All Your Favorite Songs With A Different Sound! Remixed, Remade, Sampled!!!
Obscure electro dance club remake of the Pointer Sisters 80s dance-funk classic I’m So Excited. I’m not sure if I’m digging this or not. I like the beats the vocals are just not cutting it for me. I don’t know who Qika is or are but it’s a pretty big package of remixes here. What do you think?
I’m So Excited by Pointer Sisters
I’m So Excited (Coffee Extended Mix) by Qika
– January 6, 2011
Future Retro is an album certainly worth owning. It has some of the best songs from the 1980s remixed to todays tastes. Mostly club and electronic remixes of well known tracks such as Situation by Yaz, Need You Tonight by Inxs, The Walk by The Cure and many many more cuts. I wanted to post Forever Young today since it’s almost 2011 and I figured a remix of Forever Young by Hamel off of Future Retro would be best!
The remix is excellent and any purists will still dig this remix of Forever Young by the German synth pop band, Alphaville from the 80s. Gosh I love this song and it will always remind me of high school in the 80s! Enjoy!
Forever Young (Extended Versions) by Alphaville
Forever Young (Bill Hamel Album Remix) by Alphaville
Posted in 2006, Compilation.
– December 31, 2010
One of my favorite songs ever from the 1980s is Ministry’s classic new wave synth pop track Work For Love. Gosh the direction they went is completely mind boggling but whatever. I didn’t at all mind them when they went in the industrial direction in the late 80s but after that it was complete punk/speed metal chaos craziness that I didn’t enjoy as much. The album that put them on the map for me is With Sympathy a classic 80s synth pop new wave dance album which includes this song Work For Love and of course Effigy (I’m Not An).
I would love to see one day a great reinterpretation or remix or even a new track that samples this classic 80s cut. Recently Work For Love (Dub Version) was featured on Fabric 43 – the mix CD by Metro Area which was good to hear just after Share The Night (Breakdown Mix) by World Premiere and before Move To The Groove (Instrumental) by Disco Four. It was an awesome mix by Metro Area that I highly recommend and Ministry fit perfectly in the mix. Below is the Extended Version of Work For Love. Those of you that don’t know Ministry’s dance stuff you’ll surely by caught off guard because it’s nothing like really late 80s early to mid 90s stuff they released on Sire/Reprise and Warners label. With Sympathy was released by Arista Records! Enjoy!
Work For Love (Extended Version) by Ministry
– December 7, 2010
This one’s a really quirky, fun sort of on the leftfield disco, new wave, no wave track that I really dig. I didn’t know anything about this really cool disco cut when I was growing up. I discovered it about 10 years ago after picking up the excellent disco compilation Mutant Disco from ZE Records. It’s fun really fun. Finally just earlier this year I discovered this more updated remix of the classic cut from ’79 and all I can say is it’s awesome! There’s not much difference between the two versions except that it’s slightly faster and a little groovier. If you don’t know ZE Records then you certainly have to check it out. It’s an underground New York disco/new wave label which features some really cool acts like Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Material with Nona Hendryx, Was (Not Was), Cristina, Garcons, The Waitresses, Suicide, James White & The Blacks, Caroline Loeb and many many more acts definitely worth discovering.
Spooks In Space by Aural Exciters
Spooks In Space (Luke Howard & Felix Dickinson Edit) by Aural Exciters
Click the album cover below to discover more remixes and underground disco cuts off of the ZE Records catalog. It’s really worth it! Trust me!!
Posted in 2009, Compilation.
– October 18, 2010
I love this awesome disco music series called Disco Discharge. There are a total of 8 albums in the entire collection 4 of which were released last year and this year 4 more volumes have come out literally! I love the group Lime from the 80s very much. They are a late discovery for me. I only discovered them in the late 90s and since then I’ve been hooked. They have that classic Hi-NRG/synth dance sound and their sound is pretty original and slightly cutting edge compared to some of their other cheesier sounding counterparts.
