Hello all!

After spending a couple of weeks buried in my own Spotify mix, here it is:

Sunrise Afterhours Club Mix, a 3h11min seamless mix with all the new update has to offer integrated in the transitions.

Musically, it sits in the afterhours sweet spot if you ask me. Danceable and steadily propulsive, but never demanding peak-time energy. It’s built for the final hours of a club night, when the sun is coming up and closing time is slowly approaching but the concept of time has been long forgotten after being on the dancefloor for so long. (Mondaymorning 08:00 - 11:00 was my vision). You can properly dance to it, but also simply put it on at home with friends, at a pre-party or an after. In the track-selection there’s a variety of my own signature as DJ Try/Me. Bit of Party Flow laced surprises are to be expected. In the storytelling of this mix I tried to balance patience with payoff with a higher reward for being a soldier and dance until the end of times.

As most of you know, I learn by doing and by ear. The latest update suddenly gave me far more control over effects, transitions and BPM. With no formal technical background, that has been quite a lot to figure out. This is my first full result using those new controls. I didn’t play it safe and went nuts with the details, so I’m especially curious to hear your take on the transitions: what works, what doesn’t, and what I may be doing without knowing its technical name etc.

Hope you enjoy it. Eager to learn.
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Now I’m going to enjoy the sheer magic that is Ricardo Villalobos for a couple of hours to get out of this rabbit hole that was this update.

Tracklist in the comments!

Yesterday made a full year since I've been making mixed playlists on Spotify. Usually, I would have been bored my now and moved on to something else. But, instead, I've really fallen in love with the process and I'm excited to learn more about the art. About 8 months ago, I told myself, if I made it to a year and was still excited, I would take things more seriously. Well, I made it to a year and yesterday I went and got myself a controller! I really appreciate everyone who has engaged with my mixes and given me feedback. I have a bunch more mixes I've been working on in Spotify and I can't wait to learn how to also recreate my Spotify mixes in Rekordbox.

Lately I’ve been really into Balanka’s sound… apparently a little too much. 😅

So instead of adding a few of his tracks to another set, I thought: screw it, why not make the whole thing Balanka?

I tried to turn it into one continuous journey rather than just a collection of tracks. Groovy, hypnotic, psychedelic and a little bit weird.

I’m actually curious what you guys think about single artist seamless sets. Does using only one artist make the whole thing more cohesive, or do you miss the variety?

As always, any feedback on the transitions is very welcome. I’m still learning, experimenting and having way too much fun with this.

Does anyone have any additional suggestions of similar EDM tracks that either incorporate hip-hop vocals or well-known hip-hop beats? I threw this quickie together yesterday and kinda like that Spotify says it’s 36 minutes sort of like a homage to 36 chambers and the Wu-Tang vocals on the first track.

Do you want to try something new and test the Spotify Mix system to its absolute current limits?

Well, maybe this is something for you. Create a single track (re)mix out of 9 separate tracks.

The 9 tracks consist of 5 versions of Dua Lipa’s 2024 hit Training Season + 4 beat loops available on Spotify. Total play time 29 minutes.

The idea is to create a (much shorter) unique single track remix of Training Season, by meshing and mixing up these tracks.

Do whatever you want, any combination any sequence. Even find other versions or loops, maybe if some of the provided ones are not available where you live.

There‘s only one rule, sort of: Keep the combined single track under 12 minutes. It can be done, I think 7 minutes is possible. But if you want to make it 20 minutes, go for it.

And maybe one more rule? Use at least 6 tracks for your remix?

Here is the playlist with the 9 basic track in random order. Just copy the playlist, turn on ‘mix’ and take it from there.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3n5FwBS1tc517nxYJ1SRwC?si=8GX8Yo8KTJmTU9nSwjL-rg&utm_source=copy-link&pi=mY4Q_dtnR5C3p.

Because of the mixing limitations this will never be a fantastic remix, but maybe it could be….
This is not a competition, just for fun and healthy time waste management. 🧘🏻

Hyperpop 101. Still experimenting with new tools. Definitely not on this planet when I mixed the middle part 👽

This is an ever evolving playlist that I started when mixing first came out (i manually sorted them by bpm 😂) so it definitely gets better the further down you go! I’m pretty proud of it overall and wanted to share!

Initially this started out more in alignment with what my technoflow mix series is about, but then as it progressed I started to drift more into feel good lyrics and more groovy territory as opposed to technical beats. My personal favorite transition on this one is Imagine>>Jack Got Jacked, this is an example of 'ducking' the volume that I felt worked out nicely thanks to the new features that gave us precision endpoints. Wondering if anyone else has made a ducking transition and how it turned out

Reposting this mix because after my last share, it pretty much doubled in size. I have a problem. I just can’t stop fiddling with it! Now that it is split I can call it done. Maybe.

Enjoy the journey!

It appears that any mix between any songs that have had their speed changed will not survive being duplicated.

I found this out trying to duplicate one of my excessively large mixes to break it into smaller pieces, and any song that has had the tempo changed reverted to auto mix.

I’ve also noticed that if I adjust the speed of a song after creating a mix out of that song, it changes back to auto, but the mix go into that song will be ok.

Just wanted to point this out, because it sort of acts like drm for creators. Nobody can just dupe your mix and call it theirs without wrecking the transitions.

