As always I use Ableton live to strip down tracks in all genres of music, then put the parts together with my own Synthlines, bass, kick drums percussion etc, to create a truly unique dance music expereience. I called this Labyrinth because I was lost in this for months trying to find my way out. I refused to use any music that wasnt in my harddrives already so no new tracks. I had to use 27 (yes 27) channels in Ableton to finish this. Most of my early mixes I used 7 or 8 and for Shine I had to use 12 but with 27 channels i couldnt even fit the whole set on 2- 50inch monitors. hahaha I litterally put over 300 working hours into completing this, and used over 40 tracks, 15 original synth lines, countless homemade kicks and breaks and effects. I have to either blame or thank Jason Randall for this, as his sets are the standards by which i judge my own work. This is track juggling on another level. Every second of this set has been under a microscope and is only there because I put it there.lol . In this one I wanted to test my editing abilities and manipulated each track so much that I almost quit this over 5 times as a lot of times things just wouldnt fit together. I am trying to focus more on track production so this was kind of practice for that. If you have been listening to electronic music for the last 15 years you will definitely recognize alot of stuff in here but i guarantee you have never heard it quite like this.
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O what a start.
eargasmic
goosebumps. vocals are crucial. this is out of this world
i see the depth i am huge fan of Jrans. this is got me lost.
836 just wet myself.
i have smoked to much cant handle this tonight must come back when i awake. O MY O MY
AS DETAILED AS IT GETS. I MAY NOT BE SUITED FOR THIS REHEARSAL. MORE SHOCK OF HOW MUCH IS GOING ON. STARTLING COMPOSITION
Thus is art i hear matey. one of most complex pieces made in history. 5 stars bloke
just hit play here we go
Legendary mix. this defies what music and capacity can do. there is no way a prog set with this sound can get better. no way. it does exist if it does please show me. this is it
Thanks for the great feedback. For my taste I think I have taken this particular sound as far as I could. The amount of time and work I put into this to get a sound I actually enjoyed tells me its time to move on to a new sound. I spent the last few months downloading literally hundreds of gigabytes of new music in alot of different genres, and have received hundreds of tracks from Jason. The new set I made with all of that music is called Alchemy and I will release it on Monday. I figured it would be best to put this out first. Cant wait to hear what you all think. Again, many thanks for all the amazing feedback on this !
Greetz ar fave dj in deutschland we smoke hevy crunchers to dance party by you. we misd u muches and so glad we hav a news mix to party 2. you are best in scene and cant dances withouts you on sets
my englis is broken excusee me for not say righht but you ares the kings of dance partys in deutschland greetz and smoke hard
Great Mix man, love it
Cricking set mate cheers for sharing
Long time ma man. Way too long!! This is another outstanding piece of art! Going in for another listen. Unbelievable layering and construction..
Wicked intro! will have a complete listen tonight:)
I stumbled in here purely by accident and so glad I did. This set is exquisite and entirely unexpected. Thank you ;)
such a start yes you have my attention, and boom blip all the layering and sampling, with ping pong effects and nastys seeping through, here we are world of niko, devising a plan of action, channels of madness bleeding the set, 155 will make your hair stand on your arm, Sasha can kiss it its all about the Niko creation going here. 3 minutes as if you were walking into a club.HEREEEEE WE GO
SAMPLES STILL RUNNING, how many channels not enough hands and feet, and let me say james holden has just gotten sick
go back people to 93 returning james holden remix, TELL ME NIKO DIDNT JUST MURK THIS, a smashing remix of this pure classic, absolute power killer re do as a masked man does. KILLLINNNG THIS TRACK GOOSEBUMPS ON MY EYEBALLS
geezzzz o pleasey, YOU CANT MAKE THIS TRACK SICKER
603 new vocals ripping through on about 15 channels right now, there it is 93 returning style coming back but bigger nastier sicker than ever, and a kick drum devised as the master of ableton does, i can hear 5 tracks minimum, thats just in my right ear
755 rocking block chunky beat. here we roll, 828 will make you queezy, feeling nautious, 903 head nodding like im in a 64 impala and i aint in compton though
950 just want that loop tattooed on my forehead so i can hear and see sickness all day, there's the voice still chopped and spit out still, 1103 getting beat up in here, 1130 pitch shift that nasty, 1145 like the clock tower just landed on boo yaa, 1207 vocals chopped sixteen ways backward with a new age techno kick drum, i can tell you that vocal dont belong with that beat, but TODAY IT DOES AND ITS SICKKKKKKKKKK, LIKE ITS MEANT TO BE TOGETHER NOW
1340 bet thats 7 traCKS AT THE LEAST, i hear o 123456789, maybe 10
ACIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD, only u only u....just felt my balls drop out
people that cant be duplicated, acid on top of prog, on top of techno on top of a puke bag.
