Logger's Mix Archives Upload 4 - Logs Style April 2005

While we've had a couple of mixes showcasing my favourite tracks that were being smashed out on the party scene at the time as well as a studio mix from the Peak Logger & Gnetic era, this next instalment in the Mix Archive series demonstrates what I wanted to do as a DJ at the time. Where a lot of people want to play sets made up of their favourite tracks they've heard played out, I always wanted to be bringing something new and individual to the table and try to bring people their favourite tracks of tomorrow. The DJ's that I appreciated the most where those that brought me tunes for the first time and I wanted to do the same. So while I was blowing half of my monthly wage on tracking down the classics, the other half was going on new music to shape my own sound. For me it was also important that you were taken on a journey, especially with a recorded set where the pressure to maintain a full dancefloor was absent, allowing a bit of experimentation. As a result this set covers a sprinkling of many of the genres I was listening to at the time - while mostly consisting of Hard Trance and Hardstyle, there's also a pinch of Dutch Hardcore, Uk Hardcore and some Freeform. These tracks were largely unheard on the party scene at the time and have had equal influence in what I was doing on the production front as the tracks I was raving to each weekend in a field somewhere in Oxfordshire or the Home Counties. I hope you enjoy!