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Originally posted by Allied Nations Yeah I figured as much- I try and do these sorts of mixes to get people out of their little house/trance etc shell... I find most people (not even just EDM heads) get very pigeonholed into one specific genre and don't take the time or aren't give then chance to explore different musical styles. Chillout/Downtempo is my personal yang and I find it compliments the thump driven dance music I listen to quite well, especially since most of this is highly related to more common forms of electronic dance music. I can't do the boom boom all day long - I thrive on variety and drawing from all sorts of musical styles/genres. It's a shame this sort of music isn't your cup of tea, hopefully you'll enjoy my next effort a little more . Cheers for the listen!

Your and Clovis's mixes really got me into this stuff. I used to be all about the trance mixes and didn't want to listen to anything else, and was actually disappointed when I downloaded Clovis's Red Line mix ( was I thinking) because it wasn't trance-ish music. Honestly I'd never listened to this stuff before I heard your mixes, now I love it! I've been searching for every chillout/downtempo/ambient mix I can find on this forum now

BTW this mix is brilliant!

fantastic mix greg! this is exactly my non-clubbling sound hehe . loved it. i've got tons of this stuff...we'll have to swap some stuff sometime hehe


edit: only think i didn't really like was the transition between 13 and 14. both good tracks, but thought it was a bit abrupt. all of the other mixes were very smooth and that one stood out...my guess is you just wanted to use the track heheh

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Originally posted by LuckyKarma Your and Clovis's mixes really got me into this stuff. I used to be all about the trance mixes and didn't want to listen to anything else, and was actually disappointed when I downloaded Clovis's Red Line mix ( was I thinking) because it wasn't trance-ish music. Honestly I'd never listened to this stuff before I heard your mixes, now I love it! I've been searching for every chillout/downtempo/ambient mix I can find on this forum now BTW this mix is brilliant!

Thanks a lot man! The links to my other sets are posted above, I think you might enjoy some of them.

It makes me feel good I've helped turn you on to some different music.

Cheers!

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Originally posted by Floorfiller fantastic mix greg! this is exactly my non-clubbling sound hehe . loved it. i've got tons of this stuff...we'll have to swap some stuff sometime hehe edit: only think i didn't really like was the transition between 13 and 14. both good tracks, but thought it was a bit abrupt. all of the other mixes were very smooth and that one stood out...my guess is you just wanted to use the track heheh

I couldnt get the Si Schroeder tune to flow out of any of the tunes! I played with the order a LOT more on this one (which is what I think makes it a lot better than my previous chillout effort) and I think if you can get past the abruptness of the actual mix, the songs flow from one to the next quite well. Lavendermist is gorgeous.

Thanks for the glowing review Glad this hit the spot.

D/Ling

fuckin money in the bank

what did you mix with ? have you got your tables yet?

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Originally posted by stren what did you mix with ? have you got your tables yet?

I mixed this with acid as i stated and do have my tables, but am lacking my final scratch records..

Interesting that you'd mentioned the cold. This is the first time in at least five or six, maybe seven years that we've had snow in the fall (it usually snows in February). Eight inches at my house and I spent the entire day innertubing.

Downloading your mix now and am going to fall asleep to it tonight. I don't mean that in the negative, as I enjoy falling asleep to the Chillout and Downtempo, or any music that's just calm. I'll send a review your way once I have a chance to listen to it wide awake.

any cue for this gem?

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Originally posted by medinaM5 any cue for this gem?

Will get one up for you soon mate-


Idoru - Don't worry, I take that as a HUGE compliment! I fall asleep to music every night without fail and often times have to change the music because it isn't good enough or isn't fitting my mood. Hopefully this mix works out for you. I've fell asleep to it last night and was out in no time

G'night!

This was a great selection! I loved it. Yeah the mixing is rough, but what the fuck else were you supposed to do. The order made sense, and the tracks were good, and often times didnt even need to be mixed, since they just flowed. The whole set reminded me very much of the big bear hug I got when we met briefly. Warm, open armed music that is inviting and rich.

Reviewing this mix in any kind of "traditional" sense would be ridiculous and not do justice to the work you did here Greg. Mixing schmixing I say, it's all about the programming when it comes to sets like this.

I'm a bit cashed right now (written 20 pages of philosophy in the last 2 days), so pardon me if I'm unable to articulate this review all that well, but rest assured that this mix kept me in good spirits during a time when I couldn't deal with standard issue EDM and just needed something new to chill out to.

