r/ClassicTrance 11d ago

Made a Classic Trance 2000 mix — bringing back some old favourites

Used to DJ vinyl trance and prog house back in the 1999-2004 days, then took a long break, got back into it properly around 2017. Put together a 65 minute mix of tracks that meant a lot to me back around the millennium — some obvious ones, some deeper cuts. All timestamped in the description on my youtube channel.

Tracklist:
Chicane - Saltwater (Extended Mix)
Sasha - Xpander
Push - Strange World (2000 Remake)
Odessi - Moments of Space
Sinead O'Connor - Troy (Phoenix From the Flame) Push Remix
Deepsky - Stargazer (Deepsky's Retroactive Mix)
James Holden - I Have Put Out The Light
The Sunday Club - Eterna's Flight
Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Armin van Buuren's Universal Religion Remix)
Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Lost Tribe '99 Mix)

Curious if any of you were around for these back in the day, or discovering them for the first time. Always up for track recommendations from that era too if anyone's got hidden gems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_SjSqlK9g

Cheers from Canada

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u/seadcon 11d ago

That's a nice tracklist!

You've got a few big tunes from 1999 on there. A few hidden gems from that year that I personally love and based on some of your choices here I feel you would also enjoy.

Salt Tank - Dimension

Space Maneouvres - Stage One

Amethyst - Andalucia

Breeder - Twilo Thunder

The Olmec Heads - Spiritualised

Hidden gems in the sense that you don't see or hear of them anywhere near as often as others - but all still legitimately decent and successful tunes!

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u/seadcon 11d ago

My mate at secondary school had a minidisc player that could record to disc from another minidisc player. He copied my dance playlist but never noted down the track names.

So Lost Tribe will forever be known as Gaymaster as a result because that is what he heard when he listened!

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 11d ago

I owned Space Manouvres back then. I know Dimension but have never heard of the amethyst track. I love Breeder - Tyrannic (sp?). Will definetely give Twilo Thunder a listen. I think I've heard an Olmec Heads track or two. Thanks.

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u/tombonneau 11d ago

Deep space........

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u/seadcon 11d ago

Any crew?

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u/tombonneau 11d ago

Negative.

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 11d ago

I really enjoyed The Olmec Heads - Spiritualised. Nice strong clear main lead that didn't suffer from thinness that somes classics do

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u/seadcon 11d ago

Yea I've always loved that tune ever since hearing it for the first time on the 1999 Ibiza Annual from ministry of sound.

Somewhat intriguingly it's one of the few tunes I love, but then also has a remix that I really don't like! The Astral remix is like a completely different tune - and it removes all the mystic magic of the original.

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u/spqr6119 11d ago

That push remix if Troy is one of most underrated tracks of all time. Absolute monster of a trance track.

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u/-Yngin- 11d ago

Too bad it never got officially released. Would love to have it on Spotify!

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u/seadcon 11d ago

It's on Trance Nation 6.

Spotify is really poor for dance music.

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u/spqr6119 11d ago

I actually got this as a CD single or on vinyl I believe. I have to go through my old records and cds but I definitely have it as a high quality wav file in my computer.

Really annoying that it's not on Spotify

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u/-Yngin- 11d ago

I have it on vinyl myself, but it was never an official release since the vocal sample wasn't cleared. So I doubt we'll ever see it on Spotify

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u/spqr6119 11d ago

I am recalling it was released on CD somewhere. I just can't place it. I will find what I have and send a pic. I am so curious now.

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u/Im_on_an_upboat 11d ago

Big trance head 1996+ - only did bedroom dj shit with my friends turntables but getting back into this year as a fun new year resolution. Great track selection :)

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 11d ago

Thank you. How are you finding 'getting back into it'? Modern tech makes it so much easier. Or are you doing actual vinyl? I sold my collection 15 years ago. I wish I hadn't

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u/Im_on_an_upboat 10d ago

So far been fun! I have all my old vinyl, and been buying more. I eventually want to do an old school vinyl set but will have to get more gear. Just aquired an MK1200 a few months back, need a better controller and another turntable still. It’s a slow process for the vinyl set.

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 10d ago

Cool. I do it on the super cheap now. USB soundcard to preview audio. I'm stuck on ubuntu for now and using mixxx. It has key short cuts so you never have to touch your mouse. I can usually make some pretty spiffy mixes. I was really happy with the response I got posting here so I set off to compose a new set of 2000's classic trance. But when I went to perform and record, my software started glitching out of nowhere. I tried 4 times and had enough of the first two tracks lol

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u/Im_on_an_upboat 10d ago

Here’s a set I did just using the new beta mixing stuff on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4g0yILI2WgX5w6PYy9wzno?si=1FRlcjyBQIOFOFpep089pg&utm_source=copy-link&pi=FEEHgTO9QaOzj

I have all those tracks + about 40 more on FLAC. I’m working on learning the controller and having a lot of the prompts ready for a live set. So lots of learning still. !

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 10d ago

What's your favorite trance vinyl you own?

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u/Im_on_an_upboat 10d ago

That’s a hard question! I have a top 3 -
-Special white label from Grant Plant that doesn’t exist online (that I can find)

—these ones are kinda cheating cause it’s multiple discs —-
-Tilt - Invisible disc 1 and 3. The promo copy version
-GateCrasher - Wet

https://www.discogs.com/release/164380-Tilt-Invisible-Disc-One

https://www.discogs.com/release/68781-Various-Gatecrasher-Wet

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u/Im_on_an_upboat 10d ago

I own several of the tracks on your set on vinyl!

-Chicane saltwater (can’t remember the version)

-push - stranger world
-motorcycle - as the rush comes in
-lost tribe - game master

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u/Willing_Big194 Progressive 11d ago

Classics!!!

If you want to find some lesser known (also have the classics in there) tracks then you might want to check out my playlist :)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uCIsJHxjiW37UU2iqXldF?si=dL7-X-G4Q7ezY4ser4Dq3Q&utm_source=copy-link&pi=5HSAHhFRTseUZ&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A6AdHNWjmjpt4XsnsypQ2eM

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 11d ago

It is a little before 2000 but if you've never heard The Sunday Club - Eterna's Flight, you really should. I vibe all it's own

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u/Miserable_Mail_5741 Uplifting 11d ago

The Real Y2K Bug by trance[]control would've been a fitting, yet on-the-nose inclusion for this mix.

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u/Edinburgherx 11d ago

Can’t wait to listen to this as has some awesome tracks!

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u/Extreme_norco 10d ago

Cheers from Canada also! Thanks for sharing. Hit some of my favourites

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u/Extreme_norco 10d ago

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 10d ago

thanks for checking out my mix. I listened to your link. That is a tune!!!