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05:56:00

 


Maarten De Jong returns with Super Ding, a track that bridges trance tradition with next-gen power. Built on towering melodies and a punchy kick, the release a testament to De Jongs role as both an icon and innovator. Super Ding goes well beyond energy and melody, presenting listeners with a range of tones and textures that they wont just hear, but truly feel.

Find on Beatport HERE




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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Maarten De Jong returns with "Super Ding," a masterful track that seamlessly bridges the roots of classic trance with the unrelenting force of next-generation electronic music. This tech trancer is not just another high-energy anthem; it's a testament to De Jong's prowess as both a genre-defining icon and an innovative sound architect. At a vigorous 140 BPM, "Super Ding" stands out with its meticulous production values. The track opens with heavy, pounding drums, instantly setting an energetic tone. The rough and edgy kicks, crafted with precision compression and saturation techniques, deliver a gritty, punchy feel that commands attention on the dancefloor. These kicks are paired with metallic, pounding basslines, rich in texture and depth, achieved through layered synthesis and finely tuned EQ adjustments to ensure clarity without losing their raw power. Moving through the arrangement, De Jong showcases his expertise in dynamic progression. The breakdown is a highlight, revealing euphoric, synthy stabs that are both sharp and emotionally resonant. These stabs, generated using advanced subtractive synthesis with finely modulated filter envelopes, create a soaring, uplifting atmosphere that contrasts beautifully with the track’s darker, heavier elements. The build-up is expertly crafted, utilizing reverb swells and white noise risers to heighten anticipation. As the track reaches its climactic peak, De Jong employs sidechain compression to allow the kick to punch through the dense mix, creating that signature "hands-in-the-air" moment characteristic of epic trance anthems. "Super Ding" is not just heavy and dancefloor-dominating; it's a technical marvel. The intricate layering of percussive elements, the seamless automation of effects, and the strategic use of stereo imaging all contribute to a soundscape that is both powerful and immersive. This track is #PureGold—an electrifying experience that’s felt as much as it’s heard. Love it![/content]
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10:27:00

 


Built from pure analog grit and raw emotion, Bliss is the next chapter in electronic icon Maarten de Jongs sonic manifesto. With the first draft concocted entirely outside of a DAW, the new release captures the raw energy of classic synths while delivering a fresh, high-impact sound built for todays biggest festivals. Prepare for impact with this time-warping fusion of classic rave spirit and modern mainstage power.





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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Maarten De Jong's latest release, "Bliss," is a masterclass in tech trance production, embodying a powerful fusion of high-energy elements meticulously crafted to energize any dancefloor. Operating at a relentless 138 BPM, "Bliss" is a hybrid that seamlessly integrates the aggressive precision of tech trance with euphoric melodic dimensions. The track opens with commanding basslines that establish a solid foundation, paired with dominating kicks engineered to cut through the mix with clarity and force. The percussion is intricately layered, utilizing sharp hi-hats, syncopated claps, and forceful snare hits that add dynamic propulsion. A hallmark of De Jong's technique here is the use of processed chopped chorus vocals, which are manipulated with reverb and delay effects to evoke a melodramatic, opera-style ambiance, adding an unexpected yet captivating texture. As "Bliss" progresses, De Jong showcases his mastery in build-up construction. The track escalates with tension through the strategic use of risers, white noise sweeps, and pitch modulation on synth leads. The breakdown is a cinematic experience, characterized by dark atmospheric pads that create expansive soundscapes. This section highlights orchestral synth strings, big synthy plucks, and operatic vocal stabs layered with meticulous EQ adjustments to maintain clarity amidst complex textures. The euphoric build-up employs classic trance techniques—filter sweeps, crescendoing arpeggios, and snare rolls that increase in velocity—culminating in a dramatic drop. De Jong defies expectations by abruptly shifting from uplifting melodies to a raw, tech trance climax. This section is distinguished by its dark, pounding rhythm, underpinned by distorted basslines and aggressive leads processed with overdrive and bit-crushing effects to enhance their gritty character. "Bliss" exemplifies expert sound design, precise automation, and a sophisticated understanding of frequency spectrum management, making it not just a track but an immersive auditory journey designed to captivate and energize. #PureGold indeed. Love iT[/content]
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16:58:00
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Hot on the heels of ‘Babylon’, label regular Maarten de Jong unleashes another speaker-shattering belter of cosmic proportions. Driven by a propulsive melody that awakens a sense of adventure, ‘Apollo’ urges listeners to go all out whatever the place or time.