1556 sounds like im standing in the hallway of 15 clubs, and all the beats are synced
1650, dont even know how to comment, beats of every genre rolling, 1734 GOOODDDDNESSS GRACIOUS, 1755 just heard about 4 tracks drop at same time, i know all these sounds but yet couldnt tell you one damn name cause there all so damn TWISTED UP LIKE A PACK OF LOOSEYS ON THE CORNER OF BRISTOL AND CAPE GETTING SMOKED BY 4 RASTAS IN BEIRUT
1942 PACK YOUR BAGS 20 MINUTE THE BREAK BEAT WITH ALL THAT ATMOSPHERE NASSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY, cant even comment anymore, 2030 about as layered as momma clarks red velvet special,
2218 its just riding like porsche lynn in an 87 porn mag, fully building like a brickmasters lego fest, call Dora we gotta explore the channels in this labyrinth, 2445 the breakdown is like wheaties breakfast of champions, 2515 its like a playbook for madden, and my whole offense is barry sanders running sounds....2600. IM CALLING O ID SAY f---------kn how many TRACKS JUST ON THE LOW SIDE, madnesssss, 2733 voices are NASSSTYYYYYYY
2752 VOICE CHOPPED JUST MADE ME SICCCCKKCCKKCCKCKKKCKCCCK, cant even do anything but rewind this ridiculousness, 2838 welcome to saudi arabia with a subwoofer in tow, 2921 to 2931 boommmm guitar strings absolute animallalalalalalalalla animal crackers, 30 minutes if your head aint nodding making a stink face quit your job...3026 guitars killing me bang beat drops into another classsiccccccc, pitch shift 3050 stomach just grumbled nastyyyyyyy
3150 showing off skills now, just flexing channels chopping up classics like a ginsu knife on presidents day, 3222 GOOOSEBUMMMPPPSSSSSSSSS, 3237, damnnnnnn, 3258 take that Big shot Dj's....3323 from ibiza to cape town would piss in a bucket right here
3454 cross fader lay down sound, like a shift for the club, now its grab a cotton candy cause it just got teeth hurt face time, vocals rolling chopped like onions at a mexican, boxing match in sinaloa. 3735 sounds of highest elements, 3758 getting darky now it seems, 3827 long gated crunk people, 3900 THIS TRACK JUST GOT A FACE LIFT ABSOLUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PLASTIC SURGERY SICKNESS, 3945 so much getting re arranged cant even figure out what the hell, and a driving techno hitter in background, shaking my head currently, have no idea whats happening, MUST HIT STOP GO GRAB A DRINK OF GATORADE...WE ARE ONLY THROUGH FIRST HALF, AND HEARD 120 TRACKS SO FAR. 4140 MIGHT BE SICKEST SOUND IN DAYS....THATS RANDALL SOUND RIGHT HERE....4200 HAS MY NAME ON THIS STAMP OF APPROVAL, GOING BANANAS NOW, 4235 HOW MANY DAMN TRACKS ARE PLAYING. i thought i mix matched sounds this makes my creations in long gation look like the olsen twins in full house hahahhahahaha...
