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Dubstep is just the current craze. It's never good when an underground sound crosses over to mainstream and makes the charts and radio 1 playlists etc. That always seems to have a negative effect on the music coming out of the scene eventually. I'm sure some of the underground dubstep of a couple of years ago could have likely been good and a refreshing sound. All the stuff I've ever heard though has been the crossover stuff since Im not into the scene and I've not liked any of the commercial stuff at all. That Nero track they play on radio 1 all the time is dire for example. I guess trance had it's hay day of being big in the charts too but there weren't that many tunes that went big which I really liked. I think the underground scene kept producing quality stuff which was good. Some tracks were certainly ruined by being overplayed though like Darude - Sandstorm to name just one. Still a good tune but it was so overplayed at the time

Just proving how the trance scene can fluctuate week to week, I bought a fair number of new tunes this week all of which I think are very good. I can actually see myself playing them a fair bit. In a month's time it could just as easily be the opposite situation though.

Yeah I saw it too... not checked it out but I doubt I'll bother. If anything it reminds me that I dont have the original and should probably track down a copy off Discogs... another one that slipped through the net for me first time around

http://soundcloud.com/nathantremeer/march-2011-trance-mix Hi guys, here's my latest mix for you to check out. Enjoy! March 2011 Trance Mix 01. Nitrous Oxide ft. Aneym - 'Follow You' (Maor Levi Remix) [Anjunabeats] 02. Markus Schulz ft. Jennifer Rene - 'Not The Same' (Eelke Klejin Dub Mix) 03. Taylor & Close - 'Colour To Colour' [Musical Madness] 04. Ferry Corsten - 'Punk' (Arty Rock 'n' Rolla Mix) [Flashover] 05. Above & Beyond ft. Richard Bedford - 'Sun & Moon' [Anjunabeats] 06. Filo & Peri vs. Ronski Speed - 'Propane' [Vandit] 07. Sied Van Riel ft. Nicole McKenna - 'Stealing Time' [Liquid] 08. Adam Nickey pres. Blue 8 - Livia [Enhanced] 09. Alex Kunnari - 'New Life' (Weirdness Remix) [in Trance We Trust] 10. Dave 202 vs Cerf Mistika & Jaren - 'Arrival vs Beggin You' (AVB Mashup) [Armind] 11. Bjorn Akesson - 'Painting Pyramids' [Future Sound of Egypt] 12. Arctic Moon - 'Adelaide' [Future Sound of Egypt] 13. Greg Downey - 'Knight Moves' [Reset] 14. John O'Callaghan ft. Audrey Gallagher - 'Bring Back The Sun' [subculture]

Will get the on the iPod for the car mate. Lots of stuff I dont know in there.

Just another day at the office for me. I dont get to take bank holidays on the actual dates. However I have gained a day's holiday this year instead to take when I want so fair enough I guess. Will do my utmost to avoid seeing any of it tho... I really aint interested.

Haha yeah I wasn't sure Chris was enjoying the beginning of Kissy's show but he got into it. I listened to the whole show. It was pretty random with Patrick Kielty, Thandi Newman and Katy Perry all dropping in during the show. I think Chris really perked up then and certainly he was enjoying the last segment of the show where Kissy had mixed tracks chosen by Chris and Dave prior to the show.

That's impressive! I think the longest set I've ever done was about 6 hours

how long was Genix's longest ever DJ set?

I started writing a reply here ealier and got distracted but it was going to say the same thing Briggsy. For me I just found the main hook.... the 'oboe' bit quite annoying. I still bought it on vinyl as I tended to buy all the Jules productions for a while as a collector. I actually liked mixing the original mix... it has that same great sound to the beats and intro which made mixing all the Jules/Masterson productions alot of fun but for me where the tune goes after that is my least favourite of their tunes. The Green Martian Mix didn't do it for me either really... I just don't like that Oboe sound and all that remix does really is change the order of the notes and then apply the standard formula Green Martian sound. Every remix they did just sounded too much like Industry for my liking. Now that was a tune in itself I can not deny but take Logo - 'Don't Panic' for example - it's just so similar to industry.

Yeah the situation has affected everybody but I guess circumstances are different for everybody. I don't earn a big salary at all but I still live at home with my Mum so I can afford to live perhaps more easily. It is all relative to the circumstances. I could certainly not afford to buy my own place yet or support a family so I sympathise with those who do have those pressures. On the flip side though I don't have any of those things and the future doesn't look bright for getting on the property ladder or starting a family etc. I'm 26 and still living at home, not great in some ways but then again sometimes I do feel like I'd have far more to worry about by now if I had moved out on my own a few years ago for example. The picture doesn't look bright for any of us but as Briggsy says what can we do but grit our teeth?

