Armand Van Heldens classic house hit has been given the updated remix treatment and it’s awesome. It’s been perfectly remixed by Starkillers and this thing rocks. Great electro breakdowns and and euphoric beats makes for an excellent track to get down to at the club or speed up in your car cruising the streets. Love it. Preview original 90s version and the 2010 remixed version by Starkillers below.
This song was such a big deal for me back in the mid 90s that I overplayed it. It was a big pop dance crossover hit from Italy. Later I also discovered a Rollo remix and started playing that version as well. So it has a special place for me as it was def one of the bigger dance pop tunes that came out in the 90s. I was quick to want to check out when I heard about a remake of it. Sure to my surprise it’s a pretty darn cool version by Matt Helders featuring Nesreen Shah. Matt Helders is the drummer from the Arctic Monkeys and I have not idea who Nesreen Shah is but they have certainly updated a club classic 90s dance pop song and made it quite the energetic drummified bouncy update. I like it. What do you think? The track is from Ministry Of Sounds Uncovered CD which is a real cool collection of covers remakes etc. Well worth it to own!
When Weapon Of Choice came out back in 2001 it was a pretty big hit. The track was a quirky retro sounding fun electronic masterpiece. I really dug it and the video was fun too and starred Christopher Walken of all things. So it was a classic piece of work. I’m really partial to the original version of Weapon Of Choice but this new remix by Lazy Rich is pretty fun. It’s got more of a club/electro sound. Stuff that’s really big nowadays. It still has elements of the original track but definitely is an update. Works for me in some ways but again I love the original just a bit more and as always the original video is so much fun. What do you think of the two versions? Which version do you like?
If there’s any track that takes me back to the heyday of the rave techno scene this has got to be it. This piece of music is darn amazing! Totally energetic and has that updated sound from the scene in the early 90s. I have several other tracks from Surkin but I’m still really into this one track. Surkin is Benoit Heitz. Born in the South Of France now residing in Paris. This is off of Surkin’s Next Of Kin EP.
I like Peaches but something about her turns me off a bit. Her music is hit and miss at times. I really like some of it and the rest is just ok to me. But I really do love this song and remix of Lose You that DJ Hell did for Peaches though. The remix was released late last year but I only just heard it from the awesome International DJ Gigolos CD 12 that came out a couple of months back. The song in it’s original form is already a moody electro recording but DJ Hell has given it the dreamy midtempo beats for the clubs. I love both and can listen to them at different times. What do you think?
This one’s a fun remake cover track of the popular disco classic Every 1’s A Winner by Hot Chocolate. Electrotheque keep the spirit of the original but they add a funky house robotic groove to their version which somewhat similar to Daft Punks sound which is pretty darn cool. Most of the vocals are removed in this remake except for quiet robotic vox thrown in all of over the place. I don’t remember hearing this back when it came out in 1998 (even though I was buying up all kinds of music back then) when dance music was all over the place but I discovered on a compilation about 5 years ago and couldn’t believe that I had missed such a cool remake. Disco songs were being remixed and remade all over the place in the 90s so for some odd reason I had missed this but glad I discovered it. Even though I like You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolates bigger hit this song in my book is the stronger of the two and this remix/remake by Electrotheque works wonders. Enjoy both versions below.
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:
Here’s a fun dance hit that samples the classic famous song Fantasy by Earth Wind & Fire. James Talk & Ridney have turned the hit Fantasy into a club house smash and I’m really digging it. It’s very fun and a great track. High energy and fit for clubs and fast cars cruising the streets. Released by Defected … Enjoy!
Here’s an electrofied, beat heavy update/remix to a very fun house track that came out ten years ago … in 2000. This new version takes you further into outer space with the updated remix treatment that it has received. I do like it and it’s very robotic and very current. The original Spaced Invader is a fun very club friendly pop/house track which was a big hit in 2000 in the clubs and the dance charts. You be the judge and see which version you like?
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!
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)
I love it when they take an old rock classic song and fuck it up. Well in this case it’s not really fucked up I think it’s perfected upon. Remixed to death. I love it and I love this remix. The whole package of 5 different remixes are awesome. Perfect for todays dancefloor or to blast from your speakers speeding down the highway. Or whatever will get you off. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts deserve the remix treatment and Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney have done an wicked remake and sampling job with the original vocals from Joan Jett. At least it sounds like the original vox. You think? Now after hearing this which came out last year I want to hear more classics remixed. Let’s remix everything shall we?
I Feel Love is one of my favorite all time tracks. I love Giorgio Moroder’s masterpiece of a disco dance track that he created. So I’m always up to hearing new remixes or versions of his original classic sung by Miss born again herself Donna Summer. This remix from 5 or so years ago is quite amazing. I think I Feel Love are the beginnings of electronic music when you check out the original you can certainly hear the awesome bassline that addictive sound that makes you want to get on the dance floor and groove. Anyway Qattara have kept that original bassline and have basically taken the classic disco song to new levels. They’ve basically beefed up the sound and brought it into todays production. Check out both below as I know you will be quite happy with this remix.
This is a case where I love the original just as much as the remix that John Digweed & Nick Muir have concocted. The original is deep dark and very tribal sounding. The remix takes me back to Global Underground mix CD series territory when big mega clubs were huge and folks would go to dance all night long. I’m loving both versions and I think it’s worth knowing more about this guy Abe Duque. The original is taken from the Don’t Be So Mean album from last year.
