The Dutch house man Martijn ten Velden recently mixed the seventh episode of the Defected’s Clubland Adventures series. To make the Album unique and to celebrate the 10th anniversary, Martijn himself re-edited almost every single track in the mix.
In an interview he says that in the new episode will be house music with a little bit more techy touch. He says:” I really like some of the new sounds, when a new kind of production style comes out, that’s what really interests me. So I always try to come up with fresh sounds that are really now.” Further he announced that the intro is quite techy, but than it will go into a big house anthem. So it will be a good mix between techy and house styles.
As it’s Defected’s 10th Anniversary, ten Velden tried to keep a bit of that signature Defected sound in there, but also tried to mix some of his personal old favorites along with new ones to make the mix. This herculean effort led to essentially a
re-edit of every single track, putting extra drums over the top, putting acapellas over the top. Ten Velden adds, "I just couldn’t stop because there are so many great acapellas on Defected, so I ended putting a lot of work into it to keep it really interesting, like putting lots of little snippets of old tracks in there from five, six or even eight years ago and tried to make it all sound modern and make it sound now. That was the aim of the mix."
We like what he did with the mix. A clubland adventure indeed. Check out the edits, out today on iTunes US.