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Daniel Lesden An underground DJ and music producer, A&R at JOOF Recordings He brings an excellent mix of melodic elements, and driving bass lines with his productions.
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"A great upcoming psy producer!"
— Simon Patterson (BBC Radio 1, UK)


"Daniel Lesden is one to watch closely. Daniel’s debut release on Ovnimoon Records, Contact, immediately caught my ear, and stood out as a solid, quality track. As kind as he is talented, Daniel is a great example of a success in the making. I’ll be keeping an eye on Daniel as I look forward to hearing what he will do next."

Magnus (Perfecto Fluoro / JOOF Recordings, USA)


"Daniel Lesden is an excellent Dj and a very talented producer, whose tracks are an interesting mixture of both the new modern psytrance productions, with an oldschool twist and melodic lines that I still very much like and enjoy. I would definitely recommend everyone to keep their attention on his work. Support!"
— Sideform / Relativ (TesseracTstudio Records, Serbia)

13/08/2024

Ever wondered how I make Rave Podcast episodes?

I've recorded an unfiltered, behind-the-scenes video that’s nearly 1.5 hours long, giving you a complete look at my process from start to finish.

Watch the full video on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/making-of-rave-1-109235404

Rave Podcast 153This episode continues to blend raw, deep, and hypnotic sounds, full of emotional trance vibes and frisk...
12/08/2024

Rave Podcast 153

This episode continues to blend raw, deep, and hypnotic sounds, full of emotional trance vibes and frisky hard grooves. I think it's safe to say it perfectly highlights where I am musically at the moment.

With tracks from Mikkel Rev, Maruwa, Obscure Shape, DJ Dextro, Regent, Aidan Rudd, Oprofessionell, Alan Backdrop, DJ Ali, and more.

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/153/
https://soundcloud.com/daniellesden/rave-podcast-153

Can’t wait to get back to my favourite London underground party Dancelovehub and play alongside DJ Jon Cockle and The Di...
07/08/2024

Can’t wait to get back to my favourite London underground party Dancelovehub and play alongside DJ Jon Cockle and The Digital Blonde!

🗓️ 28th September, 2024 (1 to 9 pm, day-time event)

📍 Basing House (25 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AA)

🎫 Early bird tickets:
https://ra.co/events/1890200

As the event is the day after my birthday, it's a perfect opportunity to celebrate together. It would be amazing to see you all on the dancefloor!

Rave Podcast 152In this episode, we shift gears towards the trancey soundscapes I promised last time. Trance is one of t...
15/07/2024

Rave Podcast 152

In this episode, we shift gears towards the trancey soundscapes I promised last time. Trance is one of the most diverse music genres, spanning many different sub-genres and styles. Today, I'd like to highlight a specific, emerging sound that is fast-paced, heads-down, and sits somewhere between early 90s trance and the psychedelic scene. We call it Raw Trance, and this is where the most forward-thinking and underground trance currently is, in my opinion. Enjoy!

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/152/

Rave Podcast 151Continuing with the theme of the previous episodes, this edition of Rave Podcast is all about the explor...
17/06/2024

Rave Podcast 151

Continuing with the theme of the previous episodes, this edition of Rave Podcast is all about the exploration of techno soundscapes. The first half features a deep and hypnotic trancey sound, while the second half showcases some serious, pounding grooves. I absolutely love this sound at the moment, and I hope you are too! If you're a trance-head, no worries, a trance-focused episode will be coming soon too.

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/151/

I gave my Patreon page a little refresh, and now you can enjoy early access to Rave Podcast episodes in the highest audi...
06/06/2024

I gave my Patreon page a little refresh, and now you can enjoy early access to Rave Podcast episodes in the highest audio quality, download my entire discography and mixes archive, join the community chat, access 'Ask Me Anything' bonus content, and more perks.

If you enjoy the radio show I've been hosting since 2011, have found value in my hundreds of advice blogs, appreciate the Psytrance Guide I've maintained for years, or just want to buy me a cup of coffee, joining on Patreon is a great way to show your support. I appreciate it a lot!

