damn could've used this over the weekend if I had seen it sooner haha :p
taking a listen.
RebeL9
Mr Mystery: That was a damn nice mix. Great track selection, great sequencing and great progression. Nothing else to add.
SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery OrgaNik pres. Headphone Hangover
01. Banco De Gaia - All Sleeping [Disco Gecko]
02. Alastair Pursloe - When You Find What You Have Been Looking For [Astrolabe Recordings]
03. Bryan Milton feat. Jama - Like A River (Jani R Ambient Dub) [Silk Music]
04. Digitonal - We Three [Just Music]
05. Remundo - Plume [Karmabreeze]
06. Mirco De Govia - Sleeping Beauty [euphonic]
07. York feat. R.I.B. - Traveller [Planet Love Records 2.0]
08. Soulfinder - Poetic Dreams (Royal Sapien Remix) [Toes In The Sand Digital]
09. Manu Riga & Alex Vidal - When Worlds Collide (Manu's Balearic Dreams) [Bonzai Progressive]
10. Digital Witchcraft - Fingerpaint [Proton Music]
11. Greenage - Utopia (Viktor K Remix) [Massive Harmony]
12. Platunoff - Artificial Life (Monojoke Remix) [Morphosis Limited]
13. Alfoa - Fluid Flow [Welcome Music]
14. Tee-Ex - Your Perfect Beach [Pineapple Digital]
15. Santerna feat. Tatyana Klokova - Remember Last Autumn [System Recordings]
16. Husky Rescue - Grey Pastures, Still Waters [Catskills]
I had a quick flick through this last week and feared the worst - it sounded like the kind of ultra-sentimental, twee and twinkly web-prog that blights Beatport these days. However, a full listen through revealed it wasn't as bad as I feared. You definitely went down that route, and unfortunately there just isn't enough quality in the dwindling progressive breaks sphere these days to make a full mix of genuinely good music. Despite that, this did the stated job quite effectively - it was soft, pretty, easy to listen to and did a decent job of waking me up after a foggy over-sleep, even if it is Tuesday and not Sunday.
On a technical note the flow and pacing was probably the strongest point, and the way the set unfolded was the key part in "selling" the tracks to me. The mixing itself was a bit rougher than I'd expect from you - some very brief transitions and some key clashes that were only avoided by the paucity of the mixing time. But you did choose good cueing points and matched the structures of the tunes well enough, so even if the transitions themselves occasionally had a bit of "WTF?" factor, the flow reasserted itself straight away.
Mr.Mystery
Yeah, I noticed what you mean about the quick cuts after a later playback. It's not something I usually do, but a couple of the tracks had some oddities I needed to work around.
I also had to leave out several tracks that I liked a lot, but as they were significantly darker in tone they did not fit in at all.
Meat187
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Originally posted by ziptnf
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That's ing genius, I need to put this track in a mix!
ziptnf
Definitely a nice mix, Nik. I like how soft and smooth everything was, although one track that didn't fit the bill that nearly threw me off the whole set was Digitonal - We Three. I really didn't care for that one, but the rest of the tunes were very enjoyable. Way to kick off the challenge :)
ziptnf
Just a reminder, as of today there is ONE MONTH left in the challenge. I usually put in extensions to accommodate most people so don't be too freaked out, but now might be a good time for a short status update from our competitors? Just to see where we all are.
For me, I'm about 70% finished with my tracklist, still trying to wrap up the discovery/search process and move onto the programming/arrangement. I'm aiming to release this coming Sunday.
SYSTEM-J
My mix is pretty much done, there's just one more track I can't resist trying to squeeze in there before I stick a fork in it.
Lews
Attempting to conclude my track-selection process soon, but I just keep finding music I like :(
ziptnf
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Originally posted by Lews
Attempting to conclude my track-selection process soon, but I just keep finding music I like :(
That's a good problem to have :p
Mr Game+Watch
Been a bit busy but after Electric Zoo this weekend, stuff will finally slow down and I hope to bang out a mix or two over the next 2 weeks. Have a good idea of the tracklist for my mix.
SYSTEM-J
So, I was initially going to do something more ambient and chilled out, but I realised after Mr Mystery's entry that there was a danger of the thread being flooded with "soothing" mixes. Instead, I decided to revive a concept I've been toying around with for over a year but never really finished off.
The result is a mix of techno of the deep, melodic, acid-inflected variety. Pretty low tempo and not too hard-hitting, with a flow that undulates leisurely up and then down again. I think it works quite well at creating a general "lazy, mellow Sunday afternoon" vibe. The tracks aren't particularly new, and perhaps techno fans will find the Sandwell District track an overly-obvious ending, but it seemed the kind of mix that track was designed to close.
01. Satoshi Fumi - Through The Clouds [Unknown Season]
02. Lawrence - Manhattan [Smallville]
03. Washerman - Still Life [Drumpoet Community]
04. Reno Wurzbacher - The Love You Got (Sven Weisemann Closeness Mix) [Colombage]
05. Sebo K - Aquamarine (Mr Fingers Acid Dub) [Tsuba]
06. Redshape - White [Delsin]
07. Rob Belleville - From Bay To Bay [Matrix]
08. OOFT! - Dub 4 Daze [Foto]
09. OOFT! - Galaxy High [Foto]
10. Simian Mobile Disco & Bicep - Sacrifice [Delicacies]
11. Chymera - Strange Things Are Afoot (Conforce Remix) [Connaisseur]
12. John Daly - Solar Sailing (Deep Mix) [One Track]
13. Micronism - The Quiet Mind [Delsin]
14. Universal Solution - Lost Code [Anjunadeep]
15. Slam - Ghosts Of Detroit [Soma]
16. Sandwell District - Speed And Sound (Z:arts Lab Version) [Sandwell District]
