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Just about on time (in his time-zone, anyway) is the runner-up of the PM lottery, prog lover, thoroughly cool guy and key member of the TA Atlanta Mafia. You know it's:
enydo
1. The Mars Volta - Son Et Lumiere + Inertiatic ESP
First couple tracks (although they're basically one song) off of Deloused In The Comatorium. This was a huge album for me, and will probably always be somewhere up in my top 5 of all time. It introduced me to a whole new side of rock back in high school and I hammered it hard for months. I loved these two tracks as an opener especially, a lot of power. The Mars Volta got me interested in a lot of progressive and psych rock.
2. At The Drive-In - Enfilade
At The Drive-In was responsible for sparking my interest in post-hardcore and hardcore rock in general. I picked up the album Relationship of Command in New York without knowing too much about the band other than Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez both left At The Drive-In and proceeded to form The Mars Volta. Enfilade was me and my best friend's jam for a long time, but the whole album means a lot to me.
3. Deftones - Digital Bath
White Pony is one of the earliest albums I ever bought, and in my opinion, it's one of the Deftone's strongest albums. Digital Bath was one of my top tracks off of that, I love it to pieces.
4. Brand New - Millstone
Brand New is a bit of an anomaly for me. I got into them when I was going through my "angsty" rock phase in high school. Luckily, as they released more material they changed their sound a good bit from their earlier releases, and I think they did a good job of "growing up". Millstone might not be everyones cup of tea, but what can I say, it'll always be a warm, fuzzy, nostalgia trip for me.
5. Circa Survive - In Fear and Faith
Definitely another track not everyone will like. Juturna was another high school album for me, but I still run through it quite often. I love the mood and style they play with, they are a talented group of musicians. Anthony Green is the fucking man, and he's a great vocalist live... if you're into this kind of stuff.
6. God Is An Astronaut - Fall From The Stars
I started listening to these guys randomly a couple years ago. They were responsible for getting me into a lot of post-rock and shoegazey material. I put this song and several others of theirs on a lot when I go out for a cig or a walk.
7. Explosions In The Sky - The Birth and Death of The Day
I've been listening to Explosions In The Sky for a long time. I think sophomore year of high school I was given a mix cd with a couple of their tracks on there, but I didn't really start delving into them until much later. This is a more recent song of theirs that I absolutely love. This may be a little loud and distorted on my recording, I didn't realize the track was red-lining that much. :P
8. Sigur R�s - Samskeyti
Ah, Sigur R�s. I have only good things to say about them. I can't even count the number of times I've put them on to fall asleep, or for a walk at night, or something similar. () is a great album, and this is a great song.
9. Boards of Canada - Music Is Math
Geogaddi is my favorite Boards of Canada album, and this is one of my favorite tracks off there. They were responsible for my escalating interest in electronic music back when someone gave me a burned copy of The Campfire Headphase, so yeah, they'll always have a special place for me.
10. DJ Shadow - Changeling/Transmission 1
Endtroducing... is another album that began to draw me away from my earlier rock interests. I couldn't get enough of it when I first heard it, and it took me a while to actually find other stuff that was similar. I was horrible at searching for new music when I first started becoming more and more interested in music in general.
11. BT - 1.618
I remember buying This Binary Universe freshman year of college because I saw a flier for it, and I had heard some of BT's really poppy generic trance at the time. I was shocked when there were no supersaws or tranzzz on the album. At the same time though, I was fascinated by the whole thing. I think TBU is definitely BT's
best material. This got me interested in ambient and stuff like that, and in general, was influential in making me hunt around for more music I hadn't heard of.
12. Leftfield - Song of Life
I can't remember when I was told to listen to Leftism, but it was probably around the time I started listening to ASOT. The album was given to me by an online friend, and they told me, "Here, this is real electronic music". I thought that was a pretty silly statement, and it wasn't until a while later that I started appreciating Leftfield's work, but when it clicked, I was hooked. Song of Life in particular got a lot of playtime from me, and is probably responsible for my fondness for progressive house. I remember being really happy when I ran across the various remixes of it on Sasha and Digweed's Renaissance compilation.
13. Orbital - Lush 3-1
Can't leave Orbital out of here, no way. The Brown Album was, and is, a huge album for me. Seeing them live at Ultra this year was probably worth the Saturday ticket price alone, for me at least.
Lush, both versions really, are favorites of mine. Will probably always love them and the entire album.
14. Heller & Farley - The Rising Sun [Bedrock Remix]
The prog, here it is. I'm a sucker for it, as most people are probably aware. I ran into this track on Digweed's Bedrock compilation originally, and since then, it's just been an all out favorite. Love the chunkiness of it, the thick bassline, the chanting, and the ridiculous ascending synth pattern near the end. Just builds and builds, will always be a favorite.
15. James Holden - I Have Put Out The Light
James Holden got me into a lot of different stuff through his various compilations and work throughout the years. I Have Put Out The Light is something I discovered a while back, and I just love the crap out of it.
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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
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