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God. Music's been all over the place for me this year. Of course, a large part of it is just due to what I listen to for reviews, but even the stuff I listened to on the side was erratic. I think the best way I can sum it all up is with this cliche:
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
As far trance is concerned, the stuff just keeps getting worse. I remember 2006 was decent, 2005 was better than decent, maybe above average I'd say, but this year was just garbage. 96/97 to 2003 still remain the best years for trance especially in the epic/uplifting, and progressive arena. The same goes for prog house.
Instead I found myself listening to other genres of EDM that I've never really paid any attention to before and also revisting a lot of trance classics for lack of any good material this year.
your avatar looks particularly hilarious with a Santa hat. -_-
for me 2007 has been mostly crap musicwise. i've found some good music, but most stuff i hear is either fucking annoying or bland crap that doesn't do anything! also i've been very busy with other stuff in my life and now i haven't mixed in like 2 or 3 months even though i bought a xone:92 rotary and a redsound soundbyte xl this summer and i was very excited to get both.
basically what i'd need is more free time and less shit music stopping me from finding the good stuff. i play mostly old stuff anyway though, but i'm getting a bit tired of all the same old tunes, i'd like to find more good new old tunes (or new good ones, but they seem to be quite rare).
also i didn't go see any djs or live shows this year, nothing interesting available that i knew of. i bet there were lots of good nights, but there's really no way of knowing if the djs are unknown to you, other than just going. but i really didn't have time for that or anyone to go with really and i wasn't really interested either.
so in conclusion: 2007 sucked bad and i really hope it'll get better in the future! 
I've been listening to older trance and house tracks from the mid 90s and just gave up on trance back in '06 with psy being the exception. Last year I tried to get into the whole minimal/tech house sound but just couldn't stand the whole "pling plong ting pring" techy concept. My favorite label release have been JOOF for the last couple of years and John and the digital blonde have been mostly on point with their own productions and 00db releases.
Re: How was your 2007 in EDM?
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| Originally posted by RJT H.O.S.H. - Steppenwolf (Original Mix) |
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery That being said, I did enjoy the new albums from both Hartnoll brothers... |
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Phil had an album out as well? I'm not making any comments about 2007 until I've heard this one. |
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I think this is actually the first year I've not seen a single live show/DJ set. |
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| Originally posted by InfiniteSquare sucks to be you! |
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| Originally posted by skip for me 2007 has been mostly crap musicwise. 2007 sucked bad and i really hope it'll get better in the future! |
Re: How was your 2007 in EDM?
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2007 was a really good year for trance, alot of good stuff came out, this coming from a loyal trance listener, unlike most house bandwaggoners but we wont go into that.
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| Originally posted by AustralianGQ 2007 was a really good year for trance, alot of good stuff came out, this coming from a loyal trance listener, unlike most house bandwaggoners but we wont go into that. |
Talking about bandwaggoners? As if most of us spend countless hours searching for tracks and records we like, paying money to see DJs we enjoy, putting time and effort into mixes full of "house" music, just to join the bandwaggon, JUST so we can come on little old tranceaddict and have different music taste than Australian GQ, so that we can all tell him his taste sucks. Yes. Thats exactly why I love house (and all those other genres you might not be familiar with).
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| Originally posted by Clovis You still here? Talking about bandwaggoners? As if most of us spend countless hours searching for tracks and records we like, paying money to see DJs we enjoy, putting time and effort into mixes full of "house" music, just to join the bandwaggon, JUST so we can come on little old tranceaddict and have different music taste than Australian GQ, so that we can all tell him his taste sucks. Yes. Thats exactly why I love house (and all those other genres you might not be familiar with).Do fuck off already. Really. We're all tired of it. Or at LEAST, at the very least, stop making completely asinine statements such as these. It really boggles my mind that after you've been shown that no one likes you here, you'll keep digging, and keep picking at the scab with stupid posts like this... And yes, we will get into that, because you just opened up the can of worms yourself... |
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| Originally posted by Sukhoi29SU settle down! |
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| Originally posted by Sukhoi29SU settle down! |
I regret not having made the same effort I made in the past couple of years at scouring for new artists and sounds, as I had quite a bit going on that resulting in a constant postponing of these attempts (and here we are in December). I did, however, manage to finally pick up my CDJ's and also managed to use them regularly, as I was concerned that a collection of dust would be all I had to show for the investment. As a result, I was able to collect both fresh tracks and tracks that I had been aching to get for quite some time.
