I always prefer that a dj chooses to mix a few long but really quality tracks that each stand out on its own, than a lot more shorter tracks, which are mostly filler anyway

looking at the dj mxing culture in the last decade the trend of putting tons of tracks in a mix has become a standard, and isn't it a bit annoying?

obviously not everybody does this, but most do, and i really wonder why? is it the matter of the attention span? do people really get bored that quickly that they need to hear a new track every 3-4 min instead of 7-8 min?

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yes

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[video=youtube;brZ_WBEzw6E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZ_WBEzw6E[/video]

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^ exactly!

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1161523]yes[/QUOTE]

You're wrong.

Yergy, the epic house days are long gone. And I think you're right about attention span. But it's also a reaction against progressive house and its excesses. Or maybe it's just cyclical.

That said:

[video=youtube;fOMW74UJWII]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMW74UJWII[/video]

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33' of Blue Amazon:

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQOcNGV0_fQ[/SOUNDCLOUD]

1. [00] Sasha & BT - Heart Of Imagination
2. [04] Coyote - Spirits Dancing
3. [14] Jayn Hanna - Lovelight (Ride On A Love Train) Innocent Vocal Mix (VC)
4. [26] Meltdown - My Life is In Your Hands (Blue Amazon Vocal Mix)
5. [36] Sasha & Sam Mollison - Magic (Blue Amazon Remix)
6. [47] Ispirazione - Take Me (XVX)
7. [52] Grace - Orange (Original Mix)

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1161523]yes[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=sbando;1161562]You're wrong.[/QUOTE]

:lol: running theme lately. lol

[QUOTE=yerg;1161521] looking at the dj mxing culture in the last decade the trend of putting tons of tracks in a mix has become a standard, and isn't it a bit annoying?[/QUOTE]

It's annoying when people are terrible at it. Techno djs (Detroit) have been doing this since the 90s with straight vinyl and multiple turntables, and it works. Today's technology makes everyone a "techno dj" and it doesn't always translate across all styles and you end up with a boring lifeless set music that either doesn't go anywhere or is all over the place.

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been listening to a 4 hour set of Guy Gerber from bpm fest: the mixing and tracks were pretty good, but man, did he give them more than 2 or 3 min each? no he didn't! it was like when you get loads of new tracks so you quickly listen to each of them by skipping 'cause you have no time, great experience :|

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this is a far divine Voyage

[video=youtube;-wa6p53KUGY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wa6p53KUGY[/video]

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Hoff, I raise your bet in terms of "far divine voyage" :lol:

[video=youtube;2s25Q_GFGlE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s25Q_GFGlE[/video]

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long tracks pls :lol:

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[video=youtube;3tcxXZaglaM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tcxXZaglaM[/video]

Say no more :)

But I will , a mix is good . But I really do love my long tracks. :)

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^ wot? :HolyShit: that's Timo Maas, what an incredible track, thx Didi

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^^^ And Santos :)

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Older tracks count? If so I'll post The Orb's Blue Room and pwn you all.

[video=youtube;3_onGF67ecs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_onGF67ecs[/video]

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of course, Sbando, anything goes

[video=youtube;bT7bbgsyzKc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7bbgsyzKc[/video]

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[QUOTE=DIDI;1161687][video=youtube;3tcxXZaglaM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tcxXZaglaM[/video]

Say no more :)

But I will , a mix is good . But I really do love my long tracks. :)[/QUOTE]

Classic track and 100% agree ;)

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[QUOTE=yerg;1161689]^ wot? :HolyShit: that's Timo Maas, what an incredible track, thx Didi[/QUOTE]

:lol: or it's whoever is ghost producing for Timo Maas these days.

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^^ haha, ok

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[video=youtube;qexS5hBB1C0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexS5hBB1C0[/video]

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have a nice voyage yerg ; )

[video=youtube;KIGQovB5Yfc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGQovB5Yfc[/video]

would Love to meditate this in full 14minutes mode ofcourse, inside some flown 9 hours Spell from the southamerican dance ambassador, I mean in some Live voyage ofcourse [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#cc6666][FONT=Tahoma] if you know what i mean :lol:

:hc

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^ thanks Hoff, I love that track, and I do know what you mean ;)

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1161795]:lol: or it's whoever is ghost producing for Timo Maas these days.[/QUOTE] I think I covered that ;) I am not a Timo Maas fan. I went to see him for this track. He not only didn't play it but he was obviously bored and equally obviously boring. :lol:

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^ yes, his sets have significantly deteriorated in terms of fun but I still keep him as one of my faves just for the sake of the old days I regularly listen to his old stuff, and it is completely unique and can't be compared to anything that was released back then, unfortunately this is not the case today