Can you recommend me anything from Armada that doesn't Suck?

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Posted by Scrittah on Sep-30-2010 21:57:

Can you recommend me anything from Armada that doesn't Suck?

So I happen to have a Beatport coupon for 25% off anything by Armada. And as much as I love a good deal, I still hate Armada. So does anyone know of any diamonds in the rough that are worth listening to?

Posted by orTof�nChiLd on Sep-30-2010 22:21:

no just throw yourself into the pot of doom bitch

Posted by Sand Leaper on Sep-30-2010 23:25:

Posted by Scrittah on Sep-30-2010 23:37:

Just checked, and it only applies to Armada proper.

Posted by Sand Leaper on Oct-01-2010 00:08:

Well, Armada on Beatport is just a bucketload of compilations of stuff from its various sublabels, so you could try to find some of the tracks I mentioned on those. Also, they have some neat collections of early Signum- and D-Factor-stuff that's worth checking.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-01-2010 00:34:

A lot of the stuff that is signed to any one of Armada's sub labels appear on mix compilations that are, themselves, signed to Armada, so you can pick up those tracks that way.

For example, "Benz & MD- Turning the Curve" is released on Electronic Elements, but it appears on Markus Schulz's Ibiza '06, which is released on Armada.

Posted by Scrittah on Oct-01-2010 00:36:

OK, well I've only got enough cash for an album under $15 (crappy allowance), so is there anything so mind-blowingly awesome I just need it?

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Oct-01-2010 00:39:

This is not a deal. You are spending money for the sake of it on tracks you don't care about.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-01-2010 00:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Scrittah
OK, well I've only got enough cash for an album under $15 (crappy allowance), so is there anything so mind-blowingly awesome I just need it?

Yeah- Benz & MD- Turning the Curve

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
This is not a deal. You are spending money for the sake of it on tracks you don't care about.

Well, not entirely; as far as I understand it, he's asking for recommendations in order to determine if there is anything worth caring about, and thus worth spending money on.

Unless you just have every intention of taking advantage of this coupon in order to pick up some new tracks, regardless as to whether or not they resonate with you.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Oct-01-2010 00:53:

The point of such sales is to raise an artificial interest - a track you wouldn't normally bother with is suddenly sold to you under the pretext of a bargain.

What I'm saying is that unless you find something mind-blowing (unlikely) don't buy anything. Spend the $15 on music you really want.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-01-2010 01:05:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The point of such sales is to raise an artificial interest - a track you wouldn't normally bother with is suddenly sold to you under the pretext of a bargain.

What I'm saying is that unless you find something mind-blowing (unlikely) don't buy anything. Spend the $15 on music you really want.

Sales like this generally tap heavily into my back catalog scouring, though. There's a slew of older material that I've just constantly postponed picking up in favor of newer content that I've recently come across, despite my true fondness for it.

In many respects, it feels analogous to browsing for DVD's, and coming across a heavily discounted copy of a film that you've seen, you've enjoyed, and that you like the idea of owning, though could never be bothered to purchase because there's just a fresher selection to pick from, in which case the bargain price is the incentive you finally needed to make the purchase. I do concede, though, that scenarios like this call into question the extent of which something is truly 'wanted.'

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Oct-01-2010 01:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Sales like this generally tap heavily into my back catalog scouring, though. There's a slew of older material that I've just constantly postponed picking up in favor of newer content that I've recently come across, despite my true fondness for it.

You don't need to ask TA about that material. It should already be in your hold bin.

Posted by Goebbel Goebbel on Oct-01-2010 01:31:

just buy a groove armada cd and pretend you never heard of this label.

Posted by stealthman on Oct-01-2010 02:03:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
This is not a deal. You are spending money for the sake of it on tracks you don't care about.

Pretty much. The bargain bin of Trance.

You'd listen to it a couple of times, get over it, then send it to the recycle bin.