Haha and they are drinking Guiness in the studio at the moment

I can see how this could be true. I have only been watching bits on webcam tonight. Started with Scott Mills, then a bit of Mista Jam, now a bit of Nick Grimshaw. I would never listen to Mista Jam or Grimshaw normally but Moyles and Dave have really made their shows entertaining with what they're doing. I do often have to suffer the daytime DJ's at work and once Fearne comes on at 10 it's always dire. I have always liked the Moyles breakfast show. It's been really interesting seeing him interact with all the other DJ's. Very impressed he's been at the controls for the last few hours at least as well. Must be really hard to concentrate by now.

I agree with Briggsy about voting for who seems right at the time. I also voted Tory at the last election cos I also felt that Labour had got the country into a real financial mess. I think we definitely need to try and reduce the massive debt we are in and to do that it's gonna be tough, there is no easy way. I know things are likely to get worse for a good few years but I guess we just got to live with it now.

Anyone else heard any of this? Been watching on webcam a little bit. I have to say it's actually pretty entertaining. Think they're on about hour 39 now and raised over a million quid. Pretty impressive. I would love to do something like this.

Haha well at least you know there is no week you can avoid that then!

Big big track - got on vinyl as well

Sorry mate. Nothing against your production abilities but this does nothing for me. I just don't see the need for an update of such a classic tune and to be fair that's my opinion of most of these remixes. Corsten's work was faultless around the time of this track - none of his classics need remixing.

Lovechild - 'Liberta' (Moonman Remix).... Forgot how good this was

I like this concept of a mix of old tunes which was mixed at the time they were new. I also came accross one of the first digitally recorded sets I did in 2005 recently. Prior to that I had been recording mixes on tape since 1999. Sadly not many of those have survived as it would be interesting to check them out. I'm downloading this one anyway sir. I still tend to mix all my classics mixes on vinyl as there is just something about it which will never be replaced for me by all this digital mixing. Nowadays I use Traktor Scratch with CDJ's but it all just feels a bit easy in a way. There was certainly more skill involved in mixing tightly on decks and I still love the challenge of doing so with my record collection. Thanks for the share Aza, I will endeavour to give some feedback soon.

Yeah the lineups often come out just before opening party I think... I would expect them to be available by start of May but not sure how long before that.

Wow lots of new faces. It's great to see more people getting involved in the discussions. This board is a fantastic resource for archived audio and ID'ing tracks through the tracklistings but it's also a place for great friendly discussion and reminiscing. Look forward to chatting to some more of you on here.

Sweet. That looks like a neat little box as well. Well done mate.

I still manage to find plenty of Trance that I like each month and hence the monthly mixes keep coming. One thing I have noticed though is that if I'm honest I couldn't name many tunes that I played in a set say a couple of months ago when listening to it back. This is the problem with the MP3 market. I tend to find tunes that are good enough to buy because the cost of a track is so little compared to when I bought vinyl. However, there is no longevity to tunes any more. They are here one minute, gone the next. If I played a monthly mix I did from my vinyl days I'd still be able to tell you every track name, artist, remix and label just from hearing a short sample because I played those tunes over and over, not just once or twice to feature in the latest monthly mix. I spent a lot of money on those vinyls so it goes without saying it would be imprinted on my memory for years. Now there is no physical item to hold and look at when you buy a tune and I rarely bother thinking about the artist and title etc except when making the tracklists. I think all this says something about the current state of trance. It is an over saturated market and as many others have said, it becomes harder and harder to find the gems. Those gems will be the rare tunes that I will know the name, artist, label etc from hearing a short snippet even a good few months after it was out. That for me is now the test of a good tune - how much impact does it really have on me long term.

Well at least you know both monitors work. When you checked the monitors on the left output and right output seperately, did you use the same cable or was there a different cable on the left to the right. It could be a dodgy cable that's all I was thinking. Keep eliminating possible faults mate and let us know how it goes. If you can prove you have a working cable and working monitor by connecting them to the left output but connecting exactly the same cable and monitor to the right output does not work then it would unfortunately seem like the mixer being at fault. The Pioneers are pretty robust but it would not be the first time I've known someone with a DJM600 with a blown output.