NicholsonCast - Dance Music For The Jilted Generation

🎧 NICHOLSONCAST — HTID HAPPY HARDCORE SPECIAL

Something a little bit different for this episode of the NicholsonCast… and this one is pure, unapologetic HAPPY HARDCORE! 💗💛💙🔥

For the next 70 minutes, I’m taking things back with a mix dedicated to the sound and energy of HTID — Hardcore Til I Die.

This is all about the tunes that make you smile the second you hear them: huge pianos, massive vocals, ridiculous melodies, euphoric breakdowns and that unmistakable UK Hardcore energy.

Expect tracks from the likes of Eclipse, M&C, Killer DJs, Darren Styles, Styles & Breeze, Ultrabeat and plenty more absolute whoppers along the way.

Including classics such as:

🔥 Darren Styles – Getting Better
🔥 Darren Styles – Save Me
🔥 Styles & Breeze – You’re Shining
🔥 Ultrabeat – Sure Feels Good
🔥 Plus loads more HTID favourites and Happy Hardcore classics.

I spend a lot of time moving between Trance, Hard Trance, House and Techno, but sometimes you've just got to forget about being serious and play records that make people properly fucking happy. 😂❤️

That's exactly what this episode is about.

🎧 NICHOLSONCAST
💗 HTID HAPPY HARDCORE SPECIAL
⚡ 70 MINUTE MIX
🎹 PIANO ANTHEMS • RAVE CLASSICS • UK HARDCORE • OLD SKOOL

Turn it up LOUD and enjoy the ride.

HARDCORE TIL I DIE! ❤️‍🔥

🎧 NICHOLSONCAST — MUSIC LIVES HERE.

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And if this takes you back to an HTID dancefloor somewhere, tell me where and when — I want to hear the memories. 🙌🔥

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🎧 NICHOLSONCAST – CARL NICHOLSON LIVE AT TRADE | 3 HOUR SET

There are some sets that are more than just another gig — and for me, this is one of them.

Ever since I first fell in love with Tony de Vit’s music, playing at Trade had been one of my ultimate goals. Trade represented so much of what made me fall in love with this music in the first place — the energy, the attitude, the DJs and that unmistakable sound.

So when I was invited to play at Trade’s 30th Birthday, it genuinely was a dream come true.

And now, the full three-hour recording has a new home on the NicholsonCast. ❤️

Musically, this one goes right across the board — a mix-and-match journey through Hard House and House classics, alongside some of my own remixes and reworkings of classic Hard Trance records.

Expect tracks and influences from The Ethics, Patrick Prins, Committee, Tony de Vit and many, many more.

Three hours of music representing different parts of my journey — from being inspired by Tony de Vit and dreaming about playing Trade, to eventually standing behind those decks myself.

Sometimes you get to tick something off the bucket list.

This was one of mine. ❤️

⚫ CARL NICHOLSON – LIVE AT TRADE
🔥 TRADE 30TH BIRTHDAY
⏱️ 3 HOUR SET
🎶 HOUSE • HARD HOUSE • HARD TRANCE • CLASSICS • NICHOLSON REMIXES

🎧 NICHOLSONCAST — MUSIC LIVES HERE.

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💙 NICHOLSONCAST – NICHOLSON LIVE AT TRANCE SANCTUARY AFTERPARTY @ MINISTRY OF SOUND 💙

This one is FULL-ON TRANCE. 🔥

Another live recording from the Nicholson archives, this time from my set at the Trance Sanctuary Afterparty at the legendary Ministry of Sound, London.

There are certain venues where walking into the DJ booth just feels different — and Ministry is one of them.

For this set I went straight for the dancefloor: big riffs, big breakdowns, old-school influences, trance classics and those records that simply refuse to grow old.

Expect music from the likes of K-Series, JX, Eric Prydz and many, many more — including huge moments such as JX – Son Of A Gun, alongside classic piano-driven sounds, familiar riffs and some proper hands-in-the-air trance.

This isn't about sticking to one particular year or one particular corner of trance.

It's about energy.

The kind of records where you hear the first few bars and immediately know what's coming.

🔵 Recorded live at Trance Sanctuary Afterparty
⚫ Ministry of Sound – London
🎧 NICHOLSON – Full On Trance Set
🔥 Classics • Trance • Hard Trance • Anthems • Bootlegs

Turn it up LOUD.

This is NICHOLSON live at Ministry of Sound.

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If you were there — or one of these records brings back a memory — let me know.

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🍓 NICHOLSONCAST – STRAWBERRY SUNDAE VALENTINE’S BALL 🍓

This one comes straight from the archives — a recording of what became one of my most memorable and talked-about sets at the legendary Strawberry Sundae.

For this set, I wanted to go straight back to the roots and recreate that unmistakable ’90s dancefloor feeling — proper old-school energy, huge melodies, pianos, vocals and records that instantly take you back to another time.

The reaction to this set was incredible. It picked up over 5,000 plays on SoundCloud and generated so many brilliant comments and memories that I knew it deserved a permanent home on the NicholsonCast.

Expect classics including La Luna, Gat Decor – Passion, Amen – Passion, La Voix De Soleil and a stack of those huge records from yesteryear that helped define an era.