Find it here on beatport


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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Maarten de Jong is true master of hard tech trance always with strong melodic element. His track Apollo is another sure crowd pleaser. Solid thumping basslines, driving pounding kicks, punchy drums, acid layers and choral opera style vocals. The breakdown is the moment that people will look at the sky and let those angelic heavenly voices to lift your emotions higher until the beat knocks back with that massive distorted aggressive synthy stabs on top driving to the track to its intense exciting climax that is designed for mainstage action. #PureGold Love iT[/content]
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13:07:00

 


Renowned for his raw tech trance sound, Dutch DJ and producer Maarten de Jong teams up with French artist Frank Spector and Italian act Luca Morris for a massive collaboration, ‘Minuetto’. Fusing hard-hitting bass with trance-infused melodies, the producers blend their signature styles in emphatic fashion. Destined to light up the soundwaves within moments of play, this masterful creation takes listeners on an epic sonic journey.

Find it here: https://Armada.lnk.to/Minuetto


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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Maarten de Jong, Frank Spector & Luca Morris collaborate for the brilliant track Minuetto picked by Armin for his ASOT compilation. The track is bringing back the vibes of what we term as classic trance sound with tech trance infusion perfect to push the boundaries and raise the heat on any trancefloor and mainstage sets. The pounding tech basslines, the rough drums and the ultra fat kick combined with cosmic anthemic epic melodies will send any trancer to outerspace and beyond. The spoken vocal samples work like a treat to add the context and encourage the listener to feel the space travelling experience. Classy production from start to finish with great melodies and moody thrilling suspenseful atmosphere wondering always what comes next to excite you even more. #PureGold Love IT [/content]
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03:42:00

 


Reworking one of Solarstone’s most lauded releases, Dutch studio master Maarten de Jong adds considerable firepower to ‘Solarcoaster’. Supporting the iconic riff with pounding kick drums and high-energy acid lines, this rendition of the 2002 classic will be cracking dance floors for a long time to come.



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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"] One of the most iconic trance classics by Solarstone, the beloved Solarcoaster gets the Maarten de Jong Remix that started as bootleg and gets now the well deserved official release. Pounding rocking drums, rough basslines, acid overtones and techy kicks take the track into the new age for sure. The breakdown is mesmerizing and magical as you can expect with the nice whispering vocal line and the exceptional guitar riff that brings tears in your eyes and make you feel emotional straight away. It sounds like saying a farewell to someone adorable that you will not see again. The perfect Ibiza Trance Anthem with the always high class touch by Maarten de Jong. #PureGold Love IT [/content]
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12:34:00

 


Much like Ben Gold's recent collaboration with Ruben de Ronde, 'Orkaan' is as tempestuous as a record can get. Guaranteeing complete and utter destruction with its torrential synths and heavy-hitting drops, this link-up with Maarten de Jong adds even more force to Ben Gold's 'Gone Dutch' EP.

Find it here  ▶ https://Armada.lnk.to/OrkaanYA



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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Ben Gold & Maarten de Jong collaborate for the excellent uplifting trance anthem Orkaan. When two of the most important producers unite their forces you know that you will get a record that will stay in your digital record box for years. While Bliksem was all about heavy acid overtones on Orkaan Ben Gold adds his euphoric synths and Maarten his heavy tech trance heritage with rough and raw basslines, pounding ground shaking drums and sharp kicks while the big synths are larger than life and euphoric enough to make a whole stadium jump around. It's party anthem guaranteed. #PureGold Love iT [/content]
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13:10:00


 Relentless and hyper-energetic, Maarten de Jong's 'Bamboo' is a sonic tremor of monstrous magnitude. From the rampaging beats to the suspenseful, deep-jungle sound effects, this track will lay any mainstage to ruin.



