Autumn is always a strange time of year for me; the turning of the weather, the clocks going back and the wet days and brown leaves falling from the trees brings a sense of foreboding but also a sense of closure of the year.

And what a year it has been; I've been unexpectedly busy - I’ve had some life changing things happen - almost all for the better, and having closed out my last big trip of the year, and subsequently falling ill to COVID for the last few weeks, it has given me a lot to reminisce and dwell on.

With that, I present to you something I've dwelled on for quite a long time - Something completely left field - An ambient, tranquil mix that reflects autumn’s meditative mood. It is the perfect mix of music to look out of a rain-beaten window and to watch the world go by, as you fall in love once again with the impermeable march of time. We all age a little bit, and we all mourn the excitement and highlights of the year. We want to go back to those times; but sadly we cannot. But new experiences and highlights are never too far away.

This mix contains some fantastic tracks by some of my favourite all-time artists, such as Balmohrea, Rothko, and I became newly acquainted with the work of “Human Is Alive” - who have already become a firm, ambient favourite. I originally intended to close out the set with “Bowspirit” by Balmorhea, but could not resist adding a track by one of my long time favourite artists, Olafur Arnalds with the heart-wrenching “The Air Suddenly Becomes Cold” (Loftið Verður Skyndilega Kalt) - Olafur very simply, and easily putting into music something that ten thousand of my words could never express.

-Soen

Tracklisting:

1. Balmorhea - Winter Circle

2. Warmth - Pale Sun

3. Vivian Roost - Memories

4. Sleepaholics - Keep Your Distance

5. Lewis Reynolds - Zero Hour

6. A Slower Tempo - Solstice

7. Zazenkai - Birdsong

8. Human Is Alive - Morning Forest

9. By Lotus - Winter Birds

10. Human Is Alive - Daydream

11. Philippe Deschamps - Blue Light Waves

12. By Lotus - From A Rooftop

13. Nili Fossae - All The Light They Cannot See

14. Rothko - Suddenly Becomes Light

15. Balmorhea - Bowsprit

16. Ólafur Arnalds - Loftið Verður Skyndilega Kalt

So this week I started a new day job; and it's a completely different set of technologies to what I'm used to using; and completely different hardware for that matter! So lots of learning to do, but thoroughly enjoying it!

And as any good educator will tell you, getting a good night's sleep is fundamental to learning; for your brain to absorb all of those facts and know-how! So in order to wind down to get to sleep, I prescribe you this; the Relaxative. Reminiscent of sunny summer days lounging by the pool, or day dreaming on the beach with a drink in your hand and a book in the other. This episode features deep melodic house to help you unwind with touches of beach house, blissful intergalactic vibes, and a touch of acoustic guitar on the beach watching a futuristic sunset.

So grab a cocktail, turn down the lights and let yourself drift away with these chilled, melodic vibes...

Until next time,

-Soen

We all grieve differently; and with the passing of Queen Elizabeth last week, this thought has been on my mind the last few days.

This week I had intended to put together another deep house set; and as serendipity has it, a more sombre, thoughtful set was called for. Beginning with the spellbinding and heart-melting "Raye" by Sultan + Shepard, this set is mixed slightly slower, featuring melodic house, progressive house, and occasionally touching on ambient vibes so that you can take time to reflect on what has been; on those that you may have lost and on life's ups and downs.

The tracklist titles really speak to what this set is about; tracks such as "Feel", "Floating", "Only You", "Otherside", "Ethos", "Golden Tears", and Above & Beyond's incredibly moving track "Gratitude" which I first heard live at ABGT 450 last year; and slowing it down to 120bpm really reveals it's incredible production quality and beautiful warm sound and incredible vocals.

If you know my personal DJ style, I put a huge amount of focus on the transitions between tracks, making them as smooth as I can, so the whole set feels like one ever-evolving song; in my mind I held the word "dreamlike" when mixing this set, my hope is that that comes across - And to make it feel even more like a dream, I created a "full-circle" set - That is, starting and ending the set with the same powerful song - "Raye".

This is an extra-long set, I listened to over 100 tracks build this set, finally narrowing it down to 18 tracks that really spoke to me and worked well together - and at 1 hour 38 minutes, I still had another 17 tracks I didn't get to use! Maybe another deep house/melodic set is in order soon.

