ScottBailey Thanks Scott - very much appreciated. I nick everything tbh lol - sometimes I listen to tracks cold and think err not sure and then you hear them played by someone else and you can hear the quality and possibilities - odd - it’s as if someone else’s judgment is better than mine.
Then again for the 20 odd years I have been listening to Transitions/kiss mixes I have come to realize that the pros have to sift through thousands of tracks to mine the gems and sometimes it is easier to cherry pick from the sifted jewels than go down the mines myself. the best ones are when you randomly come across something that speaks to you from trawling Spotify playlists or the bandcamp feed. But I would have to spend about an hour a day just keeping up with that ! Also sometimes I listen to Giles Peterson and get my mind blown by the range of amazing music he alights upon - tbh sometimes I don’t listen to him because I know it would send me off down rabbit holes I have no time to disappear down.

      baggers44 I was well impressed by Sinca

      Same. I’ve listened to a couple of other sets since and that Bedrock one was by far her best one (to my ears). Think she’s got music out on Anjuna so her style in general seems more geared to that label, which is not really my bag. But she definitely beefed up her sound for that Bedrock set which was cool to hear.

        baggers44 tbh sometimes I don’t listen to him because I know it would send me off down rabbit holes I have no time to disappear down.

        This is my problem 😩

          15 days later

          I did a thing for my endless drive to Norwich next week - usual admixture of ancient and modern on the random wheel of fortune

          1 Serap´s Garden Martin Stürtzer
          2 Internalize (Microlot Remix) German Tedesco
          3 Full of Courage (Inámo Remix) Timujin
          4 Touch My Sins (Original Mix) igor Bartyuk
          5 Starting World (Original Mix) Fabricio Mosoni
          6 Coisa Nossa Coco da Silva (Kismet 2000)
          7 Stronger (Original Mix) Alican
          8 Love Accelerator (Original Mix) Emanuel Satie, Maga
          9 Relocated E.B.E.
          10 M3M25M4 (Red Pig Flower Remix) Stelios Vassiloudis
          11 Ages (Original Mix) Angelos
          12 The Dream (Original Mix) Fabricio Mosoni
          13 Symbiosis (Original Mix) Martin Tolosa, Larrosa (AR)
          14 A New Constellation (Sentre Remix) Awkward Moments
          15 Donna Tropicana (Original Mix) Hemi
          16 Remember the Past (Original Mix) Robert Babicz
          17 Big City Lights (Original Mix) Secret Factory
          18 All You Need (Original Mix) Julian Koerndl
          19 Right Now (Original Mix) AIKON
          20 Oneohtrix Point Never - Nothing´s Special (Fabrice Mos Rework) (1)
          21 Barcelona Surprise (Original Mix) Spencer Brown
          22 Mugen (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
          23 Who Loves (Original Mix) Zuccasam
          24 Dolphins (Classified Project Remix) S.O.L.I.S. (Alien Recordings)
          25 Ukiyo (Original Mix) Sack, Martin Tolosa, Larrosa (AR)
          26 Outline (Original Mix) DJ Hell
          27 Energy Flow (Original Mix) Gel Abril, Oskar Szafraniec
          28 Starting World (Ric Niels Remix) Fabricio Mosoni
          29 Madonna _– Bedtime Stories (Thomas Penton vs. Vince Di Pasquale Remix)
          30 Don’t Know How to Love (David Alvarado Remix) GusGus
          31 Slope (Original Mix) Jaap Ligthart, Jochem Hamerling
          32 Riadha (Original Mix) Cali Kula
          33 The Dream (Kabi AR Remix) Fabricio Mosoni
          34 Birth4000 (Original Mix) Floating Points
          35 Nebular (Original Mix) Venao
          36 Nostalgia Del Presente (Danny Howells Remix) Polo (AR)
          37 Getting Late (Original Mix) Zuccasam
          38 Pale White Rose (Extended Mix) Cristoph, Luke Coulson s
          39 Intensity (Original Mix) Gorge
          40 Falling Stars (Original Mix) Smith N Hack (Errorsmith & Soundhack)
          41 On The Line (Raw Edit) Jonathan Kaspar
          42 Arcade (Original Mix) Simon Vuarambon, Tantum
          43 Listen (Austin Pettit Remix) Stan Kolev