Lime were a husband and wife duo from Montreal, Canada who had underground synth pop/dance hits like Angel Eyes, Your Love (which is a #1 billboard dance charts song) and Unexpected Lovers. Their albums had really cool artwork and if you don’t know of any of their stuff do search it out. This song is a fun track in their trademark catchy lyrics and sound. One of the coolest tracks off of the coolest compilation Disco Discharge – Pink Pounders. Most of the tracks off of this collection are Hi-NRG/synth disco dance that were big hits in clubs in the late 70s and 80s. The collection includes tracks by Divine, Patrick Cowley, The Flirts, Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora and many many more on the 2 disc collection.
I Don’t Want To Lose (Original Album Version) by Lime
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Posted in 2010, Compilation.
– July 25, 2010
Finding a remix of one of my favorite songs by INXS let alone one of my favorite songs of the 80s was a pretty cool thing and I love this remix/remake of the INXS song Original Sin by Kash. Whos is Kash? I don’t really know but they’ve got a great bouncy club remake of this awesome new wave masterpiece. The song that put INXS on the map off of their first album has been given the remix treatment. The original version is off the INXS album The Swing from 1984.
Check out both Original Sin and remix version below:
Original Sin by INXS
Dream On Black Girl (Original Mix) (Original Sin) by Kash Vs. INXS
– July 24, 2010
I’ve never been much of a fan of Luther Vandross but when I heard this remix to Never Too Much with the bouncy disco style I quickly fell in love with it. I remember the original when it came out in the very early 80s it was one of those songs similar to other that were released from that same era. The same song was remixed and rereleased in 1989 but never reached any charts here in the states. Now that we have this awesome remix by ODahl I have rediscovered how good this song is. The original and the very spacey dancey robo-quirky remix by Odahl. Highly recommended. Released in 2009 20 years after the first remix in 1989. Enjoy.
Never Too Much by Luther Vandross
Never Too Much (ODahls K-Love Remix) by Luther Vandross
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– July 16, 2010
Everybody loves 80s music but do you love your 80s music remixed and remade? I think you should. And here’s a great list of tracks to fall in love with remixed and remade 80s favorites. Each link will take you to a post here on Destroy Rock And Roll where you can click and download the 80s remakes and remixes. Enjoy!
1. State Farm (Madhouse Mix) by Yaz
2. Major Tom (Coming Home) by Shiny Toy Guns
3. Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Remix) by Depeche Mode
4. Love Shack (DJ Tonka Remix) by The B-52′s
5. Fade To Grey by Fierce Ruling Diva
6. Relax (Jam & Spoon Hi N-R-G Remix) by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7. Begin To Spin Me Round (Extended Version) by Dannii Minogue
8. Crocket’s Theme (Original) by FPU
9. I Can’t Go For That by The Bird And The Bee
10. Pump Up The Jam (D.O.N.S. Club Mix) by D.O.N.S. Featuring Technotronic
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Posted in Playlist.
– July 11, 2010
I love buying compilations because with compilations you always discover unique tracks that never get heard anywhere, tracks that are remakes that just get discovered so I love the compilations a lot because it’s one of the best ways to discover new music. Such is the case with this remake of an 80s classic track A Love Bizarre by So Phat! I discovered this cover on Erotic Lounge 2 pictured below. It’s one of those Hotel Costes, Buddha Bar type compilations broken down to 2 discs one being the slower mellower disc the other being the more upbeat collection. They contain a great collection of tracks and this Sheila E. cover is certainly the discovery in this disc. The original was released 6 years ago in 2004 but I just recently got this collection and it’s certainly a good discovery. Check out both the Sheila E. version which has some vocals by Prince and the new So Phat! version of A Love Bizarre.
A Love Bizarre (Parts 1&2) by Sheila E.
A Love Bizarre (Album Version) by So Phat!
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Posted in 2004, Compilation.
– July 10, 2010
One of the best remixes ever!!!!!!!!!! And this one goes back to 1991 and it still sounds fresh today. Remixed by Dakeyne! Whatever happened to Dakeyne??? So full of energy with a full on vocal remix from Alison Moyet belting out in her trademark singing style. It’s awesome. Almost as classic as Situation the original version. For the longest time I only had the edit version of this awesome remix. Leaving stupid decisions to record execs is pretty bad. They had this edit version on a 1991 Situation remix single and I didn’t know why they had just released the single with a edited version. It was quite dumb for Warners to do that. Finally it’s given the full release treatment it deserves. And as I mentioned earlier it’s sounding as fresh as it did back in 1991. This comes off of Yaz’s Reconnected EP that came out last year. Or wait late 2008! This is worth it if you are a fan of Yaz, Alison Moyet, 80s music, dance music and or remixes. Go get it now!
