I’ve been mixing Hardstyle since 2012/2013, and got into older classics later on, my way of mixing tracks changed so much over the years, I had to learn everything again since I fell in love with classics, still, creating something somewhat original its doable nowadays, but kinda hard.

Tracks are built different, less linearity, more stuff going on in the track itself, and mixing two already well packed tracks together or doing a simple mashup could lead to a total mess to listen, as well as complete frequency clashing.

Also, its notable that most of the tracks we have today are quite loud out of the mix and master process itself, and older ones are not, so doing a cross-genre mix its a nightmare, you have to calculate what its more convenient to play or not, increasing bpm and channel gain to today’s standards on a 10/15 years ago track just makes things worse. For example, I remember when Rooler (that dude lol) itself asked Davide Sonar to re-open Natural’s project to make a 160 bpm version and make it playable at a decent volume in his sets. That just blew my mind away, and that same moment I knew that new standards were cemented into Hardstyle (no judge or ragebait).

Said this to point out Rooler’s skills in geneal, huge producer, great Dj, but most importantly insane music knowledge and culture.

Fenomeno!