Finnish

New Epyx & Cyrez site

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 7, 2013
Posted in: Events, Finnish. 3 comments

The deadly duo have recently started up a new site to tie in with their album release and some massive gigs, including a chance for producers to remix their Two Against the Void track, Sound of the Golden Clarion. The remix competition runs until May, with the grand prize of a digital Watchtower release. As one of my favourite tunes on the album, I’m really looking forward to what everyone comes up with.

The rest of the site is looking very smooth, and the news section will definitely be worth keeping an eye on in the months ahead. A final tip of the hat to the guys for the TYFTH mention in the Bio section!

Horzi – Face The Destiny

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 7, 2013
Posted in: Finnish, Releases. 1 comment

It’s been a long time since the last Horzi track, so the news this week that he’s planning to release a batch of new material should please many. First up is Face The Destiny, a great track that brings back memories of the older Hybridize sound along with quality modern production. Great use of the melancholy vocal and what sounds like a Betwixt & Between influence make this a top quality tune.

Mysterave presents IMAGINE: Aryx vs Alek Szahala

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 3, 2013
Posted in: Finnish, Mixes, UK. 2 comments

This one jumped to the head of my mix-listening queue recently for obvious reasons, and thankfully Mysterave has come up with the goods again – this is a planned-with-care set that does both Aryx and Alek justice. The mix mainly concentrates on the lighter side of their sound, and it’s actually the first time for me to hear tunes like Aryx’s lovely rework of Dawnstar and Alek’s Lagash 2012. With other new tracks like Deimos and Celestia, it’s a set with a very fresh feel, before finishing with some welcome darkness in the ever-anthemic Man Eaten and Desagoon Juniper.

Connection of the set for me has to be from Unicorn Grove to The End of All Things, a superb transition that could even have overlapped a little more without any problems, and that echo of UG‘s melody that you hear in TEoAT‘s first mini-break is just wonderful. Top, top work there.

An excellent set then, and maybe the first in a series…?

  1. Alek Szahala – Dawnstar (Aryx remix)
  2. Alek Szahala – Astraia
  3. Aryx – Celestia
  4. Alek Szahala – Deimos
  5. Aryx – Aurora
  6. Alek Szahala – Tigris
  7. Aryx – Nephila
  8. Alek Szahala – Unicorn Grove
  9. Substanced – End of All Things (Aryx remix)
  10. Alek Szahala – Lagash 2012
  11. Aryx – Chaldea
  12. Alek Szahala – Man Eaten
  13. Alek Szahala – Desagoon Juniper 

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Epyx & Cyrez – New Era DJ Mix

Posted by PlasmaDancer on March 3, 2013
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I’ve already seen some photos from this weekend’s FINRG & FUTURISTICS in Tampere, and at the time of writing you’ve still got a chance to download Epyx & Cyrez’s mix to tie in with the event.

This is one of those rare sets that I haven’t listened to all the way through before posting, but from my quick check of the connections it was sounding fantastic – heavy on the NRG and a transition from Alek Szahala’s Mageslayer that’s really top level. Grab it while you can!

Tyranoid – Hardform

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 26, 2013
Posted in: Finnish, Mixes, UK. 2 comments

Quite busy at the moment, but in between I’m slowly working through some of the excellent sets that have appeared over the past couple of weeks, starting with Tyranoid’s Hardform.

This might be one of his most impressive sets so far, with a very strong theme running all the way through and a great mix of old and new. Really interesting to see some UK freeform in there – it’s thankfully not overdone and gives a nice melodic edge to the set, eventually leading into the classic Battle of Dawn. It’s also a lesson in how to set the scene with some slower tracks, then matching them in atmosphere with some well-selected freeform. Very highly recommended, then.

01 Lowroller – No Longer Human 
02 SAM – Halluzinogen 
03 Tiifa – Pleasure 
04 Wragg & Log:One vs Iain Cross – Run For Cover 
05 A+D+A+M+ Lab4 & The DiabloTraxx Collective – Infernal Desire (Psycho Surgery Remix) 
06 Epyx & Cyrez – Game Over (Tyranoid/Strongstream Remix) 
07 Lost Soul – The Answer 
08 Douglas – Jonestown 
09 Substanced & Alchemiist – Permission To Die (Original/Tornadoz Remix Mashup) 
10 Tyranoid/Strongstream – Deepcore (unfinished edit) 
11 Tyranoid/Strongstream – You Need Another Drink (Cyrez Remix) 
12 Lost Soul – Human Being 
13 Epyx & Cyrez – Crossfire 
14 Blender & Nomic – Battle Of Dawn 
15 Apollo 440 – Stealth Overture 

Alchemiist – Freeformaniacs Round 8

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 21, 2013
Posted in: Canadian, Finnish, Mixes, UK. 1 comment

We already know that Alchemiist sets are worth looking out for, and thankfully his recent Freeformaniacs appearance has kept up the standard. There’s a really nice atmosphere in this one, maybe best described as melodic dark freeform – any set with a lot of Alchemiist tunes is going to be pretty nasty, but this one does a good job of switching back to the slightly-lighter side to throw in some melodies. Excellent use of a couple of classic Kreatrix tracks gets the set an extra thumb up.

01. Substanced – Ghost Of The Future (Alchemiist Remix)
02. Transcend & Dyzphazia – Tormenting Flames (Original Mix)
03. Twisted Freq pres. Nightforce – The Ghost Of Jupiter
04. Substanced – Damage Point
05. Ephexis, DJ Rx & Carbon Based – Decimator
06. Alchemiist – Anthrax Injection
07. Alchemiist – Noise Of Thunder
08. Substanced & Alchemiist – Facemelt
09. Twisted Freq – Kreation
10. Endemic – Xen
11. Alchemiist – Neurotic 

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Substanced & Alchemiist – Permission to Die (Le Dos-on remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on February 16, 2013
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Congratulations to Le Dos-on for his second place in the recent Permission to Die remix competition (which I completely forgot to mention, sorry about that). It’s a brilliant rework of the original, with some awesome synth work that has a slightly rougher (and very welcome) feel to some of his other recent tunes. This deserves to get a lot of play, as does the overall competition winner from Tornadoz.