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Originally posted by spc Haha yeah! You took the words out of my mouth.. I was in the same situation as well... I would have killed to see Oakey in 99

Yeah me too, unforunitely I saw him when he starting to go downhill...around 2001, 2002...he still released some good mixed CDs, but when I saw him live at the Area: One, he was kind of disapointing....Carl Cox was much better as a live DJ IMO. Oakenfold I thought was better with mixed CDs/essential mixes, but I've been told that back in his Twilo days in the late 90s and his mixes at Amnesia and Space in Ibiza..were amazing. Had a few live sets from back then...they are long lost...

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Originally posted by wotyzoid NO THIS IS NOT ANOTHER TRANCE IS DEAD THREAD, but i've been curious, if people complain about the current state of the musical scene, why dont dj's simply play some of the older stuff. I know that us noobs wouldn't even notice since we dont even know half the tracks played at an even, but how would you guys that know a lot feel if a dj came and played a wonderful set but mostly composed of older songs?

ive actually been giving this alot of thought lately. pretty much all of the dance music that i listen to is from the 90s and itd be absolutely kickass to go to an event that had the djs playing all the old school stuff.

it's not that trance is dead, the trance "sound" is dead.

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I have mixed feelings. I'd be disappointed if I arrived expecting a regular club night and instead got a a string of back-to-back classics (a la Clubber's Guide to Trance or someting). Although they're classics for a reason, many have been played to death.

I'd be more impressed if I went clubbing and the DJ played a ton of old tunes I hadn't heard. If my friends and I went out tonight and heard Jason Porter playing tracks from his Trellis mix, we could easily be tricked into thinking that he was playing the best new discoveries from 2007, rather than forgotten gems of 1994. I very much encourage DJs to play older tunes, but dig into the back catalogue, don't settle for well-known classics.

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Originally posted by DJ Dingel I have mixed feelings. I'd be disappointed if I arrived expecting a regular club night and instead got a a string of back-to-back classics (a la Clubber's Guide to Trance or someting). Although they're classics for a reason, many have been played to death. I'd be more impressed if I went clubbing and the DJ played a ton of old tunes I hadn't heard. If my friends and I went out tonight and heard Jason Porter playing tracks from his Trellis mix, we could easily be tricked into thinking that he was playing the best new discoveries from 2007, rather than forgotten gems of 1994. I very much encourage DJs to play older tunes, but dig into the back catalogue, don't settle for well-known classics.

agreed

lol?

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the thing is that those DJs that sometimes throws in one or two old tunes ALWAYS plays the already played to death classics. There are tons and tons of old tune from early to mid 90s which are excellent (Superstition records, Rising High etc) and sound fresch today.
I would love to hear a DJ play oldies which I don't recognice. Imagine going to a club and the DJ plays a set like that Jason Porter 1994 set of all unknown but awesome tunes. That would be the bomb.

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Originally posted by DJ Dingel I have mixed feelings. I'd be disappointed if I arrived expecting a regular club night and instead got a a string of back-to-back classics (a la Clubber's Guide to Trance or someting). Although they're classics for a reason, many have been played to death. I'd be more impressed if I went clubbing and the DJ played a ton of old tunes I hadn't heard. If my friends and I went out tonight and heard Jason Porter playing tracks from his Trellis mix, we could easily be tricked into thinking that he was playing the best new discoveries from 2007, rather than forgotten gems of 1994. I very much encourage DJs to play older tunes, but dig into the back catalogue, don't settle for well-known classics.

lol you stole all my comments

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Originally posted by DJ Dingel I'd be more impressed if I went clubbing and the DJ played a ton of old tunes I hadn't heard. If my friends and I went out tonight and heard Jason Porter playing tracks from his Trellis mix, we could easily be tricked into thinking that he was playing the best new discoveries from 2007, rather than forgotten gems of 1994. I very much encourage DJs to play older tunes, but dig into the back catalogue, don't settle for well-known classics.

Although it isn't the late 90's trance sound in particular I'm looking for, I'm feeling the same lately.

I've given up on trying to find the best of the newest releases and started to dig into older progressive stuff instead, because that sound is much more appealing to me. I'd love to see some DJ's do the same when I go out. And, indeed, not just playing the obvious hits in the genre, but show they really spent time digging.

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Thanks for answering my question guys. I was scared you guys were gone, ill definately keep this in mind as i start to go deeper in the field.

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old over-played tracks = bad; old unheard off or not as beaten to death tracks = good.

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