As always, I love to hear your feedback, you can get me on Twitter @soen or @soen.one on instagram, or leave a comment below.

Until next time, keep well and look after each other,

S

This episode has been a long time coming! I had to remix it 4 times to get it to a stage where I was happy with (most) of the mixes - Ah, the joys of using radio edits and cross-genre tracks.

Anyway, it's here and I think it's a great uplifting mix of tracks to celebrate some wonderful times I've had recently in my life. Onwards and upwards!

Tracklisting:

1. Fragma - Everytime You Need Me

2. Tungevaag & Sick Individuals & Philip Strand - With My Friends

3. Alok & Ella Eyre & Kenny Dope - Deep Down

4. Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin

5. Gamper & Dadoni - Praise You

6. The Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme

7. Gamper & Dadoni - Bittersweet Symphony

8. OneRepublic - Sunshine

9. Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay the Night

10. Tim Deluxe - It Just Won't Do

11. Kingdom 93 & Goldfingers - Move

12. Ryan Blyth - Do Me Right

13. Prezioso & Laurell - Havana

14. Illyus & Barrientos & Laura Davie - Disco Hearts

15. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Azteck & Hayley May - Heaven

16. Michael Gray - The Weekend

17. GBX - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

18. waykap - My Vibe

19. Papa Zeus - Can't Stop

20. LF System - Afraid To Feel

A rough mashup of the epic Soul Anthem by Loran and Rain In Ibiza by Felix Jaehn, The Stickmen Project, and Calum Scott

So it's taken 4 weeks to publish this podcast - No thanks to being me being incredibly busy with festivals and other events, and then having a hard drive crash mid-August, but I've finally managed to retrieve this podcast episode from the wreckage and still incredibly pleased with my first foray into Spanish and Latin pop/dance music.

This mix has some amazing full blooded tracks in it - All the way from Pop to Trance, with an unapologetic few cheesy tracks in there too. Great sizzling vibes to match the sizzling weather we've had in the UK recently! This mix features a stonking 23 tracks in total; and they come fast and furious! And I'm incredibly happy with the way it turned out.

So until next time,

Sigue bailando a ese ritmo latino, ¡nos vemos bebé!

Tracklisting:

1. Cirque du Soleil - Los Mosquitos

2. Lucky Chops - Full Heart Fancy

3. Sofía Reyes, Wisin - Muevelo (feat. Wisin)

4. Camila Cabello, Major Lazer - Don't Go Yet - Major Lazer Remix

5. MYLØ, Zafra Negra - Sufriendo

6. HUGEL, Cumbiafrica - Morenita

7. Yan Kings, Matt Petrone, Pitbull - El Mariachi

8. Loran - Soul Anthem

9. Felix Jaehn, The Stickmen Project, Calum Scott - Rain In Ibiza

10. INNA, J Balvin - Cola Song (feat. J Balvin)

11. Drop Department, SuitStatic - Bucovina

12. Farruko - Pepas

13. Mathias D., Anderva - El Jefe

14. Pitbull, J Balvin, Camila Cabello - Hey Ma (with Pitbull & J Balvin feat. Camila Cabello)

15. Leandro Da Silva, Divolly & Markward - Roadrunner

16. INNA, Daddy Yankee - More Than Friends

17. DEXTER KING, Aviella - Get to Know You

18. YouNotUs, Louis III - Samba

19. Ibrahim Maalouf, Flavia Coelho, Tony Romera - El Mundo

20. Nayer - Suave (Kiss Me) (feat. Mohombi & Pitbull)

21. Wisin & Yandel, Jennifer Lopez - Follow The Leader

22. DR. KUCHO!, Adonis Alvarez, Marta Bolanos - La Tarde Se Ha Puesto Triste

23. Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno, Zion & Lennox - SUBEME LA RADIO (feat. Descemer Bueno & Zion & Lennox)

So this week's genre was going to be Powerful Vocals - Tracks that are reknowned for their amazing vocals; but given the heat I decided to change that up instead and look at what's new in the world of deep, melodic and progressive house, and mix them together in to a slow, hazy days of summer mix. If you know me, I'm somewhat of a music maximalist, I love tracks that have lots of textures and colours and instruments, and boy this mix has layers and textures galore. Breakbeats, drum and bass beats, dual vocals, sitars, malimba, spanish guitars, piano, they're all in there.

