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This is about as dull as it gets...

Plod, plod, ploddy plod fro 65 minutes and then it finally gets into gear for the Soliquid tracks (those and the new Guy J being the highlights).

A number of the tracks have been re-keyed in Pro Tools and do not sound right in their new key when mixed. A prime example being the mixes from Plasmik - Jamie Steven - Tiger Stripes.

Doubtful many (if any) will agree with me on here but, all the T series have been mediocre and well below expectation.

Live and in a club environment he's one of the best but, this doesn't translate to CD whatsoever.

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^^ um....so now I have you check: do you even [I]like[/I] prog/tech house and all that kind of stuff? ;)

on first listen, I find this pretty solid. Better than 3, and it gets better as it goes...

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Had a fun little moment while listening to this in the truck earlier. Right when the mix starts to pick up, I passed a truck with a bumper sticker that said VORTEX.

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REALLY looking forward to getting my mits on this now :)

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when was this released? I'm sure I ordered it online and it hasn't arrived!

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[quote=Zeptonite;583851]This is about as dull as it gets...

Plod, plod, ploddy plod fro 65 minutes and then it finally gets into gear for the Soliquid tracks (those and the new Guy J being the highlights).

A number of the tracks have been re-keyed in Pro Tools and do not sound right in their new key when mixed. A prime example being the mixes from Plasmik - Jamie Steven - Tiger Stripes.

Doubtful many (if any) will agree with me on here but, all the T series have been mediocre and well below expectation.

Live and in a club environment he's one of the best but, this doesn't translate to CD whatsoever.

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In my opinion J.D in the club and J.D in the studio are completely different experiences...if I was listening to this mix in a club it simply wouldn't work.. This is a very deep mix that requires full attention from the listener...the mixing is flawless as always with Digweed. However there isn't that drive that club music has this in a sense the "vortex" everyone is jabbering about.. its just pure depth of the music thats allows or even forces the listener to get lost in the sound in true sense of the meaning... Great mix that can easily escape you if you don't give it your attention...truly a great mix

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[quote=Shpira;583982]In my opinion J.D in the club and J.D in the studio are completely different experiences...if I was listening to this mix in a club it simply wouldn't work.. This is a very deep mix that requires full attention from the listener...the mixing is flawless as always with Digweed. However there isn't that drive that club music has this in a sense the "vortex" everyone is jabbering about.. its just pure depth of the music thats allows or even forces the listener to get lost in the sound in true sense of the meaning... Great mix that can easily escape you if you don't give it your attention...truly a great mix[/quote]

well said. i agree, digweed on cd does not transfer to digweed in the club. i had just about given up on digweed until saturday. but now that im listening to the new cd, its like im hearing it in the club.

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What do you mean given up? :shock: The man is on fire!

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[quote=matthewjames;583955]when was this released? I'm sure I ordered it online and it hasn't arrived![/quote]

we are talking about the promo copy that some of us received and others cough cough "Found"

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[quote=Zeptonite;583851]This is about as dull as it gets...

Plod, plod, ploddy plod fro 65 minutes and then it finally gets into gear for the Soliquid tracks (those and the new Guy J being the highlights).

A number of the tracks have been re-keyed in Pro Tools and do not sound right in their new key when mixed. A prime example being the mixes from Plasmik - Jamie Steven - Tiger Stripes.

Doubtful many (if any) will agree with me on here but, all the T series have been mediocre and well below expectation.

Live and in a club environment he's one of the best but, this doesn't translate to CD whatsoever.

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Sounds like you're more into his peaktime sound than his building up if you prefer the end of the mix which is definitely peaktime.

Maybe if you listened to his first Bedrock comp, GU Sydney, GU Hong Kong, GU LA, you might have a better appreciation for how he does things in a mix. Even MMII.

Assuming you've caught him live, it also depends on who he took over and what the warm up was like. I've heard him in different sets where he took over and banged it out or built up to madness, so it really depends.

Gotta remember you can't get the full Digweed experience unless he is playing 4hrs or more, and the Vortex when it hits you, is a culmination of cock tease and build ups with that one track that brings everything home.

So there's no way you can compare or hope to get the same experience on his mixed comp.

