For awhile I would buy all the digweed/sasha/cattaneo/ etc dj's cds, dl their livesets, and go nutso listenin to the awesome music. However in the past 2 years, as far as compilations go, aside from Sasha's Involver 2, I havn't heard much prog house (cds or livesets) that knocked my socks off.
I know prog house has long faded in favor of techno, minimal, and other styles, but it just seems to me for fans of prog house who havn't become as big fans of other genres, that the artists on Hybridized, James Warren and Micah in particular, are some of the DJs who really play some amazing prog house still.
For example, I am listening to Micah's Cloud Nine mix which is available on the site, its better than most any set I have heard from digweed, sasha, cattaneo in the past few years. I've seen them all live at some point or another, and only digweed back in 2004 for NYE dropped a set that blew my mind, but since then what i've heard from him live and others has not been exciting for me.
Wish guys like Micah would get a chance to do some of these major label comps to see what they'd put forth. Having said that, Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff are both on hybridized and while im not the biggest fan of Warren, he has been consistent in what he plays and I like that and some of his sets for sure.
Just wondering if others whose tastes havn't ventured far away from prog house prefer some of these hybridized artists over the usual top jocks.
Ted Promo
Yes, I prefer that sound more than most tech house. But most of those guys have switched to the techier side of things. Which is kind of a good thing as that particular sound has never gotten bogged down with or washed out by mass-produced garbage.
Domesticated
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Originally posted by Ted Promo
Which is kind of a good thing as that particular sound has never gotten bogged down with or washed out by mass-produced garbage.
Really?
I think there's some completely awful stuff out there. In fact, the beatport top 10 is chock full of it. Stuff like this:
Actually, while this a pretty tune, I can't help but get my rocks off when I hear it at clubs. It's too infectious for anything else.
Ted Promo
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Originally posted by Domesticated
Really?
I think there's some completely awful stuff out there. In fact, the beatport top 10 is chock full of it. Stuff like this:
Actually, while this a pretty tune, I can't help but get my rocks off when I hear it at clubs. It's too infectious for anything else.
, I guess I wasn't clear. I meant that the 2002-2005 prog-breaks/house sound didn't get bogged down.
The track you posted right there is one of the many reasons why I dislike tech house for the most part. It's getting tarded out like that.
Domesticated
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Originally posted by Ted Promo
, I guess I wasn't clear. I meant that the 2002-2005 prog-breaks/house sound didn't get bogged down.
The track you posted right there is one of the many reasons why I dislike tech house for the most part. It's getting tarded out like that.
Ah, I see what you mean.
Totally agree. Proper proggressive house is one of the few genres that seems relatively impervious to corruption, though some people consider deadmau5 progressive?
To the original poster, and I suppose you too Ted, I recommend this album:
It's brilliant stuff. Very subtle and hypnotic. It's classified as progressive trance on discogs but most of the tracks are around 125 BPM and don't actually contain many "trancey" sounds.
Ted Promo
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Originally posted by Domesticated
Ah, I see what you mean.
Totally agree. Proper proggressive house is one of the few genres that seems relatively impervious to corruption, though some people consider deadmau5 progressive?
To the original poster, and I suppose you too Ted, I recommend this album:
It's brilliant stuff. Very subtle and hypnotic. It's classified as progressive trance on discogs but most of the tracks are around 125 BPM and don't actually contain many "trancey" sounds.
The first comment on discogs makes me somewhat pensive :p
Guest
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Originally posted by Domesticated
Really?
I think there's some completely awful stuff out there. In fact, the beatport top 10 is chock full of it. Stuff like this:
Actually, while this a pretty tune, I can't help but get my rocks off when I hear it at clubs. It's too infectious for anything else.
Holy that track doesnt change at all does it? It sounds like Deadmau5
Domesticated
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Originally posted by Ted Promo
The first comment on discogs makes me somewhat pensive :p
I'm under the impression that the two negative reviews are there for one of three reasons:
a) Both people are psy-trance fans and have a clear idea in their heads of what this release "should" have sounded like due the fact that it was released on a psy label.
b) They listened on sound systems. This is one of those albums best experienced on a detailed system; computer speakers or bud earphones are not going to reveal the intricacies of it and as a result it could end up sounding very boring and monotonous (which both reviews complained of).
c) They just didn't like it. This is no reason for you not to try it out yourself!
p.s 'pensive' is not really the right word to use in that context.
elektrikal
thanks for the tomic suggestion, checkin it out and will comment on it later, maybe not fair but I'll use the Micah set I mentioned in my original post as the measuring stick.
vinnie97
Jody always throws a curve ball...his sets remain interesting for that reason. He is the bread and butter of Hybridized as far as I'm concerned (naturally).
Micah L
thanks for the support elektrical!
Floorfiller
hybridized...there's a site i haven't been to in years haha...
