Another month, and another Universal Language installment hits my site.  This time, its deep & progressive trance.  This months (shorter) 1hr mix kicks off with the spacious and dreamy sounds of Blufeld, which then drops into a fantastic new track by Roger Shah (aka DJ Shah).  Tenisha's remix of this track carry's forward into tyDi's "Is It Cold" - you'll hear the flawless transition, and the exact same bassline cross over. 

Out of tyDi's track, I mix in "Another Day" by Mike Mikhjian feat. Anna Basel, before I attempt a live mashup with Kosheen's "Catch You".  Live mashup's are fairly hard to do (properly), and this was my attempt.  The jury is still out if it worked or not, but - it'll give you an idea of what I was trying to do.  From the tribal'ish bassline sound of Kosheen comes a proper mashup by DarkMemoria.  DarkMemoria doesn't produce mashup's often, but when he does - they're brilliant.  Things chillout a little from here, with Lament by Glenn Morrison and Zoo Brazil - this track sounds awesome when you're in the mood for it.  Picking things up again from the chilled atmosphere of the previous track comes Rank 1's "L.E.D There Be Light" - this time with the Wippenberg treatment.

A bunch of remixes were released recently of Hybrid's "Finished Symphony" - nothing will ever be as good as the original, but in this set I play Deadmau5's rehash of the track, which I think, works rather well with subtle sounds and hints of the original version.  The "classic of the month" comes in after that, with the Solarstone club mix of "Like A Waterfall" - an amazing vocal tune by Solarstone & Jes.  Speaking of vocal trance....Marcie makes another appearance in my sets - this time with her brilliant new track "Hold Me Up" by DFolt feat. Marcie.  DFolt & Marcie have made some great tracks recently - and this one is sure to please.

The last track of the set, comes from my all time favourite band - The Smashing Pumpkins.  I had never heard this remix of Perfect before, and it was only by chance I stumbled across it while browsing amazon.com.  It was released on an album I never knew existed.  Perfecto (the alias for Paul Oakenfold) remixes the sequel track to 1979 titled "Perfect".  Turn it up, as I finish the set with this massive track, featuring the voice of Billy Corgan.

Big room trance. Those are the words that describe the latest installment in the Universal Language series. This month on Afterhours.FM - I start out the 23rd episode of Universal Language with the latest track by Australia's own #1 DJ tyDi.

Following the smooth vocals of "Is It Cold", comes a remix by John O'Callaghan of the track "Hold On To Me" by the worlds #1 DJ - Armin van Buuren. I continue the vocal trance theme with a smooth blend into a track I've been waiting to use for a very long time now titled "Dangerous" by Destination X. This remix by Funabashi has been a massive hit on Markus Schulz's Global DJ Broadcast, and I'm so glad I was finally able to use it.

A change of tempo happens when the Duderstadt Uplifting Mash version of Beatitude kicks in. I then lay the Super8 & Tab remix of "Off The World" which has a tech-trance flavour to it. You may remember the Lange remix of the same track on Universal Language 021.

The set picks up pace at this point when two remixes of some classic Armin van Buuren tracks get a look in. Rush Hour and the title track from Armin's "Imagine" album gets the Paul Miller treatment. What an amazing remix with the unforgetable piano riff. Following that is the unmistakeable sound of Sean Tyas, with the track "Melbourne" as we continue the piano sound, through to Above & Beyond presents Oceanlab with their latest track "On A Good Day".

DT8 Project gets another replay of their track Destination, this time as the Redstar Remix. Check out Universal Language 021 to hear the Above & Beyond remix of this same track - amazing stuff.

As I wind up the 80 minute set, I play the new track by the DJ Shah & Adrina Thorpe titled "Back To You". It took me a few listens but this track has really grown on me.

The last track of the set is an all time classic by none other than BT. With the upcoming Trance Energy festival touring Australia, I thought this was a fitting end. This classic track has been reworked James Andrew - but still stays true to the original sound.

I'm very happy with the way this set turned out, and I hope you enjoy it too! Play it loud, and as always, feel free to distribute anywhere you see fit.

A massive thanks to tyDi for his support on this set.
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My friend Nick (aka DJ Abstraction) has posted a good little video of himself mixing up some house tracks.  The video was done primarly to test his new HD camera, but, for you budding DJ's, its also a good video to watch.  If you've never seen what mixing music looks like - this gives you an idea of what goes on behind the booth.

Equipment in this video are 2 x Pioneer CDJ1000 MKIII's, a Pioneer DJM600 mixer, a Korg Kaoss FX pad, and a laptop.  Ohh - and that glass of wine he has is a Brown Brothers Moscato wine - which took almost 2 months to get from my place (in Australia) to the UK (where he is). :P