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Dystopia [deep, atmospheric prog and trance]

Runtime: 78 minutes.

Probably not the most groundbreaking mix for people who've been following Mistiquemusic and Panda Recordings, but for others this should be nice. I'm also using this as an end-of-year promo for a magazine, so it's intended to open the more trancecracker-ish readers up to some better stuff. Also, I went out and grabbed some speakers, so the mixing should be back up to my usual standard.

Thanks to my arse-pirate friend Craig for making the excellent artwork. He did it for me about 18 months ago, but I didn't manage to finish the mix that was supposed to go with it.

Making this one was kind of tough. Label and artist wise, it's not very diverse. Like Against the Grain, this could easily have been three hours long, but I want to keep the length a bit more manageable. Thus, I had to cut a slew of very interesting tracks, such as Siberian Son - Biofunk, Bart van Wissen - Cosmic Superhero, Kenny Burke - G.A.C.R., Claes Rosen - Grenadines, R-Tem - Cloud of Sound (Proff Remix) and Subtara's Computer Technology, which is incidentally my favourite track of his. Nonetheless, I'm very happy with this. I hope you will be, too.


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Ha. I'm toying with a prog mix I'm half-happy with that has Biofunk on it. Also I found that bit of artwork when I was thinking of making artwork for Post Apocalyptic Transmissions.

Tell me more about the magazine promo thing.

Gonna listen to this today actually. Still have to listen to Against the Grain but I have a feeling I might like this one a little more.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Ha. I'm toying with a prog mix I'm half-happy with that has Biofunk on it. Also I found that bit of artwork when I was thinking of making artwork for Post Apocalyptic Transmissions. Tell me more about the magazine promo thing.

Great minds...?

Yeah, I fully mixed Biofunk in, and two tracks after it. Then I decided I wasn't happy with the flow and went back and changed it all. Great track though - quite unique compared to most contemporary music around that BPM.

The magazine promo is nothing interesting like a CD. I've been writing a column for two years and never shared any of my mixes there, so I decided now would be a good time. It'll just be a soundcloud link.

I gon listen to the fuck outta this mix. Whoo-wee.

This went down really well. I'm gonna say that no single track stood out to me from the rest, but instead it was a smooth, consistent ride form start to finish. Mixing was flawless as far as I could tell. Tracks were nicely melodic and weren't too fluffy at all, which is often a problem with this kind of music in 2010. There were nice bass lines and enough of a groove that it helped provide momentum while I was working out. I wish there were a few "special moments" here and there but maybe that's not what you were going for, if that makes any sense. Also, I'm not sure that any of the sounds really brought to mind images of a dystopian world, in fact the opposite if anything. I mean to each to his own, but the music was too colorful for me to feel that way.

Very good overall.

Damn, still haven't had time to listen to the last one, and now there's another one?!

Will check it out for sure, looks good.

gimmegimme

You've certainly been buying some really nice music lately. Enjoyed this a lot. More consistent than against the grain as you mentioned, it was tight, really tight. I think the track around the half hour mark was my highlight of the mix, great tune. Definitely getting more plays from me.

It took me two listens to form a proper opinion, and it's still not an overwhelmingly great one. I enjoyed the set, it was jam packed with beautiful, lush, proggy tunes and the flow and mixing were flawless as usual. However, even after two listens, I couldn't find a single track in there that stood out, or that I liked particularly more than any of the others. It was a nice set, but unfortunately, didn't really impact me that much. Thanks for the music though! I hope your next set is a monster.

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Originally posted by Teezdalien You've certainly been buying some really nice music lately. Enjoyed this a lot. More consistent than against the grain as you mentioned, it was tight, really tight. I think the track around the half hour mark was my highlight of the mix, great tune. Definitely getting more plays from me.

Thanks for listening. I listened to Dynomite again today while I was working out. My girlfriend came in and she was like "what the fuck is this crap?"

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Originally posted by Adam420 This went down really well. I'm gonna say that no single track stood out to me from the rest, but instead it was a smooth, consistent ride form start to finish. Mixing was flawless as far as I could tell. Tracks were nicely melodic and weren't too fluffy at all, which is often a problem with this kind of music in 2010. There were nice bass lines and enough of a groove that it helped provide momentum while I was working out. I wish there were a few "special moments" here and there but maybe that's not what you were going for, if that makes any sense. Also, I'm not sure that any of the sounds really brought to mind images of a dystopian world, in fact the opposite if anything. I mean to each to his own, but the music was too colorful for me to feel that way. Very good overall.

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Originally posted by ziptnf It took me two listens to form a proper opinion, and it's still not an overwhelmingly great one. I enjoyed the set, it was jam packed with beautiful, lush, proggy tunes and the flow and mixing were flawless as usual. However, even after two listens, I couldn't find a single track in there that stood out, or that I liked particularly more than any of the others. It was a nice set, but unfortunately, didn't really impact me that much. Thanks for the music though! I hope your next set is a monster.

