Max Kane

Was never really my cup of tea musically, but I agree that she was easy on the eye

It's the same chain mate, but the Birmingham one is now closed & has been for about 2 yrs

The two best record stores I used to visit were Massive & the exceptional Three Shades in Birmingham, both were great places to go vinyl hunting. Massive used to throw parties in their basement on occasion too, they had Sasha play an exclusive set there when he launched 'Involver' & Marco V for 'Combi:Nations' Three Shades was always a good place to go too, Paul Thomas (Gods ressie) worked there & used to make sure he reserved me the best trance releases when they came in on import every thursday, happy days

May as well stick my little selection up as well... 01 - Duderstadt 'BeAttitude' (Duderstadt Uplifting Mash-up) [Afterglow] 02 - Shawn Mitiska & Joey Medina 'After Hours Ensemble' (David West Remix) [Currve] 03 - Purple Code 'The Rising' (Max Graham Remix) [Re*Brand] 04 - Glenn Morrison 'Circles' [Pilot 6] 05 - First State ft. Tiff Lacey 'Where Do We Go?' [in Trance We Trust] 06 - Patch Park 'Shifter' [Re*Brand] 07 - Darren Rhys & Terje Bakke 'Epoque Wave' 08 - Junkie XL 'F*ck More' (Matthew Dekay Remix) [Nettwerk] 09 - Glenn Morrison 'No Sudden Moves' [Pilot 6] 10 - Tek-Ne 'Taurine' (Dub) [Coldharbour] 11 - Fragma 'Toca Me' (In-Petto 2008 Remix) [Tiger] 12 - Marc Marberg 'Guarana' (Cressida Remix) [Euphonic] 13 - Josh Gabriel 'Summit' (Christopher Norman Remix) [Organized Nature] 14 - Blake Jarrell 'Take Care' [Electronic Elements] 15 - Dinka 'The Sin' (Chris Reece Tribal Sucker Remix) [Well Mixed] 16 - Armin van Buuren 'The Sound of Goodbye' (EDX Indian Summer Dub) [Armind] 17 - 4Mal ft Gliss 'Time is Burning' [Alter Ego] 18 - Johan Gielen 'Okinawa Sunset' (Andy Duguid Remix) [Tunes For You] 19 - Deadmau5 'Complications' [Mau5trap] 20 - Above & Beyond pres Tranquility Base 'Buzz' [Anjuna Beats]

There's definately some remixes there that interest me, however will all the Amato troubles I duno when they play to put this out

I'm afraid to say that I see no attraction in her at all

I think there has been some magnificent dance music this year, I think the trick to staying passionate about it is to diversify, my tastes have changed so much in the past few years but I think that's helped me keep a fresh perspective on things

Gutted to see Hatton get totally outclassed last night, he fought magnificently though, a real credit to his country. He just met a man at the top of his game in Mayweather. Somehow managed to stay awake in our local casino to watch after a mighty 18 hour drinking binge, my head really really hurts now

Excellent news lads, nice goin

Gona be watching this saturday somewhere in town, hope desperately that Hatton can knock him out, Mayweather is a true tool of the highest order

Welcome aboard mate

Good stuff mate, look forward to the interviews

Aren't you familiar with the year mixes he does mate? He's done one the past three years & by putting them together using albeton it creates a really cool summary of the year, using bits of tracks & vocals pasted together, it should be rubbish but works quite nicely. The year mix he did for 2004 is by far & away the best, absolutely incredible tracks, I still listen to it regularly

