Originally released in June 2013 as Spring Nights 2013, I recorded this set on my laptop using Virtual DJ right before I got my first DJ controller. It was part of my Seasonal Mix Series as a nighttime counterpart to Spring 2012, which is now called Emerge. I wanted this mix to have the same springtime vibe as Emerge, but more geared for the dance floor.

I fell in love with DJs and DJ culture in the mid to late 90s through Progressive House and then Trance around the turn of the millennium. Sasha & Digweed, BT, Nick Warren / Way Out West, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Underworld and Orbital are all reasons why I wanted to be a DJ.

I went to school at Boston University, and lived behind the Citgo Sign just a short walk from Landsdowne St, the major club district. While friends of mine were going to frat parties and drinking, I was going out to see my favorite DJs play sets at megaclubs at the height of trance and progressive house.

I wanted to make a mix that captured the same Spring vibe of energy and positivity, while also connecting the dots between some of my favorite older tracks from the 90s with more current (in 2013) progressive house sounds. The end result is a neon colored mix that oscillates between beautiful chill progressive house and ecstatic emotional bangers 🌺💥🌀

Track List:

1. Dream Forest Intro

2. Orbital – Halcyon + On + On

3. Ananda Project – Moment Before Dreaming (Sasha Involv3r Remix)

4. Way Out West – We Love Machine (Jaytech Remix)

5. Gossip – Heavy Cross (‪Fred Falke‬ Remix)

6. Underworld – Peggy Sussed (‪Pete Heller‬ Vocal Mix)

7. ‪Gui Boratto‬ – No Turning Back

8. Blondes – Wine (Sasha Involv3r Remix)

9. Way Out West – Tierra del Fuego (Paul Keeley 4th Movement Mix)

10. Bt ft. ‪Tori Amos‬ – Blue Skies (The Delphinium Days Mix)/ Lusine – Make it Easy (‪John Tejada‬ Remix)

11. Mark Knight & D. Ramirez v. Underworld – Downpipe

12. ‪Digitalism‬ – So Totally Good

13. ‪The Chemical Brothers‬ – Star Guitar

14. Scuba – Feel It

15. Sasha – Xpander

16. M83 – Couleurs (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)

17. Bt – Tripping the Light Fantastic

18. ‪The Chemical Brothers‬ – Midnight Madness

19. Bt – Nectar

20. Way Out West – The Gift

21. GusGus – Purple (Sasha vs. The Light Mix)

22. Madonna – Ray of Light (Sasha’s Ultra Violet Mix)

23. High Contrast ft. Underworld & ‪Tiesto‬ – The First Note is Silent (‪Tiesto‬ Remix)