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Rob, another awesome mix - between you and Clovis I've been getting my fill of techno/tech house. There were parts on this one that had more of a proggy feel, which I loved - it worked very well.

Oh, that's gotta be one of the best opening tracks I've heard in quite some time, at first I wondered how it would fit in with the rest, but it sounded fantastic. And a kick ass closer, too, the entire t/l on this was very solid.

Every time I listen to sets like this in the promo forum I'm inspired to keep grinding away, practice, and look harder for more good music. Cheers.

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Originally posted by cmay119 The mix from 'Funk That' into 'Maraud Your Ears' was perfect! You nailed it. And you know how much trouble I've had with that particular track, so it definately impressed the hell outta me to hear it mixed so well (especially mixing in at the very beginning of the track with the not-so-dj-friendly stabbing synths).

That is actually probably my favorite transition that I have ever done - I really love those synths in the beginning, they might be my favorite part of just about any track ever.

To be fair though, I did just edit 32 beats of percussion onto the beginning to make it relatively easy to mix, and so long as those are matched, the synths will drop on beat every time.

Thanks for the thoughts as always duder

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Originally posted by nrjizer My only real critique is that Love Song came a bit too quickly after the main course of chunky techno. If I were you I'd have put a few tracks between Mr Templar and Love Song so that things would flow into the closer more smoothly. But I assume you had a reason to cap things off at the 60 minute mark instead of going the full 80. All in all, well done.

Well, it's probably not a "good reason", but I really just felt like that was where the mix was done. I find it a bit humorous that you and J have very different takes on how you'd have liked "Love Story" to come in - one earlier and more interestingly mixed, and one a bit later. I know it was a bit of a change in pace for the set, but I also really thought it played kind of well as a closer where the C2 mix was the opener.

All in all, I'm stoked you liked it. Thanks for taking the time to check it out and leave some feedback

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Originally posted by camshaft Rob, another awesome mix - between you and Clovis I've been getting my fill of techno/tech house. There were parts on this one that had more of a proggy feel, which I loved - it worked very well. Oh, that's gotta be one of the best opening tracks I've heard in quite some time, at first I wondered how it would fit in with the rest, but it sounded fantastic. And a kick ass closer, too, the entire t/l on this was very solid. Every time I listen to sets like this in the promo forum I'm inspired to keep grinding away, practice, and look harder for more good music. Cheers.

That was definitely the vibe I was going for - the "prog but not prog" vibe is something I really strive to attain when I play techno and tech house, so it makes me happy a few folks seem to be getting that.

Thanks again for the listen and taking the time to share some thoughts on the mix bro!

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Originally posted by diggerz Very fond memories of this one!

Me too, man - have wanted to put it in a promo for ages, but never had the chance.

True story: the first night I ever met any TA's, I was playing a rave in Lafayette, IN - the last two tracks I played were Bedrock - Emerald (Gray Area Mix) and Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (Original Mix).

This mix felt a bit like coming full circle because of it

I'm going to listen to Adam Vana, Lucid, Clovis and RJT in that specific order.

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Originally posted by diggerz I remember that Layo & Bushwacka track from an old "Bar Fly" compilation that a friend from Jersey used to listen to non-stop. I remember I was just getting into that type of house. It wasn't really progressive, it wasn't really funky or techy but a mixture of all those sub-genres. Still the sample is very well used, excellent track! timeless.

I used to spend so much time with friends getting lit and listening to "Night Works" on random Summer nights that it just reminds me of a time when I too was just kind of getting into the prog/house side of things, and still didn't have much to worry about in life (vis. adult responsibilities - though I arguably still don't have many ).

Not so much a "better" time at all, just a different one that I have very fond memories of. This mix reminds me a lot of those days in a lot of ways.

this has nothing to do with your mix, but... ROFL @ your CS/location.

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Originally posted by l�cid this has nothing to do with your mix, but... ROFL @ your CS/location.

And here I thought this was going to be a huge review...

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Glad you caught it early

Hey Rob, is there any chance you can up this set split up in tracks like you did your last one (Sounds Like Robots)?

I liked this mix, but not as much as your others. Not really a fan of Maraud Your Ears, its cool but I dunno if it fit well in here.

Excellent mix Rob! I was groovin' to that shit today in the car haha. The energy builds really well and the mixing is flawless. Great job bro!

I'm seeing 2000 and One at VOLTT Loves Summer August 30th...I'm pretty excited about it...you are one of the few TAs that mix it....well.

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Originally posted by dubblies I'm seeing 2000 and One at VOLTT Loves Summer August 30th...I'm pretty excited about it...you are one of the few TAs that mix it....well.

Epic bump

I haven't heard about that VOLATL party though - what venue?

VOLTT (http://www.voltt.com/) NDSM-werf, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The confusion is understandable. I debated explaining more.

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Originally posted by dubblies VOLTT (http://www.voltt.com/) NDSM-werf, Amsterdam, Netherlands The confusion is understandable. I debated explaining more.

Jesus that's awesome.

And lol, I thought it was VOLATL, not VOLTT.

Thanks again for the bump on this one Garret - glad you're still enjoying it.

The end of this mix was so good i feel obligated to write this review.

I just got around to listening to this set. The first track was pretty cool i can see why you would use it to start a mix it really got me into it. The next track was awesome. Between 10 and thirty minutes in it was mostly drums with simple three note melodies i like really atmospheric music or really melodic so i got bored really quick.

Luckily,. Because the last 3 i didn't have any other cd's in the car so i was forced to keep listening0 minutes are awesome. In the last 30 minutes i felt that the tracks revolved a lot more on melody and i was really enjoying it.

I am pretty unfamiliar with this Genre but this mix got enough good reviews for me to give it a shot. I am glad i did.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk The only track I didn't get into much was (I think) the second or third - With the African-type chanting?

Funny, that was the highlight for me. This was the first set I downloaded when I was first lurking TA and was also part of the reasons I joined.

The sound is so refreshing and 'frothy.' Just light and organicy I mean. Hell, I don't know. It's just good and worthy of all its praise. That I do know. Based on the hits, I must check out the most recent one, too.

The chanting is track 3, correct? You had me here, the transition to and from. I do wish you'd do a refined Chus & Ceballos'ish type mix.

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