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Posted by Meat187 on May-02-2009 10:51:

Sorry you guys missed it.

Before I make the drawing a few thoughts on the Deep Techno business. Sorry if it seemed that Techno was treated unfairly. But I feel the choice was right, seeing that the topic spawned a 4 page long discussion with no clear consensus. Something like that happening after some poor sod draws the genre is what I totally want to avoid.
So yeah, the correct description of various subgenres is a difficult thing, and making a decision without knowing much about a certain one is even more difficult for me.

Posted by Meat187 on May-02-2009 11:00:

Drawing:

Montana - Eurodance
djkopernikus - Progressive Breaks
Yohan - Trip Hop
wotyzoid - Balearic House / Ibiza Trance
enydo - Deep House
david.michael - 2-Step Garage
paulandrews - Dubstep
ziptnf - Chicago / Detroit House
lievez - Early 90s Hardcore Breakbeat
Adam420 - Indie Dance / Nu Disco
woscar - Electro
chesco - Progressive Trance
Sand Leaper - Progressive House
Jasperovitsj - Hardstyle
Mr Game+Watch - Tribal House
basd - Drum & Bass
Teezdalien - Psytrance
ZeJayMan - Ghettotech
System-J - Tech House

Posted by montana on May-02-2009 11:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
Montana - Eurodance

woohoo

and m, i'm going to give your euromixes a serious run for it's money.

Posted by Yohan on May-02-2009 11:42:

bah trip hop. another downtempo genre for me?

bahhhhhh

oh well. time to research

any good examples of trip hop?

Posted by GoSpeedGo! on May-02-2009 12:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
paulandrews - Dubstep

Awesomeness. I can use vinyl.

quote:
Originally posted by Yohan
any good examples of trip hop?

Massive Attack, Portishead, UNKLE, DJ Shadow, Cinephile...

Posted by Sand Leaper on May-02-2009 12:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
Sand Leaper - Progressive House

Hm, alright then. Time to draw for the Guerrilla/Hard Hands-era.

Posted by Teezdalien on May-02-2009 13:55:

Kool.

Posted by ziptnf on May-02-2009 13:57:

Chicago / Detroit House? I can live with that.

Posted by chesco on May-02-2009 14:58:

Hmmmz progressive trance, my least favourite type of trance..

Shouldn't be too difficult to put a mix together tho..

Posted by Adam420 on May-02-2009 15:33:

I'm pretty happy about what I got...I've been wanting to explore that genre and now have the chance to do so.

Posted by Jasperovitsj on May-02-2009 16:04:

Hardstyle, sweet

Just to get things straight, Cosmic Gate stuff from around 1998 isn't exactly hardstyle, right. I should be looking more in the direction of things Luna and Pavo spin/spun? Other dj's or artists I should look into?

Posted by Sand Leaper on May-02-2009 16:21:

Posted by basd on May-02-2009 17:47:

quote:
Originally posted by montana
woohoo

and m, i'm going to give your euromixes a serious run for it's money.

Remember, there's gotta be at least one Dr. Alban track in your mix..

No seriously, I'm stoked to hear what you come up with.

As for my own draw, I haven't listened to d&b in ages, and I know nothing about mixing techniques when it comes to that genre. This will be awesome.

Posted by montana on May-02-2009 17:57:

you are going to hear three alban tracks.

Posted by ZeJayMan on May-02-2009 18:01:

lol ghettotech, this should be fun.

Posted by enydo on May-02-2009 19:03:

Deep House, neat.

Posted by Mr Game+Watch on May-02-2009 20:02:

Hmm, I made a tribal house mix YEARS ago just for fun, too bad I still don't have it... but this is cool, I should be able to whip something up that's fairly decent, definitely gonna aim for an '02 style Lawler set.

Posted by Teezdalien on May-03-2009 00:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Jasperovitsj
Hardstyle, sweet

Just to get things straight, Cosmic Gate stuff from around 1998 isn't exactly hardstyle, right. I should be looking more in the direction of things Luna and Pavo spin/spun? Other dj's or artists I should look into?

Yeah, I'd consider Cosmic Gate from that perioud as hard trance, but yes Luna, Pavo, Lady Dana, Deepack, Showtek, Technoboy, Thilo & Evanti, Brennan Heart and Headhunterz are a few off the top of my head. Check labels Qdance, Scanntraxx, Freaky Records, Fusion, Dutch Master Works, Midify Records (M!D!FY), Seismic Records, Saifam (S.A.I.F.A.M.), Titanic Records, Straight On recordings, Astral Music, Hitland, Edinet, Kattiva, Mythica, X-rate, Blutonium. Should get you sorted

Posted by SYSTEM-J on May-03-2009 03:08:

Tech house? Tech house? Of all the weird and wonderful genres in there, I got tech house. The most trendy, in vogue, du jour, predictable, bland and uninteresting four on the floor plodfest in electronic music. I'd have loved to try out mixing drum 'n bass. I could have hammered the early 90s hardcore. I'll take any excuse to dig around in dubstep a little more. But no. I got tech house. Fuck.

