This week we’re joined by The Trip, a DJ and production project by Max van Dijk and Oliver Hiam. The duo are the founders of the long-established party and label Tessellate. After a decade of hosting events and DJing at Corsica Studios, the duo began releasing music under the name “The Trip” in 2020.
Their sound is shaped by watching some of their favourite DJs perform at Tessellate. Sonically, they draw on UKG, progressive, tech house, and house elements from the ’90s onward, weaving these influences into a distinctive, sample-heavy style.
Now seven records deep in original material, The Trip continues to gain momentum, having released Fantasy Traxx and Uncovered in 2024. Their music has become a staple for a broad range of DJs including Palms Trax, Moxie, Avalon Emerson, Shanti Celeste, Sally C, Eliza Rose, and Pangea. They have also received significant airtime on BBC Radio 1, with Sarah Story dubbing The Trip the “DJ’s Producer”.
Off the back of their sell out All Night Long show in London at the end of 2024, the future promises an exciting mix of original and collaborative releases, alongside an increasingly busy local and international calendar.
Let’s catch up…
We’ve just got back from Ibiza and released our new EP Clubdance2025.
The mix was recorded at home on CDJs, then tidied it up in Ableton and it reflects what we’re enjoying musically at the moment.
It’s club ready but hopefully translates for home listening. It features a load of edits and reworks we’ve put together especially for this mix, as well as an unreleased track from ourselves.
Next Up…
Next up, we’re working on new original material. We’ve got some tour dates coming up, including a few at ADE and our all night long in London on 31st October at Night Tales
Tracklist:
- Tribute – Rain (Club)
- Marius Acke – Love U All Over
- Vision – People And Places
- Erecto Mundo – Bigger
- To-Ka – Fantasy
- Brittany – Shoreline (BlackJack Deep Dub Mix)
- Whiplash – Over Me (Sub Bass)
- The MPCs – Fixation
- Marius Acke – Funky Mellow Trip
- Smoke Machine – Chicago 76
- Guy Williams – Work
- Mad Mark, DJ Antoine – Tribal Surprise
- The Trip – Vibration (Pikes Mix)
- Truth or Dare – Can’t Stop
- Alex Neri & M.Baroni – Unsung Track
- Solid Wizdom – The Snort
- The Specialist Feat. Al Ziani – Playing Tricks (Vibe Dub)
- Oval Emotion – Do You Have Another One (Stone’s Tribeca Dub)
