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A mix for your "non-edm" friends

If your like me then you have no other friends that are into edm, techno, trance, etc (whatever you want to call it). I have been urging my friends into trying out some of the music that I have personally grown to love. So I decided to create a mix that I could fit on a regular blank cd and be passed around to any of my friends who wanted to give this music a chance. This mix contains heavily commercial tracks and the mixing isnt that great. But the point of this mix isn't for people who are deeply into this genre of music. Its meant as a "introductory" mix for people who are totally new to this type of music. I added tracks that were all choons at one point in time or another and that the I noticed the majortiy of people liked. So please, dont bash the track selection or my mixing "skills"!

So far I have a 100% success record with this mix. I am 5 for 5 when it comes to converting people to understanding and liking this genre of music. I made the mix back in January and passed it out to some of my close friends. 1 of them is now a complete Erick Morillo head. 1 loves PVD. And 2 of them are coming to Boston to see Ferry Corsten with me. The other one hasnt fallen totally for the music, but he keeps asking me to make him more mixes cause "loves driving to it". Now, I am not guarenteeing anything and I know that some people will think that this whole concept and thread is stupid. But if anyone is like me (living in a city with no "club"/"trance/house" scene) and you dont want to travel to other city's to see shows by yourself, then you will understand totally. I am not guarenteeing anything but just give it a shot....

Hand it out and let them come back asking for more...

Tracklisting:
1. Oceanlab - Clear Blue Water (Ferry Corsten Remix)
2. Oceanlab - Satellite (Above & Beyond Remix)
3. Young Parisians ft Ben Lost - Jump The Next Train (Probspot Remix)
4. Armin Van Buuren - Shivers (Rising Sun Cut)
5. DJ Tiesto - Adiago For Strings
6. Ron Van Den Beuken - Sunset (Original Mix)
7. Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
8. Motorcyle - As The Rush Comes
9. Allure - Loves We Lost
10. Kirsty Hawkshaw & DJ Tiesto - Just Be
11. Rui Da Silva - Touch Me
12. Interstate - I Found U


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Re: A mix for your "non-edm" friends

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Originally posted by KeSs 3. Paul Oakenfold - Jump The Next Train (Probspot Remix)

Miss labeled....

Young Parisians ft Ben Lost - Jump The Next Train (Probspot Remix)

thanks, let me know if there are any other wrong ID's

I recently made this double mix of trance to introduce people to the genre, which has gone down really well:

Part 1:

1. Chicane - Offshore (Disco Citizens Remix)
2. Jam & Spoon - Stella
3. Energy 52 - Caf� del Mar (Kid Paul Mix)
4. Mirco De Govia - Epic Monolith
5. Tiesto - Suburban Train
6. Dance 2 Trance - We Came In Peace (John Digweed Re-edit)
7. Cygnus X - Superstring
8. Union Jack - Two Full Moons & A Trout (Caspar Pound Mix)
9. Binary Finary - 1998 (Matt Darey Remix)

Part 2:

Tracklist:
1. Underworld - Dark & Long (Dark Train)
2. Sasha - Xpander
3. Tilt - Twelve
4. Fluke - Slap It
5. LSG - Netherworld
6. PPK - ResuRection (Space Club Mix)
7. Lost Tribe - Gamemaster
8. Paul Van Dyk - Forbidden Fruit (BT & PVD's "Food of Love" Mix)
9. Age of Love - The Age of Love (PVD's "Love of Ages" Mix)
10. Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light (BT's Ultraviolet Mix)

The mixing is very rudimentary (blends in ambient sections and sharp cuts on beats), but it allows the tracks to stretch out a bit. I think fucking around with commercial tracks to introduce people is a bad idea: these are all high quality yet credible trance tracks that anyone with an open mind should be receptive to (ie, not go "techno shit").

Honestly, last summer Purple Haze - Adrenaline was a big hit with a couple friends of mine who didn't listen to trance much. Same with the Essential Mix from Digweeds set.

The above and beyond remix of the madonna track is 50x as good as oakenfolds. The antillas remix of just be is better than the original

Just my 2p worth

DJ Tiesto - Touch Me

^doesent exist.

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Originally posted by RapidFire DJ Tiesto - Touch Me ^doesent exist.

