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Originally posted by Arbiter You're impressively stupid, that's for sure. I'd give you advice, but I cannot in good conscience take any action which could potentially increase the odds that you'll reproduce. I'm sorry.

I've been immersed in Plato's theory of forms over the last few weeks, beyond which, I just revisited the movie "American Beauty" this weekend - Both, in subtly different ways, discuss the idea of seeing beyond the physical to see and understand beauty that lay beneath life as we experience it. I seldom have moments I would describe as "seeing through" what is real to the underlying beauty in life, but one of those moments came this morning on a long drive home, listening to this set.

I'd had a rough start to my morning - My car died, and I missed class, on top of which, getting my car fixed cost near $300. I was frustrated to say the least as I hit play on my iPod to kick off this set. All I wanted going into it was something to relax me, something to get lost in for an hour and regain my composure. As the first notes of "Nature Boy" rang in my ear, I felt an instant calm. Miles is one of my alltime favorites to fall back on when I'm feeling rough, his "Flamenco Sketches" is the ultimate musical valium for me. "Nature Boy" hit me much in the same way this morning.

I think it's important for me to note that reviewing this in any kind of technical sense would prove a futile effort for me - I honestly don't know how you approach setting up your mixes. But with regard to timing and programming - You've clearly got an incredible sense of mood and emotion.

Following "Nature Boy," I honestly thought the set lost direction for about 10 minutes. The ambient sounds that appear from about 6:00-20:00 are very nice, but seemed to drag on a touch for me. It was really no matter though, as I didn't feel removed from the set during this period, just perhaps a slight lack in direction. This was remedied around 21:00, and from here on out, I was hooked.

At 28:00, the sounds of the rain creep into the set, and at the very moment the first raindrops were audible in the mix, a nice little downpour began all around me. What was even odder, was in 4 minutes when the rain sounds left the mix, the around me simply stopped. In a few moments, I believe it's the Sia track that begins, and the snow began to fall. It was perfect. At this point I was pretty much chilled out and thoroughly enthralled with the mix. It seemed like a combination of the music and my environment had completely relaxed me - I couldn't have felt better.

The segment running from about 34:00-End was absolutely perfect. I really don't know how you choose to organize a set such as this, but I know that the end of this one flowed beautifully. The second to last tune (I think), with the melodic guitar line, was my absolute favorite tune in the set and clearly signalled the end was near. And the end simply felt like just that; The end.

Absolutely masterful set Tony. Well done.

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Originally posted by RJT *snip*

haw a big review, first off, thank you for your kind words.
uhhm, hmm, how do i set up mixes. well to be honest, it's not that different from making an housemix. you just have the freedom of not relying on beats, you instead have more focus on direction & programming and also how you want your soundscapes to be.

yeah, i'm well aware that this also implies in making house mixes but house is meant for dancing to, which gives you freedom of cutting corners and just deliver banging stuff, which is often done in the clubs because people want to dance, they don't care fuckall about the lush soundscapes. anyhow ye, cheers

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Originally posted by montana haw a big review, first off, thank you for your kind words. uhhm, hmm, how do i set up mixes. well to be honest, it's not that different from making an housemix. you just have the freedom of not relying on beats, you instead have more focus on direction & programming and also how you want your soundscapes to be. yeah, i'm well aware that this also implies in making house mixes but house is meant for dancing to, which gives you freedom of cutting corners and just deliver banging stuff, which is often done in the clubs because people want to dance, they don't care fuckall about the lush soundscapes. anyhow ye, cheers

Sorry to ramble on so much in my review - I know it's not really a specific/technical review, but I think it's a good snapshot of what went through my head as I listened to it

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Hey Great set
I liek the this kind of ambient stuff.

The only think I din't like was the 1 song, Iw ould have prefer the mix if it started on the second song. I feel the first song it's completely different from the rest of the set. Well that is just my personal opinion, beacuse I've seen people here that have enjoyed the whole mix.

I like the atmosphere of the mix and the flow.

I have a technical Question
With these kind of mixing do you beatmatch tracks or their bpm's are just near or some are distant?


Thanks for the mix


Pepa

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Here are my latest mixes:
Pepa - Pure Bliss (June 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Visual Thoughts (March 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Trippin' Again

Mash-ups:
Perasma Vs BT - Swing 2 Gravity (Pepa Live Mash-up)
I Trance You!

Uncle Montana....

Agree that the first track seems out of place. Maybe it weeds out the impatient..? Reminds me of Moulin Rouge...... (see sig)

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Now - the curtains open.....

Have you created a new genre of music/mixing here? I mean that in a sincere way - I find myself wanting to turn off all of the lights, and hold my headphones tight to my ears listening to the art...