I listened to this earlier today following Montana's "Four Phases" (not the new "More phases") dub set and Clovis' mushroom set, and this definitely kept the kind of mellow vibe rolling along. The beginning of the set worked well, but I kind of felt like it took a while to get going, it just kind of rolled along for the first 30 minutes or so. But by the end of the set when that Lemongrass tune kicks in I'm hooked, and when "Last Train" kicks in I was reminded of all the reasons I love that tune.

Well done Greg - Something once again different from you, which I guess I've come to expect as the norm, but you tackle it well!

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Originally posted by Clovis This was a great selection! I loved it. Yeah the mixing is rough, but what the fuck else were you supposed to do. The order made sense, and the tracks were good, and often times didnt even need to be mixed, since they just flowed. The whole set reminded me very much of the big bear hug I got when we met briefly. Warm, open armed music that is inviting and rich.

Cheers, I spent a fair amount of time not getting the tunes together as I had most of them floating in my head, but figuring out how to match them and create a flow without mixing them in an house/trance etc edm formt, but a radio style format - a format I find perfectly pleasant to listen to a lot of music to - especially when there's is a DJ who takes time with his track selection.

I was definetely exposing a more soulful chillin side of my operation, just comfortable calm music. Been a bit of a weird month with my grandmother passing and I've really found myself listening to this sort of stuff very often.

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Originally posted by RJT Reviewing this mix in any kind of "traditional" sense would be ridiculous and not do justice to the work you did here Greg. Mixing schmixing I say, it's all about the programming when it comes to sets like this. I'm a bit cashed right now (written 20 pages of philosophy in the last 2 days), so pardon me if I'm unable to articulate this review all that well, but rest assured that this mix kept me in good spirits during a time when I couldn't deal with standard issue EDM and just needed something new to chill out to. I listened to this earlier today following Montana's "Four Phases" (not the new "More phases") dub set and Clovis' mushroom set, and this definitely kept the kind of mellow vibe rolling along. The beginning of the set worked well, but I kind of felt like it took a while to get going, it just kind of rolled along for the first 30 minutes or so. But by the end of the set when that Lemongrass tune kicks in I'm hooked, and when "Last Train" kicks in I was reminded of all the reasons I love that tune. Well done Greg - Something once again different from you, which I guess I've come to expect as the norm, but you tackle it well!

In many ways it was extremely difficult deciding how to progress this set due to the tempo and style of a lot of this music, it's very calm and relaxed, but there are definetely those subtle vibe and energy difference, it's just different and requires somewhat of a different approach.

I wanted to kind of lull the listener into the relaxed state with the first half and kind of get into their head a little big on the second with some really what I would refer to as introspective music or contemplation music. However I feel the journey is a major aspect of getting to the place where the listener is able to feel that vibe - in any case it worked for me - I suppose I'm my own test subject.

Thanks a lot for the listen, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have been exploring many different genres, not necessarily looking for anything, just getting a taste for what's out there. I think the insight gained from putting mixes like this together along with more traditional "dance" mixes is invaluable.

Cheers!

let me just tell you... i'm a FANATIC for Nina Simone. it would only be in one of your sets, on an trance forum, where Tiesto and Dyk rein, that somehow, some way, upon least expectance, I hear her sampled vocals. really, i don't know what else to say. you never fail me.

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Originally posted by Deeedeee let me just tell you... i'm a FANATIC for Nina Simone. it would only be in one of your sets, on an trance forum, where Tiesto and Dyk rein, that somehow, some way, upon least expectance, I hear her sampled vocals. really, i don't know what else to say. you never fail me.

Which tune has the Nina sample?

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Which tune has the Nina sample?

holy s*&^%. there crumbled your pedastel.

actually, i don't know which tune. it sampled her remake of 'feelin' good'

birds in the skyyy you know how i feel. butterflies flyin how, you know how i feel. wwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeds driftin on by you know how i feel. its a new damn its a new day, its a new life for meee. yaahh.. a new dawn, a new day.. and i'm feeeeeeeelin gooddd..

DUN dun dun ..

sorry, Youtube was down. you'll just have to listen here: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?p=nina+simone&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&b=13&oid=63045b6b979be0fd&rurl=en.wikipedia.org&vdone=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dnina%2Bsimone%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8%26b%3D11

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Originally posted by Deeedeee holy s*&^%. there crumbled your pedastel. actually, i don't know which tune. it sampled her remake of 'feelin' good' birds in the skyyy you know how i feel. butterflies flyin how, you know how i feel. wwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeds driftin on by you know how i feel. its a new damn its a new day, its a new life for meee. yaahh.. a new dawn, a new day.. and i'm feeeeeeeelin gooddd.. DUN dun dun ..

