Like your taste Wanted. Nothing beats vinyl IMO. I`m into:

Ambient:

David Holmes
Tricky Sample
Nightmares on Wax
Thievery Corporation Sample
Kruder and Dorfmeister Sample
Tosca
Coldcut
The Dining Rooms
Chicane Sample

Dance:

Goldfrapp
Solid Sessions
DJ's @ Work
Tiesto
Kosheen
Simon Dunmore

There`s a whole lot more but I`m too tired right now to name them all and the searching for the above links took over an hour to find. Guess you can see I`m on my last legs as far as dance/house/trippy goes with all the old stuff I listed above...now moving into the Ambient phase.

EDIT: Admins all th above links are 100% legal.

My brother arrived back from the UK on Friday with a little gem I had asked him to get for me.

Lisa Pin-Up & Caroline Banx - Hard House Anthems 5, off the Nukleuz label.



If you like it hard this one will blow you away. I thought 4 was good, but this takes it to a new level. Caroline Banx does not give you a breather, its hard arse tunes all the way.

Review here

I am a very happy man.

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Heh, I got Balance 006 by Anthony Pappa. paid R250 for it too. I can definitely say it was worth the price.

The first cd is very chilled breakbeats (think Luke Chabel and tim fretwell). What was awesome about this album was that it kept pace throughout the album and didn't bore me in any instance, with pappa using extremely smooth mixing and his top-class use of sound effects throughout the first cd. I won't go into specifics about each track as i know squat all about the production of alot of those tracks, but it would suffice to say that it's a very cool cd. Buy the compilation just for the cd if you're into prog breaks. It ends off a little harder than the rest of the album with Tilt's 'I know your Afraid'. A beautiful release.

the second cd on the other hand starts quite alot faster than the first CD, and actually slows down to the last few tracks. Anthony Pappa also uses his mixing style and sound effects to add spice to this album. Again I can't go into specifics, but it's not an relentless album. Make no mistake it has the energy, but it's no Nukleuz release. There were a few of progressive staple artists on the album including Quivver, Pig & Dan (been listening to their submission sets, awesome ), moonface (think global underground). Also a very James Holden-sounding Ozgur Can - Connected (one of the best tracks on the album). I also loved the pr0n samples used in 'All I wanna do' by Rhythym Unlimited.

I haven't heard Balance 005, but there's no doubt in my mind I'm getting it

track listing:
Disc 1:

1. Luke Chabel - Into the storm (4:34)
2. Fretwell - Faceless (6:59)
3. KVK - Reality Theory (4:19)
4. Michael Lanning featuring Charity Heavens - Bound for Ascension (4:34)
5. Blue Haze - A Time to Reflect (2:32)
6. Rhino Drum - Underground Sound (5:21)
7. Michael Burns - Sunshine in My Shadows (6:28)
8. Jacob Todd ft Kevin Clark - Nothing Is Real (4:49)
9. Main Element - Delta of Venus (Chris Salt remix) (5:12)
10. Steve May - Open Day (Luke Chabel Quakes & Craters Mix) (7:06)
11. Chimera - Natural High (5:04)
12. Slacker - Tutikinegi (5:04)
13. Shiloh - Mana (7:50)
14. Tilt - I know you're Afraid (6:01)


CD 2:

1. Paven Bidlo - My Pills (4:57)
2. Renny Pilgrim - Coming Up For Air (Mara remix) (6:40)
3. Ozgur Can - Connected (3:56)
4. Dirty German featuring Mirko M - Be Together (Main Pass) (4:34)
5. Rhythm Unlimited - All I Wanna Do (4:57)
6. Pig & Dan - Basement (6:49)
7. Moonface - Our Prediction (3:46)
8. MCCP - Deeper Inside (6:33)
9. Musgrove & McGrath - Freakout (6:48)
10. Quivver & Sutton - Cold Rush (5:33)
11. Chris Salt - Atmospheric Graffiti (7:02)
12. Ben Camp - New World (3:35)
13. Shpongle - Beija For (10:39)

Shite review i know, but i had to state just how much i enjoyed this album

Hey there i'm new here..... originally from pcf.
anybody still typing at this time of the morning?????

