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-- Dear Raul,
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I've been away from TA for quite some time, but some of you might know me. I just wanted to pay my respects in this thread. I never knew DA in real life, but he was a regular in the COR and he was always a character.
We had some great posts and banter in the COR. It's a shame I never was able to meet him.
FLTA's, I'm sorry for your loss. DA will truly be missed.
well it is a bit ironic how many times i have notice facebook to suggest me writing in his wall and every single time i get depressed seeing it because i cant this time!
i know it sounds a bit cheesy but i wanted to point out this how a simple silly line can make you sad
edit : for some personal reason i was avoinding to check out this topic but.. just wanted to express that no matter how biatch i am going to sound i am glad the note he tried to wrote down and to send to his friends didnt worked out because I am pretty sure i will keep reading it and tortune it my self if i was a really good friend to him as he was to me
I was out of the loop for quite some time...involved in my own life and a lot of my own problems..... But DA was always such a good friend to me. He sent me tons and tons of CD's. I know he was in a lot of pain over his friend dying years earlier. I can not believe not for a moment that he is gone. I will always be your Queen and you will always be my King, DA. love you Raul.
I keep thinking back to the last time he texted me. I wish I could zap it back into my phone. Read it again.
We used to spend hours on the phone. He would play music for me in the bknd..mailed me so many Cd's. I have a full picture CD that he sent me..
He always tried to make me feel included and invited me to the TA BBQ's he said they were his favorite but I never made it down for those and now all I can do is sit here with regret. I never felt included, always trapped in my own freaking little world.
I have a lot of problems with depression and he would always help me, and yes there were times that I pulled back because I had to try to fix myself.
I can't believe that I wont get the text this year about the BBQ or a New Song. But you will always live on in your CD's
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| Originally posted by thecreator Hey, just got done perusing the ol' inbox and came across oh so many correspondences from the past years....anyone have his fuck valentines day mix? I remember he always thought they was over the top w/the explosions and screams but it always ushered in a new season in my mind....damn, we need to get all of his mixes back up, R.I.P again & it seems so surreal he's gone. |
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| Originally posted by TranceQueen16 Gotta look thru my cd book but i should have it. i have almost all of his mixes |
i just found out about this and am very sad to hear what happened. DA was a great friend and i'll remember all the times we shared. i recently moved and was throwing lots of stuff away and came across a VCR tape he made of the trip to orlando in 2004, i almost threw it out, but kept it to remember the times. if anyone can convert this to digital, i'll send it your way.. i dont have a vcr anymore.
i recently lost my dad in november to a fatal car accident and understand what it feels like to lose someone close... i wish the best for everyone and i know that Raul wouldnt want us to be so sad about it, he always wanted everyone to be very happy...
He was the first person I text when I saw Ferry @ Electric Zoo this year.
I then told him it was being broadcast live online so he went and listened to the set 
Ferry @ WMC is for you, Big Bro 
From the Electric Zoo tracklist thread - when Ferry finished
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel Thx for the updated TL. And that's it for me, I'm out. I ain't listening to no bullshit trash Guetta.  T4L (Trance 4 life) HMS (house music sucks.) Later all. DA |
love him. Datt & I did the same exact thing - except we ran away from the mainstage so we wouldn't have to hear Guetta
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| Originally posted by k1ba i recently lost my dad in november to a fatal car accident and understand what it feels like to lose someone close... i wish the best for everyone and i know that Raul wouldnt want us to be so sad about it, he always wanted everyone to be very happy... |
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| Originally posted by TranceQueen16 I can't believe that I wont get the text this year about the BBQ or a New Song. But you will always live on in your CD's |
Thank you 
I am going to make a huge effort to make it.
Not a day goes by where I don't think of him.
Trance Mix by Relik In memory of Raul (Darkangel)
http://crazeshare.info/users/files/...%20DA%20Mix.mp3
01. Schiller Feat. Peter Heppner - Leben I Feel You (Single Version)
02. Rank 1 - Airwave 2003 Breathing (Breaks Dub Mix)
03. Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel (Paul van Dyk Remix)
04. Waterplanet - Introspection (John Askew Remix)
05. Above and Beyond - Alone Tonight (Ronski Speed Remix)
06. DJ Vesiga vs. Jomar - Nightoperator
07. BT - The Force of Gravity (Tiesto Remix)
08. ID
09. Paul Van Dyk - Home (PVD Extended Mix)
10. Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt - Waiting (Sean Tyas Mix)
11. Relik & Reload - Pleiotropy (Original Mix)
12. Paul Van Dyk feat. Wayne Jackson - The Other Side (Martin Roth Remix)
Heres a mix I made in memory of Raul with a bunch of his fav. songs.
Some of the older tracks were hard to find in good quality, so bare with me if you hear clicks and pops in some of them
I know someone you recognize track 08, but please do not post the name...thanks
nice mix. 
I have been inactive in this forum for years now... I don't know if you recall but I went by the screenames of Arnoldjch, ArnoldJ etc... Browsing through the forums this news came of shock to me. One of the most beloved members of FLTA is now gone... Even though I never personally met Raul he seemed a very friendly and genuine gentleman. His presence was always felt in many events here in S.Florida and elsewhere with fellow TA members. His presence in the forum was undisputable� Always with his party reviews and pictures. A true supporter of EDM!!!
My deepest condolences to his family and close friends� It�s a tragedy that his life ended this way� but now he is in a better place!
