Hard NRG4
John Ferris/Jason Midro
(MOS)
Reported by Bing Thursday, February 20 2003
Ok kids, I know you have been waiting for this one with baited breath, and finally it is here, with your favorite banging duo of DJ’s Jason Midro and John Ferris back at the helm.
So to star at the beginning, steering listeners through 2 hours of up front, slamming hard as nails dance music that certainly isn’t for the faint of heart, John Ferris starts out his mix with the awesome Dee Dee track The One (Green Martian mix). It is more than just an attention grabber; it is a dance floor monster! Boom! Right form the opening bar NRG4 has lifted the roof off, but where to from here?
Straight down the road you would expect of course – tough beats, hard synths, uplifting breakdowns, huge pounding rhythms, smooth mixing, a dash of effects and a spin back for good measure. The hard trance and house sounds are perfectly broken up with a little breaks and techno influences here and there.
Highlights come in the form of the ever-present Cosmic Gate, Jam X and De Leon, Yakooza and Nebula. A special mention goes out to the highest highlight of them all the Nick Sentience Last Dance mix of classic Milk n 2 Sugars anthem Wayne G Presents Stuart Who? – Twisted. Four letters people – T-U-N-E!
Jason Midro is the only DJ to have a hand in all four NRG CD’s to date and is credited with pretty much building the sound’s popularity in Australia. His CD sounds to me like he is taking every strong aspect of the other mixes and pushing them to the extreme for NRG4. The beats are pummeling and ridiculously tough but the melodies are sweeter than ever.
Disc 2’s highlights appear from Arome and Scot Project, CJ Bolland and the Midro brothers themselves with a brand new exclusive track (Neuk Me), purpose built for the Bass Station crowd to go gaga over
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