i've always said that skills knew how to throw a great party. as such, once again, they prove me right. great vibe, happy kids, nice hot atmosphere (greenhouse, anyone ?), great decorations, plenty of drugged up kids, and best yet, raver rain ! w00t ! no, really, it was a great party, and kudos to the skills crew for throwing a good one.
now for the disappointment. don't get me wrong. i love nick sentience's sound. he produced some great tracks. had a very distinctive sound, very acid, very techy. you could be able to spot one of his tracks out from a mile away, just by the way it chugs. last night was ... absolutely horrible. and part of it is probably my kneejerk reaction to "hard dance." frankly, i think that it's killing the sound of hardhouse and nrg. or maybe i'm a purist at heart. i grew out of hard trance a long time ago for a reason: the sound simply got boring after a while. the same generic sounds, the same kickdrum intros. it got stale. it would have been nice if he had varied his set. played some different tracks in between, but it was one after the other of freakin anthem/horrid squealing vocal/melodic breaks. i couldn't take it anymore. someone mentioned to me 'you know, this is like straight trance. just played at 160 bpm.' i don't know ... i felt like it was a sell-out. the producers nowadays are diluting their stuff for the mainstream crowd. so what if that's what sells ? you see great producers like mik, glazby, od404 still cranking out great tracks, still going against the grain and producing out unique numbers. if this keeps up, if the producers keep selling out, the whole sound of hard house and nrg will die. oh well, maybe it's time to start listening to proggy only. ___________________________________________________________________ The D mailing list http://www.djdenise.com/ Check out the new forum! http://www.djdenise.com/forum/
