Pretty odd math isn't it? Well that just means that whenever I read ASOT 200, I somehow end up listening ASOT 170 back again. That's been going on for months and I see no end to it right now.

A while ago I started a list of ASOT episodes I like best and which time codes. So I got so far as 170, 171 XXL part 2 & 3, 186, 187, 188, later 198 and of course 195 and 200 XXL part 1 & 2 (first half). I stopped after 188 since the exercise was rather pointless -- it's not the mix that is spectacular in itself as much as the tune. And since some tunes are outstanding, whichever episode happens to contains them is a better episode.

So fine, I could make a list of tunes I find my favorites, right? Sure I could but it would be rather long and mostly pointless. It's not really the tune itself that matters as much as the pattern it embeds. And if you read the quote here, you can quickly take a guess at why the patterns work and by that I mean they don't only work for me.

I see trance exactly like what the word means or at least implies. The music is inconsequential, what matters is the harmony that it generates. If you happen to be receptive to this harmony, then it works, otherwise it won't.