Hey thanks for the feedback Jack. Would you mind pointing out where you felt those key clashes occurred? Just so I know for future reference, to avoid making those mistakes again. To be honest I knew that the Steve Moore and Instra:mental tracks didn't necessarily fit with the theme, but I liked how they sat in the mix so I decided to go with them. Sometimes I make compromises and perhaps in the future it's best to avoid doing that.

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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.

The mix into L'Esperanza stood out for me, especially as things had been so smooth until then. I felt you held them together for way too long, when a quick fade would have minimised the damage. And the transition around 92 minutes in was really distracting to me. I find that if you're going to mix harmonically incompatible tracks together, keep pads out of the transition at all costs as they sound really sour.

Also, although it wasn't terrible, the mix into Petar Dundov wasn't in key, and I think such a clever set-piece like that would have sounded better if the tracks melted into each other.

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Thanks for pointing those out Jack. Sometimes one can be blinded by pride in their own work so I ultimately appreciate people like you bringing me back down to earth. Still very happy with this one all in all and I'm extremely glad that you enjoyed it for the most part.

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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.

Finally got around to listening to this. I apologize for the long wait Adam I am just going to quote Stu because he pretty much hit it on the nail of the head for me.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I loved this. I have to echo Nick's words though, I thought you over-did it with the birds (and that's coming from me, as a bird nutter :P ). Those sounds just didn't fit, in some places. The flow was great, I thought. I like mixes that go up and down. Gives it some "personality" for use of a better word. It's like an album, a bit, but mixed. And the tunes themselves work well together.

Flow was really good. Kinda like Jack's recent dub techno mix. Plenty of valleys and peaks here. In an ambitious and long mix like this you kind of need those valleys and peaks to keep the listener interested. This definitely sounds like an album; one that is worth keeping around for a LONG time.

I also didn't think the mix into L'Esperanza was bad at all. Birds definitely could have been axed in a few sections of the mix though.

My thoughts mate

Thanks Chris, didn't see your comment there.

And thanks to all those that took the time to listen.

Part 2 should be ready in early-mid January.

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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'm still waiting for Part 2 of your melodic techno mix.

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Wanted to reply to this for a while but I couldn't find the topic any more for some reason, even with google. It's bound to happen sometimes on an overcrowded subforum like this I guess, but I must surely have been on crack or something because I managed to find it straight away just now. Consequently though I'm not as fresh on it now as I have been but I've listened to it extensively over the new year period and still have a decent idea of how it went.

First off this is easily my favourite mix of yours that I've heard. I like the way it's set up and the bird recordings did a good job in pulling it all together. I do echo the sentiment that at some parts they felt out of place, although due to what I've said before I can't pinpoint exactly were these are any more. At times they were either clashing with the percussion or just needed to be pushed back a bit more, like with reverb or something to that effect. Having said that though, non of it was really jarring enough to take me out of it, and in general you did a good job with them when looking at the mix in it's entirety.

As far as flow is concerned, the part that ziptnf mentioned was actually one of my favourite parts. The only time I was really taken out of the mix was around the 40 minute mark. Panther Moderns was the main culprit for me, Feelarama fitted the overall theme but did not succeed in pulling me back to were I felt we should have been, a consequence of it's positioning and the fact it didn't sound as vibrant and organic as some of the stuff that came before as the birds were absent for much of it's length. It quickly recovers after that and I have no more major complaints from there on out.

Music wise it was outstanding, as you competently pulled off the concept of journeying through various musical soundscapes with the birds as an ever present reminder of were we came from, as well as accompanying us to wherever we're going next. And making otherwise cold and bleak techno works sound amazingly crisp and alive. It's a fine example of mixing elevating the actual tracks to new heights which in my book is definitely something to be proud of.

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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.