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JonAvalon
06-07-2013, 10:04 AM
Mix 1 (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5847651/Battles/xs2man-vs-hoff-1.mp3)

Mix 2 (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5847651/Battles/xs2man-vs-hoff-2.mp3)

Rules:
Rules:
- ~30min
- no sync
- no effects, filters OK

xs2man
06-07-2013, 10:08 AM
Good luck hoff.

I thought Rik was getting in on this too though?

hoff
06-07-2013, 10:15 AM
I thought he said maybe? Oh well, we can do a follow-up. Good luck to you too brother!

alazydj
06-07-2013, 01:35 PM
Going to listen on my way home from work tonight!

xs2man
06-07-2013, 03:43 PM
I have no idea which mix is mine though, lol. We aren't allowed to stream music out here, so I wont know until I get home. Maybe a week away.

Still, hope we get plenty listeners and votes / comments.

hoff
06-07-2013, 04:02 PM
one can hope, my friend. unfortunately the mainstream genres usually get the most attention.

kyle133
06-07-2013, 10:38 PM
I downloaded both mixes. Will be listening and voting tomorrow :)

hoff
06-10-2013, 10:58 AM
some votes? :uhoh:

alazydj
06-10-2013, 02:22 PM
I have listened to both of them twice already; they're both too good.

I'll give a solid skim through tonight to try and make a final call.

But both of you guys were freaking solid!

xs2man
06-10-2013, 04:15 PM
I like that Doug. Looking forward to seeing which way you vote.

Also looking forward to getting home so I can listen to them both, and find out which one is which, lol.

kyle133
06-10-2013, 06:07 PM
Ok I got a chance to listen while working afternoons today. Heres my thoughts :)

Mix 1: This mix was extremely smooth, flowed excellent and had no beatmatching mistakes that I could hear. The build ups in this mix were EPIC to say the least. The tracks at the beginning were making me dose off until about the 24:00 minute mark. What effect was used on the build up at 26:20? I thought my head was going to explode! Great mix!

Mix 2: Very different approch compared to mix 1. This mix sounded awesome! It really sounds like it was recorded live during a set. Lots of cool samples (the stewie griffin one was hilarious!), excellent energy and solid mixing. This set I feel was done by a DJ who loves to spin techno. I enjoyed the track selection a lot more in this mix. I caught a couple mistakes:

19:42 & 20:39- slight beatmatch mistake

23:21- track brought in a lot louder than the others.


My vote goes for Mix 1!

The smooth EQing and blends that sound like pillows were used on the DJ's hands lol! Also the track list was much more minimal melodic sounding than Mix 2

Great job guys!

xs2man
06-11-2013, 03:57 AM
Thanks for voting. Rep given.

Hausgeist
06-11-2013, 07:25 AM
I voted for Mix One solely because I felt it to be more representative of "melodic minimal". I enjoyed Mix Two quite a bit, but I would classify the tunes as rhythmic/percussive tech house. Nice mixes, both of you. :tup:

alazydj
06-11-2013, 08:48 AM
For the same reason of definition, I'm voting Mix one.

hoff
06-11-2013, 09:04 AM
thanks for voting and providing feedback. everyone repped

edit - haus i guess i repped you recently. ill try to remember to rep you down the road.

xs2man
06-11-2013, 09:44 AM
Same. Haus, I gotta spread it around first. Otherwise, rep given to voters.

hoff
06-11-2013, 09:57 AM
haus why don't you stop being such a reppable guy so i can rep you

Rad
06-11-2013, 11:50 AM
Both beautifull mixes, great work both of you.
I voted nr. One, not because of genre definition, but because it was a bit 'smoother', and I also noticed the jump in level in nr. Two.
Still, both very nice !

xs2man
06-11-2013, 11:55 AM
Have some rep Rad...

Looks very much like this is a one horse race...

hoff
06-11-2013, 01:32 PM
hmm can't rep rad either. stupid rep rules, i cant even remember when i wouldve repped you last

hoff
06-19-2013, 02:02 PM
Thanks for voting everyone. I was mix 1. I'd like to give xs2man props for putting together a solid mix with such short notice. The votes can make a mix look worse than it is.. rematch sometime in the future?

alazydj
06-19-2013, 02:04 PM
It was hard to vote either way.

Literally came to which was more "melodic and minimal"

xs2man
06-19-2013, 03:17 PM
Cheers Hoff. And well done. Was certainly deserved.

Yeah, to be honest, I didn't really know what you were looking for until I got home late Sunday, and listened to your mix. To be fair, I love that stuff, and have plenty of it, it's just not what I classed as minimal (although I have no idea how I would accurately class it, but melodic minimal is certainly what I'll be using from now on, lol).

And yeah, super-short notice. Had no time to even listen back after I made it, before submitting it and going away. But now I have listened to it, it wasn't so bad, lol.

BTW, no samples or loops were used in my mix. Just straight up A to B mixing.

Now voting is finished though, I will fire it up in mix submissions, but here is the mixcloud link, with tracklisting (although never had time to timestamp it).

http://www.mixcloud.com/xs2man/xs2man-cloudcast-020-06-06-2013/

alazydj
06-19-2013, 03:18 PM
Looking forward to the vinyl battle ;)

xs2man
06-19-2013, 03:20 PM
Yeah, again, I rushed that one too. Just got back on-shore, and fired the decks on. No planning or anything. Shoulda taken a little more time with that one, but anyway, mines is the wobbliest mix in that battle, lol.

AGDharry
06-19-2013, 03:34 PM
Wow, seriously stellar mixes.. I'm surprised I haven't given minimal that much of a listen but I'm really feeling these tunes. What were some of the artists/tracks that you guys included in your mixes?

I'm still holding off on voting for now :P

xs2man
06-19-2013, 04:31 PM
Wow, seriously stellar mixes.. I'm surprised I haven't given minimal that much of a listen but I'm really feeling these tunes. What were some of the artists/tracks that you guys included in your mixes?

I'm still holding off on voting for now :P

Ha ha ha. Voting is officially closed. That being said, we would no doubt still love your feedback, and how you would have voted, had the poll still been open.

hoff
06-21-2013, 08:04 AM
Wow, seriously stellar mixes.. I'm surprised I haven't given minimal that much of a listen but I'm really feeling these tunes. What were some of the artists/tracks that you guys included in your mixes?

I'm still holding off on voting for now :P

sorry bud, ya missed the voting. tracklist can be found here tho http://www.mixcloud.com/hoffdj/mnml-mix/

xs2man
06-21-2013, 12:05 PM
Probably get a mix done this weekend if you fancy a rematch Hoff? This time I can actually do a melodic minimal mix, lol.

hoff
06-21-2013, 12:11 PM
Probably get a mix done this weekend if you fancy a rematch Hoff? This time I can actually do a melodic minimal mix, lol.

hmm, i shall let youknow tonight. I posted a new calling out thread already for a techno mix, so i may be busy with that... you can always get in on that too!

xs2man
06-21-2013, 12:20 PM
Ooohhhh. Must have missed that. I got a few new techno tunes to try out anyway. I'll go find that and sign up...