State Farm by Yaz
State Farm (Madhouse Mix) by Yaz
The rest of the Reconnected EP is certainly worth owning. Click the album artwork below and download the rest. Here’s the full track list:
Situation (Hercules And Love Affair Remix)
Goodbye 70′s (Black Light Odyssey Remix)
Ode To Boy (Das Shadow Re-work)
Winter Kills (Electronic Periodic’s Sub / Piano Mix)
Bad Connection (Subway Collective Broadband Remix)
State Farm (Madhouse Mix)
– July 1, 2010
Canadian 80s Hi NRG singer gets the sample treatment by LRM & Libex with Liftered. This is awesome and brings back the energy of the early 80s high energy music. Just when folks thought that disco was dead this Miquel Brown song So Many Men, So Little Time kickstarted the Hi NRG movement. LRM & Libex lift the bassline from So Many Men, So Little Time and make it a current sounding club banger. Worth every penny! Check them both out below.
So Many Men, So Little Time by Miquel Brown
Liftered by LRM & Libex
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– June 6, 2010
I love this remix of the classic Tears For Fears track Mad World. The original is always a classic in my book but I absolutely love it when they fuck with the original. It gives the song new life. Don’t you think? Enjoy both versions below. Remixed by Afterlife in his true chillout, downtempo style. Perfect for chilling or sipping cocktails to with an 80s flashback. Off of The Best Of Cafe Del Mar.
Mad World by Tears For Fears
Mad World (Afterlife Remix) by Tears For Fears
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– June 3, 2010
Here’s a pretty darn cool remake of one of my favorite songs from the late 80s! I used to hear this on Live 105 all the time when it became a hit and was a fan of Peter Schilling’s album A Different Story so I was happy to have heard that there was a darn cool remake for this song. Cool of a remake to make it into a Lincoln commercial. Well Lincoln I don’t really care about but the Shiny Toy Guns version is certainly bringing back memories of the late 80s. What do you think of the two versions?
Prior to this song I hadn’t heard of Shiny Toy Guns much in fact not at all but because of this I had to go download their album Girls Le Disko. It’s certainly worth owning! Good enough is a live German version of the Peter Schilling song below.
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Download Major Tom (Coming Home) single here.
Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling
Major Tom (Coming Home) by Shiny Toy Guns
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Posted in 2009, Album, Single.
– May 23, 2010
I’ve always been a huge fan of Ian Dury’s disco punk hit Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and when I heard that Telonius has a version of it I was sure enough in a hurry to check it out. No surprise here it’s a great remake and the remixes are pretty darn cool too. You can always count on Gomma label from Germany and their electro techno dance music. Love them and I’ll keep listening to everything they release.
I’ve actually got the original version below as well as the remix by Bottin I’m really digging lately. I love Bottin’s very spacey synth disco style. It’s reminding me of 80s Italo Disco. Anyway what do you think of these? Do they sound like the original by Ian Dury? Please comment!
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Hit Me (Original) by Telonius
Hit Me (Bottin Remix) by Telonius
Posted in 2010.
– May 6, 2010
I like this remake of the classic Hall & Oates song I Can’t Go For That by The Bird And The Bee. This is taken from the Bird And The Bee album called Interpreting The Masters – A Tribute To Darryl Hall And John Oates. The album is full of Hall & Oates covers with the Bird And The Bee frontwomans trademark vocals. Cute and mellow tracks with a 70s radio feel you can chill to at home or relax to on your way to work.
Here’s the list of songs on the album:
I Can’t Go For That
Rich Girl
Sara Smile
Kiss On My List
Maneater
She’s Gone
Private Eyes
One on One
Heard It On The Radio (A New Song)
I Can’t Go For That by Hall & Oates
I Can’t Go For That by The Bird And The Bee
– April 28, 2010
This song takes me back to the late 80!
