DJ Gotek

On July 5th, 2019, I was honored to be on the opening DJ roster for world-renown Irish Trance DJ/Producer, JOHN O’CALLAGHAN, at The Underground, Seattle. This was a sold-out show and the energy and Trance Fam love in the club was unprecedented, totally amazing night!! Of course, as usual it was so humbling to be able to meet and share the decks with such a well-known and beloved Trance artist, and...

Hi guys, Happy July 4th!!! I figured maybe some of you might enjoy a little 138 BPM Uplifting Trance to help add some fireworks to this special holiday in the US.. I actually originally created this mix back in May for an Internet radio broadcast on TranceWorld.com that I was asked to do by a local Seattle DJ but unfortunately that project fell through and this mix has been burning a hole in my po...

On Friday, June 14th, I was honored to have been asked to play a Trance set for the SEATTLE TRANCE FAMILY APPRECIATION NIGHT, along with 9 other DJ’s divided between two connected clubs on two stages, one downstairs for Psy Trance at The Underground and one upstairs for Progressive and Uplifting at Box House. This event happened during a huge and widely known NW EDM festival called Paradiso which...

On Friday, May 31st, I was incredibly honored to be on the opening line-up for two Finnish Trance producer/DJ’s who’s faces are renown around the world in the global Trance scene, Miika Eloranta and Janne Mansnerus, better known as SUPER8 & TAB, at the SOLD-OUT show at The Underground, Seattle. I felt incredibly fortunate to be opening for them for a 2nd time in my DJ career, the first time severa...

On Sat, May 25th, I was honored to be able to take part in another very special Tribute night at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, along with my good DJ buddies from PDX, Zoxy, Tim Clang, Rubin Sarafinchan, and Danny Davoodi, this time honoring the beloved electonic sounds of the legendary Trance pIoneer & DJ/Record Producer, Armin van Buuren, along wIth the Dutch Trance label, “Armada Music”, that...

On Sat, May 4th, I was honored to be on the opening roster, along with my good friend and DJ buddy, Eric Weber, a.k.a. DJ WEB, for world-renown Norse Trancer, Champion of AvB, ØRJAN NILSEN. This show was actually supposed to happen a few months ago but it was cancelled due to a crazy snow storm we had here in the NW, but thankfully Ørjan was willing to come back and spin his Trance Magic for Seatt...

On Saturday, April 13th, I was honored to be on the opening line-up for one of the true pioneers in Trance from the early days, Dutch Trance producer duo, 4 STRINGS, at Ora Nightclub in Seattle. Jan de Vos is the front man for 4 Strings and is such a totally laid back, humble, and nice guy, and the sets he plays are crammed full of the most treasured classics and anthems that bring back so many fo...

On Saturday, April 6th, I was honored to be invited to play a 1-hour guest set for "ZAPPED" at The Underground, the *unofficial* LASERFACE after-party, with Johnny Monsoon, FFM, and several other well-known local Seattle Trance/Progressive DJ’s. This is the 2nd after-party I’ve played at Underground, the first of which was after a BLISS Trance festival about 3 years ago, and it was so incredibly f...

On Friday, January 25th, 2019, I was honored to be on the opening roster, along with MarQ and Backmans, for a legend in the Uplifting and Psy Trance industry, all the way from Dublin, Ireland, BRYAN KEARNEY, at The Underground, Seattle. The KEARNAGE show set a new record for the short amount of time it took to sell out, and was such an incredible night filled with the most positive energy and the...

First mix of 2019!! This set stemmed from a practice session on the New Years Day holiday this week which turned into a recording that was a keeper, as I was experimenting with a bunch of 138 BPM Trance tracks that I have been diligently collecting over the holiday months, and it was just one of those days where everything fell together pretty close to perfectly on the first try, so decided to kee...

Had some new, super Hi-NRG 138-140 BPM Trance burning a hole in my pocket so decided to bust out a special demo mix for the Holiday Season; recorded this last week the day before Thanksgiving so I could have some good driving music for my trip down to Portland from Seattle to visit my family for the Holiday, only meant as a practice “rough draft” session but I liked how it turned out so kept the o...

On Saturday, Nov 10th, 2018, I was honored to be a guest DJ for a very special ANJUNABEATS TRIBUTE NIGHT at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, where all the tracks played by the DJ’s were either on the Anjunabeats or Anjunadeep labels, or at the very least had something recognizably to do with Above & Beyond, ABGT, etc. What made this night so truly special (for me), aside from being able to play an...

