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Goa Trance Formation
by DJ Solitare
DJ Solitare is Mark Ainley, a psychedelic trance DJ representing both the Italian retro label DAT Universe (formerly DAT Records) and the legendary Tsuyoshi Suzuki's label Matsuri Digital. A classically-trained musician still working in the classical industry, Mark has been active in the psy scene since 1994 and has evolved a mixing style that fuses the formative sounds of the psychedelic trance movement with the latest productions, a blend of old and new, to create a fresh present-time dancefloor experience.
Episodes
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DJ Solitare Mini New-School Set @ Trancendance Feb 19 2017
A live in-studio mini DJ mix taken from my visit to the Vancouver-based Trancendance radio program on February 19, 2017, hosted by DJ Smiley Mike. I have previously uploaded my entire visit, with the extended conversation before and after my mix, but I wanted to showcase this mix and the music I...
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DJ Solitare Mini Newschool Set @ Trancendance Oct 28 2018
A live in-studio mini DJ mix taken from my visit to the Vancouver-based Trancendance radio program on October 28, 2018, hosted by DJ Smiley Mike. I have previously uploaded my entire visit, with the extended conversation before and after my mix, but I wanted to showcase this mix and the music I...
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DJ Solitare Mini Newschool Set @ Trancendance Dec 15 2019
A live in-studio mini DJ mix taken from my visit to the Vancouver-based Trancendance radio program on December 15, 2019, hosted by DJ Smiley Mike. I have previously uploaded my entire visit, with the extended conversation before and after my mix, but I wanted to showcase this mix and the music I...
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DJ Solitare @ ZNA Gathering 2024
My July 20 nighttime set from the 2024 edition of ZNA Gathering, in which I opened the Futuristic Reality after party of the festival by playing new music. When considering my participation in the 2024 festival, the curator of the event paid me a great compliment when he said, 'You play new music...
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DJ Solitare @ Apsara 2023
A recording of the set that I played at the Apsara Festival in Hungary on Saturday August 12, 2023, from 630pm to 830pm. I was given a truly wonderful time slot leading into the final full night at the event, from full daylight at 630pm through to full darkness by the time my set ended at a bit...
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DJ Solitare at Ver in Goa in 2024
A reworking of the set that I played at the VER: Exploring the Roots event in Goa, India on February 3, 2024. I was given a sunset time slot on the Saturday of the 3-day event and my initial time of 90 minutes expanded to two hours, so I had an opportunity to go in a few different directions. I...
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DJ Solitare’s Reboot Unity Mix
A mix I created at the invitation of Marios Makar of Total Eclipse for his Dice Radio program. It was requested in late September and the due date ended up being days after the attack on a party in our community that has shaken our scene and the world dramatically. I was not particularly in the...
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DJ Solitare @ Celebro Amicis Nox
A nearly 3-hour set that I played on Saturday April 8, 2023 at a private event in Ottawa, Canada at the invitation of Clone604. I was due to play for two hours and then with one DJ being indisposed that was bumped up to two and a half hours - and then during the party the host asked if I would…
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DJ Solitare @ Back To The Trance
My closing set at the November 19, 2022 'Return to the Trance' gig in Ottawa, Canada, recorded directly from the mixing desk. Organized by Gordon Clone604 (and his crew), who had heard me twice at ZNA Gathering in Portugal, the event was a retro party meant to highlight the best of 90s…
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DJ Solitare @ ZNA Gathering 2022 remixed
My reworking of the set that I played at the ZNA Gathering on August 19, 2022, from 11 am to 130 pm. In the weeks and months leading up to event, I was ruminating over various tracks and ended up with about 8 hours in a shortlist for my 2.5 hour set (and I am never restricted to only the ones in...
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DJ Solitare Vitamin D Birthday Mix
I was invited to contribute a mix for Psylicious Radio and we timed the date to coincide with my birthday. Domino provided a mix too (shortly before her own birthday), as well as. the great artist Rigel also delivers a set, as does the wonderful host of the stream, EarthAlien. You can check out…
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DJ Solitare Solaluna - Samothraki 20-Year Reunion Mix
My mix for the online streaming event Sola Luna-Samothraki 20 Year Reunion, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the legendary Greek party. This online event was dedicated to the memory of Olli Wisdom of Space Tribe, who had submitted his mix just a few days before he died suddenly on August 23,...
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DJ Solitare - Old Dogs New Tricks Mix
A bit about the inspiration for this mix - the full text and the tracklist are at https://djsolitare.com/old-dogs-new-tricks I recall an amazing Equinox event in the Autumn of 1995 where Kuni played the whole night and the impression was that a cloud of quantum information would enter the dance...