Let me know what you think! You can reach me on my socials on twitter @soen, or on facebook.com/SoenOne

Tracklisting:

1. deadmau5, Skylar Grey - My Heart Has Teeth (feat. Skylar Grey)

2. Ben Böhmer, MEUTE - Begin Again - MEUTE Remix

3. São Miguel - I Feel Loved

4. Tinlicker, Nathan Nicholson, Helsloot - Be Here and Now - Helsloot Remix

5. Passenger 10 - Amalfi - Extended Mix

6. Angara, Beacon Bloom - In The Storm - Extended Mix

7. 3STRANGE, Kenya Grace - Someone Else

8. Nora En Pure - Us - Nora en Pure Club Edit

9. Nigel Dawson, Eric Lune - East to West - Eric Lune Remix

10. Lane 8, Rae Morris - No Fun

11. Illumia, Blank Page - Volga (Blank Page Remix)

12. Juno Mamba - Us

13. Nils Hoffmann, Julia Church - 9 Days

14. Hessian, Emma Mae - White Lie

So last weekend was the amazing and huge London Pride - 1.5 million people took part - And so, I've taken my favourite tracks from my pride playlist... And decided to set myself a challenge!

This is a cold mix - A mix done without any preparation or "warm-up". The challenge here is to create an effective and unique transition to each track live but I've only got the length of each track to decide and test out (via my cans) a mixing strategy, and then replay the mixing live when the end of the track comes - Often not knowing the song intimately! It results in some...interesting choices! So here it is. The Pride Mix - Cold Edition - Warts and all!

1. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

2. Kylie Minogue - Your Disco Needs You

3. Yazz - The Only Way Is Up

4. Cher - Believe

5. Sister Sledge - We Are Family - 1995 Remaster

6. Years & Years - King

7. Supermode - Tell Me Why - Radio Edit

8. Bananarama - Venus

9. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out

10. Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight

11. Scissor Sisters - Kiss You Off

12. Whigfield - Saturday Night - Radio Mix

13. Gala - Freed From Desire

14. Years & Years - Starstruck

15. Ava Max - Kings & Queens

16. Black Box - Ride on Time

17. Florence + The Machine, Calvin Harris - Spectrum (Say My Name) - Calvin Harris Remix

18. Electric Six - Gay Bar

This week, I've rediscovered my love of Deep House, and all the wonderful varieties of it. It fits nicely in-between my love of contemporary classical, progressive house and melodic house. So this mix features some of the latest releases from Anjunadeep, and label resident Rezident features heavily here too. Listen out for Rufus Du Sol, the classic deep track Serenity by Popof, and some of best female vocals that I've heard in a long time.

Tracklisting:

1. Above & Beyond - Time Heals

2. Mees Salomé, Celine Cairo, Coeus - Fool's Paradise - Coeus Remix

3. Above & Beyond, CRi - Filmic - CRi Remix

4. Heard Right - Diversion

5. Ian Ludvig, SevenJune - Lux Aeterna - Original Mix

6. Rezident - Focus

7. Robby East - Gamelan

8. RÜFÜS DU SOL, Cassian - On My Knees - Cassian Remix

9. Rezident - Artifacts

10. Lonely in the Rain, Jodie Knight - Head Straight

11. Rezident - Aura - Extended Version

12. Popof, Oxia - Serenity - Oxia Remix

13. Ben Böhmer, lau.ra, Rezident - Erase - Rezident Remix

14. Above & Beyond - Time Heals

So the last couple of weeks have been incredibly busy; but I managed to stop by the Mighty Hoopla festival in London and had an absolute blast! Definitely booking again for next year.

Meanwhile, the amazing Nick Charles of Gaydio and Loud Brown Gays podcast, sent me a mix for me to give constructive feedback... Which I did, but then I thought... What if I were to take his playlist and make my own mix of it! And voila! Here it is!

I'm excited to see the Freemasons play live at the amazing Roast at Electrowerkz in London on the 25th of June; so in their honour, I rounded out my mix with their amazing "When You Touch Me" - An absolutely classic disco/dance track that never seems to age and is sure to get the house jumping!