Eelke Kleijn - That Night [PROTON0087]

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Posted by Behaviors on May-06-2009 22:55:

Eelke Kleijn - That Night [PROTON0087]

TRACKLIST
01: Eelke Kleijn - The Night (Original Mix) [Proton Music]
02: Eelke Kleijn - The Night (Add2Basket Remix) [Proton Music]
03: Eelke Kleijn - The Night (KiloWatts Day Mix) [Proton Music]
04: Eelke Kleijn - The Night (Pablo Bolivar Atom Remake) [Proton Music]
05: Eelke Kleijn - The Night (Jimmy Hill Remix) [Proton Music]
(click on any track title for an extended preview)

The new single on Proton Music is the first from Eelke Kleijn on the label. Eelke, who needs no introduction, helms Outside The Box Music and is one of the few producers deemed worthy enough to release a full artist album on GU Music. He has firmly put down roots in the progressive house scene where he's become a leader in a short amount of time, thanks to his great taste in music as a DJ and excellent production & song writing skills in the studio.

"The Night" includes the well-known Eelke Kleijn atmospheric synth stabs, funky grooves, and a lovely bassline that makes this track a great opener for a single which has 4 different remixers on board.

The first might sound familiar to you and Proton Radio's listeners; it's Add2Basket who also runs his own progressive house label under the same name. A cool themed riff and great background sine melodies are the highlights of this remix, which also is a little more minimal percussion wise.

KiloWatts from the US, who also works with the Thoughtless and Harmonious Discord labels, quickly sets the mood in his remix with amazing synth work, and the overall atmosphere is maintained by various melodies and heavy beats.

Spanish Pablo Bolivar delivers a thrilling "Atom Remake" with a good deal of various melody layers that unite beautifully; this is something deep house fans will appreciate.

Finally, Jimmy Hill, who does a lot of production work with Steve Lawler, provides a dirty remix with more rough elements; both synth and beat wise.

"The Night" is released exclusively on Beatport May 6th.

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www.myspace.com/eelkekleijn
www.myspace.com/add2basket
www.myspace.com/kilowatts
www.myspace.com/pablobolivar
www.myspace.com/djjimmyhill

Posted by daphunky1 on May-07-2009 06:12:

Eelke Kleijn is an awesome producer. I love his driving prog style.

Posted by Frenkieee on May-07-2009 08:34:

Pretty sweet track.

I dig a lot of his tracks.. awesome producer indeed.

Posted by david.michael on May-07-2009 14:52:

Nice to see Eelke join the Proton roster.

Posted by elFreak on May-07-2009 15:57:

who isn't on the proton roster?

if you look at the discography of it and its sub labels they release anything and everything. It is kind of a running joke.

Posted by david.michael on May-07-2009 16:01:

Posted by elFreak on May-07-2009 16:15:

i will take it back.

i am just angry at the amount of extra work i have to do because of mp3 only labels saturating beatport and making my life miserable at trying to find the good stuff.

i am browsing beatport right now and i feel like smashing my screen in. Some of these labels release 3 "eps" a week. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

i am just annoyed

Posted by enydo on May-07-2009 16:23:

I honestly gave up digging for tracks for a while. I was just so sick of nearly everything I was hearing, so I'm giving it a break and hopefully I'll want to start up again soon.

Posted by david.michael on May-07-2009 16:30:

quote:
Originally posted by elFreak
i will take it back.

i am just angry at the amount of extra work i have to do because of mp3 only labels saturating beatport and making my life miserable at trying to find the good stuff.

i am browsing beatport right now and i feel like smashing my screen in. Some of these labels release 3 "eps" a week. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

i am just annoyed

Can't disagree with you.

I don't "crate dig" via the shops themselves anymore, though.

Posted by trancedanne on May-07-2009 16:47:

I miss the days when Eelke made real progressive

Posted by Jasperovitsj on May-07-2009 17:51:

quote:
Originally posted by trancedanne
I miss the days when Eelke made real progressive

He still does

Check out:

Russian Linesman - Amsterdam story (Eelke Kleijn remix)
Stallos - Spanner in the works (Eelke Kleijn remix)
Yvel & Tristan - Panama (Eelke Kleijn remix)
Eelke Kleijn - Dopamine theory
Eelke Kleijn - AM FM
Sebastian Davidson - Ice worlds (Eelke Kleijn remix)
Eelke Kleijn & Francesco Pico - On the fly
Elusive - Schnatz (Eelke Kleijn & Nick Hogendoorn remix)
...

All fairly recent

He's so versatile, but I must agree that his more electro and house oriented productions seem to become more popular than his deeper stuff. They're awesome as well, but I still prefer the above mentioned style of tracks.

Posted by trancedanne on May-07-2009 22:10:

Well for me this is more electro-house influenced then progressive, its hard to compare this with his earlier stuff such as "Consequences" or "4.5 Billion Years".

Posted by Magnus on May-09-2009 06:39:

It is awesome to see Eelke doing so well and releasing an artist album. He is as nice as they come. I still though will always remember him first from the track Cloud City when he was Six4Eight. Good memories!

Posted by MichaelBoogerd! on May-09-2009 18:55:

Can anyone help out with an ID of the vocal sample being used?

That's come from an old prog-trancer but i can't place it right now. Top tune btw, in my CD bag for the summer i reckon.

Posted by vinnie97 on May-12-2009 07:32:

Not KiloWatts' best, most inspired remix of recent (that has to go to Limacon's "The Ride) but decent all the same.