Retrospective Trance Mix, Progressive/Tech House Mix

Hey guys, after getting done with this semester I needed a break. So I decided putting a few tracks I really liked together in one set (from over an original list of 80 or so). I wasn't entirely sober when I mixed this, so there's a few rough transitions lol. I didn't have any particular year in mind but they ended up being mostly "newer" tracks, not that I like most of the new ones that come out these days oddly enough. Plus, I listen to DJ like Holden and Nick Warren mostly now, don't listen to much trance anymore. There's way too many cheesy tracks in most sets by even the better DJs these days so I had to make one of my own. So here it is.

EDIT: Alright, I'm done mixing this one again too.

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Shaolin_Z - Retrospective Mix 2K5-6

Tracklist:

01. Lost It.com - Animal (Trance Mix) [2001]
02. Haak - Bedlam [2005]
03. Mode Hookers - Breathe (Original Mix) [2005]
04. John 00 Fleming v.s. M.I.K.E. - Dame Blanche (Original Mix) [2005]
05. M.I.K.E. - Lost My Way [2006]
06. Oliver Prime - Hesitated [2006]
07. Cassino - Leaving Pnic Behind (Flash Brothers Remix) [2005]
08. Perry O'Neil - Numb [2005]
09. Killahurtz - West On 27th (A Tribe Called KHz Mix) [2000]
10. Art of Trance - Easter Island (Cygnus X Remix) [1999]
11. Paul Oakenfold - Zoo York (Laema & Moor Remix) [2004]
12. Kay Stone - Alone [2005]

Style: Trance/Progressive Trance/Progressive House
Running Time: 1:17:08
Bitrate: VBR V0 (Encoded with lame)
Download link: [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

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EDIT: Just added this:

Alright, I decided to redo this one first. I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out. The title pretty much describes this mix; with the exception of D.E.E.P.E.R. - Abstraction, all of the tracks are from 2003 and 2004. I payed alot more attention to the progression and mixing this time to make sure the set flows well and I know it sounds cliche, but takes you on a journey. There weren't a whole lot of tracks during those two years that I liked, but I really wanted these well mixed in a set since I really like most of these. When I made this set, I kept in mind that it's something I'd like to listen to for a while, so hopefully you guys will like it too.

quote:

Shaolin_Z - Retrospective Mix 2K3-4

Tracklist:

01. Ferry Corsten - Kyoto [2004]
02. Solid Globe - Sahara [2004]
03. Ferry Corsten - Sublime [2004]
04. Scott Bond v.s. Solar Stone - Naked Angel [2003]
05. Peter Matrin Pres. Anthanasia - Perfect Wave [2004]
06. John 00 Fleming - I'm Not Fooled (J00f v.s. Digitial Blonde Mix) [2004]
07. Enmass - CQ (Seek you) [2004]
08. D.E.E.P.E.R. - Abstraction [2006]
09. Vadim Zhukov - Mission 7 [2004]
10. Kobbe & Austin Leeds - Fusing Love [2004]
11. Paul van Dyk - Connected [2003]

Style: Trance/Progressive Trance
Running Time: 1:09:52
Bitrate: VBR V0 (Encoded with lame)
Download link: [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

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EDIT: New set.

I just got done mixing a set. I've mostly just spun trance before and this is my first time mixing a house set. So critical feedback is always welcome.

quote:

Shaolin_Z - March 2007 Progressive House Mix

Tracklist:

01. Sasha - Dremples [2002]
02. Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemoller Mix) [2006]
03. James Holden - Lump [2006]
04. Tigerskin - Neotrance [2006]
05. Shiloh - Cafe Del Mariachi [2007]
06. UNKLE - Burn My Shadow (Junkie XL 12" Remix) [2006]
07. Nick Warren & - Jimmy Van M - One And Only [2006]
08. Ashtrax - Freeload (Freelove) [2005]
09. Trick & Kubic feat. Valeska - Easy (Unreleased Remix) [2006]
10. Herhan Cattaneo & John Tonks - Sirocco (Original) [2006]
11. Kenneth Thomas Presents - The Orange Room (Nick Warren Remix) [2006]

Style: Progressive House, Minimal Tech House, House, IDM, Downtempo
Running Time: 1:04:13
Bitrate: VBR V0 (Encoded with lame)
Download link: [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

I liked it a lot, that opening track is just awesome and you've got a really good selection there of stuff I hadnt listened to in years.

