Well, first off I love how you include the 'album art' and tracklist in the zipfile, that's a really good idea. Secondly, I really loved the first half of the mix and repeatedly played it over and over. This is one of my favorite styles of music, that sadly, not a lot of people play out nowadays. There were a couple prog-psy elements towards the later portion of the mix that I wasn't feeling as much as the classic 2000-era progressive in the beginning/middle.

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absolutely LOVING this mix. listened to it at my computer, well most of it. i'm burning it to a cd and bumping it in my car where it will probably be repeatedly played many, many times. especially loving the start, atmospheric awesomeness.

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Thanks to all who have downloaded and/or commented, it means a lot to me.

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch This is one of my favorite styles of music, that sadly, not a lot of people play out nowadays.

Definitely grab this then:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=539964

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Originally posted by Domesticated Definitely grab this then: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=539964

Thanks for the tip.

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This is a great set - somewhere between prog house and prog trance. Technically it seemed perfect to me, and the music was really nice. I don't listen to much of this music anymore, but when I do this is exactly the kind of stuff I like. Bassey yet melodic at the same time.

I listened twice so far, and can't really think of anything else to say - it was very good from every aspect I could gauge. If I ever have any other impressions I'll be sure to let you know!

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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.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I'm not a massive fan of longer DJ sets for home listening. There's a different style of programming required for a longer set, and it's pretty difficult to keep a set taut and interesting. John Digweed said something about how a DJ set in a club over several hours involves a series of anthemic peaks balanced out with plenty of lower-key tracks so the dancefloor doesn't get knackered. On a mix CD he cuts out the low-key tracks and just plays the best in a concentrated dose. I agree, and 60-80 minutes is an ideal length for a set at home.

I agree with you that there is a different style but I think you have it backwards. I personally have seen Sasha & Digweed 3 times and what you mention is exactly what he/they do in a club environment and it's to his detriment! Those sets he/they play clubbing would be great listening sets at home but he/they just dropped too low too often and the floor showed it. In a studio set (which are usually made for home use) you have the ability to play tracks (and play more of them throughout a set) that you wouldn't necessarily use or use as often in a club environment. I drop way lighter in my studio sets then when playing for people live and I also throw 4-5 peaks and valleys in whereas in a club environment I'll still play all sides of Prog house and trance that I enjoy but I'm at most using 3 peaks and valleys in a set. When people are dancing to your set in a 2 hour span you only really need 1 or 2 breaks from the action. This is the problem with most prog dj's I've seen in the last few years, they just play too fucking light too often for a club environment. If I'm going to see someone play live I want them to have fairly continuous progression because that progression is equal to my level of excitement. If you drop and build too many times it loses it's luster and the action isn't as exciting in concurrent attempts.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 135bpm prog is not sofa music, unless you're a grooveless speed demon.

Speed has nothing to do with sofa or club music. I know there are several times where some of my slower sets I've made have more drive and energy than some of the faster sets I've made. I also find that a lot of the epic trance sets (140ish bpm)I've heard lately have been some of the most relaxing and chill at home stuff i've heard. In the end the bpm just makes up how fast the groove is going, but I mean with compression and sound shaping you can even make a track at 130 SOUND faster than a track at 136-140. There's no real way to signify any of this it all just depends on each individual track, but I don't think making generalizations about music forms and speeds does anybody any good.

Stub; I downloaded this a while back and it's in my stack of about 5-6 sets and I'll be getting to it soon. Really psyched with all of the nice comments and obv I'm a big fan of the genre Will give ya a proper review when I finish.

In on this after I listen to that Bedrock tribute mix someone posted here.

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Originally posted by woscar In on this after I listen to that Bedrock tribute mix someone posted here.

Thanks mate.

I've actually already downloaded SSS 5, but I haven't had a chance to listen yet. Will do this weekend.

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This was really nice. If I were to head to a large club to hear some progressive house I'd dance my ass off to this. Nice smooth mixing, great flow, and some really interesting track choices. A lot of the housey / psy sounding stuff was particularly interesting, especially near the end.

Thanks for sharing and keep em coming.

<3 the original version of my lexicon.

I thought the first few tracks in the mix were great, and I really liked the prog psy stuff towards the end. I didn't care for the middle and last couple of tracks as much (i'm at work so i'm not really paying attention to track numbers, sorry). The tracks were all fine and better than most stuff I hear when I go out, but it was a little too "prototypically proggy" for me. I expected it going in so its not a big deal, just a difference in taste. The mixing was consistently very smooth with fantastic beatmatching, so props on that, but nothing ever stood out as being particularly "imaginative" either.


Overall I'd give it a 7.5/10. Good way to help spend an hour downloading pdf's.

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Originally posted by Sadface <3 the original version of my lexicon. I thought the first few tracks in the mix were great, and I really liked the prog psy stuff towards the end. I didn't care for the middle and last couple of tracks as much (i'm at work so i'm not really paying attention to track numbers, sorry). The tracks were all fine and better than most stuff I hear when I go out, but it was a little too "prototypically proggy" for me. I expected it going in so its not a big deal, just a difference in taste. The mixing was consistently very smooth with fantastic beatmatching, so props on that, but nothing ever stood out as being particularly "imaginative" either. Overall I'd give it a 7.5/10. Good way to help spend an hour downloading pdf's.

Thanks mate, I appreciate the review.

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Originally posted by mfitterer1 When people are dancing to your set in a 2 hour span you only really need 1 or 2 breaks from the action.

He wasn't talking about a two hour set. He was talking about a proper club set. Here's the quote:

"All the tracks I use on my mix albums are tracks I play out in the clubs, but obviously in a club I'll be playing for five or six hours. So it's about breaking it down to the best tracks, there's certain tracks which sound great in a club, and there's certain tracks that sound great in a club but also sound great at home or in the car, in those different listening environments. I want something that every time they hear it, they hear different things coming in because it's put together in a way which is very crafted. When you're in a club environment you'll use certain records as bridges, you'll have peaks and then you'll hold them off for a little while, you can't have them just going mad the whole time because they'll wear themselves out over five hours. But obviously with a CD, it's not about going mad, but you want the real quality ones, not the bridges."

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Speed has nothing to do with sofa or club music. I know there are several times where some of my slower sets I've made have more drive and energy than some of the faster sets I've made. I also find that a lot of the epic trance sets (140ish bpm)I've heard lately have been some of the most relaxing and chill at home stuff i've heard

I was subjected to epic trance in a club on Friday, and for all the maudlin half-tempo melodies and complete lack of real basslines, it was still BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG every track. There is no way around that. The only way a kick drum at 140bpm doesn't sound energetic is if you aren't hearing it on a good system

135bpm prog like this is not sofa music. It wasn't designed to be heard on a sofa. As the mix title suggests, it's aimed at the dancefloor. 135bpm with nice solid bottom ends like the tracks Domesticated has used is not fucking sofa music. You play it on the dancefloor, it goes off. The only people who find it "chill" are tactless trancecrackers used to blowing their loads at full-speed in two hour quickies.

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> 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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