Nevertheless, I managed to come across a many gems throughout the months, and here's a (very) short list of that which I have been listening to repeatedly:
Stel- Infinity
Kollektive Turmstrasse- Tristesse
Rex Mundi- Desillusion
Blue Foundation- Sweep
Miika Kuisma- One Morning By The Riverside
Guy J- Agent Blue
Deadmau5- Faxing Berlin (yeah, yeah, I know)
Gill Norris- Forme (Shiloh & Micah remix)
Juergens- Love It
Caly- Morning Glory (Funabashi remix)
I also found myself thoroughly repelled by much of Trance that was released this year, as I couldn't even recall I single episode of ASOT (and GDJB, to a lesser extent) that I found predominantly enjoyable. I have a sneaking suspicion that 2008 won't mark many considerable improvements in that area.
As for DJ acts that I stood out most to me this year, it would have to fall on Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, and John Digweed (the second installment in his Transitions series really brought it all up a number of notches).
2007 has been hands down my favorite year for EDM since I first started listening to it back in '99.
Producers at the top of my mind...
Aril Brikha
Apparat
Gui Borrato
Joris Voorn
Guy J
DJ's
John Digweed
Danny Howells
Lee Burridge
Neil Quigley
i enjoyed the EDM that came out in 2007. I've always been open-minded and never frownd upon any particular genre. I had new found love for Deep house and Balearic sounds this year. Still not buying into the whole minimal craze yet but i did enjoy some minimal tracks. Saw alot of great DJs this year
My top 30
1. D. Ramirez & Mark Knight - Colombian Soul
2. Deadmau5 - Not Exactly
3. Albert Vorne - Formentera What? (Gareth Emery rmx)
4. Ozgur Can - Spara Mig
5. Sultan & Ned Shepard � Together We Rise
6. DJ Shah - Who Will Find Me
7. Smith & Selway - Transit Time (Dubfire Rmx)
8. David West - Stuck In Friendsville
9. Mike Foyle - Firefly
10. Eelke Kleijn - 8 Bit Era
11. Gareth Emery - More then Anything(Stoneface & Terminal rmx)
12. Hybrid - Finished Symphony(Deadmau5 rmx)
13. DubFire - Roadkill(EDX's Acapulco at Night Rmx)
14. Andrew Bennet ft Kirsty hawkshaw - Heaven Scent
15. Lange vs GTR - Another You, Another Me(Gavyn Mytchel rmx)
16. Glenn Morrison - Contact
17. Sander van Doorn - Back By Any Demand
18. Marcel Woods - Lemon Tree
19. Pryda - ARMED
20. Shawn Mitiska ft Jaren - Silently(Topher Jones rmx)
21. Shiloh - Cafe Del Mariachi(Nick Warren rmx)
22. Gareth Emery pres. Runway - Outrageous
23. David West ft.Inkfish - Searching for Substance(Gudag�fva rmx)
24. Doppler Effect - Beauty Hides In The Deep(Perry O'Neil rmx)
25. Nick Hogendoorn & Eelke Kleijn - Where are My Goggles
26. Sander Van Doorn - Grasshopper
27. Dave Spoon - This Machine(Timewriter rmx)
28. Ben Brown - Love and Solace(16BL rmx)
29. Perry O'Neil - Needless
30. Oliver Moldan - Club 69(Jim Rivers dub)
Many, many great dubstep releases. Other than that, it's been pretty dull, which on a positive note gives me more time to explore 90's jungle, d'n'b, electro and techno further. As previous years, pretty much.
