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Post by genaro1001 on Feb 10, 2017 7:22:55 GMT
Hopefully February isn't the only month where we have more than one single/release per week! It'll be nice having the Spencer Brown EP & Grum Remix during the week before the usual Friday release. Anjunateam if you're reading this MORE RELEASES per month please.
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Post by Shane on Feb 10, 2017 8:35:44 GMT
I don't think there's enough suitable, decent music being made to have a regular stream of one track a month. I think quality would nosedive because they'd have to start releasing tracks they wouldn't ordinarily sign.
I'd prefer to see 2 tracks a month and filter out some of the filler personally. February is the exception though, looks fantastic
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Post by LaGow on Feb 10, 2017 15:09:34 GMT
I would like to believe you. But you threw 10's at Tesseract and 43 I have crazy high expectations after Destiny though tbh Well look at how big 43 has become. A&B playing the Sky Falls Down mashup with it, ilan playing it with or without the mashup at every gig he plays. I reckon it's taken over from Sinai as the ultimate ilan track, though Bigger Than Love rivals it, being his first vocal production. Tesseract came at a time when we was crying out for something different from ilan and he delivered with a great groove By this logic, that Cheerleader song would also be a 10. And after listening to both tracks, I give the EP a hard meh, without hearing full mixes - mind you. I like elevate more than Malacosta, is seems a follow up to cloudchaser. But malacosta doesn't really go anywhere for me. Again, all opinion but not my favorite ilan outing
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Post by dspencer124 on Feb 12, 2017 4:58:54 GMT
What's with the need to call it Grum - Shout as opposed to Tears For Fears - Shout (Grum Remix)? Makes it sound like they are hiding the fact that it's a remix of a classic 80s song lol. Licensing, almost certainly.
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Post by dspencer124 on Feb 12, 2017 5:02:55 GMT
I must admit I've struggled with the release schedule lately - yes they've been pumping a lot out, but is the quality there? The Ilan and Spencer Brown tracks aren't really my thing, the Grum tune is nice but not a major deal, and the sampler wasn't that great either.
Other than Omen and the sampler pt2, I'm not sure what the hype is? Destiny is pretty decent, but quality =/= quality, and I worry that they're putting lots out at the expense of creating tracks that will be memorable.
Although that's probably just the old man in me speaking (in a manner of speaking)...
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Post by theboz on Feb 12, 2017 5:58:21 GMT
I must admit I've struggled with the release schedule lately - yes they've been pumping a lot out, but is the quality there? The Ilan and Spencer Brown tracks aren't really my thing, the Grum tune is nice but not a major deal, and the sampler wasn't that great either. Other than Omen and the sampler pt2, I'm not sure what the hype is? Destiny is pretty decent, but quality =/= quality, and I worry that they're putting lots out at the expense of creating tracks that will be memorable. Although that's probably just the old man in me speaking (in a manner of speaking)... Admittedly January wasn't all that great but still a lot better than some of the 2016 stuff imo. February has a ton of good stuff coming, Ilan aside. I think what excites me most is that even if it's not going to be amazing, it's a step in the right direction for where I'd like the label to be headed.
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Post by dspencer124 on Feb 12, 2017 7:02:46 GMT
I must admit I've struggled with the release schedule lately - yes they've been pumping a lot out, but is the quality there? The Ilan and Spencer Brown tracks aren't really my thing, the Grum tune is nice but not a major deal, and the sampler wasn't that great either. Other than Omen and the sampler pt2, I'm not sure what the hype is? Destiny is pretty decent, but quality =/= quality, and I worry that they're putting lots out at the expense of creating tracks that will be memorable. Although that's probably just the old man in me speaking (in a manner of speaking)... Admittedly January wasn't all that great but still a lot better than some of the 2016 stuff imo. February has a ton of good stuff coming, Ilan aside. I think what excites me most is that even if it's not going to be amazing, it's a step in the right direction for where I'd like the label to be headed. It's weird - some days I think I'm happy with where the label is going and then look at what they've released lately and seen a fair bit of mediocrity, but then when I think they're not doing too well I look and see a good number of tunes that I enjoy listening to. I don't think Anjuna is in a brilliant place right now, but it's not like the dark days of 11/12. My personal opinion is that they could do with, as Deep has done, really broadening the artists they release. They could also not release an Ilan track for a year and they'd be none the poorer (musically at least) either...
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Post by theboz on Feb 12, 2017 7:21:11 GMT
Admittedly January wasn't all that great but still a lot better than some of the 2016 stuff imo. February has a ton of good stuff coming, Ilan aside. I think what excites me most is that even if it's not going to be amazing, it's a step in the right direction for where I'd like the label to be headed. It's weird - some days I think I'm happy with where the label is going and then look at what they've released lately and seen a fair bit of mediocrity, but then when I think they're not doing too well I look and see a good number of tunes that I enjoy listening to. I don't think Anjuna is in a brilliant place right now, but it's not like the dark days of 11/12. My personal opinion is that they could do with, as Deep has done, really broadening the artists they release. They could also not release an Ilan track for a year and they'd be none the poorer (musically at least) either... I think the problem is a lot of the songs don't have a long shelf life, even it's a good song. I agree about adding more names to the roster. I counted the artists on V13, excluding vocalists and artists like G&D and Luminary as well as Deep artists, and there's only 17. According to Tony, that's about every artist on Anjunas current regular roster. Not really a ton to be working with for a full year. Deep 08 had about twice that many artists represented for perspective.
