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Distant Yearmix 2018

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Helioscope’s liquid and drum & bass channel Distant celebrates five years of existence (133 mixes published and counting) with its annual rewind. Fifty highlights released in the past 12 months were chosen and edited thoroughly to fit an adventurous 100-minute journey through 2018.

Distant Yearmix 2018 (DYM18)
01 Synkro – Gagaku (Frederic Robinson Remix) [Synkro] {00:00}
02 Calibre – Falls to You [Signature] {02:15} [D58]
03 LSB feat. Kinross – Roots [Footnotes] {03:31} [D60]
04 Fluidity – Future Memories [Metalheadz] {05:12} [D55]
05 Camo & Krooked – Tagtraum (GLXY, Satl & Malaky Remix) [Mosaik] {06:52} [D57]
06 Break feat. Kyo – The Edge of Time [Symmetry] {08:21} [D65]
07 Bop – Untitled Pattern 63 [Medschool] {10:35} [D63]
08 Seba & JR Vallo – Exit [Secret Operations] {12:28} [D60]
09 Bop x Subwave – Clair de Lune [Microfunk] {14:41} [D54]
10 Etherwood – In Stillness [Medschool] {15:48} [D55]
11 Hugh Hardie – Offshore [Hospital] {18:50} [D64]
12 Camo & Krooked – Passion (Dan Dakota Remix) [Mosaik] {19:57} [W13]
13 Roni Size & Rockwell – Easy [Shogun] {22:32} [W12]
14 Blu Mar Ten feat. Robert Manos – Keep It Together (Calibre Remix) [Blu Mar Ten] {24:46} [D56]
15 LSB – Space Between [Footnotes] {25:53} [D61]
16 DJ Patife & Vangeliez feat. MC Fats & Stamina MC – Living Together [V] {27:21} [D62]
17 Seathasky – Tell Me Why [C] {29:12} [D60]
18 Naibu – Red Hand [Horizons] {30:36} [D61]
19 Seathasky – Beauty Made in Small Pieces [Scientific] {32:33} [D63]
20 Commix – Cherry [Metalheadz] {34:49} [D63]
21 Calibre – Taciturn [Signature] {38:12} [D65]
22 Redeyes feat. DRS – The Hurt [The North Quarter] {41:10} [D62]
23 Keeno – The Comet [Hospital] {43:01} [D54]
24 Hybrid – Light Up [Distinctive] {44:51} [D60]
25 Seba – Nobody Knows [Secret Operations] {46:10} [D54]
26 Airstrike & Silence Groove – Distanced [Offworld] {48:00} [D61]
27 Fracture feat. Lucie La Mode – Take You [Astrophonica] {49:50} [W12]
28 Need For Mirrors – Veto [Program] {51:49} [D54]
29 Fred V & Grafix – Hurricanes (Wild Love) (Keeno Remix) [Hospital] {53:15} [D55]
30 Camo & Krooked feat. ROBB – Slow Down (Fred V & Grafix Remix) [Mosaik] {55:10} [W13]
31 BCee – Wanderer [Future Retro] {56:17} [D57]
32 Tokyo Prose feat. Cleveland Watkiss – Cold Hearts [The North Quarter] {58:19}
33 Camo & Krooked – Come Together (Bop Remix) [Mosaik] {1:00:33} [D56]
34 Seba & Physics – Innocence [Hospital] {1:01:46} [D55]
35 Mitekiss & Mr. Porter feat. Emilienne Chouadossi – Viewpoint [Hospital] {1:04:50} [D63]
36 Nu:Logic – The Sound of Your Smile [Hospital] {1:06:33} [D64]
37 Abacus feat. Cimone – Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime (I Need Your Loving) [Shogun] {1:07:40} [D58]
38 Random Movement – The Guitar in the Living Room [Flight Pattern] {1:09:50} [D60]
39 SpectraSoul feat. Dan Moss – Burst (Calibre Remix) [Ish Chat] {1:12:52} [D57]
40 Impish – Rain [Hospital] {1:15:25} [D54]
41 Mat Zo – Vice [Mad Zoo] {1:17:06} [D63]
42 Shy FX feat. Maverick Sabre – Call Me [Cult.ure] {1:19:20} [D61]
43 Break feat. Celestine – Last Goodbye [Symmetry] {1:21:10}
44 Camo & Krooked feat. James Hersey – Like I Do (Nu:Logic Remix) [Mosaik] {1:23:25} [D56]
45 High Contrast – God Only Knows [3beat] {1:25:15} [D63]
46 Keeno – While the World Sleeps [Hospital] {1:28:32} [D64]
47 Naibu – Fighting for Attention (Microfunk Crew Remix) [Scientific] {1:30:43} [D63]
48 Ólafur Arnalds – inconsist [Decca] {1:32:38} [D62]
49 Break – Take Me Away [Symmetry] {1:34:52}
50 Urbandawn – Words to Say (Hybrid Minds Remix) [Bad Taste] {1:37:27} [D62]

