This was just great. Usually when I listen to old music these days I feel it's quaint, but that's all I feel. But this stuff really gets to me, its just so enchanting and imaginative.

Bytheway, have you thought about getting some of those beatport/juno sample widgets on the articles on your blog? Since you're tackling the old stuff again. I listen to a lot of the modern ambient and it'll be nice to see if I can spot some influences.

Funnily it's really been your mixes that influenced my own mixes the most. good to see you keeping it up.

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Originally posted by Bierheld This was just great. Usually when I listen to old music these days I feel it's quaint, but that's all I feel. But this stuff really gets to me, its just so enchanting and imaginative. Bytheway, have you thought about getting some of those beatport/juno sample widgets on the articles on your blog? Since you're tackling the old stuff again. I listen to a lot of the modern ambient and it'll be nice to see if I can spot some influences. Funnily it's really been your mixes that influenced my own mixes the most. good to see you keeping it up.

Thanks.

Didn't want to bother with Amazon/Juno links (fuck Beatport) this time around, as it was too much hassle for zero gain. Besides, it's not hard to find these things for oneself on the 'net. What's a Google Search query and two extra clicks out of one's day? I did retain the 'Ace Tracks' bit tho', to help narrow things down for some.

And me, an influence in making mixes? Goodness, that can't be good. I'm so willfully slapdash at it.

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Well, they may not be technical masterpieces but you have a unique style. I really liked how you just pop in whatever the fuck as long as it sounds fun, which to me was a much more interesting way of mixing rather then trying to engineer a bunch of serious clubby untz' together with surgical precision.

In fact, I dare you to skip through alaé and tell me that's not something you could have made

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Last edited by Bierheld on Oct-12-2012 at 15:29

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Originally posted by Bierheld In fact, I dare you to skip through alaé and tell me that's not something you could have made

Conceptually, yeah, probably. Sort of reminds me of that second mix I did way back with all the Aphex Twin on it, though you've clearly put more production into yours, and more than I probably would on any mix I did. I guess I can't be bothered with that level of production, instead preferring songs to mostly stand on their own merits.

Truth is, I don't plan out my mixes much, beyond an initial conceptual idea. Generally I'll gather up a few dozen tracks I already have of certain genres or mood, lay 'em all out in Mixcraft, and start stitching them together like a puzzle, from beginning to end, seeing what works and what doesn't. If I feel a particular track sounds interesting following another, I'll run with it and carry on, even if it's a stark contrast in style, tempo or key. Usually within a day I'll have something resembling a set, after which I tweak transitions so it flows smoother, and remove tracks that add little to whatever narrative's formed. I don't think I've spent any longer than a week making any set, most only a few days.

I suppose this is how most sets develop, but perhaps my idea of 'sounds interesting' runs quirkier than most.

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Originally posted by Sykonee Conceptually, yeah, probably. Sort of reminds me of that second mix I did way back with all the Aphex Twin on it, though you've clearly put more production into yours, and more than I probably would on any mix I did. I guess I can't be bothered with that level of production, instead preferring songs to mostly stand on their own merits. Truth is, I don't plan out my mixes much, beyond an initial conceptual idea. Generally I'll gather up a few dozen tracks I already have of certain genres or mood, lay 'em all out in Mixcraft, and start stitching them together like a puzzle, from beginning to end, seeing what works and what doesn't. If I feel a particular track sounds interesting following another, I'll run with it and carry on, even if it's a stark contrast in style, tempo or key. Usually within a day I'll have something resembling a set, after which I tweak transitions so it flows smoother, and remove tracks that add little to whatever narrative's formed. I don't think I've spent any longer than a week making any set, most only a few days. I suppose this is how most sets develop, but perhaps my idea of 'sounds interesting' runs quirkier than most.

I got a smile when reading this because it's the exact same thing I do, except I can never leave things alone. I'll just listen to it and wonder if doesn't sound cooler if I put a thunderstorm over it, and before long I'll have a enormous mess of tracks running over each other and it takes me months to turn it into something listenable. And then I find the flow doesn't quite work, rearrange it some other way which doesn't work, and then start all over again. I just find it a fun to do.

Byheway, do you have like a single album or comp of nineties new age you can recommend? I need to get me dad a present because apparently I forgot about his birthday.

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Originally posted by Bierheld Byheway, do you have like a single album or comp of nineties new age you can recommend? I need to get me dad a present because apparently I forgot about his birthday.

I take it commercial stuff like Enya or Pure Moods isn't an option.

I honestly don't know of anything specific, as I've yet to explore New Age past its formative years in the 80s, when it was still somewhat tied to ambient. You can probably find several of the same names, like Iasos and Braheny, in the 90s though. In fact, here's a link to the Hearts Of Space webpage. (also, Discogs link for an easier-to-navigate discography)

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