Knowing more than half of the tracks here, should be a fun listen.

Kudos on the Orsen track, been a recent favorite as well.

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Yes, this is very much a "big tunes" set. Some of these, particularly First Light, Raver Crystals and Algorithm, are ones I've had for ages now but have only been playing to myself at home, so I just wanted to have fun throwing them into a set. Cloudpotting is an evil tune.

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Mixes:
> Back To Deep [Deep Trippy House]
> Terra Nova [Modern Progressive Trance]
> Rough & Ready [Modern Trance]
>A Different Energy [Good Modern Trance]
> The Edale Mix [Panoramic Beats]

Definitely in on this one. Excited!

Will be giving this one a listen at a suitable opportunity

Ok tonight is the night I´m finally gonna listen to this one mate. Keep in touch

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I'll be interested to know if you enjoy it. This is extremely peak time, and I know you are the dream-weaver supreme.

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Mixes:
> Back To Deep [Deep Trippy House]
> Terra Nova [Modern Progressive Trance]
> Rough & Ready [Modern Trance]
>A Different Energy [Good Modern Trance]
> The Edale Mix [Panoramic Beats]

Here we go with a quick Deeve review.

While, as the creator of this mix rightfully points out, I´ve recently rather been into Melodic/Dreamy Deep House, you gotta keep in mind where I musically come from in the 90s/early 00s. Which is: Progressive House, the likes of Sasha, Digweed, Deep Dish, Howells, Warren, WoW, Cattaneo, Seaman, Pole Folder etc. You know what I´m talking about.

Hence, I definitely appreciate progressive/peak time sets.

Listening to Welcome to the Future, I was first taken by surprise as the set really takes of at 100% instead of building things up. I acknowledged that and let myself drown into the beats. Then, I noticed that the first tracks don´t only include the dreamy/deep bass sounds of progressive, but also some acid-ish elements - which makes the overall vibe even more peaktime-style. However, I kept on listening further and further as the driving progressive beats already had me. The thing is, the flaw- and seamless mixing made this the often-quoted journey you expect when listening to a DJ set. I listened to this set for the first time together with wifey in an evening/having a drink setting, and then during a home office day while working. While this set is certainly not intended for cozy home settings - it just worked both times. Great programming, flawless mixing, amazing journey. Only thing is that I´d usually expect some kind of build up, be it 1-2 prog break tracks or simply the more moody side of progressive before bangin´ it out. But hey, it depends on the mood and on the type of set you wanna create, so that´s fine.

To sum up, although I usually enjoy listening to slower Deep House sets these days - this was quite a journey, mood-wise taking me back to the early 00s ! Well done Jack. Keep ´em comin´! Cheers mate.

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Last edited by Deeve on Jan-27-2018 at 21:18

fantastic, nice to finally hear some prog with testicles.

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Last edited by stealthman on Feb-02-2018 at 12:01

I've listened to this several times now - it's definately amongst your finest mixes! It opens up with a nice tough track and having seen the tracklist prior to listening I was scratching my head thinking 'how are you going to get from this in to a floaty, dreamy number like Black Sun?'. I was really impressed by how smooth the transition was - I would never have thought to put them together but it works like a charm!

I think the run of tracks that follow this is my favourite section of the mix - I urgently crated tracks 3, 4 and 5, and can't wait to play them at my next gig. 'Moan' is a great mix of driving prog beats and handbag house vocals, without getting cheesey, and 'Power To The People' is a sheer genious mix of tough robotic house grooves and an old school trancy lead which had me grinning like an idiot when I first heard it!

The sounds and styles continue to vary nicely but maintaining a really solid flow which never faulters. Was nice to hear you use 'Momento' amongst artists, and that was followed by some more slamming techno tracks.

The mix takes a quick pause for breath with 'Raver Crystals' before slamming in one of the biggest tracks of the mix - the awesome Henry Saiz mix of Guy J - absolutely loved it!

I felt you dialled it down quite nicely after that to set yourself up for the grand finale in the shape of the dark, tribal banger, 'sphera' - a really strong end to a great set

So there you go - I couldn't find a fault with it (and I really do enjoy criticising your work too) ;-) Great job!

Cheers guys, much appreciated. I might use "Prog with testicles" as my Soundcloud bio.

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Originally posted by JonDC (and I really do enjoy criticising your work too) ;-)

Haha. It's rare I get a fault-free Jon Cockle review, so I'll frame this one and hang it over my desk.

From memory, I was originally aiming to finish on Tuesday Maybe, but I'd opted not to play a couple of "maybe" tracks earlier in the set, and so I saw that I had about ten minutes left. Sphera is pretty much ten minutes long, so I went "Fuck it, I'll play that", and the rest is history!

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Mixes:
> Back To Deep [Deep Trippy House]
> Terra Nova [Modern Progressive Trance]
> Rough & Ready [Modern Trance]
>A Different Energy [Good Modern Trance]
> The Edale Mix [Panoramic Beats]

Hey Jack, I apologize for the very late comment on this mix.

I gotta say, I must have listened to this at least 5 times at my house and a good 10 times at work. From when I downloaded it it was on repeat for a good week.

The transitions were solid, in-key and nothing that detracted from the overall feel of the mix at all. Highlight of the set for me was most definitely Way Out West - Tuesday Maybe (Guy J Remix) [Anjunadeep]... partly because I've also had that tune on repeat ever since it was released

My only complaint with this mix is that I did not feel the last track was warranted. Maybe it was me but I feel as though Tuesday Maybe was the right place to end it. That being said, I understand it was a live mix so it's all good. I probably wouldn't be able to resist playing more either