On Saturday, Nov 3rd, I was honored to be an opener, along with my buddy Johnny Monsoon, for one of Podium's top 100 DJs of 2017 and 2018 (#70) and Markus Schulz's breakout DJ of 2018, Stuart Turner of ARKHAM KNIGHTS, at Ora, Seattle!!! This was this Trance Star's Seattle debut appearance and it was so much fun to be the opener for this show, Stuart was a super nice guy and a bunch of his fans sho...

On Friday, October 26th, I was honored to be on the opening roster at The Underground, Seattle, for one of my all-time favorite Trance producers visiting us all the way from Germany, ALEX M.O.R.P.H.!!! On top of that, it has been such an amazing honor and fun experience to have opened for Alex three separate times over the past several years, at different clubs in Seattle each time, and it’s alway...

On September 14th, 2018, I was honored to be the direct opener for Richard Mowatt, uplifting UK Trance pioneer from the very beginnings of Trance, a.k.a. Liquid State, a.k.a Young Parisians, or more commonly known as SOLARSTONE, at the Underground, Seattle. I am lucky enough to be able to say this was the third time I have opened for Solarstone, and just like the other two times, the show was sold...

On Saturday, Aug 4th, 2018, I was beyond honored to be direct opening support for one of my all-time favorite Trance DJ/record producers, OLIVER SMITH, for the Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 Tour stop-off in Seattle. I have been a fan since around 2005 when I first heard Smith & Pledger – Northern Lights (Original Mix), which immediately became my #1 favorite Trance track, ever, and have played his trac...

On Saturday, July 28th, 2018, I was honored to be a guest DJ for the MISSION TRANCE show at the Whiskey Bar in Portland, OR, which is put on by my long-time friend and fellow lifetime Trance addict, ZOXY, and has been providing a constant source of Trance to Portland for many years and loved by many, myself included, so it’s always a pleasure to be back to where I got my start!! For this set I had...

On Sun, July 15th , 2018, I took a stab at recording a Trance set just for fun and to escape the heat on a 93 degree summer day. I arranged some tracks, a combination of some classic stuff I’ve been listening to lately, mixed in with some hot brand new stuff as well, and this is what turned out. I kicked it off with the Probspot remix of a rare track that was actually produced many years ago (earl...

On Sunday, June 24th, I recorded a set of some beautiful and chillaxed melodic progressive tracks from some artists that I have been listening to a lot lately, mostly when I am at work trying to concentrate and focus, or while driving, this music really clears my mind like a deep breath of fresh cool air, so decided to entitle this mix "Breathe". On this one I connected my iPad to the mixer to aug...

On Friday, May 25th, I was honored to be an opening DJ for world-renown French DJ/Producer and frequent contributor and guest DJ on shows like “A State of Trance” with Armin van Buuren and “Future Sound of Egypt” with Aly & Fila, FERRY TAYLE, at The Underground, Seattle. I was joined on the warm-up crew by local Seattle faves Gavin Patrick a.k.a. Medicated Melodies, and Marc Pospisil a.k.a. MarQ,...

Brand new!! On Sat, April 28th, I was honored to be invited to play a Progressive Trance set at a hot new club in Seattle called ORA, for a new recurring show called “Illuminate Saturdays”, which features a rotating cast of some of the local and better-known names in the NW DJ scene specializing in Deep & Progressive House & Progressive Trance. This night was especially fun for me because I got to...

Brand new – I have been meaning to record a set of all of this beautiful deep & proggy house music I’ve been listening to and accumulating ever since the ABGT 250 show, primarily inspired by the Above & Beyond deep set that kicked off the show and the entire 2nd day (Anjunadeep day) which was literally one of the best days of my life, music-wise, pure magic all day long, and a show I will never fo...

Hi guys, it’s been a little while since I put out a 138 BPM Uplifting Trance demo set, so figured it was about time with Spring just right around the corner and all of this awesome, euphoric and melodic Trance that keeps coming out. I was really inspired at the recent 4 Strings show in Portland to go back to my roots and start playing more uplifting 138 BPM Trance, and this recording was a one-tak...

On Friday, March 23rd, I was honored to be on the opening roster for UK DJ, Grammy-nominated record producer, and renown pioneer in dance music across Europe, Russia, and the US, FUNKAGENDA, at Club Contour, Seattle. For this set I was paired up with a local Seattle DJ legend and long-time inspiration to me, Johnny Monsoon, who was opening for well-known headliners before I ever even bought my fir...

Brand New!! On Friday, Jan 26, I was honored to be on the opening roster for Dutch Trance Superstar, MARK SIXMA, an Armada label veteran and regular on ASOT with Armin van Buuren himself, so it was a real honor to be able to meet and share the stage with this rising star in the Euro Trance scene!! As I have said so many times in the past, it's so often truly impressive and refreshing to me that th...