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Post by svenmo on Feb 12, 2017 12:56:17 GMT
I think the quality has been great so far this year. Other than higher love, everything has been pretty good. Lots of 9/10s for me.
However, as others have said, a lot of tracks lack serious lasting ability. Other than the more progressive outings and Oliver smith and Genix, I don't find myself listening to tracks that are a few months old.
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Post by svenmo on Feb 12, 2017 14:55:45 GMT
Admittedly January wasn't all that great but still a lot better than some of the 2016 stuff imo. February has a ton of good stuff coming, Ilan aside. I think what excites me most is that even if it's not going to be amazing, it's a step in the right direction for where I'd like the label to be headed. It's weird - some days I think I'm happy with where the label is going and then look at what they've released lately and seen a fair bit of mediocrity, but then when I think they're not doing too well I look and see a good number of tunes that I enjoy listening to. I don't think Anjuna is in a brilliant place right now, but it's not like the dark days of 11/12. My personal opinion is that they could do with, as Deep has done, really broadening the artists they release. They could also not release an Ilan track for a year and they'd be none the poorer (musically at least) either... This is a great idea. I'd like to see some fresh blood on Anjuna. The last year seemed like JR, Sunny Lax, Genix, Ilan, Grum, and Bayer were jammed down our throats. I'd like to see more variety in musical styles. There has been a resurgence of the 2009/2010/2011 anjunadeep sound on beats, but more diversity in the roster is always welcome. Maybe it's harder in this new remix unfriendly world we live in.
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Post by philipandtigger on Feb 13, 2017 16:32:50 GMT
For me, Beats is still going through a bit of a transitional phase and is struggling to find the cohesive and ergonomic feel it has had in the past.
I reckon you're struggling creatively if you have to keep resorting to "updates" of your much loved classic releases to bring melody, warmth and inspiration that some of your current releases are clearly lacking.
Disc 2 of Volume 13 is built around three of these updates - the compilation (and the label as a whole) would benefit if they left the past in the past and concentrated on producing more new melodic masterpieces which would have the longevity and inspire the love that the older tracks did...
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Post by georgemccauley on Feb 13, 2017 16:46:35 GMT
Tuesday release date for the Vernal EP?
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Post by dspencer124 on Feb 15, 2017 10:54:01 GMT
For me, Beats is still going through a bit of a transitional phase and is struggling to find the cohesive and ergonomic feel it has had in the past. I reckon you're struggling creatively if you have to keep resorting to "updates" of your much loved classic releases to bring melody, warmth and inspiration that some of your current releases are clearly lacking. Disc 2 of Volume 13 is built around three of these updates - the compilation (and the label as a whole) would benefit if they left the past in the past and concentrated on producing more new melodic masterpieces which would have the longevity and inspire the love that the older tracks did... Agreed - the more I listen to it the more Disc 1 is the 'place to be' on Vol 13, Disc 2 just doesn't cut it for me. I wonder if A&B are genuinely worried about the resurgence of 'trance'? A number of artists have, supposedly, re-embraced it over the last year and I wonder whether they just don't get it/feel it/can make it any more? If that's the case, then the continual updates of older stuff would make sense as it's 'easy win' material for them to hit this market whilst they try new stuff, but I'm trying to think of the last A&B track that did not have a Bayer influence and I'm struggling. They really need to broaden their approach otherwise I think they are going to struggle over the coming years, especially given the relatively stale outputs of Ilan and Jason over the past 12 months. You can only flog a horse so much, and I wonder if they have had their turn for now...
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Post by Flexo24 on Feb 16, 2017 11:54:57 GMT
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Post by theboz on Feb 16, 2017 19:21:52 GMT
I completely thought that said Menu the first time I read it.
March also has the release of Only Good Mistake. So, so far it's not looking to be nearly as good of a month as February was. I still have hope for the other two releases and Deep, though!
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Post by floatingradio on Feb 17, 2017 4:30:31 GMT
Random observation: there are far more unreleased tracks on Deep 08 than Beats 13. Not counting this Friday's releases on both labels, Deep 08 has 28 unreleased tracks, while Beats 13 has 14. Granted, many Deep 08 tracks are Wisternoff & Grant remixes and Deep 08 mixes (Fictionalise, No One Seems to Care), but it's nonethelessa pretty significant discrepancy.
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Post by Flexo24 on Feb 17, 2017 4:42:11 GMT
Good observation. Anjunadeep has 18 tracks on Disk 1, while 19 on disk 2. Beats has 18 and 14 respectively. Deep 08 feels a lot longer, probably down to a lot of relatively unknown or un-played tracks
This observations backs up previous statements about how deep branches out of its regular contributors, while beats remains with Grum and Bluestone etc
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Post by floatingradio on Feb 17, 2017 6:14:33 GMT
The Atlas future edit comes out Friday / tomorrow. This feels so sudden - we had almost inkling of its imminent release except for a Facebook status by Jason. Anjuna is really offloading their tracks; I can only hope that means they have much more in store for us.
