The next NRGetic Romancer set is a pretty formative one for the whole event, with Orfeus setting the standard for guest bookings for the rest of the decade. A lot of the FINRG artists were already in full flow by this point, possibly making Orfeus a surprising first choice until you skip through this absolutely on-point hour and a bit of NRG and early golden-era FINRG. The booking says a lot for Guld’s knowledge of the scene even 13 years ago, and Orfeus of course went on to use the deadly combo of Japanese and Finnish tracks in a lot of sets, a good few years before I started doing the same.
This is a live recording via the mixer, giving a nice clean sound minus crowd noise and any nasty volume changes. The tracklist is a tricky one though, as apart from the obvious selections I’m having a really tough time identifying many. I love the first track after the intro, but up until the Kraken – Epilim combination I don’t have much of a clue what’s playing. Would anyone like to give it a go?
Even without the tracklist this is a lovely set in classic Proteus/Guld style – slanted towards NRG, plus melodic FINRG tracks as interludes that are still hard and dark enough to slot in smoothly. This might be my favourite of the Romancer sets I’ve discovered, but there’s more to come.
edit: Thanks to SteTN and Solvynt we’ve already got a pretty respectable tracklist. Feel free to pitch in if you have some ideas for what’s left!
00:00 = PoC & Orfeus – Intro (uses parts from a very early prototype of PoC & Orfeus – The Sanctuary)
1:27 – 8:30 = Proteus – Dark Queen (?)
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14:24 – 19:54 = Reyes – Fuck You / Captain Tinrib – The Kraken (?)
19:54 = Epilim – Rapid Fire
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30:30 – 35:09 = Flatus – Cloaca
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45:25 = Alek Szahala – Chimaera
51:20 = Epilim – Plasma
56:20 = RX – Uprising
1:03:16 = Epilim – Desert Eagle
At 14:48 it seems a live edit of Reyes – Fuck You (https://youtu.be/cckP7IwW3Fo?t=41s)
At 46:00 is Alek Szahala – Chimaera
I did a quick listen through for now… I’ll listen again when I have more time, but here’s a little list to get us started:
00:00 – PoC & Orfeus – Intro (uses parts from a very early prototype of PoC & Orfeus – The Sanctuary)
1:27 – 8:30 – Flatus*?
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19:54 – Epilim – Rapid Fire
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~30:30 – 35:09 – Flatus* – Cloaca
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45:25 – Alek Szahala – Chimaera
51:20 – Epilim – Plasma
56:20 – RX – Uprising
1:03:16 – Epilim Desert Eagle
(*Flatus is Orfeus & Galrav & Jarno/one half of PoC)
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Thank you for the upload. 🙂
Possible correction to my initial comment:
1:27 – 8:30 – Proteus – Evil Queen
Well, I think anyway… the MP3 I have is labeled as that and I’m having trouble finding the track on Google.
What an effort, thanks gents 🙂
SteTN, I think you’re right about Fuck You, though it sounds to me like part of The Kraken is also in there before Epilim…I’ll add both to the WIP tracklist but will be happy to stand corrected.
Thanks Solvynt for all the info on the rest! I think that’s the first I’ve ever heard of Flatus (I mistakenly thought Cloaca was a PoC track), while my guess for 1:27 – 8:30 was an early Proteus track too, the percussion sounds very Venla.
I’ve almost definitely heard 25:07 – 30:30 somewhere before, maybe a Guld set at Romancer.
After 8:30 is Captain Tinrib & Karim – Let The Groove Move
aaaand after Rapid Fire, there goes Tickle & Sayber – Nemesis.
35:09 must be Lab 4 – Reformation II (OD 404 mix), im not too sure if its the OD 404 remix.
DAMN! I dont know the name of the track after Reformation. I know i have heard it several times. And im not too sure if i have it somewhere, wont promise anything for this one.
Big thanks for the upload!
OH! And around 16:25 Sperminator – No Women Allowed. Must be some sort of live edit between Reyes’s Fuck You and No Women Allowed. Tho, Kraken has same vocal sample. Dont trust me on that one. Just had to comment about it!
Found it! https://www.discogs.com/M-Zone-Fuck-You-2004-Reyes/release/380501