But this is as close as it gets, seriously. I've never heard this kind of madness on his mixed comp before. Uplifting, yeah. Groovy, yeah. Deep, yeah. Dark, yeah. Trancey, yeah. Housey, yeah. Chuggy, yeah. But nothing like the second part of T4. Dunno if it was the tracks or the edits and layers, but some of those sounds are just ridiculous, like hearing the music decay and put back together, can't even tell wtf is going on anymore. I'm tempted to say he rewrote 'progressive' with this mix, but that might be stretching it :lol:

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Oh my good god damn. What my ears hear at 47:13 is too much for them to handle.

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Bastards :twisted:

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^ why?

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[quote=Dhar_2;584179]^ why?[/quote]

Coz I dont have a promo and I refuse to get it off of SLSK...:(

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I am just listening to T4 on my headfonz and boy this guy do good. Nice build up till min 37 and all goes up the wall ...Nice :)

AndyH.... good things come to those who Wait !! Not all the time tho

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well by the sounds of the final master will be a little bit different.

worth the wait!

i take my hat off to your morales!

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listened to it. starts very well. to much electro for me tho.

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so are you listening to the podcast or you talking about some promo floating about?

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^ | promo.

[quote=jointuletz;584210]listened to it. starts very well. to much electro for me tho.[/quote]

huh?! what electro??

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i will listen to it again later tonight and then i'll bring a conclusion. first time was with my earphones.

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[quote=day_for_night;584238]^ | promo.

huh?! what electro??[/quote]

to most people, electro = anything that doesn't sound like it was made in 1989 :p

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[quote=Dhar_2;584206]well by the sounds of the final master will be a little bit different.

worth the wait!

i take my hat off to your morales![/quote]

Tks :) SO tempting but im gonna wait. Just need to stay away from this thread I think! lol

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[quote=jointuletz;584249]i will listen to it again later tonight and then i'll bring a conclusion. first time was with my earphones.[/quote]

Well your headphones must be cacked mate, there isn't a squib of electro in this entire mix.

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[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][COLOR="Blue"]T1 ...... T2 ......T 3 and now T4[/COLOR][/FONT]

[COLOR="blue"][COLOR="Red"]they don't even compare its like seeing digweed live ........its different everytime[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR="Yellow"]fucking brilliant[/COLOR]

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on about my 5th listen, it just hit me like a ton of bricks. this mix is destined to be a classic. there is no way it won't. its that good. gives me chills.

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:RightOn:

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uhhhh don jigweed is pretty much the best dj in the history of earth. he is the reason i bought 1200"s in the first place. (danny howells had about 10% to do with it too though) ;)

cant wait to check this out, plus see em in ohio next week!!!

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holi shit, just hit minute 47 of this mix...what he hell is going on??

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Vortex :D

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yah! i better experience the vortex next week for s+d in ohio. i bet closing @ 2am is going to be a hinderance though ;(

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Do me a favor and ask Digweed to swing by Singapore / Australia this year.

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i will try. he and i are pretty tite, so expect late summer dates there soon.

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[quote=feather;584590]Do me a favor and ask Digweed to swing by Singapore this year.[/quote]

late september / october .. or so says the man himself back in bangkok

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right this is on the ipod and gonna get the full road test in the car!!!

now we are gonna see what this baby can do!!!

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I liked the first one in terms of build and the tracks selected. The second was terribly boring; it never seemed to get going and suffered from some head scratching track selection (Boul De Nerf??). Third one had a good build but I wasn't feeling too many of the tracks selected for the mix.

The fourth had great tracks all the way through. Overall a nice mix but it seemed like he wanted to cram an extended set into a 70 minute cd. Had too many ups and downs but overall it's the second best one in the series. 4/5

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Listening to the promo now.... One word: Vortex :)

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[QUOTE=progressive420;585023]Listening to the promo now.... One word: Vortex :)[/QUOTE]

I don't know if I'd would go as far as that, BUT it's the best comp I've heard come out of that man in years. An absolute JOY! :D

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i had fun dRiving back pissed earlier!!

not vortex!!!

but good head twisting shit!!

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i was sucked in..... Hence the Vortex....

I think this is one of his better releases.... I will need to listen again tonight....

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As for the previous volumes, each one left me with uncertainty after the initial listen then grew on me the more I played them. However after listening to this once I love it. Definitely the best comp in the series IMO.