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Spaced [Downtempo/Breaks/Progressive]

I've been working on this mix for literally months now. It started off very different to how it finished up, but a few things inspired me. I wanted to do a Northern Exposure style build from total ambience to pumping progressive that used tracks that were old and new, obscure and familiar, from different styles. I used a couple of classics, but hopefully in a way that's not predictable.

I wouldn't say there's anything groundbreaking happening here, but I think it turned out nicely all the same. The mood is perfect for long, frosty winter nights with clear, starry skies.

Spaced [Downtempo/Breaks/Progressive]

1. Mission To Mars - The Science Is Now
2. Trifonic - Transgenic
3. Pole Folder & CP - Dust (Fretwell Remix)
4. Stefan Anion - Orion's Belt (The Emissary Remix)
5. Shiloh - Mana
6. Planisphere - Spectrazoids
7. Sasha - Fundamental
8. Orbital - Nothing Left 1
9. Affinity - Break
10. Trisco - Southpaw (Fluke's Glassjaw Mix)
11. Zircon - System
12. Desyfer - 831 (Deep Dawn Mix)
13. Marc Mitchell Vs Shiloh - Run To The Light (Dub)
14. Bedrock - Lifeline/Heaven Scent (Re-Edit)
15. Drum Club - You Make Me Feel So Good (Blue Amazon's Electramind Mix)

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Permanent Link (Right Click, Save Target As)

Thanks to Mr Mystery for the hosting.

Comments and feedback appreciated; good, bad and indifferent.

Enjoyed this one thoroughly
There's a nice progress throughout the set, going from a really chilled state - breaks - progressive.

Nice work from Marc Mitchell, this set needs a few more listens before I can pinpoint which other tracks I like as well.

Re: Spaced [Downtempo/Breaks/Progressive]

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J If anyone has any problems with Megaupload let me know and I'll upload it somewhere else.

I have problems with Megaupload (and any file sharing site like SendSpace, etc.), but it's purely a product of me doing all my listening to sets at work on the locked-down network. If you have some webspace (or Sushipunk or someone cares to host it) I'd love to give it a listen. Don't want to be a bother, though, as if I had a decent memory I could simply download it from home.

Getting this. If you need a proper host, let me know.

Hell yeah, always looking forward to stuff from you.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Getting this. If you need a proper host, let me know.

That'd be great, thanks. I was actually thinking when I was putting it together "I have to find some tracks Mr Mystery won't have heard" because there seemed a lot of stuff you'd be into on the list.

Unique: thanks a lot and thanks for the bump. Getting a nice progression was one of my aims with this one.

I missed this. Grabbing immediately

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J That'd be great, thanks. I was actually thinking when I was putting it together "I have to find some tracks Mr Mystery won't have heard" because there seemed a lot of stuff you'd be into on the list.

Hehe, well you managed to find about half and half

I'll take a listen/upload later tonight.

This was really refreshing, listened to it a couple times today while getting some work done. The buildup was really well done I thought, it progresses nicely throughout the set and peaks out in the section leading up to the Heaven Scent / Lifeline mashup, really nice. All in all; very nice track selection, flow was top notch as I mentioned, and the mixing was pretty spot on from what I could tell. While I'm a fan of house, techno, and their verious forms, it's always nice to have something great like this crop up every once in a while. Thanks very much for sharing.

Looks interesting, downloading now.

this was awesome jack, very good selection and flow, the part from planisphere to fluke mix of trisco was my favourite. there was some messy transition levelwise i think after that but nothing that bothered me too much. well done.

http://organik.1g.fi/Spaced.mp3

There we go. Haven't had time to listen properly yet, only about half... but I like what I'm hearing (surprisingly enough).

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery http://organik.1g.fi/Spaced.mp3

Much obliged, sir. Downloading.

I'm definately grabbing this one

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Originally posted by enydo Thanks very much for sharing.

And thanks for listening. It gives me a bit of confidence when I know there are people who will try a mix if I put it up. I appreciate that.

