October 2011 Promo

Glad to say that this month had a nice chunk of quality uplifting trance tunes released, and Activa's new artist album 'To The Point' def had a major impact on this. October being the gloomy month that it is, of course I had to throw in my usual dark progressive tunes. I started the journey off with an artist who has been growing more and more on me, and that is Marcelo Vasami, opening up with his tune 'Too Long Too Late', and David Granha on the remix. Coming in at track 2 'Water Games' - a tune that will always remind me of this past Friday during my gig @ Sullivan Room here in New York. I couldn't have played this track at a better time, and the crowd went absolutely bananas for it! Amazing groove, consistency, and vintage remix by Eelke Kleijn. Will def be playing this one again and again. 'Soulwerk' continues the mix with 'Fraktals', a tune that made me automatically add this artist to my follow list.



As we get into the more uplifting, high energy side of the voyage, Activa brings back an old feeling with an updated sound, kind of reminding me of the older Planisphere/Airwave/Bonzai trance. I really do feel that Activa wrote 'For What We Have Lost' for the feelings, composition, passion, and old school feel we actually have lost, and is hard to come across in a lot of today's trance productions. I could be wrong though but regardless it def is a quality tune.



Henrik Christensen is finally back on FSOE with 'New Life', his follow up to 'Overseas' back in '09, and Jorn Van Deynhoven does a spectacular job on the uplifting remix. Temple One has been one of the most consistent producers since he started always belting out great trance, and his 2011 remix of Orjan Nilsen's 'Beat Design' is quite possibly slightly better than the original in my opinion. Up next, we have the brother of Garry Heaney's 'Citation', but this time it's a track by Paul Miller called 'Once Again' - a straightup trance BOMB with no floaty pianos, or corny breaks. This is a tune that gets directly to business, and I absolutely love this side of Miller's productions.



Classics are always a staple in my mixes, and usually I try to play more than one, but since there was an overload of great trance tunes out this month, I couldn't pass up the chance to showcase them. I wound up playing just one classic for this mix, and its by one of my all time favorite producers, ' Transa' with their remix of Blank & Jones's 'The NIghtfly'. To close things out, another great, quality real trance production by Activa, tattooing his 'Mekk' bassline in his remix of JK Walker's 'Double Life' on Borderline Recordings. Enjoy The Journey…



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Download RoryJames October 2011 Promo

1. Marcelo Vasami & Ariel AB - Too Long Too Late (David Granha Remix) [2011 Lowbit]
2. Hartmut Kiss - Water Games (Eelke Kleijn's Vintage Remix) [2011 Definition Records]
3. Inkfish - Drums Are Not Dangerous (Cid Inc. Remix) [2011 Inkfish Recordings]
4. Soulwerk - Fraktals [2011 Replug]
5. Kasey Taylor & Chris Meehan - Simplicity (Fiord Remix) [2011 Vapour Recordings]
6. Hypnotic Duo - All Over Again (Niko Fantin Remix) [2011 Per-vurt Records]
7. Activa - For What We Have Lost [2011 Discover]
8. Ross Anderson & Danny Taylor - Distance [2011 Nu Depth]
9. Henrik Christensen - New Life (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix) [2011 FSOE]
10. Orjan & R-Lend - Beat Design (Temple One Remix) [2011 Enhanced]
11. Paul Miller - Once Again [2011 Unearthed Records]
12. Blank & Jones - The Nightfly (Transa Remix) [2000 Front Records]
13. JK Walker - Double Life (Activa Remix) [2011 Borderline]