I am an idiot...not sure what I was thinking: Rui Da Silva - Touch Me

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J The mixing is very rudimentary (blends in ambient sections and sharp cuts on beats), but it allows the tracks to stretch out a bit. I think fucking around with commercial tracks to introduce people is a bad idea: these are all high quality yet credible trance tracks that anyone with an open mind should be receptive to (ie, not go "techno shit").

I guess my friends are not as "open" as yours to new music. Most of my friends think Sandstorm is "techno shit" so the mix I made seems get them away from the Sandstorm mindset. If I constantly kept feeding them the commercial BS then it wouldnt be a good idea. I just made the mix so that I could tear down the stereotype that most edm has. Most of my friends think that techno = thats shitty ass euro dance that stays popular for some reason (Cascada). Once they tell me they like what they hear then I send them to a couple of websites and let them start getting their own style going. (di.fm, etn.fm, essential mix)

I just made a mix for my boyfriend who is a metal head. LOL! But I think he rather enjoyed my selection. Just threw in Tijs, Ferr, PvD...the regs just for a taste - he's in for it on part 2 though

'I Found U' alone is enough to put anyone off EDM.

Ke55: Eh, it's a start. It won't get them very far from the pop mentality on the way towards trance, though. If anything, it'll get them to accept the 4/4 beat. You could definitely at least put in some credible prog tracks, like Flaming June, Netherworld, etc. Even some remixes of them would have been nice.

System-J: That one looks like it's the shit. It's got an excellent mix of oldschool, progressive, and epic. Not enough psy or acid, though. Could use more of those.

at least give your friend the correct names of the tunes

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Originally posted by thoughtlessjex System-J: That one looks like it's the shit. It's got an excellent mix of oldschool, progressive, and epic. Not enough psy or acid, though. Could use more of those.

I was going to throw "Acperience" in there, but I couldn't really fit it in, and it's a bit heavy for the uninitiated.

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Originally posted by thoughtlessjex System-J: That one looks like it's the shit. It's got an excellent mix of oldschool, progressive, and epic. Not enough psy or acid, though. Could use more of those.

I dunno.. I think psy is more of an aquired taste. At least for me it was. I remember when I first got into trance, I was completely turned off by any kind of psy or goa. It bored me to death. I only hooked on the melodic and emotional stuff, the rest came after.

I don't try to force my non EDM friends to listen to my EDM collection. I think everyone should have an open mind, I won't force my friends to listen to EDM, if they want to listen to some of my stuff, then I'll let them borrow it.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I was going to throw "Acperience" in there, but I couldn't really fit it in, and it's a bit heavy for the uninitiated.

This is the downside to most psy trance. It's hard to find stuff that is both psychedelic but dynamic and soft around the edges.

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Originally posted by Aquarian I dunno.. I think psy is more of an aquired taste. At least for me it was. I remember when I first got into trance, I was completely turned off by any kind of psy or goa. It bored me to death. I only hooked on the melodic and emotional stuff, the rest came after.

But at least you knew it existed. It actually took me forever to figure out, "hey, there's this nifty trippy music out there that no one ever told me about!" I kinda wish I had been introduced to it earlier. At least some of the goa stuff.

The way I see it, I used to hate Sasha - Xpander, but I was exposed to it early on. I knew about it, though and was able to go back and enjoy it once I had learned more. Starting out disliking something doesn't make it impossible to ever like it.

On the other hand, if someone were to only be drawn in by the acid or psy sound (I'm thinking people into metal, EBM, Industrial), they wouldn't be quite so attracted by songs like Netherworld, ResuRection or Cafe del Mar.

Then again, it's hard to find psy that fits, as I've said, so I understand the lack of it.

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Originally posted by torontotrance I don't try to force my non EDM friends to listen to my EDM collection. I think everyone should have an open mind, I won't force my friends to listen to EDM, if they want to listen to some of my stuff, then I'll let them borrow it.

yeah my oppinion as well!

if you force them they won't listen to it properly! sometimes my friends give me some metal cds (like freedom call or six feet under) and i give them a mix cd of mine! works well everytime - and most of the time i also enjoy their music collections!

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Originally posted by torontotrance I don't try to force my non EDM friends to listen to my EDM collection. I think everyone should have an open mind, I won't force my friends to listen to EDM, if they want to listen to some of my stuff, then I'll let them borrow it.