4426 will make you shoot the mailman just for delivering the powerbill after 2 pm.....4512 sounds of the 90's and early 2000 wrapped in 2014 chocolate, absolute profound imagination going on...........there aint a progressive dj on earth that is listening to this about to give up putting sets out forever.,,4630 bammmmmm, here we are the expose of tranquil delivery, like Karl malone in the paint and stockton hand delivering the play button 4724 SHIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ UR SELF
4800 minutes JUST COMPLETE FLIPPING CHAOS, JOHN DIGWEED GO HIDE UNDER SOME BEDROCK, 4930. its like a joke now, this mix is just showing off now, just showing what 2014 technology can do, not even funny now, 5037, i mean call the cops i want my sanity back, 5130 its like a collage of sounds from 80's 90's 2000, today and hell 1935 for all i know, 5220 bassline shift, 5235 tell me that aint space maneouvers o wait its that and about 14 other snips and snaps from the classic catalog, 5335 i think space just showed itself for a brief hello and brough a gang of beat thugs to breaK BREAD, 5504 into 5535 like a river of head shakes, 5600 minutes.......
5744, shifting now, 5836 shows the professionalism of channel flipping, 5858 i mean pitch shift but o the last 4 minutes still chugging with more classics peeking through to say hello, it me and more channels than COX cable, 5947 will make you put your hands in the air, finger on the trigger and lick a shot.............sample coming in nastyyyyyyy.....vocal snippet, 6045 absolute class creation, undeniable music undeniable ear for the true sound, 6116 wowowowoowo, just popped, and yes transform still sampled through....i applaud this work of genius currently
this is starting to become funny actually, o BREAK BEAT CITY, IF I COULD SLAP ON THE SUEDE PUMAS AND HELICOPTER TO BASKIN ROBBINS TO BUY A KANGOL, 6330 will make you kick your self like pele on thanksgiving, 6403 sample into what sounds like 90's house but no not cheesy, str8 up gouda whipped surplus banger, 6520 to be able to hook that and not sound cheese, and actually slamming cause of only imagination to develop this classic sound with a whipping kick drum, a serious magician like david blaine all im saying. 6620 shifty time, on with a move to the endddddddddddddddddddddd...
6718 its winding down now, o im sorry 6822 breakdown tells me its still out for blood, 6855 into 6912 GOOSEBUMP CITY 6926 such a background sample from another stone cold classic, 7021 were only living the episode of the labyrinth...I REALLY DONT KNOW IF MOST PEOPLE WILL GRASP THIS MIX, ITS SO FAR PAST TECHNICAL 7128, SUMS IT UP LIKE FLIPPING THROUGH A RADIO ALL STATION SYNCED TOGETHER, IM FLABBERGASTED, WOW, PERFECT SAMPLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, MIGHT BE BEST SUM UP OF MIX I EVER HEARD IN A SAMPLE IN MY LIFE, PERFECT RIDE SAMPLE, IF THIS MIX GETS GRASPED BY ANYONE BESIDES AN INTELLIGENT EAR ILL BE SHOCKED,
7320 IM DUMBFOUNDED MOUTH OPEN ECSPECIALLY AFTER THAT SAMPLE, MUSIC MASTERY, I CAN TELL YOU NOW IF I STILL PARTIED ID ROLL MY BALLS OFF IN A BATHROOM WITH THE LASER IN MY HAND, SHINING THIS INTO MIRRORS, AND STEAM FROM SHOWER FILLING THE ROOM OFF IN LALA LAND, THE SOUNDS OF THIS ARE SO LAYERED YOU CANT EVEN MAKE THIS UP......SPACE MANOEVERS EAT YOUR HEART OUT.....This may be by far the most technically advanced mix ive heard, i dont think it can be called my favorite because its almost not danceable cause a true music lover and one that knows beats, will be to in tuned listening the first time to engage in the actual flow of the beat, hope that makes sense, its a masterpiece of technical foundations, so many channels riding that someone like myself reckognizes almost all these tracks but cant pinpoint WTF IS GOING ON.HAHAHAHA... i believe in GOD all day, but if this mix was a buddha I would say id have to rub its fat belly and say thank you Mutha F----...and bow down and just give respect to a TOP GEEZ...not a mix you have done comes close technically to this.........I NOW MUST GO GRASP THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS...THANK YOU FOR CREATING A LEVEL OF ITS OWN>>> J RANS....AND YES PEOPLE THIS MIX DESERVED THIS MANY COMMENTS....IF YOU DONT LIKE IT THERES PLENTY OF AVICII TRACK TO TRACK MIXING OUT THERE TO FEAST ON...UNTIL THEN THIS IS THE LABYRINTH WHERE SOUND CANT EVEN FIND ITS WAY OUT.......
