All Time Hardest Mix!

[ballboff]

Right guys, as a sort of off-shoot of the hardest techno track rounds, I'm introducing a all time hardest mix compo. What I want is a mix that contains as many of the tracks from the 7 preliminary rounds as possible.

Here are all the tracks, remember you don't have to mix all of these, but as many as possible. The best one will win a secret orbit mix!

303 System - Midex
4D - Hidden
Cari Lekebusch - Master Spettaren
Commander Tom - Are Am Eye?
Cosmic Spore Gern - Infected
Hard Attack - Bonehead
Raver's Nature - Day Of Justice
The Advent - Bad Boy
Westwood Brothers - Mythos
X103 - Curse Of The Gods
Daftpunk - Rollin' & Scratchin'
Dan Bell - Jackhammer
Dave Clarke - Thunder
Equinox - Pulzar Jeff Mills Mix
Fumiya Tanaka - MicroOne
Johannes Heil - I Love To Beat You Cause I Hate You
Ramirez - Terapia (DJ Rico Mix)
Subjects vs Jeff Mills - Beyond
Surgeon - Magnese
Vene - Pain
DJ Hell - Please Get Out
Drax - Section 2
Edge of Motion - Set Up 707
Koenig Cylinders - 99point9
Norman - The Big Deal (Original Mix)
Oliver Klein - Rheinkraft
Rabbit City - Techno Blast
Steve Bicknell - Remix EP Planetary Assault Systems Mix
Surgeon - Cable
The Mover - Frontal Sickness
Cold Dust - Rio Grande
DJ Hell - Sprung Aus Den Wolken
DJ Misjah & DJ Tim - Access
Jeff Mills - Berlin
Out Of Order - Emotions
Plastikman - Fuk
Robert Hood - Minimal Nation Mispress Jeff Mills
Sulphurex - PointBreak
Synthadelic - Dirty Job
Vainqueur - Lyot (Maurizio Mix)
DJ Skull - AcidWizz L
Dream Your Dream - Mayday Dream
Jam & Spoon - Follow Me
Jeff Mills - Packet Of Peace West Side Detroit Mix
Jeff Mills - Phase 4
Marco Zaffarano - MZ-5
Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived
Planetary Assault Systems - In From The Night
Robert Armani - Hit Hard
Spencer Smith - Leben
Drone - Morphist
Fly By Wire - Last Voyage
Hardfloor - Strikeout (Orbit Remix)
Ilsa Gold - Up
Joey Beltram - In The Abyss
Nico - Frontiers In The Dark
Robert Armani - Canon
Sons of Piru - Impure Thoughts
Source - The Real Thing
Thunderball - It's Your DJ
Edge of Motion - SetUp707
Fly By Wire - Alkaline3DH
Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny!
Lunatic Asylum - The Meltdown Live Mix
Moby - Thousand
Monotraxx - Flyspray
Monotraxx - Soma
Polygon Window - Quoth
Surgeon - Badger Bite
Syn - Painamplifier

[jonny]

N1 ballboff...i was thinking something along these lines myself about doing a mix with all these tunes(or at least wi the ones ive got anyway)....well im up for it... :D

[ballboff]

Good man! I for one will be trying to do one. So that's at least two of us. I'm sure that _me_ has a dabble with the 1's and 2's now and again?

[jonny]

Yeah....and the ones we aint got off the list im sure we can all find suitable replacements.... :D :D

[ballboff]

My sentiments exactly!

[McC]

[Gauntlet removed]

Surely Billy can make them all available as MP3's, and some talented HDJ can do the lot with Traktor....

[Gauntlet thrown]

[ballboff]

Well I'm gonna add extra points for pops and hisses! I'd rather our readers were a bit more inventive, than to use a program that does it all for you.

[ballboff]

I mean picture this if you will, you've just paid 30 quid to see sven vath at the orbit birthday party and he plugs in his laptop then goes to the bar and gets pissed all night without even going back to the main room!

