This one jumped to the head of my mix-listening queue recently for obvious reasons, and thankfully Mysterave has come up with the goods again – this is a planned-with-care set that does both Aryx and Alek justice. The mix mainly concentrates on the lighter side of their sound, and it’s actually the first time for me to hear tunes like Aryx’s lovely rework of Dawnstar and Alek’s Lagash 2012. With other new tracks like Deimos and Celestia, it’s a set with a very fresh feel, before finishing with some welcome darkness in the ever-anthemic Man Eaten and Desagoon Juniper.
Connection of the set for me has to be from Unicorn Grove to The End of All Things, a superb transition that could even have overlapped a little more without any problems, and that echo of UG‘s melody that you hear in TEoAT‘s first mini-break is just wonderful. Top, top work there.
An excellent set then, and maybe the first in a series…?
- Alek Szahala – Dawnstar (Aryx remix)
- Alek Szahala – Astraia
- Aryx – Celestia
- Alek Szahala – Deimos
- Aryx – Aurora
- Alek Szahala – Tigris
- Aryx – Nephila
- Alek Szahala – Unicorn Grove
- Substanced – End of All Things (Aryx remix)
- Alek Szahala – Lagash 2012
- Aryx – Chaldea
- Alek Szahala – Man Eaten
- Alek Szahala – Desagoon Juniper
Thanks for a great review!!! Needless to say 75 minutes on the decks have rarely been more enjoyable. Custom Built DJs smashed out Deimos and Celestia to a rammed hardcore crowd on Friday night in Bournemouth, and although I’m not sure they knew what had hit them, I’m proud to give people a taste of music like this!!! :-)……. and yes a second installment of this series is quite likely!
Haha,I wish I’d have seen that!