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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Mixmag and Renaissance are both global brands, and even when they were more localised in the early 90s, what German equivalent did PVD feature for?

Ehmmm countless trance and techno compilaitons like trance-master, raver-master, techno-master, whatever-master, trance europe express, trance nation,tran ce-this, techno-that, MFS compilations etc. etc. etc. Too many to remember. His name was heavily featured in techno and trance compilations, more then sasha and digweed (since the last ones were not even producers). Sasha and Digweed were probably just (well?)-known DJs in the UK. Nothing more nothing less.

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Originally posted by PETRAN Ehmmm countless trance and techno compilaitons like trance-master, raver-master, techno-master, whatever-master, trance europe express, trance nation,tran ce-this, techno-that, MFS compilations etc. etc. etc. Too many to remember.

None of these equate to the Renaissance Mix, which was the first DJ mixed compilation to recieve a Gold disc for sales. Obscure little compilations lost in the mists of times do not compare.

I also ask you to equate something to front-covering Mixmag.

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His name was heavily featured in techno and trance compilations, more then sasha and digweed (since the last ones were not even producers)

Actually, Sasha had two Top 20 hits in the UK pop charts in the early 90s. Both artists also featured regularly on the Essential Mix- a peaktime broadcast on Radio 1.

Alongside Oakenfold, they were probably the most well-known DJs of the early 90s.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Alongside Oakenfold, they were probably the most well-known DJs of the early 90s.

If you look at that time period, you're probably talking about THE most well known DJ by far of the time being Sven Vath. Vath was so huge that there was him and then the rest... which is probably why many others like Sasha & Digweed had been overshadowed.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J None of these equate to the Renaissance Mix, which was the first DJ mixed compilation to recieve a Gold disc for sales. Obscure little compilations lost in the mists of times do not compare. I also ask you to equate something to front-covering Mixmag. Actually, Sasha had two Top 20 hits in the UK pop charts in the early 90s. Both artists also featured regularly on the Essential Mix- a peaktime broadcast on Radio 1. Alongside Oakenfold, they were probably the most well-known DJs of the early 90s.

Radio 1, Mixmag...these are all UK brands/media. I doubt that anyone else in Europe knew anything about these media. Paul Van Dyk was not unknown. He was a quite good full-time producer and due to some of his productions, coupled with intense Djing activity got global exposure, at least to those target groups who were into techno and trance. He also mixed the first MFS compilation (first trance compilation?) X-MIX and many other techno and trance compilations like the Trancemaster series, which IMO were no obscure and little. They were quite famous back in the day. And anyway, Renaissance may received a "gold disc" award or whatever but, chill-out, that was just one compilation. It was not like the early 90s EDM Olympics or something...


But anyway, you know these pissing competitions are very boring and useless, since no one will ever come with some stats from the early 90s sales department.

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Originally posted by DJMaytag super, doesn't mean he's been a GLOBAL superstar since 89 though (that's when Sasha STARTED). I hadn't heard of him until 1996 and didn't even know he was a DJ then (first time I'd heard of him was "Be As One" on a Deconstruction CD compilation). I had heard of Digweed as early as 1994 though (Journeys By DJ's Vol. 4). PVD OTOH, was playing the world by 1992 (hitting the States in 1993... when did Sasha & Digweed do that? 1996/1997?). Look at the last 15 years, who else has sustained a career at the level of PVD and Oakie in that same time?

Re-read the thread title.

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