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What the hell is a "strong beat" and what's the correlation between "strong beat" and "uplifting"?

Yes. Recommending a Kaveh Azizi track that isnt called "Tabriz" is heresy.

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Originally posted by RebeL9 And yes, as you said yourself, that track sounds more Bennison than Gareth Emery.

musically it had more of a bennison vibe but the production was unmistakably emery, and far preferable to what bennison normally comes out with in that respect (imho). was a very well suited collaboration, shame they couldn't have worked together on a more regular basis (eg. like 00db)

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Originally posted by isoterra musically it had more of a bennison vibe but the production was unmistakably emery, and far preferable to what bennison normally comes out with in that respect (imho). was a very well suited collaboration, shame they couldn't have worked together on a more regular basis (eg. like 00db)

IMO compared to Bennisons other productions and remixes that track was pretty weak. Tracks such as Revention, Slidestream, Absorb, Archetype are all real corkers. And not to forget his cracking remix of Endalexia.
Bennison have had excellent collaborations with Micah, Christopher Lawrence and Descent in the past. I would like to see him join forces with The Digital Blonde. They both have that nice raw sound and doesn't compromise.

+1 to absorb & endelexia, will have to check the others out.

it's the technical element of interlok i like; the mixdown seems better than bennison's other stuff, with a tougher kick/bass, cleaner perc & an overall fuller sound which is obviously GTR's doing

i don't mind the raw sound in itself, as such.. but it makes tracks harder to incorporate into sets without sounding out of place. i last played out in january & dropped the digital blonde - mandeliva in the middle of my set & almost completely lost the floor, cos the kick just wasn't there in comparision to the tracks before it.. and that's one of his better produced tracks; i much prefer moonflux's melody but that sounds terribly muddy & has barely any drive to it at all

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Originally posted by isoterra +1 to absorb & endelexia, will have to check the others out. it's the technical element of interlok i like; the mixdown seems better than bennison's other stuff, with a tougher kick/bass, cleaner perc & an overall fuller sound which is obviously GTR's doing i don't mind the raw sound in itself, as such.. but it makes tracks harder to incorporate into sets without sounding out of place. i last played out in january & dropped the digital blonde - mandeliva in the middle of my set & almost completely lost the floor, cos the kick just wasn't there in comparision to the tracks before it.. and that's one of his better produced tracks; i much prefer moonflux's melody but that sounds terribly muddy & has barely any drive to it at all

yeah I know what you mean. I love most of Digital Blondes productions but they are indeed difficult to incorporate in a modern day set mainly because the trance of today have weaker kick. That's why it sounds out of place. I used Moonflux in the mix in my sig and it worked pretty well. But I've noticed that his productions works much better if you mix it with older trance tracks. Back then alot of producer used a tougher kick.

i was reading this thread tryna work out my thoughts on gtr.

and i then read the word compromise and it think thats the case with gareth. his tunes/remixes/sound to me is the sound of a guy who knows better in himself but is compromising to reach the 'gatecrasher/godskit chen/armada/semi mainstream/whatever' audience to sell rekkids and make a bit of a name for himself.

and fair enough i guess - guys gotta make a living

(but the 95% of trance prosuced today is crap tag kinda made it all wierd)

id just love to see him start a new moniKer that he uses to release the occasional totally mad shit with

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Originally posted by RebeL9 Bennison have had excellent collaborations with Micah

Very good I must say. Would be hard to believe once seeing those names together but both must be credited for that EP.

Out of his recent stuff, I really like his remix of Solid State but I have no info on a release for that remix.

Like most have said, his productions are rather bland and his attempt at electro/prog/trance is shiet.

another you, another me
formentera what remix
more than anything

i like

Just saw this guy live last night...when he came down to spin here in Singapore ... n I must say it wasnt all that bad...droppped a 4 hour set ...must say his crowd interaction was pretty good !! ...n tracks like Formentera What and Another You, Another Me set the dancefloor on fire ....
Infact I saw M.I.K.E. just the night before ...n even though they hav completely different styles ... I just cant stop comparing them... M.I.K.E.'s gig was so much better ..he is in a class of his own IMO

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Originally posted by Mattsanity how about I give you a crazy uppercut and uplift you outta this world for liking such a fluffy ass tune. man Im long gone when it comes to being a trance fan. Im into other edm genres but if you're gonna post a good trance song to be the representative, then atleast post something like these: now its REAL trance tunes like these that have kept trance alive from the past few years. none of that tom colangeleno and carl b shit. did you even know the two tunes above? I dont know you probably do but w/e. this is how trance is suppose to be done especially uplifting shit. not to forget that Id say real trance is real when its full of emotion and makes you literally wanna cry. not some heartless shit like serious truth

Don't start with that REAL trance crap again...
Indeed I never heard them, probably because there not special at all (but sound nice). I don't think I missed anything. Also I didn't wanna cry. No Trance should make you want to cry. It should make you wanna play it over and over again and so loud your neighbours start complaining...

track after track of tunage IMO from GAZ.

"This is That" is not a bad tune.

I thought "Soul Symbol" was a pretty underrated track.

I rate this guy a lot his productions & remixes of later have been bang on.

I also really enjoy listen to his essential mix on radio 1 a few weeks ago. I Going to have to see him live sometime this year.

Uninspired in general, but at least he seems to be trying, in his own futile way.

I've enjoyed many of his productions. The "Stoneface & Terminal" remix of his track More Than Anything is a damn nice tuuune.

I think he has some ability. I think he's slightly better than the run of the mill Tyas type producers. Loved Mistral, and more recently I do like his remix of Flow and Formentara What was decent. And I'm not ashamed to admit that 'Another You Another Me' is awesome in a guilty pleasure sort of way.

I used to subscribe to his podcast but stopped because it was just getting shitty, same electro crap / generic trance every week.

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Originally posted by djdimensions track after track of tunage IMO from GAZ.

its a bad ass tune

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Originally posted by TranceArmstrong in a guilty pleasure sort of way.

Why?

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Originally posted by Cobalt Uninspired in general, but at least he seems to be trying, in his own futile way.

i think that sums it up pretty well. i admire his musical ethos & the direction he's trying to take, but he doesn't quite break the mould enough. too much compromise, as someone else rightly pointed out

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Originally posted by SMC Why?

well i was never a fan of the 'electro trance' tunes, thought they were all cheesy but I thought Another You Another Me was great, good melody that worked perfect with the punchy bassline

Hes a very down to earth guy and had an awesome set at San Francisco Love Fest and 1015's Love Fest after party. Skipped out on Ferry (hes always in SF anyway) at the offical Love Fest After Party to go see him the second time at 1015.

J00F, IM (DJ set) and Sasha had the sets of the night though

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Originally posted by andrewyates I've enjoyed many of his productions. The "Stoneface & Terminal" remix of his track More Than Anything is a damn nice tuuune.

I consider the other mixes of 'More than anything' underrated, though: the Original Mix's vocals still give me the creeps ... but, at the same time, the S&T Remix still makes me shiver even more. Apart from that, I didn't take lots of notes concerning his achievements ... never managed to see him performing yet, though.

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