Posted by capka_mala on Oct-01-2010 12:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Goebbel Goebbel
just buy a groove armada cd and pretend you never heard of this label.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Oct-01-2010 12:29:

http://www.discogs.com/Armin-van-Bu...release/1476503
http://www.discogs.com/Signum-Best-...release/1552395
http://www.discogs.com/BBE-7-Days-A...release/1758319
http://www.discogs.com/Way-Out-West...release/1947240
http://www.discogs.com/Three-N-One-...release/1842896
http://www.discogs.com/Pulser-Cloud...release/1973729
http://www.discogs.com/Insigma-Open...release/2020297

Plenty of good oldies rereleased on Armada, most people just shit on Armada without even looking what they've put out just because the recent stuff is rubbish.

Posted by RebeL9 on Oct-01-2010 13:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery

http://www.discogs.com/Insigma-Open...release/2020297

Weird that they didn't put Goldenscan's remix on that release. Good remix.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Oct-01-2010 13:31:

quote:
Originally posted by RebeL9
Weird that they didn't put Goldenscan's remix on that release. Good remix.
True, would had preferred that to the Tyas turds. But at least it has the original and Liquid Life mixes.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Oct-01-2010 14:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
http://www.discogs.com/Armin-van-Bu...release/1476503
http://www.discogs.com/Signum-Best-...release/1552395
http://www.discogs.com/BBE-7-Days-A...release/1758319
http://www.discogs.com/Way-Out-West...release/1947240
http://www.discogs.com/Three-N-One-...release/1842896
http://www.discogs.com/Pulser-Cloud...release/1973729
http://www.discogs.com/Insigma-Open...release/2020297

Plenty of good oldies rereleased on Armada, most people just shit on Armada without even looking what they've put out just because the recent stuff is rubbish.

The only one of those I'd say is worth the money is WOW's album, and that's region-locked on Armada for me anyway.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Oct-01-2010 14:24:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The only one of those I'd say is worth the money is WOW's album, and that's region-locked on Armada for me anyway.
All right, but I didn't compile that list for you anyway.

There's plenty more there, I just found those after a quick look.

Posted by Mr Game+Watch on Oct-01-2010 14:46:

Can you do sublabels? Because Electronic Elements has some good music on it. Specifically Streetwise by Envotion.

Posted by Scrittah on Oct-01-2010 20:25:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The point of such sales is to raise an artificial interest - a track you wouldn't normally bother with is suddenly sold to you under the pretext of a bargain.

What I'm saying is that unless you find something mind-blowing (unlikely) don't buy anything. Spend the $15 on music you really want.

Obviously. That's the reason I came here to you guys, rather than just buying one of the 10 billion compilations they put out a week.

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The only one of those I'd say is worth the money is WOW's album, and that's region-locked on Armada for me anyway.

Same here, which is too bad. I heard one of their tracks on a Hospital DnB compilation a while ago, and I would've liked to have listened to some more of their stuff.

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch
Can you do sublabels? Because Electronic Elements has some good music on it. Specifically Streetwise by Envotion.

quote:
Originally posted by Scrittah
Just checked, and it only applies to Armada proper.

Posted by Teezdalien on Oct-01-2010 20:40:

Here's a couple of others I used to enjoy. Pretty obvious but eh. You should also find these on Beatport.

http://www.discogs.com/Outback-Caus...t/master/118385
http://www.discogs.com/Absolute-New.../release/295603
http://www.discogs.com/Motorcycle-A...mes/master/7240
http://www.discogs.com/Andy-Moor-Halcyon/master/20302

Posted by Scrittah on Oct-01-2010 21:07:

All of those are (A State of Trance) Armada, which apparently doesn't count. Thanks anyways though.

Posted by Teezdalien on Oct-01-2010 21:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Scrittah
All of those are (A State of Trance) Armada, which apparently doesn't count. Thanks anyways though.

lol wut? Why is that?

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