Music History

Prinz & Wallus - "Musikgeschichte" [Dennis Hurwitz Remix] (Scream and Shout Recordings)

I wouldn't have been surprised if this had been out on Mena, given the melodic synth hook that stays in your head for days.

This is an all-German affair, full of relative new comers, with the original made by Roger Prinz and Sascha Wallus, from Hannover, remixer Dennis Hurwitz from Essen, and the record label coming out of Cologne. It's the 9th release on the label.

Related Links
Roger Prinz official site
Roger Prinz on Myspace
Sascha Wallus official site
Sascha Wallus on Myspace
Dennis Hurwitz on Myspace
Scream and Shout Recordings official site
Scream and Shout Recordings on Myspace

this old man, he played one

A quick one today:

Tube & Berger - "The Young And the Wild Ones" [Kolombo Mix] (Kittball Records)
Something a bit more laid back than previous days. vocal snippets and some nice synths overlaying a bassline that pulsates throughout.

Tube & berger are probably best known for their big "Straight Ahead" track featuring Chrissie Hynde, which itself was a rerecorded version of their "Geradeaus" track, with a german vocalist.

Meanwhile Kolombo is one third of loulou players, who've done remix jobs for Sharem Jay and David Eckenback over the past few years, but is doing stuff under a solo moniker so that he can explore and experiment with his sounds, from dark electro to minimal.

Related Links
Tube & Berger official site
Tube & Berger on Myspace
Loulou players official site
Kolombo on Myspace
Kittball Records official site

I Just want you to use me

Mind Electric - "Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" [Dirty South Club Mix] (Art & Craft)

An update on the original Stevie V club classic, a new vocalist, and a new sound to bring it up to date, without varying too much from the original.

But it was a hard one to call between this mix and the original (not the original original) mix. They're both equally good, and I'm still not entirely sure why I've decided to post this one instead of the original (original). I even ended up buying both of them last week so that I didn't have to decide which one to leave behind.

So that's my suggestion, Get both, because they really are both worth having. The basslines in both are the main draw, and of course, the familiarity with the original (original original) version.

One thing I do like about this mix of it though is the sliding bassline, and the orchestral stab/synth sounds that punctuate the track, compared to the original (not the original original).

Phew.

Related Links
Mind Electric on Myspace
Dirty South official site
Dirty South on Myspace
Art & Craft official site (via their parent company Incentive Music)

if you're coming home with me you're running out of time

Firstly let me mention a tune that was sent my way recently. Solcofn - a fan and regular visit of ILTT since it began - has remixed ATOM's "Digital Technology" track, and apparently they're both due out on release soon, on Kusic Recordings. I'm not the biggest fan of minimal house, but I can appreciate the production that goes into these tracks.

I've not heard the original yet, so I can't really compare the remix to it, but I thought I'd give it a mention. You can check it out for yourself at Solcofn's Myspace Page.

Now onto the main attraction :)

Space Cowboy ft. Nadia Oh - My Egyptian Lover [Ben Macklin Remix] (Tiger Trax)

Continuing my trend of posting up big well known tunes months after everyone else has probably already got them, here's my favourite mix of a big tune that was released last week. Actually I say my favourite mix, it's a hard choice between this and the original. they both offer something different, and so it's worth having both in your box, in my opinion.

There's also a few other remixes such as the Loose Cannons 'Luxurious' remix, and the RogerSeventyTwo Mix which are worth checking out, and the later being a new name that I've not heard of before but will be looking out for more of his stuff in the near future. The Paul Jackson one seems relatively pointless, as it's too much like the original for my liking, and the orignal is pretty damn good in itself, so you might as well stick with that one.

But this particular mix that I've posted, I think I've put my finger on it. it's a cross between King Roc, and D. Ramirez, which is no bad thing at all. The beats and the bassline are reminiscent of D. Ramirez, the breakdowns are King Roc. And it's the shortest 7 min track I've experienced in a long time. if that's not a mark of quality as well, I don't know what is. Ben Macklin is on my research list for this week (along with the aforementioned RogerSeventyTwo).

P.S. Nadia Oh....oh yes.

Related Links
Space Cowboy on Myspace
Space Cowboy official site
Ben Macklin on Myspace
Nadia Oh on Myspace
Nadia Oh official site
Tiger Trax official site

One Post My Love

N'Dea Davenport - "One Day My Love" [D. Ramirez Vocal Mix] (Curvve Recordings)

I can't believe I missed this one last summer. No idea how it happened, given my love of D. Ramirez. My defense is that there were a lot of remixes available of this at the time, and I somehow missed the D. Ramirez version in among a bunch of crap. (That might be a tad harsh, as it's not really crap, just not my thing)

Luckily someone I know knew how much I loved D. Ramirez stuff, and played it one night recently in a set. I think it was the dub version, but the production was unmistakable, and I knew I had to have it. I went searching and decided that it'd be the vocal mix that was the one for me.

The vocals perfectly suit the remixed production to a T, the breakdowns are gorgeous, and the bassline and synths that make up the main hook is top banana. Now that I've found this I'll definitely be including it in a few sets in future.

This is a solo effort from N'Dea Davenport, better known for her work in The Brand New Heavies, and perhaps less known for her backing vocals on the Robbie Williams hit Lovelight, which was featured in this blog (albeit the soulwax ravelight dub mix of it).

