I've been charged with making this thread by the arch overlord Stu, so here goes. Very simple: your favourite TA DJ mixes from the year of our lord, 2010. A bit of a description as to why people should check it out would be appreciated.
My picks:
Nighteyes - More Often Than Not
Incredible set that moves smoothly across the genres while maintaining a deep, warm and funky vibe throughout.
pozz - Crimson Jihad
Pozz doing what pozz does best. Vast ambient infinity mixed with next-level precision and attention to detail.
Fake Schempp - Fur Goggle
Biosphere, PiL, John Carpenter, Blondie, OMD, Massive Attack, Nathan Fake and more references to cult 80s horror than you can shake a dismembered limb at. Say no more.
ziptnf
I thought long and hard (aw yeah...) about my choices for this thread, and came up with the following:
I'd like to second Jack's choice of poz - crimson jihad, and at a similar level of epicness, his own set:
Hamid - Future Retro Revolution
Trance at its finest. This set builds you up and releases the tension like you've never heard before.
Found Atlantis - Freshwater Koi
This set got tons of plays from me, some of the coolest, freshest hip-hop sounds I've heard. No actual rapping here, it's all instrumental, but the whole thing is totally sick.
Falony - Felatious
I thought this mix was super cool because it explores psychedelic rock, a 'genre' which I know practically nothing about. Way better than the radio.
yonny
If i had to pick just one, right now, it would have to be:
Ill go through my usermix collection one of these days and post more :)
EDIT: Okey, so ive looked through my TA usermixes folder, and these are my conclusions:
ChrisOne - Touching the spirits:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=559029&referrerid=2
Simply insane. If i were to organize a rave this guy would be the main act
Rob Turner - Synthesis:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=557064&perpage=12&forumid=&pagenumber=1
Greatly mixed deep house set. Definetly recomended for the Deep house lovers on TA
Adam Solomon - Dunkel Weise
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=566224&perpage=12&forumid=&pagenumber=1
Imho its the best mix I've heard from Adam. And Ive heard(and liked) many. I stopped making deep house sets after this as i realized i never would make one as good as this
Technoise 02
(couldn't find a link)
I was listening to this right after comming home from Berlin. It took me straight back to Berghain. Nuff said.
Le Freak - Little green men from uranus
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=575611&perpage=12&forumid=25&pagenumber=1
This one got way to little attention, great musics by el freak-oh
I've known Jamey for a long time now & listened to her as she's improved as a DJ but for me this one is awesome, great tracklist, good mixing and the music works really well. So proud of her for it, and hope to hear another good one this year from her ;)
pozz
thanks you for ze mention comrades. my vote goes to:
I've known Jamey for a long time now & listened to her as she's improved as a DJ but for me this one is awesome, great tracklist, good mixing and the music works really well. So proud of her for it, and hope to hear another good one this year from her ;)
:D
This year I didn't really have enough time to listen and re-listen to as many TA mixes as I wanted to, but the one that really stood out to me was Nighteyes - More Often Than Not. Lots of variety, great flow and musics that give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
xenderz
Cool!~
djnitride
Hamid - Future Retro Revolution
Great uplifting trance, no cliched overplayed sounds, just pure quality. By the end of the mix you will get that chills down your spine feeling, guaranteed.
RebeL9
Thanks guys. Really glad that you liked it :)
Maybe I will make another classic uplifting trancemix.
Probably my most listened to TA mix ever so I feel it definitely deserves a mention in here.
I'm not a seasoned DJ or electronic music reviewer so I won't pretend to know what I'm talking about and spare you the in depth review. Great tunes, good flow, nothing wrong with the mixing as far as I could tell. I'll leave it up to you to check out the tracklist in the link and decide for yourself if you want to give it a listen or not.
I would also like to mention that there have been many other sets on here I have enjoyed in the last while, but this one just seemed to stand out for me.
EDIT: I recall that System J intended for this set to be listened to during the summertime, but I still find it quite enjoyable listening to it now in the middle of the Canadian winter. =)
TranceArmstrong
this thread is exactly what I was looking for today, haven't listened to a TA mix in a while.
My vote goes for any of the 'TA's Share Their Classics' mixes I listened to in the past year. Also, Adam Vana did a summery mix of disco/house/other good stuff that I enjoyed a lot.
