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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
After a couple of abortive attempts, I managed to give this a proper listen. Trouble is, as mentioned earlier, I don't really tend to listen to breaks outside a club, and so I struggled to find the right context for the music. In the end I whacked it on while I was doing some ironing and like KilldaDJ, I was dancing around my living room. You really can't beat breaks for sheer infectious rhythm. |
I guess I don't blame you. However, quite like your DNB mix, I would have probably found a workout or run to be the perfect time to put this on. I'm glad you were dancing around your living room though 
| quote: | | For me, the key to a great breaks set is great flow - knowing when to change direction, when to put the hammer down, when to stop and kill the momentum. I thought you did a good job with the flow - I particularly enjoyed the dip into electro-edged robofunk with the two Beta tracks early on, followed by an acceleration of energy straight afterwards. Technically everything sounded fine - I could spot a few transitions but not in an obtrusive way. |
Yeah, the thing that I had in mind while I was planning this set was that I wasn't sure if all of the tracks would be seen as blasters or if there would be any breaks if I were to play this at a club. I felt that tracks like Reality Grinds and Break the Dream were driving, but relatively lower energy, enough to that people would be ready for the following tracks (where I really started getting serious with More Oxygen, Dune and the tracks from Blazer).
| quote: | | This is still not a set I'm going to carry around on the MP3 player, but if I heard you do this in a club I would undoubtedly be on the dancefloor from start to finish. |
Kewl. Thanks!
| quote: | Originally posted by InnerReflection
I have to agree with system j, it was difficult to find a time to listen to this music. It wasn't quite background music and wasn't quite energetic music. |
I have to say I disagree with the last part of this sentence. What do you consider "energetic"? High tempos? Maybe you didn't listen carefully enough, or you have a different sense of what makes music energetic. I don't feel it should be compared to background music. I played this at a pretty large house party and it was received favorably.
I will probably be disregarding your review. Obviously, this set is not as energetic as my mix Advanced Weaponry where I played an entire set of twilight-style full-on at around 147-148 BPM (click on my set archive in my sig and find it if you want to listen), but I find it to have plenty of energy, to the point where I haven't heard a single psybreaks mix that matches it except Dave King's Arcadia.
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