yo Niko. Man I downloaded this on the fly by the other night...went to gym this morning and just had a random "press play".......bloooody hell...lol....about 15min in session and I'm like..."WHAT"S THIS PLAYING?!?!""...lol. I could hear who ever was up was no ordinary DJ and no ordinary skills being laid down. So I kept traing the 1h 20 min just because it would be a sin to pause it anywhere in between. I only read what this was all about now and surely put a huge smile on my face as Jason is a dear friend to me also and I could tell how much you respect his art. I've been in the dance scene from teenage years and must say listening to some tracks and the way it was mixed surely took me back to my non-stop 48-72 hour partying days..LOL. This is dance music to the max...electronic non-stop club shizzle ....never-ending techno basslines to make ya sweat aaall weekend long. Proper ...before all the commercial electro boogie woogie non-talented ""EDM"" crap opened a can of worms.... PROPER and ""PURE"" are words that comes to mind. I'll have to listen to this again to let you know what I think of all the hard work you put into mixing this classic ....so I'll be back for that....but for what I can say for now....RESPECT and THANK YOU :)
like the classic acid house thing going on at 16min...great intro man...okay ...here we go!!
20min...can feel how this thing is about to take off...goosebumps ....fantastic how you progress mate...true artist :)
25.05 daaamn!! keep on adding and adding and adding and the BOOOOOOOM! :D big smiles over here
34 uplifting ...big room late night stuff from back in the day
36..awesome mash-up...got both tracks...would never have thought it would sound so great together
BooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooMMMM!!!! 41.44 :D dammit this makes me wanna go out and go crazy aaaal night...awesome stuff here mate!! :D
1h 12min...love the children sounds there in the back...feel good music mate!! ;)
Merci Merci. best mix i hear in a while top top turner. cant even know what is going on. much respects
Wow totally blown away by JRs review. Again all the positive feedback is greatly appreciated but when I read the in depth minute by minute comments by top notch artists like Disco frisco, JR etc... it just makes all the extra work feel that much more worth it. To be honest as an hour of music this is not my favorite piece of work. So in a way the casual prog fan kind of got ripped off. I couldve used newer better and bigger tracks and kept it simple and made a great flowing set but this was not about tthat. This was about me proving to myself that im ready to take on the challenge of making serious tracks. Thats the only way to get taken seriously today in our industry. The sets are great and since ive settled down and had a family (3 kids), I have stopped playing in front of crowds as that lifestyle would rob my kids of the parent they deserve. But since I found house-mixes I get the same rush from reading all the great comments as I did from hundreds of people yelling and dancing. And that means the world to me. As DJs we are in it for love of the music but also most of us want others to enjoy what we do and feel what we feel. Thats why this site has the best djs and music fans on earth. The love I have recieved over the years here has been amazing. I used to make these sets for myself just to have something to listen to but now I have hundreds of people to share it with and I get to hear peoples reactions and thoughts as well without ever leaving my house. So thank you all again. Even the smallest thanks for the music remarks mean the world to me. But when I go out of my way and drive myself crazy to finish a set like this it makes me light up like new years in times square to hear other artists that I respect and (even look up to) understanding what it is that is really going on inside the music. To those guys (u know who u are) I give an extra special thanks and will give extra effort starting today to listen to more of your work and stop being such a snob. Hahaha. JR my man not only are u showing us all up with your music but now u are doing it with your comments too. Disco frisco I have admired ur work for a few months now and think ur taste and mixing skills are impeccable and its an honor to hear the time u put into my work. God bless u all. Next few wont be so complicated. I will get back to the purity of the music and as JR says will try to stop showing off. Ableton has given me the freedom I dreamed of the day I found out I could mix 2 records. I know every DJ has always wish he could play exactly whats in his mind. That day is here. All it took was alittle bit of searching and patience. I cant wait to hear what some of you djs blowing it up on decks