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)
Alien Autopsy Promo
1: Dj-X (Lab4) And Steve Milton – Captain Black
(Promo)
2: Dark By Design – Hate
(Dbd Recordings)
3: A+D+A+M (Lab4) – Bootlicker
(Promo)
4: Dj Eewol – Dawn Of Hell
(Promo)
5: Dj-X (Lab4) – Falling Down
(Promo)
6: Tony De Vit – I Don’t Care (Leigh Green & Steve O’brady Vocal Remix)
(Tidy Trax)
7: Dj-X (Lab4) – V Is For Vengeance
(Promo)
8: Proteus – I See Things That You Don’t See (Guld Remix)
(Promo)
9: Android Lime – Aerial Battle
(Promo)
10: Proteus – Illuminati
(Promo)
11: Alek Száhala – Lumi (Kevin Energy Remix)
(Nu Energy)
12: Horzì – Better Tomorrow
(Promo)
13: Hase & Btw – Eternal Cannon (Dj Rx Remix)
(Promo)
FINNISH 2008 HARDTRANCE SET
1. Sam one – Mechanical
2. Sam one Vs. Substanced – Misery
3. Dj Rx – Hellfire (Sam one remix)
4. Sam one – Black pearl
5. Substanced & Horzi – Superior pressure (Sam one Remix)
6. Cyrez Vs. Sam one – Reboot the System
7. Level 13 – Exaltation Reborn (Cyrez Vs. Sam one Remix)
8. Sam one vs. Substanced – Red Eye
9. Sam one – Parasonic
10. Substanced – Right now (Sam one remix)
Yousuke’s set TBA
DJ Rx vs Alek Szahala live PA
1. Alek Szahala – Maruuk
2. Ephexis, RX & Carbon Based – Decimator
3. Alek Szahala – Unholy Word
4. DJ RX – Singularity
5. Alek Szahala – Lagas 6. Hase & BTW – Eternal Cannon (RX remix)
7. Alek Szahala – Iron Squid
8. DJ RX – Lacrima
Energize vol.6 – Freeform
01. Ephexis & Seventy-7 – Psymbiosis (Blistering Breaks / Four To The Floor Edit)
02. Digital Anarchy – Emergence Day
03. Substanced – Lost Temple
04. Twisted Freq – Innocence (A.M.S. Remix)
05. Cyrez & Substanced – Afraid
06. The Mexican & Girdler Synthetic – Energize (Cube::Hard Remix)
07. Alek Száhala – Iron Squid
08. Twisted Freq – Hanuman Visits Lanka (Epyx & Cyrez Remix)
09. Grimsoul – Some More
10. Kerris Featuring Petra – Open Your Mind
11. Cube::Hard & Darwin – Under Pressure
12. Alek Száhala – The Hater
13. Epyx & Cyrez – Ulterior Motive
14. Grimsoul – Bad Boy
15. Ephexis – Mind Grinder
16. Lost Soul – Out Of My Brain