Tracklist for the annual Armin year mix has been released, this is (supposedly) how it looks... Disc 1 1. Intro - The Seven Deadly Sins And The Seven Heavenly Virtues 2. Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin 3. Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren - Light The Skies (Retrobyte's Classic Electrobounce Mix) 4. Marscruiser Featuring Kendra Foster - Not Alone Tonight (Blake Jarrell Club Mix) 5. Michael Cassette - David 6. Jose Amnesia Feat. Jennifer Rene - Invincible (Sied Van Riel Remix) 7. Dash Berlin - Till The Sky Falls Down (Dub Mix) 8. Jose Amnesia Feat. Jennifer Rene - Wouldn't Change A Thing 9. Armin Van Buuren - The Sound Of Goodbye (Simon & Shaker Mix) 10. Sunlounger - Another Day On The Terrace 11. First State Vs. Anita Kelsey - Falling 12. Jonas Steur Feat. Jennifer Rene - Fall To Pieces 13. Kirsty Hawkshaw Meets Tenishia - Reasons To Forgive (The Blizzard Remix) 14. Envio - For You (The Blizzard Remix) 15. Headstrong Ft. Tiff Lacey - The Truth (David West Progressive Mix) 16. Marcus Schössow - Mr. White 17. Roland Klinkenberg - Mexico Can Wait 18. Super8 & Tab - Need To Feel (Wippenberg Remix) 19. Chris Lake Feat. Emma Hewitt - Carry Me Away 20. Dubfire - Roadkill (Edx's Acapulco At Night Remix) 21. Julian Jeweil - Air Conditionné 22. Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Deadmau5 Remix) 23. The Blizzard - Kalopsia 24. Markus Schulz Vs. Chakra - I Am 25. Markus Schulz Feat. Departure - Cause You Know (Nic Chagall Remix) 26. Mungo - Summer Blush 27. Maor Levi - Shapes (Oliver Smith Remix) 28. Super8 & Tab - Suru 29. Cape Town - Metaphorique (Ferry Tayle Neverending Story Mix) 30. Maor Levi - Reflect 31. Vincent De Moor - Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Rmx) 32. Mike Foyle - Firefly 33. Evbointh - One Wish (Daniel Kandi & Mark Andrez Remix) 34. Deadmau5 - Arguru 35. Yanou Feat. Liz - King Of My Castle (Sander Van Doorn Vocal Mix) 36. Nic Chagall - What You Need (Nic Chagall's Hard Dub) 37. Filo And Peri Feat. Eric Lumiere - Anthem 38. Purple Mood - One Night In Tokyo (Dj Shah's Savannah Remix) 39. Breakfast - The Horizon 40. The Thrillseekers Feat. Aruna - Waiting Here For You 41. Markus Schulz Vs. Andy Moor - Daydream 42. Marc Marberg With Kya & Albert - Megashira 43. Shawn Mitiska & Jaren - Silently (Topher Jones Remix) 44. Cosmic Gate Featuring Denise Rivera - Body Of Conflict 45. Breakfast - The Sunlight 46. Albert Vorne - Formentera What (Gareth Emery Remix) Disc 2 1. Michael Dow - Ascent 2. Armin Van Buuren - Rush Hour 3. Kyau & Albert - Always A Fool 4. Above & Beyond - Home (Above & Beyond Club Mix) 5. John O'callaghan Feat. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky (Agnelli & Nelson Remix) 6. Above & Beyond Presents Tranquility Base - Oceanic 7. Sean Tyas Pres. Logistic - One More Night Out 8. Simon Patterson - Bulldozer 9. W&W - Mustang 10. Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Greg Downey Remix) 11. Above & Beyond Presents Tranquility Base - Buzz 12. Dogzilla - Frozen 13. Markus Schulz - Fly To Colors (Dj Genix Remix) 14. Duderstadt And Anita Kelsey - Smile (Duende Dub Mix) 15. Conrad S. - Apologies 16. Way Out West - The Fall (Richard Durand Remix) 17. Dj Shah Feat. Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me 18. Peter Martijn Wijnia Presents Majesta - Not The End 19. Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren - Saved Again (3Rd Moon Dub Mix) 20. Fkn Feat. Jahala - Why (Aly & Fila Remix) 21. Deems - Tears Of Hope (Aly & Fila Remix) 22. Bissen - Quicksand (Joint Operations Centre Remix) 23. Meck Ft. Dino - Feels Like Home (Marco V Remix) 24. Cold Blue & Del Mar - 11 Days (Sebastian Brandt Rework) 25. Dave 202 - Louvre 26. M6 - Destination 6 27. Aly & Fila Vs. Fkn Feat. Jahala - How Long? 28. Armin Van Buuren Vs. Rank 1 - This World Is Watching Me (Feat. Kush) (Cosmic Gate Remix) 29. Tiësto Ft. Christian Burns - In The Dark (Trance Version) 30. 4 Strings - Catch A Fall 31. Nenes & Pascal Feliz - Platinum (Tech Mix) 32. Onova - Platitude 33. Ronski Speed Ft. Sir Adrian - The Space Perspective 34. The Doppler Effect - Beauty Hides In The Deep (John O'callaghan Remix) 35. Talla 2Xlc Feat. Naama Hillman - No In Between (John O'callaghan Remix) 36. Lost Witness Vs. Sassot - Whatever (Aly & Fila Remix) 37. Mojado - Kaktus 38. Sander Van Doorn - Riff 39. Outro - Back To Where The Skyline Awaits You Some really odd looking tracklistings, in terms of tracks fitting together. Will listen when it's aired around X-mas