Pump Up The Jam the original version which came out in 1998 was a early Belgian house club classic that actually played on the radio. It became a worldwide smash hit going all the way to the top of the pop charts. This new version a remix by D.O.N.S. which is actually several years old now is a fresh take on the original hit by Technotronic. It’s got a more modern beat to it and it’s more in line with the sound of the clubs now. I like it but there’s something about the original that still takes me back to the days of acid house, new beat and an awesome era in club music. Both worth owning. Check them out below.
The original Pump Up The Jam is off of the Technotronic album of the same name.
Pump Up The Jam by Technotronic
Pump Up The Jam (D.O.N.S. Club Mix) by D.O.N.S. Feat. Technotronic
Enjoy both videos as well! Yeah!
– November 16, 2009
One listen to Slave from Magnum 38 and you’ll immediately think Booty Bass shaking piece of music it is. Slave is from a tribute album to Grace Jones along with several other but I found Slave to be the most approachable followed right up with Suffer. I don’t really recognize any of the tracks on the ep except for this track Slave. It’s quite repetitive but in a good way with lots of deep, heavy bass which is meant to be heard in a loud, dark club. Some of the music is sort of on the leftfield with lots of nasty attitude. Those of you Grace Jones fans might not really dig it but hey if you have an open mind you might. Check it out it will grow on you. And you’ll really hear the sounds of Berlin blasting at you as that’s where Magnum 38‘s from! Makes sense including the album artwork!
Check them out below both the original Slave to the Rhythm and Slave by Magnum 38. It’s a perfect track for DestroyRockAndRoll.com! Be sure to catch videos to both Slave To The Rhythm by Grace Jones and Und? by Magnum 38 below as well.
Slave To The Rhythm by Grace Jones
Slave by Magnum 38
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– November 1, 2009
I love Heartbeat in it’s original form by Taana Gardner but this remix from 2001 is pretty darn cool. It’s much more sped up so it’s not as mellow as the original is so it’s more geared for the club floor. Heartbeat was originally released in 1981 off of West End Records and it’s still pretty darn cool. It’s so laidback and chill but very early 1980s disco. Worth it if you disco lovers have never heard of. Heartbeat and Work That Body are the only hits Taana Gardner is known so she had a small career in disco music. Taana Gardner has worked with some very legendary folks from that era including Larry Levan and Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band.
This remix of Heartbeat is part of a disc called Dance For Life West End Records Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of LIFEbeat. It’s def worth owning as there are new remixes of old West End Records classics including an Angel Moraes remix of Work That Body by Taana Gardner. Check it out!
Heartbeat by Taana Gardner
Heartbeat (A Touch Of Class’ Class-ic Vocal Mix) by Taana Gardner
Also check out my previous post at DestroyRockAndRoll.Com about Cazwell sampling Taana Gardner in his song Watch My Mouth here:
By Dance For Life CD!
Oh and don’t miss this great clip of Taana Gardner singing her song Work That Body at The Paradise Garage!
– November 1, 2009
I love it when musicians take a song that’s so well known from an era with such a specific genre and put a new spin on it. This is the fact with Dalminjo Featuring Anja Oyen Vister covering The Smiths classic There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. Dalminjo is known for jazzy housed up club and electronic music and he’s remade this very well known Smiths track and made it housed up clubby but nothing too obnoxious with the beats sort of laidback but you know midtempo. This is the remixed version below as the original version is pretty mellow minimal. Check it out here with the original Smiths version. I like it and I do like it that he’s used Anja Oyen Vister to record the vocals so hearing this with female vocals is a pretty cool thing. What do you think?
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Dalminjo feat Anja Oyen Vister
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Posted in 2007, Album, Single.
– October 31, 2009
The Flirts, the one hit wonder all girl disco 80s group produced by Bobby O that’s only known for their one hit Jukebox do have other songs. One being Passion. It’s quite a cool track dating back to the early 80s. Felix Da Housecat perfecly sampled the bassline from Passion by The Flirts in his very popular hit Silver Screen Shower Scene from his amazing album Kittenz And Thee Glitz. The sample works perfectly here and compliments Miss Kittin’s quirky accented singing.
