#Progressive Progressive Trance

[thisisrealy2kok]

Atmos - Headcleaner (2000)

[haveyouheardthisband]

[389]

[ginagloria16]

Wooow! One of the unforgettable memories of the old rave parties!

[9franklin3]

I miss the touch of morning sun

Making silhouettes of us

Way back when we had our paradise

But staying out all through the night

Smoking, drinking, getting high

I was wrong and I apologize

Where did you go?

What can I do?

I'm working on my problems

But I need you here to solve them

Where did you go?

What should I say?

And hope that I can make a change

'Cause...

There's something 'bout you

Keeping me sober

I was drowning in the moment

But now I'm holding onto you

There's something 'bout you

Keeping me sober

I was drowning in the moment

But now I'm holding onto you

There’s something ‘bout you

That keeps picking me up when I'm low

There's something 'bout you…

[aroundtheking]

WUT!!!

*hearing Around The King's new album*

"Second to None", out now https://aroundtheking.lnk.to/SecondtoNone

[darksoundzero]

Aeon - Show Me Baby (Virtual Mix) (in Show Me Baby, 1995)

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Megadeth - Almost Honest [Danny Saber Mix]

[timmurleyart]

Orbital impact. ⭕️🇬🇧🎶🟧🟩

[tomboysquirrel]

𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱.

shoutout to nuphory (fka Volant) and Jenceno for being huge inspirations for this rmx!

cover art by me (shoutout to jackflash for the epic metalheart assets) <3

[iamlisteningto]

IVVVO’s doG

[thisisrealy2kok]

Ronald Van Gelderen - Trance Energy (2006)

[haveyouheardthisband]

[randomvarious]

Today's mix:

Headliners: 01 - Live at the Gallery by Tall Paul 2000 Progressive House / Trance / Progressive Trance / House

Ugh. I really hate to besmirch the often excellent and eclectic DJ Tall Paul here, but this man was simply *not* bringing it for this Ministry of Sound double-disc back in 2000. What we have here to kick off this ultimately fleeting Headliners series is an unfortunately jumbled up and incoherent mess of house and trance tunes from the turn of the millennium, some of which are quite good, but most of which are quite bad 😑.

And that, more or less, really just seems to sum up Ministry of Sound in a nutshell; some bangers to be sure, but also, a lot of these hulking superclub-type entities that operate branches in multiple cities—while also having their very own record labels too—seem to have this inevitable penchant for pushing out a whole torrent of mind-numbingly tacky crap, don't they? 🤷‍♂️

*sigh*

Anyway, with all that in mind, I really did enjoy certain parts of both of these discs. Paul chooses to close out each set with conventionally great trance runs, with the finale on disc 2, Rob Searle's remix of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love," probably being the best of the bunch. But the paths that he takes to get to both of these runs are largely windingly unentertaining, with yawn-inducing turn-of-the-millennium progressive house marring disc 1, and then a spat of mindlessly bouncy Euro gunk in the middle of disc 2. And to jam all these different types of dance music in here like this just feels so forced and awkward in the first place, resulting in a classic case of failing to please anyone by trying to please everyone 👎.

But actually, the variety was totally winning me over in the beginning, mainly because Paul was keeping steady and connecting good tunes together from different genres that you wouldn't be likely to hear in succession otherwise. He opens up the first disc with a satisfyingly quirky bit of quiet, eerie, and jazzy deep techno from the great Laurent Garnier, then follows it up with a pulsating and wavy piece of breakbeat-infused trance from Germany's Nalin + Kane, and then gets into a literally bubbling and locked-in house groove with UK duo Tin Tin Out. But after that, he departs from this fun grab-bag, genre-hopping concept, and just proceeds to dig himself into a pit mainly comprised of progressive house emptiness, until he finally decides to climb his way out and finish up the first set with some quality trance tunes 🫤.

So, there's definitely some great y2k-era dance music on here—and the totally memed-to-a-bloody-pulp Darude's "Sandstorm" too!—but really not worth the listen, overall. A genuine miss from the legendary and beloved Tall Paul 😔.

Listen to CD1 here. Listen to CD2 here.

Highlights:

CD1:

Laurent Garnier - "The Man With the Red Face (Original Mix)" Nalin & Kane - "Superfly 20019 Live at the Crystal Palace (Alternative Club Mix)" Tin Tin Out - "Anybody's Guess (Mr. G's Out Dub)" Cygnus X - "The Orange Theme (Solar Stone Remix)" Chris + James - "Darkstar (Original Mix)" Moonman - "Galaxia (Solar Stone Remix)"

CD2:

Agnelli + Nelson - "Embrace (Original Mix)" Darude - "Sandstorm (Original Mix)" Push - "Till We Meet Again (Original Mix)" Parker + Clind - "Cosmos (Original Mix)" Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "The Power of Love (Rob Searle Club Mix)"

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: October 29, 2001

Lyrics:

La

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

The night I laid my eyes on you

Felt everything around me move

Got nervous when you looked my way

But you knew all the words to say

Then your love slowly moved right in

All this time, oh my love where you been

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

La

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

I'm mesmerized in every way

You keep me in a state of daze

You're kisses make my skin feel weak

I'm always melting in your heat

Then I soar like a bird in the wind

Oh, I glide as I'm flying through heaven

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

Since we connect behind closed doors

Spark this fire even more

No telling where we will be next

Surrender to your rapture arrest

Lay your head, let the slumber float

Can't resist, that's why words were wrote

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so, yeah

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

Mi amore, don't you know

Mi amore, don't you know

My love, I want you so

Sugar, you make my soul complete

Rapture tastes so sweet

Songwriter:

Ali Nadia / Markus Moser

SongFacts:

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