Another mix, by another mate
http://www.dancelog.nl/2010/07/28/mixtape-by-vince-diamonds-and-the-rough/Translated his comments with google translate and edited the worst translating mistakes.
Slightly over half a year after Techtonic Plates, a new mix of mine. Previous mixes were created by collecting good tracks from compilations or live sets over a period. This time I set off on Beatport to find good tracks myself. That was the process like I always did in the 90s (like many others), but in those days with stacks of vinyl in record shops.
I had three tracks in mind, the Warm Up (# 2), Pale Horses (# 7) and the dirty, dirty Bauhaus (# 14), a very substantial minimal techno record. So a minimal track at 110 bpm, a wonderful record at 120 bpm to 125bpm techno and rancid. And 70 minutes of silence to fill up. The tracklist:
01. Jimmy Edgar - Bthere
02. Trickski - The Warm Up
03. Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Mix)
04. 2raumwohnung - Rette Mich Spaeter (Robert Babicz Extended Mix)
05. May. Chymera - Ghosts
06. Alexander Kowalski - Reset
07. Moby - Pale Horses (Gui Boratto's Last Window Remix)
08. Alexander Kowalski - The Heat of the Night
09. Kev OBrien - Valentines and 909's
10. Juspio - Frozen Light (Chris Fortier Remix)
11. Dirty Doering - Loco (d_func's Stripped to the Bone Rework)
12. Secret Cinema - Basically
13. Alexander Kowalski - It's Been a Long Way (Redux Mix)
14. Chris Liebing and Tommy Four Seven - Bauhaus (Sledge / Mallet Mix)
15. Collabs - magnit Express
16. Gui Boratto - No Turning Back
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The first album I fell in love with immediately. Be There. That early '90s basic groove. Lovely slow and languid and fit nicely with number two. Number 3 was an old acquaintance whom I picked from the shelve, now I was at 108 bpm anyway. Beautiful track, fresh and summery. Robert Babicz usually does more minimal tracks, but always knows how to bring out the emotion from dancemusic. His remix of Rette mich Spaeter I find it very nice fit after the earlier ones and is deliciously fresh and summery. I hadn't quite put the two tracks over each other correctly in Ableton, but the result of the transition I found to be very nice! I added the 3 extra mp3's in the zip-file, so you can hear the two original clips forming the transition. Pure luck! The transition from 108 bpm to 120 bpm is not subtle because of a swoosh sound in Rette mich. I unfortunately had no better solution.
After that: Ghost, a little more depth, but still fresh and melodic. Reset makes it a little more 'rough'. Alexander Kowalski is the main supplier in the mix with four tracks. After Reset something more beautiful: Pale Horses. Gui Boratto also knows well how to catch the emotion in this track. Really a beautiful picture, especially halfway when the chords keep on changing. Lovely sad, especially with those sob in the sounds. Still, I can not stop my head when I listen to the track. Again a record of Alexander Kowalski, followed by three tracks from John Digweed Essential mix, rediscovered on Beatport. Very good record! Secret Cinema is also busy as ever with a nice track. The last record of Alexander Kowalski, number 13 in the mix, is very deep with a touch of melody, but then the pumping really starts. Considerably shortened, both the Sledge and Mallet Mix come slamming through your speakers. Speedy J and Chris Liebing complete the techno phase of the mix with their recognizable sound, Magnit Express. The mix wouldn't be my mix without happy ending, so Gui Boratto can end this mix with his beautiful No Turning Back.