hughsharpe Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 To celebrate my first decade behind the decks [and just to see if I could actually do it], last November I decided to put together ten brand new mixes where each mix would be dedicated to my favorite tracks released from a particular year in my career. On Psy Tunes right now are the first two mixes in this series, entitled simply '1995' and '1996'. Each one is presented in 256 kbps mp3 in two parts. Go to <A HREF="http://www.psytunes.info/index.php">PsyTunes.info</A> to stream them from the list. '1995' is at the top of the list because I didn't realize that I needed to put my name in the track title field of the id3 tag. '1996' is listed properly as 'Hugh Sharpe- 1996' about halfway down the page. I'm not sure if there's a way to download these streams for personal use later but I'd have to guess that with the kids these days the technology's got to be out there somewhere. At any rate, I hope that some of you check these out and enjoy what you hear. If this service works out well, I'll put more mixes from the series up for review down the road. Colin OOOD, if you're out there, please check out 1996. I think you'll recognize some tunes of yer own in there. Happy listening! -Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughsharpe Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 D'oh. sorry for the goof up with the link-- thought I could use straight up html for it. Anyway here it is- PsyTunes Cheers, -Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Lots of mixes there. I'm gonna check it out when I find it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatnik aka alien Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughsharpe Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 You're welcome! I hope you like them. I'll put more mixes from this series up in the upcoming weeks. As a newcomer to both here and PsyTunes, I didn't want to pile too many onto the server at once and dilute the offering or wear out my welcome. I was originally only going to put up 1995, but added 1996 when I realized I got the id3 tags wrong on 1995 and it didn't have my name anywhere associated with it. Also, I found out that the PsyTunes is already equipped for its users to download the mixes. To the left of each mix title is a little disc icon which, when clicked, prompts the download and asks for a location to save the file. What an excellent resource. Cheers and thanks for listening! -Hugh Thanks man 609682[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hey Hugh, nice to see you at it again. We met way back at Om 2001 when we shared the dub.beautiful stage somewhere in mid-Ontario. I'll have to check these out soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trolsk Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Nice idea! I've got one of your original mixtapes from 1996, asuming you're the Hugh Sharpe of New York (?) that used to be (is still?) a member of the 604 mailinglist. Looking forward to your new mixes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughsharpe Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 Howdy, Trolsk. Yup, I'm that same hugh sharpe from NY from the mixtape you've got. I was one of the original members of Kairon's 604 list but left a few years ago when the flame/fact ratio got out of control. You'll probably find some of the same tracks on the mixtape appear on these first two mixes, but hopefully you'll hear a lot of other old favorites, too. Hope you enjoy them and I'll post more years in the next couple of weeks. Cheers, -hugh Nice idea! I've got one of your original mixtapes from 1996, asuming you're the Hugh Sharpe of New York (?) that used to be (is still?) a member of the 604 mailinglist. Looking forward to your new mixes! 612635[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughsharpe Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 Hey, Basilisk. Thanks for the note! Om 2001 was one of my all-time favorite events- one that leaves me with warm memories to this day. It's great to see you on here and that you're still actively bringing the tunes to the people. I downloaded your lastest mix last night and look forward to listening to it tonight. From the tracks and artists you list, it seems like our tastes are very much convergent. Thanks again for writing. I'll be in touch more later. Regards, -Hugh Hey Hugh, nice to see you at it again. We met way back at Om 2001 when we shared the dub.beautiful stage somewhere in mid-Ontario. I'll have to check these out soon... 611406[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughsharpe Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 I just added 1997 to PsyTunes for downloading and streaming. Click on the disc icon left of the mix title you want to download to bring up the prompt that asks you where to download the file. To play the mix as a stream, check the box next to it and go to 'play control' at the bottom of the page to start the stream. Enjoy! -Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 The a really good, alot of stuff I haven't heard! Much appreciation for putting these together These'll be my favorite mixes to go through the next couple of weeks or so! Tracklist please? It would be great to hear you complete this set up to 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hey what the hell I'm listening to these and they are all amazing...what the hell happened to this music, where did it go?? I mean it, this music is so good...there isn't one track that I lost attention on...(as opposed to psytrance releases where 1 or 2 songs will be good out of 10, and thats if I'm lucky) Tracklist! Tracklist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitoxin Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hey what the hell I'm listening to these and they are all amazing...what the hell happened to this music, where did it go?? I mean it, this music is so good...there isn't one track that I lost attention on...(as opposed to psytrance releases where 1 or 2 songs will be good out of 10, and thats if I'm lucky) Tracklist! Tracklist! 