[QUOTE]abric's long-running mix series will end "in its current form" at the 100th instalment, with [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/url] handling fabric 99.

Though [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/url] has been a regular at fabric for years, fabric 99 marks his first official collaboration with the London venue, where he says he always plays differently than at any other club in the world.

The mix features "broken beats and ambient note progressions combined with melodic techno and uplifting house," according the to press release. There are tracks from George FitzGerald, [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=464"]DJ Koze[/url], Crowdpleaser, [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1007"]Mathew Jonson[/url], Objekt and more. The mix also includes two exclusive and unreleased cuts from [url="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=5"]Sasha[/url] himself.

It's still unclear whether fabric's other long-running series, Fabriclive, will also end at the 100th instalment. [/QUOTE]

[url="https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=41741"]RA News: fabric mix series to end 'in its current form' at 100th instalment, Sasha steps up for 99 [/url]

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sad news, there has been some absolute gems, tbh i can't see me buying many if they go digital only

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I don't see the point in mix CDs anymore. There are more than enough mixes on line. There is no excitement in releases like you used to get in the90s.

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It's surprising Lee Burridge never did one on his own.

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[QUOTE=♫♫♫♫♫♫;1210679]I don't see the point in mix CDs anymore. There are more than enough mixes on line. There is no excitement in releases like you used to get in the90s.[/QUOTE]

i think there is a huge difference in owning a mp3 of a mix and owning a cd, people hoard mp3s like it's nobody's business, it's exactly what is wrong in today's music scene, kills so many good artists who try and fail to make it to the first step, but, that isn't to say there is also too many artists out there, there is, it's a double sword, look at beatport, how much wank have you to go through to find something you like ?

glad you brought up the 90's as well because back then people had to actually buy music, the music was more passionate because the people making it actually made money out of the music they produced which isn't exactly the case for a lot of artists now, today the money in music is in gigs

don't want to say this but i will....the internet has completely ruined the model which music is based on

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;1210687]i think there is a huge difference in owning a mp3 of a mix and owning a cd, people hoard mp3s like it's nobody's business, it's exactly what is wrong in today's music scene, kills so many good artists who try and fail to make it to the first step, but, that isn't to say there is also too many artists out there, there is, it's a double sword, look at beatport, how much wank have you to go through to find something you like ?

glad you brought up the 90's as well because back then people had to actually buy music, the music was more passionate because the people making it actually made money out of the music they produced which isn't exactly the case for a lot of artists now, today the money in music is in gigs

don't want to say this but i will....the internet has completely ruined the model which music is based on[/QUOTE]

I agree and can also see both sides. I don't buy much honestly because the CD releases just are not as great as what they used to be. I like buying compilations that have a bit more than just the standard 1-2 CD's in a jewel case and no liner notes except for the track list which is also on the back of the jewel case. There are exceptions though, Digweed's Live In... series, UNKLE, some truthoughts releases, and The Orb always have something extra in the digipacks. But really, once I rip them to 320 MP3, they go into the box only to be brought out maybe once a year...

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they're not as great as they used to be because the scene has become "depressed" overall, there really isn't much driving it forward because all the fresh talent that was sniffing around it has to make a living some other way, the people who you've mentioned are careerists who have lived through the scene right from it's very inception and have a strong following which makes them money, so they have incentive to drive them

i honestly listen to some stuff nowadays and it has depressed the fucking shit out of me, from top names as well, these are people who are targeting trendy trends trying to make money which is basically what music has become about these days, no artists are really making a lot of money from their own music, like i said previously, the money these days is in artist gigs

the internet created a wave of people who became used to getting everything you can get on the internet for free, movies, music, communication, tv, software and more then consider the amount of people that use the internet, 51% of the entire world have some sort of internet access

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[QUOTE=♫♫♫♫♫♫;1210679]I don't see the point in mix CDs anymore. There are more than enough mixes on line. There is no excitement in releases like you used to get in the90s.[/QUOTE]

