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VERY Proggy Trance Mix: LUNA TECH

Many many hours in the making, and now it is complete. I am a bit of a fiend and very neurotic when it comes to making my mixes. I want each transition to be purposful, and each track to be perfect.

This one is a treat and I am quite excited to share it!

Here it is:

Luna Tech

Just scroll down and press play.

1 Son Kite - Let Us Be
2 Antix - Chase
3 Frogacult - Back to the Woods
4 Lunaspice - Tixaan
5 XV Kilst - Pornblocker
6 Antix - Darko
7 Buzzmonx - Shift
8 Heliotrope - Hellion
9 FREq vs Spherical - Suzuki Sun
10 FREq - Return of the Masters
11 FREq - Spacechanger
12 Mondayz Millionaires - Coldies for Goldies
13 Son Kite - Let us Be (vocal sample)


Critical feedback is very very welcome. If there is something you think could be improved or is out-of-place, I would love to hear your thoughts.

looking forward to this one interesting track list

i am downloading it now, i will let you know what i think tonight hopefully.

read your bio on that web site, wow thats long (ofcourse skimmed some ) but its great to hear someone with a passion for progressive like me. Its a way of life

if you have time d/l my mix, it isn't my first mix, but it's my first really progressive attempt. I spent a long time on it like you did and I learned alot:

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also look forward to my next mix post, it will be a killer prog set, i promise

Nice.

Yeah fer sure I am dling yours right now and will give it a listen.

This is what im talking about
Great smooth mix, I'm not a big psy fan but this set got me thinking

The first 3 or 4 songs are perfect, especially for the trance community. They have psy underpinings but have colorful trancey feels. Tracks slow down for a bit then pick up again around 33 min. These are the kinds of sets I like; that showcase sounds not songs. What I mean is that when chosing your tracks you obviously dont just pick the pop tunes or the massive tracks to fill the void, you choose songs with certain sounds that you want to make your set have a certain feel. I respect that you wanted to stick to the progressive sound. I think if you added more standard psytrance to it I wouldn't like it as much. My only complaint is that I craved for a vocal melody. NOT A VOCAL SONG, but a melody that you could hang onto, something with a voice (if you know what i mean ) i dunno. but it felt like the set didn't have a real high point. Great well rounded set with a unique and cutting edge feel. I give it a 9/10.
keep it up

nice tracklist!!

every artist is solid,
recognize most of the tracks,

am downloading right now,

you might enjoy my new mix, has a similar sound to yours,
very much on the progressive side
see http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=243334
for the download link and tracklist

Hey thanks Metatron,

I know what you mean about the vocal aspect. It's hard to find that in the proggy psy sounds I am using these days. I have a few killer vocally full-on psy tracks, but again I was trying to stick to the proggy side of psy.

Your feedback was insightful, Iam giving yours a second listening to, I really enjoyed it last night, great mixing and the tracks were awesome. Iwill gat back to you with more though...

Huboldium, I will give your mix a listen too!

*bump*

Its not bad, but I reckon Igor K's 'sounds of progression' mixes are stronger when it comes to prog-psy.

I've myself got a very similar sound to this (the darker, more intense prog) and i'll try to post a mix someime.

anyways mate, keep it up

I would love to hear one of Igor's mixes, can they be found online?

And I love critical feedback, so can you expand on how this mix may be weaker than his mixs? Any thoughts woul be appreciated as I am always looking to improve....

listening now, sounds cool
not heard of a single tune in the tracklist though

really liked this dude
tried sending the link to some other people but it's down

Hey thanks Az,

here is the direct download link:

www.djnokturnal.ca/music/lunatech.mp3
(Right click and select "save target as")

Or you can go to my homepage:

http://audio.area709.com/djhome.php?dj=10

I checked the links and they are working, so let me know if you have any troubles....

Well this mixed turned out to be a little TOO popular, it sucked up over 45 gigs of bandwidth in downloads (granted it is at 160 kps mp3) and cost me a bit of money to host this past billing period, but Iam super happy it has been so well recieved.

The internet is such an awesome way for us all to share our love of mixing!!

From the sounds of the reviews, and the lovely little description of Prog/Psy I had to d/l it. (Is the host in Cgy too? I got a nice 475kb/sec )

I've never heard another Buzzmonx track other than "Insane" which truly is one of the very best songs ever created, so I'm definitely interested in hearing this one.

Off to work now, but will post feedback later.

THC

This is a very decent set. After only one listen, I am farily impressed. Mixing was very well done, and the track selection was pretty good.

I'll give it a few more listens over the weekend, but I'm sure this will grow on me and is a real keeper. Orignally I thought it was a bit slow paced, but as I'm listening to it while I reply, it's about the same speed/energy as the GOA/PSY/Prog sets I've done and am really happy with, so...

Thanks for sharing the set Nokturnal.

THC

Hey any time my friend.

I know it is an oddball mix, so I am glad some people are digging it.

nice mix

i usually dont dig this type of trance but i really liked this mix
thanks for posting

after listening to this mix a couple of times...

