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Originally posted by modthispny from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvcaQfQsO4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elVyU3GAiOg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GN4UjnkoLI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azl7_fabqWI to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iazZqxTaeE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjxfGt0Vfg i used to really like sander bc he used to really fill the gap between house/trance but now he seems to just play the same stuff as tiesto with some trance sprinkled here and there. heard his live set from energy and i dunno..didn't really enjoy it. let's see how is asot 500 set will be like

Modthispny you're a good man. When I see his name on flyers now I get sad that the promotor wasted money on him. Man I use to love his tracks and style... Now I just shake my head. Still have respect for the guy, but just don't get it

Hopefully a douche doesn't come here from vegas or sutra defending him...

i enjoyed his set at marquee a while back, but i agree that his productions have gone downhill. likening his sets to tiesto's though ... that's harsh

The production quality going downhill and his current productions not aligning with your taste in music are two different things. I will give you that his style has changed a lot over the last few years, but he's still as talented of a producer as he ever was. The quality of his work hasn't changed, it just might not be your cup of tea anymore.

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Originally posted by modthispny from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvcaQfQsO4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elVyU3GAiOg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GN4UjnkoLI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azl7_fabqWI

Jumping the gun a little.

A couple of the "from" tracks were released in 2010. "Hymn 2.0," "Daisy," "Renegade," "Reach Out," and "Daddy Rock" all were released in 2010.

Let's wait a little longer and see if SvD continues making "Love Is Darkness" tracks before stating he is selling out, becoming like Tiesto, or whatever.

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Originally posted by Apeattack Jumping the gun a little. A couple of the "from" tracks were released in 2010. "Hymn 2.0," "Daisy," "Renegade," "Reach Out," and "Daddy Rock" all were released in 2010. Let's wait a little longer and see if SvD continues making "Love Is Darkness" tracks before stating he is selling out, becoming like Tiesto, or whatever.

i just picked those from 2010. the other 2010 tracks you mentioned i really like too, just didnt want to post 10 you tube links.

i know he's doing his artist album stint, which is why i let love is darkness pass, but koko? come on...

I can't believe Hymn 2.0," "Daisy," "Renegade," "Reach Out," and "Daddy Rock" got so much hype :/

I don't really like Koko, but at least there's no vocals.

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My god trance is just awful. No soul or creativity. So bad

SvD has always gone different directions and is always changing, I think this is largely more of him changing to a style that's not up your alley and also that his record box has gotten a bit stale, rather than judging the quality of the tracks on their own. I think a lot of those tracks are at least decent, even though not the SvD (or Purple Haze) from back in the day. But that's how it is with most producers. You hold them up on a pedestal from when you liked them the most and if they split off from there, it instantly terrible, he's sold out, he just isn't the same, etc. Anyhow, sometimes DJ goes through these periods where the DJ sets just don't have the same fire. But I think that's separate from his production quality.

Overall, you don't hear people complaining about his sets too much or anything, do ya? An "eh" review here or there doesn't mean the downfall of a DJ. And yeah, his Trance Energy 2010 set was WHACK. He played a lot of old stuff in it that just didn't fit.

Considering his production style in 2010 and the return of his Purple Haze alias (which he said he was doing away with for good a few years back), I feel his issue either 1) he's trying to do too much across too many styles, or 2) he's just trying to find a new sound for him. Him having his own sound in the past is basically what defined him, or 3) He's burned out right now and is pushing through to get by, or 4) I'm crazy.

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man, i thought this thread was about Sander Kleinenberg

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Originally posted by Contrasts I can't believe Hymn 2.0," "Daisy," "Renegade," "Reach Out," and "Daddy Rock" got so much hype :/

To each their own... I thought those tracks were great. Even Markus loved one of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHw8UNcD0sg

"Love Is Darkness" doesn't really seem to "fit in" with his 2010 productions to me, but maybe he is experimenting.

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