Sunday, May 12, 2013

mgmx2



So here it is.  Months of work @_@.  Worth it.  Everything about it is intentional.  From the opening lyrics, to the sound singled out around the hour mark, to the ... well I can't spoil everything.  It carries an S shaped energy.  There is a peak in energy shortly after the first hour, then it dips back down for a little bit, and then finishes with a bang. 

Axwell - Heart is King (heartbeat sample)
Consolidate - Dream 
Michael Cassette - Memories (90s Piano Mix)
Hot Chip - I Feel Better (Max Cooper Remix)
Reeves - Dreams
Evgeny Bardyuzha - Point of No Return
Tom Glass - Naive
Matador - Klay
Evgeny Bardyuzha - Lemon Coloured Morning
Bug Report - The Great Dog (David Granha Remix)
Sunny Lax - Something Is Broken
Jon Medina - Digital Natives
Embliss - Back To Mine
Ad Brown - Marimba (Chris Domingo Remix)
Proff - Setps
Lange feat Betsie Larkin - All Around Me (Shorab G Remix)
Stan Kolev - Water of Life
Matt Lange - Rift (Andrew Bayer Remix)
Bodytemp - Kalm (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
Stan Kolev - Farewell (Passenger 10 Remix)
Gareth Emery - El Segundo
Dinka - Aircraft
Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - Keyboard Cowboys
Suspect 44 - Hold Me
Airbase - Last Door on the Left
Dido - Everything to Lose (ATFC Remix)
Hernan Cattaneo & Soundexile - Teleport (King Unique Remix)
Evren Ulusoy - Nightflowers (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
Mat Zo - Superman
Andrew Bayer - Monolith (Maor Levi Remix)
Parker & Hanson - Alquimia (Andrew Bayer Remix)
Faithless - Sun to Me (Jerome Isma-ae Remix)
Phunk Investigation - Wall of Sound
Electrixx - The Music (Darth & Vader Remix)
Mord Fustang - Lick the Rainbow
Lucky Date - Hos and Discos (Space Laces Remix)
Zedd - The Legend of Zelda (Electrixx Remix)
Pulse & Sphere - Rush Hour
Omnia & IRA - The Fusion (Eximinds Remix)
Faithless feat Dido - Feelin Good (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Mat Zo - Land of the Free
Above & Beyond vs Kyau & Albert - Anphonic
Adam K & BT - Tomahawk
Simon Patterson - So What
Nitrous Oxide feat Aneym - Follow You (Maor Levi Remix)
Oryon - V2
Mootz - Hyper Elastic (Vodge Diper Remix)
Afrojack - Doing it Right
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Evol Waves Remix)
Delerium feat Isabel Bayrakdarian - Angelicus (Andy Moor Mix)
BT & Andrew Bayer - The Emergency (Today is the Day Mix)
Tritonal - Utopia (Arty Remix)
Estiva - Foreverland

John O'Callaghan & Audrey Gallagher - Bring Back the Sun (Max Graham & Protoculture Remix)
Mike Shiver vs Matias Lehtola - Slacker (Maor Levi Remix)
BT - Love Can Kill You (Moonbeam Remix)
EDU - Mayday (Anhken Remix)
Progressiver - Marina
Space Rockerz feat Ellie Lawson - So Out Of Reach (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
Temple One - Zebra (Nuera Remix)
Solarstone - Intravenous (Konektiv Epicentric Mix)
Bart Claessen - Hartseer
Sunleed - Rasalhague 
Heatbeat - Rocker Monster
Ben Gold - Colossal (Rafael Frost Remix)
Lentos - Forget About Us (Tydi Remix)
MIKE vs Ben Nickey - Spring Break (MIKEs Progressive Retake)
Solarstone feat Alex Karweit - Breakaway (Solarstones Phuture Dub)
Protoculture feat Shannon Hurley - Sun Gone Down
Nektarios Meets Kirsty Hawkshaw & Jan Johnston - Invisible Walls (Dennis Sheperd Dub Remix)
BT & Kirsty Hawkshaw - A Million Stars (Myon & Shane 54 Summer of Love Mix)
Store n Forward - Salt
Mat Zo - Synapse Dynamics (Arty Remix)
Dave Horne meets Econu - Occlusion (Mike Danis Remix)
Shato & Paul Rockseek - Wonderfooled
Cosmic Gate - Back to Earth (Arty Remix)
Distantt - Hyperdrive
Tritonal feat Cristina Soto - Lifted (Mat Zo Remix)
Mat Zo & Arty - Rebound

