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Posted by Soonmeister on Jan-07-2006 10:28:

trMenno de Jong WHAT A PRODUCER!!!

Just had to say it but menno de jong is one the best fecking trance producers ive herd in AGES his production tundra is AMAZING....i cannot take this off repeat

any other tracks out ther with a similar sound to tundra?

peace out!!

Posted by Ian on Jan-07-2006 12:23:

I must be the only person on the planet to not be a huge fan of this guy. His stuff is well produced & polished but it never does anything for me, and he loses points for butchering Hydra - Affinity

Posted by isoterra on Jan-07-2006 12:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I must be the only person on the planet to not be a huge fan of this guy. His stuff is well produced & polished but it never does anything for me, and he loses points for butchering Hydra - Affinity

i feel the same.. i don't DISlike him hugely but nothing he's ever done has jumped out as special/different to me. and i didn't like the hydra remake... backbeat mix ftw

Posted by Ian on Jan-07-2006 13:51:

quote:
Originally posted by isoterra
i feel the same.. i don't DISlike him hugely but nothing he's ever done has jumped out as special/different to me. and i didn't like the hydra remake... backbeat mix ftw

Least I'm not alone in these thoughts. It's not that I don't think he's talented, but he's just never done anything which really jumps out & grabs me

Posted by RebeL9 on Jan-07-2006 14:48:

as with most producers from the Anjunabeats stable Menno De Jong's sound is neither spectacular or creative. It uses the same formula as Above & Beyond, Smith & Pledger and the others.
But this is no news

Posted by stefanoc on Jan-07-2006 15:11:

he is good. so serene is great! hes talented. but i dont think hes as good as u feel he is.

Posted by Shade on Jan-07-2006 16:06:

quote:
Originally posted by stefanoc
he is good. so serene is great! hes talented. but i dont think hes as good as u feel he is.

Errrm... he only remixed So Serene, that's Mark Otten's track -- which is good but I feel is also overrated

Overall I like Menno's stuff and I think he is talented, but the majority of his works don't jump out at me either.

Posted by Phortastic on Jan-07-2006 16:11:

Posted by Cloud on Jan-07-2006 16:27:

nothing original.

Posted by miamitranceman on Jan-07-2006 17:46:

Tundra and his So Serene Remix are nice, but I think it's his livesets which really shine.

Posted by RickyM on Jan-07-2006 18:07:

I love Tundra

Posted by Spirit5 on Jan-07-2006 18:30:

I don't think he's a bad producer at all, quite the contrary. Love "Guanxi" and "Tundra" too, as well as his remixes of both "So Serene" (made it a bit techy, not as good as the original but good as a peak time track) and his remix of "Affinity" I feel is top notch. Doesn't match the quality of the "Thrillseekers Dub" but is definitely one of the better remixes of "Affinity" IMO.

Posted by N:Dure on Jan-07-2006 19:25:

The So Serene Mix was Fine.

I liked it.

Posted by nefardec on Jan-07-2006 20:25:

I really like the countermelody Menno adds in his remix of Affinity. I don't think the sound is "worse" just "different", and I think he makes it his own.

I guess you could also say that most of the Intuition guys have really similar sounding productions. I'm thinking of the synth sounds specifically - Tundra, City Lights, Tales from the South, etc, etc.

You know that video-game, highly melodic, really silky synth.

Posted by knoxy5000 on Jan-07-2006 21:41:

I really liked tundra, other producers like JOC and Stoneface & Terminal just seem to be slapping their name on anything and they did something for me at first where as now its just a bit to "samey", /Next

Posted by Daniel_O on Jan-08-2006 01:27:

Sounds very similar to Mesh-Purple Haze to me, although not as good!

Posted by Soonmeister on Jan-08-2006 14:27:

thanks for all the feed back for this lads now i was wondering wer i could grab a decent uplifting menno de jong liveset....any ideas on wat site has one?

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!!!

Posted by edwin34 on Jan-08-2006 18:22:

yep

I agree and a nice guy as well

walkes after spinning the wheels between the crowd....that's nice

Posted by nz-fan on Jan-08-2006 19:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Soonmeister
thanks for all the feed back for this lads now i was wondering wer i could grab a decent uplifting menno de jong liveset....any ideas on wat site has one?

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!!!

Look under his site : http://www.mennodejong.com

and on http://www.crystalclouds.com

greetings

Posted by DjAviander on Jan-08-2006 20:43:

quote:
Originally posted by isoterra
i feel the same.. i don't DISlike him hugely but nothing he's ever done has jumped out as special/different to me. and i didn't like the hydra remake... backbeat mix ftw

Ah yeah, the backbeat mix or the Dub mix is the most played at my place

Though, Menno De Jong - Guanxi with the Super8 touch, I think that's the greatest Menno-production I've heard.

Posted by PoisonJam19 on Jan-08-2006 22:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Nure
The So Serene Mix was Fine.

I liked it.

Agreed. I just bought it from Beatport.