Three classics in there

Any downloads I grab I always make time to comment, good or bad. Only trouble I have is with all the mp3 downloads I have to purchase for my own sets I don't have the disc space to download as many sets anymore without compromising performance

Disc Two owns virtually every other compilation CD ever, every track on there is fantastic. 'Bulgarian' 'Luvstruck' & 'Violin de la Nuit' are my picks from disc one

Definately see what you're saying mate & i think you've hit the nail on the head with the part of your statement about songs being catchy, Pearce's audience lust for cathy throw-away pop dance songs, they don't wana have to pay attention to a record for 10misn they just want a radio edit that they can have on in their car with some drunken scouse bird saying what a great night out she had in Oceana

I think that there are very credible artists that have made cheesy tunes, Kyau vs Albert 'Walk Down' for me was a very cheesy tune, that vocal was pure cheese! I don't discriminate between pidgeonholing things as chees, commercial etc really. I think that DJ Sammy etc is just sh*t, tunes like those don't even come into my thinking when categorising dance music, that stuff is just pop

I'm not personally slating Dave, obviously he won't turn down easy money or a gig where he feels there is a platform for him to play. Fair enough. I'm not a fan purely as i don't see the appeal, I'd rather see a DJ playing records that form some kind of flow & are mixed properly, in saying that I'm not one for the over-doing of 'classics', Pearce seems to play a large majority of his sets with a lot of classics in. Fair enough for people that want that, but personally I think that an older 'anthem' has so much more effect when it's thrown into a set that has some contemporary unknown records in aswell. Classics nights & DJs like Pearce that (for want of a better phrase) 'Anthem bash' do nothing for me, I'd rather hear someone spin some unknown records for an hour building things up nicely then dropping a massive track, the effect (for me at least) is so much better that way. Each to their own & i'd never slate anyone for liking anything (within reason) but it's not my cup of tea as I'm sure the music i play isn't to everyone's taste

It amazes me that, even with the R1 backing, that Dangerous still plays so many gigs. I know that he appeals to, a shall we say, 'different' clubbing (if it can be called that) crowd but surely people that listen to him play must realise he is dodgy. I duno why they don't simply listen to more tasteful DJs & Shows.

Ignoring Dave Pearce for a while, Briggsy mate love the avatar! 8-)

The way he pitches every tune at about 5+ is ridiculous. One of the many reasons he is wrong :?

Some of the stuff that man has enforced onto people's ears over the years is criminal, way too much cheese and i.m.o his mixing is generally always shocking. When i first started out i had a little motto to help me when i got down about messing up a mix it read 'If Dave Pearce can do this so can I' Basically i thought, look if that muppet can get gigs and be paid hundreds for playin cheesy trance over-pitched and poorly selected then there is no reason why i can't

That's a top idea mate :thumbsup: