Aaron Gray - Home Is Where The Hearth Is (Winter Mix '08) (Trance/Prog, Old to New)

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Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Jan-06-2009 06:43:

Aaron Gray - Home Is Where The Hearth Is (Winter Mix '08) (Trance/Prog, Old to New)

Made this mostly during December, so it's sooo last year :P

This one is themed around winter...Starts out nice, slow, and warm, then frenzies up a bit to end blistering...Kinda like a snowstorm *wink*wink*.

If you have actually grabbed some of my older mixes, you might notice some improvement here, I think I took this to a different level, albeit not a perfect one.

But enough rambling, here's the tracklist for copy-paste purposes, enjoy!

Runtime: 1:42:46, at 23 tracks.

Tracklist:

R�yksopp - Poor Leno [Wall of Sound]
Oliver Moldan and Jerome Isma-Me - White Lobster (Remy Remix) [68 Recordings]
Arney S. - A New Beginning [Intuition Deep]
Soundstorm - Iris (Dynamic Illusion Remix) [Silk Digital]
Mike Mikhjian - Air Chords (Beetseekers Remix) [RealDeep]
Paul Keeley - Paper Jet [Anjunadeep]
Randy Boyer and Eric Tadla - Aden's Dream (Rafael Frost Remix) [Flashover]
Solar Express - Momentum [Fundamental]
Quillroader - Nightshift [Subtraxx]
Mat Zo - Rush [Anjunabeats]
Humate - 3.1 (Bedrock Remix) [Platipus]
Topher Jones - Young Life [Stellar Sounds]
Menno de Jong - Tundra (Fierce Dub) [Intuition]
Ferry Corsten - Shanti [Flashover]
2Rome - Overland (Original) [Dedicated Holland]
8 Wonders - Life Goes On [A State Of Trance]
Gouryella - Gouryella [Code Blue]
Arctic Quest - Meltdown (Tech Mix) [Soundpiercing]
Reconceal - Hollow Hope [Inov8]
Dawnseekers - Gothic Dream (John Johnson Remix) [Platipus]
Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Greg Downey Remix) [Bedrock]
Kimito Lopez - Subrunner [Intuition]
DreamTech - Venus (Whirloop Remix) [Stellar Sounds]

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Would <3 you if you can provide a mirror.

Posted by alefort on Jan-06-2009 13:23:

I've been looking forward to this mix for some time now, glad to see you finished it up! Grabbing!

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Jan-06-2009 16:31:

Some more links added!

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Jan-07-2009 20:32:

Oh, some detailed, brutal feedback would be much appreciated, should you happen to listen...

Posted by alefort on Jan-08-2009 00:18:

Fear not, it's coming your way!

Posted by alefort on Jan-11-2009 20:55:

Alright, I've given the set two listens now, and I'm ready to criticize...a little bit.

Track Selection: You've got some absolute gems in here. Some tracks I absolutely love, cuz, well, I play them too, but you've also got some great unknowns. One of your best assets is your ability to dig up amazing trance from days of old, and today.

Progression: This is where, in my opinion, you lost a few points. Though you didn't make it easy on yourself. You span like what, 20 BPM from the first track to the last? At times I found you rushed the mixes, and found you to be mixing in the next track over the breakdown for many of the mixes. I've done my fair share of this myself, but I still don't like it. LOL. However, all things considered, it was still successful in most areas, not many can work with a track seletion like you just did.

Mixing Skills: Your skills have definitely improved since the last mix I listened to. Your beatmatching was either bang on, or damn close to it. I can't recall any horrid mixes....how many times did you practice the set before you finally had a run through you were proud of? :P

EQing: This has to be your best skill. I know we've talked about this in the past, and you claim to do very little, and you know what, maybe that's why it sounds so good. Regardless, keep this up, I love listening to your mixes for this reason, and well, the track selection too!

Cheers!