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this is going to be halframbly but here goes. i don't consider myself as a m.i.k.e. expert, but i do know some things, mike has 30+ monikers, the push one, while being his most famous one and the one with the most 'hits' is his weakest. It helps digging deeper with his stuff, yeah ok, most of it sounds the same but then again, mike (and L-Vee for that matter) in his prime (strong emphasis on that) had a VERY distinct sound, you can hear if it's a mike production just by the first bar of beats. Look beyond his recent productions and beyond 'strange world', 'tranzy state of mind' (what a load of bollocks that track was) & 'the legacy'. as for 'strange world', try the spectrum remix which is really good and REALLY underrated, also stuff under 'the blackmaster' moniker which was recommended by simcut, also solar factor - 'no return', alot of his b-sides are really good, especially the older plastic boy ones. and everything under the 'return of the native' moniker, especially persuasion & his astec remix.

Are you some kind of an idiot?

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for true mike fans we know his work is not his best at this point in his life but do we give up hope on him? hell no cause we all know one day hes just gonna make some shit that when you first hear it are gonna be like

well i can't agree more.

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Originally posted by Limón well i can't agree more.

He does seem to have lost his magic touch, though. When it comes to trance that is. The new Absolute tracks just don't have the same amount of power and feeling he managed to put in his older releases.

Apparently, he's planning to pick up the Push guise again in 2008. I seriously hope more energy goes into it than he seems to put in his latest releases, which all sound half-arsed to me (apart from a few album tracks that aren't trance).

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Originally posted by Limón Are you some kind of an idiot?

And you think montana is an idiot because......?

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Solar Factor - No Return is a favourite of mine.

Also like his remix of Matanka - Lost In A Dream.

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Originally posted by Limón Are you some kind of an idiot?

excuse me?

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i would like to know why M.I.K.E. wasn't on the top 100 dj list. i understand that its an overblown popularity contest, but his is one radio show that i look forward to every month and then see that he gets (next to) no credit in the djmag poll. massive motion and ice cream ftw!

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Originally posted by CarbonFourteen i would like to know why M.I.K.E. wasn't on the top 100 dj list. i understand that its an overblown popularity contest, but his is one radio show that i look forward to every month and then see that he gets (next to) no credit in the djmag poll. massive motion and ice cream ftw!

A few years back he made it to #50.

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Originally posted by FCB_Fanatic He'll be releasing an Active Sight album in the (near?) future. Would have been released around this time at first, but because Fred Baker had some problems and he wanted to focus on his own artist album, it was delayed

In search of freedom/take the day as it is are both great tracks by active site. havent picked up their other tunes. Sucks to hear they deleyed the album(i didnt know there was one) but oh well

lil update to this thread
i saw mike live last night
dope set but i got to speak to him for a few about wat he got lined up for 2008
he played a brand new plastic boy track last night called rise up or rise over i dont rememebr but the track is pretty good its a pretty high bpm trance with alot of elements in it a real trancer
he said absolute album will be out in feb
a few new push singles, he dont know yet if he wants to do an album he will have to see, a few more plastic boy stuff
then i asked him about active sight and he didnt really give a postive answer he was like ahhhhh i honestly dont know me and fred are just really busy
then he told me he has a few more suprises instore for 2008 but he said hes not gonna tell me i will have to wait and be surpised

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