You know, it's almost impossible to tell which tracks are good to use for an intro just by listening to online samples. I for one hate starting my mixes by dropping in a kick. So, here are some intro tunes that I have found recently and hope you guys will share some gems you've come across as well - any sub-genre will do.

1. 4Mal - Twilight (Intro Mix) [Trancey]
   
2. Marco Petralia - Come Back feat. Jimmie Wilson (Erick Decks & Marco Petralia Vocal Edit) [Deep-ish House]
   
3. Blake Jarrell - Animal (Original Mix) [Progressive House]
   
4. Paolo Mojo - Paris (Renaissance Intro Mix) [Progressive House]
   

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Almost every psytrance track can be used as an intro.

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Originally posted by s3nate Almost every psytrance track can be used as an intro.

Some are definitely better than others.

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I used to try and find a popular rock-ish song, and just mess around before hand and try to see if I could mix out of it. Added a nice touch to the intro.

I think before (when I used to mix trance/house/whatever) I used White Stripes - Seven Nation Army. It just adds a bit of surprise to the intro, especially if you keep it off the tracklist.

Nowadays I spin mostly mashups/top 40/hip-hop, so I start with whatever would be "out of the ordinary" and sounds good. I find the intro doesn't really need to go with the rest of the set. Like a paper for high school, you need to use an attention getter, that would be the way I would phrase what I try and do.

Sometimes it sounds AWFUL, other times it really makes the set, thats why you need to experiment.

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James Zabiela - Human (Original Intro Mix)
Moonbeam - Cocoon (Sunset Mix)
John Digweed & Nick Muir - Gridlock (25 Minute Extended Mix)

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Originally posted by stan229 Moonbeam - Cocoon (Sunset Mix)

Original Mix too.

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Way Out West - Killa
Blacklight - Daydream
Project Medusa vs. Exor - Moonshine (Exor part 2 mix)

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Originally posted by s3nate Way Out West - Killa Blacklight - Daydream Project Medusa vs. Exor - Moonshine (Exor part 2 mix)

older tracks but u forgot

PPK - ResuRection (Wellenrausch Remix)

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Micah - Matter & Light (Original Mix) [prog breaks]
Paronator - Believe (Original Mix) [minimal]
Tarrentella - Saturn (Quivver Remix) [breaks]
System 7 - Space Bird (Liquid Soul Remix) [prog psy]
Williams - Love On A Real Train (Williams Odyssey Mix) [deep house]
Soliquid - Leave Me Alone (NumberNin6 & Luke Terry's Greenlight Breaks Remix) [prog breaks] [short]

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Originally posted by tortoise Williams - Love On A Real Train (Williams Odyssey Mix) [deep house]

the studio version is a great opener

Torro Remote - The Beat


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a friend of mine used this tech house track as the intro to one of his sets and it sounded really good:

Sascha Funke - Mango (Original Mix)
or even
Sascha Funke - Chemin Des Figons (Electronica)