Next time you use rain - try grabbing some rooftop conversation from Blade Runner...... (see screenname) Or..the Cure - Prayers for Rain....

Sphongle's first album, and most of Richard James (Aphex Twin) old music gave me a "mind fuck" that I still remember. This mix does the same. I flippin love it.

42 mins in - still amazing. Pure genius. You've created a theater in my mind.

A+. Top Shelf mix.

-R&D

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@ Pinokio (+tearsintherain)

to really enjoy this one more you have to understand this is a continuing of the first part. i left the miles davis track in the first one in limbo, faded it out before finish because i knew that i was going to do a part 2. in a sense, the mix really actually starts at track 2, but it still doesn't.

about the technical question. True ambient music doesn't have a beat, that doesn't mean that it 0bpm (in reality most ambient tracks are at 40-100bpm), it's 0/0 instead of the normal 4/4. meaning you don't have restrictions there. which is why ambient dj's often overlayer tracks over each other. and also take advantage of throwing something that might be 4/4 or 3/4 or whatever over some ambient stuff, because it will not clash (well, yeah, it might keyclash but just because you don't have any restrictions to beat, you just stop using your ears).

uhhhm, hmm, where was i.... oh ye. the simple answer to your question, to the tracks that don't have a beat, i don't need to beatmatch them, to tracks that do have a beat, i try to use the intros & outros and also filters to make them slide together.

@ tearsintherain.

new genre of music/mixing, not really, pfft, that's like insulting the people was doing this 15/20years ago in the chillout rooms at the clubs. mixmaster morris, alex patterson, youth, jimmy cauty and all the others who reinvented ambient music for the club generation was the people that created this. they used to do big journeys in the smaller chillout rooms by taking all forms of ambient music, nature sounds, deep house and other music, fusing them together to create a seamless magical aural journey.

i actually was planning to use the blade runner conversation but thought it was really to cliche. plus, the segment of match point that i fitted dead on with clair de lune so i really had no intensions of changing once i snapped everything together

The cinematics of this mix that i added was something i wanted to do, it's making a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist, or something.

ye. cheers for both of you liking the mix.

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cant stop listing to this mix brillant hope to hear a lot more from you keep the good work up.

This is the first ambient, chill type music I've really listened to, and it is incredibly enjoyable! I'd like to find more of this stuff

TITLE "At Least It Was"
PERFORMER "Emiliana Torrini"



These two sets together (Four Phases and More Phases) are simply spectacular, Tony. Orgasmic. Two hours of happy time!

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Originally posted by montana @ Pinokio (+tearsintherain) to really enjoy this one more you have to understand this is a continuing of the first part. i left the miles davis track in the first one in limbo, faded it out before finish because i knew that i was going to do a part 2. in a sense, the mix really actually starts at track 2, but it still doesn't. about the technical question. True ambient music doesn't have a beat, that doesn't mean that it 0bpm (in reality most ambient tracks are at 40-100bpm), it's 0/0 instead of the normal 4/4. meaning you don't have restrictions there. which is why ambient dj's often overlayer tracks over each other. and also take advantage of throwing something that might be 4/4 or 3/4 or whatever over some ambient stuff, because it will not clash (well, yeah, it might keyclash but just because you don't have any restrictions to beat, you just stop using your ears). uhhhm, hmm, where was i.... oh ye. the simple answer to your question, to the tracks that don't have a beat, i don't need to beatmatch them, to tracks that do have a beat, i try to use the intros & outros and also filters to make them slide together. @ tearsintherain. new genre of music/mixing, not really, pfft, that's like insulting the people was doing this 15/20years ago in the chillout rooms at the clubs. mixmaster morris, alex patterson, youth, jimmy cauty and all the others who reinvented ambient music for the club generation was the people that created this. they used to do big journeys in the smaller chillout rooms by taking all forms of ambient music, nature sounds, deep house and other music, fusing them together to create a seamless magical aural journey. i actually was planning to use the blade runner conversation but thought it was really to cliche. plus, the segment of match point that i fitted dead on with clair de lune so i really had no intensions of changing once i snapped everything together The cinematics of this mix that i added was something i wanted to do, it's making a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist, or something. ye. cheers for both of you liking the mix.

Thanks for the Answer =)

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Here are my latest mixes:
Pepa - Pure Bliss (June 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Visual Thoughts (March 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Trippin' Again

Mash-ups:
Perasma Vs BT - Swing 2 Gravity (Pepa Live Mash-up)
I Trance You!

this is truly beautiful, it shall be listened to again tomorrow to help recover from mr scruff and claude vonstroke
on a side note, I want to put it in Sia

Last edited by Az on Nov-24-2006 at 16:42