will sound like when u find the freedom to do anything you want anytime you want. Its a scary thought. We havent even started pushing this thing yet. Electronic music has evolved more in 10 years than rock has in 100. Cant imagine what well be doing in 10 more years. Ive been in this scene since 1991 when u couldnt find techno in 1 club in nyc and we had to dance in garbage truck garages and dirty warehouses under constant threat of a police raid. For those who have been there since then, we have come a long way baby. This set is a marker of sorts for me. It shows me how far ive come and ur comments and feedback give the confidence and boost I needed to take my art to the next level. Love and Good fortune to everyone. Sorry for the rant, this space is for you guys not me but the recent comments really hit me hard. Look out for my new set named Alchemy which ill be uploading on monday.
FINALLY!!!!! I've been waiting for a new set from you for a long time! I look forward to hearing this one, thanks for uploading!
Givin it a listen, some epic shit right here. MONEY!!!!!
Holy shit, as I read more and more, Randall's comments had me LMFAO!!!
Amazing... superb work
Great work
I cannot believe my eyes, a brand new one from the don of prog. I am sitting with such a smile and after reading rans comments I am so damn ready, i must go buy a bag of skunk to enjoy this. ill be back in an hour. Saturday night has just gotten a date. so so glad you have done another mix. been way to long.
i feel my comment would be worthless whatever I say. such wonderful comments to describe this master at work. can I just say wonderful top mix and not sound dumb. this is a epic journey that cant be described. thank ya thank ya M8
i could hear this 100 times and each time be different
speechless give me a day to digest this please. ill comment when i get the words
Fantastic!!!!
amazingly crazyyy, congrats!
Your best work to date...thanks for sharing
Yer a beast!
very nice...inspired
Comment time, nothing better. here we go lets see if my words explain.
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This is the most wicked side of tracks that i am familar with but yet cant decide whats playing, i have been a fan of yours for a while now have missed your mixes big time dude. you have been the prog king for me ever. you have taken this to a level that isn't possible. nothing can make you smile more than a little mayhem this is past that a level of expertised not found in a human. maybe a robot or something. this may not be my favorite but its the most difficult mix i have heard. i think randall and you always make me question sound. but you are doing something that proggy guys like satoshie or sasha or nick warren could never achieve. your their idol they dont even know it. serious they may have money but you have power. I do not know what else to say but this is a technical achievment on its own nothing else should be noted. all these great comments sum it up. YOU ARE A BEAST AND A MASTER MECHANIC SIR. baddest dude in the prog world bro.
I think
I think funhouse. or invasion is my fave. organic in there also but this is technical king bro
Hey Niko...Man O Man..Just searching for words and my mouth i still wide open and my brain is still rotating to understand whats happening.I remember so many sounds here but can't really remember from where. lol. This is exactly how Software should be used to create something different and unique,i know many dj's using ableton for mixing 2 tracks together to get a tide mix and let the mix shine bright. But NOT YOU!!!!!! I can feel how difficult it was to do but the out come,is out of this Planet.As you know i produce tracks by my self and i know how it is when you got a lot of loops,sounds,samples,and then you want to mix them down to a track.What you have done here is much more than remixing or making just a "simple" track.This is a MASTERPIECE of producing and mixing.I can't say often enough how much Respect i have from your work and that you are sharing this with us for free!!!!. You and Jason are one of the best Dj's in the World. Jason is doing it analog and everything in real time and you Niko ,the Master of using Software and mapping and planning it out...ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL
after around 60 mins up to the end i really was complete lost.........daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn after this one i hope, i can find a way back to Planet Earth
Back here again....Man i got to tell you, all those famous trance Dj's can go home!!! listen to it a couple of times now,pheeeeeew the first 45 min.are up building like crazy,can be fatal if you are to high on Drugs,then it turns more to the love and peace vibes...Once again HUGE RESPECT!!!!
