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I will definitely D/L the next one.

Rarely listen to trance these days but this was really cool.

Re: Hamid's Mad Monkey Mix

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Originally posted by RebeL9 08. Friends, Lovers & Family - Highly Strung

Holy shit, I've spent ages looking for this track.
Where did you find it?

I'm up to that point in the set now, great stuff so far..
My interest in trance has steadily dropped in the past few years and this set proves once again that the genre used to be way more interesting before. Thanks for sharing

Re: Re: Hamid's Mad Monkey Mix

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Originally posted by TOR Holy shit, I've spent ages looking for this track. Where did you find it? I'm up to that point in the set now, great stuff so far.. My interest in trance has steadily dropped in the past few years and this set proves once again that the genre used to be way more interesting before. Thanks for sharing

It's on a few VA:s such as this one: http://www.discogs.com/release/212516

One of my favourites from FL&F
:-)

have to hook up with the overall opinion. GREAT MIX!

sounds pretty timeless to me. i think those tracks can even be heard in 30 years.

thanks for sharing.

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Originally posted by soundrush have to hook up with the overall opinion. GREAT MIX! sounds pretty timeless to me. i think those tracks can even be heard in 30 years. thanks for sharing.

thanks. glad you liked it. it's interesting that you feel that this is timeless because that was my idea behind the mix. to put together tracks. both melodic and progressive and some goatrance which can be played in years to come and still sound good. i personally feel that alot of the melodic and psytrance today lacks a soul. they sound flat instead of warm.

very very good work mate, even if montana keeps telling me that he did all the selection brilliant listening

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Originally posted by Ian very very good work mate, even if montana keeps telling me that he did all the selection brilliant listening

hah actually montana suggested alot of tunes but only two of them are in the mix. i guess that's why he is pissed.

Thumbs up, it's a great mix.

lovely

Awesome awesome mix!

And man, The Digital Blonde - Moonflux, I've had this tune for a while but I can't get enough of it.

Great mix!

This is the future of trance... it looks brighter than ever.

Awesome mix. Definitly keeping this.

The acidlines and. How old are these tracks?

Really enjoyed this mate, great work!

01. Bus - Disco Suns
Produced by the legendary Gus Till and released in 2005 in the small australian label Sub.
02. Man With No Name - Reincarnation (Tripster remix)
Released in 2001 on Atomic Records.
03. Sungod - Ancient Forest (Yantra mix)
Released in 1997 on Chakras/Lam Records.
04. Vibrasphere - Thermal Twist
Released in 2006.
05. Procloure - Sad On Red
Released on Iono Records in 2007.
06. Bus - Bullet (Cass vs Slide Esprit De Corps remix)
Another Gus Till production on Flying Rhino Records from 1999. When Cass & Slide were doing much more trancier stuff.
07. De Niro - Elan Vital
A Chris Cowie production on Hook Records from 1996.
08. Friends, Lovers & Family - Highly Strung
Released in 1998 by the very talented producer Laurence Elliott-Potter.
09. Earthbound - We Are Not Alone
These guys were some of the most famous trance producers in Sweden in mid-late 90s. This one is off their album released in 1999.
10. The Digital Blonde - Moonflux
Fresch production on J00F records by Ricky Smith.
11. Anne Clark - Our Darkness (Total Eclipse remix)
Released in 1997.
12. Deepsky - Cosmic Dancer
Released on Fragrant in 1999 when Deepsky were producing cutting edge hard and acid trance.
13. Blue Planet Corporation - Digital Forward
The last release on the legendary Flying Rhino Records. And what a final release then! One of my all time favourite trance tunes.

pretty sick stuff, looking forward to finishing it off.

I just listened to this, and it was awesome.

I love this mix! Good work.

really good tunes
is this mixed on pc or have you got decks?


have you got 'digital forward' on vinyl or is it on a comp? the first time i heard it was on WLE, it was some time afterwards that i...aquired ...the single mp3, i had no idea how much john slowed it down!! brilliant tune though, i want it!!

