| Well you're lucky I read this comment right as my morning coffee kicked in; it really depends on your taste I guess, but I'll try to be as broad as I can. Most of the sets I've heard/been at were not recorded, so syndicated radio shows from the time are the best approximate of what would have been played. * Eric Prydz at Ultra Music Festival 2014 https://soundcloud.com/eric-prydz/eric-prydz-live-ultra Lots of more-recent converters to the Prydz fanbase point to this set as being the "A-ha" moment of getting his music. He somehow manages to fit in a lot of different-yet-cohesive moods into 60 minutes, and the final song is a (live?) mash-up of two of his classics that is really, really clever and satisfying. * Above and Beyond BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes * 2004 https://soundcloud.com/aboveandbeyond/r1-essential-mix-of-th... * 2011 https://soundcloud.com/above-6/above-beyond-bbc-radio-1 Take your pick of 2011 or 2004 depending on whether you want to tackle more-poppy, modern 128BPM or a more classic, lo-fi acid-influenced 138BPM. I think the bootleg of Massive Attack's Teardrop from 2011 is a very special track, can't really speak highly enough of it... * Yotto at ABGT250 * SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/b-rizzzle/yotto-abgt250-live-at-the-g... * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtL1Ff0T6IM I included a YouTube link because the audio doesn't do the gorgeous setting justice - sunset at The Gorge, Washington State, if you can get past the interesting rave attire that Americans seem to feel compelled to wear at festivals. Fine Day is an absolute classic, very airy and day-dreamy; bonus for the recording capturing the crowd singing along. * Undercatt at Watergate https://soundcloud.com/undercatt/undercatt-watergate-berlin-... Club instead of festival or Essential Mix. Again, ends on a very classy, satisfying track that rewards you for sticking through to the end. A bit more techy and minimal than my other choices. * Sasha at Watergate https://soundcloud.com/last-night-on-earth/sasha-presents-la... Same club, one year earlier. Again, more techy and minimal. The track around 28 minutes, "Trigonometry" is a perfectly drawn out with a very intense climax, and absolutely deserves the "progressive" moniker - unfortunately it's the radio show and Sasha talks over the track hah. This is only a middle snippet of the full 4 hour set. * Lane 8, Anjunadeep Edition 28 https://soundcloud.com/anjunadeep/anjunadeep-edition-28-lane... Something a bit poppier, but deep. Just like the Eric Prydz UMF set, a lot of Lane 8 fans point to this radio edition as being their "A-ha" moment. Very, very classy and restrained, but with some darker, more emotional moments. * Armin van Buuren, Amnesia Ibiza 2008 https://soundcloud.com/rave_on/armin-van-buuren-live-armin-s... If you can handle modern (post-2000) trance, then this is definitely one of _the_ sets to listen to. Really runs the full gambit of the genre as it was in 2008, starting slower and poppier, and ending with a very intense final two hours. |