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But yeah, from that point with his Border Community stuff he disappeared up his backside with the more minimal/electro stuff along with everyone else. You posted a track from his 2006 ‘At The Controls’, but that mix was an example of him having almost entirely jumped the shark from the, already fairly minimal but still prog-laced 2003 Balance mix, to an overly noodley minimal style.
It has been found that no big dj was playing stereotypically late 90s progressive trance in 2006. our examinations must conclude that you are correct about Avalon Emerson on this point, but we cannot accept that he had jumped the shark and Digweed had not. to jump the shark would indicate a vibrant scene, which would have been abandoned to rot away. One of Digweed’s representative mixes from 2006 demonstrates to us that this was not the case and progressive elements were sought for below 135 bpm. But whilst it has been seen that Digweed and his company zoned on the more housey elements of the progressive sound, Holden focused on the more looping, arpeggiated trancey elements. Denying this as objective fact would seem to be akin to being a creationist to us.
Further trials must be carried out to understand why digweed also jumped the shark then, according to your claim. https://www.discogs.com/master/22640-John-Digweed-Transitions