Lunch Trance – 2023-06-20 – Newsflash

Oh my, what a bloody disaster this show was.

So, the room I’m currently working out of is currently being rearranged because my wife does a lot of work from home and she doesn’t want to do that on the dining table in the living room anymore so she got us new desks (standing desks, even!) and now we have to put them somewhere! That led to many cables being disconnected, and long story short, I nearly didn’t manage to get them all reconnected correctly in time for the show.

I did manage to connect most of them properly but other things fell a bit short; prep time for the new songs was at a minimum and as a result of that the first two tracks were being played at -15% which in a track with vocals is almost painful. I changed tempos up and down quite vehemently before the third track or so was finally back at where it should be… so I guess it’s almost a mercy that I forgot to press the record button so that these shameful moments will only live in my memory and the memories of those who witnessed the massacre live on stream but they will never have to be shared by anybody else. “Glück im Unglück,” as we Germans say.

While a recording would be nice, I can still tell you about my Favourite of the Week! There were a bunch of nice tracks, e.g. by Chris Jennings & Kenny Palmer (“Nerve,” a close 2nd place for me this week), Solarstone’s “Solarcoaster” was remixed quite nicely by Maarten de Jong, District5’s Dirty Remix by Technikal’s “Cubik” still kicks, and Andrew Bayer’s & Farius’s remix of Andrew’s own “Under Pressure” was lovely as well. This one managed to take the cake, though:

“Rattlesnake” by Audorn. Well done!

Anyway. Next week’s show is hopefully going to be on Wednesday again (as it should be) but maybe it will have to be pushed to Thursday. We’re going on vacation tomorrow and will only come back next week on Tuesday, and then we’ll immediately begin ripping this room apart for some deep cleaning (because it’s necessary) and recabling and rearranging and reeverything to make it exactly as nice as we want it to be. Until then, have a good week!

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Lunch Trance – 2023-06-14 – Newsflash

The defining thing of today’s show was a bluescreen right in the middle, followed directly by a lot of audio problems while the network hardware was getting back into its groove after the reboot. I hate that hardware seems to simply break after a year or three and everybody (including me) simply goes out and buys replacements, instead of visiting the company’s CEO’s home and setting it on 🔥.

Anyway, the show starting off with a banger that I immediately wanted to make Favourite of the Week but then there was this other track which was already in its second week and the other track was in its first week and would surely be with us next time as well so here the Favourite of the Week which we won’t hear again next week: “Strikefast” by James Dymond!

Other tracks that you may want to give some attention to are “Under Pressure” by Andrew Bayer, remixed by the man himself and Farius, the afore-mentioned contender but there’s also “Wasp” by Above & Beyond which has grown quite a lot on me since last week so you should definitely give that one a listen, too! Greg Downey has also been delivering with “Zenith,” and District5’s Dirty Mix by Technikal’s “Cubik” is great as well!

Anyway. Next week’s show is going to be on Tuesday because I will be on holiday starting Wednesday and I don’t feel like packing all the stuff I would need to play a show from there… not after the disaster of last time. 😂

Here’s the show in its completeness, to enjoy on your own time:

The next show will happen on Tuesday, June 20, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-06-09 – Newsflash

Today’s show was even quieter than last week’s show! I guess summer is finally catching up with other parts of the world and people are either not at home to watch some guy on Twitch play cheesy music, or they are completely spent from their day at the non-climatized office that they simply drop down in their favourite chair and don’t get up for nothing. As it should be! 🥰

Or maybe I’m just projecting here! I admit, I had a hard time paying attention to the tunes tonight and I’m not sure why. I did manage to pick a Favourite of the Week though:

And while “Spicy Broth” by Craig Connelly is a really nice track, you should really listen to all the other tracks as well; do so right now! Push the button!

The next show will happen on Wednesday, June 14, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-05-31 – Newsflash

Today’s show was very quiet. The chat was mostly empty, everybody was lurking, and it was all good. 🥰

The tunes, however… oh my, the tunes! 🔥, I’m tellin’ ya!

So many banging tunes but only one gets to be the Favourite of the Week! It was not an easy choice, let me tell you… Greg Oakland? Hel:Sløwed? Driftmoon? Ben Gold & Maarten de Jong?

