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DA, Sander's just a progressive DJ. I've seen him numerous times, and he's been different at different events. He's a great DJ who is very intellegent with his track selection and can fit to play to almost any crowd. Personally, I found him as a great 'gateway DJ' who broke me out of the mold of listening strictly to trance, and into house music. Most hardcore strictly house DJs can be tough to handle if you listen to trance first, as their sets seem to lack the energy and BPM counts to keep you into it, but Sander's sets always seem to have a great amount of energy and he seems to seamlessly slide between sub-genres creating a unique sound to each set. The only knock I can think of for Sander is his over-use of remixes. Playing remixes of 80's tunes is ok, but sometimes he jsut goes overboard, and he claims to be influenced by American hip hop, and as a result can go overboard on remixed tracks of missy elliot and the likes. I'm so glad he's no longer whoring that Justin timberlake remix. But other than that, he's phenominal.
I highly recommend going out to see sander to anyone who asks, but to get a good feel about what he's like you simply can't download one set of his and get the full picture. Examples of his range from an assortment of sets:
Essential mix of the year 2001 is probably the best 'thought out' set I've ever heard in my life. Primarily progressive trance, the set has elements of everything with a nice easy flow to it. Sander goes through all types of progressive going from smoothe, to chunky. One of my all time favorites.
NuBreed CDs. Harder progressive, more 'on the edge', a mix of progressive house, house, funk, tech and electro, another 2 great CDs, and a shining example of a harder less trancey set with plenty of energy.
Everybody CDs. Somewhat smoother than the NuBreed CDs, sander shows hints of Timo Maas like progressive twisted without getting too weird.
Sander recorded live set from Space, 2003[?], is an example of what I don't like about sander using remixes.
Sander [not recorded, but there might be a copy floating around on the 'net] playing one of his residency sets from Stereo in Montreal in 2003. Plays very dark, heavy dirty beats suitable for Stereo's oversized system at a small dark afterhours club. By far, his sets at stereo are the best I've heard him play, but that's my own personal [DDTT] influenced choice of beats. If you can't find a set of that, you can grab Medway - Trauma [inkfish remix] as an example of what that sound was like, well when the bass in that song kicks in anyway [there may be a bass drum for the first 6 mins or so, but you'll know when the real bass kicks in].
Hope this helps.
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Last edited by Sly_Guy on Apr-01-2005 at 20:54
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