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Category Archives: 2002

  1. Minimalistix Cover Wim Mertens With Close Cover


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    This came out in the early 2000s so it sounds a bit trancey dated but still fun if you like your trance fast and pumping! I first heard of Wim Mertens and Close Cover when I bought Cafe Del Mar Volume 5 back in 2000 and immediately loved his approach to new age and classical music. I’m not such a big fan of new age but do love classical so I love Close Cover in it’s true original form. But the Minimalistix make a fun clubbed out version that you can hear below. Check them both out and see what you think of both.

    Close Cover is off of Minimalistix’s Elements CD and Close Cover by Wim Mertens is off of Wim Merten’s Usura album. Minimalistix’s album Elements contains so many covers including a remake of A Forest by The Cure, Adagio For Strings by Samuel Barber, Twin Peaks Theme and more. Worth checking for anyone into covers, remixes and more.

    Close Cover by Wim Mertens
    Close Cover by Minimalistix

    Posted in 2002, Album, Single.

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    By admin – October 22, 2009

  2. Chase by DuOud Covers Chase by Giorgio Moroder


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    Hey! Giorgio Moroder is one of the masters of electronic music so I’m a very big fan of his stuff including his solo work, his work with Donna Summer and everything else! Chase is one of my all time favorite tracks. It’s the theme track to the film Midnight Express. I always thought that was such an odd combo with Giorgio Moroder doing the soundtrack to Midnight Express but it worked. Well the music really works for me. When I heard this very upbeat version of Chase by DuOud in very Middle Eastern/Arab style I was like this should have been the version in Midnight Express!!

    Anyway this version rocks! Check it out as both version are below for you to download and compare. Obviously the Giorgio Moroder version is very 70s disco and the DuOud version is well a remake with the very Middle Eastern instruments including the Oud which the band DuOud takes their name from. Worth the download!

    Chase is off of the album Wild Serenade. It’s chock full of Arab and Middle Eastern world beats. If you are a fan of this type of music then it’s definitely an album worth having in your collection.

    Chase by Giorgio Moroder
    Chase by DuOud

    Watch Midnight Express cut to Chase here:

    Posted in 2002, Album.

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    By admin – September 20, 2009

  3. Champagne by Motorfunk


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    I absolutely love this track. It’s from a not very well known act from the very late 90s and early this decade called Motorfunk. They might be French but I could be wrong probably from the UK.

    I found this cut off of The Dirty House Session mixed CD by Groove Armada. It’s a free disc that came with my favorite magazine of the mid to late 90s called Muzik. Lot’s of great reviews and features of awesome electronic and dance music. The magazine folded around 2003 or so but this mix is one of their great mixes that came with the magazine. I have several of the mixes and I do enjoy listening to them still every once in a while.

    The track Champagne is basically sampling the Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King track Love Come Down. You kind of get that because it’s called Champagne. I kind had to listen twice to figure it out at first. I just didn’t know where the track from but I put two and two together and voila it turned out to be Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King! I absolutely dig this track because Evelyn’s version is so early 80s funk dance but this version by Motorfunk is so fast and ready for todays clubs. Even though it’s several years old now it’s still sounds fresh! I can still hear it at any hopping club.

    Check out the video with Evelyn singing Love Come Down. I absolutely love her hair. Don’t you think?

    And a live version which I think it’s from Solid Gold?? Maybe?

    Here are the two versions:

    Love Come Down (12″ Version) by Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King
     Champagne by Motorfunk

    Love Come Down (12″ Version) comes from Evelyn’s Greatest Hits CD.

    Posted in 2002.

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    By admin – May 24, 2009

  4. Amelie On Ice by Lucien N. Luciano


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    I love the music from the film Amelie by Yann Tiersen and when I found this remake of the La Valse D’Amelie I was totally blown away. It’s not been officially released anywhere as I got it from a bootleg dj mix CD. I believe you can get it on 12″ single. Either way I love this. What do you think?

    La Valse D’Amelie by Yann Tiersen

    Amelie On Ice by Lucien N Luciano

    This video is quite cute – not anything official but it’s got the cute old touches.