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DJ Solitare Global Goa Party 1995: Up, Up, and Away
A mix produced for GoatRanch.com's fourth annual Global Goa Party, which took place in 2014. The event was themed at 1995 and therefore featuring tracks only made up to and including that year. For this set, I wanted to go back to the 94-95 branch of 'Goa' where the feeling was more upbeat and...
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DJ Solitare Retro Spring Mix
A retro set I mixed about 7 years ago at a time when SoundCloud was blocking certain mixes because of specific tracks - something that hasn't happened in a while, so I'm presenting it here now. This mix that continues the story of a mix that I played on the Trancendance radio program back then…
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DJ Solitare @ Apsara Online
My set for the Apsara Mini Online Festival on August 16, 2020. I had been due to play at the festival in Romania but as with all other events it was canceled. This set is very different from what I would have played at the festival - these are all released tracks (for my super-rare stuff, you…
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Intergalactic Sunrise livestream mix
My morning set for the Intergalactic Sunrise streaming event hosted by Intergalactic Productions on the Goa Trance Australia Facebook page on May 2-3, 2020. I was asked to play a retro set and given the 730am local time slot, so I opted for a somewhat slower melodic set that built up into some…
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DJ Solitare 'Play Goa' livestream: Into The Darkness
A recording of a livestream set on the Play Goa page on Facebook as part of an online event on April 25, 2020. I had been asked to play night music, so ... that I did: lots of night-time stormers from the 90s, with a dramatic and orchestral atmosphere. Not all night music was 'dark' per se back...
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DJ Solitare @ Puzzle Effect Psychedelic Virtual Gathering April 2020
My livestream set for the Psychedelic Virtual Gathering sponsored by Puzzle Effect on Facebook on April 12, 2020. This retro set features longtime favourites - all released tracks, barring one slightly different alternate mix - largely from the 1994-97 period, key tracks and atmospheres that…
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DJ Solitare on Trancendance - December 15 2019
My guest appearance on the Trancendance radio program with host DJ Smiley Mike on December 15, 2019. In this episode, we discuss a little bit of the evolution of Goa trance into modern psytrance, where I make a case for a lot of the great music being produced now while acknowledging some of the...
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David Hikari's 1994 'Connected' Ambient Mix
A glorious ambient mix made by David Dobson in Japan in the '94-'95 season. This mix was produced for the Tokyo-based shop Connected, who every month offered mixtapes for sale, one side being a dance mix, the other side being a downtempo mix. I met David at a party he organized in October 1994 -...
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DJ Solitare @ ZNA - Goa Guardians 2019 remix
A remix of my August 20, 2019 set that closed the Goa Guardians pre-party at the ZNA Gathering in Portugal. I had agreed to have my set recorded, but unfortunately the device was accidentally set to microphone mode when it was plugged in. The audio recording of the 'air' at the event, complete…
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DJ Solitare On Trancendance - September 22, 2019 (ZNA Afterglow Vol.3)
My guest appearance on the Trancendance program, in which I speak with host DJ Smiley Mike about my recent experience at the ZNA Gathering in Portugal and 'retro' music (and music in general), before and after an in-studio mix (with my mixer still covered in Portuguese party dust) that features...
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DJ Solitare @ ZNA 2019 Goa Guardians (microphone recording)
The recording of my August 20, 2019 set that closed the Goa Guardians pre-party at the ZNA Gathering in Portugal. While I had agreed to have my set recorded, unfortunately a button was pushed when the device was plugged in and it recorded via microphone instead of through the sound system…
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DJ Solitare on Trancendance October 28 2018
A guest appearance on citr.ca's Trancendance program, in which I speak with host DJ Smiley Mike about my recent experience playing in Belgium, as well as general discussions about the scene, such as DJ set length, the impact of the internet on parties, and so on. The tracks featured in my…
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DJ Solitare - Goa Trance Formation (Trance History Vol. 2)
A spoken introduction to my own introduction to psychedelic trance in Tokyo in 1994, the second of several podcasts that will explore the underground scene as it was evolving at the time and my experiences at this formative events and with some of the key producers and performers. This second...
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DJ Solitare - Goa Trance Formation (Trance History Vol. 1)
A spoken introduction to my own introduction to psychedelic trance in Tokyo in 1994, the first of several podcasts that will explore the underground scene as it was evolving at the time and my experiences at this formative events and with some of the key producers and performers. This first…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
DJ Solitare is Mark Ainley, a psychedelic trance DJ representing both the Italian retro label DAT Universe (formerly DAT Records) and the legendary Tsuyoshi Suzuki's label Matsuri Digital. A classically-trained musician still working in the classical industry, Mark has been active in the psy scene since 1994 and has evolved a mixing style that fuses the formative sounds of the psychedelic trance movement with the latest productions, a blend of old and new, to create a fresh present-time dancefloor experience.
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