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| quote: | Originally posted by dj tek
i havent seen pvd since last april and im probably not gonna see him next month either.. pvd's style of djing is a combination of trance, progressive house[pitched up to the max..lol], techno, breaks, some electro, and even hard house.. you gotta give it up to the guy for mixing it up with all these genres..and his mixing is one of the best ive seen/heard out of the djs that play trance... but he seemed to have lost his direction/flow of his sets.. i think that his sets in the past[pre 2002] had much better flow.. the last pvd set i really enjoyed was november 2002 @ arc.. that was 4.5hrs of pure pvd energy.. the set flowed beautifully..only thing that didnt 'fit' was when he threw on electro for about 25mins then quickly switched back to trance after he seen that ppl werent feelin it.. after this time, i havent felt his sets at all.. no build ups in his sets, promoting the shit out of his own album, not to mention playing mediocre tracks.. and another thing i dislike about pvd is all of his remake/rework/re-edits... yes, its tru sometimes that he makes it better than the original.. but ultimately he is making them so he can use in his sets.. meaning it is very easy to mix those in because he would make them to fit his style.. i find this not being innovative at all.. i think that using the original tracks and still finding a place to fit in your sets and making it all flow is the real way and one of the beauty of being a dj.. like someone mentioned, i think his nyc performances are too stretched out... i prefer a solid 4hr set compared to his 6hr sets that always seem to lose energy at one point or another.. he is keeping the 6+hr sets in nyc cuz thats what he used to do @ twilo.. but back then we[nyc clubbers and the states in general] were babies to the scene and the whole european sounds of dance music.. we just coulndt get enough of it.. now were more educated in terms of music and djing performances.. so i think pvd needs to step up a little more.. he was a part of creating a trance scene in nyc and thats just a beginning.. the hardest part is to maintain it..  |
Tek,
You couldn't have put it any better. I totally agree. This seems to be the case with many trance DJ's these days. Thats why im turning into a Progressive Whore.
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