50.2 - The Top Thirty - CD Mix

The description of the choice of songs for this mix can be found in the original Top Thirty page. Shortly after making that mix, however, I found myself driving around thinking that, though I had numerous CDs of my earlier mixes, I didn’t have any CDs of my current mixes. This one, containing my top thirty tracks, would be ideal – but it was a hair under three hours long.

I did some maths. With 30 songs in 80 minutes, that gives each song 8/3rds of a minute – or 2:40 – to play. That would mean just highlighting the most catchy, recognisable sections – but it would be a challenge. And that sounded interesting.

It was hard work, let me tell you. Every second gained somewhere was lost somewhere else. When I slackened off and let both “Your Whole Life” and “Bulky Hero” go overtime, I had to unmercifully butcher the next six songs to make them fit. I had to go by a spreadsheet, since any sentimentality about how long I let each song play led to the whole thing blowing out. I tightened things until they squeaked. I did little tricks I’d never need to do in an ordinary mix – like upping the BPM on one track just slightly to bring it into line, or chopping the middle bit out of “Addicted To Bass” so that it can tell the whole story in two thirds of the time, or snap changing between “Domination” and “Dead Eyes Opened” because a fade was never going to work. I felt very slightly dirty at the end of it.

But mostly I felt very proud. It was a mix that I could listen to over and over and not get tired in the least. While bits of it felt kludgy, nothing felt like it was truly wrong, or out of place, and every bit of it was really enjoyable to listen to. Whether it’s a blast from the past or a new purchase I’m still proud of, I just really enjoy every bit of this mix.

Completed 21 Jul 2010

Styles

Files

50 - The Top Thirty CD Mix.mp3 - 160 kbps - 83.7 MB
50 - The Top Thirty CD Mix.ogg - 160 kbps - 91.8 MB

Total play length: 01:19:48

Track listing

Track	Artist	Title	Remix	BPM	Length
1	Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygene 2	Aero remix	115.90	41:00
2	Pryda	Shadows		125.50	33:00
3	Airwave	Ubiquity		127.00	31:00
4	Boom Jinx	Come Play Perfect		130.00	20:00
5	JPL	Your Whole Life (Ljungqvist Always Lives Remix		130.00	31:00
6	Sonic Division	Bulky Hero		132.00	05:00
7	The Green Martian	Industry		135.00	17:00
8	Way Out West	Domination		135.90	38:00
9	Severed Heads	Dead Eyes Opened	Original Mix	132.20	30:00
10	Man With No Name	Vavoom!		136.00	10:00
11	Push	Tranzy State Of Mind 2002	Club Mix	138.00	30:00
12	Art of Trance	Madagascar	Ferry Corsten remix	137.00	55:00
13	Moxa	Dreamcatcher	Firestorm Remix	137.00	38:00
14	Exposure	Magic Impuls	Original Mix	138.00	47:00
15	Galen Behr vs. Hydroid	Shift Of The Ages		138.00	00:00
16	Quench	Dreams		136.00	08:00
17	Solar Factor	No Return	Original mix	137.00	21:00
18	Rah	Wave		139.00	03:00
19	John Askew	Chime		140.00	50:00
20	Itch-e & Scratch-e	Sweetness and Light	Sound & Suthers at the Controls	140.00	32:00
21	Sasha Da Link	Meteor (Natlife Somewhere In T		140.00	21:00
22	Albert Vorne	A Leaden Day	M.I.K.E. Remix	140.00	34:00
23	Transwave	Vision Quest		141.90	42:00
24	White Overtone Wizard	Maya		147.00	09:00
25	Josh Abrahams	We Mess with Your Head		142.50	03:00
26	Sola Nova	A Visit To The Planetarium	Mannheim Mix	149.00	33:00
27	beXta	Rhythm Gun		172.20	41:00
28	Josh Abrahams	Addicted To Bass	Original Version	82.50	54:00
29	Josh Abrahams	Addicted To Bass	Original Version	82.50	54:00
30	X-Dream	The 1st	Fluke Remix	180.80	08:00
31	Carbon Based Lifeforms	Epicentre	First Movement	106.40	57:00

I welcome any suggestions, criticisms and recommendations for new music to listen to. I will consider doing specific mixes for people, but this is only a hobby. Hope to hear from you.