The new M.I.K.E. - Changes R Good is a wicked song
Very innovative and with a new tranzy twist i like.

The Back In Tranco mix does it for me, so does the Main Tro edit, solid chilly groovy trance me like!
Its not the same lame sounded trance we are used to nowaday, but surely the elite board members will dig this one

samples here and on beatport, audiojelly and more
Way to go M.I.K.E. 8/10

tranco edit is really nice

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listened to the jdotp remix sample on audiojelly and my head almost exploded. fucking annoying sounds going from left to right in an annoying fashion. terrible.
maintro mix didn't sound much like anything. not bad, not good. bland.
tranco edit didn't sound too special either.

reviews on all these are based on the samples from audiojelly though.

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Originally posted by TheOnE The new M.I.K.E. - Changes R Good is a wicked song Very innovative and with a new tranzy twist i like.

No it's not, it's rubbish and not innovating at all. Putting some elektro in tracks is what everyone does today, and this is even sub-par production work and sounds like 10 in a dozen.

The problem is M.i.k.e. thinks this is the right way to move on and this will be the music of the future, but just like with his tech-tranzy stuff he's mostly wrong.

I advise him to stick with original trance (like he always used to do) until he found a better way to move on, like producing tech-house or melodic minimal or whatever is creative

If this musical direction continues, M.i.k.e. is officialy dead for me; and believe me I used to be a HUGE fan/supporter.

3/10

Last edited by Push2005 on Apr-04-2007 at 19:42

I love it. The tranco edit sounds like old super saw trance but not too cheesey.

The maintro mix is my favorite, i wouldn't accuse him of jumping on the electro trend because when i think of M.I.K.E. i think of these heavy buzzing synths, you can tell right away it's a M.I.K.E. song, just a bit slower.

the JdotP mix? ok this really fuckin sucks, take back everything i just said. but the Maintro mix is cool.

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This track is really, really bad.. it sounds uninspired, forgetable, rushed, and totally without depth. I hope i dont ever have to hear any of the mixes ever again.

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Originally posted by Push2005 If this musical direction continues, M.i.k.e. is officialy dead for me; and believe me I used to be a HUGE fan/supporter.

agreed..

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don't get me wrong, i love almost all of M.I.K.E.'s productions, but i really am not feeling this track.. the maintro & jdotp mixes are complete rubbish and the tranco edit is ok.. i expect club bangers from M.I.K.E. and this was not even remotely that..

At the end, it's a trance forum, and the new mike, i don't really consider it as mainstream trance, exept the tranco mix, xcuse me posting,

But if you see mike lately appearing on big names tracklist, i say thumbs up, but it's maybe not for the younger generation anymore.

Still, wicked release to me, but that's personal!

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Originally posted by TheOnE But if you see mike lately appearing on big names tracklist, i say thumbs up, but it's maybe not for the younger generation anymore.

Thats the thing, no matter what kind of track he makes, the big DJs still play and support it, and so he will continue making stuff like this.. imagine Armin saying to himself "the new M.I.K.E isnt very good, dont think i`ll play it"

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Originally posted by TheOnE At the end, it's a trance forum, and the new mike, i don't really consider it as mainstream trance, exept the tranco mix, xcuse me posting, But if you see mike lately appearing on big names tracklist, i say thumbs up, but it's maybe not for the younger generation anymore. Still, wicked release to me, but that's personal!

Of course it's not trance, and thank god for that... Trance has become dirty enough already. But if this gets played by major cheesetrance dj's like Armin van Buuren then you just know how good this record is. . I can't believe you measure the quality of this track by seeing in which 'big dj' playlist it appears. Big dj's also play Filo & Peri - Anthem Song and this fits alongside it perfectly.

I'd say this isn't for the older generation anymore; this is for the not-informed ASOT listener who consumes everything their 'god' plays.

Too bad, because M.I.K.E. has so much potential. I hope he doesn't butcher his Absolute alias this way too.

Maintro rmx is not bad at all! I can imagine this track on playlists of Marcel Woods, Ferry Corsten, Marco V, SvD doing pretty well..

It might have been better if he had used another alias for this kind of project.

But then again... another alias?

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