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sweet lovely mix
thanks for the effort mixing it
I enjoy all of your sets mate
really liked this mix!
thanks guys
that was about a third of the tracks I bought with the intention of mixing in a set like this. i feel like doing another, but i'm a few thousand miles away from my decks for a few months so nothing new until maybe january. definitely will still be making music though.
finally got around to giving this one a good listen... and i absolutely loved it. i didn't care much for the vocals in the first track (personal preference) but after that it picked up nicely and kept me grooving at my desk for the entire time. mixing, programming, and track selection are all really solid. my favorites in the mix were the El Farouki track and the Gorge track, which was an amazing way to end the set. i also really liked the fact that there were a lot of tunes with natural sounding instruments - saxophones, pianos, etc... and overall there was a very romantic/sexy vibe to it, which i sort of expected since you made this mix for your girlfriend. if i were her i'd be giving you some sexy lovin' for this one!
good shit yet again, Adam! this will be getting many more listens from me. 
cool
yeah i was going to open with this track "turning point" by ksoul and ra.h on sistrum, but my terrible sony belt drive wouldn't cooperate and I started over about 3 times before I decided to try another record, and that was the mari boine track.
you might know the ksoul and ra.h track from the opening of the efdemin podcast.
i went with the natural sounding instruments because i think it has a more tangible and tactile feel, a little bit of lovely imperfection. playing and instrument is an incredibly sensual thing to do, you can almost feel the fingers of the sax player in that counterpoint remix and the piano player in the glenn underground track
thanks for listening!
whats the song called that starts @ 42 minutes around there. is it the funka void one?
Awesome set though (y)
you guessed it
funk dvoid - lovin (your body mix)
downloading
I quite like the artwork.
Thanks - I uploaded some more images here:
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I just moved and I can't get around a firewall to access my personal webspace so please excuse the geocities.
let me know what you think of the mix. people seem to like this but the last one I linked here was pretty popular so if you like this you can check that out. It's called "tantra". (think its around 1200 dl now?)
Well done Adam, even though i don't play it i have been looking for a good deep house mix for the last while to change up things from what i normally listen to. I enjoyed your track as well, has some sexiness to it and the pads and percussions were very effective. I also love Dennis Ferrer -Transitions. I have had it since its promo days yet have never found a way to fit it in with the style that i play, you managed to do so quite nicely. Great selection, and although the style you played in the last one is more complimentary to what i play and l;isten to...this one worked much better imo and I have been listening to it quite a bit.
Cheers and well done
J
thanks for the kind words
honestly, including my track was kind of difficult and I have a slight feeling that it is a little out of place, but I had to include it and did the mix quickly since I moved the day after I recorded it.
It has a really cohesive feeling until rocco-stormy starts IMO. It's very analog-sounding, organic, deep, subtle. After stormy starts a more electronic, progressive, dancefloor section of the mix, which continues until transitions. And in a way that's the genious of the track and its namesake. Actually until I used it for this mix I didn't really see how it could have such a dramatic effect in a set. The track is split in half, like a day that starts with thunderstorms and then by afternoon clears up completely. In this mix, it rather nicely changes the vibe and gave me the lightness I needed to go into the glenn underground track.
I like this mix except for a bit of a flow problem when rocco - stormy starts. In retrospect I should have chosen a different track, also one that is not so popular as I enjoy breaking records.
sometimes I think about making a mix where all the tracks I pick sound really similar, but when it comes to it I can't seem to let myself do that.
Its ok, i don't always think quick transitions are a bad thing all of the time. If you ever notice in clubs, it can actually sound worse than a train wreck when it is done improperly. As long as the beat stays in sync i think it can work. I hate the misconception that everyone should do these long transitions. I would much rather see variety and creativeness in every one than the same one over and over. The math is important but creativity is more so imo. I've been getting ballsier in this respect and have even been experimenting with transitioning during the "meat" of a vocal track. If you find the right song it works and just adds more depth to a set. It wasn't a bad transition..and only playing tracks that are similar can lead to boring sets. Play your style. Similar is why i hate Chus and Ceballos or mixed in key software.
ps..don't worry about the productions and fitting them into your sets. The stuff i produce and what I play are 2 very different animals. I don't play tribal, but that won't stop me to asttempt to make some if a certain idea hits me. Some dj's only play their productions, and imo that is not what dj'ing is about. (not talking about you here). If a track is good, others will play and promote it.
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| Originally posted by nefardec btw the artwork is a render from an architectural project i did . its a 'bathscape' which is a stupid neologism i made up for easy typing which means a series of swimming pools, spas, baths, and gymnasia that are integrated into one meandering, built landscape. the project was is designed on a huge reclaimed peir in Red Hook, Brooklyn. the main design consideration was to create a series of therapeutic spaces, each more isolated than the next. there is heavy influence from the ruins of roman baths trapped under years of development. it is designed as a sort of monastic enviroment for the enjoyment of sun, water, space, time, and depth, a refuge for spiritual and physical rejuvenation |
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| Originally posted by nefardec Thanks - I uploaded some more images here: Click |
thanks
hope you enjoy the mix.
actually working on a bath complex in rome that doubles as a hookah lounge/cigar bar/bar. it's for sleasy rich roman lawyers and their secretaries
i have a ton of new music and have been itching to make a new mix but i don't have my decks with me for another 2 months
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| Originally posted by nefardec actually working on a bath complex in rome that doubles as a hookah lounge/cigar bar/bar. it's for sleasy rich roman lawyers and their secretaries |
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| i have a ton of new music and have been itching to make a new mix but i don't have my decks with me for another 2 months |
This is one of my favorite sets of the past six months still.
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| Originally posted by nefardec thanks hope you enjoy the mix. actually working on a bath complex in rome that doubles as a hookah lounge/cigar bar/bar. it's for sleasy rich roman lawyers and their secretaries i have a ton of new music and have been itching to make a new mix but i don't have my decks with me for another 2 months |
Beautiful mix. Subtle, but solid. You can tell a lot of attention went into it.
I just went through the second listen.
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| Originally posted by TranceGiant damnit! |
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| Originally posted by Cobalt Beautiful mix. Subtle, but solid. You can tell a lot of attention went into it. I just went through the second listen. |
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| Originally posted by nefardec Thanks, I'm really glad you liked it. A lot of attention went into the tracklist, but it was recorded all in one go |
I've returned to this mix a few times, often late at night.
Really, this would be a respectable mix CD release.
Well, it's still a relatively young, warm night over here in the Bay Area, so I'm taking a little night-time scenic drive with this set as my accompanying soundtrack (once it finishes downloading).
First time listening, and on that note, this will amount to my first prolonged exposure to Deep House on both a set and individual track basis. Hoping this will set a good precedent in that respect (and judging from the remarks, I imagine it will).
I'll post some feedback upon my listening/re-listening.
Thanks for listening
comments appreciated
It's funny because I still like this mix a lot, but even though it's called "Depth" it's actually not as 'deep' as it could be. I can recommend a lot of sets to you if you are really interested in deep house.
it's one of the only mixes i've done where i wasn't focusing on my own emotions and self expression per se, but trying to anticipate the reaction of my girlfriend - what would make her smile, what would make her move, etc
I've been compiling for a 2 cd/160 minute mix that I will record hopefully soon which will demonstrate some of the deeper sounds that are out there.
Man, I've been working on a deep house mix for months - now I feel completely inadequate. Beautiful stuff, I really, really like this. I'm going to give this a few more listens for sure - there's so much for me to learn!
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