60 most groundbreaking mix albums of all time

[Hydrosonic]

Re: 60 most groundbreaking mix albums of all time

Playing this with a straight bat, I can't help but think sixty too high a number for mix compilations genuinely considered "groundbreaking"... I mean mix albums have been around for about 20 years or so? That would mean on average 3 "groundbreaking" albums a year? Hell's teeth, I'm surprised there'd be any ground left...

[Micko]

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There was a mix CD from Parks and Wilson from back in the day that was pretty damned good - forget the name though

Northern Exposure 1 and 2 are essential - I remember hearing the track Raincry for the first time - wonderful piece of music

I also loved the concept behind the mix series 24:7

Don't forget Danny Howells and Nocturnal Frequencies

[♫♫♫♫♫♫]

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I also loved the concept behind the mix series 24:7

There was a concept behind 24:7! please explain

[audrey_w]

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I thought sasha and digweed's first renaissance comp was groundbreaking, but perhaps not in a good way. The days of mix tapes (played live) were replaced by mixes manufactured in a studio. People became used to hearing flawless sets and, maybe subconsciously, then thought live (real) mixes inferior

[audrey_w]

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Future sound of london's ISDN transmissions were groundbreaking, way ahead of the game in many ways. I can't really name any compilations that I'd call groundbreaking that were no more than a selection of similar tunes, programmed together on a computer, no matter how listenable they are.

[unkle]

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[Bender420]

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joris voorn's balance 14 was groundbreaking in my opinion! and i haven't heard anything similar to it since.

[unrecogniseduser]

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There was a mix CD from Parks and Wilson from back in the day that was pretty damned good - forget the name though

Northern Exposure 1 and 2 are essential - I remember hearing the track Raincry for the first time - wonderful piece of music

I also loved the concept behind the mix series 24:7

Don't forget Danny Howells and Nocturnal Frequencies

painting on silence i think.

I also really liked the zero tolerance cd by gab oliver from back in the day. Those guys really had their own sound

[AntonyM]

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Looks like it was compiled by Resident Advisor, all kidding aside who was the 20 year old put that list together.

[Micko]

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painting on silence i think.

That's it - I'm impressed

[unrecogniseduser]

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i have it on my shelf somewhere

[simonr]

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joris voorn's balance 14 was groundbreaking in my opinion! and i haven't heard anything similar to it since.

Agree.

To be fair, Diggers' Live in London 4 x Cd set is groundbreaking, if only for the fact (i) a DJ has the balls to put out a live set and (ii) it's mixed properly on the fly - a rarity these days.

[Micko]

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i have it on my shelf somewhere

I always loved the name of the album, so much so that I forgot it

[nelinho]

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Sasha @ Avalon maybe worth a mention too. Although he was using ableton then...ballsy to put it out with the part of the night where the computer crashed maybe.

[FFF]

Re: 60 most groundbreaking mix albums of all time

Sasha @ Avalon maybe worth a mention too. Although he was using ableton then...ballsy to put it out with the part of the night where the computer crashed maybe.

it was shite