618949[/snapback] This is what all goa fans ask themselves.. expecially the question: why do the artists of those days that still produce do psytrance and not goa anymore.. Digi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughsharpe Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Thank you for your enthusiasm about this little project of mine-- I'm really glad that you are digging these classic tunes! My goal is to complete the series through 2004/2005, which will be a full decade of music and total about a full day's worth of mixed psy trance listening. I have sets completed through 2000 so far, am compiling 2001 right now, and hope to have all the mixes done by the end of the year. It may take a bit longer as this project has already grown beyond its original scope. The initial plan was to make these mixes a single CD in length, but by 1996 I realized I would be leaving out way too many favorites to make the series worthwhile. I have always felt that 80 minutes isn't enough time to go anyplace interesting in a mix, anyway, so I expanded each mix to 2 discs in length. It gives me a lot more elbow room, but it has made the selection process double in size and a bit more time consuming. I wanted the mixes to include some hard-to-find vinyl tracks as well as the big floor-fillers that are more widely recognized and commercially available, while also trying to include as many artists and labels as possible across the series. You'll eventually discover, though, that I have certain preferences in sound resulting in some artists appearing repeatedly across the series. At some point my subjectivity was bound to show through, but what do you expect from a DJ. In fact, nearly every track on here serves as a reference point to amazing events and people who have made my first decade in this music so enjoyable. For instance, 'High Energy Protons' is the track that got me hooked on this music way back in 1994 and that first Juno Reactor album is what compelled me to buy 1200s and a mixer and start scouring the record shops to find more music like it-- the very first steps of this long, twisted journey. So I just had to kick the series off with this track. 'We're going to have a wonderful trip'. Indeed. So many of the very first records I picked up when I was first teaching myself to beatmatch appear on 1995 ['Tribute', 'Solar Energy'...]. If you were lucky enough to attend the first US Return To The Source party back in August 1996, you'd have been first witness to the effectiveness of 'Shitty Stick' as Tsuyoshi Suzuki closed the party with this track-- tearing the roof off NJ's Liberty Science Center and exposing a whole generation of ravers to one of psychedelic trance's legendary tunes. The effect of the final build on the audience was incredible and when I found it on Flying Rhino's First Flight a couple months later it became a key weapon in my arsenal, as well. These mixes are dedicated to the amazing artists and labels featured within and to every last one of you who has offered me support by way of bookings, word of mouth promotion, or--more importantly-- on the dance floor with your feet. As much as everything mentioned above, I want these mixes to work as mixes-- to keep things interesting, to change directions now and again, to get funky, breaky, or even housey as the case may be, but to always keep it completely psychedelic and to follow a logical progression from start to finish. In the end, you all are the only ones that can decide if this has been achieved. Your comments, Synogen, are certainly encouraging. Anyway, enough outta me! Here are the tracklists for the first three sets. From now on, when I post that the next mix is up, I'll include the tracklist for it. Thanks again and happy listening! -Hugh 1995 juno reactor- high energy protons [nova mute] * shanti druid- insect-a-traction [celtic] * synaesthesiacs- synaesthesia (hallucinogen remix) [phantasm] electric universe- solar energy [spirit zone] * synchro- jensonic (rezo mix) [pof] tufaan- probe [phantasm] etnica- tribute [blue room released] blue planet corporation- antidote (pleiadians remix) [completely cabbaged] ** doof- youth of the galaxy [dragonfly] kuro- into space [tokyo tekno tribe] x-dream- this [tunnel] cosmosis- sanyacid [transient] *** perfect rainbow- dream on, dreamer [matsuri] spectral- kundalini [blue room released] total eclipse- waiting for a new life [tip] * morphem- my plan [tunnel] der dritte raum- aeolus [harthouse] etnica & dj cosmix- kumba mela [matsuri] hallucinogen- angelic particles [tip] green nuns of the revolution- ring of fire [flying rhino] transwave- cycles of life [symbiosis] [*]- true classics from 1994 [**]- a 1996 remix of a 1995 release [***]- hit the shops in January, 1996. 1996 unconscious collective- fluorostani transcendance [flying rhino] o.o.o.d.- cosmic ripple [phantasm] rhythmystec- cathexis [matsuri] parasonix- buzzbug [psy-harmonics] prana- boundless [matsuri] kailash- higher [matsuri] ohm- sky diver (green nuns remix) [rush] deviant electronics- oxygen cult [helix] dimension 5- ganymede [intastella] morphem- how can u b so sure? [tunnel] crop circles- different species [auracle] chakra- brain in the box [krembo] planet b.e.n.- ant invasion [polytox] space tribe- tantra mantra [spirit zone] mittelstandskinder ohne strom- the wave inside [high society] miranda- steps to the stars [koyote] morphem- magma [tunnel] endora- joy [matsuri] slinky wizard- lunar juice (hallucinogen remix) [flying rhino] infernal machine- the loin king [twisted] cosmosis- howling at the moon [transient] slinky wizard- shitty stick (better than a poke in the eye with a...) [flying rhino] 1997 xenomorph- obscure spectre [koyote] sonic fusion- tribal warrior [hadshot haheizar] funkopath- skwirm [21-3] metal spark- kickstart [blue room released] synchro- power on [tip] children of paradise- alien nation pt. 1 [blue room released] growling mad scientists- jaws [hadshot haheizar] little blue men- blah blah machine [nephilim] growling mad synchro- velociraptor [tip] organic noise- labrynth of colour [tip] noosphere- carpe noctem [blue room released] the delta- as a child i could walk on the ceiling [blue room released] planet b.e.n.- songline [naja] der stern von afrika- lumbumbashi [pof] deedrah- japonicus delphinus [?uestion mark] o.o.o.d.- bald marshon [completely cabbaged] quirk- ping [matsuri] slide- the search [transient] darshan- mind merge [flying rhino] psychlopedia- sleepless nation [spiral trax] shakta- lepton head (deedrah remix) [psychic deli] cosmosis- howling at the moon [transient] * astral projection- life on mars [transient] x-dream- freak [blue room released] [*]- so nice, I play it twice! Hey what the hell I'm listening to these and they are all amazing...what the hell happened to this music, where did it go?? I mean it, this music is so good...there isn't one track that I lost attention on...(as opposed to psytrance releases where 1 or 2 songs will be good out of 10, and thats if I'm lucky) Tracklist! Tracklist! 618949[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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