            Nice one mate. My flight home sorted 👌

            RichM cheer mate I’m going thru the old records and unearthing a few gems amongst the dross. I seem to have about 40 records on Plastica/Plastic Fantastic - many tribal and some not great - far too many on Junior - I’ll keep dropping the odd one in!

              a month later

              1 Night Crossing Cali Kula
              2 Polar Trawler Cali Kula
              3 HiRollin (Dubspeeka Remix) Ejeca
              4 Apogee (Remastered) David Alvarado
              5 Back from Circle (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
              6 The Mighty Ming (Original 12′) Brothers Love Dubs
              7 If You Really Love Someone (MURK Dubs Again) Liberty Ci
              8 When You Say My Name (Tara Brooks Remix) Ossaim
              9 I Will (Original Mix) Hardt Antoine
              10 The_Great_Wide_Open_Original_Mix Luca Bacchetti
              11 IZ (Original Mix) Josh Wink
              12 Testudos (Original Mix) Ruede Hagelstein, Justin Evans
              13 Just (Original Mix) Fort Romeau
              14 Time Safari (Original Mix) Clarian
              15 Sonder (Original Mix) Luca Saporito
              16 Interminable (Gorge Remix) Leeni, Danilo Kupfernagel
              17 I Feel Good (Extended Mix) Agoria
              18 Len (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
              19 Life Reshade (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
              20 Splash of Luck (Original Mix) Melodiam (AR)
              21 Ultramar (Edmondson Remix) atish, Polo (AR)
              22 Music, Machines & Life (Original Mix) Maher Daniel, Casa
              23 The Motherland feat. Jr. C (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
              24 5934029_Hexagon_Original_Mix
              25 Generation (Original Mix) Komilev
              26 Found My Way (Extended Version) Aaron Rutherford
              27 Duende (Lost In Robert Babicz Space Remix) Martin Eyerer, Toni Rios
              28 Murat Uncuoglu - Towards Silence (Original Mix) Murat Uncuoglu
              29 _Alienated_Original_Mix Clarian
              30 In_Love_Original_Mix Adam Bayer Pig & Dan
              31 Linear Sky (Original Mix) Lutzenkirchen
              32 Roboteca Salvaje (Original Mix) Bruce The Bat Person
              33 Fields Of Fire with Jen Touch (Original Mix) Jennifer Touch, Paranoid London
              34 Muted Feelings (Original Mix) LICA
              35 Three Chords Song (Original Mix)Sean Doron, Kadosh (IL)
              36 Little Helper 414-2 (Original Mix) Butane, Riko Forinson
              38 All We See (Freedom Mix) Hardt Antoine

              Catching up with a few from earlier this year ….I’ve a more current one in the old pipeline.

                8 days later

                A bit of dark techno for those of that ilk

                1 Rare Ceremony Tapes (Original Mix) Architectural
                2 Liquid - Original Mix Donato Dozzy
                3 Racó John Plaza
                4 Structure Of Thought (CTAFAD Remix) Diagram
                5 Annihilatio (Original Mix) Joachim Spieth
                6 Obsidian Luigi Tozzi
                7 Head Hunt Luigi Tozzi
                8 Strati Luigi Tozzi
                9 Sorrow feat. Feral (Feral Remix) Feral, DI.CAPA
                10 Oracolo (Original mix) Worg
                11 Not Forgotten (Original Mix) APRS
                12 Lumininalis Insighta Diagram
                13 M3M25M4 (Yoikol Remix) Stelios Vassiloudis
                14 I Am Here (André Kronert Remix) Florian Kruse, Tesla Nix

                6 days later

                baggers44 Listened to the first two hours while doing hill repeats today. Built nicely into my run, I’ll have to give the rest a go later. That liberty city track was good.

