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-- Ian - Summer, Or so they'd have us believe, 2010 [Drum & Bass]
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Posted by ziptnf on Aug-18-2010 15:51:

Wonderful set, mate. Tracks that stood out were the one at 21 minutes and the one at 40 minutes, which is fucking wild btw. I also liked the track that sampled the Jay-Z song. It was well worth it to wait for this set, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The energy was kept high and controlled, the flow was spectacular, and the mixing was pretty awesome (with the occasional hiccup). Outstanding set, top notch!


Posted by Ian on Aug-18-2010 16:03:

thanks a lot mate, it means a lot to get good feedback. If you heard the first time I mixed in months with those tunes a few days before, I have no idea how I actually got anything worth listening to out, I was dreadful 2 days before, then came back to it & it just worked for me first go.

Track at 21 mins is Ross D one, he releases a lot on the liquid brilliants label, some of it is a bit meh, others I really like, he seems to have a good usage of the jazzier stuff too.

At 40 minutes is B-Complex - Little Oranges. How Matus gets so much stuff out I don't know, his touch is mindblowing & I've not been as excited about hearing anyones stuff as his in a long time because generally it's imaginative and I enjoy. Love the acidy sound I have to admit at that point.

I understand esp the last two transitions aren't brilliant, but they were tunes I wanted to get in there, so I sacrificed it and hope they work. Thanks again


Posted by ziptnf on Aug-18-2010 17:28:

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Originally posted by Ian
thanks a lot mate, it means a lot to get good feedback. If you heard the first time I mixed in months with those tunes a few days before, I have no idea how I actually got anything worth listening to out, I was dreadful 2 days before, then came back to it & it just worked for me first go.



Practice makes perfect! I nailed my latest set in one go, also, threw in a few last minute tracks also In listening to the set, you must have been bumping pretty hard, I'm sure your adrenaline was rushing trying to cue up each track perfectly in such a short amount of time.

quote:
Track at 21 mins is Ross D one, he releases a lot on the liquid brilliants label, some of it is a bit meh, others I really like, he seems to have a good usage of the jazzier stuff too.

This one had such a jump-up, summery vibe, I absolutely loved the production, it was flawless.

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At 40 minutes is B-Complex - Little Oranges. How Matus gets so much stuff out I don't know, his touch is mindblowing & I've not been as excited about hearing anyones stuff as his in a long time because generally it's imaginative and I enjoy. Love the acidy sound I have to admit at that point.

He has an absurd amount of structure and complexity to this track, not a lot of DnB is this unique.

Thanks for the music!


Posted by Woony on Aug-19-2010 00:22:

Always in for some liquid/ambient dnb. Will download.


Posted by ziptnf on Aug-19-2010 13:40:

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Originally posted by Woonyxoxo
ambient dnb.

I wouldn't really call this ambient dnb at all. There is some atmosphere in a few of the tracks, but a lot of it is pretty banging and fun.


Posted by Woony on Aug-19-2010 13:43:

Yeah I don't really care. I like most of this chilled/euphoric/liquid Drum and Bass, no matter how you call it.


Posted by Ian on Aug-19-2010 15:40:

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Originally posted by ziptnf
I wouldn't really call this ambient dnb at all. There is some atmosphere in a few of the tracks, but a lot of it is pretty banging and fun.


it's quite funny really because the early stuff, like A Sides & Calibre I see as being very atmospheric, but then again the melodic stuff has got really melodic which probably makes this seem more ambient by default I count Calibre though as chilled. He brings an awesome vibe to his stuff and I definitely like it. Until I got to use my brothers sub too, I didn't realise I was only listening to drum before, now I have the bass to go with


Posted by ziptnf on Aug-19-2010 15:46:

Really? I had no idea this stuff was considered chill. I know what you mean about the mix being very atmospheric, but I thought ambient dnb meant more floaty and dreamy but less fun.


Posted by Ian on Aug-19-2010 16:58:

quote:
Originally posted by ziptnf
Really? I had no idea this stuff was considered chill. I know what you mean about the mix being very atmospheric, but I thought ambient dnb meant more floaty and dreamy but less fun.


it probably does! It's just my personal take on it. I'm annoyed cos I need to do a second, maybe shorter mix because I have leftover tunes


Posted by Ian on Aug-22-2010 00:49:

I'll give it a go. Might buy a couple more tunes to help first but trackitdown seems dead these last few days

Adam, did you do that dubstep set yet? I flicked through new threads & didn't see it


Posted by Unique2701 on Aug-26-2010 20:28:

Ian James, always a pleasure to hear you play musics.

Good mixing (thought it was better than before and especially since you haven't mixed in a long time), nice vibe overall.

I do have to say I didn't quite "feel" all the tracks, I like the tracklisting from your previous mixes more. I miss one or two stronger tracks, that stand out more and take the mix to a higher level.

All with all, good effort, looking forward to your next one


Posted by Ted Promo on Aug-26-2010 21:29:

Very nice work here. I didn't hear any glaringly bad mixes and the tracks were solid. I did kiiinda become background music but that's probably because I played it in the background as I cleaned ze house. Make moar of these plz.


Posted by Ian on Aug-27-2010 20:20:

thank you Jamey I understand your reasonings from what you told me on msn too and appreciate you giving time to it


Cheers too, mr Felony. I'm working on it


Posted by FuzzQi on Aug-28-2010 11:04:

Enjoyed this mix Ian


Posted by Ian on Aug-28-2010 15:21:

thank you sir


Posted by Lilith on Sep-01-2010 02:25:

The first 40-50mins are just awesome, excellent tracks and mixing Ian. The last 20 or so minutes I'm still not sure about them fitting in with the rest of the overall feel you had going.


Posted by Ian on Sep-01-2010 03:32:

thanks lily. I have to admit, the first 40 minutes or soo, I knew beforehand roughly what I'd play and the order. The end I was using up other tunes that I thought might go on the fly & it probably tells.


Posted by epicaricacy on Sep-01-2010 05:13:

i'm only going to listen to see if you are better than dj rap. I actually like d n b...but mostly some of the more loungy old school roni size stuff.

bo selekta the edmonton sucks massif!


Posted by epicaricacy on Sep-07-2010 23:15:

i liked it ian...mixing is a little ummmm....but good tunes.


Posted by Ian on Sep-08-2010 00:41:

thanks Jay I try to put a nice disclaimer in each time about how the mixing isn't probably to the standard of others here on TA but I've always like to mix for fun and to share some new tunes with people, esp since I've been playing d&b is quite nice because when I get people into the sounds, they then usually find stuff I miss so it enriches myself more so


Posted by LoveHate on Sep-28-2010 22:11:

finally took a listen, i enjoyed this.


Posted by G-Con on Oct-05-2010 11:46:

Really enjoyed this, will be giving it many more listens.

I'm new to drum&bass but judging by this mix and some tunes that you recommend every now and then in the MD section, it seems that the type of d&b that you like is very much up my street.

Can you recommend me a few DJ's to check out, albums, comps etc in this sort of style?

Thanks for the set.

Greg


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