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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Mostly a very good set. Started off very well, lost my interest slightly around the hour mark but then pulled it back again shortly after that. |
I actually really enjoyed this structure. It stood out as unique to me rather than the stereotypical open with ambient, move to prog and then onto the harder stuff. I formulated this opinion prior to reading your post; to me the structuring seemed very deliberate and worked brilliantly. I'm now keen to try something similar.
In opening with progressive/straight trance, the mix grabbed my attention instantly. The transition into downtempo/ambient-ish trance was smooth and that section felt like one giant inhalation of breath before a peak I was sure would come. You didn't disappoint Sandleaper, the banging stuff straight after was awesome. The track at the 66 minute mark was superb especially. What was it?
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
the mixing was pretty good. I know you use Traktor, but I still think you have quite a distinct and interesting mixing style, where you're not afraid to layer busy parts of tracks. The only bad transition I found was the one into Beatprayer - Message, which clashed a bit. |
I agree with this, however. The mixing was bold; again, something which I'd like to introduce into my own sets. I find my own transitions to be very safe and they tend to be rather Armin-ish and predictable as a result, creating less interesting overlays of music. Your mixing strikes me the complete opposite. It was smooth yet still busy enough to create good percussive patterns et cetera.
I'm not sure of which track Beatprayer was, but there was just one dud mix that stood out to me; that at the 83 minute mark. I'm sure it's the same one that SYSTEM-J was talking about. Melodically it didn't quite fit and felt very rushed (that short intro you were talking about?).
Okay - mixing and flow out of the way. The track selection was impeccable too. I didn't know many of these tunes, but most of them sounded as if they were plucked from the mid '90s; this I really enjoyed. Great work.
This is one of the best sets I've listened to this year I think. I'll grab your others this weekend.
Finally, if you like No Code and tracks like it, I suggest you pick up Jonathan Allyn's newest EP, which is also on Pharmacy Music. It features two dark and quality stormers, 132 and 136 BPM respectively, which probably would have slotted nicely into this set too.
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