In brackets behind timestamp: The set this track was first played in. All non-marked tracks are debuts.

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Bonus: Top 15 tracks on Spotify

Although this new year looks promising with a new Hospital compilation and a Calibre LP around the corner, I’ll use the start-of-year gap in releases to go on hiatus with Distant – this Yearmix being the final set for now. The time I am able to commit to producing sets is getting shorter every year, so I’ll focus on a regular output for Planetarium and Helioscope instead.

Distant Mixes Catalogue ID: d133

Distant – October ’18

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With this episode, the Wildfire series will be discontinued and merged with the regular Distant mixes like this one. You will probably notice the more club-oriented stuff in the last third of the set.

Distant – October ’18 (D63)
01 Commix – Cherry [Metalheadz] {00:00}
02 Seathasky – Beauty Made in Small Pieces [Scientific] {05:05}
03 Mitekiss feat. Emilienne Chouadossi – Viewpoint [Hospital] {08:49}
04 Arcatype – Autumn Waves [Vandal] {13:58}
05 Artificial Intelligence – Degrees of Separation [Integral] {16:58}
06 Monika – Himalaya [Soulvent] {20:58}
07 Redeyes – Awaken [The North Quarter] {24:42}
08 Villem & McLeod – Questions [Spearhead] {28:03}
09 Silent Dust feat. DRS – Refuse (Calibre Remix) [None60] {31:24}
10 Naibu – Fighting for Attention (Microfunk Crew Remix) [Scientific] {36:35}
11 MAV feat. Sargon Empire – From Here to Eternity [Scientific] {41:33}
12 Monika feat. Buddie – Cloud Chamber [Soulvent] {46:14}
13 GLXY feat. Zero T & Solah – Infinite [Shogun] {50:39}
14 Villem & McLeod feat. Degs – Crossways [Spearhead] {55:07}
15 Bop – Untitled Pattern 63 [Medschool] {59:21}
16 SpectraSoul feat. LSB – Silence [Ish Chat] {1:03:58}
17 Redeyes feat. Tyler Daley – Late Night Jam [The North Quarter] {1:07:42}
18 Changing Faces – Waves [Spearhead] {1:12:09}
19 Break – Keepin It Raw [Symmetry] {1:14:55}
20 Danny Byrd feat. Scarboy – Tranquility [Hospital] {1:18:24}
21 Mohican Sun – Empress [Ekho] {1:21:44}
22 Cnof – Summer Breeze [Fokuz] {1:25:49}
23 Villem & McLeod – Organic Veg [Spearhead] {1:30:24}
24 High Contrast – God Only Knows [3beat] {1:34:50}
25 Mat Zo – Vice [Mad Zoo] {1:38:08}
26 Feint – Mirror Signal [Pilot] {1:41:28}

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Distant Mixes Catalogue ID: d129

