Hardtrance megamixes #3 and #4

Well, I whipped out megamix #2 fairly quickly.  I find that I can make one of these in about an hour and a half.  I could probably cut that down by 25-30% if I used the other laptop, but my wife usually commandeers that one that and says she's doing "important stuff" like researching plans for our upcoming Hawaii vacation and stuff.  I don't mind letting my little old notebook think a bit.  (I'd do it on my work laptop, but we're blocked out from installing software, so I can't use Audacity there.  I could do it on the desktop too, but I'm not sure it's much faster, and it's certainly not a better environment to work in since the TVs almost always on in there and there's a lot of coming and going which is really distracting.)

Anyway, it came out a bit shorter than I expected; in part because I just happened to have a little bit shorter songs, in part because I sped up the tempo on most of them so they'd match the faster tempo songs in the set better, and in part because I was a little more willing to chop intros and outros down than I was in the first hardtrance megamix.  I'm rather pleased with how well this is turning out.  I had a few rougher transitions this time around, so I had to play just a bit more with volume and bass levels and speeds to try and smooth it out.  It's still got some transitions that are a bit rougher than I'd like, but not so bad that I'm motivated to try and do them over.

I actually want to keep going with my randomization; I've been enjoying it.  And once I get six megamixes, I'm going to archive them on a CD-R too.  But the randomization means, of course, that I sometimes need to manually make some adjustments (mostly by skipping a track that is a poor choice for whatever reason, and picking up the next one down.)

Let me repost, briefly, the tracklists for megamixes #1 and #2.  And then, I'll show you what I generated for #3 and #4, even though I have yet to make those mixes.  I like to have two "on deck" so after I make #3, I'll generate a list for #5.  If I somehow have more free time than I anticipate in the next week or so and I'm actually able to do #3 and #4 in one sitting, then I'll generate a list for #6 too.  But I doubt that'll happen.  Frankly, finding time to do #3 probably won't happen until the weekend is over.

Megamix #1

1. Arome—Here We Go [Midnight Mix]—0:00
2. Underworld—Cowgirl [Tim Davison Remix]—8:11
3. DuMonde—Never Look Back [Tiesto Full On Vocal]—15:08
4. Jimmy the Sound—M.O.D.U.L.O. [One Vrs Edit]—23:02
5. Kai Tracid—Trance & Acid [Derb Remix]—29:11
6. The Juvenile—Hardcore Suckas [Trance Generators Remix]—36:04
7. Blank & Jones—DJs, Fans and Freaks (D.F.F.)—41:59
8. Avatar—Red Planet [DJ Wag Remix]—47:28
9. Immersion—My Name Is Acid—54:21
10. A*S*Y*S—Monster 303—1:03:13
11. High Voltage—Bombs Away—1:06:02
12. DJ Wag—Life on Mars [DJ Wag Mix]—1:12:03

Total—1:19:35

Megamix #2

1. Phuture Punk—Der Klang [Junk Project Mix]—0:00
2. Tommy Pulse—The Answer [Danny V Remix]—5:17
3. A*S*Y*S—No More F***ing Rock N Roll [Original Mix]—10:24
4. Pro-Tech—Free Your Mind [Y.O.M.C. Club Mix]—16:35
5. Hennes & Cold—Can't Have Enough [Remix]—22:27
6. Cosmic Commando—Heartbreak [DJ Vortex & Arpa's Dream Remix]—29:19
7. Arome—Talk II Me [Talking Mix]—33:59
8. Warp Brothers—Blade [Original Club Mix]—40:16
9. Kai Tracid—Tiefenrausch [NRG Mix]—47:03
10. Mr. Gasmask—Primordial Soup [Original Mix]—53:41
11. System F—Out of the Blue [Original 12" Version]—1:01:51
12. K-Traxx—Noise Tool—1:08:09

