Glad you're enjoying it, guys.

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Originally posted by Syntonic I'll get to this sometime for sure. Just wondering what you think of Anthanasia - Perfect Wave (Oahu Break Dub)? I remember flipping the record over not expecting much and was blown away. Was hoping it would've made the grade.

That's a new one to me. I'll have a listen later and tell you what I think. Obviously there were loads of great tracks I could have used in this set, but you can't fit everything into an hour.

(Also I've got the 'net back in my flat now so I can finally upload those epic house mixes you've been asking for.)

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Originally posted by fbgdavidson I remember you using The Antikythera Mechanism in your Decade mix from a few years back and really liked this particular remix that I hadn't heard before.

That remix actually got a bit of a kicking on TA at the time: http://tranceaddict.com/forums/show...99#.VEZvjiLF-1s. I always thought it was really well done though, it's great to have something from TBU you can mix into this kind of material.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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The mix was sublime mate. Nothing really to say about it tbh, just a solid hour of tasty prog breaks.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J That remix actually got a bit of a kicking on TA at the time: http://tranceaddict.com/forums/show...99#.VEZvjiLF-1s. I always thought it was really well done though, it's great to have something from TBU you can mix into this kind of material.

I think it's great that when you're looking at inspiration for a mix like this you draw upon some many years worth of material yet it still sounds very current and not dated at all. You might have newer material interspersed throughout but it doesn't have the sound of a "classics mix", whether that's more down to the genre itself or your track selection I'm not entirely sure!

Just curious but when you're looking at putting together a mix like this how do you whittle down the options for the tracks, particularly as you note it's a genre with nostalgia for you so you could have epic amounts to choose from, I assume? Do you keep mental notes of certain tracks and remixes you like and mentally "bank them" for future use or do you search out afresh to some extent when putting together something like this?

I listen to all the mixes you post on here and you seem to have a vast knowledge of whole genres of EDM. On your Absorb series you hinted that you just find things on Beatport but that can't be the case for all your mixes, right?

Sorry to take this off topic a bit here, Jack. I'm a big fan of your work and the consistently excellent nature and thoughtfulness of your mixes across the EDM subgenres gets me curious.

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Originally posted by Brizzo "It's all gone Pete Tong" is actually a phrase in Europe, England I believe. Pretty sure that's where Pete Tong got his DJ name from as well.

The infamous Rojam ID. 14 years, 9 months and counting...

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Originally posted by fbgdavidson Just curious but when you're looking at putting together a mix like this how do you whittle down the options for the tracks, particularly as you note it's a genre with nostalgia for you so you could have epic amounts to choose from, I assume? Do you keep mental notes of certain tracks and remixes you like and mentally "bank them" for future use or do you search out afresh to some extent when putting together something like this?

Almost all of my mixes begin life in the same way - I'll find a couple of tracks I love so much I decide I have to use them in a mix. Sometimes this will be as a result of me searching for new music and coming across some gems. Other times it comes from me playing around having a mix and throwing tracks together - I'll mix together a really nice run of tracks and think "This would be a great intro/centrepiece/climax to a full mix". That's what happened this time - I was mixing some old prog breaks tracks and I got something good going so decided to stretch it out into a full nostalgia mix for the radio show.

Once I've got a core of tracks I definitely want to use, they dictate the mood, style and structure of the rest of the mix, and it's a case of finding a pool of 15-20 tracks that fit the bill, some of which I might already own/have in my Hold Bin and some I need to find from scratch. I'll usually find some great tracks that for whatever reason - wrong energy, wrong key, wrong vibe - won't work in the mix but can be saved for future reference.

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I listen to all the mixes you post on here and you seem to have a vast knowledge of whole genres of EDM. On your Absorb series you hinted that you just find things on Beatport but that can't be the case for all your mixes, right?

I actually don't know nearly as much as you might think - I'm just really good at trawling for tracks like a motherfucker. It really is just about rinsing Beatport as thoroughly as possible, 90% of the time. When I did that summer house mix earlier in the year I'd never heard of 90% of those artists or labels before I decided I was going to make that mix, and even now pretty much the only tracks I know in that style are the ones I found specifically for that mix. I don't get my tracks from following DJs religiously or checking tracklists and radio shows. I just go digging and trust my ears and my taste when I hear something I like. Everything interesting goes in the Hold Bin, which now has about 1,000 tracks in it.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

Thanks for the detailed response.

As someone who purely listens and doesn't throw mixes together that's really interesting. Thanks!

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Originally posted by Brizzo "It's all gone Pete Tong" is actually a phrase in Europe, England I believe. Pretty sure that's where Pete Tong got his DJ name from as well.

The infamous Rojam ID. 14 years, 9 months and counting...

Missed this. Downloading now.