Isn’t it nice to see all these new mixed sets alongside the newer track releases? Here’s another from the growing Chinese scene, and once again the focus is on oldies – which totally makes sense, what with many discovering the genre for the first time. RebalLance describes this set as a practice, and while it probably shouldn’t be top of your to-listen pile if you’re overly familiar with the tracks, the middle section in particular has some fantastic moments.
A shame, then, that the weakest transition of the whole set is right at the start, with the interesting combo of Absence and Why not really working out. The lopsided use of the tracks also hurts the opening, as Why plays out for a full 5 minutes or so after the quick transition. Stick with it though, to be rewarded with a lovely sequence through Tankobu and Extremely Dangerous, and a nice navigation into Fairytale. From there it’s into the strongest section of the set, the next four or five tracks linking excellently.
Although I’m not totally convinced by Iron Bottom Sound as a follow up to Cyclone, the transition into the Lush reveals the thinking behind that one. After that there’s a ferocious finale of anthems – al Megiddo into Nue Messiah takes me way back, while Man Eaten into Mohicans is a superb way to finish things.
Give this one a try then, is my advice – a couple of surprise selections and that brilliant main sequence make it well worth a listen.
It’s a big surprise for me! Thanks for your recommending.
And, I remembered the reason I made this mix was just to add the absence to my mix, after I heard FINRG ALLSTARS again..again. I liked absence’s atmosphere, and I thought it maybe a nice intro to give listeners a alek’s dark feeling, but like you say, Absence – why – Tankobu combo not really working out. (in fact, I was not satisfied with this combo when I tried the combination)
al Megiddo – Nue Messiah is absolutely your idea. Lush Epyx&Cyrez RMX to al Megiddo, I think al Megiddo maybe a nice match with PoC’s track and I want to create higher power, al Megiddo – Nue Messiah is absolutely your idea, It’s a short parody of your Yamanote no Oto.
Actually, I wanted to do Fortuna – Mohicans as an ending, but because of the longer Break in the middle of Fortuna, I felt it would be a bit too much of a break to pick up Mohicans in the back, so I thought I’d add a track to give a nrg transition into to Mohicans in the middle, and Man Eaten was found, also had great dark alek’s atmosphere, giving me enough energy to embrace the epic ending of this set!
Sorry for such a late reply, but I enjoyed hearing your thinking behind the set! I’d call the Nue Messiah – al Megiddo section a reference not a parody, it sounds great and I appreciate it a lot.
It sounds like you might the right decision at the end of the set, it worked out great. Looking forward to your next one (and I still have to check out the set from mastodon, too!).