List the mixes that when you heard for the first time you were blown away. Would be nice to revisit some of these, and I know I am forgetting several. Feel free to quote others with a "+1" but lets try not to have too many repeats.

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Paolo Mojo - Loops (I think that's the right name, anyone remember Paolo's old promo mix) Robert Miles - Dreamland Cass - Balance Promo 2001 Paul Oakenfold - Transport Paul Oakenfold - New York GU007 Paul Oakenfold - Havana Cuba Essential Mix Sasha - Airdrawndagger Deep Dish - Yoshiesque 2 John Digweed - LA GU019 John Digweed Essential Mix 1995 Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure

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Sasha - GU 009 San Francisco Hernan Cattaneo - South America John Digweed - Transitions 4 Joris Voorn - Balance 014

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[url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/url] and Digweed - Northern Exposure

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[url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=3"]Hernan Cattaneo[/url] - South America

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These could be some.

Paul Oakenfold - Essential Mix A Rare Treat 1997 Paul Oakenfold - Essential Mix World Tour 1999 Hernan Cattaneo - Buenos Aliens 2000 Hernan Cattaneo - Clubland Vol. 1 Nick Warren - Back to Mine Nick Warren - Reykjavik GU 024 Sasha - Ibiza GU 013 Jimmy Van M - Live at Abacus Club, Santo Domingo (06-Dec-2002)

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Gab Olivier - No Nonsense John Digweed - Live @ Massive Germany 2001 Joris Voorn - Balance 014 Chris Fortier - Trance America James Holden - Balance 005 Riley Reinhold - Tour de Traum II Christopher [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=346"]Lawrence[/URL] - Hook Recordings Adultnapper - Audiomatique vol 2 Guy J - Esperanza Paul van Dyk - Vorsprung Dyk Technik Sasha & Digweed - Communicate Wighnomy Brothers - Metawuffmischfelge Stephan Bodzin - Live @ Kiosk 2006 Chris Fortier - Kiss FM 2000 Smight - Failure is not an Option

I'm sure there's more, but off the top of my head, these are some of the mixes that have always stayed in rotation since the day I first heard them. Minus the Paul van Dyk discs of course, although I totally just put it on while writing this, but I remember playing the shit out of those when it came out. Seeing that guy live at the State Palace was such an experience; it kinda changed my life and definitely my entire outlook on electronic music. I was also on a shit ton of drugs... but still. Vorsprung came out like a week later....

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Jimmy Van M - Bedrock Disk 2 (I've never had a change to listen to Disk 1, however) Jonathan Lisle - Regime Change Jonathan Lisle - Live @ Gatecrasher Summer Sound System Matt Diamante - Dreamstates Hernan Cattaneo - 2001 Mix for John Digweed's KissFM show John Digweed - GU: Hong Kong Disk 1 (the best one-disk mix of the entire GU catalogue) John Digweed - GU: Sydney Disk 1 and 2 John Digweed - Bedrock Disk 1 and 2 Hernan Cattaneo - South America Disk 2 Anthony Pappa - Balance 006 Disk 1 Tiesto - Magik 6: Amsterdam (yes srs) Tom Middleton - Sound of the Cosmos: Harmony (Disk 3) [URL="http://soundcloud.com/mcastradio/tom-middleton-cosmos-harmony"]----> http://soundcloud.com/mcastradio/tom-middleton-cosmos-harmony[/URL]

There are solid Fabric compilations, but I can't recall returning to them over and over again. Even Digweed's Fabric is only good on the first half.

I still haven't made up my mind about MMII. I think that because I still return to it trying to figure it out is indicative that it's ahead of its time even today. Hmmm

Some solid choices posted already, and I agree with just about every single one of them, (except for Oakenfold's Havana E-mix, which I just can't get into like his set from Shadow Lounge or others from that year).

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Quality, thanks to all for your lists so far.

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Cattaneo - Funky Deep'n'Tribal. Digweed - GU Sydney CD1.

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Voorn's Balance sure was a game changer. It was the first to come to mind reading the title.

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Coldcut -- Journeys by DJ

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Yeah Diggers e-mix from 95 is still amazing.

Dave Seaman's renaissance masters 4 (the leaf one), think it was also the first one he did for Renaissance.

And like alot of people ne1 and 2, didnt like communicate

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+1 for many of those and

Derrick Carter - About Now - greatest house music mix CD of all time.

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ClintLove, its Balance005 for [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=257"]James Holden[/url], which i was going to post here.

I'd call [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/url]'s first Involver to be groundbreaking.

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1027294][COLOR=#0099cc][B]Please be selective [/B][/COLOR];)

[URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=199"]Paolo Mojo[/URL] - Loops (I think that's the right name, anyone remember Paolo's old promo mix) [/QUOTE]

It just hit me that this ^^ mix was called "loopz." So I searched for it on soundcloud and there it was... haven't heard it in many years, this mix was groundbreaking at the time, aaah the memories.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[url]http://soundcloud.com/getlaid/paolo-mojo-loopz[/url]

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1027341][url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=66"]Jimmy Van M[/url] - Bedrock Disk 2 (I've never had a change to listen to Disk 1, however)[/QUOTE]

Dude, disc one is far superior to disc 2. This should have been on my list.