The opening track is sick, lots of memories.

Lostit.com what a name too, love it.

D/Ling now will listen to this tonight!

Cool, I'm glad you mixed old tracks with the new. It always produces such an interesting sound. This first track reminds me of an earwig trying to dig its way through my brain. Errggg, I don't even want to know what's it's like to listen to this track on drugs. Good transition into track 2, kind of proggy sounding. A little off into this next transition, oh, oh, oh, you fixed it! Good job. New MIKE track, hmmm, techy. Very abrasive. I guess that's the point though. I liked MIKE more back in his Totally Fascinated and pre-2004 days, when he was more of the "dark trance" then the "tech trance." Most artists change to meet current trends...and sometimes it's too bad.

Good choice mixing into Oliver Prime though. He's the NEW dark trance. Your beatmatching is a little off (I'll attribute that to the drunkenness), but excellent track selection. Ever heard Snappiness (Oliver Prime Remix)? That track rocks. Might be too goa-ish for you though. Excellent mix into Numb, sounds perfect. The rest of the mix is very dark, but it's just not my thing. I'm more into the dark & melodic at the same time, but nice job with the transitions. Thanks for posting!

Hehe. Yeah, the beatmatching is a little messed up at parts for the reason you guessed correctly

. Glad you guys appreciated the mix though

All in all a good mix, as mentioned mixing isn't perfect, but it almost adds to the character of the mix.

Good tunes, nice progression.

I'll pop this into my mp3 player and listen to it at the gym...

It better be good Mr!

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
All in all a good mix, as mentioned mixing isn't perfect, but it almost adds to the character of the mix.

Good tunes, nice progression.

Thanks.

I could not identify with your mix. Just about all the tracks were a bore to listen to except for M.I.K.E. - Lost My Way and Cassino - Leaving Panic Behind (Flash Brothers Remix) especially that second track, wow! Maybe next time? I can�t offer you any advice on the track selection because all I�m going to tell you is to pick tracks that are less boring, which to you may be fun to listen to so catch-22 it is. I wasn�t bothered too much by the beatmatching like the other people were. There�s nothing a little practice can cure. Overall not my type of set at all, but thanks for sharing shaolin and please don�t be discouraged in releasing more mixes as this is my last review for a long time.

That's cool. I guess my track selection isn't your cup of tea, or should I say, cup of 'cheese'

. Eigther way, thanks for giving it a listen

Crap, no wonder the mixing is off. For whatever reason, the pitch dropped down and mucked up the set in the encoding process, for both of those. I just took care of that. I'll be uploading both of those again, along with another set once I finish re-encoding and uploading them. Sorry about that.

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Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Crap, no wonder the mixing is off. For whatever reason, the pitch dropped down and mucked up the set in the encoding process, for both of those. I just took care of that. I'll be uploading both of those again, along with another set once I finish re-encoding and uploading them. Sorry about that.

Alright, I fixed the updated the download links. Here's the other sets I mentioned. I'm just going to go ahead and put all four in one post:

[EDIT]: 4 sets edited out.

[EDIT 2]: I decided to entirely get rid of one of those, but I still need to fix the rest.

[EDIT 3]: Nevermind, this is too time consuming and frustrating. I'm just going to mix this one again at some point.

[EDIT 4]: I mixed one the the four sets again before redoing the original one I posted. That would be the Retropsective Mix 2K3-4 Set. I still have to mix the original one I started the thread with, Retrospective Mix 2K5-6.

[EDIT 5]: Alright, I'm done mixing the Retrospective Mix 2K5-6 set now as well.