Oh yeahhhh the Blockhead track, i knewwww those vocals sounde familiar! Don't feel crushed, if anything you should appreciate the fact I enjoy the vocals without even realizing they belonged to a legend.

The guitar line on that tune is boss too.


The new link you just posted is so loooooong. wow.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Oh yeahhhh the Blockhead track, i knewwww those vocals sounde familiar! Don't feel crushed, if anything you should appreciate the fact I enjoy the vocals without even realizing they belonged to a legend. The guitar line on that tune is boss too. The new link you just posted is so loooooong. wow.

hahha sorry, i got excited. im just shocked. just as shocked as seeing Miles Davis in Montana's sets. Very nice! i'll be honest, i've never been more enthused in regards to all this new sprung diversity in this forum, suddenly sprouting about.. everywhere. what is goin on? are we steadily inching closer to Discogs mix forums?

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Originally posted by Deeedeee hahha sorry, i got excited. im just shocked. just as shocked as seeing Miles Davis in Montana's sets. Very nice! i'll be honest, i've never been more enthused in regards to all this new sprung diversity in this forum, suddenly sprouting about.. everywhere. what is goin on? are we steadily inching closer to Discogs mix forums?

I do try and bring the funk... Any other comments about the overall mix? I value your feedback immensely!

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Originally posted by Allied Nations I do try and bring the funk... Any other comments about the overall mix? I value your feedback immensely!

no. all i can think about now is Nina. give me some days, i'll provide a healthy bump..

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Originally posted by Deeedeee no. all i can think about now is Nina. give me some days, i'll provide a healthy bump..

Thanks a bunch-

Well I have given it one listen so far, and to be honest, I just was not able to get into it... Maybe it was my state of mind at the time.. I had just finished playing Battlefield 2142 and was pretty pissed of with some players, so needed some dark psy to let loose my aggression... I will give this another try when I am in a more mellow state of mind..

well greg, this is a good mix. the track selection is fucking spot on, great mix of mature pop music, quirky electronic music, downtempo beats & guitar poprock. I know how it is to arrange a mix like this and you fucking nailed it in terms of that, it sounded exactly how I'd like every want (normal) radio to sound when i tune into it. The general feel is not that much mellow but it has touches of it.

But here comes the thing that irritated me heavily at times. some of the transitions are WAY TO BLUNT, especially out of the Skye, that transition need a solid second before you brought in Nach Scratch. There was two or three other mixes also that was almost as blunt as that one but it wasn't that much of a biggie. Since you arranged this mix, there is no excuse to get into the milliseconds to do timing in term of arrangements, because that, my friend is what could make this one a stellar set.

But like i said, i still think this is a great mix, and this will have a permanent home on mi mp3player for a while

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Originally posted by montana well greg, this is a good mix. the track selection is fucking spot on, great mix of mature pop music, quirky electronic music, downtempo beats & guitar poprock. I know how it is to arrange a mix like this and you fucking nailed it in terms of that, it sounded exactly how I'd like every want (normal) radio to sound when i tune into it. The general feel is not that much mellow but it has touches of it. But here comes the thing that irritated me heavily at times. some of the transitions are WAY TO BLUNT, especially out of the Skye, that transition need a solid second before you brought in Nach Scratch. There was two or three other mixes also that was almost as blunt as that one but it wasn't that much of a biggie. Since you arranged this mix, there is no excuse to get into the milliseconds to do timing in term of arrangements, because that, my friend is what could make this one a stellar set. But like i said, i still think this is a great mix, and this will have a permanent home on mi mp3player for a while

Thanks for the solid feedback! Next time I will definetely spend more time with the individual transitions... Originally the plan was the beatmap all the tunes on acid (or ableton) but neither app was cooperating with a lot of these tunes. It just straight up wasn't going to let me warp them properly. Next time I hope to do this sort of mix on the new version of Mixmeister, I've heard great things about it for doing this sort of thing.

I'm glad you enjoyed the arrangement much more this time - it's what I focused the majority of my effort into. Maybe for the next one I'll be able to harness all three aspects of making a mix like this - tunes, order, and mixes. Again, thanks for listening and providing me with some good feedback. Cheers!


Only thing I disagree with you about is the mellowness. This is deffo mellow

i'm most definitely diggin it. having trouble sleeping now and thought i'd give it a listen...it's relaxing. didn't really dig that latin song...kinda out of left field, but definitely a nice chill set to end my night with before bed

thanks for sharing!


and i see what montana is saying about the transitions, but i'm more about track selection than mixing. even though i've spent some time behind the decks and can appreciate good mixing, it's just not the most important factor to me and i'm not really an elitest about it. if i like the tracks, i could give 2 shits about the transitions. that's just me though.

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