After double checking with everyone involved, I’ve finally got the all-clear to put the 5th Anniversary mix online! Still no news about the next batch of CDs, but I’m hoping that something’ll be organised before NRGetic Romancer this month.
The mix itself was really hard to put together within the time limit, especially finding the right kind of tracks to show the ‘Hybridize style’, while still being the kind of set that the darker NRGetic Romancer ravers would want to listen to. Eventually I decided to start off with some trancy/melodic freeform, then some twisted NRGetic Romancer style tunes, and finally a mix of the two at about 175bpm. You’ll see that Surendrajit is in there again, but this time it’s a decent mix between it and the other tracks, I hope.
I had a lot of help rounding up the tunes for this one – especially big thanks to Epyx & Cyrez and Grimsoul for their ‘NRGetic Romancer edits’, but also to DJ Swoosh, Shanty, Nomic, Substanced, Jnks, Betwixt & Between and Alabaster. Finally, huge thanks to Guld for giving me the chance to mix the CD in the first place, and for all his work on the design/distribution side of things.
NRGetic Romancer x Hybridize by PlasmaDancer
The tracklist:
- Grimsoul – Global Killer (NRGetic Romancer edit) [Hybridize]
- Betwixt & Between – The Wander of Hesotarou Tankobu [Promo/TBA]
- Alabaster – Ruins of Jade [Promo/TBA]
- Nomic – Awa [Hybridize]
- Epyx & Cyrez – Heroes for Sale [Electronica Exposed]
- Epyx & Cyrez – Unhola (Guld remix) [NRGetic Romancer]
- Zio – Hell’s Gate (PlasmaDancer remix) [Promo]
- Epyx & Cyrez – Distant Illusions (NRGetic Romancer edit) [Hybridize]
- Betwixt & Between – Surendrajit [Promo]
- Nomic – Chaos Maker [Promo]
- Grimsoul – Moment of Wonder [Electronica Exposed]
- DJ Rx – My Serenity (Jnks remix) [Hybridize]
- Horzi – Elegy (Substanced remix) [Promo]
You can listen here via SoundCloud, but clicking the ‘mp3’ button or following this link will start the download – any feedback welcome!
nice one mate been waiting for this to come available
Downloaded your mix the other day. have to say it’s amazing and I’m counting on you to not forget my CD. :p
Global Killer edit is really, really, good. Those are the BPMs it should have had when it was first released, no doubt! Liked all the tracks you used, aside from RX’s “My Serenity”. Vocals in Freeform – and most music styles, for that matter – are a no-no for me. :/
Having said that, I do think you made a great selection of tracks in your mix. Some I had never heard of – and that’s a good thing, of course. :3
Also, thumbs up for your your track being there! I’m thinking it had the best possible breakdown for the mix. You really know which tracks to choose and when to place them, I admire that.
Anyway, good job and keep up the good work!
Dale> Cheers again man, hope you enjoy it 🙂
BerN> Thanks again for all the feedback!
I thought the same about Global Killer, so it was great that Grimsoul pushed the BPM up a bit…I couldn’t go any slower than 163 though 😉 Actually if you listen closely, you’ll notice that the final ‘Global Killer…’ vocal sample has been removed too – when I finally worked out that long mix between it and Tankobu, the ‘I don’t know who you are, where you’re from…’ sample was playing at exactly the same time. That’s what got me thinking about an edit instead of making do with pitching GK up 🙂
I’d normally be with you 100% on the ‘vocals are a no-no’ thing (I usually avoid them in whatever music I’m listening to), but I think Jnks did a really nice job with the remix! It went down pretty well at the last NRGetic Romancer, too.
Anyway, I only just made the deadline, so it’s great to hear that the rest of the mix flows reasonably well! Once the new CDs appear there’ll be one heading in your direction right away 🙂