Welcome to my favorite hour of my favorite day of the entire year. It's hard to put into words how special this day is and what it means to me and so many others but I'll try...
Picture it --> 200 of the most beautiful humans to walk this earth on a private beach. Love, unspeakable joy and a rare Spirit have ruled the day. And now...the golden hour is upon us. The sun is slowly lowering towards the horizon of the Pacific ocean and every one and everything is awash in the most breathtaking golden yellow light. There's a magic in the air that just can't be described.
I consider every hour important when I'm spinning but I will say that I consider this hour THE hour where, with the right music selections, I can take people's hearts and emotions and send them places that every human should dream to go.
This set starts with galloping, emotional anthems and slowly ebbs towards a nostalgic soft landing where I pull out Sarah McLaughlin "Silence", Stereolove Feat. Brian Kennedy "Life, Love & Happiness", Christian Burns "Wonderful Life", Lighthouse Family "High" and Beth Orton "Central Reservation". Everyone was in emotional overload with the gorgeous trance anthems I was playing...and then as I went into the nostalgia set I just kind of sent everyone over the edge (in the best way).
We are a blessed tribe with a long history together. To get to create and take part in the unspeakable joy that unfolded was a blessing I'll always cherish.
As always, this set was brought to you with every ounce of love that I've got to give. I hope it touches your heart as much as it did mine and so many others as Epic Maui Journey came to an emotionally powerful conclusion.
*I edited this set to remove the very ending of the day, as I was playing more downbeat songs that were perfect for the moment but wouldn't have exactly made sense in podcast form. I feel that the songs I played at the very end of the day were special and to be enjoyed only in that very moment.
#/Artist/Title/Remix
01. Ciaran McAuley/Love Loud/Original Mix
02. Gareth Emery/Long Way Home/Ciaran McAuley Remix
03. Ciaran McAuley/Think Twice/Extended Mix
04. Gareth Emery/Without U/Extended Mix
05. Leo Stannard/Stargazing/Extended Mix
06. Eric Lumiere/Human Beings/Farius Extended Mix
07. Liu Bei/Running/Farius Extended Mix
08. Richard Walters/Protected/Nora En Pure Extended
09. Sarah McLachlan/Silence/Kryder Extended Mix
10. Brian Kennedy/Life, Love, Happiness/Stereolove Epic Anthem
11. Dido/Together/R Plus Extended Mix
12. Christian Burns/Wonderful Life/Kryder Guilty Pleasure Remix
13. Lighthouse Family/High/Flrancois K's Vocal Remix
14. Beth Orton/Central Reservation/Spiritual Life Ibadan Remix