No trends. No algorithms. No trying to sound current.

Just a room full of people, timeless records and that feeling you used to get when the right tune landed at exactly the right moment. ❤️

🍓 Recorded live at Strawberry Sundae – Valentine’s Ball
🎧 Carl Nicholson – Old Skool Classics Set
🔥 90s House • Club Classics • Anthems • Memories

Turn it up, close your eyes and come back with me…

THIS IS WHAT SATURDAY NIGHTS USED TO SOUND LIKE.

🎧 NICHOLSONCAST — MUSIC LIVES HERE.

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If this one takes you back somewhere, drop me a message and tell me where you were when these records originally ruled the dancefloor. 🍓❤️🎧

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NICHOLSONCAST – CARL NICHOLSON LIVE AT HOUSEWORKZ SUMMER CLOSING 2026

Something a little different from me this week…

Recorded live at Houseworkz Summer Closing, this is me stepping away from the harder side of what you normally hear from Nicholson and digging into the House, Afro House and Tech House sounds that I love.

Nearly an hour recorded live — no studio recreation, just the set as it happened.

If you've followed me through Trance, Hard Trance and Hard House over the years, this one shows another side of what I do behind the decks.

Turn it up. 🔊

TRACKLIST

01. Joe Smooth – Promised Land (Mark Knight & James Hurr Extended Remix)

02. Mark Knight, Wh0 – Clap Your Hands (Extended Mix)

03. Nina Simone, Antdot – Work Song (Antdot Remix – Extended Version)

04. Frankie Romano, Supermini – Celebration (Antdot, Maz (BR) Edit)

05. Lizwi, Aaron Sevilla, Brøder, SENATVS – Pump Up The Jam (Original Mix)

06. Faul & Wad, Juany Bravo – Go Hot (Babylon) (Extended Mix)

07. HUGEL, SOLTO (FR) – Jamaican (Bam Bam) (Extended Mix)

08. Ultra Naté, HUGEL, Imael Angel – Movin' To The Sun (Extended Mix)

09. CamelPhat, Elderbrook – Cola (ARTBAT Extended Remix)

10. Heartless House – STF (Extended Mix)

11. Mau P – Just A Little Bit More (Extended Mix)

12. Green Velvet, MEDUZA, GENESI (ITA), ESSIONITA (IT) – La La Land (Extended Mix)

13. Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Groovejet (William Kiss, Jordan Brando & Luke Alessi Remix)


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🎧 NICHOLSONCAST — AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER.....

A three-hour, progressively building journey through the life, music and times of Carl Nicholson.

From the deeper end of trance through to full-send hard trance, this one travels across different chapters of my career — originals, remixes, bootlegs, forgotten moments and records that have helped tell my story along the way.

And they thought it was all over.....

The NicholsonCast is now fully paid for for the next year. ❤️

So this is only the beginning.

Please listen, share, comment and get involved. Let’s see where we can take NicholsonCast over the next 12 months.

🎶 TRACKLIST

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🎧 NicholsonCast — Trance For The Harder Generation

Three hours.
Over three decades of releases.
One journey.

Turn it up. 🔊🔥

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Tracklist:-

1. Tastexperience - Perception (Obie Fernandez Remix)
2. Denis Sheperd - Muchie
3. Alex Kunnan - Lifter
4. Giuseppe Ottiviani - Keep Running
5. Ciaran McAuley & LInney - Reach For You (Maratone Remix)
6. ID - ID
7. ID - ID
8. Binary Finary - 1998 (ID Bootleg)
9. Nicholson Feat Satellite Empire - Time (2019 ReLift Remix)
10. ID - ID
11. KLF - What Time Is Love (Nicholson's Dreamstate Bootleg)

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In this episode is an entire set of my bootlegs over the years, no tracklist for legal reasons.  But enjoy :)

After 25 years i delved in to my past, what fun was had :)

1. Brainbashers - Do It Now
2. Diddy - Give Me Love (Tony de Vit Remix)
3. Dyewitness - Only If I Had One More (Tradesmens Remix)
4. Steve Blake - Expression
5. Question Mark - The Birds
6. Signum - What Ya Got For Me
7. Signum Feat Scott Mac - Coming On Strong
8. DJ Zagreb & Pacific - Shine
9. Miss Behavin’ - Such A Good Feeling
10. 99th Floor Elevators - Hooked (Pete Wardman Remix)

1. D Manic - In My Mind

2. Protoculture, DIM3NSION & Dennis Shepard - Sublimity

3. Natalie Gioia - Your Love Is My Compass (AYU (UA) x Iversoon & Alex Daf Remix)

4. Cosmic Gate & Christian Burns - Brave

5. Tomcraft - Rude Place

6. Hofmann - Techno Will Never Die

7. M.I.K.E Push - Universal Nation (Charlotte De Witte Rework)

8. Binary Finary - 1998 (Victor Ruiz Remix)

9. Signum Feat Scott Mac - Coming On Strong (Hannah Laing, Ben Nicky Remix)

10. Hyperlogic - Only Me (Liam Wilson Remix)

11. dB Elyahu - Wand Happiness