Can I explain the rest of the story?

On trance.cz (a similar forum to this one but for Czechs!) there is now lengthy topic of dis-gruntled fans who are going to either boycott this event or simply turn up in various t-shirts or with large banners just to piss Tiesto off.

I hope it puts his feet firmly back on the ground, being boo'ed off the stage like some gimp, not knowing why on earth they (for once) don't appreciate his ass.

Even the event organisers United Music, have tried to calm them down, and come to some kind of truce - by re-booking MIKE at the next Transmission party with Ferry Corsten in February. They also announced they will be revealing the full reasons for this atrocity, BUT only AFTER the gig itself. Bribery to not mis-behave? I think so...

damn these bastards.

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Originally posted by MichaelBoogerd! Can I explain the rest of the story?

You gotta wait for us to answer, silly.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I wouldn't say MIKE has produced any classic trance tunes. There are trance records that even none trance-heads will remember. Age of Love, Acperience, Stella, Café del Mar, Dark & Long, Flaming June, Xpander etc. There's no one MIKE track that has recognition across the spectrum. He's just produced so damn much that a couple of his tracks hit the right formula. MIKE isn't a genius, he's just competent and prolific.

Universal Nation is pretty commonly known amoung non trancers, certainly here in belgium

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I've been listening to trance for five years, and I've bought loads of retrospective compilations, but I've never heard it, and when you ask around, it's far less well-known than any of the genuine classics. It's a genre-track.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I wouldn't say MIKE has produced any classic trance tunes. There are trance records that even none trance-heads will remember. Age of Love, Acperience, Stella, Café del Mar, Dark & Long, Flaming June, Xpander etc. There's no one MIKE track that has recognition across the spectrum. He's just produced so damn much that a couple of his tracks hit the right formula. MIKE isn't a genius, he's just competent and prolific.

I cannot agree with this. Universal Nation, Strange World not classics? That's simply ridiculous.

Mike is responsible for some of most anthemic trance there ever has been, there's no debating that.

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Originally posted by 8Wonders I cannot agree with this. Universal Nation, Strange World not classics? That's simply ridiculous. Mike is responsible for some of most anthemic trance there ever has been, there's no debating that.

No he isn't. He's responsible for a few big shlockers that sounded like more famous anthems so got lumped in with them. Maybe on the Internet, where he's made so many damn tracks that you're bound to bump into him on your illegal travels sooner or later, he might have a lot of recognition, but out there in clubland, he's just another bit-part trance producer.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I've been listening to trance for five years, and I've bought loads of retrospective compilations, but I've never heard it, and when you ask around, it's far less well-known than any of the genuine classics. It's a genre-track.

Oooh, for the full 5 years even

Come man, I know I might be biased as a Mike superfan, but even the biggest Mike hater must admit that tracks like Sunrise At Palamos, Universal Nation, Strange World or The Legacy are true trance classics.
The fact that they frequently feature on lots of "classic" trance compilations (Innercity, Magik,...) says it all.

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Lol; funny topic

The audience wants to see Tiësto instead of M.I.K.E

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J No he isn't. He's responsible for a few big shlockers that sounded like more famous anthems so got lumped in with them. Maybe on the Internet, where he's made so many damn tracks that you're bound to bump into him on your illegal travels sooner or later, he might have a lot of recognition, but out there in clubland, he's just another bit-part trance producer.

I seriously doubt that.
And it has nothing to do with filesharing this, he's simply made more (extremely) high quality tracks than the majority out there. I grew up with UN whilest i didnt know the first thing about trance.

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Five years is long enough to have heard most MIKE tracks when they came out. I'm just saying it so you don't think I'm a 9 month kiddie, not as a boast. I freely admit to my youth, although some assholes are damned if they ain't going to prejudice me because of it.

Anyway... you illustrate my point. They're niche tracks. Most trance fans may know Magik, but so what? That doesn't mean that they're classics. The Auronaut's "People Want to Be Needed" (much better than any MIKE classic, by the way), is on Magik 7 too, but most people would blink if you named that.

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> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J The Auronaut's "People Want to Be Needed" (much better than any MIKE classic, by the way),

i'ld say thats a personal opinion and not representing club land out there

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