That Sasha Essential Mix that opened with Ride was literally the last prog mix of all time.

    hugopal

    I think even earlier. Still rank “Rise In” as the worst prog record ever made. That Sasha/Diggers NYE MTV mix is self-indulgent and terrible. DJ’s trying to do facsimiles of S/D were more focused on the perfect blend than actually moving a crowd. The music was bland and insipid by 2002 at the latest. Most of the bigger DJs ditched prog entirely or entirely ditched their careers (not always by choice). Shiloh and the like never mattered and never should have. Looking at JVM mixes from that era nostalgically is fucking insane to me. Those were the last nails in an already very nailed coffin.

        zackster probably near enough, yeah (and that was 24th Aug 2013).

          jonattonyeah The music was bland and insipid by 2002 at the latest

          Mostly yes, but a few alright tunes still trickled in for a couple more years and it wasn’t so rare yet for the bpms to even venture north of 130.

          jonattonyeah Shiloh and the like never mattered and never should have.

          Sure.

              jonattonyeah Shiloh and the like never mattered and never should have.

              Go off KING! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

              Proton Radio… Jaysus what an awful time!

                  zackster

                  To put it simply, there’s a reason people looked to Mylo, Desyn Masiello piano house, German micro, and pretty much anything but prog (and those three examples are pretty damn terrible). It got that bad. People lament that era as poor….well what caused it? 10 minute Bedrock releases and Proton Radio. Sander was like, out, I like girls. Shout out to Phil and Christopher Lobsinger.

                    Jonatthan Poundwater and Zackster are going great guns in this thread, and I put it all down to the recent well-deserved bollockings they’ve had off me keeping them on their toes.

                    Well in!

                    Hugo’s post about people dancing to 140bpm techno was one of the worst posts I ever did read.

                      Was Danny Howells the Disc 2 mix on the Renaissance comp with Nick Warren? That one for sure.

                        zackster Eh. Never defended Romania. Having said that, I’ll always get behind Barcelona.

                            mono-stereo Actual Techno is the next big thing.

                            Lol, if I were a techno Dj that would be my Dj name.

                              alistair Nick’s complete lack of ego meant he did it live, unlike the others

                              What a great call that was.

                              ‘Hear lads, due to me not being a complete narcissist I mixed it live.’

                              ‘Nice one chief, it sounds like a washing machine being thrown down the stairs.’

                                  rhouses Was Danny Howells the Disc 2 mix on the Renaissance comp with Nick Warren? That one for sure

                                  Read the rules Rhouses for fucks sake!

                                      zackster You bugger beast, don’t attach my name to Romania ever again.