Well worth a listen in case you missed it. Modern, up to date trance which resonates with a 90s/2000s vibe without being overly nostalgic.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vhsx

https://soundcloud.com/evianchrist/...1-essential-mix

Tracklist:
Yunus Guvenen vs Sasha - Red Pilot (Bloodlock)
Evian Christ — Nobody Else
Shmuel Flash — Chilling Moments (Evian's AQXDM002 Edit)
Be-Zet — Blue Illusion (Evian's Teste Mix)
Sasha vs RVDE - Belfunk Hammer (Evian's One Life Mix)
Pure — Pure
Red Devil vs La Forge — Gamelan (Second Contact)
Djrum — Hard to Say
Nalin & Kane — Beachball (Evian's Chroniko Mix)
Source Direct — Shimmer
Funk D'Void — Diabla (Evian's Lag Megamix)
LSG — Netherworld
Montini Traxx — The Sound Of Innocence
Da Rouge — Die Anfunkft (Schwarze Puppen Remix)
London Fever — 6th Ocean
Lizzy Mcalpine — Ceilings (Will Atkinson Remix) (Evian's 22:22 Mix)
Vana Imago — Sintesi (Evian's Anomaly Mix)
Skee Mask — Breathing Method (Evian's Chemistry Mix)
Hard Target — Echoes
Lars Klein — Wooden Man (Redhead Remix) (Evian's Meteora Mix)
The Roc Project — Never Never (Filterheadz Luvtina Remix)
The Source Experience vs Blue Amazon - Eroctra (Javelin)
Chris Raven — I Know You Love Me Too! (Van Bellen Remix)
Chontane — Ceoid (Evian's Dans les Nuages Mix)
Highrise — Hope For Peace
D.Dan — Post Kyiv
Hardy Heller vs Inkfish — Feelings
Robert Leiner — Northern Dark
Amoeba Assassin vs Pat16120 — Piledriver (TSOV)
Element Four — Big Brother UK TV Theme
James Holden — Nothing (93 Returning Mix)
Front 242 — Headhunter 2000 (Space Frog Mix)
Krämer & Pogadl — Uepollara (Evian's Pulsate HMC Mix)
Electric Envoy — Stormfront
Sasha — Xpander (Evian's Identity Mix)
Fu Man Choo — Outlaw (Evian's KDS Mix)
Elysia Crampton — The Totaled Angelica
Evian Christ — Run Boys Run

yea I quite enjoyed this mix, some comments:

would have liked a storybook intro, the storybook outro was there; as far as im concerned the mix should have started @ 16 minutes in, seems like the perfect point.
the only track that soured the mix for me was the lizzy mcalpine ceilings track, I understand it was placed to bring the energy down to build it back up but fuck that vocal in this set, just imo.

really enjoyed that mix into and out ofnetherworld. Also love those tracks with the slamming techno beats and the ambient pads playing to contrast the two, polar opposites but brings much joy -- looking at
Lars Klein - Wooden Man (Redhead Remix) + Evians padwork on top carried into the filterheadz remix, top notch shit..
excellent fucking edits, I would love to hear more people making these kinds of edits and injecting them into older tunes, not that its needed. mixing nice too, had to listen a few times to figure things out.

I need this mix in higher quality. honestly I think im just gonna edit this set, adjust the intro and maybe somehow splice out that track if possible, its worth it. I checked out this guys release on warp records, great stuff. Dudes a legend.

thanks for sharing, would have missed otherwise.

Last edited by szm on Feb-29-2024 at 01:17

This mixtape is clearly composed with love and respect for the music. Its like a modern sounding nostalgic trip back in time. Some parts of the mix are not really for me, as I've grown to be pretty allergic to the over-the-top melancholic trance vocals such as "Calling your name" etc, but other parts are expertly done. The only minor gripe I have with this mixtape, is that it feels just a little bit too LEGO - like artificially constructed from the different elements of loads of different trance classics. Different themes dont really get a chance to shine before they are followed by another and another. In that sense, it is clearly a sequenced set, most probably done in Ableton. But then again, it still exhibits a good flow and my gripe is mostly just a matter of personal opinion. All in all, this mixtape is definitely Essential Mix worthy and I would recommend it to anyone, who likes Trance.

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