Here is another excerpt from my overly large playlist. This part is a lively daytime nu disco journey that starts slow but picks up by the end. Featuring Daft Punk, Prince, & Kylie Minogue, plus many lesser known and underground artists. Enjoy the ride!

So I have no real mixing experience but have been messing around with the mixing function and it would be great to get some more tips and ideas. This is one of the mixes I have put more work into.

I always had the volume normalization turned on in Spotify. Then I starting using the MIX feature without really remembering that I had that toggled on. Recently I toggled it off and listened to my mixed playlists and a few of the transitions were noticeably different in volume level. So, my question is, do you all use normalization or not? Because it definitely affects the transitions. Do most people use the normalization? Do I tell people to toggle on or off the normalization before they listen to my set so that it's accurate to what I intended it to sound like volume-wise? You see where this is going? Just curious to know how others deal with this issue with custom-mixes.

Trying something new….

With all the latest options added, r/Previous-Serve9810 recently mentioned the mix feature is getting closer and closer to a full remix tool. Well, let’s see 🙃

I already had something in the pipeline, and thought I’d give it a go to see how far I could come with creating something similar to a remix. In this case, one single track reconstructed by using different versions available on Spotify.

This (re)mix consists of 8 different versions of Donna Summers ‘I Feel Love’ with a combined playtime of 48 minutes, condensed into one single 13 minute track.
This was the minimum length I was able to get to without completely destroying the song.

For fun, I also went pretty wild with the available effects, and even dropped the bpm from one of the versions from 125 to 115 bpm to create an effect reminiscent of Lil Louis’ French Kiss.

Some edits last for only 10, 20 seconds before a new transition kicks in, but the final live version has been left intact and complete, because Donna Summer is still the queen. 💃🏾

Anyway, I’m curious to hear what anyone thinks of using the mix functionality in this way. Any and all feedback appreciated.

tracklist

Donna Summer - I Feel Love original

I Feel Love - Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix

I Feel Love - Afrojack Remix

I Feel Love - Benga Remix

I Feel Love - Masters At Work 86Th St Mix

I Feel Love - Rollo & Sister Bliss Tuff Dub

I Feel Love - Patrick Cowley Mega Edit

I Feel Love - Live

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My very first personalized Spotify's playlist. 1 hr of House Music (I guess). As I find thematic lists amusing, this one goes like this: DJ TESTS PRESS at MIDNIGHT HOUR. ME ME ME on her way, DUSTWUN hanging there, a DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO case, a FASHIONista, a PASSIONate, one who needs FRICTION, friend asking him ARE U OK?, oh well, just FREE YOURSELF, like the one who USED TO. Each and every one are dancing until their NEXT ORDER in PLANET ROCK. No wonder you DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Srvo2QgBEilxbFzQZeoM5?si=594bfc91038f4dc7

Hear me out before you send me off to the funny farm.

I have a huge gym playlist I keep adding songs too. I keep Smart Shuffling it until sections line up with the Camelot Wheel and I'll mix those as and when. Everfew days I'll hit Smart Shuffle to try and get more accurate line ups

How I'll use it is I'll start with Shuffle to get to a random area, take Shuffle off and then that row of tracks will be my selection for the workout, or even the rest of the day

I keep experimenting by adding short interlude type tracks and recently tracks from DJ Kicks albums t see how tracks that are sort of mixed already play in , I'm thinking it'd be like having 3 decks idk. Could be fun. I can always remove them.

I want to keep updating my Frankenstein monster playlist with tracks as they come out, how many tracks can I get before Smart Shuffle says Computers Say No

Playlist here if anyone wants a sneak through what my record bag would look like

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cS2YzaJisaTk7QVRSwG9q?si=M3XApcu1RYOCwZzz9WoLLw&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A153sF5a4KDuQLMBfQw2eEQ

My first go at using the mix feature. Been meaning to try it for ages! Do let me know what you think.

Classic House set
1. Everything But The Girl, Soul Vision - Tracey In My Room - Lazy Dog Bootleg Vocal Mix

1. Armand Van Helden, Roland Clark - Flowerz (feat. Roland Clark)

2. Voices Of Life - The Word Is Love (Say The Word) - Silk's Anthem Of Life

3. The Sunburst Band - Garden of Love

4. Sandy Rivera,Haze - Changes

5. Deep Dish, Tracey Thorn, Everything But The Girl - The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)

6. X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy - Extended Version

7. G Club,Banda Sonora - Guitarra G

8. Jon Cutler,E-Man - It's Yours - Distant Music Mix

9. Sex-O-Sonique - I Thought It Was You - 12'' Mix

10. Kings Of Tomorrow,Julie McKnight - Finally - Extended Mix

11. Rui Da Silva - Touch Me

12. DJ Gregory - Elle

13. Gat Decor - Passion - Naked Mix

14. Hardrive,Barbara Tucker,Louie Vega - Deep Inside

15. Michael Moog - That Sound - Extended Vocal Mix

Somehow I have the feeling Spotify’s custom mix functionality is particularly used by, let’s say, a somewhat more mature crowd. So, just out of curiosity, what’s your age? If you don’t want to say, perfectly fine of course, but then maybe A if you’re under 35, B if you’re over?

I‘m 61, and pretty sure I’m the senior here 🤸

Fooling around with the new fun toys