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Originally posted by EddieZilker I think you're right. Advanced Weaponry has a lot more aggression, which may be hard to detect given the over-all kinetics of your typical track selections. In terms of outright energy, however, this wins hands down. It's also one of your more melodic mixes. (I still haven't gotten around to listening to the mix you referenced earlier but I'm planning on hearing it during Christmas break.) This was genuinely fun to hear and really, really well mixed.

Cheers, Eddie.

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Originally posted by Quazar We don't listen to a lot of proper psytrance, mostly progpsy stuff, techno, trance, prog, etc., but everyone enjoyed it. The flow was excellent. When it was done, they wanted to hear more of your mixes (they'd already heard/loved Inhuman Massacre), so I put on one of the others (maybe Advanced Weaponry?), and after a few tracks they said it felt like little machines were trying to enter their brains through their ears, so we started playing old Tiesto Magik CDs instead.

Hahaha I might know what part of Advanced Weaponry where you guys stopped. Probably the Mad Maxx track. But hey, I'm glad you guys had a good time. I need a journey myself.

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Listened to this following your request on my thread

It's a million miles away from 'my thing' really, but I got all the way through it without getting annoyed which I don't think many full on sets could achieve. I think pretty much every track had something I liked about it - like a part of a riff or a climax; and something that I really didn't like - such as those quirky interruptions in the beat which plagues full on, and prevents me from being 'entranced' by it.

In terms of the set from a technical perspective, with the exception of the opening transition which was a bit jarring I thought the mixing was very smooth and maintained the energy. I also think you have the hang of varying the sounds so the set doesn't get samey

Overall, I think I would have loved this set at a psy trance rave if I was severely under the influence, but I'm not likely to listen to it again on my headphones. I did enjoy it enough to download your next mix though, which I hope is another progressive one like 'Mystic Energy'

Yeah, I figured this wouldn't exactly be "your thing", but I thought it would be interesting for you to try out a mix that's a bit on the wild side of psytrance. As much as this is seen as plain old full-on, it's a lot more energetic than 99% of the typical tracks out there. Artists like Biogenesis and Dapanji are some of the few that are making seriously slamming music.

As far as the quirky interruptions in the beat, I guess that's a product of the style. This "hi-tech" style of full-on has a major emphasis on glitching and complex beat arrangements, so that may be what is preventing you from getting sucked in like you would in a psytrance mix featuring tracks from Mad Maxx and The Digital Blonde, etc. Anyways, I hope it was something different and interesting for you. Thanks for the listen!

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