The Force Factor - Trance and Hard Trance Podcast

Finally the summer’s heating up…. and so are the tunes! Enjoy! 01. Nitrous Oxide & Adam Kancerski pres. Husaria - Poznan 02. Gareth Weston - Temptation 03. Ashley Smith & Josh Kayn - Far Away (Touchstone remix) 04. Mark Leanings vs. Space Rockerz & Tania Zygar - Whatever Happened to Puzzle Piece (John O'Callaghan mashup) 05. Blank and Jones - Cream (Chris Metcalfe remix) 06. Bryan Kearney - Mexican Rave (Neal Scarborough remix) 07. Clayfacer & Cryptix - Final Destination 08. Lee Walls - Sunrise 09. Technikal feat.GD - You Belong To Me 10. Costa Pantazis feat. Adrenaline Dept.- Exodus (Costa Pantazis mix) 11. John Askew - How Can I Put This (John O'Callaghan remix) Download MP3

This month, with a holiday and the big celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee here in the UK I haven’t been able to spend the usual time on my favourite pastime - choosing & buying new trance tracks! - so I’ve had a dig around and chosen some belters from a year or 2 ago which I love but haven’t heard in a while. Hope you enjoy! 01. Thomas Bronzwaer - Galaxyrise 02. Bryn Whiting - Out of the Dark and Into the Light 03. Bryan Kearney & Liam Melly - The Other Half (Thr3Shold remix) 04. Adam Tas feat. Sopheary - Say (Indecent Noise remix) 05. Med vs Neil Bamford - Light Up (Indecent Noise remix) 06. Above - Stella IX 07. Lee Walls - For You I’ll Be There 08. Luke Warner & Matt Church - Perfect Dream (Big Kev remix) 09. Ben Stevens & Rodi Style - The Eternal 10. Neon Lights - Home (Steve Hill vs Technikal mix) Download MP3

A quality-packed Force Factor this month including one of my favourite tracks at the moment - Indecent Noise’s insane remix of Forbidden City by Marc Simz which is just exploding with retro-sounding energy. Plus dusting off two fantastic records from a few years back from the incredible Vinylgroover & The Red Hed.  01. Inertia - The System (Sean Tyas & Tom Colontonio remix) 02. Matt Bowdidge - No Room To Breathe 03. RAM - RAMplify 04. Marc Simz - Forbidden City (Indecent Noise remix) 05. Peter Plaznik - The Werewolf 06. Darren Porter & Gareth Weston - The Tesla Effect 07. Vinylgroover & The Red Hed - Touch Me 08. Jason Cortez - Brothers & Sisters 09. Vinylgroover & The Red Hed - The Process 10. Will Atkinson - Hold Tight Download MP3

Fifty shows!! Celebrating half a century of pumping out trance & hard trance belters month in month out - and number 50 is no different! Stormers from Johan Ekman, Mark Leanings, & loads more. Thanks for listening, here’s to another 50 :-) 01. John O'Callaghan & Heatbeat - Las Lilas 02. Sean Truby & Craig Purvis - Beyond The Horizon 03. LTN - Out Of This World (James Dymond remix) 04. Johan Ekman - Vaste Regrette 05. Simon Patterson - We’ll See 06. Johan Ekman - So On, So Forth 07. Mark Leanings - Guiding Light 08. Luke H and Dr Suess - Sweet 666 (Jody 6 remix) 09. Nu NRG - Casino (Stoneface & Terminal remix) 10. Twisted Frequencies - Soundwaves 11. David McRae & Clayfacer - In The Ashes Download MP3

Spring is here so get the car windows down, volume up, and pump out some of this tech & hard trance to help your neighbours’ gardens grow! Some huge tunes from Jason Cortez, Luke H and many more! 01. Sound Players - Baiana (Paul Miller vs Ronald de Foe remix) 02. Jason Cortez - Lil More Luv 03. John O'Callaghan - Raw Deal 04. Simon Patterson - Backstab 05. Jase Thirlwall - Whopper 06. Neutr4l Numb3r - Cosmic Raves 07. The Sixth Sense - Trancemission (NG Rezonance remix) 08. Technikal & Johnny HT - The Pulse 09. Luke H - Feel So Good 10. Ehren Stowers - Defender11. Meridian - Smile (Arctic Moon remix) Download MP3

