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His first doubletracker on Bedrock was quite nice; escpecially the track which was featured on the Digweed-MixCD. Wasnt much impressed of the stuff which came out afterwards. Some good aproaches, but his trax always had some elements I disliked. Remute Remix of Geko is really nice too.

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Originally posted by bas Without the 'u' sound..."gee". I would have sworn he actually told me that, I guess not lol To be fair, in my head, I'm friends with lots of djs

It's not actually a "u" sound but like the "gu" in "guess" or "guilty" plus the "ee". Anyways, I always mess up on producer/dj names.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid It's not actually a "u" sound but like the "gu" in "guess" or "guilty" plus the "ee". Anyways, I always mess up on producer/dj names.

I think you and bas say it the same way but it is lost in translation via the internets.

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Originally posted by Clovis I think you and bas say it the same way but it is lost in translation via the internets.

most likely

But anyway back on subject. What's everyones current opinion on his sets and productions? Guy J that is.

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Originally posted by Surfmorworkless But anyway back on subject. What's everyones current opinion on his sets and productions? Guy J that is.

His output on Bedrock so far is outstanding. He has somewhat refined a sound of his own, there is a very pleasant smoothness and roundness to his productions. He crafted an absolutely fantastic album, "Esperanza", which is by far my favorite electronic release this year. His new single Dark Star/Lunar is excellent as well.

Sets, i don't know, i don't listen to sets.

There have been an awful lot of idiotic comments on this post. Firstly, why are people comparing Guy J with Gerber? They may have the same first name and both be from Israel but the music they produce and play are worlds apart in terms of style. Also comparing Guy J to Chaim is just as ridiculous. Nationality is not a basis for comparison so please stop with these stupid comparisons.

Secondly, Guy J does not owe his career to John Digweed. For anyone who actually follows progressive music, they would have known that Guy J was one of the few producers being labelled as the next big thing...at least 2 years before Digweed signed him. He had already released tracks on Tiga's Turbo, Azuli, Global Underground, Proton etc...so to say that Digweed made his career is a bit unfair.

As a promoter here in Dublin, we brought Guy over to Dublin back in April. He played all his own material and he was excellent. His production skills are so good that he had enough material to vary between deep/warm up style prog to driving tech house and techno and then to big room, epic style prog without ever sounding forced or cheesey.

As albums go, I think that Esperanza was easily one the best electronic music albums of the year, if not the best. Tracks wise, I can pick out so many productions that I love...Agent Blue, Save Me, Night Loss, Been Here Before, most of his recent stuff....one of my favourites though is his remix of Trafik - Find Me....8 minutes of unbelievable music.

Great producer. Loved his take on Mongoose espasially. Gonna check out his artist album when i get time. Very nice review btw. Made me wanna buy it even more.

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Originally posted by Soeder Great producer. Loved his take on Mongoose espasially. Gonna check out his artist album when i get time. Very nice review btw. Made me wanna buy it even more.

+1

So how bout that Dust and Bianca?

Discovered this producer recently and from what I've heard, some very good music but still have a long way to go.

Dust and Bianca are so so, havent heard anything that good really since Lunar and Lamur......

Bent - As You Fall (Guy J Remix)

excellent producer! one of my top 10 favs. i hope to scope out his djing ability at the beginning of september when he comes to the Avalon in LA.

I dont agree that he has a long way to go in terms of producing. His production skills are far better than 99.9% of the "big names" out there today. I think someone else mentioned his mixdown ability in this thread but in terms of complexity and the layering of sounds, he is streets ahead of almost everyone.

"Bianca" for example has so many subtle melodic layers in it. He has a unique ability of incorporating so many different melodies and sounds that combine to create almost a single melody, yet allow the listener to still be able to distinguish each sound. There are very few producers who can mingle so many melodies and layers without making the track sound clustered or muddy.

Fair enough, the sound is a very specialised style of prog and therefore will never be a sound that appeals to the masses. He is unlikely to have any massive "hits" but I think purely on a technical level, he is definately one of the top dance producers in the world.

Seems to me that good productions by Guy J come effortlessly, the layering and clarity always sound very 'next level' to me. I think his productions are not going to get old quickly, and we've a lot more to hear from him.

Played a fantastic set at Global Gathering in the UK (well, one of the only few worth listening to), perfect progression towards driving bliss... And then Sander ****ing Kleinenberg abruptly played some crock of shit with Missy Elliot spittin' over it.

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Originally posted by djpaulc I dont agree that he has a long way to go in terms of producing. His production skills are far better than 99.9% of the "big names" out there today. I think someone else mentioned his mixdown ability in this thread but in terms of complexity and the layering of sounds, he is streets ahead of almost everyone. "Bianca" for example has so many subtle melodic layers in it. He has a unique ability of incorporating so many different melodies and sounds that combine to create almost a single melody, yet allow the listener to still be able to distinguish each sound. There are very few producers who can mingle so many melodies and layers without making the track sound clustered or muddy. Fair enough, the sound is a very specialised style of prog and therefore will never be a sound that appeals to the masses. He is unlikely to have any massive "hits" but I think purely on a technical level, he is definately one of the top dance producers in the world.

Couldn't agree more. He's up there with Dousk and Pole Folder as a producer imo.

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Originally posted by progtech Couldn't agree more. He's up there with Dousk and Pole Folder as a producer imo.

Now that i think about it, has he done any collaboration with pole Folder or have they remixed each other as of yet? That would be very interesting to say the least.

FAO: Kenny

I'm still right

not really known with his productions, but I did hear him play at the Tomorrowland festival here in Belgium. He played 1h30; first hour was ok, but I thought especially his last half hour was really good. He didn't really got much reaction from the crowd though

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Originally posted by bas FAO: Kenny I'm still right

lol you aren't. You think it's a short g but's a long one. Like in "gas" not as in "german".

It's actually pronounced "gay"

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