Your classic Essential Mix?

[jointuletz]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

Nick Warren 1999-10-03 its also a great great one.

Urban Tribe - "Social Theorist" (Mo' Wax)
Delicious - "Rising Up [Sphere Remix]" (white Label)
City Of Three Thousand - Untitled (French Taka)
Heller And Farley - "The Rising Sun [Bedrock Mix]" (Junior Boys Own)
Presence - "Sense Of Danger" (Futureshock Dub)
Way Out West - "Activity" (white Label)
Thomas Heckman - "Ultra Vixens" (Petit Prince)
Dos Deviants - "3 Waves" (Waqt)
Bluefish - "One" (Quad)
Johan EP - "unititled [ff Remix]" (Cyber)
Ashtrax - "Diversion" (Deviant)
Way Out West - "Spike" (white Label)
County & Western - "Positive Energy [Deep Cover Mix]" (Caged)
Highland - "Forsaken" (Vapour)
P.O.B - "Bluebottle" (Platipus)
Sphere - "Miyake" (Electric City)
Mindtrap - "Much Better Man" (white Label)
K90 - "Deliverence" (Telica)
Paragliders - "Paraglide" (Superstition)

[feather]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

I notice that a great many of these sets are from 1999 to 2003. Are the members here older, or is the music not as memorable these days? Just a thought, not trying to start a "music this day is ..... " argument.

I think a lot of it has to do with sentimentalism and nostalgia too. Who's to say the people new to the music now, or getting more interested in the music now, won't look back 5yrs from now, and pick their 'classic EMs' which will be remarkably different from what we pick here.

Also depending on what phase of clubbing life you're in, we associate some of these tracks in these EMs with those unforgettable moments in the clubs.

music isn't as memorable. when bog-standard prog-fodder evolved with extra bleeps and bloops and was made with casio keyboards, it was bad. and then they started using computers to play it too.

Compare Belfunk with COMA and you'll get what i'm talking about.

A lot of today's music is just what 88Mariner described, they sound flat except for a few gimmicky sounds and stuff that sound randomly thrown in to create 'texture.' They lack 'body' and groovy basslines, the basslines are just some skeleton to throw on some sounds to, as opposed to tracks which had basslines that worked on their own. The beats are boring as well.

On the other hand, there're also a lot more music coming from the minimal camp that is very textured, deep, atmospheric, and layered. What they lack in melodies or basslines, they make up for with intricacies that are very absorbing. I'm moving more from 'prog' to the deep minimal stuff cos prog is just pain boring at the moment.

[simonr]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

At least Sasha '05 and Hernan'08 will go down as classics.

[Steve Graham]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

I love seeing the old tracklists, and remembering the times searching for the elusive "white label" by any means neccessary and the feeling of accomplishment when i came home and saw the package leaning up against the door

[88Mariner]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

man...who ever posted that '95 digweed set is awesome. I've been listening to it all weekend. It destroys* all others, and i would put it in my top 3 e-mixes of all time.

*i don't mean it like kills other e-mixes or has harsh sentiments towards others, it's just a really embelished way of saying 'this is dope**

**dope means good

[hypoluxxa]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

I love seeing the old tracklists, and remembering the times searching for the elusive "white label" by any means neccessary and the feeling of accomplishment when i came home and saw the package leaning up against the door

+1

Those were the days. The Yo Shop, Groovetech, and so many others that are no more. I remember the first time I walked into Plastic Fantastic in 2001 and the clerk asked what I was into. Needless to say I bought almost everything he gave me. I bumped into Dave Seaman there too.

[day_for_night]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

man, groovetech was awesome. they had the best sound samples of the day. i must have spent 5 grand with them alone...

[hypoluxxa]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

man...who ever posted that '95 digweed set is awesome. I've been listening to it all weekend. It destroys* all others, and i would put it in my top 3 e-mixes of all time.

*i don't mean it like kills other e-mixes or has harsh sentiments towards others, it's just a really embelished way of saying 'this is dope**

**dope means good

We've become so PC here. Don't want to offend our bretheren that like the new stuff. It shows mutual respect, well except for my: Location. Nothing pc about that.

[hypoluxxa]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

man, groovetech was awesome. they had the best sound samples of the day. i must have spent 5 grand with them alone...

I saved my last ever cardboard packing container from them. I think Chloe might have worked there.

[Steve Graham]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

+1

Those were the days. The Yo Shop, Groovetech, and so many others that are no more. I remember the first time I walked into Plastic Fantastic in 2001 and the clerk asked what I was into. Needless to say I bought almost everything he gave me. I bumped into Dave Seaman there too.

which ties into why we never sell our RECORDS! lol

[88Mariner]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

groovetech was great. excellent selections. My favourite part was the live video feed they had in thier dj rooms in london and (seattle?). Anyways, I remember setting my schedule around that so i could watch zabiela spin. I think this was around the time that HOOJ went under.

---btw...anyone know where to find those videos?

[88Mariner]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

here we go....too bad it's the only one i've found.

[YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kym10H4fTXc[/YOUTUBE]

[Steve Graham]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

great find,.. i think hooj went under a few years after because the hooj.com site changed to something else (which escapes me) for a little while even tho the label wasnt putting out records they stil had the promo type web site that was pretty cool

[hypoluxxa]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

great find,.. i think hooj went under a few years after because the hooj.com site changed to something else (which escapes me) for a little while even tho the label wasnt putting out records they stil had the promo type web site that was pretty cool

I bought the bag from their site while I was in London for a few days. It showed up the next day.

[day_for_night]

Re: Your classic Essential Mix?

I saved my last ever cardboard packing container from them. I think Chloe might have worked there.

ya she even signed the back of one of my record orders to the tune of "nice choons, chloe". made me laugh when i got it in the mail.