Funny how everyone mentions Energy Flash when Drome was a far better tune, and probably his best imo.

I could say the same about Halcyon & On & On, when Belfast did almost the same thing far better two years earlier. Energy Flash is the Beltram track everyone remembers, even if they didn't explore beyond it.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I could say the same about Halcyon & On & On, when Belfast did almost the same thing far better two years earlier. Energy Flash is the Beltram track everyone remembers, even if they didn't explore beyond it.

Bah, Halcyon is a much fuller track, IMHO. It's like an expanded Belfast, the way it should have been from the start.

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos Bah, Halcyon is a much fuller track, IMHO. It's like an expanded Belfast, the way it should have been from the start.

I disagree. The original Halcyon is quite a poor tune, but people only remember & On & On. In my opinion, it leans far too heavily on the vocal sample for long stretches. The intro is gorgeous, but after that it's mostly just "It's A Fine Day" in reverse.

Belfast to me has more variation. It may seem a very simple track, but over the course of it, Orbital slide around countless beautiful little elements, and don't just use the vocal sample over and over.

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I'd say Where Are They Hiding is Joey's best, but only because it's Electro. Well, him and the other guy who worked on it.

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Rad, I think you get off on obscurity.

I post what I know. Some are obscure, but most are not. That is to say, you don't know most of the ones you don't know because you don't listen to that type of music, not necessarily because the tracks themselves are obscure within their respective subgenres. There are some from internet artists who release their work for free, those are probably the most obscure. I guess some of the genres are obscure, like Electro and Space Synth and Noise or maybe old Trance, but that's not to say you wouldn't recognize the tracks if you bothered to get into those kinds of musics. And by "get into" I mean "get into", not just give them cursory attention then say you were once into those kinds of music.

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Originally posted by Aiwendil I'd say Where Are They Hiding is Joey's best, but only because it's Electro. Well, him and the other guy who worked on it. I post what I know. Some are obscure, but most are not. That is to say, you don't know most of the ones you don't know because you don't listen to that type of music, not necessarily because the tracks themselves are obscure within their respective subgenres. There are some from internet artists who release their work for free, those are probably the most obscure.

your selection wasnt that obscure imo, for what its worth

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Originally posted by Psy-T your selection wasnt that obscure imo, for what its worth

Didn't he just maintain that himself?

I'd say it gets considerably more obscure as the tracks get more modern. The oldest ones are obvious choices, but as we get newer he goes off with a whole slew of artists I've never heard of. And I didn't miss the Aqua track dropped in there.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred Didn't he just maintain that himself?

he did, but i thought a third party opinion would help

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Originally posted by Psy-T he did, but i thought a third party opinion would help

you dont know that the more unknown tracks you have in your top 100, the cooler you are?

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Originally posted by Aiwendil I guess some of the genres are obscure, like Electro and Space Synth and Noise or maybe old Trance, but that's not to say you wouldn't recognize the tracks if you bothered to get into those kinds of musics. And by "get into" I mean "get into", not just give them cursory attention then say you were once into those kinds of music.

That's true.

Though I have on several occasions looked up and listened to favorite selections of yours, in attempt to catch whatever it is that interests you. More often than not I find the production lacking.

You're entitled to your taste, as am I, and this might simply be such a matter. But even the productions I am familiar with seem to have better, albeit more popular, cousins in the same style.