Most of the mixes on line are lesser quality. :(

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;1210687]i think there is a huge difference in owning a mp3 of a mix and owning a cd, people hoard mp3s like it's nobody's business, it's exactly what is wrong in today's music scene, kills so many good artists who try and fail to make it to the first step, but, that isn't to say there is also too many artists out there, there is, it's a double sword, look at beatport, how much wank have you to go through to find something you like ?

glad you brought up the 90's as well because back then people had to actually buy music, the music was more passionate because the people making it actually made money out of the music they produced which isn't exactly the case for a lot of artists now, today the money in music is in gigs

don't want to say this but i will....the internet has completely ruined the model which music is based on[/QUOTE] Great comment !!!

I think it was Charlie May who said MP3 is the worst thing to happen to music ever ! Couldn't agree more.

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[QUOTE=ddr;1210688]I agree and can also see both sides. I don't buy much honestly because the CD releases just are not as great as what they used to be. I like buying compilations that have a bit more than just the standard 1-2 CD's in a jewel case and no liner notes except for the track list which is also on the back of the jewel case. There are exceptions though, Digweed's Live In... series, UNKLE, some truthoughts releases, and The Orb always have something extra in the digipacks. But really, once I rip them to 320 MP3, they go into the box only to be brought out maybe once a year...[/QUOTE] I rip mine to aiff but they still don't sound as good as the cds . All the ones I have bought do have liners.

It's ok if they only get played once a year, at least you have a good copy for when your hard drive dies :) I am so glad I have most of my vinyl. I got robbed once.

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a trak, records, tapes, cds, mp3s hope it sounds amazing

still looking forward for something new!

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I think a mix CD feels less disposable and ephemeral than a digital file, and when it's a series like fabric or Balance, there's a prestige associated. It feels like DJs put more effort and thought, sometimes conceptual thought, when they're "invited" to contribute a mix to a series.

Ultimately the series needs to maintain the standards and a point of view that differentiates itself, unlike say the wayward GU.

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I buy CDs. A lot. They sound better than mp3 or online streaming. Besides that, I can´t stand the commercials in spotify or whatever people use to listen to music online. I like to look at my CDs collection, dig and choose what to listen to. Sit down, read the booklet... while it´s playing, I continue digging for the next CD I´ll play... and I don´t depend on internet connections.

ps: I love JD´s "Live in" editions... they are great, and numbered and signed, at a reasonable price.

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[QUOTE=sakio pod;1210699]a trak, records, tapes, cds, mp3s hope it sounds amazing

still looking forward for something new![/QUOTE]

there have already been new formats, sacd for example but the industry hasn't pushed them because people can copy and share them

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still whatever times are changing looking forward to the future....if thats allowed LOL

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[QUOTE=ddr;1210688]But really, once I rip them to 320 MP3, they go into the box only to be brought out maybe once a year...[/QUOTE]

I did the same for nearly 20 years and kept moving the heavy boxes of about 600 CDs and 800 vinyls. When we decided to move 1800 miles across the country for a lifestyle change a little over a year ago I decided it was silly to keep all of those crates for that once a year trip down memory lane. Before we left St. Louis I gifted the 800 vinyls to a fellow DJ i'd known for years who still played out a lot, and dropped the 600 CDs off to GoodwillI and kept four CDs out of the entire collection strictly for nostalgia purposes and because my Jeep still has a CD player. I have a pretty ridiculous audiophile system at home and I really don't fell any loss playing anything I want via Airplay from my laptop or phone, whether the file is wav or 320 from my hard drives, or streaming via Spotify (subscription, no commercials.) I don't ever find myself saying, "damn, would that high hat sound better on CD or vinyl?" but rather am amazed that I can pull up a rare Zeppelin track on a whim and follow it up with GU 9 with a few swipes of the thumb. Convenience and less clutter in my life easily won over crates and crates of physical nostalgia that really became cumbersome and inconvenient to enjoy. Law of diminishing returns. I'll admit that I do not have the same feeling as going out to buy the new Sasha GU 9, coming home and unwrapping it and inviting a buddy over for a listening session before going clubbing for the weekend, but I did that for a couple of decades and those memories don't require a physical media to recall. Onward, upward and what not.

