Not the best YT preview but its the offical one and all I could find.
This is the first GU city series I've been excited about for a while, not least because the vinyl has his exquisite remix of 'Need To Feel Loved' which he closed his set with in Melbourne earlier this year. My pick of the prog' tracks is Guy's 'No Drama' and the prog mix really gets going with the typical driving hats that I associate with Guy's sets. The prog mix is expertly toned down to lead into the ambient mix on disc 2. The ambient tracks by Cornucopia are excellent but my pick goes to nthng 'With You'. There are some that initially sound like they might be curve balls taking the mix away from melodic/melancholic and spacious tracks, but they aren't.
IMO best GU since Nick Warren's Reykjavic. My only criticism of this is that a couple of the transitions on the ambient mix are fade in/out and there is one key clash. Considering a DJ of his calibre, thats a bit lazy. Having done an ambient set or two in my time I edit tracks to avoid key clashes or plan keys/complimentary keys etc and edits to avoid weird rhythmic jolts.
Enjoy. And if you've never seen Guy J, go do it. He grew up listening to classic trance and you can hear the melodic influences in his tunes and sets. Nearly every time I've seen him he's played one of his unofficial remixes of a trance classic, last was CM 'Dream Universe'.
This is the first GU city series I've been excited about for a while, not least because the vinyl has his exquisite remix of 'Need To Feel Loved' which he closed his set with in Melbourne earlier this year. My pick of the prog' tracks is Guy's 'No Drama' and the prog mix really gets going with the typical driving hats that I associate with Guy's sets. The prog mix is expertly toned down to lead into the ambient mix on disc 2. The ambient tracks by Cornucopia are excellent but my pick goes to nthng 'With You'. There are some that initially sound like they might be curve balls taking the mix away from melodic/melancholic and spacious tracks, but they aren't.
IMO best GU since Nick Warren's Reykjavic. My only criticism of this is that a couple of the transitions on the ambient mix are fade in/out and there is one key clash. Considering a DJ of his calibre, thats a bit lazy. Having done an ambient set or two in my time I edit tracks to avoid key clashes or plan keys/complimentary keys etc and edits to avoid weird rhythmic jolts.
Enjoy. And if you've never seen Guy J, go do it. He grew up listening to classic trance and you can hear the melodic influences in his tunes and sets. Nearly every time I've seen him he's played one of his unofficial remixes of a trance classic, last was CM 'Dream Universe'.
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