║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ║▓│ PROGRESSiVE RELEASE GROUP │▓║ ║▓│ PROUDLY PRESENTS │▓║ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ╠╣├═[ DJ Dres - Proton Radio Show 01-13-2003 ]═┤╠╣ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ║█│ │█║ ║█│ ARTiST...[ DJ Dres SOURCE..[ CDDA │█║ ║█│ TiTLE....[ Proton Radio Show 01-13-2003 ENCODER.[ LAME 3.89 │█║ ║█│ LABEL....[ none QUALiTY [ 192kbps │█║ ║█│ RiPPER...[ PRG TEAM LENGTH..[ 82:15 min │█║ ║█│ GENRE....[ House SiZE....[ 112,10 MB │█║ ║█│ REL.DATE.[ 02.03.2003 TRACKS..[ 01 │█║ ║█│ │█║ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ╠╣├══════════════════════════[ RELEASE NOTES ]═══════════════════════════┤╠╣ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ DJ Dres is back in the new year and brings you the latest mix for │▓║ ║▓│ his Proton Radio Show Perceptions. Recoil, his latest mix, marks │▓║ ║▓│ the one year anniversary for Perceptions on Proton Radio. Enjoy. │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ Growing up in Colombia, enveloped by his father's music, Dres │▓║ ║▓│ listened to everything from classical music to classic rock, and │▓║ ║▓│ ventually became a fan of the new wave rock that merged with │▓║ ║▓│ electro-pop sounds from across the seas in Europe. Colombian pop │▓║ ║▓│ iffered from American music, and Dres found his first serious │▓║ ║▓│ musical interests leaning toward "music that played with sampling, │▓║ ║▓│ looping, and then playing over those loops. Stuff that guitarist Lee │▓║ ║▓│ Ritenoir and pianist David Benoit would do." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ "Bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, OMD, and │▓║ ║▓│ Information Society all had a layered sound to their music, not │▓║ ║▓│ formulaic like all the other pop that dominated the US music scene. │▓║ ║▓│ The electronic and synth aspects of these bands appealed to me." Did │▓║ ║▓│ this type of layering and electronic sampling eventually turn into │▓║ ║▓│ his love for progressive house and trance? Not exactly: "the one │▓║ ║▓│ thing I always focused on was the beat. I was taking drum lessons │▓║ ║▓│ and played drums in a rock band at school. We covered anything from │▓║ ║▓│ The Beatles to Guns N Roses." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ Moving to the States, going to high school, and a stint in the │▓║ ║▓│ marching band monotonously banging away on the snare drum decreased │▓║ ║▓│ Dres' musical fervor somewhat; but no one attending high school in │▓║ ║▓│ the States during the early nineties could avoid hearing grunge, │▓║ ║▓│ ska, punk, metal, alternative, and even jam rock and jazz. No doubt, │▓║ ║▓│ all of these influences left a young DJ Dres desiring a new, │▓║ ║▓│ exciting, rhythm-based sound. The college environment would provide │▓║ ║▓│ it for him. │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ "After attending a small party on campus and listening to what │▓║ ║▓│ everyone called 'techno,' I was instantly curious about this │▓║ ║▓│ particular genre." Other students living in the dorms and of course │▓║ ║▓│ the internet helped answer questions, and soon you could find Dres │▓║ ║▓│ hitting up local records stores for releases from Underworld, │▓║ ║▓│ Faithless, and Massive Attack. "The beat and the layering of sample │▓║ ║▓│ upon sample simply captured me more than any other form of music. I │▓║ ║▓│ fell victim to the growing monster that was trance music. But back │▓║ ║▓│ then I had no idea what each genre meant. It was still all just │▓║ ║▓│ 'techno' to me." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ Somewhere along the lines, a lightswitch had turned on under this │▓║ ║▓│ budding DJ. With friends taking him to raves and parties thrown by │▓║ ║▓│ Pittsburgh's Downlow Productions, his enjoyment, appreciation, and │▓║ ║▓│ love for electronica grew by leaps and bounds. "The environment and │▓║ ║▓│ energy of trance music simply amazed me. Seeing a DJ bounce back and │▓║ ║▓│ forth from one turntable to the next was the most mindblowing image. │▓║ ║▓│ I had no idea how this person was laying down all these sounds. The │▓║ ║▓│ concept of the DJ and what a DJ does was still much of a mystery to │▓║ ║▓│ me." