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can't agree more, I have the exact same feeling.

some cool idaes and cool stuff in the whole cd though, quite enjoyable. The start is really cool as is the end, but same feeling on that middle bit.

;)

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save me(guy j) is owning me right now...

what a way to end the cd...leaves you wanting more!

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This is the best thing I've heard from Diggers for a while. For me it's easily the best of his Transition efforts and about as memorable as his Northern Exposure/Expedition efforts. In fact it's the best release he's produced this millenium.

Yeah I had misgivings about it, what with all those tracks. However Diggerz turns this to his advantage and our listening pleasure by layering and mixing the tracks in such a seamless, elegant, yet musically dramatic way that it doesn't feel cluttered at all. This release just confirms to me once again that when he puts his mind to it Digweed is one of the most technically accomplished and musically knowledgeable D.J.'s around who can create a mix that isn't just a bunch of tracks but a single piece of art in itself.

I hope some other lazy D.J.'s out there sit up and take notice. The bar has now been set even higher.

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diggers....I love you (sigh::smile)

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My copy finally arrived in the mail today and I agree with most people here, it's brilliant.

One thing that struck me was how minimal the packaging is…it almost looks like there was a printing error. The CD booklet is a solid black page with some strange orange text dead in the centre. Every line is missing its first letter. So it reads: [I]isc 2 ridlock (JohnDigweed ndNickMuir's25minute xtendedMix[/I]

And then someone forgot to put an [I]r[/I] on the end of [I]Fortier[/I]…

I work for a newspaper so I notice these sorts of things! Is this the way it's meant to be?

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When is Diggers on the Essential Mix, I know it is this month but when?

Get to go see Sasha this month too, between the nice little package Diggers gave us in the form of Transitions Vol. 3 and Gridlock, the EM and seeing Sasha and Spooky live in Houston..... Oct. is the shit......!!!!!

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[quote=benda;532073]My copy finally arrived in the mail today and I agree with most people here, it's brilliant.

One thing that struck me was how minimal the packaging is?it almost looks like there was a printing error. The CD booklet is a solid black page with some strange orange text dead in the centre. Every line is missing its first letter. So it reads: [I]isc 2 ridlock (JohnDigweed ndNickMuir's25minute xtendedMix[/I]

And then someone forgot to put an [I]r[/I] on the end of [I]Fortier[/I]?

I work for a newspaper so I notice these sorts of things! Is this the way it's meant to be?[/quote]

my copy doesn't look like that,

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Mine finally came in the mail today. Definitely worth the wait.

I ordered it from the UK, and got a signed copy. Packaging is nice but nothing spectacular.

I love hearing new stuff from Digweed. I'm also amazed at how good the CD sounds compared to the weekly mixes. When your most common dose of Digweed is MP3, it's nice to listen to a CD again. The crisp highs, the endless deep bass. Sure the mixes are tolerable on a nice stereo, but it's just amazing how apparent the difference is when you put a fresh CD in.

The mix works nicely for me, the build-up and onslaught. It's a nice compliment of tracks that flow well for me at least.

I'm sure I'll get flamed to hell, but I do still miss the "progressive" days of northern exposure and what not. GU Sydney, LA, etc. come on. That stuff is phenomenal. This isn't that, but based on where the music is going these days - this is a superb comp.

We're all Digweed fanatics here of course, but if you're on the fence about this - get it.

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Whoops wrong thread

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Figured, I was about to post and ask if you're talking about the extended trick or responding to futura's comment!

I guess your post was meant for my comment in the Gridlock thread :P

Transitions Vol 3 to be or not to be???

Just wanting peoples veiws on what you think of John Digweeds new Transitions Vol 3 compilathion. Personaly I thought it was a bit of a let down:( what did you think:?:

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i think there was a thread about it already. Personaly I´ve only heard it twice so i can´t really say anything at the moment. Digweeds cds always bore me to death, but i found my self listening to tran. 1 and 2 quite much.

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I really can't stop listening to this. Some of the mixes are so good, it makes me laugh every time I hear them.

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[quote=day_for_night;542339]I really can't stop listening to this. Some of the mixes are so good, it makes me laugh every time I hear them.[/quote]

I agree. I listened to the album for a few days after initially receiving it, without being too overwhelmed; but then a few weeks later I re-listened to it, and truly love it now. The mixing- ableton or not- is sweet; in particular, I love the transitions from Messene into Hedonism, and Genesis into Kore. The latter transition is very clever and a highlight; Kore is my favourite track of the album.

It surpasses the second of the series, but is still slightly behind the first, but the first in my eyes is an unassailable masterpiece, so this isn't saying too much :) I can't wait to see Digweed in a club again.

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Yeah i bought it . It took quite alot of listenings to actually get in to it but now i own half the tunes on it :) Done a party the other night and evryone was well impressed with the tunes from it i used . Worth buyiing man.

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I bought T1 and was content with it. T2 was such a bore and when it actually started to get good...whoops, it ended!

T3: well, I just don't think I enjoy bleepy bloopy minimal too much; and that Ink & Needle track was so annoying I almost clawed my eyes out...almost like listening to nails scratching a chalkboard!

While certainly there have been times over the past ~2.5 years where I have felt that house music had picked up and started to get good, there has hardly been any consistency in production quality and compilations have suffered as a result.

Don't get me wrong; a djs job is to select the best tracks out there to play and most are doing a good job it's just that the selection pool is pretty poor nowadays; or maybe I just don't get what this music is about anymore.

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I think good tracks are still being produced (those old producers can't have just packed up and decide to sit out this 'minimal-electro-shite-phase), just that the signal to noise ratio is a lot worse now. But it can also be argued that there're a lot more choices out there than 2.5 years ago.

When I hear sets from Cattaneo, Mariano, and Mohrr, I'm continually surprised at what they're playing because everyone else seems to be playing the same trendy boring shite. Reminds me of the time when Digweed played that deep dark prog and everyone started playing it, 'cept they never played it as well and next thing you know, progressive was dead.

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While I do agree the selection is larger, in my opinion the quality is not better. With the internet, knowledge of how to produce and dj sometimes has fallen into the wrong hands.

The only thing I've noticed that is progressive about house music nowadays is that there is progressively more garbage to wade through year after year, especially recently...

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Incredible mix, probably my favorite of the 3. I like the remix cover better than the real one, lol

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I love Diggers...to the end, but I was seriously disappointed by this CD. I like the tracks, but it seems so predictable and the builds are all the same. It's like records companies came at him, paid him enough to put their (some fantastic, some mediocre) tracks on this and throw it all together.

I usually find more soul in his mixes, but this just seemed like it was something that HAD to be completed.

There are some really great parts, but the end of the CD is just crap to me..

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^ | uhh, you are in a very small minority on this...

best mix comp of the year by a long shot.

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Funny....I am listening to this cd right now and saw this thread back on the first page. I've just listened to Advance Panorama being mixed into Chest in the Attice about 20 times now. Damn is all I can say. I love this c.d. And imo there are great songs being produced right now. Great things happening.

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I finally got this mix...and honestly, I found it to be solid but nothing amazing. Definitely not the best of the series, imo... The best was #1.