Now how did i know Peekay would be in his element here?

Plutonium..
Pappa's Balance is a good album. But have you heard Zabiela's ALiVE yet?

I sez gaw'dam!

hey people. i want to get some more rave/dance music, but i dont like everything out there. i like stuff like Beam vs. Cyrus, Brooklyn Bounce, Scooter and DJ Speedy.

so what would you guys suggest?

i'd suggest you to lay off the cheese
it makes you fat.

lol

Anybody into DJ Dizzy or Surge?

Pietertjie, read the whole thread and you will have idea of what to get.

Dizzy and Surge? Used to like them. I am not that into SA DJ's anymore.

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You unpatriotic so and so...

khz - I so WANT that album, i got james' KISS100 set he did for digweed in 2003. Pretty awesome. I can't find it locally though; any suggestions?



erm. pietertjie; just a suggestion here -- alot of those artists' productions were quite cheesy. Try getting into artists like Green Martian or Robert Gitelman if you really like trance.



not my cup of tea really, I found myself enjoying DJ Manuel Oettel's Perfecto release though.

Anyone heard the likes of Jay Epoch, Moshic, Hernan Cattaneo and Desyn Masiello lately?

They're releasing some AWESOME progressive house at the moment. The GU DJ"s better be scared

thank you !


YEAH IM WITH YOU MAN !!

Thewanted - Cattaneo's playing for bedrock no? He's l337

As it turns out there's a new release from Silver Planet Recordings:

Fear 3 by Chris Salt

I checked up a review on this album, and that track selection doesn't look too bad either



http://www.progressive-sounds.com/reviews/...Salt-Fear-3.asp - review here.

Benz & MD.... OMFG!!

What caught my attention was Chimera, Ben Camp and Chris Salt on that track list. What producers

Question to you all who are into live sets:

I've got live sets and started making cue sheets. I'll list them here if necessary.

Also, getting ADSL quite soon so if I don't have any sets I'm willing to download and make them on request.

EDIT: Making a new topic on this.

lol @ blood105.

CHEERS!!!

Nice thread, if rather slow moving...

If any of you are interested in checking out some South African Prog, have a listen here.

Nice one! Downloading it now

Very interesting site bergie...i shall be checking out some of the goodies there

EDIT:

Instead of double posting I decided to say I just got Zabiela's Alive. This album totally rocks, CD 1 starts off typically zabiela with loops, scratches and effects you'd expect him to use in an intro.The disc takes a little long to build up, but it livens up towards the end. The first disc's style is a little overused and cheesy in parts, but the last bits of the disc are quite good, particularly when he drops some progressive breaks on track 9.

CD 2 on the other hand is the better of the two, starting fairly calm with a typical zabiela intro and a remix done by himself. It quickly moves on to some funky sounds from track 4 before he brings on the ACID in a big way. The disc builds up hard and fast from around track 7 onwards where it ends off with a very beautiful Childhood Montage by BT....

The loops, scratches and fx in general are used beautifully on this album (and in the man's true genius style), and mixing is flawless. Although it's nothing compared to some of the live sets i've heard from him it does show you a good sample of what he's capable of. And it's well worth a purchase, even if just for CD 2

Track List as follows:



My picks?

Track 9 from CD 1
Tracks 9, 10, 12, 13 from Disc 2

Couldn't have said it better myself

CD1 is a bit of a mess but CD2 just gives me plain old goosebumps all over.

/me continues listening to his Flash Brothers set

thewanted_ - I just thought I'd tell you.

Hybridized.org is now doing Benz & MD sets, available for free download. Enjoy !