[QUOTE=jay813;1027499]ClintLove, its Balance005 for [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=257"]James Holden[/URL][/QUOTE]

I know, thanks for catching that.

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@ Clint: i've read that in several places. just never had the opportunity to listen to it. i think cd 2 is amazing, jimmy's best release, but if everyone says it's not as good as cd 1, then I can imagine it is simply stellar.

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a few other thoughts:

james zabiela has certainly been a groundbreaking dj, but has any of his cd's or mixes really stood out? the only one I can think of would be his most recent essential mix with all those samples from Moon.

as for [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=33"]Jonathan Lisle[/url], did anyone listen to OS2? thoughts?

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[QUOTE=Homegrove;1027454]Voorn's Balance sure was a game changer. It was the first to come to mind reading the title.[/QUOTE]

+1

+1 on JD 's GU 019 as well.

Carl Cox - GU 38 Black Rock Desert Steve Bug - Fabric 37

Are we not listing live mixes??

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Great thread! For some reason I've never heard Digweed's GU 006 before .. CD2 is insane ...

Sasha - Airdrawndagger and Involver Digweed - GU 019 Sasha and Dgiweed - NE 1 and 2, and also Communicate Jimmy Van M - Bedrock (both CDs) Hernan Cattaneo - Renaissance Sequential and South America
Holden's Balance 005 Nick Warren - GU24 and Balance 018 (i love that mix..ground breaking enough for me) Craig Richards - Fabric 01 Michael Mayer - Immer 1 and 3

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How I could forget this.

Hernan Cattaneo And [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] - Live at Moonpark Buenos Aires (05-Apr-2003)

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i like this thread

Nic Fanciulli essential mix 23-04-2006 Ben Watt's Buzzin Fly 18-06-2011 with Kate Simko Solomun diyrs best of Ryan Davis Desperado Eelke Kleijn outside the box 48

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Are we not listing live mixes??[/QUOTE]

If you felt the mix was a game changer when you heard it, post it.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1027548]as for [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=33"]Jonathan Lisle[/URL], did anyone listen to OS2? thoughts?[/QUOTE] yeah right plus OS 0.3 by [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=153"]Luke Fair[/url], one of the best house mixes ever.[video=youtube;ZAbdn9cPwzQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAbdn9cPwzQ[/video]

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James Zabiela - 4.2

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Forgetting a side project by Richards and Burridge, anyone?

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[QUOTE=Global Eyes;1027731][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=54"]James Zabiela[/URL] - 4.2[/QUOTE]

For me.

James Zabiela 4.4 Part 1 :RockOn:

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Off the top of my head:

Danny Howells - Miami GU Craig Richards - Fabric 01 Tyrant - 1 & 2 Terry Francis - Fabric 02 Deep Dish - Yoshiesque Deep Dish - Renaissance Ibiza Sean Cusick - his first KISS 100 on Digweed's show Nic Fanciulli - Renaissance (the first one he did) John Digweed - GU Los Angeles Amalgamation of Sounds - Fabric Anthony Pappa - Nubreed

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Livesets:

[URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=121"]Steve Lawler[/URL] - Essential Mix 16-07-2000 / [URL]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?28877-Steve-Lawler-Essential-Mix-16-07-2000[/URL] [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=3"]Hernan Cattaneo[/URL] + [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] - Moonpark Buenos Aries 2003 / [URL]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?38009-Sasha-Hernan-Live-Moonpark-Buenos-Aries-05-04-2003[/URL] Paul Oakenfold - Essential Mix 1999 Sydney / [URL]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?42700-Paul-Oakenfold-Essential-Mix-World-Tour-1999-sets[/URL] Lars Fischer - Wir Sind / [URL]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?33134-Lars-Fischer-July-06-Promo-Mix-IF-YOU-LIKE-MINIMAL-DON-T-MISS-THIS!!!&p=1027195&viewfull=1#post1027195[/URL]

Mix CDs:

John Digweed - Sydney [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=2"]John Digweed[/URL] - Los Angeles [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=2"]John Digweed[/URL] - Hong Kong [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] - San Francisco [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] - Ibiza [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] + Digweed - NE 1, 2, Expeditions [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=264"]Danny Howells[/URL] - Nu Breed [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=121"]Steve Lawler[/URL] - Nu Breed

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[QUOTE=sbando;1027735]Forgetting a side project by Richards and Burridge, anyone?[/QUOTE]

Tyrant 1. Not sure about 2 or 3.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1027548]a few other thoughts:

[url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=54"]james zabiela[/url] has certainly been a groundbreaking dj, but has any of his cd's or mixes really stood out? the only one I can think of would be his most recent essential mix with all those samples from Moon.

as for [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=33"]Jonathan Lisle[/URL], did anyone listen to OS2? thoughts?[/QUOTE]

I personally love his Alive CD from renaissance. His Life CD is also ace, I still listen to it quite often nice, calm and trippy. His Mixmag cd Destination Future is also one of my favorite mixes of recent years. His 4.2 is ridiculous how good it is by the time you are listening to CD 3 you are jumping all over the place.