[jonny]

Well put ballboff....for me u cant beat the live feel that vinyl gives....but then i am slightly biased towards those disc shaped vinyls... :D

[jonny]

And its got a proper hands on approach too where the margin for error is all within the skills of the dj, so if he plays a blinder it aint owt to do with any software which makes it almost hard to not do a good mix....oooh i am getting old fashioned...lol

[jonny]

Avin said that i still would like a cdj so i can play mp3's but you still have the hands on ting going on as its got a platter n wotnot.... ;)

[McC]

Final Scratch?

[ballboff]

Final scratch? Nah, I'm sorry but no proper dj would entertain such a device.

[jonny]

Gotta say ive never used it....but i still dont think ya can beat dem vinyls.... ;)

[ballboff]

I'm in total agreement. Also I love the hunt for a cracking tune, most of the orbit classics, can be downloaded in no time, where's the fun in that? I think if this thread gets any longer we should start up a new one, cos this is becoming a tad irrelevant. I just wanted to know who'd be up for trying out a little experiment with the tracks we've picked out.

[jonny]

[QUOTE=ballboff]I think if this thread gets any longer we should start up a new one, cos this is becoming a tad irrelevant. QUOTE]

Lol..i think we have started splitting hairs a little... :bowling:

[McC]

....but i still dont think ya can beat dem vinyls.... ;)

I agree in the main. But is it really any different to using drum machines, samplers, etc as part of a set? I reckon that if you've got the talent to be a good vinyl DJ then you've most likely got the nouse/skills to use the technology to add to the experience. If you can't even synch a beat, then the technology will just show you for what you really are...

My 2p.

PS I do enjoy the odd mess about with Traktor. Can't mix for toffee, but it's almost a free ride... :)

[ballboff]

I wouldn't be one for using drum machines either, it's just a tool to overlay your bad mixing. 3 or 4 decks, now that is skill! But extra bits, fx and 909? Nah, a form of cheeting in my mind.

[jonny]

So you gonna be joining in and doing a mix then mcc.... :)

[jonny]

Gotta say i dont mind a bit o drum machine to accompany a mix, along with some effects to give the overall sounscape more depth but you have to have an ear to know where to place certain sounds to make it sound like it belongs there...that "IS" the hard part.....imo

[McC]

So you gonna be joining in and doing a mix then mcc.... :)

So you enjoy the experience of feeling physically sick when beats, tempos, and rhythms are all on the piss.... :p

...you betta hope not!!! :D

[jonny]

So you enjoy the experience of feeling physically sick when beats, tempos, and rhythms are all on the piss.... :D

It'll be nowt i aint heard b4 mcc....lol....

[McC]

Then I may stretch myself to a comedy entry... ;)

[ballboff]

Get on soul seek, billy has every single one of those tunes, even labelled them up as ATHTT folder (All time hardest techno track), or something similar, with sub-folders for each of the rounds. Off ya go McC!

[jonny]

Go on mcc...u can use ya software n we wonk think any less of ya...lol..(unless the mix is better than ours... :D )

[ramshackles]

I dont mix....YET... but good idea

[scottycam]

You are already mixed up enough young lady ;)

[ramshackles]

you should have been a comedian scottycam.... :evil:

[scottycam]

you should have been a comedian scottycam.... :evil:

I would have been had it not been for the fact that I am not really that funny, just sarchastic, which may not work on stage you see. Mind you people would have been able to just laugh at me, now that I am used too. Anyways I kid because I care!

[ramshackles]

awwwwwwwww :D

[McC]

I prefer self-deprecating humour.....though I'm not very good at it

;)

[scottycam]

Wahey a little self deprication never hurt anyone and if you can't take the piss out of yourself then who can you? There is no hope for you if you take yourself seriously. Scotty C doesn't do serious!

[_me_]

i'm gonna give one a go this weekend i reckon... i have to admit tho i'm one of those pussy Traktor DJs! and yes i do program mixes then fuck off to the bar...

nothing wrong with doing that now is there ? is there? :P

[ballboff]

Ok ok ok! All mixes welcome! But extra points are rewarded for scratches, pops, jumps, hisses, spin-backs, and the peace-de-resistance is if you can juggle two tracks together that would be proper bo. One thing I do like about traktor though, are those scratching and cross-fading buttons, where you just hold the mouse down and it does a little hamster manouvre for ya!

