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tranceport by today's standards is subpar, only because the tracklisting is chock-full of anthems. i'll give you the fact that for it's time it was groundbreaking.

the mixing... isn't terrible.. but when you guys bitch about how he mixes the intros and outros only... well, that's how a lot of compilations are imo. they want you to hear the majority of the song, not some crazy mashups and super-tricks that displays the dj's talent.

Now Holden's Balance 005, on the other hand...

Funny you should mention that. Balance is my favorite mix, I'm just looking for enough mixes to pass the time when Holden decides to make make another.

Bak to my original question. Where can I get those 99 essential mixes? And no, I don't know where.

P2P of course. Shhh...dont even wanna hear from the flamers. Anyways, I have the Gatecrasher 99 set that he did...and I love it. I havent heard any of the other sets from his "essential tour" but I would like to. I'm sure they are all killer.

There may be another way to get the essential mix tour of course. So if you wanna do it the legal way, somebody point him in the right direction. A lot of them can be found P2P.

Actually I would like to get some of his mixes legally. I don't really like the 192kbps rate on live shows, the quality is just kind so so. I would think that a legal mix would have pretty good quality. So can somebody point me in the right direction?

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Originally posted by kush paintings Actually I would like to get some of his mixes legally. I don't really like the 192kbps rate on live shows, the quality is just kind so so. I would think that a legal mix would have pretty good quality. So can somebody point me in the right direction?

thats as good as its going to get. unless you can find somebody who ripped all the shows to cd instead of mp3.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue the mixing... isn't terrible.. but when you guys bitch about how he mixes the intros and outros only... well, that's how a lot of compilations are imo. they want you to hear the majority of the song, not some crazy mashups and super-tricks that displays the dj's talent.

Tranceport is a good compilation, but that's purely down to the producers who made the tracks. My point is that Oakenfold doesn't deserve any credit for the album as he did nothing worthy on it. A computer could have done his job just as well and saved the record label thousands of dollars they paid to have Oakey beatmatch four bars ten times.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J A computer could have done his job just as well and saved the record label thousands of dollars they paid to have Oakey beatmatch four bars ten times.

Easy to say in retrospect.

Back in the day the label wanted to get sales and so they used a relatively big name to do it. it's business.

Just like whacking Tiesto's name on something these days really.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J A computer could have done his job just as well and saved the record label thousands of dollars they paid to have Oakey beatmatch four bars ten times.

Actually, a computer DID mix Tranceport. The thing wasn't done on tables, it was stitched together using Protools. Oaky merely selected the tracks and then slapped his name on it to sell more copies. This is what really sold trance well, because before then electronic music was often faceless and formless, and a bitch to market to the average consumer. As soon as the DJs elected to become the poster children for selling the music to the masses, the masses could relate to it better. In effect, they weren't selling the mix, which really wasn't all that special to begin with. They were selling the DJ as Rockstar motif.

For an example of what happens if they didn't do that.....look at Global Underground's Departures CD sampler, released around the same time as Tranceport and was actually better mixed than it and contains, I feel, far superior tracks. But it is mixed by no one, and wasn't hyped up as such.

It's all about image and style. That's true in pop music. It's true in trance music that acts like pop music.

that's so sad - my world has been shattered

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Originally posted by Ishkur It's all about image and style. That's true in pop music. It's true in trance music that acts like pop music.

Is it really fair to tar all the producers on Tranceport with that brush simply because Oakey was used to sell their tracks? You could use image and style to sell practically any kind of music and it doesn't make it act like pop music.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J You could use image and style to sell practically any kind of music and it doesn't make it act like pop music.

brain not working to well these days eh?

Re: Oakenfold - Tranceport

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Originally posted by xstalkrx Forgive me for being a nub...but I'm just now discovering these older CD's. At least I think they are old. Anyways, I REALLY enjoy this album by Oakenfold. Has he put together a better cd than this one? I also liked creamfields. What is considered his best compilation?

Listen to all his 1999 sets.

Record label owners are not musicians.

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