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| quote: | Originally posted by noikeee
Don't want to sound like a fanboy as this review is all positive again, but here it goes...
The last two days I've listened to parts of this set, just chilling with the headphones on, laying down before going to sleep. It's a great environment for listening to this kind of music, as there's no external noise, nothing else to do, just partly focusing on the music, partly letting your mind wander. This is very introspective music - I find it hard to picture a crowd rocking it out to this, unless it'd be a crowd very passionate about music.
I haven't made it yet to the end of the set (think there's 40 minutes to go or something), but I can say already this is really damn good. Many great tracks, and just enough variety without ever a track feeling too much out of place. At a point the flow gets a bit wretched but you just don't care while listening, as the tracks that keep coming in are great anyway.
Still about the selection of tunes, I thought 2 or 3 tracks are too over-the-top emotional. It's a fine line between this and genuinely beautiful music, and the perception of this varies from individual to individual, but IMO I thought the line was crossed here and there. I'm not much of a fan of tracks dominated by jazzy elements like saxophones leads, for example.
The transitions between tracks range from fairly messed up to brilliant. Seems to me you were taking risks with this set - sometimes it paid off, sometimes it didn't. But overall it did pay off as the glitches are never too big. I specially like when you bring in big percussion elements out of the blue - it gives an interesting sudden boost of energy to the set. Certain transitions were great in EQ terms too, either that or you were just lucky to pick tracks that sounded crystal clear layered on top of each other.
Highlight of the set: 03. Alton Miller - Movement. Awesome. |
Awesome review, thank you very much for taking the time to write this.
Let it be known I play jazz alto saxophone (will probably record at some point in one of my tracks) so I have a kind of fetish for the instrument (even though this is a soprano)  but out of curiosity, what were these 'overly emotional tracks', (its interesting to me that you say that since most people would think it's low-key)
As far as the range of transitions 
This was a live set that I never originally intended to share in this way, so when I did it it was basically intended only to be experienced "in the moment". I always try to create drama and excitement when I play live, so a lot of my transitions are very 'active' or dramatic. In a live setting, someone might be like "oh shit, here comes another track" when I drop in some percs, but someone listening at home and expecting a compilation style mix might be turned off. Some times it works, others it doesn't. Some times I didnt have time to beatmatch and just rode the pitch. I have a bad habit of making manual adjustments rather than using the fader, because the guy who taught me how to mix originally was a hip hop dj.
what can I say, this was an experiment for me  There was a lot of serendipity in the set, but also a lot of intent. Obviously the selections, while made in the moment, were all made with intention. Most of my mixing though is very much a response to the moment - no planning here, just trying to feel it out. Maybe a third of the tracks I had never mixed before, and maybe 3/4 or more of the tracks I had never mixed together.
The alton miller track is also one of the highlights for me, but I think the Scott Ferguson track 'leaving' is my favorite, followed by the webster remix. I have most of his remixes - fantastic stuff. (mystic river remix and of course his come to me and work it out remixes are amazing)
thanks for listening and responding!
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Me, nor your liver will ever catch up. DL'ing.
