Hernan Cattaneo is the man, particularly when he's in peak time mood. Guy J, Nick Warren, Henry Saiz, again when they get out of deeper mode and the clock strikes 3am. Patrice Baumel has his driving proggy moments as well. Cristoph seems to be going in this direction, although I haven't seen him live yet. I don't know much about him as a DJ, but Lee Van Dowski can do a fine line in melodic drivers. And I suppose Montel himself, although again I haven't heard any of his sets.
Woony
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I think there's more to it than just the EQ/mixdown, though. I think he's struggling to write modern basslines that provide thrust, rather than just using the old off-beat one-note trance bass many of his old classics relied on. That would sound too dated today, and probably pretty weird at a low tempo, but in their place he's using almost dubby bass motifs.
Obviously, it's also stylistic but I think the production thing will keep him from other making stuff with that kind of energy. Dunno, I think those old-style bassline will still work if you tweak them a bit but I don't think they'll work at under 130 BPM.
evo8
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Well, both Bedrock and LNOE (and their owners) are way more tech house than prog these days. The emphasis is more on wonky, angular tracks with nasty twisted drug sounds than on driving forward momentum. With the odd exception, I don't really consider either of them "proggy" labels.
If there's one guy on Bedrock unafraid to make driving old-school tunes, it's Montel. Just about every tune that guy makes goes straight in the crate for me.
nice, reminds me of Heaven Scent
SPANIARD
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Originally posted by evo8
nice, reminds me of Heaven Scent
Really? Didn't really catch that vibe from it but yes, solid track none of the less. I'm with Jack on Montel. His tracks usually rock a crowd and give life to a lot of Diggers sets.
For me, this one really caught my ear reminding me of Natious-Amber (Silk Remix) from GU13.
refuge
If it's anywhere near the quality of the previous albums - The Black Album, Volume 2, Rendezvous In Outer Space, The Hive, Into Deep, and Unreleased Album, then count me in!
Syntonic
Netherworld part 2 remixes finally dropped:
Loving the CJ Bolland Mix!
SPANIARD
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Originally posted by Zak McKracken
wow the cj bolland remix sounds really fresh and up to date :eyespop::eyespop:
I'm with this. Sounds like it would work a big room with ease.
SYSTEM-J
Strange as this might sound, I like that it sounds almost nothing like the original. It's effectively a brand new track with the lightest Netherworld inflection.
I didn't even know Bolland was still producing. Is a comeback on the cards?
Midlothian
There's a couple other CJ Bolland remixes came out this month, including one of Tom Wax - On A Mission on Phuture Wax. Doesn't come anywhere near this remix of Netherworld imho. Agree with the gents above.
Syntonic
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Strange as this might sound, I like that it sounds almost nothing like the original. It's effectively a brand new track with the lightest Netherworld inflection.
Not strange at all, I feel the same way. Even though it's labeled as a "mix" he stripped it down and added his signatures and made a fully-fledged remix.
cjart
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Originally posted by Woony
If you listen to the old records, they just ooze that dirty, gritty midrange, which also makes them a bit muddy feeling but that's where the energy lies. The new tracks have very controlled midrange and very little frequency overlap, which gives them more punch in the transients and makes the drums cut through the mix but in return it just makes them sound cold, thin and empty because the mix lacks the warm buzzing mids.
Crazy that it was 10 months ago this thread was first posted. Either this album's been good enough to warrant continued discussion, or the Music forum really could use more new topics.:p