Related Links
N'Dea Davenport official site
N'Dea Davenport on Myspace
D. Ramirez on Myspace
Currve Recordings

People Don't Post No More

Well, I don't..not for a while anyway - which is a good thing as I've got loadsa tracks I wanna post about. You've probably heard a few of them by now, but I don't care, I need to start somewhere so it might as well be right from where I left you last time.

The Rapture - "W.A.Y.U.H (People Don't Dance No More)" [Simian Mobile Disco Dub Mix] (Vertigo)

It's been a long while since the last post, 2 months now? We're in a whole new year, so happy new year! better late than never!

While I'm here I think I'll post my top 5s of 2006!

5 Top TUNES

Richard Dinsdale - "Wallop"
Tough choice between this and Crunch, but this one just about wins. Lovely sound to it, very funky, great beats and a hint of cut up vocal. typical dinsdale greatness.

Ferry Corsten - "Junk" (D. Ramirez Vocal Remix)
If I had to pick one D. Ramirez track for the year, this would be it. Tough choice though. As I said, so many to pick from this past year, and everyone has their favourite, whether it's his remix of Plump DJs - "Electric Disco", or the charted Bodyrox - "Yeah Yeah" remix, which probably would have been my other choice, had this one not popped up towards the end of the year.

King Roc - "The Tip"
I originally jumped on the Tom Neville mix of this track, but over time I've found the original to be my preferred version. It's got a bit of everything in it in terms of what King Roc can do in his productions.

Dave Spoon - "At Night"
Big Big tune, for me at least. had to play it LOTS AND LOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mason - "Exceeder"
I can understand why this got a chart release, but I hate the chart version with the princess superstar vocal, retitled "Perfect". Far from it in my opinion. The original is king.

other notable inclusions: Robbie Williams - "Lovelight" (Soulwax ravelight Dub), Cajmere - Say U Will, Marc Romboy vs Blake Baxter - The Club (Early), ah, what the fuck am I listing them for. they're all posted on the blog, read the archive you lazy fuckers!

5 Top PRODUCERS

D. Ramirez
Not put a foot wrong all year, with top class remixes coming out left, right and centre. No surprise he got chart success through his remix of bodyrox - Yeah Yeah, once it'd got a new vocal on top (which in my opinion ruined it). Not for the first time this year with Chris Lake's "Changes", Mason's "Exceeder" and the Tocadisco remix of The Egg's "Walking Away" entering the charts courtesy of a vocal being added to it in a bootleg which then became official. Coincidently, Tocadisco got ripped off as he only got his original remixer fee, and missed out on the windfall when it reached the charts. Not sure if that ever got resolved in Tocadisco's favour, but I wonder if D.Ramirez got the same treatment.

Richard Dinsdale
I expect this guy to be huge. He's done some great remixes ("Your Mistake", "Velvet Dreams"), and some great originals ("Wallop", "Crunch", "Pulling Me Under"), and I guarantee one of his tracks will blow up in 2007 and make him a house hold name.

SebastiAn
This guy is just amazing. The release of Ross Ross Ross, and the remixes of Kelis and Uffie this year, has shown that his 2005 productions were no fluke.

DJ Touche
Churned out quality productions in 2006, with remixes of Cajmere's "Say U Will", Wekan - "Skid" and Phunk Electric's "Video Games Crash"

King Roc
It was the Tom Neville remix of "The Tip" that got me onto this guy, and on further investigation found some quality productions in "Digerital" (on the "Tirades of ENV" EP), "Better ways", and "Take Me Away".

Other notable inclusions: Chris Lake, for "Changes", "Babaloo" (with Trophy Twins) and Shake (With Micky Slim), Trentemoller for continuing to producer remixes that are right up my street while doing originals that aren't quite my cup of tea but worth listening too once unless you're really into Minimal, and finally Micky Slim ("Raw Kemistry" remix, and Shake, with Chris Lake). Oh, And Aaron McCllelland. He'd have been in my top 5, but he spreads his tracks out in so many aliases it's hard to put him down in the list. :)


4 Top LABELS (it's late, and I don't want to think about #5 too much right now)

Mena
Home of the most melodic electro house of the year. Aaron McCllelland and his various aliases have come up trumps time and time again. In fact so many of the releases on this label have been McCllelland that I don't know who's NOT him. Col Hamilton, Yer Man, Effin & Blindin, One Motion, etc, have all produced some cracking tracks for this label this year, and will no doubt continue in 2007. Maybe they'll even get their website up and running sometime this year!

Toolroom
Mark Knight's label was home to Dave Spoon (the brilliant "At Night"), Richard Dinsdale, Robbie Rivera, Noir and even D.Ramirez (the Toolroom Allstars EP) in 2006. If you're thinking about heavy duty electro basslines then this label was synonomous with it.

Data Records
Being owned by MoS and all that goes with it, this label picked up more than a few big tracks in 2006. If it was a big chart smash, there's a good chance that it was on Data Records and a reasonable chance it was after initially being released on a smaller label. A few examples: Beatfreakz - "Somebody's Watching Me" and "Superfreak", Supermode - "Tell Me Why", Fedde Le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (on various labels like C2/CR2), Sharam - "Party All The Time" (Spinning Records, Yoshitoshi, etc) , Mason - "Exceeder" (Various), Prydz vs Pink Floyd - "Proper Education" (out on Prydz' own label first). They've been quite prolific, no?

Ed Banger Records
With Justice, SebastiAn, Uffie and DJ Mehdi on this label, they've had a good year. Absolute brilliant productions from all.




Related Links
The Rapture official site
The Rapture on myspace
Simian Mobile Disco official site
Simian Mobile Disco on myspace
Vertigo official site