wie kent er deze compilatiereeks niet? deze stond toch gekend voor zen kwalitatieve muziekkeuze, techno/trance/house om te kwijlen.
nu heeft er iemand een tribute mix in elkaar gestoken (is al van 2008), but who cares :clown:
A bit later then promised, but here it is: my little tribute to the legendary X-Mix DJ mix series. This series had a huge impact on me as a kid growing into techno and house music. Laurent Garnier's X-Mix-2 was the first DJ mix I consciously listened to when I was about 11. I remember that I was totally drawn to those CGI videos done for the mixes which were telecasted in MTV Party Zone in the mid-90's. So I bought the VHS tape of X-Mix-2 and, since I liked the music so much, the CD as well. And what an education that was! Underground Resistance, Kenny Larkin, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Planetary Assault Systems, Mike Dearborn and Sven Väth, all there in one mix, blended together in fluid, long transitions that created a DJ set that can best be described as narrative (the short animated abtract stories on the tape only enhanced that impression). If I had to name the biggest influence on my developement as a DJ, it would certainly be X-Mix-2.
I kept buying all the other issues in the series, which continued to surprise me with great mixes and inspiring record choices. I consider every of the mixes a masterpiece in its own right, and almost all the tracks used in the mixes are fantastic and didn't grow old a bit, showing the sense of timelessness the involved DJs expressed in their playlists. I spent years hunting down all the X-Mix vinyl compilations and even longer to find the best of the tracks from the mix CDs which were not included on the vinyl compilations. Naturally it wasn't quite easy to come up with a selection of those about 130 tracks I have on vinyl now, and the list of the stuff that just needed to be in the mix kept growing and growing. I also saw no reason to exclude the first X-Mix by Paul von Dyk by the way (yeah, oldschool trance! ^_^). So this went into almost four hours again, but well, if you have a project that comes from your heart you're not open for compromises. ;)[/color]
DOwNLOAD : http://www.humaninteraction.de/public/red_kite-10years_without_x-mix.mp3