[Pob]

I`ve done mine, just wanted to check if it's ok to put extra tunes on that weren`t in the hardest list? not loads just a few to fill out the gaps and they're all orbit classics (ie forklift etc).

[ballboff]

Yeah, I'll probably be doing the same too mate, so it's fine.

[Pob]

nice one, will check mix tomorrow as have been drinking a bit... :sick: :sick:

[ballboff]

Well I did mine, but I ain't that impressed. I'll host it though, cos I said I'd have a go, and I did!

[Pob]

Okey Dokey, Here my mix.. :dizzy:

Pob mix (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=27H4MWQX)

Tracklist as follows:

1. Intro 2 ? Surgeon
2. Untitled (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) ? Steve Bicknell
3. Thunder ? Dave Clarke
4. Into Battle (Function Remix) ? Equinox
5. Acid Wizz L ? DJ Skull
6. Acid Wizz L ? DJ Skull
7. Allerseelen ? Jeff Mills
8. Speak To Me ? Regis
9. Drumcode No 1 (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) ? Adam Beyer
10. Forklift (Luke Slater Remix) ? Joey Beltram
12 Ball Park - Joey Beltram
13. Bad Boy ? The Advent
14. Sprung Aus Den Wolken ? DJ Hell


Probably could have tried to beatmatch Ball park into bad boy but it would have sounded crap as bad boy's wayyyyyy faster than most things.. execpt DJ Hell!

[Billy]

[Gauntlet removed]

Surely Billy can make them all available as MP3's, and some talented HDJ can do the lot with Traktor....

[Gauntlet thrown]

good idea... let me know if anyone is interested.

i've actually got a cd mixer... if anyone wants to come over and show me how to mix ;)

[Billy]

I prefer self-deprecating humour.....though I'm not very good at it

;)

you're much better than am i though...

[ballboff]

Mmmm.... looks like I'll have to pull me finger out. I did actually do one at the weekend, but my minidisk player seemed to record at half speed! Jeez, it sounded like hardest techno mix, but played back on a reel to reel tape recorder (before your time rambo!)

[jonny]

Is there any limit to the length of the mix ballboff ....its just that there bout 70 tunes which is enough roughly for a set about 3.5-4 hours long....now i aint got all the tunes on the list but i can fill a fair few gaps with other tunes that well deserve to go in.....although i still cant do it at mo as all my gears in mi loft and right now my loft is a heated greenhouse...its just too unbearable is da heat maaan .... ;( ...

[ballboff]

No limits really, anything goes. Mine is coming soon, I'm just waiting until I can be bothered usending it.

[jonny]

No limits really, anything goes. .

Thats very nice to hear... :D :D :D

[ballboff]

Well, it's what techno's all about. Giving it your all, and experimenting (in more ways than one!)

[jonny]

Well, it's what techno's all about. Giving it your all, and experimenting (in more ways than one!)

Too right...no limits...it can be anything you can and cannot think off....to push the creative flow and have no boundaries to what you want to experiment with....this way theres more chance of reaching something original thats not been toyed with b4...and after all that is to me what techno stands for.....it thrives on new 'techno'logy and new ways in which sound can be manipulated and controlled......well thats my take in a nutshell anyway... :D

[ballboff]

Right guys, well here's my addition.

Eddie B - The Orbituary Mix - 14/07/05 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2736ATFK)

Man, I'm out of practise! Never mind, it's the best ya getting for now, it's too bloody hot in my spare room!!

[ballboff]

Anyone else for any more? Jonny? _me_? McC even? Obviously I can't award the prize to myself, as I set up the bloody thing. Just leaves pob at the moment, and although a very good set, I'd still rather hear a few more before making a proper decision. I need at least 4 or 5 sets (including my own, then I'll probably put to a vote I think, yeah, that might make it a bit more interesting).