I have to say this mix fucking rocks, good shit nokturnal!

That's about as good a compliment as I have ever gotten!

Well let others know about it if you like, plus if you want a better quality copy, just let me know, I love sending out cd's.

=)

Darvin.

This is the good and groovy side of psytrance, nice to hear in a mix.

You asked for some critical feedback so here are some specific comments while listening here at work:

- the beginning is all smooth, sedate, nicely groovin'...
- the transition into and out of Darko is awry to my ears
- though the first FREq track changes the flow of the mix drastically from the relatively understated beats of Buzzmonx and, to a lesser extent, those of Hellion, you manage to pull this off with the right timing... throwing the Buzzmonx in earlier or padding the flow with another tune between Hellion and Suzuki Sun may have been advantageous
- FREq mixes well with FREq of course! Usually I begin mixing Spacechanger from the end of the first break (around... 7:36? or so?), not the beginning. It can make for a tighter transition - less downtime from that first big break...
- the length of some of your mixes here seem a little short (which isn't to say that none are long or that -all- mixes should be long)...
- it ends fairly nicely, though I note that more than half of the mix is Iboga material often I challenge myself to change it up, though I must admit I have a tendancy to drop a lot of Iboga as well.

I hope that is of some help! Keep in mind plenty of this is subjective and dependant on style/taste, so take it or leave it as you wish. I liked the mix... thanks for pointing it out!

Now that's some awesome critical feedback, thank you Basalisk!

I usually do mix Spacechanger from the end of the first break as well, since it comes in about 1/8 beat fast (drives me insane) but in this case I wanted the effect of the transition to be what it was. The track before it ends very full and intense then drops off suddenly, so I like to use the natural breakdown in the new track (Spacechanger) to help the transition.

As well I do try to go for a few different types of transitions in a mix, some are long, some short, some are seamless and some punch through, depending on what I think works where. I agree with you that a diversity of transition styles is good.

This mix is more mono-label (Iboga) than most of my others. I tend to mix different labels, but on this one I was after a very specific sound. I don't consciously worry about how many tracks I use from a certain label, although I do try to keep a variety in who the tracks are produced by. The run of three FREq tracks is a first for me.

I am going to return the favour and get you some feedback on your mix as well, as soon as i get a chance.

Rusty is a great friend of mine, do you know him well?

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Originally posted by djmetatron looking forward to this one interesting track list i am downloading it now, i will let you know what i think tonight hopefully. read your bio on that web site, wow thats long (ofcourse skimmed some ) but its great to hear someone with a passion for progressive like me. Its a way of life if you have time d/l my mix, it isn't my first mix, but it's my first really progressive attempt. I spent a long time on it like you did and I learned alot: Mix Post Forum also look forward to my next mix post, it will be a killer prog set, i promise

Ur mix feat some quality prog psy ....

Fantastic set! Your mixing is great. My only real complaint is that I find the overall flow lacking. I just don't get a sense of a coherent stream from start to finish. But the exposure to great progressive psy more than makes up for that!

Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback Cobalt!

Your comment aboutlack of flow is the exact opposite I have gotten From lots of other people, which is cool as it shows just how unique we all are in the way we take in what we experience.

ALL MY MIXES ARE DOWN! Sorry everyone, but I have burned up way too much bandwidth (80 gigs!) in the last few months, and it has been costing me a fortune. We have istalled a paypal button on the homepage of Area709 ( www.area709.com ) so feel free to donate some cash to our non-profit site so that we can turn the tunes back on!! =)

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Originally posted by Nokturnal Now that's some awesome critical feedback, thank you Basalisk! ... This mix is more mono-label (Iboga) than most of my others. I tend to mix different labels, but on this one I was after a very specific sound. I don't consciously worry about how many tracks I use from a certain label, although I do try to keep a variety in who the tracks are produced by. The run of three FREq tracks is a first for me.

Not a problem... just providing the comments

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I am going to return the favour and get you some feedback on your mix as well, as soon as i get a chance. Rusty is a great friend of mine, do you know him well?

Right on... my mix is languishing unattended somewhere around here still I met Rusty a few times when he was here in Toronto and every once in a while give him a shout by email...

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Your comment aboutlack of flow is the exact opposite I have gotten From lots of other people, which is cool as it shows just how unique we all are in the way we take in what we experience.

Now this is something that doesn't surprise me in the least any more... I get some of the weirdest reactions to some of my mixes - and I'm actually expecting many more from this current mix of mine (because it strays so far from the usual start slow, progress upwards in energy format most trance mixes take)... music is a form of communication, and while the way we interact gives the illusion of understanding in most instances, truly the mind-to-mind transfer goes through a completely different set of protocols in the process from one to the next... fidelity of the data flow is always thrown into question. We may be speaking the same language but the gears turning behind the eyes (and ears) are of a completely foreign manufacture. Yeah, it certainly is cool - the differing ways in which we all experience auditory stimulus.

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