Distant Yearmix 2017

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Distant Yearmix 2017
01 The Upbeats – Veiled [Vision]
02 Technimatic feat. Zara Kershaw – Parallel (LSB Remix) [Shogun]
03 Blu Mar Ten & Makoto – Eldervine [Hospital]
04 Makoto feat. DRS – Salvation [Hospital]
05 Camo & Krooked – Witchdoctor [Mosaik]
06 Keeno – Enigma [Medschool]
07 Break feat. MC Fats & Cleveland Watkiss – We Are the People [Symmetry]
08 Whiney – Rock Hopper [Medschool]
09 GLXY – Lucid [Shogun]
10 Lewis James – Ferro [Astrophonica]
11 Seba & Ulrich Schnauss – Snöflingor [Blu Mar Ten]
12 S.P.Y – Love Unlimited [Hospital]
13 Camo & Krooked – Passion [Mosaik]
14 Misanthrop – Blurred [Neosignal]
15 DRS feat. Patife & Vangeliez – I Will [Soul:r]
16 Bop – Space 2 Breathe [Medschool]
17 Seba & Jr Vallo – Rotate [Spearhead]
18 Camo & Krooked feat. Mefjus – Mandala [Mosaik]
19 Flite – Between Sky & Sea [Liquicity]
20 High Contrast – Moody Blue [3beat]
21 Total Science feat. Riya – Walk the Same Line (Calibre Remix) [CIA]
22 Shapeshifter NZ – Stars (Hugh Hardie Remix) [Hospital]
23 Nu:Logic & LSB – Sepia [Hospital]
24 Naibu – Astray (Seba Remix) [Scientific]
25 Frederic Robinson – Flare [Hospital]
26 Keeno – Cosmic Creeper [Medschool]
27 Moby – Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Technimatic Remix) [Shogun]
28 Reso – Kodama [RX0]
29 Bert H – Fly with Me (Bop Remix) [Fokuz]
30 Dawn Wall – Holding On [Integral]
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Distant Mixes Catalogue ID: d113

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Distant – November ’17

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Distant – November ’17 (D51)
01 Etherwood – Fire Lit Sky [Medschool]
02 Keeno – Tree Houses [Medschool]
03 Lewis James – Shapeshifter [Astrophonica]
04 Macca & Loz Contreras – On My Mind [Shogun]
05 GLXY – Lucid [Shogun]
06 Royalston feat. Thavy Ear – Strobes [Medschool]
07 BCee & Logistics – Had It All [Spearhead]
08 Alix Perez feat. Javeon – Missing Pieces [1985]
09 Riya feat. Villem, Mcleod & DRS – Ships [CIA]
10 Alaska & Seba – Be with You [Arctic]
11 Conduct feat. Georgia May – Water & Oil [Blu Mar Ten]
12 Hybrid Minds feat. Grimm & Laurence Baker – Skin & Bones (Mitekiss Remix) [Hybrid]
13 Phaction – Distant Lovers [Shogun]
14 Walk:r – Funky Lady [Celsius]
15 Bert H & High N Sick – Aurora [Fokuz]
16 Royalston – I’ll Keep It Warm [Medschool]
17 Keeno feat. Abbie Rose – Is This the Way? [Medschool]
18 Conduct – Overprint [Blu Mar Ten]
19 Naibu – Fighting for Attention (Future Engineers Remix) [Scientific]
20 Eastcolors – Believe If You Want [Demand]
21 Bert H – Fly With Me (Bop Remix) [Fokuz]
22 SpectraSoul – Remember Me [Ish Chat]
23 Calibre feat. DRS – Sunrise [Signature]
24 Voltage – Losing [Metalheadz Platinum]
25 Conduct – Pittance [Blu Mar Ten]
26 High Contrast – Moody Blue [3beat]
27 Northern Zone – Scaventure [Limitless]
28 Keeno – Hidden Peaks [Medschool]
29 Sieren feat. Synkro – Lost You [Apollo]
30 Mickey Kojak – Ghost [onelove]

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Distant Mixes Catalogue ID: d109

