At the very end of the Trance Around the World #449 podcast, Above & Beyond‘s loyal worldwide audience learned episode #450, live from Bangalore India, would be the last. After nine years, the weekly two-hour radio show – known for featuring the latest and greatest in Trance and Progressive, often from Above & Beyond’s label Anjunabeats – would be no more. What we learned, however, was this was actually a re-branding effort: Trance Around the World would disappear, only to reemerge as Group Therapy Radio, set to premier this Friday November 16.
To celebrate the 450th episode of Trance Around the World, the Above & Beyond boys brought their Group Therapy show to Bangalore India for six+ hours of some of the best dance music in the world. Just as they did for episode #400 (in Lebanon), they invited their friends in the business to play and record live sets. For this year’s milestone, they brought out two of my favorite artists in Mat Zo and Norin & Rad (one of our favorites from Electric Zoo 2012) as well as Andrew Bayer (who has been producing forever but only just started DJing) and Jody Wisternoff (one half of the group Way Out West) for five DJ sets (including Above & Beyond’s two-hour set) that all rocked the crowd but at the same time stayed unique to each artist’s style.
Click through to hear these awesome sets and to take a look at the tracks that were played. I continue to be amazed at how impressive and talented Above & Beyond are during their massive live sets, but I also continue to be amazed at what Mat Zo and Norin & Rad bring to the table (or should I say, the speakers) with their sounds.
Above & Beyond Tracklist:
01. Above & Beyond with Audien – Wayfarer (Intro Mix)
02. Kyau & Albert – ID
03. Sunny Lax – Isla Margherita
04. Above & Beyond ft. Zoe Johnston – Alchemy (Club Mix)
05. Ronski Speed – ID
06. Arty – Believe in Me
07. Jaytech feat. Steve Smith – Stranger (Kyau & Albert Remix)
08. Above & Beyond – ID
09. Nitrous Oxide pres. N20 – ID
10. Mike Koglin vs. 7 Skies – Vision
11. Ronski Speed – Proton12 (Ronski Speed Mix)
12. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford – Liquid Love (Maor Levi Remix)
13. Rank 1 – 7 Instead Of 8 (Original Mix)
14. Eximinds – ID
15. Ost & Meyer – ID
16. Above and Beyond – Black Room Boy (A&B Club Mix) [WORLD PREMIERE]
17. Velvetine – The Great Divide (Myon and Shane 54 Remix)
18. Bluestone – Sinai
19. Above & Beyond – Home (Genix Remix)
20. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford – Sun & Moon (Above & Beyond Club Mix)
21. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford – Thing Called Love (Above & Beyond TATW#450 Mix)
22. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston – Good For Me
Mat Zo Tracklist:
01. Mat Zo – The Lost (Mat Zo Intro Mix) vs. Tujamo – Crump (Original Mix) [Mat Zo Mashup]
02. Deadmau5 – Fn Pig vs. Andrea Doria vs. LXR – Beauty Of Silence (Inpetto Full Vocal Mix) [Mat Zo Mashup]
03. Bang La Decks – Kuedon (Original Mix)
04. Fussy Boy – Gold (Mord Fustang Mix) vs. Zedd – Stache (Original Mix) [Mat Zo Mashup]
05. Reflekt – Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Soha Vocal Remix)
06. Cressida – 6am (Kyau & Albert Remix)
07. Faithless – We Come One (Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix) vs. Digitalism – Zdarlight (Fedde Le Grand & Deniz Kyou Remix) [Mat Zo Mashup]
08. Art Of Trance – Madagascar (Richard Durand Remix) [Mat Zo Edit]
09. Madeon – Icarus (Live Version) vs. Matty Menck & Terri B – Sky (Nari & Milani Remix) [Mat Zo Mashup]
09. John Dahlback – Sing That (Original Mix)
11. D Mad vs. Arty vs. Deadmau5 – The Reward is Happiness (Mat Zo Mashup)
12. Porter Robinson – Language (Original Mix)
13. Natural Born Chillers – Rock The Funky Beat (Mat Zo Remix)
14. John Dahlback – Get Wild (Original Mix) vs. Gouryella – Gouryella (Magik Version) [Mat Zo Mashup]
15. Mat Zo & Arty – Mozart (Original Mix) vs. The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Acapella) [Mat Zo Mashup]
16. Porter Robinson & Mat Zo – Easy (Original Mix)
17. Mat Zo ft. Linnea Schossow – The Sky (Club Mix)
18. Ernesto vs. Bastian – Thrill (Original Mix) vs. Paul Van Dyk – Nothing But You (John O’Callaghan Remix) [Mat Zo Mashup]
Norin & Rad Tracklist:
01. La Fuente – Bang Bang
02. Tristan Garner – Overdrive
03. Dzeko and Torres vs. Maor Levi – Refliction (Norin and Rad Mash Up)
04. Riktam n Bansi – Now Is Here
05. Tiesto ft. BT – Love Comes Again (Hardwell Remix)
06. Norin and Rad – Pistol Whip
07. Orjan Nilsen vs. Dada Life – Copperfield Don’t Cry (Norin and Rad Mash Up)
08. Norman Doray & Nervo ft. Cookie – Something To Believe In (Hard Rock Sofa Vocal Remix)
09. Marcel Woods – 3Storion (Marcel Woods Treatment)
10. Armin Van Buuren ft. Ana Criado – Suddenly Summer (Norin and Rad Remix)
11. Norin and Rad – Five Finger Death Punch
12. Arty – Zara (Oliver Smith Remix)
13. East and Young vs. La Roux – Going In For The Coda (Norin and Rad Mash Up)
14. Above and Beyond vs. Andy Moor – Air For Life (Norin and Rad Remix)
15. Oceanlab vs. Norin & Rad – Secret Bloom (Norin & Rad Mashup)
Andrew Bayer Tracklist:
01. Andrew Bayer – ID
02. Damabiah – Irminsul Le Pilier Du Monde (Andrew Bayer Remix)
03. Orbital – Halcyon + On + On
04. Matt Lange – Rift (Andrew Bayer Remix)
05. Andrew Bayer – Counting The Points
06. Andrew Bayer – Not Forgotten
07. Signalrunners – Meet Me in Montauk
08. Andrew Bayer feat. Molly Bancroft – Keep Your Secrets
09. Ane Brun – Undertow (Andrew Bayer Remix)
10. Bizarre Inc – Playing With Knives
11. Andrew Bayer – ID
Jody Wisternoff Tracklist:
[00:00] 01. Trance Around the World – Intro (01:27)
[01:26] 02. Kurtz & Bomber – Such A Rush (05:43)
[07:09] 03. Henry Saiz & Cora Novoa – Golden Dawn (06:21)
[13:31] 04. Big Black Delta – Betamax (ID Remix) (05:59)
[19:30] 05. The Ramona Flowers – Dismantle & Rebuild (Amirali Remix) (05:33)
[25:03] 06. Jody Wisternoff feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn – Out Of Reach (Andre Sobota Remix) (06:03)
[31:07] 07. George Fitzgerald – Every Inch (Deetron Remix) (04:10)
[35:16] 08. ID – ID (04:07)
[39:24] 09. ID – ID (02:21)
[41:45] 10. Stubborn Heart – Starting Block (ID Remix) (03:17)
[45:02] 11. Jody Wisternoff – Starstrings (Vocal Mix) (04:52)
[49:54] 12. The Other Tribe – Skirts (Jody Wisternoff Remix) (06:02)
[55:56] 13. Halo 4 OST – Awakening (Gui Boratto Remix) (03:46)