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Future Fairytales [Prog Breaks]

I'd love to say something pretentious about archetypes here, but this mix comes from a descriptive phrase I used in a review, and I liked the idea so much I decided to make a little mix out of it. Lush, atmospheric, melodic breaks here (not unicorn trance, sadly), and I've mixed up new and old tracks, well known and obscure stuff. Let me know what you think.

Future Fairytales [Progressive Breaks]:

1. Amba - Enchanting
2. Ilya Mosolov - Lights Of Paradise
3. Ilya Mosolov - Spacebird
4. Mirco De Govia - Quantum Reign
5. Mike Oldfield - Far Above The Clouds (Jam & Spoon's Far Below The Bass Mix)
6. Bedrock - Forge (Fretwell Remix)
7. Joel Armstrong - Serenity
8. Shiloh - Melt
9. Snake Sedric & Khans - Circular (Fretwell Remix)
10. Lost Tribe - Angel

Length: 00.57.05
Quality: 256kbps
Size: 104mb

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on it fo sho

DLing

Edit: Might try again later. Gonna take a while at 15kb/s

It downloaded at 1MB/s for me.

Yeah this is good, as per usual. I wouldn't call it a mix so much as a 'collection of tracks', because there's not really much mixing involved, is there?

I really like Quantum Reign, it was nice to hear that in a mix. The rest of the tracks were good too; melodic, chilled and not overdone.

Did you mix this using MP3s or wave files?

DL works better now. Must have got a shitty connection.

Any mix containing Angel cannot be bad. One of my most treasured tracks ever.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Yeah this is good, as per usual. I wouldn't call it a mix so much as a 'collection of tracks', because there's not really much mixing involved, is there? ... Did you mix this using MP3s or wave files?

Thanks.

Actually there are six beatmatched transitions here - the one between the Mosolov tracks for over a minute, the one from Forge into Serenity for about 90 seconds and then the one into Melt is almost two minutes. So I'd say there's a decent amount of mixing. I did use a couple of simple ambient blends early on, it's true.

This actually took a lot of programming and several drafts, because almost none of these tracks work together harmonically and yet it's a melodic set. But what I really like about mixing breaks is that if the beats are properly matched, it takes very little work to make a transition seamless.

I used a combination of MP3 and WAV here. I used a program to alter the tempo of some tracks whilst keeping the pitch, and there are a few fuzzy-sounding moments that I apologise for.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Any mix containing Angel cannot be bad. One of my most treasured tracks ever.

I thought Angel would hook a few people's attention. Just be aware that I played around with it a fair bit on this mix.

It's actually pretty cool how this mix is about half'n'half for me - some are among the best tracks in my collection and the rest I've never heard before. Should be interesting.

Seems pretty interesting. Downloading...

All right, thoughts after first listen...

Some extremely solid tracks here, and the whole mood fit very well for my morning cup o'coffee. Spacebird was particularily nice, although it seemed to be distorting somewhat (intentional or not, I have no idea).

The whole mix is very fluid, apart from the transition from Serenity to Melt which seemed to be not just out of key but out of phrase as well. Also, Angel seems a bit "choppy" - timestretching artifacts? Still, a very enjoyable mix overall.

Thanks for listening.

I've just checked the mix into Melt and you're right- I brought it in exactly four bars too late. How I didn't notice that I don't know. I really want to fix it now.

I also understand what you mean about Angel - I had to slow it down by something like 7bpm at the start, which is exactly why I time-stretched it to keep it in key, or it would have sounded completely wrong. I think the "choppiness" is the stuttered synth lines playing at a considerably slower speed than what you're accustomed to.

On the DL.

I'm in.

Enjoying this for the second time now, only a few tracks in here that I had heard before, so finding lots of new musics is certainly a big bonus.

Well done.

Thanks a lot. The out of phrase transition is really bugging me, but I hadn't noticed it at all before Mr Mystery pointed it out and I'm guessing you didn't hear it either?

Listened to this one several times over the past few days, and I've found it to be quite enjoyable.

I haven't listened closely enough to comment on it from a technical standpoint, it's just provided me a nice soundtrack to my workday.

Don't hear too much stuff like this anymore. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for listening.

Doesn't seem to be much interest in this one, for whatever reason. I guess there aren't many breaks fans on this part of the forum.

I also enjoyed this second time round. I listened to the mixing a bit more this time and I thought it was pretty good. The fact that I thought there wasn't much the first time round just proves how smooth it was, I suppose.

These tracks strike me as having a very unique mood compared to anything in the four to floor realm. It's a fantastic change. I really like the ethereal feel you've gone for. For me, it conjures up mental images of walking in a mossy, misty forest in the late afternoon, with only the sounds of the forest audible. You've certainly managed to achieve a great sense of coherency in this respect and that's something I really like in mixes.

Also, Jack, are you aware of Subsky - Single Gun?

It immediately sprang to my mind when I heard this mix. It's melodic, spacey and kind of ethereal sounding. It would have fitted really well here.

I'm listening to it now. Good shout.

That's a very good description of the mood I was aiming for, by the way. I did put together some artwork for this for burning it to CD and giving it to someone, and I took some photos of the woodland where I live, because I thought they fitted the mood really well:

It's my duty to download and obsessively listen to every progressive breaks mix that gets posted to this forum. Downloading now, and the d/l speed is going quite alright for me.

Listened to this on the way in to work this morning.

Lovely mix, suited the sunshine perfectly, and really set me up for the rest of the day with a spiffy mood.

I noticed the out of phrase mix, but it really didn't detract much from what is a very enjoyable mix.

Doing this one soon. Get some lovely breakiness up in me

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Originally posted by kr00t0n Listened to this on the way in to work this morning. Lovely mix, suited the sunshine perfectly, and really set me up for the rest of the day with a spiffy mood. I noticed the out of phrase mix, but it really didn't detract much from what is a very enjoyable mix.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I have to stop myself being a perfectionist. I was listening to the out of phrase mix without even noticing it, but now I can notice it it just irritates me because I could have done it better. Every mix I have put on TA usually has at least one fault with it that I feel I could correct.

Oh yeah, I remember getting this. It was pretty nice actually, but I've come to expect that of you.

What medium do you mix on? I think you've stated it before but I forget.

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