan K & Inoblivion - Paralysed (Extended Mix)

4 Robinito - Unconquered (Extended Mix)

5 ELV - Pressure (Extended Mix)

6 RAM- Adagio For Strings (Ram's Adagio on Acid Extended Mix)

7 Eonun - Eon In End (Extended Mix)

8 Mark Sherry & David Forbes - Put The Record On (Extended Mix)

9 Carlos de Matos-ID

10 Ryan K-Special (Extended Mix)

11 Carlos de Matos & Izzy - ID

In this months' episode we feature a showcase mix from Carlos with a selection of some of the best Nocturnal Knights releases from 2025 and some of the latest releases in 2026.

We also welcome Czech DJ WeNyx. She began her DJ journey in 2021 and quickly established herself within the electronic music scene. Her sound is rooted in Trance, Hard Trance and Techno, delivering energetic and emotional sets.

WeNyx has already performed twice at one of the world's biggest EDM events, The Street Parade. She also regularly plays for Swiss labels, where she currently lives.

She has also played at events in France, Malta and the Czech Republic.

Welcome to Escapism.

Hour One - Carlos de Matos

*Nocturnal Knights Music Showcase

Tracklist:

1 Doppenberg & Harshil Kamdar -Afterglow (Extended Mix)

2 0Gravity - Blow Your Mind (Extended Mix)

3 Caolan McConville - For Breathing (Extended Mix)

4 Impulse Wave - Laughter Never Ends (Extended Mix)

5 Mark Wilks - Equinox (Extended Mix)     

6 Jason Gray - Hit Em Up (Extended Mix)      

7 Sean Trubu - Regresando (Extended Mix)  

8 Ronski Speed ft. Maya Palmer - Collide (Extended Mix)      

9 Davey Asprey - No Dawn Remains (Extended Mix)

10 Ryan K & Inoblivion - Paralysed (Extended Mix)

11 Peter Miethig - Me Deep Inside Your Mind (Extended Mix)

12 Rene Ablaze - Move (Extended Mix)

Hour Two - WeNyxTracklist:

01. Allen Watts & Christina Novelli - My Gravity02. Novel & DJ Spaceman - Magnetic03. Asteroid - Patterns04. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & James Damond - Celestial Bloom05. York & Talla 2XLC - The Awakening (Talla 2XLC EXT RMX)06. Mystère - Maarten De Jong07. Transaphonic & Run Faye - Wide Awake08. Bryan Kearney - God Help Me09. WillRees & Allen Watts - Pendulum

10. Rinally, Julie Thompson - Running11. Mark Sherry, Kate Louise Smith - Fractured [Take Me There]12. David Forbes - Quantum Valley

This months episode brings you a one hour guest mix from Czech based DJ Ales Kucharik - AK press. Imperial.

Ales has a passion for the Tech-Trance sub genre with a particular passion for John Askew's VII label.

His one hour guest mix is full of drive and energy, so stand by.

Guest Mix Trackless:

Drunken Kong - Dance All Night

Simon Patterson - Red

Lastly - Acid burn

Audorn - Gatekeeper

Zach Zlov - Revenant

Greg Downey - Roulette

Nikolaus's - Follow The Path

Heerhorst & UMEK - In The Dark (Connor Woodford Rework)

John Askew - People Are Strange

Starfighter - Apache

Mark Sherry & Mallorca Lee - Our Little Game

David Forbes - Underground

VE/RA - Shouldn't Know

Mauro Picotto - Iguana (Mark Sherry's TH3RTY Extended Remix)

David Forbes, Paul Denton - Out of Order

Nicolas Julian Storm & Aenjay - Like This

Alignment - Don't Flex

After a lengthy time away Escapism returns with a 2 hour episode, featuring a guest mix from Trance scene member Ben Elliott. Ben was born and raised on trance classics—thanks to his mum. Ben has been obsessed with the euphoric highs and driving beats of the 90s and 00s trance scene since day one. Now, you’ll find him behind the decks, bringing high-energy sets to the Midlands, delivering bespoke experiences that keep the dance floor alive.

His next mission? Breaking into the trance music production world to craft his own anthems.

Hour one - Ben Elliott

Tracklist:

Push - Strange World (Dan Thompson rework) Ram vs Oceanlab- Ramsterdam blue water (Arby & Dan Mashup Amos & Riot Night, Connor Woodford - Lost Forever Discordia, Homura - Change Above & Beyond & Oceanlab - Beautiful Together (Signum remix) Temple One - Magic Moment Paul Denton - Blinded by the lights Andrea Ribeca- Tuscia Est Coldplay - Fix you (Xijaro and Pitch meets Jkult remix) Aos & Riot Night ft Ren Faye - Different ViewRAM & Susana - RAMelia (Tribue to Amelia) 

Hour two - Carlos de Matos

Tracklist:

0Gravity - In My Mind (Extended Mix)

ID - ID

Laucco - Tor Lars (Original Mix)

Metta & Glyde - Anywhere With You (Original Mix)

Abell - Lost Without You (Extended mix)

Darren Porter - Daylight (Extended Mix)

Steve Allen & Sarah Lynn - Broken Child (Extended Mix)

Inversed - When Tears Fall (Extended Mix)

Steve Allen - Refrains of Nature (Extended Mix)

Steve Allen & Ren Faye - Last Star In The Sky (Extended Mix)

RAM & Christina Novelli - All Gone 2025 (Asteroid Remix)

Escapism is a Trance podcast hosted by UK based DJ/Producer Carlos de Matos.