Tech trance time! February’s Factor gets the rave juices flowing but - for this episode - doesn’t stray over into the territory of hard dance… this is 100% gritty trance from the likes of Askew, Patterson etc (my favourite kind!). Hope you agree! 01. Monada - Turbulence  02. Lee Miller - Deception (Oliver Brooks remix) 03. Running Man - Sorrow (Trance Arts remix) 04. Indecent Noise pres. Mental Asylum - Gambit 05. Jamie Harrison - Bucky Balls  06. Paul van Dyk - Tell Me Why (John Askew remix) 07. Indecent Noise pres. Mental Asylum - Trauma 08. John O'Callaghan - Stresstest (John Askew remix) 09. Binary Finary - 1998 (Alex M.O.R.P.H. remix) 10. Simon Patterson - Smack 11. John O'Callaghan feat. Guiseppe Ottaviani - Ride The Wave (Will Atkinson remix) Download MP3

Lots of bootlegs/remixes/mashups in this one, so if you like that sort of thing you’re in for a treat! A few producers including the awesome Bryan Kearney kindly distributed some excellent productions over xmas so I’ve included a few to get the year off to a banging start. Plus a great guest mix from up & coming Vancouver based DJ, EYC.  01. Whiteroom vs Ferry Corsten - White Love (Bryan Kearney’s Passionate mashwork)02. Bryn Whiting - Never Coming Down 03. Planet Perfecto Knights - ResuRection (Paul Oakenfold Full-On Fluoro mix) 04. Cygnus X - Superstring (Jordan Suckley IO remix) 05. Jordan Suckley - Flames (Sneijder 1AM remix) 06. Jean Jacques Smoothie - Two People (Kipster remix) 07. Josh C - Knock Off (David McRae remix) 08. On NRG - Own Way 09. Paul F feat. Adele - Rollin In 10. Bryan Kearney - You Will Never Be Forgotten (Unreleased mix) 11. Bryan Kearney & Snatam Kaur vs Solarstone vs Neptune Project - Ong NamAztec In Seven Cities (Bryan Kearney Pach-Up) EYC Guest Mix:12. Matias Faint - Casino Fire (Kent & Gian remix) 13. Sunny Lax - Always (Matt Skyer remix) 14. Nick Sentience - Kinetic 15. Paul Webster - Cut Off (Chris Metcalfe remix) 16. Running Man pres. Fifth Dimension - Somewhere 17. Bryan Kearney & Jamie Walker - We’ll Never Die Download MP3

My set for Afterhours.fm’s End of Year Countdown was a 2001 special, a nostalgic look back at the big trance hitters 10 years ago, so in case you were too busy stuffing yourself with spuds & sprouts to catch it on Xmas day, here’s the uncut version for your downloading delight :-) 01. Lange feat. Skye - Drifting Away 02. Solid Sessions - Janeiro 03. Insigma - Open Our Eyes 04. DJ Tiesto - Suburban Train 05. Mario Piu pres. DJ Arabesque - The Vision 06. Push - The Legacy 07. Perpetuous Dreamer - The Sound Of Goodbye 08. DJ Tiesto - Flight 643 09. Dirt Devils - The Drill 10. Members Of Mayday - 10 in 01 11. JFK - Good God 12. PPK - Resurrection 13. Ratty - Sunrise Download MP3

If you want a big soundtrack for your xmas party, look no further! :) Loads of great new trance plus some cheeky remixes of Lost Tribe, Armin Van Buuren and even Rihanna! Have a great xmas and don’t forget my “2001 special mix” for Afterhours.fm’s End of Year Countdown - midday on Christmas Day! 01. Gareth Emery ft. Mark Frisch - Into The Light (Alex M.O.R.P.H. remix) 02. Sean Tyas - Lift (Des McMahon remix) 03. Shaun Williams - Digital Communication 04. Brett Wood - My Everything 05. Maguire - Face Yesterday (Dark Acid mix) 06. Fady and Mina - Egypt 07. Rihanna - Music (Kipster remix) 08. On NRG - Synchronism 09. Steve Hill & Technikal vs Costa Pantazis - Gamemaster (Part 2) 10. Armin Van Buuren - Hold On ft. Audrey Galagher (Rob.O.T.T. Bootleg) Download MP3

My set from this year’s UK In The Mix 005 event on Afterhours.  01. Indecent Noise - Grim Reaper 02. Lee Miller - Inception 03. Brian Cameron - Engage 04. John Askew - Bastard 05. Simon Patterson & Greg Downey ft. Bo Bruce - Come To Me 06. Will Atkinson - Breathe It 07. Cosmic Gate - Human Beings (Daniel Kandi’s Humane Society remix) 08. Too Many Artists - Get Exact Blackout (Indecent Noise Bosh-Up) 09. Alex Mac & Zeebra Kid vs Nicky D ft Amy D - Reboot 14 10. Bryan Kearney - Stealth Bomber (TrancEye remix) Download MP3

