Thanks for the bump and the positive feedback. I actually found it very hard to find anyone who sounds like Praha- ethereal, tribal, energetic...

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I've read the book twice. Will dl and listen later...

Finished the book on Sunday, this seems like a odd coincedence.

Will download it over lunch, probably finish listening to it once i get home.

Edit: Nevermind megaupload blocked at work, i guess it will wait till i get home

Finally got around to DLing this. The net connection in the new apartment sucks compared to what I had on campus. Will give feedback later.

Really nice mix, I also read the book and obviously saw Apocalypse now that has took inspiration from it. Loved the Praha tracks, but generally is difficult to find a weak track and the flow is really good.

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Originally posted by Trancefxs Really nice mix, I also read the book and obviously saw Apocalypse now that has took inspiration from it. Loved the Praha tracks, but generally is difficult to find a weak track and the flow is really good.

Thanks a lot.

I'm glad everyone's enjoying the Praha section, which was intended to invoke the part of the novel when they're travelling up-river to the constant sound of native drums and the sense of time and civilisation is getting lost to the increasing intensity of the surroundings. I also put the remix of "Outlaw" at the end to signify Kurtz's introduction at the end of this section of the book- he is the "outlaw" who has stepped outside the laws and standards of his former society.

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> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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Well, I am ashamed to say that as a phil/comp. religions major I've never read Heart of Darkness, so I had no idea as to whether or not the concept of this mix mapped onto the book well.

As a mix standing on its own two feet, however, it's another bomb from you.

I'll say this much as far as criticism goes, the beginning felt like it wandered a bit. I'm not sure that I can really be more specific than that, but it just kind of felt a bit eclectic, and like you were really working hard to kind of lay a foundation for the end, but that in setting up the Praha section through the end, it was a bit all over the map. Taken in context of the set as a whole, it works, but to be honest when I first started to work my way through it I definitely had my doubts as to whether or not it was going to find direction (at least in my mind).

The Praha section really brought all that together, though it wasn't my favorite part of the set - the end was just madness. Utter fucking madness. It just felt like you spent the whole of the beginning of the set finding your way to that Schiller tune, and those last three just made me chair-rave, hard.

Nice work again, J. I've always enjoyed your work, and again, I'm happy to see you coming back with more and more this year. Keep it up.

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Thanks for the praise. Two points:

1. With regards the wandering thing- check out the track titles- "Compass Error", "Landmark"- the first section of the book is where Marlow leaves England and ends up in the Belgian Congo, encountering a dizzying array of scenes of cruelty and madness on the way there. The feeling of displacement and not being on solid ground were the intention for the opening. Taken out of context that will lose its meaning though, which is fair enough.

2. I'm really happy you used the terming "finding your way" to the Schiller track, because that's exactly what the point was. That track was the part of the book where Marlow finally meets Kurtz and sits talking to him while Kurtz dies of malaria. The glockenspiel was the "bell tolling" as it were for Kurtz, and that really was the epiphanous moment of the novel, the event it all builds up to.

In short, I was really pleased to hear that from you. In other news, I promised you I'd listen to one of your mixes at least a month ago, but I got a huge backlog of stuff to listen to and now you've posted another mix and at some point I'm going to have to give you some reviews in return, which I've been telling myself I must get round to.

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> 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

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J In other news, I promised you I'd listen to one of your mixes at least a month ago, but I got a huge backlog of stuff to listen to and now you've posted another mix and at some point I'm going to have to give you some reviews in return, which I've been telling myself I must get round to.

No worries - I listen to and "review" music because it's what I like to do, not because I ever expect anything in return.



The new one might be the only thing I've done in a while I can see you really enjoying (if only due to the Bedrock comparisons), but who knows - people's taste in here really tends to surprise me.

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I think Oakey did something similar like this. Downloading and I'll give it a listen later tonight!

(Google tells me Oakey did Alice in Wonderland and Oliver Twist.)

It seems he did a lot more than that: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...153723-p-1.html. I'd never even heard of this "Urban Soundtracks" thing, but it seems he did a whole bunch of novels- including Heart Of Darkness, the immense bastard.

Well that's my thunder thoroughly stolen, although it seems Oakey's mixes are loosely themed sets with some narration and related tracks interspersed in a standard mix.

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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/