EXCELLENT!! Thanks dude

Aaaaahhhh.....hybridized.org....awesome site. Wish they'd put more Grayarea stuff up tho.

CHEERS!!!

Agreed Denton, That Global DJ Broadcast set was plain awesome. Pity.

Guys, dont laugh at me.

But ever listened to Trance House 5?
Tell me what you think of it, and how it compares to what kind of styles you guys enjoy. So far its my favourite tance album, but then gain you might laugh at me for thinking that its anywhere near decent.

I haven't heard it, but trance really isn't my favourite genre so I can't comment

See if you can get hold of some "Above & Beyond" stuff. They're brilliant trance DJ's Not cheesy at all.

Lately I have been loving female vocals in slamming hard house tracks. Get your mits on this song: Jon The Dentist & Ollie J - Feels So Good (Guyver Mix) as well as Matt Williams & Steve Hill - I Like The Way.

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Listening to Royal Gigolos - California Dreamin, and I am

It may be slightly cheesy at points, but damn that bass just rox0rs my box0rs.

Am I extremely cheesy, or does anyone else here actually like this song?

One man's cheese is another's gold.

Look for Steve Murano, tomcraft, Benassi songs.

Well said khz.

I perosnally don't like that track as it's a little too commercial for me, BUT, as long as you're not listening to Slipknot, Rammstein etc. then you are more than welcome to post in this thread

Hehe.

Now playing: Slipknot - Vermillion part 2

Hahaha.

But then next on the playlist is Wamdue Project - King of my castle

Thanks

Class!!

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My sentiments exactly

Well.. they all gotta start somewhere..
We just gotta hope that they evolve

Haha khz.

What do you like?

Finally some people who listens to good music. Anything in the line of Tance Hardhouse goes! Anybody know these groups "Apoptygma Berzerk", or "Infected Mushroom", "St Germain" (Jazz Trance) or "Shpongle" They are all in the line of Trance mixed with a little bit of other genres in between like house or Rave. Anybody know where I can find "Zoo" ? That is some good Trance mixed with exelent Rave!!

shpongle is brilliant, but don't forget about Younger Brother!
Apoptygma Berzerk is also a favourite that i don't listen to enough...

Has anyone here heard Widescreen by Platipus??? I just got it along with the pob - essence album. Awesome stuff. If you're into progressive / trance - get it, some truly awesome tracks on there. Well worth a purchase

Well, I play Trance & Prog. House.

But i can listen to anything..
Just ensure theres a grater and a breadboard nearby

Ahhh, a forum member that plays prog. house Bout damn time!!

I have no clue what you mean when you say things like progressive house, or hardhouse, explain what this is? Or maybe give me some example songs please?

The one goes doef-doef while the other one goes doef-doef-doef
Sorry, just had to mock him.

Anybody with anything faster than dial-up, please put up sample songs so that w2dmb can also chat along!

Try www.tidy.com for hard house (for the most part, they havce hard trance as well)... click to te singles, there they even tell you what style you are lestening to.

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Just listened to Apoptygma Berzerk - Until the End of the World [Dark Club Mix] and younger brother - the finger.

Nothing inspiring I must say, I prefer songs that have extra helpings of bass. Little chirps and whistles with a fairground music feel doesn't really do it for me Im afraid.

Any other suggestions guys?

Edit:

Driver: Listened to a few tunes, liked them a lot thanks!

Download anything from Benz & MD off www.hybridized.org and try tell me that its not the best shit you've ever heard.

Go on, I dare ya.

Downloading now

Edit:

22 minutes into Aurium december 2004 mix, and this shit is GOOOOD.

Im glad this is over an hour long

A little something to try, w2dmb.

I bought this today: Frantic Euphoria Vol.2 mixed by Savage Anne and Andy Whitby.

Heres a taster, track 12 from CD 3: Blubba Boy Vs E - Traxx Allstars E-Traxx - 50,000 Watts (Allstars Remix)

Click to view attachment

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