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enydo - It's Just The Chemicals [Techno/House and other amalgamations of the sort]

Loco Dice - Black Truffles In The Snow (Desolat)
Modul - Chaos Koof (Harthouse)
El Farouki - Unknown Gut (Night Drive Music)
Ben Klock - Subzero (Ostgut Ton)
Redshape - Blood Into Dust (Styrax Leaves)
Reference, Seth Troxler - The Fade (Beretta Grey)
Chelonis R. Jones - Rehabilitation [Markus Fix Remix] (Systematic)
Ryan Crosson - Confiteria del Molino (Wagon Repair)
The Mole - Baby, You're The One (Wagon Repair)
Jay Haze - Can't Forget [DJ Sneak Re-Rub Mix] (Tuning Spork)
Slam - Ghost Song [Joris Voorn Remix] (Soma Recordings)
Mr. Jones - Ape Men feat. Marsden [Original Mix] (Night Drive Music)
Adam Beyer, Agaric - California Gold (Mad Eye)
Alex Under - Azul Terio Postureo (CMYK Music)
King Unique - Dirty [Original Mix] (Curfew)
Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness [Oliver Lieb's Main Mix] (Nettwerk America)

Equipment: Ableton + Evolution UC-33e Midi Controller
Length: 80:10:00
Link(s): Download (click)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/56526341a56cff81/


Just want to preface this mix with a few things:
*I've been very frustrated with my mixing lately, I can't seem to
make any noticeable improvements and my mixes always sound lifeless
and imprecise, at least to my ears.
*This mix is very fast and loose, very little prep time was put into
it and although I knew generally what tracks I wanted to use, it all
came together pretty much on the spot.
*The flow is off in some places, there are some horrible sounding jump
transitions in terms of eqing, and some of the tracks are quite
misplaced which I'll blame on me not knowing some of these tracks
very well.
*That Ape Men track between Ghost Song and California Gold absolutely
killed the energy, both through my mixing and track selection.

Anyways, what I'm getting at is this is very last minute, it's definitely not perfect, and what I'm mainly looking for is constructive criticism. Anything involving mixing in general, midi controllers + Ableton, and things of that nature are things I think I could use some pointers on.

Sorry for all the self-degradation, I've just hit a standstill lately in terms of mixing and I'm trying to push myself a bit more. Enjoy if you so choose; I hope the track selection is at least somewhat interesting, haven't had much digging time lately and I've noticed the same labels keep popping up in all my mixes.

in, will give it a listen tonight.

Will check it man, I've heard your previous 2 mixes and there was a very noticeable progress from one to the other. You're probably just being too hard on yourself

Anyways, expect a full review soon

Loved Dog Days. Will grab this when I get home.

Looks cool. Will check it out.

Hmm... after a couple listens today I actually think this may be a step back from my last one in a couple areas. It may just be me nitpicking though, I'll just wait for some feedback.

Shoo' nigga, why not?

Looks ace, grabbin'

Wicked tracklistin', downloading this bad boy

I listened to this on the car on my morning commute and then finished it @ the office. I now stand by my comment that you were probably just being too hard on yourself. This mix was awesome bro, and I enjoyed it far more than Dog Days. Not only musically, but programming-wise.

I promised you an in depth review, so here it goes!

Track Selection

Awesome job here mate. I've said it a lot here on TA that the main problem with most Tech House DJs is that their sets are too samey and end up boring me to death. Such is not the case here. You chose tracks that balance the "tech" and the "house" pretty damn well.

Mixing

Don't put yourself down bruv, your mixing was pretty on spot most of the time. There were a few weird transitions here and there but nothing that sounds awful. On some of those I noticed the EQing was a bit off or you had a perfect blend but then killed the outgoing track too quickly and on others it was mainly that the two songs didn't go that well together and getting them to sound seamless and smooth would have been extremely hard.

An example of the latter is the transition between the first two vocal tracks. Not really sure which they are since I was driving at the time but the incoming track has a much quieter bassline and drums than the outgoing track and the transition sounds a bit abrupt.

Programming and flow

I thought your programming this time around was much better than on Dog Days. You begin techy and slow and build the mood and energy at just the right pace until it gets pretty damn housey and groovy and then you bang the roof off. I found it really hard not to rave my tits off on the car. Thank God for tinted windows!!!

Unlike with Dog Days, where I felt that it dragged on a bit at the end, this was totally not the case with this one. Solid throughout. I gotta tell you, I totally forgot that Lost Vagueness was in here and it came as a very pleasant surprise. When I heard it creep in I JIZZED. IN MY PANTS! It sounds as fresh as the day it came out, not dated at all. This shows you have developed quite a good ear.

So, overall I'll say that this is by far my favorite set from you to date. Keep it going mate, you can tell from this mix that you have talent. Perfect those minor mixing shenanigans and you're golden.

zshare isn't working for me :/

I'm in. Looks good man. I'll post back with some thoughts later.

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Originally posted by Ted Promo zshare isn't working for me :/

Here's a proper link:

http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff...20Chemicals.mp3

Thanks a ton sushi.