OS2 is an amazing CD every time I listen to it there is something new.

As my addition to this list: Tyrant Fabric 15 CD1 All of [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=162"]Michael Mayer[/url]´s Immer CDs 1 2 3 Sasha Involver I never understood why people loved this guy so much until I heard this CD it made me see just how talented he really is All of the Plastikman albums specially Artifaks and Closer

As live sets go the only one I can think about now is Sven Väth Live from Time Warp 2004 Two hours of some of the must amazing techno ever put together. There is a track at the 1hr mark that just twist your brain to the point that you lose all sense of reality and it only gets better from that point on.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1027789]Tyrant 1. Not sure about 2 or 3.[/QUOTE]

I have the first 2. Definitely liked part 1 more, I remember it being pretty good.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1027789]Tyrant 1[/QUOTE]

^this.

I still listen to the mixes. have the triple vinyl too, and still play cuts off of it. timeless. 8)

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and for the techno heads: [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=23"]Laurent Garnier[/URL] - Laboratoire Mix

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[URL]http://www.discogs.com/Laurent-Garnier-Laboratoire-Mix/release/198372[/URL]

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May I add a ground breaking dance album rather than a mix... [B]Fluke - Risotto. [/B]:shock:

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1027547]@ Clint: i've read that in several places. just never had the opportunity to listen to it. i think cd 2 is amazing, jimmy's best release, but if everyone says it's not as good as cd 1, then I can imagine it is simply stellar.[/QUOTE]

Hey man, If you don't have cd 1, I will totally break the law and send it to you. ;) It's a must listen.

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M.A.N.D.Y. - Renaissance: The Mix Collection The Wighnomys Thomas Brinkmann - Tour De Traum Tyrant 1 Danny Howells - 24:7 Deep Dish - Renaissance: The Masters Series Part Two: Ibiza James Holden - Balance 005 John Digweed - Global Underground 019: Los Angeles Michael Mayer - Fabric 13 Various - Gatecrasher: Wet Dave and Nick's Back To Mines

NE 1 and 2 aren't good or bad, they're up there.

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[QUOTE=Huggie Smiles;1027844]and for the techno heads: [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=23"]Laurent Garnier[/URL] - Laboratoire Mix

[IMG]http://www.3-x.nl/images/front/50332.jpg[/IMG]

[URL]http://www.discogs.com/Laurent-Garnier-Laboratoire-Mix/release/198372[/URL][/QUOTE]

Love this one! I just wish they had put track markers on the discs.

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[URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] & [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=2"]John Digweed[/URL] - Renaissance: The Mix Collection [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=2"]John Digweed[/URL] - Renaissance: The Mix Collection Part 2 GU009 - San Francisco - Sasha [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/URL] & [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=2"]John Digweed[/URL] - Northern Exposure 2 (UK Edition) [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=2"]John Digweed[/URL] - Bedrock Journeys by Dj - Billy Nasty Journeys by Dj - Keoki X-Mix 2 - Laurent Garnier X-Mix - Kevin Saunderson 'Little' [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1109"]Louie Vega[/URL] - United Djs of America Vol. 2 - New York City Ministry of Sound - Sessions 5 - Masters at Work Carl Cox - F.A.C.T. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1386"]Terry Francis[/URL] - Architecture [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=223"]Josh Wink[/url] & Chris Harshman @ Simons - June 1994 Chris Harshman - Meat & Potatoes

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[QUOTE][COLOR=#CCCCCC]X-Mix 2 - Laurent Garnier[/COLOR] [COLOR=#CCCCCC]X-Mix - Kevin Saunderson[/COLOR] [COLOR=#CCCCCC]'Little' [/COLOR][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1109"]Louie Vega[/URL][COLOR=#CCCCCC] - United Djs of America Vol. 2 - New York City[/COLOR] [COLOR=#CCCCCC]Ministry of Sound - Sessions 5 - Masters at Work[/COLOR][COLOR=#CCCCCC][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

I'd love to have those. Mos Sessions was a great series.

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I've seen those Sessions cds on Discogs from time to time. The X-Mix ones are a lot more difficult to come by, though. I bought all of the ones that I didn't already have when I found out that the series was going to be discontinued. I wish that I had snagged up all of the X-Mix videos also. I only have the one with PVD, [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=23"]Laurent Garnier[/URL], & [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1"]Richie Hawtin[/URL]/[URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=657"]John Acquaviva[/URL].

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oakenfold GU new york disc 1 seaman GU cape town disc 2 paul van dyk - politics of dancing anthony pappa - balance 006 disc 1 lance cashion - proton the sound howells 24:7 disc 1 steve gerrard - thinking out loud jon lisle - os 0.2