Question 1

When was Paul Oakenfold's Goa Mix broadcast?

Accepted Answer

The Goa Mix aired on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix on 18 December 1994 as episode 30 of the series. It was rebroadcast in 1995 by listener demand and has been re-voted the best Essential Mix ever in multiple BBC Radio 1 polls.

Question 2

What tracks are in the Goa Mix?

Accepted Answer

Key selections include Man With No Name's 'Teleport', Hallucinogen's 'LSD' and 'Alpha Centauri', Total Eclipse's 'Delta Aquarids', Voodoo People's 'Prodigy' remix, and orchestral cues from Vangelis's Blade Runner soundtrack and Ennio Morricone's spaghetti-western scores stitched between the twelve-inches.

Question 3

Why is the Goa Mix considered the greatest Essential Mix ever?

Accepted Answer

It was the first Essential Mix to treat a two-hour radio slot as a single continuous composition rather than a track selection. Its blend of Goa trance, cinematic scoring and progressive records established the long-arc DJ mix as an artform and won BBC Radio 1's own listener poll for best Essential Mix of all time.

Question 4

When was In Search Of Sunrise Vol. 1 released?

Accepted Answer

In Search Of Sunrise Vol. 1 was released in 1999 on Black Hole Recordings, the Dutch label Tiësto co-founded with Arny Bink. It preceded his breakout single 'Silence' with Delerium (2000) and his global-headline era.

Question 5

What style of trance is In Search Of Sunrise?

Accepted Answer

Melodic progressive trance — patient tempos around 130–134 BPM, long breakdowns, vocal-led records and coastal, sunrise-facing textures. The series became the reference point for balearic / progressive-trance mix compilations throughout the 2000s.

Question 6

How many volumes are in the In Search Of Sunrise series?

Accepted Answer

The series ran to eleven volumes between 1999 and 2013, with Tiësto handing later editions to Richard Durand. Vol. 1 remains the shortest and most cohesive of the run, closest to the sound the title describes.

Question 7

When was Northern Exposure released?

Accepted Answer

Northern Exposure was released on Ministry of Sound in October 1996 as a double-CD mix. It was followed by Northern Exposure 2 (1997) and Northern Exposure: Expeditions (1999).

Question 8

Why is Northern Exposure important to progressive trance?

Accepted Answer

It codified progressive house and progressive trance as a distinct genre for a mainstream audience. Its long-arc, emotion-first sequencing directly shaped later residencies at Bedrock, Renaissance and Cream, and influenced every progressive DJ from Nick Warren to Hernán Cattáneo.

Question 9

How was Northern Exposure recorded?

Accepted Answer

Sasha and John Digweed mixed both discs on vinyl using three turntables, layering long transitions and beat-matched loops in real time. The set was assembled in continuous form rather than as separate cuts, which was still unusual for a commercial mix CD in 1996.

Question 10

When and where was the Home @ Space Essential Mix recorded?

Accepted Answer

It was recorded live on the Space Terrace in Ibiza on Sunday 15 August 1999 during the Home nightclub summer residency, and broadcast on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix the same night.

Question 11

What tracks does Oakenfold play in the 1999 Space Ibiza mix?

Accepted Answer

Signature selections include Agnelli & Nelson's 'El Niño', Lange's 'Follow Me', Push's 'Universal Nation', Chakra's 'Home (Perfecto Mix)', Storm's 'Storm' and Three Drives' 'Greece 2000' — a snapshot of the Perfecto sound at its commercial and creative peak.

Question 12

Is this Essential Mix the same as the Goa Mix?

Accepted Answer

No. The Goa Mix aired in December 1994 and is a studio-style Essential Mix built around Goa trance and film-score cues. The 1999 Home @ Space Essential Mix is a live Ibiza recording documenting the late-90s Perfecto uplifting sound.

Question 13

When did Paul van Dyk hold his Cream Liverpool residency?

Accepted Answer

Paul van Dyk held a long-running Saturday residency at Cream inside the Nation venue in Liverpool from the late 1990s into the early 2000s, with the 1999 recordings widely circulated as the peak-era document.

Question 14

What tracks anchor the PvD Cream Liverpool set?

Accepted Answer

Extant recordings centre on Van Dyk's 1998 rework of 'For An Angel', Binary Finary's '1998', Vincent De Moor's 'Fly Away', Humate's 'Love Stimulation (PvD Mix)' and PvD's own 'Avenue' — the core of his 1999 record box.