                    8 days later

                    baggers44 1 Night Crossing Cali Kula
                    2 Polar Trawler Cali Kula
                    3 HiRollin (Dubspeeka Remix) Ejeca
                    4 Apogee (Remastered) David Alvarado
                    5 Back from Circle (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
                    6 The Mighty Ming (Original 12′) Brothers Love Dubs
                    7 If You Really Love Someone (MURK Dubs Again) Liberty Ci
                    8 When You Say My Name (Tara Brooks Remix) Ossaim
                    9 I Will (Original Mix) Hardt Antoine
                    10 The_Great_Wide_Open_Original_Mix Luca Bacchetti
                    11 IZ (Original Mix) Josh Wink
                    12 Testudos (Original Mix) Ruede Hagelstein, Justin Evans
                    13 Just (Original Mix) Fort Romeau
                    14 Time Safari (Original Mix) Clarian
                    15 Sonder (Original Mix) Luca Saporito
                    16 Interminable (Gorge Remix) Leeni, Danilo Kupfernagel
                    17 I Feel Good (Extended Mix) Agoria
                    18 Len (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
                    19 Life Reshade (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
                    20 Splash of Luck (Original Mix) Melodiam (AR)
                    21 Ultramar (Edmondson Remix) atish, Polo (AR)
                    22 Music, Machines & Life (Original Mix) Maher Daniel, Casa
                    23 The Motherland feat. Jr. C (Original Mix) Nicolas Masseyeff
                    24 5934029_Hexagon_Original_Mix
                    25 Generation (Original Mix) Komilev
                    26 Found My Way (Extended Version) Aaron Rutherford
                    27 Duende (Lost In Robert Babicz Space Remix) Martin Eyerer, Toni Rios
                    28 Murat Uncuoglu - Towards Silence (Original Mix) Murat Uncuoglu
                    29 _Alienated_Original_Mix Clarian
                    30 In_Love_Original_Mix Adam Bayer Pig & Dan
                    31 Linear Sky (Original Mix) Lutzenkirchen
                    32 Roboteca Salvaje (Original Mix) Bruce The Bat Person
                    33 Fields Of Fire with Jen Touch (Original Mix) Jennifer Touch, Paranoid London
                    34 Muted Feelings (Original Mix) LICA
                    35 Three Chords Song (Original Mix)Sean Doron, Kadosh (IL)
                    36 Little Helper 414-2 (Original Mix) Butane, Riko Forinson
                    38 All We See (Freedom Mix) Hardt Antoine

                    Finally got to this, sorry for the delay, had a few spare hours this morning for a change.

                    Really enjoyed. Has a good ebb and flow and plenty of variety of tunes, and mixes, which I think make a long mix like this interesting.

                    I like the cut of your jib baggers44 , feels like you’re more arsed about playing good tunes than perfect transitions or a ‘journey’ (though both are still in there!).

                    That Polar Trawler ep had your name all over it ☺️

                    • Dan replied to this.

                          Mad_Cyril It’s great having amazing transitions, but if both tracks are naff it means bugger all.

                              Dan
                              Exactly.

                              There’s a ‘seamless’ transition
                              There’s a transition that ‘amplifies’ the mix between two records
                              And an ‘A to B’ transition that lets the records speak for themselves

                              I think Baggers judges which to use when perfectly.

                                  Mad_Cyril MC mate that’s very kind of you although there is not a huge amount of planning other than a rough sort for key and vibe. As for transitions, I can see /hear the magic in one long continuous, seamless melodic piece but like anything it gets a bit boring to do the same thing- I used to love the pro vinyl mixes where you could hear the join and the energy shift and even the mistakes and I think I prefer to hear that so at least you know I’m not syncing it ! You are right about old Cali Kula - shameless plagiarism on my part ! what a find !! I have a few tunes lined up now that I am back from hols but will continue to drop in some old ones from the vinyl pile - loving the sumsonic stuff that I had forgotten about.