Top dubstep tracks of 2007:
ConQuest - Forever
Mala - Lean Forward
Mala - Bury Da Bwoy
Mala - Changes
Burial - Untrue
Burial - Shutta
Burial - Archangel
Massive Music - Find My Way (Kode9 Remix)
The Bug ft. Killa P & Flow Dan - Skeng
The Bug ft. Flow Dan - Stampin
Blackdown - Northside Cheng Dub
Wadadda - Empiyah
Darqwan - Warrior Stance
Darqwan - M/A..ximum Reespek
Distance - Radical
Distance - Feel Me
Milanese ft. Kate Kestrel - Double Face
Peverelist - The Grind
Peverelist - Roll With The Punches
Peverelist - Erstwhile Rhythm (Forsaken Remix)
Forsaken - Boat Noodles
L-Wiz - Centurion
L-Wiz - Girl From Codeine City
Coki - Mad Head
Skream vs. G-Squad - Assumptions (Remix)
Skream - Lose Control
Marc Ashken - Roots Dyed Dark (Skream Remix)
Appleblim - Vansan
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down
Toastyboy - She
Quiet Storm - Tribute 10
2562 - Circulate
2562 - Kameleon
TRG - Broken Heart
TRG - Put You Down
Martyn - Broken
Martyn - Shadowcasting
Jakes - 3kout
Asbo - Asbo
...plus countless others.
minimal, then disco, now very very very much minimal.
awesome year for prog :P
I did like Eelke Kleijn's album. Fantastic all round me thinks.
Though really, most of this years highlights are probably more netlabel based then independant/major. Also, TA DJ's did one heck of a job keeping me entertained while on substance!
coded audio's sets were fantastic
Azzzzzzzzz sets are always storming to listen to
RJT's marvelous deep proggy techy minuscule house sets
Clovis/Bas are always fantastic, though Clovis should record more concept sets in 08 
Adam Vana does absolutely fantastic sets, tracklist is always fresh and inspired
There really is so many good sets and productions here on TA I just can't seem to credit everyone due to my short memory 
Fait's productions were fucking ace, would rate them far above most of the things that came out this year.
Jeremy Rogers tracks are fuckin' blasting all the time. Don't think I hear one bad tune from Jer this year.
There was on very recent trance track on TA forums a novice producer was working on and it totally reminded me of PVD's Love Stimulation Mix. It was a real quality tune.
Greg Nicot from TA producer forums did some ace work this year too.
MEZZIR! Almost forgot, freaking fantastic productions.
Kopi Luwak is a bigggg favorite of mine around here.
Basically all TA's for the most part. Good year all in all.
2007 was a fantastic year. In fact I'd say that, musically, I've grown the most in the last year than I ever have.
I spent most of the year listening to Ambient and Downtempo while at home. I've become a huge fan of both genres, particularly of producers such as...
Harold Budd
Brian Eno
Zero 7
Steve Roach
Stars of the Lid
Pete Namlook
Jon Hopkins
I began dabbling with producing with a fellow TA. The entire process is something that I really enjoy, but my lack of creativity in that department really hampers any work I'd like to accomplish. The whole process with co-producing has been a sort of, "He'll come up with the melody and everything, lay it all out and I'll sequence it, rearrange it all and tweak various bits."
My sets have really changed in the last year, year and a half. I've adopted a more Minimalistic approach than what was on the last mix I put out (which will be a year ago at the end of this month). Right now my sets are beginning to feel a little more Deep House-ish towards the beginning and quite techy towards the end. Perhaps I'll put a proper promo up soon, though I'm not going to force anything out of me. It'll show its head when I think the time is right.
Who has influenced me the most as a DJ? Locals. I have been far more impressed by Seattles own DJs than I have with most of the big "international headliners." In fact I don't think I've listened to a set from anyone big more than once, but I've had sets from locals repeating like a mother fucker. If you're ever in the area, I highly checking out the entire Decibel and Broken Disco crews. Superb.
So yeah, that's about it. *shrug*
Liked: Arctic Wave Records, Ultimae Records, Mojuba, Soma Quality Recordings, Cadenza, Hospital Records, GU Music, Burial, Joris Voorn, Luke Vibert, Marc Marzenit, Long Range, Lawrence, The Timewriter, Paul Kalkbrenner, Bola, Ulrich Schnauss, Aril Brikha, �me
Not so much: Border Community, Kompakt, Dopplereffekt, The Tuss, Amon Tobin, Apparat, Eelke Kleijn, Gui Boratto, SuperMayer, Pryda, 16 Bit Lolita's
Hated: Kompakt Extra, Get Physical Music, Voigt brothers (especially Wolfgang), Oliver Lieb, From Here We Go Sublime, Nikola Gala, John Dahlb�ck and all the others who released tons of faceless and unnecessary tracks this year
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