Ben Ell - The Tech [Tech-trance-ish]

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Posted by Trance Nutter on Jul-08-2010 13:47:

Ben Ell - The Tech [Tech-trance-ish]

Ben Ell - The Tech

Mannix vs Kaymak - World Gone Mad
JOC - Acid Rain
John Askew - Blackout
John Askew - Shadows After Dark
John O'Callaghan - Vendetta
Greg Downey - The Instigator
Steel Prototype - Vitality
Chris Hampshire & Bissen - The Vault (Activa's Live As.... Remix)
Tom Colontonio - Mercury Retrograde (Giuseppe Ottiavani Remix)
Bryan Kearney - You Will Never Be Forgotten (Activa Remix)
Graham Gold - Glorified
Danny Olivera - Drop It, Your Love
Coast 2 Coast - Cut Me

Nothing groundbreakingly new as far as tracks (given I've bought about 4 records in the last year), but good music is good music, doesn't matter when it was made.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pe8asm

Posted by RebeL9 on Jul-08-2010 14:39:

I would be happy if you could upload this to soundcloud so I can listen to it at work tomorrow.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Jul-08-2010 16:06:

can't do it now on account of thursday night drunkedness, but I'll get onto it tomorrow and put the link back here.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Jul-09-2010 05:34:

Ben Ell - The Tech by phtranceaddictnet

Posted by RebeL9 on Jul-09-2010 08:42:

I had a listen to this today. Here is a short review:
The mixing is a bit sloppy sometimes. For example the one at 44 is out of sync.
My biggest concern was however the track selection. For a tech-trance mix it wasn't really "tech" enough IMO. I've said it before and I say it again. The best tech-trance is when the foundation of the track is a techno track with trance elements and not a trance track with techno elements.
The tracks in this mix were many regular uplifting trance tracks with higher BPM. Also the last track with the horrible vocals was way too cheesy and kind of ruined the ending of the mix.
I know it's up to personal taste my I've never been a big fan of the dutch tech trance ala Rank1, Marcel Woods etc.
I liked the John Askew tracks though. He's cool.

I'm actually also planning a tech trance mix in the near future. You are welcome to listen to it when I upload it.