Posted by Teezdalien on May-03-2009 05:56:

Posted by woscar on May-03-2009 09:04:

Posted by montana on May-03-2009 11:13:

yeah i'm done.

Uncle Montana presents Eurotastic (61min / 98mb)
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kim sanders - tell me that you want me
two for love - only for love (far beyond mix)
sophia - couldn't this be magic (pegasus mix)
u96 - life in paradise
capital sound - love comes around
dr. alban - it's my life
maria-lisa - you make me feel
rob'n'raz - in command (indee remix)
dr. alban - look who's talking now
nina - the reason is you
th express - missing in the rain
soundfactory - good time
tatjana - never never
49ers - keep your love
m-system - right now (sunday night mix)
paula gardner - move your body
darkness - in my dreams (midnight mix)
emjay - we all need love
samira - love train
fun factory - close to you
nana - spirit of the night
mc sar & the real mccoy - automatic lover (trans euro mix)
venus & marc - summertime
maxx - you can get it
nadia - get over it
2 unlimited - the real thing
viva - keep on dreaming
systematixx - be my lover
basic element - the promise man (rob & jj euro mix)
ice mc - give me the light
alexia - number one
dr. alban - this time i'm free

When i got picked to do eurodance i was fairly pleased since i love this music, it's the greatest style of dance music known to man after disco. I play eurodance quite fast in both ways (pace & trackselection) since i think it's more fun this way. normally i don't even do much than a 4bar transition but there is more actual mixing on this.

there is some vocaloverlapping on this and so is some synth on synth overloading but i tried as much as possible to minimise both. I also tried to steer away from using as much of the big anthems as possible. if you feel the need to hear 'what is love' or 'rhythm is a dancer' or 'mr. vain', go on youtube instead. I also wanted to play some of the lesser known tracks and a number of my personal favourites.

Basd, i played three alban tracks but bear in mind there was a challenge of working in the tracks i like the most since both 'it's my life' and 'look who's talking' are housebased and so are their remixes.

Anyhow, enjoy the musics.

Posted by Meat187 on May-03-2009 12:43:

wtf, man!? That's gotta be the fastest submission ever.
Tracklist looks sweet, I'll give this a listen when I have time.

Posted by montana on May-03-2009 12:52:

yeah but i loves the eurodance and can do a mix quite easy

Posted by Sand Leaper on May-03-2009 13:02:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Tech house? Tech house? Of all the weird and wonderful genres in there, I got tech house. The most trendy, in vogue, du jour, predictable, bland and uninteresting four on the floor plodfest in electronic music. I'd have loved to try out mixing drum 'n bass. I could have hammered the early 90s hardcore. I'll take any excuse to dig around in dubstep a little more. But no. I got tech house. Fuck.

Haha, I feel your pain. You're gonna have a massive challenge in attempting to stand out in the myriad of slow techno mixes that sound more or less interchangeable with tech house these days.

If you want some inspiration, I recommend Craig Richards' Essential Mix from '04:

Craig Richards - Essential Mix 20.06.04

Automat - Nematod (Scsi-Av)
Sweet 'n Candy - Abflug Zu 64 (Lebensfreude)
Dandy Jack & Les Fleurs Du Mal - Le Serpent Qui Danse (Telegraph)
Panash - Cheval (Atavisme)
Headcore - Down (Versatile)
Pysan - Tha Norm (Bittersweet)
Ozy - Imaginary Rock Star Syndrome (Trapez)
Jeff Samuel - Maru (Deep Night)
Swag - Drum Hydraulics (Soul Capsule Remix) (Tyrant)
Ratio - Motorcity (Daniel Bell Remix) (Central)
Robag Wruhme - Jena Makks (Minor Modern)
St. Plomb - A Bat In My Shoe (Mental Groove)
Thomas Brinkmann - Nauten (Max Ernst)
Sand 11 - Next Bus (Ladomat 2000)
Ellen Allien - Astral (BPitch Control)
Mike Ink - Playing With Knives (Kompakt)
Basteroid - Nerd With A Bird (Sender)
Alter Ego - Mensa (Klang Elektronik)
Motor - 1.1 (Salo)
D.Diggler - Womanizer (Raum...Musik)
Brtschitsch & Galluzzi - Blaulicht (Taksi)
Joel Mull - Check The Vibe (Plumphouse)
Attila Jahanvash - Like A Virgin (Z-Schallplatten)
Dr. Shingo - The Whiteroad (Art Of Perception)
Pom Pom - Untitled (Pom Pom 009)
The Unknown Soldier - Hesitation (UR)
Arpanet - Wireframe Images (Record Makers)
Delon And Dalcan - Dunufus (Boxer Sport)
Fregna - The Age (Pigna)
Basteroid - Against Luftwiderstand (WeltZwei Remix) (Areal)

It avoids becoming too plodding and bland, and is still quite bouncy and danceable. It just needs some Swayzak.

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