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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Maarten de Jong is an unstoppable force in the trance scene and his creativity and inventiveness is second to none.  His track Bamboo is a powerful energetic tech trancer of the highest order with thumping kicks, energetic pounding driving basslines and most importantly the tribal percussion with superb breakdown full of great ethnic music samples, jungle noises and effects to create the perfect tribal atmosphere. The climax is maddening and dynamic to the core with that sound that will blow speakers and get any clubber insane on the dancefloor. Maarten keep on going! #PureGold Love IT  [/content]
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07:48:00


 This couldn't be anything other than massive, could it? Courtesy of trance titan Maarten de Jong remixing an already full-on uplifting track from Ben Gold's recent artist album, this belter is exactly what it should be: powerful, supercharged and 'Ultrasonic'.



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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Ben Gold latest album on Armada Music contains only bangers and Ultrasonic was one of them. The most appropriate producer to put his masterful and dirty tech trance hands is Maarten de Jong of course. His colossal production sounds mainstage with superb techno dark pounding metallic rough and raw basslines, tough percussion and hardstyle infused kick while on top the various strings are added to reach the magical truly inspirational breakdown to let your spirits fly high. Soon the distorted maddening synthy hook is unleashed free to blow the speakers and soon the earth shaking beat is back to carry all the nice elements for an uplifting feel good ride. Very original production that shows how Maarten can go against all odds and deliver his mouthwatering bigger than life vision. #PureGold Love IT  [/content]
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13:55:00

 


Contributing to The Space Brothers' 25th anniversary album project, tech trance guru Maarten de Jong infuses Chakra's 'Love Shines Through' with tremendous amounts of energy. Elevating the tantalizing vocal with thumping kick drums and detuned synths that supercharge the original melody, this rendition of the 1999 classic is where nostalgia, timelessness and modern, stadium-quivering trance collide.




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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"] Space Brothers alter ego Chakra had numerous singles reaching the top of the charts in various territories with their brilliant memorable melody and spiritual vocals. The track came back many times with set of remixes and now that 25th anniversary is upon us Maarten de Jong well known for his aggressive full on pumping style delivers his own take on the original and he did marvelous job. Pumping tough techno beat, thumping dark bassline while on top the beloved vocals drive the track to its long atmospheric breakdown. The climax is anthemic as it should be with infectious synths and dark moody techno backdrop to make it accessible to trance and techno DJs. It deserves to reach again the top of the charts! #PureGold  [/content]
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00:58:00

Maarten de Jong is the multi talented DJ/Producer from Eindhoven/Holland and being recognised as one of the most widely supported and consistent tech trance producers of his generation. And that is just the tip of the iceberg for this Dutch tech master. MDJ continues to spread his explosive and positive energetic performance across the planet, making him a must see artist on the global club/festival circuit.



Dimitris: Your biggest music career achievements in 2019:
Maarten de Jong: Releasing music on Armada music with huge support from Armin van Buuren and being called one to watch by the man himself. In several interviews and during his asot show!

Dimitris: Please rate your online presence/visibility in 2019 from 0-10?Please elaborate with short comment.
Maarten de Jong: 7. 2019 was a comeback year for me! We got lots of great things coming in 2020!
I’m currently working on a Spotify playlist that I’ll update every 2 weeks! And my radio show Faces will get an overhaul and will be much bigger and better next year!

1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists in 2019
Maarten de Jong: Artento divini & davey aspey - adda (reminds me of the good old days)



Charlotte de witte



Mr Navigator - what a track what a collab!



2) Best of 2019 personal productions with short comment about them:
Maarten de Jong: I think my collab with Allen Watts was amazing we worked on it for just 1 day and has that typical Maarten sound combined with the typical uplifting watts sound!



Also my remix for Corti Organ - the Joker was a great one this year. Wanted to try something different and it worked out pretty good with loads of support from my friends and colleagues!



3) Best Artist in 2019(DJ & producer) with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Allen Watts putting out constant uplifting quality!!



4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists in 2019 with short comment :
Maarten de Jong: Artento Divini did a great job on his remix for Markus Schulz



5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced in 2019 with short comment?
Maarten de Jong: Corti Organ - the Joker!  This just has the ultimate mdj sound!

6) Best Remixer(s) for 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Really hard to say because there was so much great music.

