On December 10th, Hollands leading party troupe returned to Rotterdams 100-year-old Maassilo complex to pull off another extraordinary showstopper of an event. Inside the historic silo, with their final epic party of 2016, 15 DJs and 5,000+ clubbers musically celebrated Grotesques big 250. Arguably their most impressive show/experience to date, three of ‘250s DJs have teamed up to commit all the energy, excitement and electricity of the night to a triple disc mix-comp. Stateside bastion, Sean Tyas, Vini Vici - one of the scenes fastest risers of 2016 and the Grotesque kingpin himself, RAM serve ‘Grotesque 250, the album. Bringing the night vividly back to life, over 3? hours and across 48 tracks the three spinners have summoned the best, most seismic, most ‘250 characterizing trance available! Precision-mixed across its discs, youll find releases & reworks from a host of the scenes most revered names, Andy Moor, Mark Sherry, Astrix, Robert Nickson, Ace Ventura and Ronski Speed amongst them. Theres much from the nu-guard too, with the latest studio-ware featured from (deep breath!) James Dymond, Allen Watts & Amir Hussain, Daniel Skyver, Matt Bukovski, Chris Metcalfe, Adam Ellis + dozens of others. Leaving their own individual marks on the discs too you can count on plenty from the production desks of Sean, Vini Vici and RAM too. So prepare for a fast rewind to the trance carnival to end all carnivals: ‘Grotesque 250 is available online, through physical stores and via streaming sites now. Aside from the event itself, and its album compadre, ‘250 is of course a big old cheer for RAMs strength-to-strength weekly Grotesque broadcast. Shifting Disc 1 immediately into high gear, he embarks with ‘Nordic Nights - his and Marks Sherrys 250th show commemorating anthem. In tight formation behind comes ‘Heliosphere, courtesy of Robert Nickson, Ciaran McAuleys ‘In Memory Of You and Simon O'Shine/Ahmed Romel collab ‘Erytheia. Alongside James Dymond & Aelyn on ‘Paradise, RAMs back at his mixs midpoint, latterly working in his Stine Grove-sung ‘Forever And a Day for good measure. Weaved in and amongst those youll find masses from recent breakers too, with Davey Aspreys ‘Sunbreaker, ‘Heatwave from Daniel Skyver and Matt Bukovskis Energia all summoning ‘250s rapture. Frisson shades of Psy see Sean Tyas disc cooking on napalm from the off. Liquid Soul & Neodynes ‘Believe and ‘Clockwork - the latest from Freedom Fighters seize the discs opening minutes. They cede to ‘Start Over and ‘Perfect World, as everyones favourite Degenerate works in a pair from his own 2016 canon. Adam Ellis remake of the Ronski Speed/Sun Decade classic ‘Im Alone and Andy Moor & Somnas ‘Look Back deal the midsection a deuce of big anthems, before ‘Cyanosure from Magnus and his own ‘Turbo bury the mixs needle into the red. With Vini Vicis arrival at the decks, ‘250 mix-matters spill over into full-blown Psy-trance. The duos rewire of ‘Free Tibet from Hilight Tribe, their Ace Ventura co-op ‘The Calling and Astrixs ‘Deep Jungle Walk together set a major precedent for the mix. Further sonic potency isnt far behind, with ‘E.B.E. from Captain Hook & Ace Ventura and ‘Ambition from Coming Soon!!! psy-spiking the punch. Bryan Kearney-collab ‘We Are The Creators, Liquid Soul team-up ‘Universe Inside Me and the dazzling Static Movement/Off Limits remix of VVs ‘Namaste collectively bring the Israeli duo first mix-disc to a mighty conclusion