Here is a link to join:
https://www.patreon.com/daniellesden

Thank you ❤️

After a short delay, Rave Podcast is back for you to enjoy.This episode is all about proper Techno: groovy, slamming, he...
19/05/2024

After a short delay, Rave Podcast is back for you to enjoy.

This episode is all about proper Techno: groovy, slamming, heads-down, and sometimes melodic too. I just love listening to this kind of stuff when I’m walking, running or in the gym, so any kind of sports body activity, and of course in the clubs too (though I guess dancing can be put in the same category, haha).

I feel that nowadays many people use the word ‘techno’ to describe something entirely different, sometimes they call progressive house tunes ‘techno’, sometimes trance tracks are mislabeled as ‘techno’, and there is, of course, a whole ‘melodic techno’ thing which rarely does anything to do with techno. So enjoy this proper, real Techno mix (with a couple of trancey tracks).

A quick note for those who subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or any other podcast app: I’ve moved the podcast to another podcast-hosting service. Hopefully, you won’t notice it as this is something ‘under the hood’, but if anything is wrong, just let me know. As a cool little bonus, new episodes now have chapters (in those podcast apps that support it), allowing you to navigate through the tracklist.

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/

London, 28th of September, my favourite daytime party Dancelovehub at Basing House with The Digital Blonde, DJ Jon Cockl...
21/03/2024

London, 28th of September, my favourite daytime party Dancelovehub at Basing House with The Digital Blonde, DJ Jon Cockle, and Photrix .

Save the date!

Tickets will go on sale soon.
https://www.facebook.com/events/861154995702699/

Rave Podcast 149The March episode of Rave Podcast is here, and this time we start with banging 140 BPM straight away! A ...
11/03/2024

Rave Podcast 149

The March episode of Rave Podcast is here, and this time we start with banging 140 BPM straight away! A lot of hard grooves in the first half and a cosmic trance towards the end, with music from David Moleon, Introversion, Sera J, Faster Horses, Regent, Regent, Alan Backdrop, Raffaele Attanasio, Bliss Inc, Hypnocoustics, Kineta, Sioc, and more.

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/

Some interesting backstory. In 2021, Enlusion and I collaborated to create 'Dark Entity'. While the original mix was a h...
16/02/2024

Some interesting backstory. In 2021, Enlusion and I collaborated to create 'Dark Entity'. While the original mix was a heavy-hitting dancefloor banger, I also wanted to have a more stripped-down version and that is how we made the 'Heads-down Mix'.

Fast-forward to 2024, upon relistening to those versions I realised that I want something even more heads-down, more... hypnotic. So I sent a message to Kirill, and our dialogue went something like that:

me: Let's get rid of those acids, BXR-style snares and other extra sounds?
Kirill: Hmm okay. But we're going to add new melodies and a new bassline then, right?... Right?
me: 😎

So there you go guys, Dark Entity (Hypnotic Mix) is out now, and Kirill is probably still mad that we didn't add five more layers of extra melodies 🤣

Download it on Beatport:
https://fanlink.to/dark-entity

The February podcast is here, bringing you a lot of heads-down grooves. This is the kind of sound and the tempo I really...
12/02/2024

The February podcast is here, bringing you a lot of heads-down grooves. This is the kind of sound and the tempo I really like now, and I hope you do too!

The show also includes a couple of unreleased tracks from JOOF Recordings and Be As One, so plenty of fresh music here from the names like Wata Igarashi, Atlas, Coyu, Talfelt, DJ Dextro, Kashpitzky, Villa, Nordic Echoes, Alan Backdrop, and many more. I also played a new, hypnotic version of my collaboration with Enlusion, which is coming out this week!

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/

Back in 2019, I published an article ‘How I prepare my DJ playlists’ (which now has over 21K views), providing the behin...
01/02/2024

Back in 2019, I published an article ‘How I prepare my DJ playlists’ (which now has over 21K views), providing the behind-the-scenes into the structure of my DJ collection. Since then, my collection has evolved, as it's an ever-changing process that reflects my DJ needs.

