Most Enduring Commercial Mix Comps

303abuser

His YouTube channel shows have been a bit hit and miss, mostly the latter, although did enjoy some of his beach club sets as a guilty
pleasure.

I thought he was bound for greatness

Smallman1 I put Henry Saiz in the same category as Guy J and High Earning Hernan Cattaneo.

Horrific.

I have to admit I see it differently Smalls, after 25 years of listening I’m loving the Hernan sound the past two years and especially his sets with Nick Warren.

I know I’ll get some stick from those that haven’t listened to it and this set from Barutana last year is one of the very best I’ve ever heard ;

https://m.soundcloud.com/blenderbelgrade/hernan-cattaneo-b2b-nick-warren-b2b-graziano-raffa-barutana-june-2019

Matty he borders on almost pop music at times, can’t say i go out of my way to listen to him these days.

alistair thanks, i’ll check that out.

303abuser Smallman1 if you still think gu007 is representative of good mixing, your opinion is basically worthless.

To be fair - the Oakenfold mix was recorded live (not the actual live set but a recreation in the studio which is how the GUs were done back in the day)

Matty yeah and any professional that thinks that’s acceptable needs to give their head a shake. nick warren’s first few gu’s were mixed live too (with mixed quality) and were way ahead of this garbage.

zackster can you point me to a link for that hawtin mixmag live thing?

zackster

depends on your definition of “enduring” I guess, which I understand to be “lasting over a period of time, durable”

I chose those mixes that I could go to time and time again and they still hit the spot as if they were fresh….I think I did well.

If we go back to your list then the Nick Warren mix is horribly dated and the mixing is terrible, it’s certainly not enduring but an OK mix at the time. The Dave Seaman mix from the series flowed better IMO

The coldcut mix whilst outstanding from a technical perspective isn’t particularly easy listening and is too much mismatch of styles and genres. I prefer the FSOL mixes from back in the day.

I suggest your critique has lost the intended spirit of your original post.

zackster

Enduring doesn’t mean current Zackster

I thought the lack of prog mixes in Zackster’s top 5 was an absolute outrage if I’m being honest.

303abuser yeah and any professional that thinks that’s acceptable needs to give their head a shake. nick warren’s first few gu’s were mixed live too (with mixed quality) and were way ahead of this garbage

Whilst I am a big fan of Nick Warren, it’s not right to compare his early mixes with New York. That mix is an absolute masterpiece and is the perfect time capsule of Oakley at his absolute finest. Say what you want about his technical ability and how he went off the rails from 2001, that set along with the 1999 essential mix world tour was a man at the peak of his powers and no one was near him at that moment, not even Sasha and Diggers.

Smallman1 Pretty sure his neighbors would welcome some classic prog. It’d make a nice break from two cash registers smacking together!

Matty argue oakey’s cultural/musical influences and how much you enjoy them and enjoy looking back at the time and place. that’s all perfectly reasonable. there are tons of old mixes that aren’t very good from a technical standpoint that i still love.

in the context of “enduring” though, 007 is a shit show of mixing and programming and doesn’t belong in the conversation. my first demo cd that i did after dj’ing for about a year is leaps and bounds above the quality of this mix (not saying it’s anywhere near as good or anything, just comparing technicals). i re-recorded it 3 times because of mixes i didn’t like and those were probably better than the best mix between any two records on this comp. from that perspective it’s awful, there’s no defending it.

303abuser

cant say I agree, I love the big prog sound with loads of melody and highs and lows.

I don’t think he’s transitioned well onto the mix comp CD for some reason except for the Renaissance Masters Series 17 which was superb.

Over the past few years though including his sets from Forja and the absolutely stunning set with Nick Warren at ADE he’s been the only DJ I get genuinely exciting to hear.

Matty that maybe true. i discovered him through the balance mix and haven’t really liked too much since then, so he just fell off my radar. plus i mostly listen to old man music now.

303abuser in the context of “enduring” though, 007 is a shit show of mixing and programming and doesn’t belong in the conversation. my first demo cd that i did after dj’ing for about a year is leaps and bounds above the quality of this mix (not saying it’s anywhere near as good or anything, just comparing technicals). i re-recorded it 3 times because of mixes i didn’t like and those were probably better than the best mix between any two records on this comp. from that perspective it’s awful, there’s no defending it.

Were you there back in the day when it came
out or have you found it since. Excuse the question it’s just not easy to understand people’s age - background.

To your point when it came out it was just light years ahead of anything else at the time and seemed to carry its own magic in the same way Sasha San Fransisco did as if Sasha had returned from the wilderness. I think it’s that feeling for me that makes it so enduring as it takes me back to that moment, I imagine the same way it does for other appreciators.

There are a few mixes that have done that - I.e the other 9 mixes on my list.

I can’t comment on your own mixes having never heard them, but it you send me a link I’ll give you a whirl and let you know my thoughts.