    Posted in 2002, Single.

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    By admin – March 19, 2009

  5. Good Life by Kaori


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    Here’s a jazzed up version of Inner City’s Good Life by Kaori. I found this version on Saint-Germain des Pres Cafe volume 2 and I was surprised at how good this version is. I love the original by Inner City as it’s a pretty big classic from the late 80s when dance music was breaking so this new version by Kaori breathes new life into the original.

    What do you think?

    Good Life by Inner City

    Good Life by Kaori

    Posted in 2002, Album.

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    By admin – March 7, 2009

  6. Native Love (Step By Step) (Zombie Nation Remix) by Divine


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    Zombie Nation have done such a great job remixing the classic Divine hi-nrg song Native Love (Step By Step). If you remember – the song that put Zombie Nation on the map is called Zombie Nation. A real fun track that I still listen to. Pretty high in energy and it’s big on the dirty electro sound before electro got really big.

    We’ll Native Love (Step By Step) is a true Divine classic – it sounds a litlle bit dated by now but hey it’s still cool and would get you grooving. It’s got the very signature 80’s hi-nrg sound electronic sound by Bobby O which you can even hear Bobby O’s voice on the chorus. Bobby O produced several of Divine’s tracks but this has to be one the better ones. Bigger tracks that Bobby O is known for are West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys and JukeBox (Don’t put another Dime) by The Flirts.

    So check these two version and let me know what you think. They are quite different.

    The remix is off of the International Deejay Gigolo’s Volume 6 release pictured above.

    Check out the video on YouTube as well. Seems like someones found footage cut up but still fun to see Divine.

    Enjoy.

    Native Love by Divine

    Native Love (Step By Step) (Zombie Nation Remix) by Divine

    Posted in 2002, Album.

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    By admin – February 28, 2009

  7. Crockett’s Theme (Original) by FPU


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    This is an excellent remake of the classic new wave/new age electronic synth track by Jan Hammer. The original was on the Miami Vice soundtrack which I was somewhat a fan of – the soundtrack, both 1 and 2 were pretty good. Volume 2 even had a track by The Damned of all bands.

    This version is pulled off of the Crockett’s Theme/Ocean Drive single by FPU which also contains a great Tiga vocal Ocean Drive but this version. This version is quite nicely updated. It has a nice electronic beat and it’s the same music but the synth sound of the 1980’s is not here any longer. This new version by FPU sounds just like something that would come out today. Even though this version is several years old it still works here and still sounds quite fresh.

    I’m glad that this remake was done as I’ve always loved Crockett’s Theme but it sounded so 80’s once it got a couple of years old so this remake has made it much more now. I kind of dread the bad 80’s guitar touch in the original 80’s Jan Hammer version.

    Check it out and listen to the two versions. Leave a comment about what you think of the two different versions.

    Crockett’s Theme by Jan Hammer
    Crockett’s Theme (Original) by FPU

    Posted in 2002, Single.

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    By admin – February 15, 2009

  8. Troy (Kay Cee Power Mix) by Sinead O’Connor


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    Well I figured my second post on Destroy Rock And Roll (http://www.destroyrockandroll.com) should be a remix of a pop/rock track and one that is pretty beatless and heavy on the dramatic vocals and very orchestral/classical sounding background.

    Sinead O’Connor is in top form here on Troy which is pre Nothing Compares 2 U – the Prince cover that put her on the map.

    So the Remixes to Troy came out in 2002 and this Kay Cee Remix is the strongest cut in the bunch and there were a ton of mixes. I love this – it’s still pretty dramatic in the vocals as they are all there but the beats are so heavy that it takes you on a fast euphoric journey. This is a track that you can really blast in your car and cruise the streets. Just make sure you don’t run anyone over but hey you can really do that if you get carried away.

    It’s awesome. Check out the original and the remix and write a comment and let me know what you think.

    Troy by Sinead O’Connor
    Troy (Kay Cee Power Mix) by Sinead O’Connor

    Posted in 2002, Single.

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    By admin – January 26, 2009