you and Randall next shizz blokes. most technical rites here, god soundz trauma comma stuff
woah
I have known randall for a long time he knows where he stands with me. but let me say i been saying this for two years technical progressive master. DEHYDR8ED. all day long. you make my feet crap in my shoes. this mix made my head fall off.
should b good
intro - ism
Gees man.. talk about a opening 30mins.. Just on a whole other level... not sure anyone could do it like this
honestly.. im gonna need to listen to this in more detail. Was just chilling reading Jrans comment. lol... cracks me up
so much going on
transform what is... Ive used that too... just... well....... not as well.......
10 minutes in and I can tell its is going to be crazy ride!!!!!
finally good quality music :D
cool mix
Sweeeeeeeeet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mastermind u r!
This one was unreal!!!!!
OPENING TRACK!!!! - Vocal narratives leads into 4:13 mark (Female vocals, "Thinking what I'm missing," synth is the dream you wake up wishing you could go back to). 12:00 - VERY NICE! Luv the cadence on the vocals. You know when you're sleeping so good and don't want to get out of bed because it's warm? Just listen...you'll get it. 15:40 - NASTY ASS TRACK!!!!!!!!!! What if the night sky were red...would any of us sleep? 18:18 - Probably not, this is too good to miss. 23:50 - MOMENTUM...27:30 - Heroin so pure could inject it in the roof of the mouth just for the feel. 36:17 - YEAH MAN!!!! Lovely vocals, up close and personal. 40:03 - Spin the handle on the antique music box while the smack kicked in. That's what this sounds like. 52:17 - INTERSTELLAR!!!!! Hold on to the tail of that comet. 69:32 - Where's the place in the world where you want to go and play? 72:03 - The male vocal narrative prior to this... dirty secret good. 74:33 - MIND FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! What you look for in this genre and why you want to venture here. 80:06 - CODA! At least for one night, let's just say the sky was red.
- Are you interested in the pleasure of temptation? Even if you're not a Progressive House fan there is a voracious lust in you that wants this. Come on....just this one time. 81 mins...44 secs...quoting JR, "THE LABYRINTH WHERE SOUND CAN'T EVEN FIND ITS WAY OUT......."
Another great mix! :-)
Sweeeeeeeeet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monster!!
I love it
Wicked good bro as always
very nice mix and trendy
Awesome mix. Blew me away.
So good and so crazy from first to last minute.......love some of the comments!!! So glad to hear you active again!!
Massive
loving this mate cheers for sharing, you the man
loving this mate cheers for sharing, you the man
Hardcore. This shows how long you have been doing this. Skills and more skills. Ableton live when used like this is the future
Absolutely mindbending mix. 5 stars !
Sweet intro
Like the psychedelic sounds in the mixx. Thumbs up!!
This is the genre of music I was looking for
thnx
absolutely stunning mix matey 10/10 ;) chilling,deep,thumping,loveliness.
great work ,
many :))
abstractred
waaaw super super great mix
My favorite one so far. So amzing.
XLNT!
amazing
WOw... very cool, thank you Dehy.!
++++
Thanks. :)
THx uploader
outstanding.....
very good!
A truly awesome mix!
:)
Great set Mate
kl
sik excited
pjoj ojoj
<3 <3
Cool
Hey,love the music, your such a lovely artist.
:-)