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OLEKSANDR’s A State of Trance 2024 DJ contest mix

My A State of Trance 2024 DJ Contest Mix

My ASOT 2024 contest submission: over ten hours of crafting a mix, recording it, and programming the lights behind me.
October 13, 2026
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OLEKSANDR’s A State of Trance tribute mix, recorded in Pacifica in January 2021

Celebrating 20 Years of A State of Trance

My January 2021 tribute mix to A State of Trance, and a look ahead to opening for Armin van Buuren at Club Darc in San Francisco on November 7.
October 13, 2026
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Oleksandr with headphones and a DJ controller inside a Waymo, with the words DJ in Self Driving Car

DJing Live in a Self-Driving Car: My First Waymo Mix

What it's actually like to run a live DJ mix from the back seat of a self-driving Waymo through San Francisco — the gear, the logistics, and why it was worth doing.
November 15, 2024
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Oleksandr and Paul van Dyk together at Public Works in San Francisco

Opening for Paul van Dyk at Public Works, San Francisco

Opening for Paul van Dyk’s VENTURE X at Public Works on March 10, 2023, after winning the TranceFamily SF DJ mix competition.
March 20, 2023
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Oleksandr DJing with his controller and laptop by the ocean at the first Sunset Beats in Pacifica

The First Sunset Beats — Pacifica, California

A DDJ-400, a laptop, a JBL PartyBox, and about a dozen friends by the ocean. How Sunset Beats began in Pacifica on June 13, 2020.
June 13, 2020
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