And true, disc 2 has fewer songs than usual. It allowed A&B to create a more cohesive mix with longer tracks and mix-ins, and so far it seems that people are enjoying the outcome of that decision.
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Post by Flexo24 on Feb 17, 2017 16:23:40 GMT
Yotto remix of Royksopp having it's first air play tonight on Radio 1 Getting released soon Link
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Post by rbdowney77 on Feb 17, 2017 21:23:49 GMT
The Atlas future edit comes out Friday / tomorrow. This feels so sudden - we had almost inkling of its imminent release except for a Facebook status by Jason. Anjuna is really offloading their tracks; I can only hope that means they have much more in store for us. I mean it is sudden, but the edit has been floating around for about a year and it's only a free download, not a real release, so it could be more a case of anjuna letting him give it away, rather than them trying to offload it.. (but I agree in general!)
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Post by dspencer124 on Feb 20, 2017 12:09:38 GMT
Yotto remix of Royksopp having it's first air play tonight on Radio 1 Getting released soon LinkExcellent - I played his ABGT200 set to death because of Firewalk and this remix, so definitely looking forward to hearing the full version!
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Post by Flexo24 on Feb 20, 2017 13:45:37 GMT
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Post by daz on Feb 21, 2017 17:06:10 GMT
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Post by floatingradio on Feb 21, 2017 17:13:39 GMT
None of us know for sure but hell, bring on the extra releases!
This is also the most number of 7+ minute releases I've seen from Anjunabeats in a loooong time. Omen in the Rain is 7:22, Amsterdam update is 7:34, Divine Intervention is 7:42, NOOE Respray is 7:45, and Destiny is 7:16. Pretty confident that 1001, Alright Now, and Brief Encounter will continue this trend. I'm hoping Anjuna sticks to longer lengths for their trancier releases. Malacosta / Elevate and Olympus will probably be close to 6-6:30 minute releases though...
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Post by daz on Feb 21, 2017 17:18:30 GMT
None of us know for sure but hell, bring on the extra releases! This is also the most number of 7+ minute releases I've seen from Anjunabeats in a loooong time. Omen in the Rain is 7:22, Amsterdam update is 7:34, Divine Intervention is 7:42, NOOE Respray is 7:45, and Destiny is 7:16. Pretty confident that 1001, Alright Now, and Brief Encounter will continue this trend. I'm hoping Anjuna sticks to longer lengths for their trancier releases. Malacosta / Elevate and Olympus will probably be close to 6-6:30 minute releases though... It's good to see. I'm tired of seeing endless tracks now, not just on Anjuna but on other labels, that are labelled as "Extended Mixes" and they're hardly touching 5 minutes long.
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Post by theboz on Feb 21, 2017 18:03:41 GMT
None of us know for sure but hell, bring on the extra releases! This is also the most number of 7+ minute releases I've seen from Anjunabeats in a loooong time. Omen in the Rain is 7:22, Amsterdam update is 7:34, Divine Intervention is 7:42, NOOE Respray is 7:45, and Destiny is 7:16. Pretty confident that 1001, Alright Now, and Brief Encounter will continue this trend. I'm hoping Anjuna sticks to longer lengths for their trancier releases. Malacosta / Elevate and Olympus will probably be close to 6-6:30 minute releases though... It's good to see. I'm tired of seeing endless tracks now, not just on Anjuna but on other labels, that are labelled as "Extended Mixes" and they're hardly touching 5 minutes long. I agree. It's seeming that "extended mix" is now becoming synonymous with original mix. Look at Anjunas SoundCloud or Spotify. They have the radio edits unlabeled and the original mixes labeled as extended mixes. Also, I know why we're getting Tuesday releases. I spoke with Duncan from HQ and it's simply because they have so much material to release; this won't be continuing after February. Seems like Beats like to bust their Volume loads all at once now instead of drip feeding them through the rest of the year.
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Post by philipandtigger on Feb 24, 2017 8:09:23 GMT
March 17th Jaytech ft Tommy Murphy - Show You (Jaytech Club Mix) Genix - Meru Spencer Brown - Don't You Know Anjunabeats in Miami 2017
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Post by floatingradio on Feb 24, 2017 14:40:17 GMT
March 17th Jaytech ft Tommy Murphy - Show You (Jaytech Club Mix) Genix - Meru Spencer Brown - Don't You Know Anjunabeats in Miami 2017 Are these the March releases? We know Olympus / Meru come out on the 3rd. Interesting that they aren't releasing more Vol. 13 tunes this upcoming month (although maybe Inspire will be bundled with that Jaytech track?).
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Post by philipandtigger on Feb 24, 2017 16:30:25 GMT
I was having a sleepy moment and missed that Meru was out earlier in the month.
I'm not sure about the other two tracks, just that they are new tracks included on the compilation.
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Post by svenmo on Feb 24, 2017 16:39:06 GMT
This year just gets better and better!
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