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What’s Your Favorite Mix in the RV Network?

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The RV Network has been live now for over 8 months, and I think it’s slowly but surely turning into wonderful resource for the dance music community. As a true lover of dance music, I can say I’ve gotten countless hours of enjoyment from the music in our Network, particularly the mixes. At this point, we’ve accumulated some phenomenal sets – across all of the sub-genres of electronic music.
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As I sit here enjoying our Network mixes (hour after hour), I sometimes find myself wondering what mixes you’re enjoying the most. Of course, I can look at the download stats to see what’s popular, but that doesn’t really tell the whole story. So, I figured I’d write this post to ask you outright…
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In your opinion, what is the best mix in the RV Network?
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I’d like to hear back from you on this one. If you take a few minutes to share your favorites as a comment to this blog post, I’ll give you a free track ;)
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To get the conversation started, I will actually share my ten favorite mixes from the Network. Some of my picks are old (mixes that bonded with over the years); others are more recent.
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1. Adam Beyer’s Essential Mix – If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you’ve probably heard me rave about this mix. This is one of Eddie B’s all-time favorites! You can read my detailed thoughts about it here.
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2. John Digweed Live at Homelands – Another incredible mix! Words can’t do justice to the tightness. I’ve written about this mix before in a separate blog post.
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3. Jon Gaiser at 10 Days Off – Jon Gaiser is a seriously underrated DJ in my opinion, and this is a perfectly done mix. Some of the other M_Nus crew members, like Magda or Troy Pierce, seem to be much more visible, but Gaiser gets it done.
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Exclusive Video – RV Forecastle Festivities

If you made it out this past Saturday to the Forecastle Ocean Stage or to the RV Afterparty, then you already know we had an incredible time! Over the course of the day and night, we experienced stellar performances from Ben Alan, Brian Neckel, Deepak Sharma, DJ Three, Dory, Hac Le, Paul Dailey, and our own Sam Gracie.
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Fortunately, we got some video footage to give you a glimpse of the festivities. We don’t have video for every DJ’s set, but we’ll be posting some audio recordings for you soon on our blog.
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Enjoy the video…
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RV Forecastle Festivities 7-11-09 from Resonant Vibes on Vimeo.

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Mix from Ben Alan – Outstanding DJ Representing Louisville, KY

As you may know, Resonant Vibes is based in Louisville, Kentucky. I grew up here, moved away for college and law school, and then returned in 2003 to practice corporate law. When I came back to town, I (of course) went on the hunt for good local electronic music – which, incidentally, is how Sam and I became friends. After going out for awhile to various local electronic music events, I eventually crossed paths with another local DJ named Ben Alan (known to a select few as "Bendro").

Ben is the perfect example of a great underground DJ who gets nowhere near the recognition he’s due. This guy’s been keepin’ it real behind the decks for years! …no big checks for gigs, no glamorous magazine photo shots or anything like that…just die hard devotion to the music. Ben’s always known what’s up when it comes to music, and he has a knack for taking you where you want to go – nothing commercial, strictly real deal tunes.

If there’s one DJ skill Ben is lacking, it’s the skill of self-promotion. He’s admitted that to me before…so it’s my pleasure to do a little promotion for him here.

The mix I’ve posted here is a recent promo from Ben, and I’m digging it fo’ sho’ ;) When I first heard Ben playing, he was really into progressive house…but over the past couple years, he’s become a techno/tech house man…so that’s what you’ll get with this mix…mind-bending techno from a DJ representing RV’s hometown, Louisville! …Enjoy!

I should also point out that this is yet another quality mix that’s available for free in the RV Network! I’m absolutely stoked about the killer content that’s coming in!

To check out other free mixes by Ben in our network, just go HERE.

Eddie B

 
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