who is mistral aka richard van dongen

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Posted by capricorn15 on Aug-15-2003 02:32:

who is mistral aka richard van dongen

i just got two mistral vinyls
rhythm of summer and in my dreams, does this guy have any other aliases or help out on other projects, thanks in advance for the info =)

Posted by lizarazu on Aug-15-2003 03:01:

Mistral
Real Name: Richard Van Dongen
Also records as: Impact

From http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mistral

Edit: He has co-produced with Cor Fijneman on the single "No Way Out", found here

Posted by GrimReaper on Aug-15-2003 03:08:

Brittany - Mont Blanc (Mistral Remix)
Impact - All The Time In The World
Impact - A Split Second
Impact - Behind The Mirror *
Impact - Digital Voyeur
Impact - Hands Of Faith
Impact - Inspiration
Impact - Just Another Story
Impact - Kemistry
Impact - Live To Go
Impact - Message From Tibet
Impact - Modular Control
Impact - Moment By Moment
Impact - Sirius
Impact - Where R U?
Mistral - Your Everything
Mother's Pride - Learning To Fly (Mistral Dub)
Mother's Pride - Learning To Fly (Mistral Remix)
Richard van Dongen - Something 4 Your Mind
THK - France (Mistral Remix)

* Written & produced together with Cor Fijneman

For more info check http://www.discogs.com for example.

*EDIT* lizarazu was faster, tnx to my more thorough searching..

Posted by GrimReaper on Aug-15-2003 23:18:

I really dunno much about the accuracy of those Mistral remixes.. Discogs sucks when u need proofs on things like this. On the Learning To Fly releases i have, it doesn't say the actual remixer's name either. Original Mistral Radio Edit and Mistral Remix both say only "remixed by Mistral". I know even less about the other Mistral remixes i mentioned. Hope someone knows better.

Mother's Pride is Big C aka Andy Cato. He is behind many other aliases too, like Beat Foundation, Groove Armada (with Tom Findlay), Qattara (with Alex Whitcombe), Weekend Players (with vocalist Rachel Foster),...

Posted by capricorn15 on Aug-15-2003 23:26:

thnx for the info guys, didnt know mistral was also sfinx, havent had a chance to listen to the vinyls yet. ive heard all of them except the sfinx mix of in my dreams (of my records). ill check out some of the impact stuff too, thnx =)

Posted by DaveSZ on Aug-16-2003 00:03:

Hey Hadi,

You should defo check out those sfinx releases (especially the first one). That's one of the best ever ITWT releases imo. The second release is progressive; it's good also.

He also did the tracks for the "Organza" vinyl (aloha, and solar eclipse).

Even though I'm a prog wh0re now, I still love my blackhole stuff. Well, they release all kinds of good stuff...