It’s tough to pick a single artist so I simply picked four! Please, enjoy the Favourite of the Week: “Breathing” by Boom Jinx, Einar K, Nitrous Oxide, and Vintage & Morelli! ❤️

For the rest of the wonderful tunes, click some button in the thingy below!

The next show will happen on Tuesday (watch out, this is one day earlier than usual!), June 6, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-05-24 – Newsflash

I have been playing a lot of Death Stranding this past week and I really had to tear myself away from it in order to prep this show but all is well that ends well, I have heard!

Once again, I had a hard time picking a Favourite of the Week; we had many cool tracks, by Above & Beyond, Chris Element, Daxson, Sean Tyas, John Askew, Giuseppe Ottaviani, and so many more… in the end, I decided on this track by Peetu S: Mental Component!

Give a listen to all the other tracks I played, right here from your browser window!

The next show will happen on Wednesday, May 31, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-05-17 – Newsflash

This week saw a whole bunch of new tracks which in turn required a longer show to play; and in the almost three hours there were quite some contenders for the Favourite of the Week but of course, then can be only one…

And it’s this one! The Genix remix of “No Silence” by Andrew Bayer and Vok; what a lovely tune! ❤️

The rest of the show doesn’t have to hide, either. Check it out right here:

The next show will happen on Wednesday, May 24, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-05-10 – Newsflash

Something, something, life, curveballs. Last week a friend of mine died and of course it’s only now that I realize the tremendous impact he had on my life and the life of everybody around him… it’s gonna take a while to process all of it. 💔

Picking a new Favourite of the Week was not an easy task, either. There were many good tracks in today’s show but there can only be one Favourite of the Week, right? Exactly. So, for this week I picked this wonderful track: “Meant to Be” by Foster & Nourey, remixed by Jaytech.

There were many other great tracks, though, and you should definitely listen to them all yourself. Right here. Do it. Now. Thank you. ❤️

Also, if you have people in your life that you like, tell them about it. Don’t wait too long or you suddenly won’t be able to anymore…

The next show will happen on Wednesday, May 17, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-05-03 – Newsflash

It’s something new every week, isn’t it? Last week it was QLC+, this week Audinate’s Dante Virtual Soundcard has been messing up. Restarted everything, twice even, unplugged cables, replugged them, multiple times, and at some random point that differed in no observable way from any other point in time it suddenly started to work. At least it managed to stay running for the rest of the show (unlike QLC+ which had to be restarted during the show! The bastard).

Anyway, music! Yes. We had music today! Lots of. Much wow!

Okay, for realsies, though. Which track have I chosen to be Favourite of the Week today? Why, this gem by Photographer, of course: Subway.

But this show had a lot of other great tracks by other artists as well, such as Greg Downey, Above & Beyond (of course), Kenny Palmer, Andrew Bayer & Audrey Brazelle, and many more!

The next show will happen on Wednesday, May 10, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-04-26 – Newsflash

Oh boy, the first issues finally appear but they are not where I thought they would be: today it was QLC+’s turn to unbehave. It simply terminated itself at some point, no dialogs, no visible errors, no nothing, just a disappearing window and missing lights. One would assume that I would notice that faster but apparently it takes a while to realize!

Another—unfortunately expected—disappointment was another remix of Ben Nicky’s & Distorted Dreams’ “We Come 1,” this time by Trey Pearce. The chat and me were quick to agree, Trey didn’t add anything of value, this song is still a train wreck that needs to be taken out back and shot into the sun.

However, I expected one track to be absolutely delightful and it did not disappoint: Above & Beyond’s new track “Angry JP8” and it is, of course, the Favourite of the Week.

You don’t have to take my word for anything, though, just listen to the show yourself!

The next show will happen on Wednesday, May 3, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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Lunch Trance – 2023-04-19 – Newsflash

Third show with the new streaming machine and still not a single issue that isn’t user error. I think I can finally conclude that I did the right thing here. 🤗

Another thing that makes me absolutely happy is this week’s favourite track: Tamberos De Carnaval from Mark Sherry and Smith & Brown!

On totally unrelated news: Tinlicker’s version of Children appears to have lost its appeal and is located somewhere around place #73. All good things must come to an end!

You can listen to this good thing however often you want, though:

The next show will happen on Wednesday, April 26, at 🕖 19:00 CEST/UTC+2.

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