Summary: Introspection 1.0 Looking inwards for a few sets as in order to progress, one has to allow time for Introspection. The Menu: from the somewhat darker, Indie and Nu-Disco side of Progressive House. Do not be alarmed with the first track, just play along even if you think like my eleven year old son that old rockers are not your cup of tea.. The rest is a very solid, clever and original upload. Let yourselves go with this one, reward beckons! Two acknowledgments: Richard Vasquez aka Doctor Love (check his podcast here) because under his influence I am trying to be more eclectic and less mechanical in my mixing. Lars who is driving my slow shift to progressive and trance and is introducing me to German Progressive house. Thanks guys, genuinely grateful. I hope you give this Introspection series a fair listen. In the next few sets, you will discover new tunes, new sounds and you will be listening to some very clever music. It will not be boring! At worst, it will be mildly challenging but extremely rewarding.. Since I preventively gave ourselves 3 hours of soulful vocal happy pills before this Series we really should not experience any severe withdrawal symptoms for a few weeks. Now dim the lights and relax.. Playlist: 1978 Private Investigations (Remastered Live Version). Dire Straits 2012 Love Lives In the Dark (Ralph Myerz and Olivier Rohrbach 5am Eternal Mix). Vanessa Daou 2013 But Maybe (Rampue Remix) [Xtian Edit]. Oliver Schories 2014 Julia (Original Mix) [Xtian Elements Edit feat. Danny Tenaglia]. F3 2013 Left Your Love (Original Mix) [Xtian More Elements Edit feat. Danny Tenaglia]. Climbers feat Yasmine Azaiez 2013 Hold You (Original Mix). KANT 2014 On The Inside (Tosel Hale Remix). Motif 2014 Good News (Original Mix). Thomas Langner 2013 Too Late (Alternative Version). Gui Boratto 2014 Deep Inside (Original Mix) [The House is Xtian Edit feat. Papa Je Aviance] . Ben Delay 2014 Falling (Original Mix). Nikolas Noam feat. Anaid 2013 Let The Music (ReDeep Mix 2013). Simone Vitullo & Redondo feat. Lady Vale 2013 Summertime Sadness (Asadinho Main Vocal Mix). Lana Del Rey Highlights: Starting with the remastered live version of “Private Investigations” from famed rock band Dire Straits.. Not sure what gave me the idea and the urge except maybe hearing on Richard Vasquez’s podcast drops one would not expect in a house set. But I can feel the intimate connection between progressive rock and progressive house.. Furthermore knowing that this was recorded live in front of an audience of 110,000 blows my mind. The respect I have for artists who can not only write, sing but also perform at that level is limitless. So I hope you will enjoy it and if like my 11 year old you have a problem with “the cheesy sax” it is Ok there are a lot of very good tunes to come in the set.. Vanessa Daou’s “Loves Lives in the Dark”. The track prefigures what I hope the set will be. Great production, big BIG driving bassline and interesting left field vocals. “But Maybe” from the great Hamburg based German progressive house producer Oliver Schories. Instrumental cut, with great pads nice breaks.. I am telling you the German Progressive House scene is where interesting things are happening.. “Julia” all about the atmosphere and a massive bassline.. If you can listen to it on a good system or headphones the better.. I love those melodic journey tracks. I “had’ to add some vocal samples. As most of you now well know, Xtian would have trouble going through 30 minutes without any vocals.. And yes I did go a little bit heavy on the sample but I was in MY journey and it felt gooood! “Left Your Love” by Climbers.. By now it was time to inject a little melodic sugar in the se(continued)