Thanks for listening guys. Yeah, I kind of agree; there are no particularly stand-out/unique tracks in this mix. However, the overall quality hopefully overrides that issue.

quite nice, it had some atmosphere, some nice tunes. big ups on playing subtle's tunes, underrated producer.

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Originally posted by montana quite nice, it had some atmosphere, some nice tunes. big ups on playing subtle's tunes, underrated producer.

Thanks again for listening. I've seen Subtle posting around here, but I had absolutely no idea that he's Subtara. We certainly have some talented producers on this forum.

Thanks for the support, i dont get much buzz so its always nice to see some.

I have always considered Black Crystal to be one of the worst tracks ive put out, and Space Exploration pherhaps the coolest.

Nice mix too, will check your other ones as well.

Cheers, I can't imagine how good it must be hearing your original tracks being played and loved by strangers.

This mix includes three of your tracks:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...66#post10743466

I listened to this through the other day, and really liked it. There were quite a few standout moments for me, especially towards the middle (one song with a massive washy synth sound really got me). Definitely need to take a few more listens since prog usually has a lot of subtleties that you miss the first time through. Love the artwork too btw!

Bump.

Really enjoyed this. Great mix.

I'll give it a few more listens before I try to be any more specific.

Listened to this twice back to back. Overall lush and atmospheric, gets colorful in the 2nd half. Both tracks by Subtara are the standout ones for me. The synth melody of Black Crystal comes cutting in like a saw. Track selection in the 2nd half could have been better though. All the tunes were new for me, coz I just got into this style after a long break. Have been listening to mostly downtempo and psychill in the past few years.

Mixing is top notch and smooth and sometimes it's hard to notice where one tracks ends and the other begins which is nice. Sound quality is great, thanks for the 320 bitrate.
I didn't like your font selection for the art work. It's kinda hard to read the track list. Yeah a minor thing but I wanted to say it..so there.

Track list:
1. Time Wave - Void (Intro Mix) [00:00] 4.5/5
2. Tropical Highlight - Feeling My Soul [08:20] 3.5/5
3. Neoplastik- Physical Reaction (Faskil Remix) [15:30] 3.5/5
4. Timewave - Desolate World [??] 4/5
5. Subtara - Space Exploration [27:30] 5/5
6. Subtara - Black Crystal [33:20] 5/5
7. Timewave - Exodus [38:20] 3.5/5
8. Loquai - Helios (Kay-D Remix) [44:30] 3.5/5
9. Sergey Post - City [50:15] 3.5/5
10. Kay-D - Sunday Night [56:50] 3/5
11. Eryo - Hope and Desperation [64:20] 3.5/5
12. Kultrun - Drift Away [71:00] 4/5

Timings in the brackets are not accurate coz that's my guess work. It would be nice if a cue list is provided in the future.
Finally, many thanks for this. If you have any other deep progressive mixes, let me know.

Great prog trance mix,beautiful flow,really love this one

Hrvoje, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for downloading.

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Originally posted by P:T:X Listened to this twice back to back. Overall lush and atmospheric, gets colorful in the 2nd half. Both tracks by Subtara are the standout ones for me. The synth melody of Black Crystal comes cutting in like a saw. Track selection in the 2nd half could have been better though. All the tunes were new for me, coz I just got into this style after a long break. Have been listening to mostly downtempo and psychill in the past few years. Mixing is top notch and smooth and sometimes it's hard to notice where one tracks ends and the other begins which is nice. Sound quality is great, thanks for the 320 bitrate. I didn't like your font selection for the art work. It's kinda hard to read the track list. Yeah a minor thing but I wanted to say it..so there. Track list: 1. Time Wave - Void (Intro Mix) [00:00] 4.5/5 2. Tropical Highlight - Feeling My Soul [08:20] 3.5/5 3. Neoplastik- Physical Reaction (Faskil Remix) [15:30] 3.5/5 4. Timewave - Desolate World [??] 4/5 5. Subtara - Space Exploration [27:30] 5/5 6. Subtara - Black Crystal [33:20] 5/5 7. Timewave - Exodus [38:20] 3.5/5 8. Loquai - Helios (Kay-D Remix) [44:30] 3.5/5 9. Sergey Post - City [50:15] 3.5/5 10. Kay-D - Sunday Night [56:50] 3/5 11. Eryo - Hope and Desperation [64:20] 3.5/5 12. Kultrun - Drift Away [71:00] 4/5 Timings in the brackets are not accurate coz that's my guess work. It would be nice if a cue list is provided in the future. Finally, many thanks for this. If you have any other deep progressive mixes, let me know.

Thanks for listening. Most of my other mixes have cue sheets, but I've stopped bothering because CDs are becoming fairly redundant. I have several other mixes available in my signature ('mix archive'), but I wouldn't classify any of them as deep as this.

edit: I'm just re-listening to this myself. Fuck, Desolate World is such an amazing track. The build, with the one-off female vocal, the break, and then that heart-breakingly beautiful synth that soars overhead in the second part of the track.

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