So, somehow I came to a point where I ended up searching for "24/7" (Dj Felony Bass Mix) by Liberty City, and came across the Promo Only 1999 Rhythm Club series, which brought back deep memories of how exciting the Rhythm Club series used to sound.
http://www.promoonly.com/view_issue_year.php?IssueTitleID=20&Year=1999
Flash forward to today and I can only wonder why did things change so much? All those fresh sounding freestyle, bass, and breakbeat remixes that used to be on Rhythm Club mysteriously disappeared, and it seems that it was even better in the mid 00's BEFORE the modernized version of the sound even came back! I mean, I'm not complaining too much because Ultimix and Funkymix seem to continuously put out at least a decent level of decent rhythmic remixes of that sort on a steady basis, but I can only wonder what happened to the Rhythm Club Series in Promo Only? It used to be the best place to find that sound, now that I look back, and I regret not having much knowledge about these promo services back during the good ol' days when things were TRULY good!
We need someone to do a modernized version of what Rhythm Club used to be with tracks like "let the bass kick", "birthday sex (remix)", "beautiful" by Akon...etc, and all those bass & dance remixes today's dj's are (professionally) producing, but in the extended fashion in which the Rhythm club Series used to deliver it back in the day! In other words, provide the nice, clean extended remix product WITHOUT adding too much unnecessary stuff or extra beats and sounds. Take a look at that track listing for all the 1999 series in the link I left above. You've got breakbeat, booty bass, freestyle, freestyle bass, house, amongst remixes by Cibola (!!!), Dj X, Dj Felony, Beat Digga, Planet Freestyle...etc. A modernized version of all those sounds have returned, yet due to the modernization of technology, it seems like nowadays you have to hit up a number of sites to find a bunch of different stuff, rather than finding most of it in one place these days.
So, does the modernization of technology make things easier, better, and more convenient for this whole (modernized) rhythmic dance / freestyle sound, or was it better back in the day when you had less options, but more of that sound available in one place? I guess it depends on how you look at it. Progression is always good, but in some ways I still I do miss the good ol' days, even though I didn't really officially learn, subscribe to, or learn about or get into the whole promo service stuff until 2004. To just be able to look at the track listings and hold the physical the cd and get that feeling of knowing you have that sound and how fresh it will be when you put it in the player still feels good sometimes. It is nice, however, knowing that many promo sites carrying the modernized bass & freestyle sound now have digital download service.
http://www.promoonly.com/view_issue_year.php?IssueTitleID=20&Year=1999
Flash forward to today and I can only wonder why did things change so much? All those fresh sounding freestyle, bass, and breakbeat remixes that used to be on Rhythm Club mysteriously disappeared, and it seems that it was even better in the mid 00's BEFORE the modernized version of the sound even came back! I mean, I'm not complaining too much because Ultimix and Funkymix seem to continuously put out at least a decent level of decent rhythmic remixes of that sort on a steady basis, but I can only wonder what happened to the Rhythm Club Series in Promo Only? It used to be the best place to find that sound, now that I look back, and I regret not having much knowledge about these promo services back during the good ol' days when things were TRULY good!
We need someone to do a modernized version of what Rhythm Club used to be with tracks like "let the bass kick", "birthday sex (remix)", "beautiful" by Akon...etc, and all those bass & dance remixes today's dj's are (professionally) producing, but in the extended fashion in which the Rhythm club Series used to deliver it back in the day! In other words, provide the nice, clean extended remix product WITHOUT adding too much unnecessary stuff or extra beats and sounds. Take a look at that track listing for all the 1999 series in the link I left above. You've got breakbeat, booty bass, freestyle, freestyle bass, house, amongst remixes by Cibola (!!!), Dj X, Dj Felony, Beat Digga, Planet Freestyle...etc. A modernized version of all those sounds have returned, yet due to the modernization of technology, it seems like nowadays you have to hit up a number of sites to find a bunch of different stuff, rather than finding most of it in one place these days.
So, does the modernization of technology make things easier, better, and more convenient for this whole (modernized) rhythmic dance / freestyle sound, or was it better back in the day when you had less options, but more of that sound available in one place? I guess it depends on how you look at it. Progression is always good, but in some ways I still I do miss the good ol' days, even though I didn't really officially learn, subscribe to, or learn about or get into the whole promo service stuff until 2004. To just be able to look at the track listings and hold the physical the cd and get that feeling of knowing you have that sound and how fresh it will be when you put it in the player still feels good sometimes. It is nice, however, knowing that many promo sites carrying the modernized bass & freestyle sound now have digital download service.