I might seem to spend a lot of time slating recent trance to many of you, but that doesn't mean I've given up on it. And it's records like this that restore my faith.

It's fooking awesome. Thumping. Melodic. Well produced. Acid! There should be more acid in trance. The strange thing is that nobody seems to have noticed it (unless I'm really late). Great stuff, check it out. More of this stuff in 2006, please.

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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/

Talking about the Lower the Tone ?

Aye. I wrote it just as the first disc ended- so I don't know if the DJ mix and extra stuff is any good yet. But the actual artist album part is mint.

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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/

askew is allright, his style is a continuation of pvd's old banging style. i like his "no nonsense, no big break, no big vocals" style. will possibly pick up the album

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"I believe that's referred to as intelligent drum & bass, which obviously means there's a genre of stupid drum & bass out there" (John Peel)

His DJing has sadly become increasingly watered down and fluffy over the last 3 years. He still knows how to provide trance with some proper guts without fannying about with silly breakdowns or twinkly melodies though, which is always welcome. Will check this.

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"Wenn du dich zum Untergrund zählst, reicht es nicht, es nur zu sagen. Du musst auch viel graben, um es zu werden."

Any man with the balls to label a disc 'Live as Fucking Fuck' earns points in my book

definately gotta check this out. saw him play a while back. plus talked to him for a while too, nice guy. knows his stuff.

samples pleaze?

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper His DJing has sadly become increasingly watered down and fluffy over the last 3 years. He still knows how to provide trance with some proper guts without fannying about with silly breakdowns or twinkly melodies though, which is always welcome. Will check this.

I've been listening to some of the live disc, and it's alright. The sound quality is deliberately rough, a very "live" feel with the MC and crowd noises. I enjoyed what I heard, but the actual artist album bit is much better.

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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/

Big fan of him live, will have to check out the album.

Great Album,

Nail Gun being my favourite track, does exactly what it says on the tin.

also some interesting material on some of the discs

picked this up a while ago ... it's a bit disappointing that 'nailgun'/'all or nothing' were the only 2 new tracks on there.

the live set is well past it's sell-by-date and the only decent thing on cd3 is the 'kiss outakes'

all said though it's great to have his back catalogue on cd.