The podcast brings you regular and exclusive guest mixes from well known and up and coming DJ's in the Trance scene.

This month's episode is from your host Carlos de Matos and he brings you just over an hour of pure Trance vibes with tracks from Will Atkinson, Craig Connelly, Carlos de Matos and David Forbes to name a few.

Escapism is a Trance podcast hosted by UK based DJ/Producer carlos de Matos.The podcast brings you regular and exclusive guest mixes from well known and up and coming DJ's in the Trance scene.This month's guest mix is brought to you by Justin Ridyard.The final 30 mix is a Hard Trance Classics set from your host.

Two hours of Trance hosted by Carlos de Matos and one guest DJ.This month we have David McAuley joining the show. David is from Glasgow. He's a radio host and podcaster on Loudcreative Radio, who has recently acquired the post of label manager for Future Force Recordings.  He hosts a regular radio show under his d.t.m music name and he's now looking to get into music production himself. David loves euphoric trance and his guest mix is sure to captivate you.The first hour is hosted by Carlos de Matos with David delivering the sounds for the 2nd hour.Tracklisting:Hour 1: 1 Starships Over Alice (Radio Edit) - Arctic Moon 2 Brush Strokes In The Big Sky (Shura Vlasov mashup) - Simon Patterson vs. John O'Callaghan & Audrey Gallagher 3 Human (Extended Mix) - Darren Porter 4 Black Coffee (UCast Extended Remix) - John Askew 5 Inertia (Extended Mix) - Darren Porter 6 Nocturnal Horizons (Extended Mix) - Arctic Moon 7 ResuRection (Michael Retouch Bootleg) - PPK 8 The Voodoo People (John Askew Rework) - The Prodigy 9 By My Side (Extended Mix) - Bryan Kearney & Christina Novelli 10 Need You (Original Mix) - Will Rees 11 C-Sharp (Tau-Rine Emotional Mix) - The Quest 12 Stresstest (John Askew Remix vs Dead London (AvB vocal edit) - John O'Callaghan v Jeff Wayne Hour 2:Black Hole (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix) - Craig Connelly.Flaming June (Dan Thompson Extended Remix) - BT.Big Sky feat. Audrey Gallagher (Andrew Rayel Extended) - John O’Callaghan.For the Love of a Princess (From "Braveheart”) (The Trance Ensemble Remix) - James Dust, Thomas Lloyd.Silence (Extended Mix) - Roman Messer.Invisible (Latex Zebra Remix) - Tilt.It's My Tum (C-Systems Extended Remix) - Angelic.Need To Feel Loved (Extended Mix) - Roman Messer.Runaway (Smalltown Boy) (Extended Mix) - Steve Hill, Grinder.The Silence (AstroFegs Remix) - Mike Koglin.Such is Life (feat. Shanokee) (XiJaro & Pitch Extended Remix) - Rank 1.Godspeed (Maria Healy Extended Remix) - BT.Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Davey Asprey Extended Remix) Jordan Suckley.

Episode 21 of Escapism presents to you a 2 hour mix. The first hour from yours truly with the 2nd hour from Emzee.I'm Eemzee and I'm a trance DJ from Essex in the UK.I've been playing trance since 2000 and have been lucky enough to play at some of the UK's best venues including London's Corsica Studios, The Emporium in Coalville and the iconic Ministry Of Sound. Eemzee currently hosts two weekly radio shows as well as his monthly residency, The Rapture, on AHFM every third Thursday of the month.Tracklist:1st Hour:1 Active - Fall In (Cold Blue Extended Remix)2 Thomma Different Day (Original Mix)3 Roxanne Emery, Roman Messer - (Extended For All Time Mix) 4 Craig Connelly Feat. Megan McDuffee - Me Believing (Extended Mix) 5 Hide & Seek - (Extended) 6 Active - Fall In (Cold Blue Extended Remix)7 Thomma - Rain Upon My Skin (Original Mix)8 Metta & Glyde - Will Tell (Artena Remix) 9 Paul Denton, Allen Watts - Shellshock (Extended Mix) 10 Carlos de Matos - ID11 Carlos de Matos - Overturn (Extended Mix)12 AA Meeting - Air (Extended Mix) [VII]2nd hour:1) MakeFlame & State72 - Enyo 2) Angelus & Ren Faye - Fireworks 3) Gary McPhail - What Happened 4) Cold Face & Henry Moe - Florence 5) Dan Cooper - Missing Link 6) ID - ID7) DJT - Airglow 8) NG Rezonance & Boski - Elevate9) Allen Watts & Paul Denton - ShellShock10) h.x.e. - Last Call11) Paul Clark & Nick The Kid - Boulda'12) Zerofloat - Enter Password 

