who thinks mark eg should.....

[Exocet]

also, everyone's version of old school is so very different. i've been playing hard trance since 1994, so that's like 13 years of different types, different feelings and different sounds. wouldn't that be one hell of a confused dancefloor????? hehe lol

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lol my oldschool hard trance is stuff like the millenium jam era!!! got me hooked from day 1 lol!!! tunes like that 'back in paradise' jobbie and that mental tune with the sample in it 'in four of these leagues it will be my desision whether to continue the journey or not' not sure what its called tho........ are these tunes still available (question from the department of the hopelesly vain lol)

[DJ Asylum]

Cheers for the reply Mark :;

Must agree totally with u there Tony! The variety in the sound "back then" is what gets me. U very rarely got 2 records that sounded the same. The kicks, drums, melodies all had there "own" sound.
Whereas now, with all the technology etc blah blah, it all sounds like every producer has the same hymn book and can never think about changing. Just churning out stuff that sounds very much the same time after time.

Why it is? i dont know. The same producers are still here, but look at what some of them produce now!!! Look at Gollum & Gary D for instance, i mean WTF!! From the stuff they make now u wonder how they managed to produce so many classics!

Anyroads, i'm going to bed now to cry myself to sleep! Long live the Old Skool sound!! :cheese:

p.s. Mark! if u need a hand to pick out some tunes for a mix, give me a shout and i will gladly look through ur collection for ya :cheese: :;

[Spacehopper]

well said dizauda.....agree totally there.

[mattshephard]

cheers for reply mark. I break 'old skool trance' into three parts really. 93-96, 97-99 then 2000-2003. Think the age you are depends on what your version of old skool is. I got into hard trance when I heard marks dreamscape 21 set in my first tape pack I bought in early 96 so 93-96 will always be my version of old skool trance.

[Richierush]

yeah 97-99 is my era of old skool hardtrance

[DJCraig Ryan]

Again nice one for the reply Mark, and look forward to the mix. Some good points made in this thread. Fully agree with matt when he puts it into parts. Im into the newer old skool sound starting from 98/99-2003/4

[Spacehopper]

strings of life and the final countdown nye 98 are my favourite sets of mark from helter skelter. id pay a lot of money to witness sets like them again coz it makes me sick i was too young to go

[Dj Nafe]

Mark u need to do more Old skool set, now and again. Iv'e miss all the best years of hard trance(too young like Spacehopper said) i would love 2 rave 2 the classics 98-99. The sound these days is more pushing to techno.

[Richierush]

strings of life and the final countdown nye 98 are my favourite sets of mark from helter skelter. id pay a lot of money to witness sets like them again coz it makes me sick i was too young to go

strings of life was class an i luved mc sharky on the mic(not a massive mc fan) an the tunes where amazin especially the last one plastic enermy- peaceful harmony an sharky with a gdu lyric :cheese:

[Luz]

I am 28 and so just about remember the "good old days" of hard trance :), oh how much have i spent on driving to clubs in obscure locations, vinyl and tape packs etc... who cares, no other music comes close to what i call proper hard trance!!!!! - I used to travel the country looking for Mark Eg, M-zone, Ribbz, 3dom, Dolphin, fergus, Sharkey etc. One of the best nights of techno I ever saw was when Mark EG played some small club in penzance (in teh middle of nowhere really!). Just an excellent night, about a two and a half hour set from him, no MC, just the music and him going nuts!! Just glad I was able to hear so witness so many classic sets and am now glad PCs make it easy for us to share the music...

[DJ Asylum]

"Keep it that way" top tune!

Mission Impossible thats from innit??