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Saturday, November 15, 2008

I love my postman!

"Yukun, I sent you a few of my DJ mix demos a while back but I didn't get any feedback from you. Have you listened to them? My mixing is still a bit rough around the ages so pardon for the errors you may find in there. Hope you give them a listen and let me know what you think."

The reply :

Your cheesy demos didn't make it past the postman who still thinks that nu-rave is as trendy as monkey crap and that Steve Aoki is really the Anti-Christ.

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In the meantime while you shockingly read what happened to your "I'm-still-a-noob" demos, I'm up to 30 tracks on the megamix I'm working on. I'll probably slice up another 5 - 6 more tracks to clock the entire mix under 74 minutes.

What's in it so far? My personal favourite picks and none of those "must play tunes coz some big deal DJ is dropping them". Instead, you will find a vast sound adventure ranging from the minimalistic sounds of Sasha to the proggy melodies of King Unique. Expect under-rated names like Fei-Fei, Steve May, Musetta, Stefan Cambridge and Rory James. I personally believe that the word "trance" has been so misinterpreted and that there's really a whole lot more than Above & Beyond, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk and etc. It's supposed to be about the overall aural journey and not just about overly obvious huge anthems. It's about having the open-mindedness to listen to the unknown.

And with Ableton 7's incredible engine and plug-in's, I'm sure those with the willingness to explore will like this end product and how the tracks overlay, weave in and out of each other. My main focus point here is to show how Ableton is capable of enhancing one's creativity, as compared to the restrictiveness of analogue platforms (vinyl) and non-industry standard softwares (Traktor). Most importantly, it shows why I'm too lazy to actually use it "live" in my DJ sets... too much work... not much of an audience to appreciate DJing as a creative artwork.

And the screenshot of the mix?