Mike Dierickx has always been one of my favourite and most productive trance music artists ever, along with Ferry Corsten and Airwave.
If you aren't familiar with his discography just check his discogs page and you will understand why he's in my top 3 (actually my number one, as imo he even beats Ferry Corsten)
The main reason is quantity + quality - that's why I'm such a big fan of this guy. I have no idea how did he find time to produce so many gems. Over 85 aliases, can you imagine? Since Vision Act - A New Sign, his first ever release from 1992 till now he keeps spawning these tunes from his head...Maybe he hires a ghost producer? - No idea..
Anyways, I remember someone made a "Your top 5 tracks from Airwave" thread on trancefix and it was pretty interesting, so I decided to make one for M.I.K.E.
As for me, I think choosing only 5 tracks from M.I.K.E is an impossible task, so I've made my top 10 - the more shivers I had from the track, the closer it is to the first place, that's how I usually rate my trance
So here are my favourite tracks from his aliases/groups:
Honourable mentions:
20. Plastic Boy - Silver Bath
19. Active Sight - Tears Of Joy
18. Exposure - Magic Impuls
17. Plastic Boy - Live Another Life
16. M.I.K.E. - Voices From The Inside (M.I.K.E.'s Progressiva Mix)
15. Push - Strange World (2000 Remake)
14. Albert Vorne - A Leaden Day (M.I.K.E. Remix)
13. Push vs Globe - Tranceformation
12. Push - Tranzy State Of Mind (Club Mix)
11. The Gift - The 7th Day
And now the top itself:
10. Push - Electric Eclipse
09. Push - Universal Nation (The Real Anthem)
08. Musix - Do Ya See The Light? (Instrumental Edit)
07. Extreme Trax - Final Fantasy
06. Moon Project - Moments Are Forever
05. Push - Journey Of Life (Original Mix)
04. M.I.K.E. - Sunrise At Palamos
03. Active Sight - Out Of Our Lives
02. Ultra Vibe - Choose Freedom
01. Push - Till We Meet Again (Original Mix)
Even top 20 was a hard task to do for me as there are still so many great gems such as "The Search For Freedom" and "The Legacy" (which are definitely in many people's top 3), "Blue Midnight" (amazing atmosphere there), vocal gems "Troy" and "Please Save Me" (I often sing these vocals in the shower), "Workstation (M.I.K.E.'s Energized Mix)" (this track sounds like the adrenalin pumping through your body), "Faith Forever" (amazing dark tune from his The Blackmaster alias), "New Horizon" from The Absolut alias, "Twixt" (and many other Plastic Boy tunes), "Ice Cream" (a huge collab with J00F) and many many more. The fact they didn't get into my top doesn't mean they suck - I just had less emotions from them
Now try to think properly and make your own top! I know it's definitely not easy but I hope this thread will be filled with your top 5/10/20 favourites!
Even after many years of listening to his music I still didn't fully study his discography and would love to discover something new from Mike. Especially remixes
If you aren't familiar with his discography just check his discogs page and you will understand why he's in my top 3 (actually my number one, as imo he even beats Ferry Corsten)
The main reason is quantity + quality - that's why I'm such a big fan of this guy. I have no idea how did he find time to produce so many gems. Over 85 aliases, can you imagine? Since Vision Act - A New Sign, his first ever release from 1992 till now he keeps spawning these tunes from his head...Maybe he hires a ghost producer? - No idea..
Anyways, I remember someone made a "Your top 5 tracks from Airwave" thread on trancefix and it was pretty interesting, so I decided to make one for M.I.K.E.
As for me, I think choosing only 5 tracks from M.I.K.E is an impossible task, so I've made my top 10 - the more shivers I had from the track, the closer it is to the first place, that's how I usually rate my trance
So here are my favourite tracks from his aliases/groups:
Honourable mentions:
20. Plastic Boy - Silver Bath
19. Active Sight - Tears Of Joy
18. Exposure - Magic Impuls
17. Plastic Boy - Live Another Life
16. M.I.K.E. - Voices From The Inside (M.I.K.E.'s Progressiva Mix)
15. Push - Strange World (2000 Remake)
14. Albert Vorne - A Leaden Day (M.I.K.E. Remix)
13. Push vs Globe - Tranceformation
12. Push - Tranzy State Of Mind (Club Mix)
11. The Gift - The 7th Day
And now the top itself:
10. Push - Electric Eclipse
09. Push - Universal Nation (The Real Anthem)
08. Musix - Do Ya See The Light? (Instrumental Edit)
07. Extreme Trax - Final Fantasy
06. Moon Project - Moments Are Forever
05. Push - Journey Of Life (Original Mix)
04. M.I.K.E. - Sunrise At Palamos
03. Active Sight - Out Of Our Lives
02. Ultra Vibe - Choose Freedom
01. Push - Till We Meet Again (Original Mix)
Even top 20 was a hard task to do for me as there are still so many great gems such as "The Search For Freedom" and "The Legacy" (which are definitely in many people's top 3), "Blue Midnight" (amazing atmosphere there), vocal gems "Troy" and "Please Save Me" (I often sing these vocals in the shower), "Workstation (M.I.K.E.'s Energized Mix)" (this track sounds like the adrenalin pumping through your body), "Faith Forever" (amazing dark tune from his The Blackmaster alias), "New Horizon" from The Absolut alias, "Twixt" (and many other Plastic Boy tunes), "Ice Cream" (a huge collab with J00F) and many many more. The fact they didn't get into my top doesn't mean they suck - I just had less emotions from them
Now try to think properly and make your own top! I know it's definitely not easy but I hope this thread will be filled with your top 5/10/20 favourites!
Even after many years of listening to his music I still didn't fully study his discography and would love to discover something new from Mike. Especially remixes
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