The Phil-Harmonic Podcast Episode 37

THE IBIZA SPECIALS PART 4 - REQUESTS OF THE VILLA GUESTS 2012

Well, that’s yet another Ibiza holiday done and dusted and the Ibiza blues are very much alive and festering. Almost can’t believe it’s gone but onwards and upwards we go. No rest for The Phil-Harmonic Podcast.

First off, another big thank you to everyone who came this year. 2012 was very different to 2011; absurdly messy and reckless at times, but equally memorable and rarely dull.

Last year I did quite a lengthy, quite teary-eyed review here on this blog. This year I’m already wary that the size of my blog means that my RSS feed is starting to be automatically truncated and, since I made a return to the Ibiza Spotlight forums earlier this year, I’ve decided to save a full review (and probably a more detailed one than last year) for Ibiza Spotlight. I’ll post a link to that with a Google slideshow in the blog for Episode 38. What I’ll do here is just post Requests Of The Villa Guests 2012 and give a few of my thoughts on it.

With 16 people due to stay in our villa this year, the annual requests mix was also going to be bigger, with far more packed into it. The selections made by everyone were once again top notch and as it was all coming together I felt the whole thing was maybe shaping up better than 2011. When I started collecting people’s picks I actually anticipated more house music than last year, but the group’s love for trance shone through as always – their love for this genre is absolute unquenchable.

In the end, when it was finished I actually felt a bit deflated. There were a couple of transitions that really blotted the copybook and I couldn’t help but feel looking at it that, at 4 hours, it was just far too long. And I was right, it was too long. It was so long that my copy of Mixmeister couldn’t load it properly to do my usual chopping and trimming. I had to resort to messing around with Audacity just to attach the intros and outros.

When we actually got to Ibiza, my iPod refused to play through any of the iDocks we had with any real clarity or volume. On my iDock, the file just kept stopping and restarting randomly. We managed to hook it up to the larger villa hi-fi but I literally I had wipe everything off my iPod just so we could navigate to the one 4 hour file we were trying to listen to. I think we managed to listen through the entire mix about once while we were out there, but we ended up listening to the first 40 mins about 10 times. So, yeah, in hindsight, this should probably have been 2 mixes of 2 hours each.

Nevertheless, it’s still a pretty intense, engaging journey through many styles of trance and progressive music - ranging from recent anthems like Invasion, Loop and Flying Blind, through to completely forgotten classics like Ferry’s remix of Somebody, PvD’s Time Of Our Lives and Vercocha’s remix of Ayla. Some tracks we even heard in the clubs while we were out there. Like Amsterdam at A State Of Trance, On My Way To Heaven at Cream Amnesia and particularly, the undisputed ‘Tune Of The Holiday’, Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know, a tune we heard at least 2 clubs and constantly at the villa.

Also, a little note to explain that my mate Casso asked if he could have a track of his own in there even though he wasn't actually coming on the holiday. Since there were 3 of Nish's in last year despite him not being there, albeit in slightly more unexpected, unfortunate circumstances, I thought I'd oblige and squeeze it in for him.

If Requests Of The Villa Guests ever does happen again, it won’t be this long or all-encompassing. It’s a monster, so enjoy it.

THE PHIL-HARMONIC PODCAST EPISODE 37 – THE IBIZA SPECIALS PART 4

REQUESTS OF THE VILLA GUESTS 2012

1. Above & Beyond - Small Moments (Phil's 'Ode To McKenna' Part 2 Edit) [CDR] [PHIL]

2. Sander Van Doorn & Mayaeni - Nothing Inside [Doorn Records] [WILL]

3. Sander van Doorn presents Purple Haze - Bliksem [Doorn Records] [NISH]

4. Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (Tiësto Remix) [Musical Freedom] [CARA] <<<(Phil's Tune Of The Episode)>>>

5. Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound [EMI UK] [RACHEL / SOPHIE]

6. Sander Van Doorn - Koko [Doorn Records] [SIMONA / BEN]

7. Mat Zo - Loop (The Essential Unreleased Mix) [CDR] [G.]

8. Cosmic Gate & JES - Flying Blind (Norin & Rad Remix) [Black Hole Recordings] [PHIL / NISH]

9. Orjan Nilsen - Amsterdam [Armind] [NISH]

10. Chicane - Saltwater (Tomski vs. Disco Citizens Remix) [Xtravaganza Recordings] [RUSLAN]

11. Armin Van Buuren presents Gaia - Tuvan [Armind] [NISH]

12. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - On My Way To Heaven (Club Mix) [Anjunabeats] [PHIL]

13. Claudia Cazacu - Café del Mar (Claudia Cazacu's Ibiza Mix) [Couture] [PETE]

14. W&W - Invasion (A State Of Trance 550 Anthem) [A State Of Trance] [MARC / G.]

15. Ronald Van Gelderen - Dirty Rocker [High Contrast Recordings] [PHIL]

16. F. Massif - Somebody (Ferry Corsten Remix) [Purple Eye Entertainment] [PHIL]

17. Marcus Schossow - Strings [Tone Diary] [PHIL]

18. Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Filterheadz Remix) [Nettwerk] [LANA]

19. The Killers - Spaceman (Sander Van Doorn Mix Part 1) [CDR] [SIMONA]

20. Alexander Popov - When The Sun [S107 Recordings] [G.]

21. Stoneface & Terminal - Here Comes The Sun [Euphonic] [PHIL]

22. John O'Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky (Ben Gold's Festival Remix) [Armada Music] [PHIL / JANA]

23. Super8 & Tab feat. Jan Burton - Black Is Back (Classic Vocal Mix) [Anjunabeats] [PHIL]

24. Chicane - Offshore (Ferry Tayle Luminosity At Beach Remix) [CDR] [PETE]

25. Above & Beyond - Good For Me [Anjunabeats] [PHIL]

26. Roger Shah & Signum - Healesville Sanctuary (Roger Shah Remix) [Magic Island Records] [PHIL]

27. Armin Van Buuren feat. Justine Suissa - Burned With Desire (Rising Star Vocal Mix) [Nebula] [RUSLAN]

28. Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix) [Armada Music] [LANA / PETE]

29. Planet Perfecto Knights - Resurection (Paul Oakenfold Full On Fluoro Mix) [Perfecto] [MARC]

30. Ernesto vs. Bastian - Super Jupiter [High Contrast Recordings] [PHIL]

31. Tiësto ‎– Traffic [Magik Muzik] [SOPHIE / JACK]

32. Armin Van Buuren - Full Focus [Armind] [PHIL]

33. Laura Jansen - Use Somebody (Armin Van Buuren Rework) [Armind] [JANA]

34. Ummet Ozcan - Time Wave Zero [Doorn Records] [CASSO]

35. Ferry Corsten - Brain Box [Flashover Recordings] [MARC]

36. Ayla - Ayla (Veracocha Remix) [Positiva] [PHIL]

37. Agnelli & Nelson feat. The Burn - Shivver (John O'Callaghan Mix) [Xtravaganza Recordings] [JANA]

38. Paul Van Dyk feat. Vega 4 - Time Of Our Lives (Paul van Dyk Club Mix) [Vandit] [PHIL]

39. Paul Miller - Call Me Miller [Discover] [WILL]

40. Heaven's Cry - Till Tears Do Us Part [Tidy Traxx] [JACK]

41. ENCORE: Faithless - Insomnia (Monster Mix) [Cheeky Records] [RACHEL]

Episode 38 to follow very soon. The next two episodes of the podcast will run through my favourites in trance from the end of June right through till the end of August. They’ll be huge I promise. And they’ll be some Ibiza pics to check out also. See ya!