My mp3 player recently survived a deep-sea adventure in the washing machine, so I’ve once again been able to while away the hours on the train by checking out some new (and not-so-new) mixes. I thought it might be worth collecting them all together in one post – and if anyone happens to know of any other ‘must-listens’, maybe you could add a comment? There seems to be a lot of freeform/NRG mixes around at the moment, so maybe this kind of round-up could become a regular thing (or as regular as my slack updating will allow, anyway).
The first mix is Android Lime’s Alien Autopsy Promo, which Guld recommended to me a while ago, and it’s easy to see why – this one’s dark and thumping all the way, and heavily weighted towards Adam Lab 4/DJ X/Proteus-style tracks. Anyway, it progresses really well, and takes a welcome turn for the more melodic towards the end of the mix – a nice touch, I reckon.
The next mix is Sam One’s FINNISH 2008 HARDTRANCE SET (click ‘Kuuntele’ to download). I’ve heard a few of Sami’s tunes on the Finrg Forum, but didn’t realise he’d already got enough for a solo artist mix like this. Even more surprising was the high standard of all the tunes – his melodies are really great in an uplifting-trance-but-still-NRG style.
Here’s a mix I should have posted earlier – DJ Yousuke’s set from this month’s NRGetic Romancer. Definitely one of his best so far; how he gets so much variety into a set, while making it flow so well, I’ll never know.
DJ Rx recently posted up the Rx vs Alek Szahala live set from last year’s Hakkapelitta Tour, and it’s a stormer, as you’d expect. In my too-picky opinion, the set doesn’t flow as well as it might have done with a few different track choices, but then that’s not the point of ‘vs’ sets, is it? Instead, this is a showcase of some of the best tunes that the two of them have to offer, and so you simply must give this one a listen.
Another that I forgot to mention is Girdler Synthetic’s recently posted Energize freeform mix. Some classic oldies on this one are mixed up with newer tunes from Alek Szahala, Epyx & Cyrez, A.M.S etc – well worth checking out, the combinations are very original. The opening few tracks are great choices, too.
(click for tracklists)
Here’s some very exciting news for folk living outside Japan (or outside Tokyo, even) – Zio has started to DJ live online! For various reasons he has been forced to pull out of NRGetic Romancer for a few months now, and so aside from the mid-week (until now!) Hell’s Gate it has been increasingly difficult to hear his sets.
