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

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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

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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

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

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

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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.

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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

+1

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7. Boogybytes Vol. 01 (Mixed By Kiki)
8. Addicted 1 (Mixed By Kosmas Epsilon)

nothing original.

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

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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.