Most Enduring Commercial Mix Comps
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).
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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.
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.
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.
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Is that the Ambient album they done a few years back.
Dubman Not ambient, came out in the early 2000s
Along_the_Wire
I’ve just checked. It sounds pretty decent. It was Destination Unknown which is more downtempo than ambient.
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Forgot these pearlers. Both excellent, particularly Levan’s