Last week saw something very amazing and an epic milestone in the career of DJ RAM, his weekly radio show Grotesque completed 350 episodes and that definitely calls for a celebration, isn’t it?? Yes, the milestone not only witnessed an amazing Grotesque 350 event but also a 3 disc compilation to celebrate it in style. Two of RAM’s fellow colleagues and mates, we call ALEX Square 🙂 (Alex M.O.R.P.H & Alex Di Stefano) took this responsibility and delivered amazing compilation.
The event Grotesque 350 took place in Rotterdam’s Maassilo last week and RAM assembled a 20+ strong DJ contingent for its four area affair.
Compilation includes almost 60 tracks bundled in 3 discs comprising ‘Youniverse’ – this year’s Grotesque event anthem (first ever collab between RAM and Alex M.O.R.P.H.). and more from legends (Paul van Dyk, Markus Schulz, Giuseppe Ottaviani). Heritage acts on board too with – Tiësto, Hennes & Cold, Scot Project, Joy Kitikonti, to name a few + the genre’s most respected & revered (talking: Mark Sherry, Richard Durand, Simon Patterson, John Askew, PureNRG, Sean Tyas, Ferry Tayle and many more) bringing their studio-ware.
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Disc 1 mixed by RAM, who lets rip with his and Susana’s latest ‘Northern Star’, chasing it with ReOrder’s reorder of ‘Someone Like You’. Likewise, Talla 2XLC’s number comes up twice in quick succession with most recent singles ‘The World In My Eyes’ & ‘Till Tomorrow’ quick to RAM’s decks. Dan Thompson’s retake of Allure & JES’ Show Me The Way’ is deployed, before RAM pulls the trigger on his and Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s killer Grotesque 350 anthem-uplifter ‘Youniverse’.
Disc 2 opens with Mr M.O.R.P.H.’s ‘Moonrise’ – his own first venture with Mohammed El Alami. From the trance music trucker heads onto tougher sonic terrain, working Sean Tyas’ treatment of ‘Slow Emotion 2’ from Giuseppe Ottaviani into DYRM’s mix of Markus Schulz/JES collab ‘Calling For Love’. Kicking the mix up another gear, he drops his own latest (DJMag 9/10 ranked) outing ‘Running for Peace’. That in turn lights the path to his Alex’s just-out update of Kamaya Painters’ classic ‘Wasteland’ + his bespoke Grotesque 350 retell of Neelix’s ‘You Can Change The World’. M.O.R.P.H.’s mix rounds off in rousingly anthemic form through David Forbes presents Hal Stucker’s ‘Stars’ and Paul van Dyk’s reteaming with & Plumb, ‘Music Rescues Me’.
Alex Di Stefano, the man behind disc 3 toughens the compilation’s sonic silhouette further still with a rapid-fire track succession, featuring no few than 21 tunes. 2nd Phase rebuild of Joy Kitikonti’s ‘Joyenergizer’ sets the bar, and from there he blazes with ‘Keep Moving’ from HP Source, Grotesque A&R Daniel Skyver’s ‘A Bolt From The Blue’ and his own ‘Fast Forward’. The midpoint of the mix is marked by Scot Project & Mark Sherry’s ‘Acid Air Raid’, before Grotesque 350 hits its home straight with Sherry x Durand pairing ‘Cosmic Dawn’, ‘Midnight Oil’ from John Askew, and – for its final action – Simon Patterson revision of Astrix’s ‘Take A Shot’.
Compilation is released already and you can grab the copy from here.
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