Gahan managed to make a incredible album so dark in despair because he wrote this before he attempted to kill himself, that ur literally listening to a suicide letter/perspective in song format.. fookin insanity.
rubez
killer tune, awesome narrative.
the rhythm: the rhythm: the rhythm, is our - power - SECTION!
:cool: :cool: :cool:
Beatflux
I can't think of any...
Dj Pluviose
Give System-J some credits; he's brought up a great point and he also makes some great mixes.
Anyways, here's my track:
rubez
taken from the SUBLIME mix compliation 'Moments' by Anthony Pappa, this track never fails to encapsulate.
dark, yet weirdly uplifting... but not uplifting.
puts you in a 'state of trance' for sure... unlike anything armin puts out. this has actual class.
Moments vol 1 & 2 need more love. definitely up there with the best mix comps ever. been listening to them for 2 years and they are still fresh as ever. a true sign of mastery. the mix itself is flawless. don't think i've ever heard another flawless mix. and the track selection is epic. addictive.
start at 2:25mins..
prolly think this is a masterpiece for sentimental reasons
start at 2mins...same song different remix...not as good but the vocals are good
What I really wanted to Share was Akabu-Life Is So Strange (Joey Negro Medusa Mix)
rather than Joey Negro Medusa Dub...there is a huge difference
but ti doesnt exist on utube
Looney4Clooney
pretty milestone work. Seems silly now but in 65, i imagine people found the concept of phased recordings and how you can use that as composition interesting. More concept than music but anyhow ....
by a canadian in 55. He also had a part if developing radar for the allies and had something to do with the first electronic music studio in Canada. Basically, everything is from one recording of a drop of water. Like the previous example, silly now but in 55 .....
posted this since the galactic music police feels there is too much trance on a trance site and it angers him. Hopefully this pleases heir director.
Looney4Clooney
alright next up
This track was one of those tracks you could fit into a trance set , a house set, a techno set. It was one of those rare tracks that just worked in any genre. And it was a track you could open a set, or use as a bridge to other genres. I used to be a hard trance dj and would play this all the time. The main techno dj would played all that uk hard techno would also play it. Really rare for a track to transcend genres.
The baseline is so simple but groove. Just 8th notes but there is this incredible groove to them. It is just sexy. I think the groove in this track , and just for that makes it great. And it never gets old. well bpms sort of restrict when it can be played but people were playing this for years. And it always sounded great.
I also love the intro. how it just goes straight to the bass without messing around or preparing it in any way. Which made it that much better say as an opener. Like say the last dj was boring and you started with this track. And I used to do that alot if the dj before was not trance. And it was just one of those tracks when people knew ok, this is going to be great.
Was a bitch to mix tho because of the few irregular phrasings that cut a few bars short. I remember having to right down on the sleeve the structure so that i would account for them. NOt so much mixing in but mixing out. There are a few breaks that are just 1 or 2 measures.
SYSTEM-J
I'll actually write an explanation for this one, because I genuinely believe this is a masterpiece.
Orbital - Way Out -> / Spare Parts Express
These are the first two tracks from Orbital's 1999 album The Middle Of Nowhere. The two tracks segue together into one 18 minute epic opening to the album. Way Out is just one of the best introductions to an album I've ever heard. The lush arrangement is symphonic and operatic, so skyscraping it's easy to miss just how ludicrously funky the percussion programming is. Top to bottom this track is just masterful, and yet you will not be able to find one single other dance record that sounds like it. Also, in a pleasing touch, the graphological use of the arrow in the song title mimics the Way Out signs in all UK train stations, so whenever I travel I am reminded of this track.
Spare Parts Express was the band's response to writer's block: they threw every unfinished idea they had into one sprawling psychedelic opus. It begins with a giddy swirl of trademark bright retro synth scrawls, but moves through several different stages, dropping into dirty electro breaks and then becoming increasingly dark and paranoid before finally reprising the opening section.
I've never heard an album open with so many different ideas thrown at you in such rapid succession, and yet tied together so effortlessly. These two tracks are a perfect example of how Orbital managed to utilise unconventional structures and sounds while remaining accessible and danceable.
Floorfiller
here is my contribution to the thread. one of my all time favs. i think people are either really captivated by this song or don't like it, but i think it's pretty wonderful and unique...