Total—1:13:35

Megamix #3

1. Yoji Biomehanika—Ding A Ling [DJ Scot Project Remix]
2. Guyver—Serious Sounds
3. Mellow Trax—Phuture Vibes [Kai Tracid Remix]
4. Dave Joy—Second Chase [Kaylab vs Reloop Remix]
5. Pro-Tech—Dominating Power [DJ Wag Mix]
6. Nomad vs Wragg—Roar
7. Rebel Yelle—Affirmation
8. Organ Donors—99.9 [Kid Kaos Under the Knife Remix]
9. A*S*Y*S—Storm & Thunder [Original Mix]
10. Yoda—Definitely [Original Mix]
11. Public Domain—Operation Blade (Bass in the Place)[A*S*Y*S Remix]
12. R.B.A.—No Alternative [Dark By Design Remix]

Megamix #4

1. Miss Shiva—Dreams [Cosmic Gate Remix]
2. Yakooza—Cocaine [DJ Wag Mix]
3. Flutlicht—Das Siegel [DJ Natron Mix]
4. A*S*Y*S—Acid Save Your Soul [Auf Die 12 Mix]
5. DJ Session One vs DJ Virus—Future Shock [LeBrisc Club Mix]
6. Solar Quest—Acid Air Raid [Choci & The Geezer's Remix]
7. Derb—D.F.C.
8. Guyver—Possibly [Original Mix]
9. Arome—Hands Up!
10. Cosmic Gate—The Truth [Ferry Corstein Remix]
11. DJ Wag—Gettin' High [DJ Wag Mix]
12. Planet K—Hockenheim [Pitlane Mix]

A little discussion.  I considered skipping Public Domain's "Operation Blade" because it is also built around the same sample that the Warp Brothers' track in megamix #2 is built on.  I decided not to, because it's a different band using it, and it's been remixed enough by A*S*Y*S so that it sounds quite a bit different.  On the other hand, you'll see that megamix #3 comes with a version of Dave Joy's "Second Chase" and one of RBA's "No Alternative."  When I scattered the tracks for megamix #4, I got a different remix of both of those tracks.  I decided that putting two versions of the same song on two megamixes back to back was a bit much, so I skipped them and went down, which gave me another DJ Wag and Planet K.

Every single megamix so far as a DJ Wag song and/or DJ Wag remix, although often in one of his collaborative guises.  Megamix #1 has both the DJ Wag mix of Avatar's "Red Planet" but also the DJ Wag mix of DJ Wag's "Life on Mars."  Megamix #2 has a Pro-Tech song (although to be fair, it's the Y.O.M.C. version, so it minimized Wag's influence), megamix #3 has another Pro-Tech song; the DJ Wag version this time (Wag was a member of Pro-Tech) and megamix #4 has not only the DJ Wag mix of another DJ Wag song, but also the DJ Wag mix of a Yakooza song (DJ Wag is also a member of Yakooza.)

Now, I've got a lot of DJ Wag material, so I expect him to come up a lot, but this is maybe a bit much even so.  I think when I run #5, I'll deliberately skip anything of his that comes up and give him a break.

I've also got some Scot Project in every mix so far; three of them have Arome songs, and the other one has a Scot Project remix.  I've also got an A*S*Y*S song in every megamix, and also an A*S*Y*S remix too.  I ran the first megamix when I still only had less than half of the material I ended up with, so it's missing some things, but since I added Tommy Pulse stuff, he ended up in every mix too (although in #3 it's as a member of RBA, and in #4, I bumped him.)  Any other patterns?  I got some Hennes & Cold or Derb in many of them, I got some Kai Tracid (or his group Yoda) in all but one.  I have at least one acid techno song in each megamix.  All of the megamixes except #3 have an early hardstyle song; heck; megamix #1 has three!  Getting two Guyver songs in back to back megamixes was a little unusual, as I only have half a dozen or so Guyver songs anyway.

Oh, and because I ran the list for megamix #1 so early, I actually got a song that I took off the list; Immersion's "My Name is Acid".  That's why that one's highlighted in yellow.

Anyway, I still enjoy the random megamix building, although I believe that as it goes on I'll find that I have to do more manual adjusting rather than less.