And today, I'm sharing my entire DJ collection with my Patreon subscribers. This is something that sane DJs probably would never do!

So, here's the thing. I have my DJ collection with over 7000 tracks on iTunes ('Music' app on macOS), which I use as the main hub for all my music. To keep all of the music sorted and to find tracks during my DJ sets easily, I keep all those tracks in over 80 playlists, neatly organised by energy levels and mood. This collection and the playlists are mirrored in Rekordbox, which is the main DJ software that I use to export music to USB sticks which I then plug into the DJ decks on my gigs.

I also have that music collection and playlists mirrored on Spotify, and this is what I am sharing with my Patreon subscribers. While I can't share the physical audio files from my music library for copyright reasons, even Spotify playlists are a pretty big deal.

First of all, that's a lot of great music. A lot. Secondly and most importantly, this is my real DJ collection that I am actively using and keeping up to date – so it's a great material for learning and inspiration to see how I organise my playlists, a real behind-the-scenes peek into the mind of a DJ. I’ve also recorded a video walkthrough to provide more explanation of my playlists.

If it sounds interesting to you and want to get access to it, consider joining me on Patreon (and have many more goodies besides this DJ collection):
https://www.patreon.com/daniellesden

The January edition of Rave Podcast is available on SoundCloud, YouTube, and Mixcloud, while subscribers on Patreon enjo...
15/01/2024

The January edition of Rave Podcast is available on SoundCloud, YouTube, and Mixcloud, while subscribers on Patreon enjoyed exclusive early access one week before. Individual tracks are also available on the Spotify playlist, and you can find links to all platforms below.

To start 2024 on a high note, and as we also get almost to the Rave Podcast’s 12th anniversary, I decided to make this episode 2 hours long. Expect a blend of raw, deep, and hypnotic techno and trance with a psychedelic twist. Music from Luigi Tozzi, Vladw, Bitkit, Fabio Florido, Luke Hess, Altinbas, Uncharted Territory, Kashpitzky, Anne, Raar, Oprofessionell, Narciss, Cybernet, and more. Enjoy the journey!

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/

09/01/2024

One of the IDs from my sets is revealed and out now. What a track!

Great news for Mixcloud fans! You can now find all Rave Podcast episodes, my DJ sets, and guest mixes on Mixcloud.While ...
15/12/2023

Great news for Mixcloud fans! You can now find all Rave Podcast episodes, my DJ sets, and guest mixes on Mixcloud.

While SoundCloud remains my primary platform, alongside YouTube, I respect the vibrant Mixcloud community and understand its appeal for music discovery.

Follow and enjoy the beats here:
https://mixcloud.com/daniellesden/

P.S. Show some love for the effort – it took manually uploading and adding descriptions to over 200 mixes! 😃

The December edition of Rave Podcast was broadcast on Digitally Imported radio and is available now on SoundCloud (and Y...
11/12/2023

The December edition of Rave Podcast was broadcast on Digitally Imported radio and is available now on SoundCloud (and YouTube to catch up soon too), while subscribers on Patreon enjoyed exclusive early access one week before. You can also find individual tracks from the podcast on the Spotify playlist.

This episode starts deep and hypnotising but gets almost uplifting closer towards the end. Expect both fresh and old (but still gold) tracks from Ambeam, Marco Bailey, Hedustma, 27Club, Ectima, John 00 Fleming, Tom Hades, Alan Backdrop, MAIKE DEPAS, GiGi FM, Axel Karakasis, Deco 5000, Quinnbond, Dynamic Forces, Ferdinger, Introversion, and Chris Flannigan.

Listen and subscribe on your favourite platforms:
https://daniellesden.com/podcast/

One of the secret weapons from my DJ sets and radio shows, a collaboration from Enlusion and Slavlotski Music, is finall...
16/11/2023

One of the secret weapons from my DJ sets and radio shows, a collaboration from Enlusion and Slavlotski Music, is finally revealed and out now on JOOF Recordings. The second track titled "Inferno" is my fav, although the whole package is very strong.

