Hey all,
I been listenin to pvd for a number of years now and must say, I am not exactly crazy bout the stuff he is spinning or producing right now. Anyone remember probably one of his most memorable sets ever, for me anyway, from 2001, his XXL clubnight set. The tracklisting for the first hour could have been played by Deep Dish or some other House god, and then he dabbles a bit into awesome breaks before getting into some of the best trance from that year. I will always support PVD but man, 2001 was a great fricking year for him compared to now. Which other trance djs spun sets from groovy house to melodic breaks to pumpin trance, the diversity of his older sets is definitly lacking from his more recent ones, outside of his Radio Fritz shows:
I marked the songs that defined him as eclectic and not trance only:
Paul Van Dyk - XXL Clubnight 2001
Inside All The People - Planet Funk (Virgin - VSTX DJ 1808) *
Inside All The People (Rmx) - Planet Funk (Virgin - VSTX DJ 1808)*
Feeling Good - Jimpy (Promo - Promo)
Weekend World (Rmx) - Circulation (Hooj Choons - HOOJ 109 R P)
Day Dream - M'Black (Spot On - SPOT 49)
Feeling Sorry (Rmx) - Born In The 70's feat. DJ Jack E
Different Gear - Stereo MCs (Stereo - 12)
Kick Back - Natural Born Grooves (Spot On - SPOT 48 R)
Shout (Rmx) - Sagitaire (Promo - Promo)
Crystal (Rmx) - New Order (London - NXX DJ 82) *
Ich Will (Rmx) - Rammstein (Promo - Promo) *
Vega (Rmx) - Paul van Dyk (Vandit - 010 P)
Island (Rmx) - Orinoko (3 Lanka - 3 LAN 051 R)
Interference - Connector (Promo - RR 004)
Promo - Promo (Promo - Promo)
Horizon (Rmx) - RMB (Zeitgeist - VARIOUS 28)
Read Me (Rmx) - Lexikon 4 (Promo - Promo)
Cirillo (Rmx) - Cristallo (Vandit - 11)
Diseffected - Benicio (Promo - 7004245)
Future (Rmx) - Serial Smokers (Promo - 845938)
Funk Einsatz - My Dance (Alien - 23)
My Dance - Promo (Promo - Promo)
Sunset On Ibiza - Three Drives On A Vinyl (Xtravaganza - XTRAV 27)
Central Impact - Mike Heart (Combined Forces - CF 015606)
So Alive - Sippin Soma (Promo - Promo)
Killin' Me (Rmx) - Timo Maas (Tide - TIDE NS 008) *
Rapture (Rmx) - Vaiio (Ministry Of Sound - VA II 01)
Cristalle - Viframa (MD - 77)
Promo - Promo (Promo - Promo)
Out There And Back - Paul van Dyk (Vandit - 10)
Club Attack - Solid Sleep (Vandit - 14)
Into The Night - Four Strings (Liquid - 8)
Dreamland - Nu-NRG (Vandit - 12)
Starchildren (Rmx) - Guardians Of The Earth (Promo - Promo)

i htink 2001 might have just been a better time for music.

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yea, while i agree the level of production is prob higher now than ever, it just seems after mid 2003, everything in the trance scene went downhile more or less. just my opinion, not a fact or anything, so dont flame me unless u really wanna be a pain in the butt.

just listen to pvd live at the gallery turnmills 4-4-99
my best set EVER
if i was in mood to flame with tiesto-lovers i would tell you "dont try to find the feeling that old sets had, trance is dead, tiesto killed it!"
but i'm not in the mood, so dont count the previous line