Best tunes to end a set with?

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We've got the best tunes to start a set with, thought ending a set with the right tracks is just as important.

Whats yours?

Ive only played out twice, and i finished with

Special K - Pressure Roll
and
Phace & Misanthrop - Desert Orgy.

Both went down reallllyyyy well.
 
Break ft. Calyx & Teebee - Don't Look Down, Loadstar - BLVD, Craggz & Parallel Forces - Turn The Page, Stray - Frost, Apex - Inner Space, S.P.Y - By Your Side, Niton - The Reason (Sigma Remix)...those I've used. It depends on the other tunes you were playing of course :)
 
Cheesey, i know! but...

Ray Charles - Hit the road jack (kubrak remix)
Deflkine & ed solo - King of the bongo/ manu chau original

both tracks are jokes!
 
I agree that it's a really important aspect of mixing and one which is overlooked far too often (eg. I once heard a DJ end a set by playing out Machete...:tosser: fair play to the guy though for finding probably the worst possible track to end a set on ever, must've taken some thought :razz: )

Personally I always like to end my studio sets with something a bit more laidback, almost "pensive" sounding. A lot of the tracks Gemini suggested I'd agree with, I also find a lot of Instra:mental's tunes to be really good set closers (eg. their remix of Japanese Electronics from Recall to Mind, also From the Start and Photograph).

Playing live I guess it depends on what kinda vibe you've been trying to create (and what you've been getting back), but stuff like BLVD and mostly anything by Dirtyphonics I think is a bit more relaxed without being too "out there".
 
id love to play the doors - when the music is over as the very last tune in the early morning
 
ive always planned as i mix fidget to end with this track if i was playing a closing set

Squire of Gothos - Till da morning

its the last track on their scorpian things lp and finishes the album off nicely
 
DBazza said:
I agree that it's a really important aspect of mixing and one which is overlooked far too often (eg. I once heard a DJ end a set by playing out Machete...:tosser: fair play to the guy though for finding probably the worst possible track to end a set on ever, must've taken some thought :razz: )

Personally I always like to end my studio sets with something a bit more laidback, almost "pensive" sounding. A lot of the tracks Gemini suggested I'd agree with, I also find a lot of Instra:mental's tunes to be really good set closers (eg. their remix of Japanese Electronics from Recall to Mind, also From the Start and Photograph).

Playing live I guess it depends on what kinda vibe you've been trying to create (and what you've been getting back), but stuff like BLVD and mostly anything by Dirtyphonics I think is a bit more relaxed without being too "out there".
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tbf though well known dj's will just use their last tune as a way of promoting their new track
 
ended with this recently and it went down pretty damn well, i normally go as far away from laidback as possible for last tune tbh

 
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i recon machete would go down as a last track, if you double dropped it twice with tune that mix really well with it ofc... :)
 
I'd say this one. And you could even come back for another episode the following week.

 
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I ended a set with Distance - Delight recently. Went over really well, tied the mix together real nice.


I always try to end a mix with something real chill like.
 
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This is a good point actually, nothing been said about this. imo you could use tunes like in the "Best tunes to start a set with?" thread but if we are refering to playing out then a last tune has gotta be something different, loud, nasty and all things that make a screw face.. Ending on a mellow tune is silly really if playing live, but this does depend on set time etc..

Stuff i've been using as outros recently are drumstep tracks funnily enough..


 
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Russla-DJ said:
Ending on a mellow tune is silly really if playing live, but this does depend on set time etc...
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Also depends on what you're playing out, as you obviously aren't going to go from something like Friendly Intentions to ending with a chilled autonomic style one. Overall I agree though, in a planned mix at home you have more opportunity to pick all the right tunes and make a journey of it, where as you can't plan as well with a live mix so going out with a bang is the preferred route.

As far as planned mixes go I've actual built tracklists in reverse starting with the song I want to be the ending and finding a song that it will mix into, repeating the process until I have a full mix, it's a process that's given me some pleasing results.
 
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