Don't grab em yet! I used pitchift on the mp3 files to supposedly fix the problem but now the gain/volume seems to be messed up. I'm just going to mix the sets again and fix the download links once I'm done. God this is annoying!

Alright, I decided to redo this one first. I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out. The title pretty much describes this mix; with the exception of D.E.E.P.E.R. - Abstraction, all of the tracks are from 2003 and 2004. I payed alot more attention to the progression and mixing this time to make sure the set flows well and I know it sounds cliche, but takes you on a journey. There weren't a whole lot of tracks during those two years that I liked, but I really wanted these well mixed in a set since I really like most of these. When I made this set, I kept in mind that it's something I'd like to listen to for a while, so hopefully you guys will like it too.

Shaolin_Z - Retrospective Mix 2K3-4

Tracklist:

01. Ferry Corsten - Kyoto [2004]
02. Solid Globe - Sahara [2004]
03. Ferry Corsten - Sublime [2004]
04. Scott Bond v.s. Solar Stone - Naked Angel [2003]
05. Peter Matrin Pres. Anthanasia - Perfect Wave [2004]
06. John 00 Fleming - I'm Not Fooled (J00f v.s. Digitial Blonde Mix) [2004]
07. Enmass - CQ (Seek you) [2004]
08. D.E.E.P.E.R. - Abstraction [2006]
09. Vadim Zhukov - Mission 7 [2004]
10. Kobbe & Austin Leeds - Fusing Love [2004]
11. Paul van Dyk - Connected [2003]

Style: Trance/Progressive Trance
Running Time: 1:09:52
Bitrate: VBR V0 (Encoded with lame)
Download Link: [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

Alright, I'm done mixing this one again too

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Shaolin_Z - Retrospective Mix 2K5-6

Tracklist:

01. Lost It.com - Animal (Trance Mix) [2001]
02. Haak - Bedlam [2005]
03. Mode Hookers - Breathe (Original Mix) [2005]
04. John 00 Fleming v.s. M.I.K.E. - Dame Blanche (Original Mix) [2005]
05. M.I.K.E. - Lost My Way [2006]
06. Oliver Prime - Hesitated [2006]
07. Cassino - Leaving Pnic Behind (Flash Brothers Remix) [2005]
08. Perry O'Neil - Numb [2005]
09. Killahurtz - West On 27th (A Tribe Called KHz Mix) [2000]
10. Art of Trance - Easter Island (Cygnus X Remix) [1999]
11. Paul Oakenfold - Zoo York (Laema & Moor Remix) [2004]
12. Kay Stone - Alone [2005]

Style: Trance/Progressive Trance/Progressive House
Running Time: 1:17:08
Bitrate: VBR V0 (Encoded with lame)
Download link: [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

Finally got round to the 2nd mix, top stuff mate.

Enjoyed a lot!

Next time please drop Three Drives - Air Traffic

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't been online much so I haven't checked this thread in a few weeks now. Glad you guys liked em.

I just got done mixing a house set, never mixed house much before so this is a first time for me.

Shaolin_Z - March 2007 Progressive House Mix

Tracklist:

01. Sasha - Dremples [2002]
02. Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemoller Mix) [2006]
03. James Holden - Lump [2006]
04. Tigerskin - Neotrance [2006]
05. Shiloh - Cafe Del Mariachi [2007]
06. UNKLE - Burn My Shadow (Junkie XL 12" Remix) [2006]
07. Nick Warren & - Jimmy Van M - One And Only [2006]
08. Ashtrax - Freeload (Freelove) [2005]
09. Trick & Kubic feat. Valeska - Easy (Unreleased Remix) [2006]
10. Herhan Cattaneo & John Tonks - Sirocco (Original) [2006]
11. Kenneth Thomas Presents - The Orange Room (Nick Warren Remix) [2006]

Style: Progressive House, Minimal Tech House, House, IDM, Downtempo
Running Time: 1:04:13
Bitrate: VBR V0 (Encoded with lame)
Download link: [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

EDIT: Tracklist.