I enjoy minimal for a lot of different reasons. I enjoy mixing it because it is a lot more of a challenge for me then any of the other EDM genres. The tracks have a lot more going on and allow you to be totally creative with the mixes. I simply got bored of mixing trance and house. I think it was a cross of mixing minimal and listening to it in other dj sets that really got me cought up with it. At that point I basically cought an ear for it and began to enjoy listening to it everywhere. But like already said, there are a lot of elements that run through these tracks that can only be heard and appreciated more by listening to them on a great sound system. Seeing Lawler last year just opened me up completely to the music because the tracks just felt like they exploded and the sounds were just bouncing all over the room.

If you have seen or heard any of my recent dj sets you can still hear that I have that trance influence in the minimal I play though. Shonky, for example, is a producer that I really enjoy because there is very nice melody in the minimal tracks he produces. So I like to mix it up a bit so it isn't "tick tock" all the way through the set. Which by the way, isn't such a bad thing to listen to either. I've heard a lot of those sets live and was still blown away.

some of it can be cool (and at certain times/ conditions) but i would be pissed if it was 2am in a big room full of people and the DJ is playing something that sounds like a stopwatch with a bassline at 127bpm. Buzzkill

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Originally posted by Victor Dinaire some of it can be cool (and at certain times/ conditions) but i would be pissed if it was 2am in a big room full of people and the DJ is playing something that sounds like a stopwatch with a bassline at 127bpm. Buzzkill

But what if that bassline just rolled so deep that you got this crazy feeling running through your spine that worked to your legs and made you stomp the floor harder then ever. And the stop watch sound was surrounded by these undescribable melodies that seemed to bounce from one corner of the room to the next all while there is this creaping "woosh" that began to build from absolutely nothing until it got so massive it just exploded at the last possible second before the entire track just came together with all of the sounds chugging along together as if a new track was mixed in but wasn't.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT But what if that bassline just rolled so deep that you got this crazy feeling running through your spine that worked to your legs and made you stomp the floor harder then ever. And the stop watch sound was surrounded by these undescribable melodies that seemed to bounce from one corner of the room to the next all while there is this creaping "woosh" that began to build from absolutely nothing until it got so massive it just exploded at the last possible second before the entire track just came together with all of the sounds chugging along together as if a new track was mixed in but wasn't.

i would go to the bar for a drink




dont get me wrong, some if it is cool but i dont see myself wanting to experience it during main hours. I want something with a little more kick. maybe afterhours or after afterhours

hawtin's been making minimal tracks since like mid/late 90s.. @ being a trend as of late... im tellin you its cuz europe didnt have K til not too long ago..

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I'll have to agree with most people here that minimal is definitely best on a big sound system. It really caught my ear when I heard it for the first time at a Digweed set in the Guvernment arena... HUUUGE space and a MASSIVE sound system! It's all about the subtleties and bass thumping build ups. Outside of the club I can only really listen to specific kinds of minimal, and in headphones only. I need lots of bass.

I have to say I still consider myself fairly new to it. I have more minimal vinyl than I do mp3's and mixes so recommendations are always welcome.

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Originally posted by Blake I'll have to agree with most people here that minimal is definitely best on a big sound system. It really caught my ear when I heard it for the first time at a Digweed set in the Guvernment arena... HUUUGE space and a MASSIVE sound system! It's all about the subtleties and bass thumping build ups. Outside of the club I can only really listen to specific kinds of minimal, and in headphones only. I need lots of bass. I have to say I still consider myself fairly new to it. I have more minimal vinyl than I do mp3's and mixes so recommendations are always welcome.

I can definitely agree with you Digweed plays it really well.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT But what if that bassline just rolled so deep that you got this crazy feeling running through your spine that worked to your legs and made you stomp the floor harder then ever. And the stop watch sound was surrounded by these undescribable melodies that seemed to bounce from one corner of the room to the next all while there is this creaping "woosh" that began to build from absolutely nothing until it got so massive it just exploded at the last possible second before the entire track just came together with all of the sounds chugging along together as if a new track was mixed in but wasn't.

f*ckn AMEN

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Originally posted by Victor Dinaire i would go to the bar for a drink ...

ROFL! good one...
but i think tolerance is the key (just as everywhere else too btw ;-)

plus imo if minimal works or not (interaction with crowd etc) depends HEAVILY on the location too, i am not to common with the nyc club scene yet (this will change soon tho) but i am sure there are alot of clubs, lounges where casual or even formal dresscode is required. or where the interior design is way to glamouros to make such sound work straight. it must have definitly a at least slightly industrial background to really dance ur ass of...
can be a personal thing only tho

anyway, if the dj programs a "trip" which uses every reasonable genre (house, techno, progressive, minimal, electro, techhouse blabla) and shows sophisticated versatility to take away his crowd, imo that is what rocks most.

i like it because its different and it sounds phenomenal, it can be really good or really crappy and boring tho, like hawtin for example... he can be playing really good stuff or just bleeps and a bass line here and there which can make it really boring

so it can be good or bad depending on the set, overall tho its good music

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digweed plays minimal? wtf?

this tells me that this thread is worth crap.

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