As for Fabric 100, it should probably be Craig Richards (#1 and #100), but I hope its Lee.

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1210713]dropped the 600 CDs off to GoodwillI [/QUOTE]

someone found a gold mine :)

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[QUOTE=ddr;1210716]someone found a gold mine :)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, me...tax deduction! :lol:

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[QUOTE=diegoff;1210708]I buy CDs. A lot. They sound better than mp3 or online streaming. Besides that, I can´t stand the commercials in spotify or whatever people use to listen to music online. I like to look at my CDs collection, dig and choose what to listen to. Sit down, read the booklet... while it´s playing, I continue digging for the next CD I´ll play... and I don´t depend on internet connections.

/QUOTE]

Exactly !! :D

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1210713]I did the same for nearly 20 years and kept moving the heavy boxes of about 600 CDs and 800 vinyls. When we decided to move 1800 miles across the country for a lifestyle change a little over a year ago I decided it was silly to keep all of those crates for that once a year trip down memory lane. Before we left St. Louis I gifted the 800 vinyls to a fellow DJ i'd known for years who still played out a lot, and dropped the 600 CDs off to GoodwillI and kept four CDs out of the entire collection strictly for nostalgia purposes and because my Jeep still has a CD player. I have a pretty ridiculous audiophile system at home and I really don't fell any loss playing anything I want via Airplay from my laptop or phone, whether the file is wav or 320 from my hard drives, or streaming via Spotify (subscription, no commercials.) I don't ever find myself saying, "damn, would that high hat sound better on CD or vinyl?" but rather am amazed that I can pull up a rare Zeppelin track on a whim and follow it up with GU 9 with a few swipes of the thumb. Convenience and less clutter in my life easily won over crates and crates of physical nostalgia that really became cumbersome and inconvenient to enjoy. Law of diminishing returns. I'll admit that I do not have the same feeling as going out to buy the new Sasha GU 9, coming home and unwrapping it and inviting a buddy over for a listening session before going clubbing for the weekend, but I did that for a couple of decades and those memories don't require a physical media to recall. Onward, upward and what not.

As for Fabric 100, it should probably be Craig Richards (#1 and #100), but I hope its Lee.[/QUOTE] Happy for you that this works for you, but just incredibly glad I have never felt like this. :)

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ah now the TL is out [COLOR=#ffffe0] Tracklisting:

1. Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes (Ambient Acapella) / Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes (Quiet Village Remix) [Play it Again Sam]
2. Marbert Rocel - I Wanna (Heitzberg Theorem Club Edit) [Compost Black Label / Compost Records]
3. Kora (CA) - Ovo [Kindisch]
4. Tom Flynn - Cup Of Joe [Into Orbit]
5. Indigo - Sunrise [Cooking Vinyl obo R&S Records / The Orchard] / CLOSE feat. Joe Dukie - My Way [!K7 Records]
6. DJ Hell - Guede (Joyce Muniz Terror + Natur Remix) [International Deejay Gigolo Records]
7. Ghosts On Tape - Nature's Law (Jus-Ed Remix) [Icee Hot]
8. Whitesquare - Abraxas [20/20 Vision]
9. Crowdpleaser - After Rhône 2013 [Tamed Musiq]
10. Exercise One & Mathew Jonson - Lost Forever In A Happy Crowd [Exone]
11. Sasha - Smoke Monk (fabric Mix) [Last Night On Earth]
12. Objekt - Needle & Thread [Objekt]
13. Jono Ma & Dreems - A Love Trance Mission From Nk To 7s [Kompakt]
14. Efdemin - Acid Bells (DJ Koze Edit) [Curle Recordings / N.E.W.S.]
15. Javier Logares & Kaarel - La Cuarta Galaxia (Tiefschwarz Remix) [Studio Kreuzberg] / George Fitzgerald - Echo Forgets (Sasha’s Moog-apella) [Domino Recording Co.]
16. Carl Craig - At Les (Feat. Francesco Tristano, Les Siècles & François-Xavier Roth) (Antigone Remix) [InFiné Music]
17. BAILE - Amae feat. Felicia Douglass (Sasha fabric1999 Mix) [Last Night On Earth][/COLOR]

