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.

        • Amps replied to this.

            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.

                Talking about DT and filth, his Back to Basics. Think it was just one sided right.

                • Dan replied to this.

                  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.

                    zackster love the fact Vasquez ejected him for supposedly taking ‘notes’.

                    The drama follows him everywhere.

                        Dan That Vasquez was some weapon. 😅

                        • Dan replied to this.

                            jonattonyeah I just listened to it on the train home and will double down on it being better than CD2 of #006 and #009.

                            Only 2 spoilers for me are Cass & Slide (not because I don’t like the track, but it breaks the pace built up by Zoe), and Heaven Scent because it’s just unnecessary right at the end imo.

                                hugopal Angry Skies isn’t on there.

                                It is on my copy. Disc 2, Track 2, Tilt: Angry Skies (Tilt’s Numerology Dub)

                                  Ah right you are. Just looked it up on discogs. It’s a mislabeled due to being an early copy or something.

                                  ScottBailey

                                  Was never a Prog or Trance guy. But Sasha played a warehouse in Oakland in 1999. I was 17 or thereabouts so couldn’t get into clubs. DJ Dan was on before. DJ Dan absolutely hammered the place. First time I heard Sandy/Housetrap “Overdrive” (monster tune). I was like, nobody can top that. - Dan played a hellava set. But Sasha smashed it. I thought the floor was going to fall through when “Future In Computer Hell Pt 2” was played. Might be my favorite night out.