finally, something I like from anjunadeep. 5/5 love every track. Ubiquitination if favourite.

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Originally posted by MSZ finally, something I like from anjunadeep. 5/5 love every track.

Michael Cassette's recent 'Ghost In The Machine' is actually quite good:

http://soundcloud.com/anjunadeep/se...-in-the-machine

I think my confidence in the Anjuna brand is slowly being restored.

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost Michael Cassette's recent 'Ghost in the Machine' is actually quite good: http://soundcloud.com/anjunadeep/se...-in-the-machine I think my confidence in the Anjuna brand is slowly being restored.

not my cup of tea.

edit* thank you anjunadeep / stephen for inspiration.

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Such a boring release, i was listening to a Kroos tune while checking this thread out, but its something from the past when he was making trance and not generic prog house

Stephen's past 2 eps have been rockin!

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Fucking hell, this is really good. When I was reading the blurb I was thinking "Dave Clarke and Laurent Garnier played Anjunadeep?" but when you listen to this you can hear why.

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Originally posted by trancedanne Such a boring release, i was listening to a Kroos tune while checking this thread out, but its something from the past when he was making trance and not generic prog house

This is not "generic prog house", for Christ's sake. Although anything outside trance is probably foreign territory to you.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Fucking hell, this is really good. When I was reading the blurb I was thinking "Dave Clarke and Laurent Garnier played Anjunadeep?" but when you listen to this you can hear why. This is not "generic prog house", for Christ's sake. Although anything outside trance is probably foreign territory to you.

I gotta say I'm really surprised you're digging this. Even I think it's just good at best. Track 3 stood out to me the most, followed by 4. 1 and 2 seemed really average for some reason.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.

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Originally posted by Adam420 I gotta say I'm really surprised you're digging this. Even I think it's just good at best. Track 3 stood out to me the most, followed by 4. 1 and 2 seemed really average for some reason.

I'm the other way around on which tracks I like, although I still enjoy the whole EP. I know it's nothing new or groundbreaking, but I'm really enjoying the combination of Detroit and deep house... reminds me of the "real" tech house of the late 80s, and has a "warm techno" feel I'm very fond of. I tend to get turned off by techy sounds that are too sterile and processed. This has a looseness about the rhythms and a vibrancy to the synth timbres that I'd really love to dance to.

Here's another techno track I like that has this feel about it. Let me know if you enjoy this:

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I gotta say I'm even more surprised now

Ethereal is a fantastic track and I'm a big fan of Vince Watson's work in general. But, like I said, I'm even more confused now since I really wouldn't expect you to compare it with this EP.

I'm pretty sure that Vince produces on an all-analogue set up and you can really hear that in his tracks. This EP, for the most part, sounds, using your own terms, quite "sterile and processed" to me. Almost pretentious even. It doesn't come close to having the warmth that is present in Watson's track. I dunno, I mean I can sorta see what you're saying, particularly when it comes to the synths, but I've been after music like this for a few years now and the Anjunadeep EP, for the most part, does not do it for me.

Edit: and I think it's fair to say that we both appreciate when music is able to give us a certain feeling, like we're being transported to a place we've never even been to. I dunno, this just doesn't come close to having that effect.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.

I don't think Kroos is on the same level as Vince Watson, but I think this EP sounds way less sterile and processed than most modern tech house and tech prog. I know an Anjunadeep EP from a Dutch ex-trance producer is never going to win many techno purist points (even if Dave Clarke does play it), but this sounds a lot more on-point than so much of the Detroit and Chicago-referencing tech about these days. I get more of a Vince Watson vibe than a Shlomi Aber vibe.

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Fair enough, and I agree with you on some of those points. I'll probably check this out again on the weekend when my ears are not as tired, and my opinion might change drastically.

Anyway, speaking of chicago and detroit referencing, have you checked Beatport's deep house section as of late? Man, that section of the site has gone to shit like you would not believe. Every 3rd track (and I do mean this almost literally) has either some black dude talking about being deep and shit like that, or some black diva vocals going on about house music and whatnot. It's almost sickening to me. I don't understand why the European hipsters like this so much. It's not as cool as they think, lol.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.