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Originally posted by montana this was awesome jack, very good selection and flow, the part from planisphere to fluke mix of trisco was my favourite. there was some messy transition levelwise i think after that but nothing that bothered me too much. well done.

Thanks a lot. If you're talking about the transition I'm thinking of, I know what you mean. There were a couple of moments when the mix really wasn't working and I had to just bring the track in all in one go when some of the rhythm cut out.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery There we go. Haven't had time to listen properly yet, only about half... but I like what I'm hearing (surprisingly enough).

Thanks a lot for the hosting. Much appreciated.

Nice mix of tracks I knew and ones I didn't. Sounds like you're a stickler for key signatures too which really makes it coherent and Northern Exposure-y.

Off all the music I own, and that's a shit load, I've always thought Northern Exposure to be among the very best. Part 1, CD 1 is sensational.

I'll certainly d/l this

Great idea - cheers

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Originally posted by Armitage Nice mix of tracks I knew and ones I didn't. Sounds like you're a stickler for key signatures too which really makes it coherent and Northern Exposure-y.

I'm actually pretty intuitive with harmonic mixing- I don't work out the keys of any of the tracks I use and I find out if they're in key simply by trying out the mix and seeing how they sound. I only really had to change a couple of tracks in this mix because of harmonic issues- the bulk of the mix just fell into place naturally.

Thanks for the feedback, anyway.

sounds interesting. grabbing

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I'm actually pretty intuitive with harmonic mixing- I don't work out the keys of any of the tracks I use and I find out if they're in key simply by trying out the mix and seeing how they sound. I only really had to change a couple of tracks in this mix because of harmonic issues- the bulk of the mix just fell into place naturally. Thanks for the feedback, anyway.

Ah well, it sounds good anyways. In my mind harmonic mixing is more avoiding unpleasant key changes than only choosing good ones.

Just followed a link to this and was pleased to see it had a permanent link... I do most of my TA mix listening at work, and unfortunately all those Megaupload/Sendspace/etc sites are blocked. I've been meaning to d/l the Epic House trilogy for a while but can't because of that. Sooo, anyways...

I really dug the mix, most especially the track selection and progression. I'm a very big fan of that late 90's, early 00's prog and spacey breaks sound, and this mix delivered in spades. I heard a few great tunes that I wasn't familiar with, and the Heaven Scent/Lifeline mashup does it for me every single time. The in-key mixing was pretty good though like another poster said, at times the levels didn't seem entirely even. Perhaps planning out and doing a trial run before the recorded one would be a bit beneficial.

Thanks for the feedback.

A few people have commented about the levels on this one. Someone also commented that a couple of the tracks sound noticably newer or better mastered than others, because of the time difference when they were made. That might have something to do with it, because there's brand new tracks here next to ones from ten years ago and so there's the issue of noticable advances in recording quality when the tracks are mixed in with each other.

Either way, it's something I'll try to iron out in the future. About the Megaupload problem, I don't have webspace of my own so permanent hosting on this one was down to Mr Mystery's generosity. I should really get some of my own the next time I've got a bit of spare cash.

Downloadin'.

Let's see if this is as good as the epic trilogy...

Re: Spaced [Downtempo/Breaks/Progressive]

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I wanted to do a Northern Exposure style build from total ambience to pumping progressive that used tracks that were old and new, obscure and familiar, from different styles. The mood is perfect for long, frosty winter nights with clear, starry skies.

okay, i'm sold. downloading now.

Re: Spaced [Downtempo/Breaks/Progressive]

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 3. Pole Folder & CP - Dust (Fretwell Remix) 4. Stefan Anion - Orion's Belt (The Emissary Remix) 5. Shiloh - Mana 6. Planisphere - Spectrazoids 7. Sasha - Fundamental 13. Marc Mitchell Vs Shiloh - Run To The Light (Dub)

More than enough to catch my interest. Will download and comment soon

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