A massive guestmix from up & coming producer Lee Miller follows some rather large new tunes from the likes of Will Atkinson with Breath It and Brian Cameron with Engage, two of my fave tracks at the moment. Plus (by complete coincidence) another great remix of Paramore’s Crush, this time with Costa Pantazis on mix duties. 01. Luke Terry - Counting Stars (99 Returning Remix) 02. Will Atkinson - Breathe It 03. James Allan & Kevin Aitken - Killswitch (Mark Sherry remix) 04. Too Many Artists - Get Exact Blackout (Indecent Noise Bosh-Up) 05. Tongue & Groove - Crush (Costa Pantazis remix) 06. Brian Cameron - EngageLee Miller Guestmix: 07. Lee Miller - Orion 08. Lee Miller - Deception 09. Lee Miller - Conspiracy 10. Lee Miller - Rolling Tides Download MP3

Better late than never hmm?! So.. Paramore in a trance mix?!! I came across an American tech-trance DJ called Fei Fei this month and I’m loving her sound, see what you think!01. Talla 2XLC vs Paul Miller - Extravaganza 02. Martin Libsen - Sirius 03. Fei Fei - Hellion 04. Bryan Kearney - Stealth Bomber (TrancEye remix) 05. Paramore - Crushcrushcrush (Fei Fei’s Feided remix) 06. Peetu S - Scorpion 07. Indecent Noise - Civitanova 08. Eddie Hallett - Acclamation (Burak Harsitlioglu remix) 09. Lee Walls - Enjoy The Silence 10. Lee Walls vs Ashley Waters - Mess You UpDownload MP3 

Great new releases from some of the big guns of trance make it a storming September! Plus on the harder side, Costa Pantazis/Ashley Waters and April manage to keep their full-throttle sound melodic & uplifting - love it. But Indecent Noise’s “Grim Reaper” has to be my favourite track for bloody months - incredible. As the Aussies like to say… banging like a dunny door in a thunderstorm. 01. Peter Sawland - Angel Eyes02. Paul Webster - Circus 03. Paul Oakenfold - Full Moon Party 04. JFK - Good God (2010 mix)05. John Askew - Torture Chamber 06. Indecent Noise - Grim Reaper 07. Robbie Muir - Buzz Tribute08. Shiverize - Repulse (Xinetd D remix)09. Ashley Waters & Costa Pantazis - Pathfinder (Instrumental mix)10. April - You’re in my World Now11. Cosmic Gate - Human Beings (Daniel Kandi’s Humane Society remix) Download MP3

This is a set called ‘End of Integrity 2’. It’s similar to a mix I made last year (called, guess what… End of Integrity), but with a bit of extra integrity squeezed painfully out of it. Warning: If you are hoping for the latest Force Factor, you will be deeply disappointed. That will follow in a few days. In the meantime… do not download this MP3. You have been warned. 

So as you probably know by now I love the old skool sounds and August’s mix is chock-full of them! A new remix of the 1997 Lustral classic ‘Everytime’ by Kipster, Amen UK’s 'Passion’ from 1995 remixed by Neon Lights, plus the old-skool flavour that runs through Rob O.T.T’s This is the Time. Hope it gets your rave juices flowing! 01. Tom Colontonio - Longport (Uplifting mix)02. Goldenscan - Sunrise 2011 (Neptune Project remix)03. Thr3shold - From Dust04. Sean Tyas - By The Way05. Kipster - Everytime06. Rob O.T.T. - This is the Time07. Carl Nicholson - Fairytales08. Carl Nicholson - Thrust09. Neon Lights - Passion (MDA & Spherical remix)10. Rob O.T.T. - TeleportationDownload MP3 