Definitely don't miss this one:
https://www.beatport.com/release/reminiscence-ep/4328623

The Rave Podcast is back and is now available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and more. I’m really enjoying such a deep, heads-do...
13/11/2023

The Rave Podcast is back and is now available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and more. I’m really enjoying such a deep, heads-down, groovy sound now, and I hope you’ll like it too.

Music from NESS , GABRIEL D'OR & BORDOY , Sigvard, Incolumis, Angelo Stasi, Ferdinger, Ʀᴇɢᴇɴᴛ, and more. Enjoy!

https://ravepodcast.com/

After a short hiatus, my monthly Rave Podcast is coming back on air in November. As always, it will be broadcast on Digi...
30/10/2023

After a short hiatus, my monthly Rave Podcast is coming back on air in November. As always, it will be broadcast on Digitally Imported on the second Friday of the month, while my Patreon supporters will be able to enjoy the show one week earlier.

As I recently promised to deliver more music to you, here is my set recorded at Amplify Events pres JOOF Editions in Bri...
10/10/2023

As I recently promised to deliver more music to you, here is my set recorded at Amplify Events pres JOOF Editions in Bristol last month.

You probably know me for more peak-time and intense sets, but this time I had an important duty for preparing the dancefloor for John 00 Fleming, so I stayed at a lower tempo to save the crowd's energy for the headliner. I must mention that Keros from the Amplify Events did an excellent job opening the night, so you know when the energy level is set right, even the lower tempo sounds banging.

My personal favourite part of this set is the transition at around 1h17m mark, pure bliss (I remember one person jumped into the DJ booth after that moment and said it was the best moment he had ever experienced on the dancefloor, kudos to that guy!).

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my warm set:

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Sorry that I haven't been active with delivering new music. As you probably noticed, my podcast is on hold as I've been ...
03/10/2023

Sorry that I haven't been active with delivering new music. As you probably noticed, my podcast is on hold as I've been struggling lately. But I'll try to put myself together to continue doing what we all love to do, which is to share the music.

Here is the set recorded at Tribal Village × Dancelovehub party back in August; more uploads are to come soon too. Enjoy!

★ SUPPORT: https://dsokolovskiy.com/patreon/ Get early access to the videos, exclusive podcast feed, my full discography, mixes archives, and more! 🎓 FREE ADVICE SERIES: https://dsokolovskiy.com/a

19/09/2023

Whoa, Bristol, what a night! Massive thanks to such a lovely crowd, and to John 00 Fleming and Amplify Events for making it happen and amazing music ❤️🙏

Track ID is an upcoming release from Dreamcast coming out soon on Forescape Digital which I played as a closing track in my set. What a tune, so dreamy and emotional!

Can't wait for the 25th of August to see all the beautiful people and play at Tribal Village and Dancelovehub 🤩 I'll pro...
09/08/2023

Can't wait for the 25th of August to see all the beautiful people and play at Tribal Village and Dancelovehub 🤩 I'll probably be playing some Deep Trance, so get ready to be hypnotised!

London, The Steelyard. Tickets link: https://accessallareas.org/event/tribal-village/

The June podcast edition is already available on Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify playlist, and Patreon. Enjoy the June podc...
12/06/2023

The June podcast edition is already available on Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify playlist, and Patreon. Enjoy the June podcast selection with a blend of driving techno and raw underground trance!

Listen, stream, download:
https://ravepodcast.com/

I don’t do charts often, but I decided to put together some must-listen tracks from the new underground trance genre on ...
26/05/2023

I don’t do charts often, but I decided to put together some must-listen tracks from the new underground trance genre on Beatport to help navigate those who might explore this new beautiful world for the first time:

Underground Trance Essentials by Daniel Lesden: Tracks on Beatport

The May podcast edition is already available on Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify playlist, and Patreon. This month’s show is...
17/05/2023

The May podcast edition is already available on Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify playlist, and Patreon. This month’s show is all about deep, hypnotic atmospheric sound, so get ready to be hypnotised. Enjoy!

Listen, stream, download:
https://ravepodcast.com/

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