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1210713] I have a pretty ridiculous audiophile system at home and I really don't fell any loss playing anything I want via Airplay from my laptop or phone, whether the file is wav or 320 from my hard drives, or streaming via Spotify (subscription, no commercials.) I don't ever find myself saying, "damn, would that high hat sound better on CD or vinyl?" but rather am amazed that I can pull up a rare Zeppelin track on a whim and follow it up with GU 9 with a few swipes of the thumb. Convenience and less clutter in my life easily won over crates and crates of physical nostalgia that really became cumbersome and inconvenient to enjoy. Law of diminishing returns. I'll admit that I do not have the same feeling as going out to buy the new Sasha GU 9, coming home and unwrapping it and inviting a buddy over for a listening session before going clubbing for the weekend, but I did that for a couple of decades and those memories don't require a physical media to recall. Onward, upward and what not.

As for Fabric 100, it should probably be Craig Richards (#1 and #100), but I hope its Lee.[/QUOTE]

Pretty much this.

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[QUOTE]less clutter in my life easily won over crates and crates of physical nostalgia[/QUOTE]

Well put.

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clutter i can understand but having an audiophile system and playing low rate compressed files through it, sorry i just don't get that, why buy such a sophisticated piece of equipment and put music through it that doesn't even have the full spectrum that it's supposed to have through it and then expect to appreciate your equipment in all its glory... it's like buying a brand new ferrari and taking out the engine to put a skoda diesel engine in it that's done 300000 miles

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^^ :lol: True !!

I've never had a lot of clutter, I have always been really selective in what I bought. And if I do buy something and get sick of it, I give it to someone else. Of course Djing would obviously create a lot bigger library.

Actually I do have clutter on my Mac. :(

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[QUOTE=DIDI;1210799]^^ :lol: True !!

I've never had a lot of clutter, I have always been really selective in what I bought. And if I do buy something and get sick of it, I give it to someone else. Of course Djing would obviously create a lot bigger library.

Actually I do have clutter on my Mac. :([/QUOTE]

i totally get their point of view but i couldn't live with it myself, if that makes me a music snob then so be it, comes with the territory

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^^Neither can I :) I don't think you are a snob :)

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[QUOTE=DIDI;1210803]I don't think you are a snob :)[/QUOTE] :Bingo:

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I don't think that it is about being a snob. It's just for the amount of time a cd gets played these days, it's not worth the effort.

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^^ I thought he was referring to quality.:)

I really love my cds. Love the artwork, love the liners , waiting for them to arrive in the post, and love that they don't vanish if a hard drive fails :lol: And I do play them even if I do have most of them on my various music players, I prefer the sound from my cds. :) Maybe because I love all this it really isn't any effort at all for me. :)

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I'll always buy CDs. As people have mentioned, it's good to have that tangible product, with liner notes etc.

A couple of weeks ago I decided to listen to the entire GU collection on CD on my commute. Started at GU006 Sydney (where the series really started IMO). Currently on GU14 Hong Kong and its been a great trip down memory lane. Some havent held up well (Warren Budapest which I loved a lot back then) but the classics remain the classics (San Fran, New York). Looking forward to the next 15 or so CDs (I don't actually recall the last one I purchased, maybe Seaman Lithuania?)

Anyway, I'll buy this Fabric release.He tends to deliver on commercial mixes (Involver 3 aside!)