Arnold
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| Originally posted by LatinLover I have been inactive in this forum for years now... I don't know if you recall but I went by the screenames of Arnoldjch, ArnoldJ etc... Browsing through the forums this news came of shock to me. One of the most beloved members of FLTA is now gone... Even though I never personally met Raul he seemed a very friendly and genuine gentleman. His presence was always felt in many events here in S.Florida and elsewhere with fellow TA members. His presence in the forum was undisputable� Always with his party reviews and pictures. A true supporter of EDM!!! My deepest condolences to his family and close friends� It�s a tragedy that his life ended this way� but now he is in a better place! Arnold |
Wow - just seeing this...
I never got to meet Dark Angel, but saw and read much of his passion on the board. And now, to read everyone talk about him so amazingly, and miss him so dearly is just a small indication of what a special person he must have been. I know I�ve missed out on meeting and knowing an incredible person.
I can remember when FLTA used to be a home away from home for me. Nightly I would visit the forum to read, and sometimes participate in the discussions. Dark Angel was always there - engaged in something that he loved.
There is a beauty that goes beyond words that I find in Trance music, especially the style that was popular when I used to ride the waves of the forums with Dark Angel. I think he shared the love, the emotion, and the passion that brought us to the music and to the site, and to me, his passing marks a loss of a amazing person that I�ll never get to know.
From the posts here - it looks like he touched many people deeply, and that his memory will carry on farther than he probably ever imagined.
I can remember how enthusiastic DA was about introducing music to new TA�s - and I remember always seeing him at almost every event that had pictures posted. And most of the time, he always had great looking girls on his arms!!! Dark Angel was also always the first person to welcome new people to the FLTA thread�..
The note that he left troubles me deeply. I hate to think about him alone, in a time of despair, not knowing all of the love the World had for him.
Mel (and everyone else) - one thing I think Dark Angel would really love, is to keep trance, and the beautiful music DA loved, alive. It�s beautiful stuff�
Raul, you�ve touched more people than you�ve met�. Rest in peace.
R&D
I was reading the latest blog from Markus and i saw this part
''If you read the blogs at the beginning of the year, you will know that TA member DarkAngel sadly passed away before Christmas. This guy absolutely lived for Trance Energy every single year. He was the orchestrator for arranging all the forum meetups that enabled so many tranceaddicts from around the world to unite and form friendships. I remember him wishing me luck before my first Trance Energy appearance, and he talked about how proud everyone in Miami was about what I was doing.
And as you know, his favorite track was Rank 1�s Breathing - a track that I hold dear to my heart also, and one that I play on special occasions in my livesets. When I brought in my remix of Breathing, and looked out at that sea of hands in the air, I could feel DA there with me. He was there on stage, saluting the crowd. This was his moment, a moment that gave me goosebumps and one that I will never forget.''
I feel so depressed at the moment and to be honest I was not able to read the article at once because i was shaking... I still remember how much Raul was excited for TE specially when he went the first time.. And i do remember how much we laugh when i was keep telling him that his sim card wont work there and he was saying the opposite
I just cant continue anymore feel so broken at the moment
Same weekend Rank 1 was in NY and I tried to see Piet from Rank 1 play... I couldn't even get to the breakdown of the first song.
I wanted to cry as soon as he came on the stage but I tried fighting back tears and I just couldn't hold back anymore. I started crying in the middle of the dancefloor at ASOT450 in NY.
It was too hard.. so I just went off to the side bar in the back. Behind the speakers so I couldn't hear too well.
The day i found out that Raul gone by ironic Above and Beyond was coming the same night and I wasnt sure either really wanted to go out for that party but no matter how bad it will sound I knew Raul loved them and in the other hands my friends didnt wanted to leave me alone in my place so i went..
Wasnt the best night out in fact it was the worse every trance party i went!I am not a person who drinks but that night i swear i took at least one bottle of vodka
Cant say i partied that much but I was trying to be calm wasnt the best to stand in the middle of the dance floor when everyone was jumping around up and down and me just standing still... So i was calm most of the night untill Above and Beyond dropped Cant Sleep and I wasnt able to hold my tears any longer.
Along time ago I said I was going to make a track dedicated to Raul, with influences from his favorite songs, but what actually happened was something entirely different.
I'm not sure if he'd like this or not, but I tried to write down how I felt and I think it came out pretty good. It's still not finished, but here it is.
http://soundcloud.com/benacosta/nsh...or-snow-2-11-10
Here's my darkangel tribute, better late then never.
Darkangel Tribute by John Paullino
Length 59:36
Size 95.5 MB
Bitrate 224 Kbps
Genre Trance
01. Moshic - I'm Your Danger (Original Mix)
02. Shane Robinson - The Dawn (Original Mix)
03. Asbjorne Hegdahl - Head In Clouds (Sovve Remix)
04. Sunquest Feat. Josie - A Little Bit Special (Original Mix)
05. Evave - To The Stars (Adymus Remix)
06. M. Pravda - Falling Away (Original Mix)
07. Tesla Da Vinci - One More Vodka (Original Mix)
08. Sergio Rincon - Chi Co Monte (Sunn Jellie Remix)
09. Johan & Johnson-Golden Age (Original Mix)
10. Hibernate - Motion (Original Mix)
Any feedback is appreciated
I can't remember if I posted here, but it's too bad that I've been so damn busy with work and school. I really wanted to meet him.
This Wednesday makes 6 months since his passing. I can't believe it ;\
Half a year that he's not here... Half a year I thought he would be here for certain things and it has sucked doing them without him.
I am also 1 year away from graduating from a college that he also went to when he lived in NY. I was hoping he would see me through it. Love him and I think of him always. There really isn't a single day that goes by where I don't think of him.
Miss you so much...it's still really hard
Bro, you know that he's telling God that he may be a DJ, but that he needs to play more trance!
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