Distant – February ’17

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Distant – February ’17 (D41)
01 Melorman – Distance [Hawk Moon]
02 Makoto – Speed of Life [Hospital]
03 Deft – No More [Project Mooncircle]
04 Hydro, War & Mateba – Clair Obscur [Warm Communications]
05 Need For Mirrors & Phil Tangent – Candelabra [CIA DeepKut]
06 Lenzman feat. Steo – Tender Love [The North Quarter]
07 Villem & McLeod feat. MC Fats – Perfect Solution [Spearhead]
08 High Contrast – Shotgun Mouthwash (Jungle Remix) [3beat]
09 Subwave & The Dual Personality – Falling [Galacy]
10 Counter Culture – Inside [Soul Deep]
11 Reso – Taiga (Urbandawn Remix) [Hospital]
12 Dom & Roland & Xanadu – Ultraviolet [D&R]
13 Silence Groove – Offline [Offworld]
14 V4ns – A New Life [Liquid Flavours]
15 Monrroe feat. Blake – Time for Change [Galacy]
16 DRS feat. Patife & Vangeliez – I Will [Soul:r]
17 Need For Mirrors & Phil Tangent – Distant in the Near [CIA DeepKut]
18 Villem & McLeod feat. Heidi Vogel – The Sea [Spearhead]
19 Goldie & Ulterior Motive – I Adore You [Metalheadz]
20 Madikma – Fine Lines [Monochrome]
21 Naibu – Traces [Horizons]
22 Pola & Bryson – Monument [Shogun]
23 Arch Origin – Urban Periphery [Soulvent]
24 Microfunk Crew feat. Robert Manos – December [Microfunk]
25 Bone – Velour [Context]
26 Impish – Tell Me [Fokuz]
27 Malaky – Get Down [Celsius]
28 Signal feat. Zoe Klinck – Downfall [Critical]
29 Villem & Phase – Uno [Horizons]
30 Pola & Bryson feat. Charlotte Haining – Find Your Way [Shogun]

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Distant (May ’16)

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Distant – 29 (May ’16)
01 Hammock – Before You Float Away Into Nothing [Hammock]
02 Etherwood feat. Bev Lee Harling – Falling Out Of Consciousness (Keeno Remix) [Medschool]
03 Malaky – Now Or Never [Celsius]
04 HumaNature, Skeletone & Silence Groove – Sparkling Orb [Fokuz]
05 Actraiser feat. Oscar Michael – Solutions [Celsius]
06 Conduct – Beta’s Error [Blu Mar Ten]
07 Boston – Panoramic [Symmetry]
08 Third Degree & Odd Soul – Guidance [Influenza]
09 Logistics – Fight 4 U [Hospital]
10 Dossa & Locuzzed – Himalaya [Mainframe]
11 Universal Solution – Taishan (Future Breaks Mix) [Silk]
12 Artistri – Smoke & Mirrors [Celsius]
13 RNX – Colorado (Chillout Mix) [Black Hole]
14 Silence Groove – What Do You Want [Fokuz]
15 Logistics – After Dark [Hospital]
16 Pogo – No Worries (Hybrid Minds Remix) [Liquicity]
17 Akuratyde – Breathe You In (Akuratyde Remix) [Silk Rec.]
18 Pola & Bryson feat. Sammie Bella – Whisper To Me [Liquicity]
19 Malaky, Satl & Silence Groove – Skyfall [Fokuz]
20 Alaska & Paradox – Nairah [Warm Communications]
21 Urbandawn & Bungle – Sacred Floor [Hospital]
22 Soultorque – The Pole [Silk]
23 MSDOS feat. Dave Shichman – Away [Soul Deep]
24 GAPS – Your Own Street Time [I/AM/ME]
25 The Vanguard Project feat. Pat Fulgoni – All That I need [Spearhead]
26 Surplus & Subdivision – Ella [Celsius]
27 Makoto – YGMYC [Liquicity]
28 Flowrian – Bo Dem Caminho [Fokuz]
29 The Vanguard Project – Driftwood [Spearhead]
30 Phase & Whiney – It Means Nothing [Liquicity]
31 Pola & Bryson – Raid [Soulvent]
32 Seba & Method One – Dawn Patrol [Commercial Suicide]
33 High Contrast – Remind Me [3beat]
34 Kelle & Juha – Escape [Liquid Brilliants]
35 Anile & Blu Mar Ten – Lyssakses [Medschool]