Signum feat Julie Thompson - Never Be The Same (Myon & Shane 54 Monster Mix)
Heatbeat - Ask The Cat
Space Rockerz - When In Rome (Bastian Salbart Vision)
Leon Bolier - That Morning
Stoneface & Terminal - Blueprint
Mat Zo - Millenia
Barlett Bros - Walk By Me (Tydi Dub Mix)
Tasadi & Nhato - Time Ticks Away
Kyota - Nemo (Bvibes Remix)
Marc Simz - Forbidden City 
Sunny Lax - P.U.M.A. (Mat Zo Remix)
Mike Foyle - Blossom (Arty Remix)

Tuesday, May 7, 2013



Just accept that this is going to be different, and in the opposite direction you are likely currently thinking.  Just let that knowledge sink in.  I've been working on this for literally months, largely in parallel with the megamix.  Enjoy =]

Also: it loops.

Tracklist Below
Sphera - Being Realized (Human Element Remix)
Mindwave - Deepest Thoughts
Atmos - Soundglider (Human Element Remix)
Human Element - Subsequent Connection (Atmos Remix)
Cyrus & Dr. Hoffman - The Thing
Tymek - Hot Coffee (Overdose Remix)
Frechbax - Deepwater Horizon
Tristan - Bombscare (Perfect Stranger's Large Vagator Mix)
One Night Stand - Melting Point

J&B Project - Heavy Prophet (Sensual Squeak Remix)
Soniq Vision - Special Universe

Retno - Twisted Cat Dance
Space Hypnose - Live My Dreams
Sphera - Being Realized (Human Element Remix)

Sunday, March 10, 2013

mx3 and a³



Finally!!!

I really wanted a journey... variety.  The opening song is not indicative of the whole mix.  Some of this is very mainstream and some is lesser known.  I was inspired by some older mixes that got me into mixing in the beginning.  However, the primary way this mix develops is through texture.  The mood sort of alternates between happy and dark...  And the climax is not meant to be the very end of the mix.  

MEGAMIX I've been spending most of the past 6 months working on the megamix.  I just got it to the 3 hour mark like 2 nights ago.  I need to spend some time tweaking and tuning, trying to add some more songs and get rid of undesired downtime.  I feel really great about it!  I took my time and I think it really paid off.  I posted a youtube sample a few weeks ago and I think that at the moment, well over 2 hours of the mix is at that quality.  I just need a little bit more time to fine tune it for you guys.  I'm sure I could release it now and it would be good, but I'm going to make sure it is great!  There maybe another preview coming up very soon.  Maybe leave a comment and tell me what your fav mix was and I'll pick out a chunk of the megamix based on that?  No comments: no previews :P

MX2 LOOKING BACK Quite an interesting set compared to mx1.  I had way more variety and the mixing is vastly better.  There were some tricks I learned working on mgmx1 that really helped me make mx2 significantly better than mx1.  I still feel that a² is one of the best mixes in the set though I really wish the first track had been more of an "intro" track.  The only mix I sort of look back and thing "damn, I could have done better" is m².  I tried some things and I don't think they worked.  E² was also definitely an experiment but I was very happy with how that turned out.  It is funny to look at the download counts vs stream counts.  The higher energy mixes get more streams but the lower energy mixes get lots of downloads.  

MX3 GOING FORWARD I intend on continuing to have a variety of sounds.  The mix after a³ is going to be VERY different but still "trance."  You can expect (and definitely not in any particular order) : psytrance, deep house, liquid dnb, at least 1 dubstep mix, electro house, progressive trance, progressive house, tech house, and I'm sure new stuff will come out that I want to tinker with.  Don't worry though, I'm dedicated to the feels and I'm not going to do just one sound, I'm just testing the waters :P

Tracklist below (highlight to see it)

Madrid - Out to Sea
Madrid - Out to Sea (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)
Above & Beyond - Alchemy (Myon & Shane 54 Intro mix)
Store n forward - Manga (Wellenrauschs Dark Matter Remix)
Airsoul - Asia
Seven Lions - The Truth
Dan Stone - Manta (Johnny Yono Remix)
LTN - Never Let Me Go (Beat Service Remix)
Juventa - Bitsmash
Mat Zo & Porter Robinson - Easy
Tritonal - Can't Keep It In (Maor Levi's Starlight Remix)
BT - Skylarking