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Originally posted by Philby really good tunes is this mixed on pc or have you got decks? have you got 'digital forward' on vinyl or is it on a comp? the first time i heard it was on WLE, it was some time afterwards that i...aquired ...the single mp3, i had no idea how much john slowed it down!! brilliant tune though, i want it!!

this one was digitally mixed on the comp.
yes Digital Forward is easily one of my all time favourite tunes. yeah the original BPM is 145. I think John slowed it down to 135 or something.

i listened to this set at work the other day.

mixing was great and the tunes were nice too. i kinda felt that the set didn't really pick up at any point though. i was expecting it to pick up all the time, but it never really did. it kinda felt a bit bland, kinda didn't progress anywhere IMO.
also some tunes had some annoying vocal samples (dunno if they were there originally or not) which kinda made me go:
one tune stood out well though, dunno which one it is, but it had a brilliant piano in it.
it was a nice listen though, but i would have liked it to progress differently i guess.

Best mix of trance tunes I've heard in a couple years - thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the mix

Ok my review

I listened to the mix 3 times because it really grew on me, but listening to a mix multiple times, you notice different things every second. First, the flow makes perfect sense. At no point does it seem to be a random transition, nor does it seem to be too energetic or too chilled. I like the 'old school' sound in the set, something you don't always here... sometimes felt like I was listening to the old Forbidden Paradise series. Some people might not like that sound, especially the people that haven't heard a trance track pre 2004... but for people that have, it's nostalgic. The best part of the set for me was from the 4th to 7th track. The progressive sound really sets the mood for whatever is coming up. Would be great and easy to dance to in the clubs but at the same time, has great production quality for someone who wasn't in the club to really enjoy.

My personal suggestions for you would be this. I didn't feel at any time that you had train wrecked or killed the mood with sudden energy changes as I mentioned above, but I think in the future you could spend more time in longer (45 sec+) transitions especially with the proggier tracks. I know you're a big J00F fan and with his new format on GTG, in the proggier part of the show, his transitions for those tracks are the perfect analogy to prove what I mean. Another thing as someone mentioned, I think there could have been a bit more epic sound in the set. There are plenty of tracks that could fit that style like say, old Chakra or even current Wizzy Noise or Nicholas Bennison. Anyhow, this is just my 2 cents.

Good work man, 8/10.

Coming from a now complete house and techno lover, I've gotta say this mix moved me. Track selection was fantastic, mixing was top notch and the flow was wonderful.

You don't find these kind of mixes anymore and that is why I moved away from trance. You truely do know your trance roots and even seem to have found some great tracks from post 2005 as well.

There isn't much more to be said here than what already has been said in this thread, but you did a great job, and I'd like to hear more mixes from you in the future. Keep it up.

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Originally posted by SPANIARD Ok my review I listened to the mix 3 times because it really grew on me, but listening to a mix multiple times, you notice different things every second. First, the flow makes perfect sense. At no point does it seem to be a random transition, nor does it seem to be too energetic or too chilled. I like the 'old school' sound in the set, something you don't always here... sometimes felt like I was listening to the old Forbidden Paradise series. Some people might not like that sound, especially the people that haven't heard a trance track pre 2004... but for people that have, it's nostalgic. The best part of the set for me was from the 4th to 7th track. The progressive sound really sets the mood for whatever is coming up. Would be great and easy to dance to in the clubs but at the same time, has great production quality for someone who wasn't in the club to really enjoy. My personal suggestions for you would be this. I didn't feel at any time that you had train wrecked or killed the mood with sudden energy changes as I mentioned above, but I think in the future you could spend more time in longer (45 sec+) transitions especially with the proggier tracks. I know you're a big J00F fan and with his new format on GTG, in the proggier part of the show, his transitions for those tracks are the perfect analogy to prove what I mean. Another thing as someone mentioned, I think there could have been a bit more epic sound in the set. There are plenty of tracks that could fit that style like say, old Chakra or even current Wizzy Noise or Nicholas Bennison. Anyhow, this is just my 2 cents. Good work man, 8/10.

thanks a bunch for your review. Glad to hear that you liked it. I will take notice of your opinions for future mixes.
Regarding the short transitions in some tunes I had a tough time with them since the older tunes often aren't very mixfriendly. And if you listen to old trance mixes from mid 90s you'll also notice that they use short transitions. I really tried as good as I could.

And about the epic tunes. I thought I wen't pretty epic with the Friends Lovers and Family and De Niro tune?
But yes I agree I could have made the mix a bit longer as well and put in some more tunes since now I kind of feel that I ended abruptly with the Blue Planet Corporation tune. I could have gone even longer and throw in some more chunky tunes.

But stay tuned for the next mix. It will be even better. I promise
And even include some unreleased stuff as well as old gems!

Thanks !

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