7) Best New Talent in 2019 (DJ or producer) with short comment :
Maarten de Jong: Avao! These guys are making waves and really pushing their own cool sound, can’t wait to hear their music in 2020



8) Best electronic dance music album in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: 2 of them! Giuseppe Ottaviani - Evolver. Besides G always being a great friend to me and that’s he’s the best pizza and pasta eating Italian dj! He made an absolute awesome album this year!



Next to it Armins Balance for me is amazing because he shows that he can do more than only trance and diversity is important to keep you going in the studio!



9) Best electronic dance music compilation in 2019 with short comment? :
Maarten de Jong: ASOT 2019 because caffeine is on it.. 🤪....just kidding...
Solarstone - One (just amazing)



10) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Loving almost all Outburst records artworks!



11) Best lyrics in electronic dance music track(s) in 2019 with short comment :
Maarten de Jong: Richard Durand and Christina Novelli - Save You



12) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Kate Miles! Amazing voice really would love to work with her!



13) Best electronic dance music label for 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Hard to choose, but I think Pure Trance and Outburst did a great job this year in trance also Drumcode is one of my favorite labels for this year!





14) Best electronic dance music video for 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Didn’t watch any video’s

15) Best online social media for 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: None... should be banned 😂😂😂

16) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance in 2019:
Maarten de Jong: Got a lot of great feedback on my set at nature one this year! And also Armin telling he’s a big fan of my music during asot! And also calling me one to watch!

17) Best music composition software in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Studio One it has all you want and does everything Cubase, protools and Logic do.. and has a great interface!

18)Best Club event /Festival/music conference in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: ADE and Nature One!



19) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Nature One in the heavensgate Bunker!

20) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: Adam Beyer at Awakenings!!



21) Best radio show/podcast or Vlog(video blog) in 2019 with short comment. It can be yours or from other artists you respect:
Maarten de Jong: Hard to say! But really love my own show Faces 🤪....
The return of Cycles by my good friend Max Graham.



22) Best review that you have read in 2019 about your tracks or for other artists tracks(please provide the link if this review is online):
Maarten de Jong: It was fluxbpm online... don’t have the link ;)

23) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) in 2019 with short comment:
Maarten de Jong: For production I love the prophet rev2 what a beast😱😱😱

24) Best sound sample that has been used frequently in electronic dance music tracks in 2019 (personal or from other artists):
Maarten de Jong: Hahaha my kick is sampled a lot 😂😂

25) Best technical tips that you learnt in 2019 in relation to your DJing or music productions:
Maarten de Jong: Using my software in a different way and making use of sonar works room correction software.

26) Best piece of personal or music bussiness advice you got in relation to your career in 2019 and has helped you to progress even further:
Maarten de Jong: Ask Woody my manager, he’s been there as a friend & manager for me and always give the best advice 💪🏽! He’s always right when it comes to Music bizz advice.

27) Best travel tips in 2019 to survive the long travelling hours and jetlag:
Maarten de Jong: Eat sleep drink water and repeat.

28) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
Maarten de Jong: Chicane Saltwater... no comment needed I think

29) Best hobby or creative activity except music production in 2019:
Maarten de Jong: Being a professional bbq chef 👩‍🍳

Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2020 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
Maarten de Jong: A huge remix is coming, we are planing gigs again, more music on Armada is coming! Next year I’m also 20 years active as a producer so expect something special!

Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2020.
Maarten de Jong: All best for 2020 and take care for your family and everything you value most!



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02:16:00

Dating over fifteen years back, Igor S' staple classic has found its way back into the hearts of electronic music fans. With this exceedingly powerful remix from Dutchman Maarten de Jong, you get to see 'Boomerang' come back around for some good ol' power Trance.




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 [content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"] Maarten de Jong is on remix duty to revamp in 2019 the unmissable classic by Igor S - Boomerang. This new version is absolutely essential for any tech trance DJ set and not only. Ferocious driving basslines, thumping pumping drums, long emotional breakdown followed by bass heavy dark and raw climax. If you wish to get a tech trancer that does the job perfectly to energise and increase blood pressure then this track will do it perfectly. #PureGold Love IT  [/content]
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