Question 15

Why is the Cream Liverpool residency significant?

Accepted Answer

It defined the long-form trance residency template — three-hour arc, patient warm-up, main-room peak — that later Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Trance Energy residents built on. It also cemented Cream as the UK's canonical trance superclub of the classic era.

Question 16

When was the Creamfields 1998 Essential Mix broadcast?

Accepted Answer

It was recorded at the inaugural Creamfields festival in Winchester and broadcast on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix on 2 May 1998, positioning the new festival brand on national radio from its first edition.

Question 17

How does the Creamfields 1998 mix compare to the Goa Mix?

Accepted Answer

The Goa Mix (1994) is a studio-built Essential Mix rooted in Goa trance and film scores. The 1998 Creamfields set is a live festival recording of the peak Perfecto uplifting sound — supersaw leads, long breakdowns and Cream-era anthems.

Question 18

Where was the first Creamfields festival held?

Accepted Answer

The first Creamfields was held on 2 May 1998 at Winchester's Matterley Bowl / Hampshire site as a Cream-branded outdoor event. It later moved to its long-term Daresbury, Cheshire home.

Question 19

When did A State Of Trance episode 050 air?

Accepted Answer

ASOT 050 aired in April 2002 on Dutch station ID&T Radio, roughly a year after Armin van Buuren launched the weekly show in May 2001. It marked the point at which ASOT settled into the two-hour, new-releases-plus-classic format the show still runs.

Question 20

Why does ASOT 050 matter historically?

Accepted Answer

By episode 050 the show had defined a template — new-release focus, weekly tracklist, listener-facing brand — that made it the genre's primary discovery channel for the next two decades. ASOT 050 is the earliest widely-circulated episode that sounds recognisably like the modern show.

Question 21

Is ASOT 050 the same as the ASOT 050 event?

Accepted Answer

No. ASOT 050 in this list refers to the 2002 radio broadcast. The 'ASOT 050' branded arena event was a later celebration of the show's milestones and is not the original episode.

Question 22

Where was the Bedrock residency held?

Accepted Answer

John Digweed and Nick Muir's Bedrock residency ran monthly at Heaven in London's Charing Cross throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, alongside a label of the same name.

Question 23

What sound does the Bedrock Live set represent?

Accepted Answer

The deepest form of progressive trance and progressive house — patient tempos, extended tool-record layering, and a preference for long transitions over peak-time drops. Records from Way Out West, Quivver, Chab and early Bedrock label releases anchor the sound.

Question 24

How long are typical Bedrock sets?

Accepted Answer

Digweed's Bedrock sets typically ran three to six hours, with residency nights routinely stretching past 6am. The three-hour extract is the most widely-circulated recording that still holds together as a single arc.

Question 25

When was Perfecto Presents Another World released?

Accepted Answer

Perfecto Presents… Another World was released in 2000 on Oakenfold's own Perfecto label as a double-CD mix compilation, at the commercial peak of the Perfecto uplifting sound.

Question 26

What is on each disc of Another World?

Accepted Answer

Disc one is peak-time uplifting trance — BT, Planet Perfecto, Timo Maas — sequenced as a long single arc. Disc two moves into progressive, breakbeat and cinematic material, closer in tone to Oakenfold's later Bunkka album.

Question 27

How does Another World compare to Tranceport?

Accepted Answer

Tranceport (1998) is a single-CD US mix built for a country still discovering trance. Another World (2000) is a double-CD statement made after trance had fully broken through, with deeper sequencing and a broader stylistic range.

Question 28

When and where was Tranceport released?

Accepted Answer

Tranceport was released on 8 September 1998 on Kinetic Records in the United States, aimed specifically at the US import market where trance had almost no mainstream presence at the time.

Question 29

What tracks are on Tranceport?

Accepted Answer

Highlights include Tilt's 'Butterfly', Energy 52's 'Café Del Mar (Three N One Remix)', Transa's 'Enervate', Quench's 'Dreams' and Grace's 'Not Over Yet (Perfecto Mix)' — the core Perfecto record box of late 1998.

Question 30

Why is Tranceport considered important in North America?

Accepted Answer

It was the first commercial trance mix to sell in significant volume across US record stores and college radio. Tranceport is widely credited as the single record that introduced classic trance to a generation of American listeners and set up Oakenfold's later US arena tours.

Classic Trance Mixes.

Paul Oakenfold — The Goa Mix (Essential Mix 30)