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Sven Vath: The ultimate "Tracklist rocks/Mixing is spotty" DJ? (pg. 2)
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| Djeebie |
| Väth's sets have been rocking my speakers the last couple of months :cool: I wouldn't call his mixing experimental as it gets sloppy at times. But as said, it's hard to get 2 minute transitions with the music he's playing. Add that to the fact that he's not seriously trainwrecking and is spinning great tracks in the right order. Väth ftw at the moment! |
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| bobba lou |
| And his sets were he gets on the mic and says, "gude laune" are great.. he is a super party dj |
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| paranoik0 |
Sven plays music that is good enough for you not to give a flying about the mixing. Unless you're a DJ and you tend to be annoyed straight-away whenever the beats aren't perfectly matched or there's some other minor mistake. Thankfully I don't suffer from that, at least not any more.
Actually I much prefer Sven's quick 30-second transitions over those long ass 2 minutes and half mixes you find in prog and such. IMO those sort of transitions only work when the two tracks fit each-other absolutely perfectly, otherwise you just lose energy in the set. |
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| dark_Omens |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
Maybe I need a few drinks to laugh at that one? :conf:
/cold as ice |
I believe he is referring to the Sean Tyas interview when asked about his musical relationship with Beam. |
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| basvh |
| Heard Sven 2 times the last few months. It was 1 four hour set and 1 three hour set and didn't really noticed any hick ups. Also the flow his sets have and the build is really sick so if there were any hickups I would take them for granted. |
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| Allied Nations |
Prog/House/Trance gets boring when it's all super smooth unnatural transitions. Bobba Lou, do you recall that thread on mnml.nl "regarding real mixing". Pretty much the same thing being discussed here.
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
Prog/House/Trance gets boring when it's all super smooth unnatural transitions. |
What defines a "natural" mix then? |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
What defines a "natural" mix then? |
Well, the most "analog/natural" would be two records on two turntables right?
It's like when you listen to a hip hop/battle DJ. The isn't always perfect, but they do crazy ass , so it's chill. Listening to "armin style" perfection for hours can get boring. Lacks the grit. Some like it some don't. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
Well, the most "analog/natural" would be two records on two turntables right? |
Well for a start that isn't a mix, that's just the equipment. You can do a two minute blend on vinyl, CD or what you will.
But the main reason I asked is because I'm interested in how mixing records can ever be "natural". Is there some psychological rule to what sounds like a right mix and what sounds weird? |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Well for a start that isn't a mix, that's just the equipment. You can do a two minute blend on vinyl, CD or what you will.
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Don't nitpick at my words. It's jst gonna get annoying.
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But the main reason I asked is because I'm interested in how mixing records can ever be "natural". Is there some psychological rule to what sounds like a right mix and what sounds weird? |
They are two plastic discs spinning rapidly with a needle bumping over the grooves... it's so chaotic. So "real".
I don't know man. Personally I'm all about mixing on anything. I mix on ableton, I mix on records. |
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| MichaelBoogerd! |
screw science. You don't need to understand the principles of beatmatching to enjoy Vath's sets. In fact, its probably holding the listener back, if they're ballting their way through why it sounds bad.
Just listen to the tunes. If there is an old-style trance revival, Vath has definitely found a nice blend of minimal-techhouse-techno with those old style trance sounds at the minute. |
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