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United In Space

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United In Space (Liquicity Label Showcase)
01 Jakwob feat. Rocky Nti – Blinding (Hybrid Minds Remix)
02 DPB – Thinking About [Liquicity]
03 Rameses B – Transcend [Liquicity]
04 Daughter – Youth (Hybrid Minds Bootleg)
05 Etherwood – Give It Up [Hospital]
06 Rameses B feat. Veela – Drift Away [Inertia]
07 Koven – Miracle (Drum & Bass Mix) [MTA]
08 Dirty Vegas – Let The Night (Dualistic Remix) [d:vision]
09 Smooth feat. Shaz Sparks – Shifting Sands, Pt. 2 [Viper]
10 Noisestorm – Surge (Drum & Bass Mix) [Monstercat]
11 Flash Cartel – Elevate (Three20 Remix) [Get Loaded]
12 ShockOne feat. Reija Lee – Home [Viper]
13 Matrix & Futurebound feat. Max Marshall – Control [3beat]
14 Subformat – Don’t Look Behind
15 T & Sugah feat. Ayve – Green Valleys [Liquicity]
16 Mind Vortex – Alive [RAM]
17 Smote – Summertime
18 Station Earth & Roos Denayer – Cold Green Eyes [Liquicity]
19 Flite – I Won’t Follow [Sup Yo]
20 Maduk – Vermilion [Liquicity]
21 Maduk feat. Veela – Ghost Assassin (VIP) [Liquicity]
22 Bachelors Of Science – Strings Track [CODE]
23 Sektor – Cloudwalker [Liquicity]
24 Hugh Hardie – Closer [Liquicity]
25 Whiney – Don’t Wait For Me [Liquicity]
26 Maduk – Don’t Be Afraid [Viper]
27 Priority One & TwoThirds – City Needs Sleep [Liquicity]
28 Cyantific & Logistics – Brighter Day [CYN]
29 P*Light feat. Yukacco – Stargazer (DJ Shimamura Remix)
30 Porter Robinson – Language (Koncept Remix)
31 L.A.O.S – Believe [Liquicity]
32 Maduk – Levitate [Liquicity]
33 Submatik & Dualistic – Let Me Feel [Liquicity]
34 Matrix & Futurebound – All I Know (Submatik Remix)
35 Aelian – Liquid Dream
36 Skeets feat. Jeston Langland – This Moment (Darwin Remix) [Bassface]
37 Fred V – Paradise [Talkin Beatz]
38 Indivision feat. Echo Inada – Around The World [Liquicity]
39 Submatik – Stories Can Wait [Quantum]
40 Breakshift – Memories Of Now [Dirt, Lies & Audio Black]
41 Dan Dakota – Telecaster [Liquicity]
42 Melo & Metro feat. Rob Vegas – Exposure [Liquicity]
43 Zoe Phillips – Road Signs (Hugh Hardie Remix) [Liquicity]
44 Logistics – Inside My Soul [Hospital]
45 Logistics feat. Nu:Tone & Maduk – Stutter [Hospital]
46 Rameses B – Memoirs (Sizzlebird Remix)
47 L.A.O.S. – Hush Now [BASS=WIN]
48 Maduk & Nymfo – Motions [Fokuz]
49 Popeska feat. Denny White – Heart Of Glass (Champion Remix) [Kindergarten]
50 Dan Dakota vs. Diane Charlemagne – Hey, Keep Quiet! (Distant’s Amanecer Mix) [Liquicity / Hospital]
51 Champion – Love Letter (Keeno Remix) [Liquicity]
52 Camo & Krooked – Skyline [Beta]
53 Rameses B – Galactic
54 Fracture Design – Reach For The Stars [Rotation Deep]
55 Hybrid Minds – I’m Through [Audioporn]
56 The Streets – It’s Too Late (High Contrast Remix)
57 Manoeuvres – Mad World (Station Earth Remix)
58 Fred V & Grafix feat. Reija Lee – Just A Thought (Instrumental Mix) [Viper]
59 Nymfo & State Of Mind – Roxy [Commercial Suicide]
60 Camo & Krooked – Afterlife [Hospital]
61 Indivision & Livewire feat. Tasha Baxter – Won’t You Stay [Have A Break]
62 Flite – Colorless [Liquicity]
63 Rameses B feat. Charlotte Haining – Dream Catcher [Monstercat]
64 Woody – Revelate [Liquicity]
65 Champion – What I Need [Liquicity]
66 John B feat. Code 64 – The Journey (Acoustic Mix) [Beta]
67 Etherwood feat. Rocky Nti – Disposition [Medschool]

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