Same here. I used to try and "convert" people but I realised there isn't really much point in that. Let people listen to what they like...

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Same here. I used to try and "convert" people but I realised there isn't really much point in that. Let people listen to what they like...

+1

Although if you're not convinced, I always found it easiest to start w/ chillout compilations vs. ones w/ a lot of energy, when introducing ppl to the genre.

I really don't care about intruducing EDM to my friends anymore. I've given up a long time ago explaining the difference between trance and techno.

EDM haters are like creationists. There's no helping it.

This track always goes over well when i throw on the vinyl:


Joshua RYan - Pistolwhip

Godskitchen Classics (2005)

1. Greece 2000 [1998] - Three Drives on a Vinyl
2. Sparkles [1999] - Tiësto
3. We Are Alive [Vandit Vocal Mix] [2000] - Paul Van Dyk
4. As the Rush Comes [Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Remix] [] - Motocycle
6. Madagascar [Ferry Corsten Remix] - Art of Trance
7. Punk [] - Ferry Corsten
8. Into the Night [2002] - Judge Jules
9. Seven Days and One Week [1996] - Bbe
10. Silence [Tiësto in Search of Sunrise Remix] [2000] - Sarah McLachlan, Delerium
11. Blue Fear [2003] - Armin van Buuren
12. Cream - Blank & Jones, Jaspa Jones
13. Carte Blanche [1999] - Veracocha
14. Synaesthesia [en-Motion Mix] [2004] - Thrillseekers
15. 1998 [Paul Van Dyk Remix] - Binary Finary
16. Suburban Train [2001] - Tiësto
17. Ayla [DJ Taucher Mix] - Ayla
18. Café del Mar [Three N One Remix] - Energy 52
Disc 2:
1. I Feel Love [Pete Pritchard Mix] - CRW
2. Keep on Dancin' (Let's Go) [Scott Mac vs DJ Cams Remix] [] - Tall Paul
3. Passion [Paul Masterson Remix] [1996] - Amen UK!
4. Freebase [1999] - Tall Paul
5. Deception [2000] - Fergie
6. Indicator [2000] - Marco V
7. Nightmare [Sinister Strings Mix] - Brainbug
8. Iguana [Mas Mix] - Mauro Picotto
9. Born Slippy (Nuxx) [1995] - Underworld
10. Lizard [Megavoices Mix] - Mauro Picotto
11. Joyenergizer [2001] - Joy Kitikonti
12. The Vision [Vision 1 Radio Mix] [2001] - DJ Arabesque
13. Sanctuary [2001] - DeJure
14. Horny Horns [1999] - Perfect Phase
15. Revolution [2002] - B.K.
16. On the Move [2001] - Barthezz
17. The Dawn [] - Tony de Vit
18. We Came, We Saw... [1999] - Lisa Lashes
Disc 3:
1. Make the World Go Round [Deep Dish Vocal Mix] - Sandy B
2. Hideaway [Deep Dish Remix] - De'Lacy
3. Everybody Be Somebody [MAW Records] - "Yavahn", Ruffneck
4. Bad Habit [A.T.F.C. Club Mix] [2000] - Onephatdeeva, Lisa Millett
5. Groovejet [2000] - Spiller
6. Bel Amour [2001] - Bel Amour
7. Star Guitar [2002] - The Chemical Brothers
8. Can't Get Enough [1998] - Soulsearcher
9. Bodyrock [Olav Basoski's da Hot da Freak Funk Remix] [1999] - Moby
10. Musak [] - Trisco
11. Plastic Dreams [A.T.F.C.'s Plastic Surgery Remix] [2003] - Jaydee
12. Spin Spin Sugar [Armands Dark Garage Mix] [1997] - Sneaker Pimps
13. Overdrive [] - Housetrap, DJ Sandy
14. Pumpin' [2000] - Eniac, Tom Novy
15. Dooms Night [Timo Maas Remix] - Azzido DaBass
16. Groovebird [Original Club Mix] - Natural Born Grooves
17. Kinetic [Orbital Mix] - Golden Girls

lo use some crazy pyscology to convert them within the song :P

Some of my mates cant bare more than 10 min of it :/ they love the metal and speed garage so not sure if I can be assed to convert

I find that making them listen to cheese first is the best step if you want them to get into EDM. eg dj alligator.. well hes not cheese but you guys might call him cheese

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