DJ Jean - Madhouse: Spring 2000

As with every single DJ Jean mix compilation, this one's a mixed bag. I personally dig Jean the most for his Amsterdam "hands in the air" funky hardhouse that the modern DJ establishment apparently rates too tacky to spin. Examples of such grooves are Fucking with the beat, Killa conflicts by Majaro and Those 2's Get Wicked in the original mix, not the Yomanda-ish (and yes, Masterson also delivered a mix for this one) The Freak and Mac Zimms Mix. Hardhouse afficionadoes will easily recognize Klubbheads' Turn up the bass and the extremely efficient Klubbheads VS DJ Jean mix of his own hit single Love come home.
On the more trancey side of the hardhouse spectrum are the beautiful Magica (luckily, not the Klubbheads mix) and the ultra-catchy Lost in Emotion by Analyse. Further highlights include Pegasus by Mauro Picotto.
Sadly, Jean who always has had an exquisite taste for house, frequently opts for the lowest common denominator when it comes to trance.

One of the better Madhouse editions that I have in my collection! Nice detail is that (according to ID&T's old A&R manager Dick de Groot) this edition is a real collector's item. Right after the release ID&T got in trouble, because there was not much difference between the CD sleeve and a package of Marlboro cigarettes. So to avoid problems, the CD was removed from the stores and people who still have it, have a nice collector's item!