Saw Danny T once. That moon-faced weirdo leveled the place in fairness. 1015 Folsom. Belted this out and it sounded amazing.
Disc 2s of Superior Quality
Massive respect for Amps not letting this one go.
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zackster disagree - on Disc 2 I think Diggers actually generally avoided obvious big room tracks in favour of cohesion. It’s more peak-time, underground, hypnotic vortex mode, rather than big room bangers.
Clear example, as I’ve already pointed out, if he’d wanted to go more in the big room direction he would have included the original of Stoneproof, rather than the dubby Alternative version. As it is there are no tracks on the disc anywhere near as “large” as Xpander, Mercury & Solace or Heaven Scent . They all tend more towards the subtle and driving, which is one of the reasons why the mix works so well.
Bos Tune.
Right. Its just Digweed being the flipside to the Sasha coin. For disc 2 Sasha went bright and emotive while Diggers went dark and brooding. Still counts as playing the prog hits of the day in my book.
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zackster Right. Its just Digweed being the flipside to the Sasha coin. For disc 2 Sasha went bright and emotive while Diggers went dark and brooding. Still counts as playing the prog hits of the day in my book.
The first two sentences are sort of correct, but ultimately Disc 2 of Hong Kong is just Diggers being peak-time Diggers - I don’t see that it was anything to do with trying to emulate what Sasha did on Ibiza (what your original comment stated).
It’s pretty expected that on a double-disc at least one will be a demonstration of that DJ’s more peak-time style.
I also still think he avoided a bunch of “the prog hits of the day” for the purposes of groove and flow, but that’s also a bit more Diggers’ style; as you say he’s typically been a bit more dark, brooding (and understated) than Sasha.
vinnyt77 i mean quite a few were already out and known, yeah. Diablo, Heaven Scent, Angry Skies, More, Stoneproof… think Persuasion was too, wasn’t it? I am not knocking the mix. It’s my fav Digweed GU. I just think disc one is better and I think the formula I identified for why disc 2s are typically less renowned applies to Hong Kong.
Amps is there something wrong with the flow on Disc1? Other than the opening track and the first synth explosion from Albion - Air, you would not have known what was what or which way was up or down for the last hour. Absolute perfection. I’m sure he had many nights in Twilo where he unleashed that kind of filth.
No one unleashed more filth in Twilo than Tenaglia.
zackster i mean quite a few were already out and known, yeah. Diablo, Heaven Scent, Angry Skies, More, Stoneproof… think Persuasion was too, wasn’t it?
Evolution’s dubby mix of Heaven Scent.
Angry Skies isn’t on there.
More is on Bedrock so surely gets a pass.
Alternative, dubbier version of Stoneproof.
Funk Function mix of Persuasion.
i.e. the less obvious versions of some big tunes.
Were the tracks on Disc 1 any less obvious anyway? As has been discussed elsewhere I’d argue The Baguio Track is probably the biggest tune on the whole compilation.
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Talking about DT and filth, his Back to Basics. Think it was just one sided right.
hugopal Were the tracks on Disc 1 any less obvious anyway? As has been discussed elsewhere I’d argue The Baguio Track is probably the biggest tune on the whole compilation.
Wasn’t ‘The Baguio Track’ originally released on an obscure label in 1999 before Yoshitoshi signed it? Digweed picked it up and started playing it and remixed it with Nick Muir before it was officially released the following year.
I know Alchemy - ‘Bruiser’ was originally released on an obscure label in Albany, New York.