[scottycam]

Due to limited PC resources my attempt will have to wait for the new hardwear to arrive, but I will do one eventually and it will certainly go into the experimental basket when I do. As it will be done on my pc, no deks ya see, i will have to work out the software first and find some good samples to have in the set.

[ballboff]

Mmm.. I've got an early copy of traktor, and been contemplating trying to mix the whole lot in a 4 hour frenzy, but the pitch is just too digital for my liking. It's either plus 8 or plus 7, there doesn't seem to be much inbetween, and there doesn't seem to be enough fluidity (is that a word? If not I don't care it's the right word for what I want to say!)

[scottycam]

Yes, you don't get the same feeling with electronic mixes and yes fluidity is a work, plus I don't know the tunes well enough to mix them properly. So mine will be an authentic old school mix, they never bothered with the mixin, it was all about the tunes.

[Pob]

Man, I'm out of practise! [/QUOTE]

I`d love to hear you on a good day then, cos so far this kick the s**t out of my mix!

[jonny]

Well heres my offering....not the best ive ever done by far but tis bangin all da way.....so plenty o good tunes anyway..... ;)

Jonny Amos......Orbituary Mix.... http://s14.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=046603EUXS9533PXAOWY3HV359

[ballboff]

Nice one jonny, if you can just provide us with a tracklisting, I'll host it in the dj sets section with the others.

[jonny]

No worries wi the tracklisting.....ill sort it out t'nite after work... ;)

[ballboff]

Bloody hell, 3 and a half hours! Amazing, now don't tell me you did this on traktor?

[jonny]

Bloody hell, 3 and a half hours! Amazing, now don't tell me you did this on traktor?

Hehe....no traktor involved with this one.....although it might ov been a good idea......i have since i did this mix found out that round about the 55th track, one channel starts to cut in and out....grrrrr.....as if the fact that me bieng aware that my mixin aint up t wot id liked it to ov been it decides its gonna playing silly buggers by cutting sound to one channel.....i tell ya.....is nothing ever straight forward or is it just me.... :uhh: (in fact dont answer that.. :D )

[Pob]

Mixing sounded fine to me mate.. 3 & 1/2 hours deserve's extra points for the sheer hardcoreness of it, put my 1/2 hour to shame!! Ah well.

[ballboff]

Mixing sounded fine to me mate.. 3 & 1/2 hours deserve's extra points for the sheer hardcoreness of it, put my 1/2 hour to shame!! Ah well.

Hell, it even puts my 1 hour and 11 minutes to shame (I think it was that long anyway!). I couldn't do a 3 hour session these days if my life depended on it! I ain't got enough tracks for a start anyway, since I sold most my collection a few years back to pay the rent!

[ballboff]

Wow jonny, some really good mixing there mate, and some very swish spin backs (nice and clean). Also do I hear a roland mixer? It's bloody nice, whatever it is.

[jonny]

Wow jonny, some really good mixing there mate, and some very swish spin backs (nice and clean). Also do I hear a roland mixer? It's bloody nice, whatever it is.


Cheers ballboff....That'l b the kaoss pad ur on aboot.....feckin love playing with that thing....and its so easy too....i could do with putting the signal thru a limiter/compressor or summat though cos sometimes some of the presets are far louder than others n i always end up forgetting which ones are louder which results in an affect been way too loud for the sounds that are currently been put thru it.....some top functions on it though.... :( .....ill just av to use it some more wont i.... :D :D

[Pob]

"Quote" i could do with putting the signal thru a limiter/compressor or summat though cos sometimes some of the presets are far louder than others n i always end up forgetting which ones are louder which results in an affect been way too loud for the sounds that are currently been put thru it.. "Quote"

I had the same problem with mine until I found my mixer had an efx send/return on it.. plugged it in and no more gain problems! I could also leave the kaoss pad set on flick it in and out with the send/return button.. lots of fun.. :)

[jonny]

Yeah ive just got a new mixer which unfortunately hasnt got any fx send/return ports so i have to go straight thru it....drat, drat and double drat.......

[ballboff]

Yeah them kaos pads are proper bo, I saw somebody at mint club using one before on a techno night, can't remember his name now. It was good.

