Dave King - Upgrade Your Ears [Trance/Psy Mix]

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Posted by djdk on Nov-20-2007 14:15:

Dave King - Upgrade Your Ears [Trance/Psy Mix]

To celebrate me getting a new pair of decks and mixer I decided to throw a mix together. Its quite moody, with very few "anthem" moments, but I think it all sits together quite nicely. Please feel free to tell me otherwise (constructively of course )

http://www.djdaveking.co.uk/upgrade.html

1. Acropod - Floating Mythodia (Aural Imbalances Addictive Mix) [Klik Records]
2. Quivver - Brothers & Sisters [Boz Boz]
3. Vibrasphere - Floating Free (Dub) [Tribal Vision Records]
4. Atmos - Luxor [Flow Records]
5. Tenth Chapter - Prologue (Paul Van Dyk and Carl Cox Mix) [Cyber]
6. Tikal - Welcome [Neurobiotic Records]
7. The Digital Blonde - Mandeliva [JOOF]
8. Bisker & Magitman - Complex [Flow Records]
9. Son Kite - On Air (Lemon8 Remix) [Digital Structures]
10. Son Kite - Colours (Vibrasphere Remix) [Digital Structures]
11. Ticon - The Analogue H [Digital Structures]
12. DNA - Massive Trance [Trancelucent Productions]
13. Technikal - Overdrive (2007 Remix) [Addiction Digital]

Posted by Magadansky on Nov-20-2007 16:35:

Downloading it atm. I will post a review later on when I hear it.

P.S. Your sig is hilarious

Posted by djdk on Nov-20-2007 16:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Magadansky
P.S. Your sig is hilarious

haha cheers man, go to www.moderntoss.com for more of the same, its brilliant

Posted by THE_Chris on Nov-20-2007 19:14:

Downloading this one

Posted by muldi on Nov-20-2007 19:15:

give me more dk..................

Posted by Stu Cox on Nov-21-2007 11:03:

Really nice to hear something different, not a lot of DJs are really playing stuff on this prog trance/psy borderline at the moment quite like this and there's loads of creativity there at the moment, plus you can weave in quite a few older tracks (like you've done here!)

Some top tunes, loving Brisker & Magitman stuff at the moment.

While I appreciate it's a relatively subdued style, I didn't think there were many "highlights" as such, just a really nice mix to listen to in the background. To make it more of a club mix, maybe it could have benefited from one or two slightly more uplifting tracks to give it a couple of peaks, although I think it works well as it is on the more subtle side of things

Posted by andydavey on Nov-23-2007 10:23:

I like!

Basically it's nice to hear this kind of trance - nice driving stuff that doesn't rely on massive breakdowns and huge riffs to be effective. Mixing is good as ever, so yeah, a pat on the back for you sir

Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-24-2007 00:40:

Great mix, love Overdrive, used it in my mix too

Posted by Stu Cox on Nov-25-2007 16:53:

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Originally posted by kr00t0n
Great mix, love Overdrive, used it in my mix too

Now that was the one track I wasn't too keen on tbh

The Nick Rowland mix was better imo, I can't really say I'm a massive fan of the hard trance around at the moment, it all goes a bit too over the top and flies around all over the place.

Posted by THE_Chris on Nov-30-2007 15:59:

Overall, great mix*, some nice tunes in there, great flow to the set too.

* except for Tikal - Welcome, which I have said since I first heard it is a massive pile of trash but would be a good track without those immeasurably stupid vocals.

Posted by djdk on Dec-09-2007 16:57:

quote:
Originally posted by THE_Chris
Overall, great mix*, some nice tunes in there, great flow to the set too.

* except for Tikal - Welcome, which I have said since I first heard it is a massive pile of trash but would be a good track without those immeasurably stupid vocals.

Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate the comment about the flow, I was worried about dropping the energy down in the middle with the brisker and magitman track, people dont always like it when a set doesnt constantly build in energy towards the end.

And that Tikal track, very much a marmite tune I think, you either love it or hate it