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ Endless trips to the record store, party after party, and tireless │▓║ ║▓│ reading and listening to music on the internet eventually landed │▓║ ║▓│ Dres right in the middle of "the scene." You've heard his story │▓║ ║▓│ before: a young music fan turned on to a new, exciting electronic │▓║ ║▓│ genre, goes to parties, meats DJs, reads magazines, learns the names │▓║ ║▓│ of producers and record labels, and before you know it, he wants to │▓║ ║▓│ become the DJ; he wants to rock the crowd; he wants to juggle │▓║ ║▓│ records: "Seeing the DJ do his thing up close gave me more of an │▓║ ║▓│ understanding of how the whole thing worked. And although some of │▓║ ║▓│ the mystique was lost, the allure to be able to play all of those │▓║ ║▓│ onderful tracks, exactly at the right time of the night, and seeing │▓║ ║▓│ the reaction of the crowd whenever a particular track was │▓║ ║▓│ dropped...was simply unreal." We can all agree with that! │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ In February of 2000, a handful of people made the 6-hour drive from │▓║ ║▓│ Pittsburgh to New York City's legendary Twilo for a night of Sasha │▓║ ║▓│ and Digweed, and as you might imagine, DJ Dres has never looked │▓║ ║▓│ back. "The second I came back to Pittsburgh I immediately began │▓║ ║▓│ buying my own records. I would go to friends' houses and use their │▓║ ║▓│ turntables. I didn't have a clue what I was doing, but I was │▓║ ║▓│ determined to learn on my own." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ In June 2000, upon leaving Pittsburgh for Boston, Dres bought │▓║ ║▓│ turntables, and in November got a job promoting for Club Axis and DJ │▓║ ║▓│ Tym Ryan. "Progressive house (sometimes I like to call it 'Chunky │▓║ ║▓│ House') and deep trance captured me the most. Slowly I began to │▓║ ║▓│ expand my tastes beyond the melodic, into more percussive, housey │▓║ ║▓│ and tribal sounds, all the while recording every single practice │▓║ ║▓│ session and listening to my tapes day in and day out." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ With broadening tastes and a growing record collection, Dres learned │▓║ ║▓│ how to build a set and where to place tracks so they could reach │▓║ ║▓│ their ultimate potential. The time had come, and Dres got the │▓║ ║▓│ opportunity to spin at a small party for friends in Waterville, │▓║ ║▓│ Maine. He played two sets, for a total of 6 hours over the course of │▓║ ║▓│ the night. "I felt for the first time the true power that a DJ has │▓║ ║▓│ over a crowd. Watching the reactions on peoples' faces was one of │▓║ ║▓│ the best feelings I've ever felt." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ Since that time, Dres has produced many serious demo mixes, covering │▓║ ║▓│ different styles, creating different moods, exploring new territory. │▓║ ║▓│ His friends and fans all want him to succeed and love watching him │▓║ ║▓│ from a distance and right up close behind the tables. │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ Exploring new music has become as routine as warming up a bagel for │▓║ ║▓│ breakfast. "Sometimes I'm amazed at how I keep up with the │▓║ ║▓│ incredibly fast pace at which the dance world moves. New artists and │▓║ ║▓│ producers pop up every day, new record labels, clubs and event │▓║ ║▓│ promoters. It's all incredibly mind boggling, but I simply can't get │▓║ ║▓│ enough of it. Some people say that I have dance music playing in my │▓║ ║▓│ head all day long, well...they are right." │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ╠╣├════════════════════════════[ TRACKLiST ]═════════════════════════════┤╠╣ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ 01 82:15 DJ Dres - Proton Radio Show - 01-13-2003 │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ╠╣├════════════════════════════[ GROUP iNFO ]════════════════════════════┤╠╣ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ PRG is dedicated to spreading quality progressive mixes to those │▓║ ║▓│ who appreciate them. │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▓│ │▓║ ║▒│ │▒║ ║░│ │░║ ╚═╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ║█│ ▀▀▀██████▓▓█ ████░░▓███▄ ▓████ █▓▓██████▀▀▀ │█║ ║█│ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █░ █░ ▓█░ █ ▓█░ █▄▄▄▄▄▄ │█║ ║█│ ▀▀▀▀█ ████░ ▓███▄ ▓████ █▀▀▀▀ │█║ ║█│ ▀█▓█ █░ ▓█ █ ▓█ █ █▓█▀ │█║ ║█│ ▄█ █ ▄▄▄▄ █ █ █▄▄█ █▄ '02 │█║ ║█├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤█║