The most interesting genre as far as mixing is concerned

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Posted by phl1979 on Sep-26-2003 20:21:

The most interesting genre as far as mixing is concerned

Been listening to electronic music for quite some time now, started out with old school house, then hardcore, and now listening to trance, progressive and techno.

The last three genres all have their specific qualities, but prog and techno just seem to have much more possibilities as far as mixing is concerned. Trance is often mixed too straightforward, just outro's and intro's blended together, even by the likes of Ti�sto and Armin.. the problem seems to be that most trance songs have their own build-ups and break-downs, thus making it harder to create a real build-up throughout the set.

Personally i think techno is the most interesting genre for mixing, given the constant loop-based structure of the tracks.

Dunno if this makes sense, but if it does i'm curious about your opinions.

Posted by aboytes on Sep-26-2003 20:27:

I think Trance is the most difficult genre to mix, because there are songs completely different and because of its very particular melodic style, you have to select carefully if songs are compatible to mix them.

Two weeks ago I bought Ti�sto - Nyana, and is very amazing how in the Outdoor CD He starts with prog-trance songs and in the end the gig ends very uplifting

Because trance is more difficult, I consider it more interesting

Posted by Tranquil010 on Sep-26-2003 20:38:

I think trance is 'hardest' to mix, unlike progessive or techno, trance only gives a small window to pull out a mix.. maybe 2 min tops...
on the other hand, prgressive is awesume.. the intros and outros are long as hell, giving you more and more possibilities tweaking the EQ and such.. also, there are so many layers, so the tracks set them selves up for a great mix..
that being said, i like mixing progressive more than trance..
but i spin trance and some techno becasue prog is sometimes to slow for me,. but i abosolutly love the music.

Posted by Zayatz on Sep-26-2003 21:04:

techno is the most interesting
you can be creative mixing techno...

Posted by Clyde77 on Sep-26-2003 21:10:

skills is just the only thing we all need

Posted by DjDeComp on Sep-26-2003 22:00:

Mixing dnb is fun IMO

Posted by Shook1 on Sep-26-2003 22:14:

Is it me or in Tiesto's - Nyana, on the first disc, in one (or more) of the techno tracks he plays, he backspins the record a couple times??? I really dont think u can do that w/ Trance nor progressive.

Posted by Floorfiller on Sep-26-2003 22:18:

are you people kidding me? trance has to be one of the easier genres to mix. know i can't disagree that prog is probably a lot easier then trance, but personally i think something like breakbeats is hard to mix. at least i have trouble mixing breakbeat tunes into other tunes...too hard to match up the beat (if anyone has tips lemme know hehe). also i've heard that goa is especially hard to mix...don't know myself though..

Posted by Dmatrox on Sep-26-2003 22:31:

I think jungle and rap are interesting to mix.

Techno, deep house, hard house are fairly easy

Posted by SuperFarStucker on Sep-26-2003 22:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
are you people kidding me? trance has to be one of the easier genres to mix. know i can't disagree that prog is probably a lot easier then trance, but personally i think something like breakbeats is hard to mix. at least i have trouble mixing breakbeat tunes into other tunes...too hard to match up the beat (if anyone has tips lemme know hehe). also i've heard that goa is especially hard to mix...don't know myself though..
Sorry if I'm being rather obvious but breakbeat doesn't really subtract a beat it just adds one (offbeat) beat so you match up two and the third one is off and there is nothing you can really do about it. I am not a dj so what the feck do i know

Posted by Mellow Yellow on Sep-26-2003 22:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Zayatz
techno is the most interesting
you can be creative mixing techno...

I second that, chris liberator is a genius behind the decks.

Posted by DJDigDug on Sep-26-2003 23:10:

quote:
Originally posted by SuperFarStucker
Sorry if I'm being rather obvious but breakbeat doesn't really subtract a beat it just adds one (offbeat) beat so you match up two and the third one is off and there is nothing you can really do about it. I am not a dj so what the feck do i know

lmao yeah it is painfully obvious you dont know what you are talking about breakbeats are by far hardest genre to mix, their bpms are haywire, hardcore is easiest, and trance is probably what i would put in as the mid range.

Posted by DJDigDug on Sep-26-2003 23:10:

Posted by Magnetonium on Sep-27-2003 00:32:

What about ....

[COLOR=skyblue]Personally, I think that the most intelligent type of music is Detroit Techno. Been to a party mixing lots of this stuff, and it was totally cool! Here are some examples:

3MB - Die Kosmischen Kuriere; Illuminism
Carl Craig -Mind Of A Machine, No More Words; Dreamland
Derrick May - A Little Spaced Out; Beyond The Dance (Cult Mix); Icon (Montage Mix)
Miss Kittin & The Hacker - You And Us
Model 500 - Future; Sound Of Stereo ; No UFOs; Techno Music (m500 version);
Cybotron - Clear; Cosmic Cars
Underground Resistance - anything incl. Final Frontier; Sonic Destroyer 1992; The Theory
Aux 88 - I Need To Freak; Direkt Drive
Anthony Shakir - K T 19941
Aril Brikha - Otill; Groove La Chord

Posted by jizza on Sep-27-2003 01:26:

Re: What about ....

quote:
Originally posted by Magnetonium
[COLOR=skyblue]Personally, I think that the most intelligent type of music is Detroit Techno. Been to a party mixing lots of this stuff, and it was totally cool! Here are some examples:

Miss Kittin & The Hacker - You And Us

detroit techno you say eh? hmmm...

Posted by Magnetonium on Sep-27-2003 01:49:

LOL, what are you hinting ....

quote:
Originally posted by jizza
detroit techno you say eh? hmmm...

What about Detroit Techno? It's really awesome type of music. Best European example of an artist who was influenced by this genre is Orbital. And you know Orbital, dont you? Orbital has lots of detroit-techno-influenced music. ...