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-- Jack Moss - Welcome To The Future [Progressive]
Jack Moss - Welcome To The Future [Progressive]
01. Nanoplex - Room 101 (James Monro Remix) [Iboga]
02. Denis A - Black Sun (Guy Mantzur & Sahar Z Remix) [Dar]
03. Habischman - Moan [Knee Deep In Sound]
04. Orsen - Cloudspotting [Sudbeat]
05. Pardon Moi - Power to the People (Damon Jee Remix) [Roam]
06. Andrea Giudice - Ki Ke (Habischman Remix) [NONSTOP]
07. Planisphere - Memento [Bonzai]
08. Montel - First Light [Bedrock]
09. Dusky - Bowed [17 Steps]
10. Kobana - Together (Nikko.Z Remix) [Proton]
11. Jackie Mayden - Raver Crystals (Kastis Torrau Remix) [90watts]
12. Guy J - Algorithm (Henry Saiz Remix) [Sudbeat]
13. Christian Smith - Traction (Paride Saraceni Remix) [Tronic]
14. D-Nox & Beckers - Forbidden History [Plattenbank]
15. Way Out West - Tuesday Maybe (Guy J Remix) [Anjunadeep]
16. Wally Lopez - Sphera (Steve Parry Remix) [Selador]
This was recorded live on new year's eve at a house party in Manchester. As it was NYE and something of a celebratory event, I basically decided to play a lot of my favourite tracks of 2017, along with a few relative oldies that I've pulled back into the box recently. For anyone who thinks modern progressive house is too floaty and pretty, I do hope you give this set a listen.
Knowing more than half of the tracks here, should be a fun listen.
Kudos on the Orsen track, been a recent favorite as well.
Yes, this is very much a "big tunes" set. Some of these, particularly First Light, Raver Crystals and Algorithm, are ones I've had for ages now but have only been playing to myself at home, so I just wanted to have fun throwing them into a set. Cloudpotting is an evil tune.
Definitely in on this one. Excited!
Will be giving this one a listen at a suitable opportunity 
Ok tonight is the night I�m finally gonna listen to this one mate. Keep in touch 
I'll be interested to know if you enjoy it. This is extremely peak time, and I know you are the dream-weaver supreme.
Here we go with a quick Deeve review.
While, as the creator of this mix rightfully points out, I�ve recently rather been into Melodic/Dreamy Deep House, you gotta keep in mind where I musically come from in the 90s/early 00s. Which is: Progressive House, the likes of Sasha, Digweed, Deep Dish, Howells, Warren, WoW, Cattaneo, Seaman, Pole Folder etc. You know what I�m talking about.
Hence, I definitely appreciate progressive/peak time sets.
Listening to Welcome to the Future, I was first taken by surprise as the set really takes of at 100% instead of building things up. I acknowledged that and let myself drown into the beats. Then, I noticed that the first tracks don�t only include the dreamy/deep bass sounds of progressive, but also some acid-ish elements - which makes the overall vibe even more peaktime-style. However, I kept on listening further and further as the driving progressive beats already had me. The thing is, the flaw- and seamless mixing made this the often-quoted journey you expect when listening to a DJ set. I listened to this set for the first time together with wifey in an evening/having a drink setting, and then during a home office day while working. While this set is certainly not intended for cozy home settings - it just worked both times. Great programming, flawless mixing, amazing journey. Only thing is that I�d usually expect some kind of build up, be it 1-2 prog break tracks or simply the more moody side of progressive before bangin� it out. But hey, it depends on the mood and on the type of set you wanna create, so that�s fine.
To sum up, although I usually enjoy listening to slower Deep House sets these days - this was quite a journey, mood-wise taking me back to the early 00s 
! Well done Jack. Keep �em comin�! Cheers mate.
fantastic, nice to finally hear some prog with testicles.
I've listened to this several times now - it's definately amongst your finest mixes! It opens up with a nice tough track and having seen the tracklist prior to listening I was scratching my head thinking 'how are you going to get from this in to a floaty, dreamy number like Black Sun?'. I was really impressed by how smooth the transition was - I would never have thought to put them together but it works like a charm!
I think the run of tracks that follow this is my favourite section of the mix - I urgently crated tracks 3, 4 and 5, and can't wait to play them at my next gig. 'Moan' is a great mix of driving prog beats and handbag house vocals, without getting cheesey, and 'Power To The People' is a sheer genious mix of tough robotic house grooves and an old school trancy lead which had me grinning like an idiot when I first heard it!
The sounds and styles continue to vary nicely but maintaining a really solid flow which never faulters. Was nice to hear you use 'Momento' amongst artists, and that was followed by some more slamming techno tracks.
The mix takes a quick pause for breath with 'Raver Crystals' before slamming in one of the biggest tracks of the mix - the awesome Henry Saiz mix of Guy J - absolutely loved it!
I felt you dialled it down quite nicely after that to set yourself up for the grand finale in the shape of the dark, tribal banger, 'sphera' - a really strong end to a great set
So there you go - I couldn't find a fault with it (and I really do enjoy criticising your work too) ;-) Great job!
