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Re: Resident Advisor - Top 50 mixes of the '00s
Involver really did set a new standard as far as what to expect from mix comps in my opinion. I really think what Joris Voorn did with his Balance comp is what Involver should have been, but that's a debate for a different thread.
The thing with Lavelle's GU is that he didn't let him self get pigeon holed into playing one style unlike everyone else had the time who was making a "techno" cd or a "Progressive house CD", he went across the board and showed it was okay to have a lot of different genres on one mix comp.
On that note I personally didn't like the CD when it came out, but listening to it now I see why it's rated as high as it is.
And with Holdens Balance comp, where as everyone else was doing the deeper, darker side of prog house he went the exact opposite and gave you a comp you could listen to at home and still had tracks that were rocking the clubs at the time. The tracks were a lot "lighter" in nature and had a lot of musical qualities instead of just being the dark and moody (read: BORING) tunes that prog was turning into.
When looking at this list you really have to put everything into perspective as far as what was going on at the time they were released and what they did different.
Involver really did set a new standard as far as what to expect from mix comps in my opinion. I really think what Joris Voorn did with his Balance comp is what Involver should have been, but that's a debate for a different thread.
The thing with Lavelle's GU is that he didn't let him self get pigeon holed into playing one style unlike everyone else had the time who was making a "techno" cd or a "Progressive house CD", he went across the board and showed it was okay to have a lot of different genres on one mix comp.
On that note I personally didn't like the CD when it came out, but listening to it now I see why it's rated as high as it is.
And with Holdens Balance comp, where as everyone else was doing the deeper, darker side of prog house he went the exact opposite and gave you a comp you could listen to at home and still had tracks that were rocking the clubs at the time. The tracks were a lot "lighter" in nature and had a lot of musical qualities instead of just being the dark and moody (read: BORING) tunes that prog was turning into.
When looking at this list you really have to put everything into perspective as far as what was going on at the time they were released and what they did different.
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