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Diggers will be reading this thread and gnashing his teeth. Wait ’til he’s gigging again and plays in Zack’s home town…

Oakenfold was never a great mixer, the Oakenfold power move around 1996-98 was he had loads of great records, before anyone else.

    bosstrabs

    probably true, he did have that Oakenfold trance sound and when everyone jumped on
    the bandwagon 2000/2001 and Dave Pearce was playing Oakenfold records then he went from being DJ supreme to an also ran. His Travelling CD was one of the worst DJ mix comps of all time.

      this is still great to listen to, but then it’s full classic tracks, so dates well. Shame he didn’t make more of these and less prodigy garbage we’ve seen these last few years

        zackster i’m going to preface this comment with i really like this mix and i’d love to experience it on the dancefloor.

        my main take away from this in the context of this thread is that prog moved on and evolved into other sounds (for better or worse) and that’s why you think it all sounds dated. techno (proper techno, not the commercial/big room nonsense) remains basically unchanged over the last 25 years. i assume that’s a good thing if you like the sound (and i do).

            303abuser nail on the head. The style I would call second generation Detroit or Tresor techno has really remained unchanged throughout the years. You can’t really improve upon what is already perfect. It makes perfect sense to me that this sound was dominating clubs up until lock down, while the sounds like Lost Tribe; Angel are now completely irrelevant. Survival of the fittest.

            Also not only is the style still relevant, but the specific tunes on that mix are still relevant. G-Man: Quovardis just got a repress during COVID. Talk about proving my point. Call me when Hybrid: Finished Symphony gets a new pressing.

                zackster no argument there. i love the detroit sound, i’m still trying to figure out how to incorporate it into what i do and have only managed it a couple of times. the closing track on that hawtin mix is so good and if i wrote anything close to it tomorrow, i’d probably just quit right after.

                with all this in mind, i think you need to just rename this thread: why techno is better than prog. that should help smooth things out.

                    303abuser a lot of your stuff reminds of the detroit/tresor sound. Probs bc you use elektron gear which I’d say goes hand in hand with that vibe.

                        RichM

                        Thought of that as well but I remembered not really liking it at the time, even if it has grown on me. Totally lost in the ether as well.

                          zackster that’s good to know and you’re probably right. it’s such a learning curve and i really don’t know what my music sounds like to others. on a side note, i really want the new rytm, the prices have just gone up an insane amount this year. hoping to find someone desperate to unload a used one.

                              303abuser I have MK1 and I can’t recommend it enough. The upgrades to the 2 make it the perfect synth/sampler.

                                  zackster yeah i totally agree. bought a drumbrute a couple of weeks back because there was a great sale and i can probably re-sell it for what i paid and i wanted a dedicated drum machine, but they’re just not even close to the same class. my problem is the mki was $1600 and the new black mkii is now $2250. if i could find a good price on a used octatrack, i’d pick that up too, even though i own the digitakt already. their gear is just so good.

                                    I reckon Pig & Dan - Submission Sessions should be up there. Some artist album / DJ Mix that - timeless. Listen to it very regularly.

                                      Along_the_Wire
                                      I’ve just checked. It sounds pretty decent. It was Destination Unknown which is more downtempo than ambient.