Cheers guys, much appreciated. I might use "Prog with testicles" as my Soundcloud bio.
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| Originally posted by JonDC (and I really do enjoy criticising your work too) ;-) |
Hey Jack, I apologize for the very late comment on this mix.
I gotta say, I must have listened to this at least 5 times at my house and a good 10 times at work. From when I downloaded it it was on repeat for a good week.
The transitions were solid, in-key and nothing that detracted from the overall feel of the mix at all. Highlight of the set for me was most definitely Way Out West - Tuesday Maybe (Guy J Remix) [Anjunadeep]... partly because I've also had that tune on repeat ever since it was released 
My only complaint with this mix is that I did not feel the last track was warranted. Maybe it was me but I feel as though Tuesday Maybe was the right place to end it. That being said, I understand it was a live mix so it's all good. I probably wouldn't be able to resist playing more either
Cheers Chris. As I said above, I'd originally had it in my head to close on Tuesday Maybe, but it didn't pan out like that. I really like that remix of Sphera but I'm never quite sure how to use it in a set, because it just builds endlessly. It just felt like a good opportunity to play it. I think the good thing about finishing on a long builder is that people can tune out if they've had enough, and structurally they're not missing anything, but people who like the tune (like Jon) can keep listening right to the end.
Christian Smith - Traction (Paride Saraceni Remix)
Wow, very nice track.
Wasn't' here for this but now I'm in. Downloading, always a big fan of your mixes Jack so far for what I can obviously tell from the waveform that its evenly leveled in volume with no transients popping in there and its nice and loud, I'm jealous...
Alright enough of that, will come back for a proper review of this monster of a mix.
Alright, well now, where were we, aha on to the review:
I can tell you were not the first DJ to open up for this party cuz I wouldn't start right with the fire to begin with. After transition one is where the journey begins evolve into somewhat deep, dark & dancy. After that I can hear you took your time on the 2nd transition which is ok but not bad, I would of dropped things earlier and transition from subass to subass to keep the flow going. Anyhow, good track pick love the vocals on Habischman - Moan great to keep the crowd dancing. Whoa, after that you took things to a new level with Orsen & Pardon Moi, those vocoder robotic Vox really stood with me.
Here is my grip that I have with this mix, I don't know where you took things after Moi's track and transitioned to Ki Ke (Habischman Remix), it felt like all that energy went to a stop or quite possible you saw the crowd getting tired and needed a break, I would like to hear from you on this one about it.
Believe it or not the whole process I that I wrote in the first paragraph repeats it self, you build up to supreme energy and then there is a small length of drop of flow when transition to raver crystals together. I'm not expert on keys but this could be due to key energy change, I know you know more than I do.
After crystals is where things get to my style of passion in taste. Algorithm, Traction, Forbidden History, Tuesday Maybe. This is how to end a set, just like Digweed, and just like Sasha, peak hour time right here on these ending 4 transitions, well done mate.
Last tune, eh, someone said it on here, doesn't fit.
Now on the technical aspect, flawless mixing and like I said before, great overall volume mix down also., thanks for sharing its been a pleasure man.
Thanks for the review. I don't have quite the same interpretation of a few of the moments you've described. With Moan, the proper kick in the track comes in after about 60 seconds, which is where I swapped the bass over. The only way I could bring it in earlier would be to start the mix earlier in Black Sun, and then there would have been a big mess of conflicting pads.
With both Ki Ke and Raver Crystals I felt like going from quite an anthemic tune into more of a heads-down groove. I like using bridging tunes like these, rather than getting into an arms race of anthems. With a peak time set when the energy is starting at a fairly high level already, it's not really possible to go upwards with every tune. I prefer to level things off at key moments and build back up again. And I personally don't think Ki Ke lacks any energy, and it's not like it flattened the (albeit small) crowd I played to. But then, everyone interprets every tune as a coordinate in their own personal matrix of taste and influence.
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Thanks for the review. |
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I don't have quite the same interpretation of a few of the moments you've described. With Moan, the proper kick in the track comes in after about 60 seconds, which is where I swapped the bass over. The only way I could bring it in earlier would be to start the mix earlier in Black Sun, and then there would have been a big mess of conflicting pads. |
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J With both Ki Ke and Raver Crystals I felt like going from quite an anthemic tune into more of a heads-down groove. I like using bridging tunes like these, rather than getting into an arms race of anthems. With a peak time set when the energy is starting at a fairly high level already, it's not really possible to go upwards with every tune. I prefer to level things off at key moments and build back up again. And I personally don't think Ki Ke lacks any energy, and it's not like it flattened the (albeit small) crowd I played to. But then, everyone interprets every tune as a coordinate in their own personal matrix of taste and influence. |
Looking forward to chucking this one on. No doubt it'll involve some quality tunes that have been expertly mixed together to flow through a wonderful experience of moods just like your previous sets.
A house party playing cutting edge progressive music and not top 40. Nice.
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