This Week's EM Opinions - Yousef, page 1

AndyP1981 I WAS THE FORUM on October 21st, 2012 / post 53529

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RichTee Moderator on October 21st, 2012 / post 53546

Better than expected.

01. Angel Moraes - Welcome to the Factory (Angels Journey Mix) (feat. Sally Cortez) - Hot 'N' Spycy
02. Tom Flynn - Wild Flowers - Dirtybird
03. Basement Jaxx - Fly Life Xtra (Eats Everything Rework) - Atlantic Jaxx
04. Butch - Diss You- The End, Cecille
05. Piermont - La Danse- Unknown
06. Paul C & Paulo Martini - No Way Back - Talking Hats EP, Terminal M
07. Yousef - Feel The Same Thing - A Product Of Your Environment, Circus Recordings
08. Catz N' Dogz - They Frontin' (feat. Monty Luke) - Get Physical
09. Mr. Bizz - Palmerio - KD Music
10. Charles Ramirez & Stan Garac - Dorinda - Circus Recordings
11. Paul C & Paolo Martini - Take Some Time - Talking Hats, Terminal M
12. Tom Flynn - Do You Like Bass - Leena
13. Santos - Vegas - Suara
14. Paperclip People - Throw (Slam's RTM Remix) - Planet E
15. BUTCH - Panorama (feat. Benjamin Franklin) - The End, Cecille
16. Loopsize - Handling - Kontrol Punkt, Cecille
17. BUTCH - Quite Storm - The End, Cecille
18. M.in - Acid Test (feat. Nick Maurer) - Cecille
19. Carl Cox - Kommen Zusammen (Yousef Circus Rework) - All Roads Lead To The Dancefloor, Intec
20. Daft Punk - Alive (Yousef's R.E.M Live Edit) - CDR
21. Jaceo - Young Hustlas - KD Music
22. Coyu - The Nu-Nu Sound (Santos Remix) - Suara
23. Charles Ramirez & Stan Garac - El Pianista - Hall of Fame
24. Yousef - My Explanation - Saved
25. Grand Corporation - Wonder & Amazement (Deetron remix) - Classic

Being a bit old, I recognised all the classic samples/edits etc he put in there and I liked them mostly.

I thought he was building a bit of moment up towards the middle, then he lost it a bit and it went a bit south and then bouncey before recovering well at the end with a much better flow.

It seemed to go from early night style to 'just past the peak time when everybody is trollyed' mode quite quickly - with no in the 'middle'. Maybe that's just me though.

It had a real UK house club feel to it, which isn't surprising as he was effectively promoting 10 years of his north-west night/club Circus. Plus it was stated at the start that he did it in one 'live' take, using only CDJ's and a mixer with no computer software. :thumbsup:

I kinda liked these tracks the most: -

Paperclip People - Throw (Slam's RTM Remix) - Planet E
Coyu - The Nu-Nu Sound (Santos Remix) - Suara
Tom Flynn - Do You Like Bass - Leena
Charles Ramirez & Stan Garac - El Pianista - Hall of Fame
Yousef - My Explanation - Saved

Overall, he could have gone for a bit more energy in the middle and then it would have felt a bit like a 3/4 hour club set, just compressed into 2 hours which would have been cool as hell.

Not my favourite genres or sub-genres of house in the main part, but I liked this mix overall and give it 6.5/10. ;-)