2004 Essential Mixes - RANKED
jonattonyeah heard Sander K play it at Crobar. Never went to another prog event, that I can remember.
If Sander played “The Right Time” I wouldn’t blame you for killing yourself let alone attending another prog party.
hugopal “We all live and die”
I always thought they were saying “we are little vampires”. @Smallman1 is the one who broke the news to me that I had it wrong.
jonattonyeah he absolutely could have. It was an unbelievably bad night. I can’t believe how many bad tunes were played.
Finally, Jonattan Yeah does something good with his life.
By the way, I seemed to play a lot of the essential mixes from this year at the time, agree with the top 4 but with Desyn at the top + probably Choo Choo Romero to round off the top 5.
Holy fuck this must have taken some time!
Agree with Hugo about Desyn. I chanced seeing him a year later and the sound coming out of him and Omid 16b around then was something new for sure.
I also loved Neil Quigley around 06/07 who wasn’t the same as Desyn but the difference in the sound paired with the way it just worked for people loving Prog/House reminded me of this and I wished I was exposed to more back then.
Two deep dish pizzas LOL
Hey I solved Covid one dead person at a time in the Bay Area.
As for Masiello, I ranked the mix third. That’s very high praise. I put Black Strobe ahead because it sounds ahead of its time. I put Zabiela ahead because it did the most you could do with two hours.
Swap out any of the top three and I have no problem with it.
That said, having going though all of these, the top two stood out. Not boring. Not dated. This is a RANKING so I have to make some tough decisions.
jonattonyeah I’m not criticising your work Jonathan.
And personally I would definitely rank you top two North American poster, just above Loopstick but below Veja Horseface.
Still number 
Fair play I would say it must taken some amount of time!
Listen to Pongwater, oh woe is me, I had to listen to 100-odd hours of essential mixes, when everyone on the fucking board listens to mixes all the time, probably whenever they’re at home, doing work, on the subway or whatever.
It’s not like he had to stick a needle in his japper every time Pete Tong did a voiceover.
Basically, even when doing something decent, Mongwater can’t do it without being a moany cunt: “look at the burden I had to bear for you”
jonattonyeah
Top work bud