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I might take a look later today. Depends on how I'm feeling after I eat breakfast. There's obviously not much point listening if I'm in an "all music is annoying" mood. I don't use mixcloud because it doesn't allow downloads.
This isnt at all related to this thread... but I don't use mixcloud (or listen to mixes on mixcloud) because they don't show tracklists. I refuse to waste any of my time listening to any mix without knowing what I'm getting into first. I understand why they do it, I really do. Lets be honest: 80%+ of mixes out there are pure crap and I'm not going to roll the dice that X mix on mixcloud will be The One and spend 30 minutes of my time realizing that the DJ sucks. I can't always tell if I'm going to like a mix from a tracklist, but I can at least get a general idea (having been a DJ for almost a decade and been involved in most genres at one point or another, I can generally recognize artists and labels very quickly)
(This has nothing to do with System-J's mixcloud mixes which I'm sure are all superb.)
Most of my mixes on Mixcloud have permalinks in the mix description so you can still download them. And Mixcloud does show tracklists. Not sure where you've got that idea from. Example: http://old.mixcloud.com/jack-moss/c...ressive-breaks/
Wow, thats the first time I have ever seen a tracklist. (I never really click links to mixcloud)
This is from 2012: http://support.mixcloud.com/custome...information-go-
My thoughts 40 minutes in: It's been a bit "eclectic" as Bierheld and SJ have said but there's definitely been a wide variety of interesting tracks and I feel like it overall has some flow and an overall mood to it. There's been some nice directions it's taken at times. [just finished]: Well I think it's fairly interesting overall, I'll give it a listen another time as well. There's room for improvement but it's pretty good for chilled out techno/ambient music listening.
where all the mixes at? only 4/10 so far.
e: ya i know its been extended a week, but still
This forum upgrade might cause me to extend it even further. I gave everyone plenty of time but if everyone can't get it in, that will be a huge disappointment.
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| Originally posted by ziptnf This forum upgrade might cause me to extend it even further. I gave everyone plenty of time but if everyone can't get it in, that will be a huge disappointment. |
Well I'll definitely be able to make the deadline barring me ending up in a hospital or something. Heck I could submit something right now, I just like to take my time. The complete lack of any signs of life is a bit disturbing though I do agree, but I think the guys that are still open now have a good track record in the genre challenges right?
I sent Dave King a text to see if he had anything planned, he said he was going to try and get it mixed on the Sunday just gone. If he hasn't submitted anything by the weekend I'll badger him when I see him on Saturday.
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| Originally posted by Psyshell That was one day or so... and since people already knew the deadline that shouldn't actually delay anyone doing any mixing at all. I can definitely understand wanting to perfect things but surely if that's what people were doing they'd give us a status update about their mix at least. PivotTechno said maybe but surely there'd be at least a couple more. Ah well, we know the problem's not in the administration |
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| Originally posted by Bierheld Well I'll definitely be able to make the deadline barring me ending up in a hospital or something. Heck I could submit something right now, I just like to take my time. The complete lack of any signs of life is a bit disturbing though I do agree, but I think the guys that are still open now have a good track record in the genre challenges right? |
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I sent Dave King a text to see if he had anything planned, he said he was going to try and get it mixed on the Sunday just gone. If he hasn't submitted anything by the weekend I'll badger him when I see him on Saturday. |
Excellent. Now where's my feedback, ye bastard?
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| Originally posted by ziptnf It's just strange, when I go to the regular tranceaddict.com/forums, I'm met with a message that says the upgrade is still going on. |
Yup, still getting the outage/redirect message here, too.
Still aiming to get my mix done this week, but it'll be a close one, as I have a lot on my plate at the moment. Such is a life of self-employment - hustlin' like raindrops.
You guys tried ctrl + F5 yet? Worked for me.
I was extremely sick the last few weeks, so wasn't able to do much productive, but mine's coming soon. With the extension, I was hoping / still hoping I could track down one tune, but have reformulated my mix, instead, will get it together in the next day or two.
Will be getting reviews back on everyone's mixes in the next couple weeks, too 
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk Really? That only lasted a few hours for me, and ended a few days ago now. |
Where SandLeaper at? Been looking forward to his mix
don't let us down!
I won't. Don't expect an easy listen or anything particularly danceable, though.
Hypersleep, suspended animation, stasis whatever you want to call it, is often used as a device to get around the disparity between the enormity of space and the brevity of any single human existence. What would it be like? Would you dream? If so what would it be like to dream for 5, 10, 100 years? What would it mean for the human condition if you lived for 100 or 200 years after your birth but with a normal physical age? Would the human race split into those that travel between the stars and those that remain on their home-worlds?
This is what was running through my head when I was putting this together, I think it fits with the theme fairly well. I've tried to pick tracks that evoke the vastness of space and also the loneliness and isolation that might arise from an interstellar existence.
Were I to have more time I would probably like to dig a bit deeper for more tracks but if I dont submit this now I will miss the deadline, which would be a real shame!
Enjoy!
01. Voyager 1 - Sounds Of Jupiter [NASA]
02. Aphex Twin - #5 [Warp]
03. Global Communication - 9:39 [Dedicated]
04. The Orb - Back Side Of The Moon [Universal]
05. Future Sound Of London - Everyone In The World Is Doing Something 06. Without Me [Virgin]
07. Cell - Floating Retention [Ultimae]
08. Future Sound Of London - Vertical Pig [Virgin]
09. Space Manoeuvres - Pentexplorer [Lost Language]
10. Outer Space Alliance - Dea Alba [Holy Feather]
11. James Horner - Aliens OST Main Title [Fox]
12. Antibreak - Planet Eater [Offworld Recordings]
13. Scro & LM1 - Unexpected [Influenza]
14. Voyager - Hypersleep (EZ Rollers Remix) [R&S]
Looks tasty Dave, and something a little different from you as well. Little drum �n bass twist at the end by the looks of it � D&B making a good showing in this competition so far.
Yeah the thing I've enjoyed about these challenges previously is the actual challenge of doing something well outside of the comfort zone. Its just a shame I've been so damn busy this month and haven't had as much time as I would have liked to crate dig. I literally only started on Sunday morning and didnt really finalise the concept in my head til Monday night.
Still, perhaps the pressure helps the creative juices!
listening to zipnif's mix and really enjoying it so far. will edit with updates when i finish (which will be later tonight due to meetings from 3-5!)
e: yeah this is amazing. sent to a bunch of my friends
So far I've listened to all the mixes in the thread at least once... will be posting reviews once I get one or two more listens under my belt. Really feeling Dave's so far, it's EXACTLY what I expected a sci-fi mix to be.
My own mix is coming, unfortunately it seems a lot of the tracks I picked out, while rhythmic, have wildly varying BPM ranges. So I might mix a few of them, do some ambient blends, etc... gotta see how I can do this. It's not like the usual for me where either I have 5+ hours and tons of tracks to gradually ramp up BPMs, or I stick between a few BPM.
So far I have the TL picked out, the theme and the cover art :P It's definitely sci-fi, but at the same time it's definitely me.
Driving out to the Hamptons on Saturday so I will make this mix for the ride...
I really enjoyed djdk's mix. There was a wide variety of musical styles but it still had a strong overall theme and nice flow. Thanks for the mix!
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