Hamburg Style Prog Mix

Hamburg style prog is a hybrid of techno, house, psytrance and prog trance so I can see how some of it gets too trancey for you. For people in the psytrance community it gets way too housey… to each their own. Glad you enjoyed the darker end of it though, I would consider that the best part.

If I ever put up an all vinyl set I’ll definitely let you know, it’s usually hard techno, minimal techno and acid techno. I’m also working on some house at the moment, deep, funky and disco, if you like that sort of thing.

The audience does tend to like quicker mixes and more tracks but I like to let the tracks breathe a bit more, build an atmosphere and an energy. Different strokes as you said.

Anyway, thanks for checking it out. I’ll keep my eye out for your next mix, I think you’re doing some good shit and headed in a good direction.

No it’s not that big of a scene but I like to spread the music as best I can and I usually get a good response from most people. I have a full time job that pays the bills so I can play whatever the hell I want to whomever will listen. The majority of the scene is in Brazil, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, etc. It’s one of the many sub genres of psytrance and so it’s part of the psytrance scene.

Yes that’s Hamburg as in Germany. The sub genre basically came to be from many of the great artists in the Hamburg, Germany area and is starting to spread. A lot of good stuff is starting to come out of South America.

I’ll need new needles before I record a vinyl set and that’s kind of taken a back seat since I moved into digital. Digital is a lot of fun. I really enjoy the greater accessibility of the music as opposed to vinyl and without that I wouldn’t be playing the music I play today, which I really love. I could have gone the cd route I guess but I was pretty stubborn about vinyl until my mixer crapped out on me. I got the Numark N4 so it could double as a mixer for my turntables and give me a chance to try digital (I believe it’s the way of the future).

I’m based in the U.S. I don’t know anyone else in my area who plays. Why play something everyone else plays? Check out Neelix, he’s from Hamburg and plays more to the techno side of the style and is one of, if not the main creator of this style.

Track selection was and is the most important thing to djing. People just don’t spend as much time on the basics now. That’s why the old school guys get annoyed.