[jonny]

Tracklising.....well it took a few days longer than i said but better late than never eh........

Intro-Edge Of Motion/tropical interfuse...djax rec
Plastikman-fuk.....novamute rec
Robert Armani-scoreboard
Surgeon-poise posture.....ideal trax
Chelsea Grin-white label
Walker-nick part 3....three-o-three musik
Surgoen-magnese....downwards rec
Regis-ital.....downwards rec
Aphex Twin-Quoth.....warp rec
Surgeon-badger bite.....downwards rec
Mescalinum United-we have arrived remix....R&S promo
Intro-Edge Of Motion/no info......100% pure rec
Jonny Amos-nuerological fury
Aphex Twin-.193841(analogue bubblebath vol3).....rephlex rec
Monotraxx-soma.....sapho rec
Subtopia-the mob rules......pcp rec
Edge Of Motion-set up 707.....djax rec
Mescalinum United-we have arrived.......R&S Rec
Biochip C-no info(on force inc)
Jeff Mills-packet of peace(west side detroit mix).....deconstruction rec
Walker-mental overdrive......three-o-three music
Aphex Twin-caustic window ep.....rephlex rec
Beyond-bang....esp rec
Planetary Assauly Systems-in from the night
Robert Hood Minimal Nation Mispress(jeff mills)-track b1.....axis rec
Planetary Assault Systems-remix ep......cosmic rec
Robert Hood Minimal Nation Mispress(jeff mills)-track a1....axis rec
Aphrohead-in the dark we live/thee lite(dave clark mix)......bush rec
Jeff Mills-berlin......tresor rec
Jeff Mills-phaze 4....tresor rec
Circuit Breaker-machine gun.....probe rec
X-103-curse of the gods.....axis rec
Jeff Mills v The Subjects-beyond.....reload rec
Test-overdub
Intro-propionic 3-the wedding
Dan Bell-jackhammer......probe rec
Dave Clarke-alphalink....magnetic north rec
D-Kontrol-alien lifeforms visit earth
Pete Namlook-minimal overload
Glitch-war path.....industrial strength rec
Hocus Pocus-the gabberaniak verses
XE-Dus-spectra sound.....labworks rec
Equinox-pulsar.....vortex rec
Holographic 4th-amorphoid.....80 aum rec
Biochip C-zek....force inc
Alien Factory-big brother(heavy mix).....von boy rec
Mescalinum United-we have arrived(aphex twin remix).....R&S Rec
Nasty Django-fuck beats.....pcp release
Source Code-i am not a number....knorr rec
Intergrated Circuits-yip....labworks
Jeff Mills-the extremist(dna mix)....tresor rec
Cari Lekebusch-son of two......hybrid rec
Nico-frontiers in the dark......industrial strength trance sampler
Intro-Hole in one-game fron planet onhcet(end of)....see-saw rec
Atom X vs Trax-X / suboxydans......reload rec
Distortion Bastards-Bullet Proofed Split EP.....pcp release(ss series)
Green Marbled Vinyl-no info(etchings:IT MIX......BER-013)
Circuit Breaker-Trak x......probe rec
4D-hidden....labworks rec
DJ Hell-sprung aus den wolken.....disco b rec
Gringo-exetuted by the F.B.I.......three-o-three music
Diatomyc-gorf one ep-molecular mutation.......
The Dark Raver-direction of fear.....rave rec
C-Tank-nightmares are reality.....overdrive rec
Frankfurt Trax Vol 4-Hall Of Fame/side d/track 2....pcp release
Sabrettes-spike it...white label
Biochip C-nightbreed is back....force inc

[Pob]

Yeah them kaos pads are proper bo, I saw somebody at mint club using one before on a techno night, can't remember his name now. It was good.

It wasn`t Justin Berkovi was it?, I saw him do a live set at the mint club & he used one.. it rocked!

@ jonny, that really is a monsterous tracklist.. respect :)

[ballboff]

It wasn`t Justin Berkovi was it?, I saw him do a live set at the mint club & he used one.. it rocked!

