I only got to the middle of page 5, I had to comment. Shooter, I just think you need to check out Detuned radio, Friday nights on Jungletrain (
http://www.jungletrain.net). They aren't playing for self. They are some of the most giving DJs I have heard. I mean, ESB is on the mic like "We're gonna let this tune ride, let you get the whole feel"... in these days of "mp3s are killing the scene", shouldn't it be great to have DJs promoting the sound enough to MAKE YOU WANT TO BUY THE RELEASE!? And esb was right, the mix was for PROMOTIONAL use, so people could get the feel of the SC tunes. I bet if you challenged either esb or union to making a "journey" mix, they'd come guitars blazing! (bad joke) ... Seriously, though, these mixes, and mixes on the radio, it's hard to 'take people on the journey' if you are also playing with someone else's interest(s) in mind (e.g. doing a promotional mix for a record label)... you want to make sure these hits are properly represented. And I think this mix, and other mixes I have heard from esb and union (whether b2b or otherwise) do just that. Can't forget: different DJs have different styles. Cyanide from Armada Recordings, he is good with the whole "building up of emotions" thing in his sets -- but he also plays the biofunky style, the Noisias and the Desimals and Corrupt Souls. It's much much easier to do this with that style of dnb. With the more edit-heavy shit, I dunno, the tracks are their own journies to me. A Tune like "Play Twice Before Listening" or some of the Fanu tunes, while working good in the mix, also do well as stand alone tunes, imo. WHICH HARKENS BACK TO THE OLD 96-98 era of jungle tunes by Boymerang, Goldie, Photek, etc. These are just my rantings/opinions.
edit: Sorry for the rehashing, I just had to comment when I saw this thread.