Monthly Trance podcast hosted by UK based DJ/producer, Carlos de MatosThis months episode consists of two mixes. The first one from Carlos de Matos and the second a guest mix by Niall Maloney, also known as AstroFegs.AstroFegs started off in 2017 when Niall and his best friend Tom joined forces. 5 years later, and with members being switched in and out, AstroFegs is slowly turning heads in the Trance scene with tunes like "Awakening", "1337", "Invincible" and most recently with "Forever In My Heart".With lots of new music and collaborations planned, 2023 is looking very exciting.Mix 1: 1 A Sky Full Of Stars (Paul Webster Bootleg) Coldplay 2 Walhalla (Vocal Extended) Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella 3 Shimla (Extended Mix) Beatsole  4 All Or Nothing (Allen Watts Extended Remix) Ben Gold Ft. Christina Novelli 5 We Are (138 BPM) Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Paul van Dyk 6 Show The World (Extended Mix) James Dymond 7 Clear Blue Moon (Will Rees Remix) Armin Van Buuren Presents Rising Star 8 Who Cares? (Edit) Jordan Suckley  9 Airflow (extended mix) Stoneface & Terminal  10 Querencia (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix) Solarstone & Indecent Noise 11 Carlos de Matos - ID 12 Gift of Love (Extended Mix) Carlos de Matos Mix 2:1. Igor S Vs Robin S - One Love (NuSpirit & AK Mash)2. Ralphie B - Massive (Steve Dekay Rmx)3. Haliene & Maratone - Make It To Tomorrow (Astuni & Manuel Le Saux)4. M83 - Oblivion (AstroFegs Bootleg)5. Lostly - Saudade6. Moni B - Stripped (AstroFegs Rmx)7. Metta & Glyde - Permanence8. Allen Watts - Avalon9. Christian Westerhof - Trance Made Me A Better Person10. AstroFegs - Forever In My Heart11. Mercurial Virus - Ninmah12. Roman Messer, NoMosk & Airwalk3r - Your Eyes13. Richard Durand - Evolution

Monthly podcast brought tom you by Carlos de Matos.Episode 18 brings you a guest mix from Justin Ridyard. Justin has been in the music scene for many years and is currently a resident on Dover Community Radio. His love for music expands beyond Trance, but in this episode he brings to you an uplifting selection of tracks we will all love.Sit back and enjoy the ride!Tracklisting:Claus Backslash - Silent Waters (Extended Mix) [IN TRANCE WE TRUST]Ciaran McAuley - Your Smile (Extended Mix) [NOCTURNAL KNIGHTS MUSIC]Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Calling San Francisco (Extended Mix) [VANDIT RECORDS]Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Jorn Van Deynhoven Remix)Darren Porter & Susana - The Hero In Me [Amsterdam Trance] ExtendedRichard Durand & Susana - I Matter To You (XiJaro & Pitch Extended Remix) [MAGIK MUZIK]Rolfiek & JeÔtam OshÈen - Aeonian (Extended Dark Mix) [DIGITAL EUPHORIA RECORDINGS]Sneijder Feat. Victoriya - Need You Here (Extended Mix) [WHO'S AFRAID OF 138_!]The Mystery - Mystery (Original Mix)Key4050 - Higher Sense (Original Mix) [KEARNAGE RECORDINGS]Oceanlab - Miracle (Ciaran McAuley Rework) [ID]Matys CJ Stone - Silent Waves (Vinny DeGeorge Remix) [Alter Ego Records]Master_Beat_Projekt_-_Universe_(Original_Mix)[Tecnominds]Reflekt - Need to Feel Loved (Steve Tomas Rework)[ID]Paipy - Remembering You (Extended Mix) [GO MUSIC]Jase Thirlwall - Kaleidoscope (Extended Mix)[Subculture]Andrea Ribeca - Spielraum (Extended Mix) [FSOE]Calvin_O'Commor_-_Everything_(Extended_Mix)[AERODYNAMICA]Calvin_O'Commor_-_Psyco_Noizer_(Extended_Mix)[Transpiried]OceanLab Feat. Justine Suissa - Clear Blue Water (Arbe & Dann Rework 2022)[ID]Sneijder - Magika (Extended Mix) [FSOE]Starpicker & Nikolauss - Within (Extended Mix) [SUBCULTURE]Luminn & Natalie Gioia - Shapeshifters (Doppenberg Extended Remix) [STATEMENT!]Alexander Popov, Attila Syah & Natalie Gioia - Nothing Is Over (Roman Messer Remix)