Two for the price of one this month! Your usual dose of Force Factor tuneage, plus a fantastic hour-long guestmix from someone whose fast-paced trance productions I’ve been banging out for ages, so you’ll already be familiar with his sound - Burak Harşitlioğlu. Thanks for the mix Burak, & enjoy everyone! 01. Akira Kayosa & Will Watson pres. Osaru - Osaru02. Martin Libsen - Deep Reflections03. Indecent Noise - Warsaw04. Ross Anderson - Ignite (Estigma remix)05. John O’Callaghan & Giuseppe Ottaviani - Ride The Wave (Full Tilt remix)06. Aly & Fila - Sandgroper (Bryan Kearney’s Beyond the Mind remix)07. Alex Mac & Zeebra Kid vs Nicky D ft. Amy D - Reboot 1408. Luke H vs Mavrik - Feel the Rhythm09. Technikal, Mikey O’Hare & Jonno - Get On Up10. Brett Wood & Rob.O.T.T - AirborneBurak Harşitlioğlu Guestmix:11. Pandora - Over The Rainbow12. Flutlicht - The Fall (Akira Kayosa remix)13. S.H.O.K. - Le Desir Noir14. DJ Vega - Eternity15. Traces Traxx - Xenergy16. Matt Davey - Back In The Day (Estigma remix)17. Brooklyn Bounce - Bass, Beats & Melody18. Matt Pincer - Rockless19. Sky Motion - Need You Download MP3

Making up for last month with a big fat dose of the fast stuff! Some great tracks around right now including a fantastic mashup if you like Chase & Status, and loads of huge new hard trance, perhaps my favourite being ‘Popcorn’ from C&D Project - amazing tune. Thanks to all you folks on Facebook for all your birthday messages this month! Enjoy the mix! 01 Nick Callaghan & Will Atkinson - Let Go02 Mark Leanings - Dropshot (Bryan Kearney’s Step Aside Lad remix)03 Mallorca Lee & Gary Maguire vs Chase & Status - Yalday Time (Ally Brown mashup)04 NG Rezonance - Deception05 Ben Bennett & Costa Pantazis - Sacrament (Lee Walls remix)06 Steve Hill & Technikal & JT Stanhope - Silence07 Burak Harsitlioglu - The Focus08 John Ridout - Dancing On Ice09 Unit 13 - Mea Culpa10 C&D Project - Popcorn11 Kay Cee - EscapeDownload MP3

This month’s mix is a big bag of tunage fresh from the large trance department, energetic as ever, but without much hard trance due to a lack of good quality new hard trance tunes when I recorded it earlier this month. Probably some of you will be pleased with that while others will miss the hard stuff, so I’ll be interested to hear your opinions! 01 Martin Libsen - Capsule02 Sied Van Riel feat. Nicola McKenna - Stealing Time (Aly & Fila remix)03 Bryan Kearney pres Karney - Backbreaker (Colin James & Indecent Noise remix)04 Tom Colontonio - Reflection (Heatbeat remix)05 Prodigy - Omen (Reaky’s Bootleg mix)06 Steve Allen & Davey Asprey - The Glitch07 Will Atkinson & Nick Callaghan - Until Next Time08 John Askew - The Witch09 Ati Rider - Love Song10 System F - Out Of The Blue11 Sean Tyas - Solo (Roses version) Download MP3

Podcast only extended mix! The excellent remix of ‘Ayla’ in this month’s set came out too late for the Afterhours set but it’s included here as a special treat for you podcast subscribers :) Other highlights include a great new version of the classic Cygnus X - Superstring, plus a short burst of Felix’s “Don’t you want me” dropped in briefly too… 01  James L & Thomas Coastline - Sunset Colours (Falcon & Gaz Chen remix)02  OceanLab - Beautiful Together (Signum Remix) 03  Airbase - We Might Fall 04  Ally Brown - Cranked 05  Gary Proud - Underdog 06a BK - Pressure Down (Fabio Stein’s Downrise remix) 06b Felix - Don’t You Want Me (Hooj mix) 07  Cartel - Buenos Aires 08  Jennarate - Refocus 09  Jared Asher - Stardust (TWB remix) 10  Adrenaline Dept & Venetica - Ayla (Technikal remix) 11  Toryn D and Dave Wright - Reboot 7 Download MP3

Quality fast-paced techy trance sounds from the off, including what has become one of my favourite tracks ever, Daniel Kandi’s remix of Cosmic Gate’s “Human Beings”, love that track! Also watch out for a new remix of Armin’s classic “Shivers”. 01 John O'Callaghan - Talk To Me (Activa pres. Solar Movement remix)02 Cosmic Gate - Melt To The Ocean (John O'Callaghan remix)03 Lee Miller - Conspiracy04 Darren Tate vs Jono Grant - Let The Light Shine In (Corderoy remix)05 Cosmic Gate - Human Beings (Daniel Kandi’s Humane Society remix)06 Trevor Dans - Defend The Rights07 Burak Harsitlioglu - Future Manipulation08 Covered Up - Shiverz09 Lee Miller - Inception10 Myk Bee - Blue Harmony (Corderoy remix) Download MP3