Check them both out below, you’ll realize once you hear The Flirts and you’ll hear where the sample for Silver Screen Shower Scene comes from. Both very cool!
Passion by The Flirts
Silver Screen Shower Scene by Felix Da Housecat
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Posted in 2001, Album, Single.
– October 30, 2009
This is a vinyl promo release of the Dirty South Remix for Just Can’t Get Enough – the Depeche Mode synth pop classic that kick started their 25+ year career in the music biz. It’s a pretty darn good remix by Dirty South the Australian DJ/musician that’s known for his electro house sound. The remix keeps the original famous synth sound but it takes a while to actually hear something borrowed from the original Depeche Mode track but I still dig it. It’s very fresh and now … well from 3 years ago part of the Depeche Mode greatest hits CD that came out then with their single Martyr – their 45th single. It’s always fun to see the video to Just Can’t Get Enough as well. Check it out below.
Check both the original and the remix below.
Just Can’t Get Enough by Depeche Mode
Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Remix) by Depeche Mode
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– October 25, 2009
Kurtis Blow remixed in sexy downtempo style here by Dublex and it’s certainly a good remix. I love the original 80s hip hop track The Breaks by Kurtis Blow but this remix by Dublex can be played in a chill out set or as background music for a cocktail party. This is off of two remix digital singles and both sets are worth owning for those of you that like remixes. Remixers include De-Phazz, Timewriter and of course Dublex Inc. The remixes sets also include a millennium remix which is just an updated recording of the original. Check them all out at Amazon links below … well worth owning the entire set.
The Breaks by Kurtis Blow
The Breaks (Dublex Remix) by Kurtis Blow
– October 24, 2009
This remix of Love Shack by The B-52′s goes back to 1999 – ten years ago and it’s a pretty darn awesome remix by DJ Tonka. Not sure really who this DJ Tonka is but if I ever play Love Shack by The B-52′s this is the version that I play. Love Shack is now 20 years old! Darn I feel old but this version is still pretty darn fresh. It’s much more upbeat and the bassline is what’s going on in this remix. The original Love Shack from Cosmic Thing was a pretty flat track so this kicks things way up! Check them both out below. The remix was part of a bigger package along with Hallucinating Pluto for The B-52′s Time Capsule Greatest Hits disc that was coming out shortly after. The remix CD Single included other great remixes as well. Check out the entire tracklist below.
Hallucinating Pluto (Album Verson) by The B-52′s
Hallucinating Pluto (Jason’s “Ride On” Remix) by The B-52′s
Good Stuff (Schottische Mix) by The B-52′s
Love Shack (DJ Tonka Remix) by The B-52′s
Debbie (Edge Factor Club Mix) by The B-52′s
Hallucinating Pluto (The “Ride On” Beats) by The B-52′s
Love Shack (12″ Remix) by The B-52′s
Catch the video below as well and see if you can spot RuPaul!
Love Shack by The B-52′s
Love Shack (DJ Tonka Remix) by The B-52′s
– September 29, 2009
Love this song When You’re Around by Frankmusik. It’s a cover of the Stranglers new wave punk classic Golden Brown. I love that Frankmusik has taken it and given it a little electro life. Increasing the bpm and making it a bit frenetic which perfectly works. The original by the Stranglers is pretty darn good and a classic now but I love a fresh take on a classic track and Frankmusik has done that perfectly. What do you think?
When You’re Around is from the album Complete Me on Island Records. It’s available for download from online retailers like Amazon.com or iTunes. Check it out as it’s a fun album. Lots of electro pop with a big hint to the 80s.
This video rocks …. check it out below!
Or catch him singing on the streets here!
Golden Brown by The Stranglers
When You’re Around by Frankmusik
Posted in 2008, Album, Single.
– September 25, 2009
Intro by Alan Braxe And Fred Falke is a fun, groovy and festive dance track. It samples the track Crush On You by The Jets. But there’s also mention that Crush On You by The Jets was originally sampled by The Wee Papa Girls in a track called Get In The Groove and that is the sample that Alan Braxe And Fred Falke have used for this track but who knows. You be the judge.
Crush On You by The Jets
Intro by Alan Braxe & Fred Falke
– September 14, 2009