@ jonny, that really is a monsterous tracklist.. respect :)

Justin Berkovi yeah, that's right mate. Proper bo that night, and I remember somebody playing blue monday in the back room.

[Billy]

what's the deadline on this, ballboff?? i'm attemtping to conjure up the comedy entry for this one... but, once again, time is not on my side :(

[ballboff]

I guess since the hardest track is still running, there isn't any specific deadline at the moment. And I believe _me_ and scotty were gonna attempt to do one, so I don't wanna do the judging until I have all entries in really.

[_me_]

We come from the Land Down Under!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32NZ3996

HRD OZ FK!

[ballboff]

Well I don't know if you've noticed, but there is also a hardest techno mix in the dj sets forum. However to keep it clean, I've limited that thread to just the link and the track listing. So once you have the track listing, give me a shout and I'll add it to the contenders thread. Nice one for entering fella! Good stuff!

[_me_]

i'm afraid i have no tracklisting for my mix... it was rather a mishmash ad-hoc cobbled together effort between me and a mate with laptops, ipods and other dj's mixes all slammed together in traktor... i didnt even know what the tunes were half the time, if it was hard and sqeulchy it was lobbed in to the sequence...

Track IDs anyone?

[ballboff]

_me_ I seem to be having trouble downloading your mix from megaupload. Anybody got any hosting ideas for all these?

[ballboff]

Well _me_ I've finally managed to download this and have a listen. Very good aswell, absolutely top quality shit! Definite contender.

[ballboff]

Can anybody chip these in and re-post? I've had to clear my mp3 player and didn't have a backup of any of the orbit mixes, or these hardest techno mix mixes.

[Billy]

we can setup a soulseek session some time if that will help, ballboff. let me know...

[ballboff]

Yeah, sounds good. Would you believe I don't even have my own?!! :angry::angry:

[ballboff]

Right, I've got mine Jonny's and pob's. Don't seem to have _me_'s though, anybody else got it? Oh and I'd appreciate if anyone can provide any of the tracks for a traktor mix. This compo is still open, do we have any more late starters?

[jonny]

Ive got it bally...as i dont do soulseek or owt as yet though ill do the upload thing n post it for ya's....if theres any more let me know and ill check for u....;)

[ballboff]

Nice one Johnny, you're a diamond

[jonny]

No worries m8...sending now...will post it when i get back later on t'nite...;)

[_me_]

did us ozzies win????


we have a new one if you want a rematch?!!! ;P

[ballboff]

Mmmmm... I haven't actually posted them for voting yet. I'm waiting for Billy to give us the go ahead with hosting, we're not sure of the bandwidth needed and such.

[Billy]

ballboff: have we got all the mixes now? if so... remind me (via pm) and i'll get them all downloaded and hosted...

[ballboff]

Yeah, I uploaded them all to the staff ftp for safe keeping. Well, the remainder of what you didn't have already!

[Billy]

got em... thanks, ballboff. am currently in the process of preparing them for hosting.. gonna have to split jonny's in two due to its immense size ;)

[Billy]

attention: _me_, ballboff, jonny & pob

your entries are being "packaged" for upload... please confirm the following:

- do you want to include a tracklisting (jonny posted his already)
- do you want .nfo credits as your member name here, eg. "pob" or "james b"


let me know and i'll try to get them uploaded soon(ish)

[_me_]

i really do apologise that i have no tracklisting whatsoever... in fact, a lot of the tunes werent even mine.. a mate from belgium who was on holiday here at the time came round to my house and we hooked our laptops together in traktor/sonicfoundry and had a bit of a laugh... even the bloke from next door whos name i still dont even know played around on the frequency mixing while we were annihilating our nostrils on the kitchen bench... yeah - it was that kind of night....

i listened to this again yesterday and even tho it absolutely is "HRD OZ FK", i still dont know many of the tunes or actually even remember doing any of it, so i therefore really do believe that it shouldn't be a contender.

i will happily bow out and let the real djs take this one...

maybe next time... we'll get our act together proper bo and that.

8)

[gj] _me_

[Billy]

too late..... tracklisting or not... it's definitely in ;)