Thanks for the detailed review Oscar, I was being pretty critical of myself but when I listen to my own stuff all I hear is the mistakes. I was mainly upset with my EQing work, it was just sloppy. I need to stop recording while I'm stoned, I tend to get impatient and lazy and it shows.

Yeah, I really think you are just being overly critical on yourself. I don't think it flowed as well as Dog Days., but overall this was a pretty solid mix with some good tracks.

None of the transitions were that bad, save for the couple times you cut out of a nice blend too early as Oscar pointed out. You had a nice groove going towards the end and kinda stopped it short, but you picked it back up rather quickly. The EQing was a little off at times, but thats something I have been working on myself.

You seem to recognize where your mistakes were, and I think you're on the right track.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Here's a proper link: http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff...20Chemicals.mp3

Muchos appreciated.

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Originally posted by woscar Track Selection Awesome job here mate. I've said it a lot here on TA that the main problem with most Tech House DJs is that their sets are too samey and end up boring me to death. Such is not the case here. You chose tracks that balance the "tech" and the "house" pretty damn well.

Sorry Oscar, but definitely not. It may be that you don't listen to techno that often but I know and I'm pretty sure enydo also knows that most of these tracks are definitely not the undergrounds of the bunch and have been played to death lately. I could tell by just looking at the tracklist.

I will check it out however, Dog Days was very decent.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid Sorry Oscar, but definitely not. It may be that you don't listen to techno that often but I know and I'm pretty sure enydo also knows that most of these tracks are definitely not the undergrounds of the bunch and have been played to death lately. I could tell by just looking at the tracklist. I will check it out however, Dog Days was very decent.

Valid point...however, I never said the tracks were 'the undergrounds of the bunch', I only said I like the nice balance between house and techno that they offer. They don't need to for me to know that I like them.

I'm surprised to read such a comment from you, specially since you've been a champion of 'good music' regardless of release date and exposure lately.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid Sorry Oscar, but definitely not. It may be that you don't listen to techno that often but I know and I'm pretty sure enydo also knows that most of these tracks are definitely not the undergrounds of the bunch and have been played to death lately. I could tell by just looking at the tracklist. I will check it out however, Dog Days was very decent.

Thanks for taking a listen I suppose.

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Originally posted by woscar Valid point...however, I never said the tracks were 'the undergrounds of the bunch', I only said I like the nice balance between house and techno that they offer. They don't need to for me to know that I like them.

Haha I simply misunderstood you so I had to be an asshole and attempt to correct.

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I'm surprised to read such a comment from you, specially since you've been a champion of 'good music' regardless of release date and exposure lately.

This made me sad then really happy. Did I tell you I love you today, sunshine?

I'm still all for "good music is good music", but I also appreciate extensive digging and when I see a tl that looks a lot like one from 70% of the big jocks it turns me off a bit. I like freshness not in a sense of release date (and let me make it carved in stone that I think release date is the most irrelevant thing when measuring the quality of a track), but in a sense of idea and concept. As for exposure I'm not sure I've ever stated I enjoyed listening to stuff that's been hammered to death over something I've never heard. If I did then I guess I don't feel that way anymore, although it isn't that big of a deal.

You're right, I don't really have the time / money right now to dig extensively.

However, I had no idea big jocks were "caning" all this stuff so extensively, to be honest I don't really follow TL's unless someone just happens to post a set I think looks interesting. I heard Konrad Black play Ben Klock - Subzero last week, but that's about it. I realize some of these tracks are a bit old, and a bit played out, but I like them, I wanted to mix them, so I did.

When I get on Beatport and dig I just go around and listen to random things, follow "user's also bought", and dig through label / artist catalogs. I just pick music I like, and I don't pick it for any other reason other than that.

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Originally posted by enydo You're right, I don't really have the time / money right now to dig extensively. However, I had no idea big jocks were "caning" all this stuff so extensively, to be honest I don't really follow TL's unless someone just happens to post a set I think looks interesting. I heard Konrad Black play Ben Klock - Subzero last week, but that's about it. I realize some of these tracks are a bit old, and a bit played out, but I like them, I wanted to mix them, so I did. When I get on Beatport and dig I just go around and listen to random things, follow "user's also bought", and dig through label / artist catalogs. I just pick music I like, and I don't pick it for any other reason other than that.

I never accused you of doing that. It's admirable that you do what you like and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that being that you are a dj. I was simply stating my opinion, because I am a cunt and I like to make my voice heard, you don't owe me any explanation.

Also I never said I don't enjoy listening to overplayed stuff, period. Good music is good music. The only thing is that in my head it loses that touch that something equally good but a bit more underrated or completely unheard has.

Ah, well yeah I can understand that. I just felt like defending myself because it seemed like a bit of an attack, even if you didn't mean it that way.

If you're gonna be an asshole, at least wait until AFTER you listen to the set Kenny

Haha ok ok. I promise I'll listen to it and THEN I'll be an asshole.

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