Soulwax do an awesome remix of the disco classic A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy from the the best selling Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Wow! I wasn’t aware of this remix but glad I got International Deejay Gigolo Records CD 12 and I found it on there. To my amazement it’s a pretty darn amazing electro remix. Worth checking out below. The rest of the International Deejay Gigolos CD 12 release is pretty rocking too. There’s a pretty darn cool remix of the Peaches song Lose You by DJ Hell, A DJ Hell and Bryan Ferry collaboration and tracks by Diskokaine, Hard Ton, Peter Kruder, Fagget Fairys, Peter Kruder, Psychonauts and more! Worth owning! But for now check out the original of A Fifth Of Beethoven and the Soulwax remix.
Cool new compilation to write about. Horse Meat Disco 2 by Horse Meat Disco featuring some rare cool obscure underground disco cuts worth knowing about. If you are at all into disco tunes and are tired of hearing the same old replayed disco top ten hits then this compilation is certainly for you.
Horse Meat Disco is a club and DJ crew from England who appreciate quality underground disco cuts and this is their second compilation of hits. I love most of the tracks on this compilation but I decided to include Madleen Kane with Cherchez Pas below. Check it out and
Armand Van Helden is in top form here and he’s really back now, like it was in 96/97 when he did the countless awesome remixes for Tori Amos, New Order, Jimmy Somerville, Apollo 440, CJ Bolland, Sash!, Snap, Nuyorican Soul and more and more and more. This remix though is quite the hottest thing I’ve heard for a long ass time when it comes to remixes. It’s got loads of energy and I love Pharrell’s vocals on here in combination with Uffie’s. The original by hottie Uffie is your typical electro hip hop rap/vocal pop cut but this remix delivers 1000%. Right on Armand! Original version from Uffie’s Sex Dreams And Denim Jeans CD that’s just come out.
Twenty years ago this remix to Beach Bump got me grooving, grooving real good. I caught a listen to it just the other day in my iTunes and wow I’m surprised that it’s still sounding as fresh as it sounded back when it first came out in 1990. The original Beach Bump is off of Baby Fords “OOO” The World Of Baby Ford album which also includes a cover of Children Of The Revolution. Known as one of the guys that kick started the Acid House movement, Baby Ford is one of my all time favorite musicians. There’s a whole list of tracks of his that I still listen to over and over again including Disconoddy, Oochie Koochie, Fetish, Move On, Children Of The Revolution, Normal, Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh and this cut Beach Bump. Check it out you’ll know what I mean by still sounding fresh today.
Techno classic masterpiece from the late 80s gets a jazzed up house groove. I’m there. This is a pretty darn great reinterpretation of one of the early techno classics by Rhythim is Rhythim, Derrick May’s band. Where as the original is somewhat slow this version by The 10th Planet is groovin’ fast. The 10th Planet are Derrick May and Michael James and this is the remix/remake of Strings Of Life as remixed by Octave One. Lovin’ it. Check them both out below you’ll know what I’m talking about. Lifted off of Remixed SuSu 2.
Hooj Choons was one of my favorite labels coming out of the UK in the early 90s. With hit after hit of dancefloor cuts I was hooked with their Nu NRG sound that they had penned. Some of the acts on the label that I liked were JX, Tin Tin Out, Sister Bliss, Hyper Go Go, Escrima, Hyperlogic and many more.
This track Hypnotized (Bottin’s Mercurial Mix) by Oscar G & Stryke comes off the Some Of These Were Hooj Volume 4 and it’s the standout cut from a very cool, cool compilation. The compilation includes many acts you’ll probably remember if you were tuned into the dance scene that came out of the UK in 90s. Complete tracklist below and a free preview of Hypnotized (Bottin’s Mercurial Mix) by Oscar G & Stryke. And for you 80s fanatics there’s a remix of Human League’s The Things That Dreams Are Made Of.
01. Pete Lazonby – Sacred Cycles (Dave Spoon Mix) (6:50)
02. The Human League – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Kissy Sell Out Mix) (5:25)
03. Hyper Go Go – High (Dopefish Remix) (6:22)
04. Marshall Jefferson Vs Noosa Heads – Mushrooms (Juttla Mix) (6:13)
05. KC Flightt Vs Funky Junction – Voices (Medway & Dansor Remix) (6:38)
06. Jas – Hitchhiking (Chicken Lips Dub Unlimited) (10:24) 07. Oscar G & Stryke – Hypnotized (Bottin’s Mercurial Mix) (6:41) 08. Sourmash – Pilgrimage To Paradise (Timo Maas Remix) (7:55)
09. Datar – B (Christian Smith And John Selway Remix) (7:05)
10. KC Flightt Vs Funky Junction – Voices (Riva Starr Remix) (6:39)
11. Katcha – Touched By God (Peace Division Remix) (8:17)
Buy Some Of These Were Hooj 4 from Amazon – Click the album cover artwork to download.
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.
Giorgio Moroder and Cerrone are the Gods or Kings of electronic dance music and I will buy everything I can get my hands on by these two producers. When I ran across this remake or remix I bought it as I love Supernature and It’s one of my top 20 all time favorite dance recordings and wanted to find out what they had done with this recording. I think I like it. Actually I love it.
The original is classic but this remix works great for me. It’s been given the updated modern production but with the added orchestrations of music you would hear in a score. Part of the concert series Cerrone is putting together later this year that’s going to travel to some of the biggest cities in the world. The first show will be in Paris in October.
Supernature has been remade countless times in the past most and one of the most famous remakes is by Erasure back in 1989. I love the William Orbit’s Remix of that Erasure version. So I’m always up for a new version. What do you think of both the original and the new version?
Serbian DJ team takes this classic Peggy Lee track and gives it life for the dancefloor. What an awesome but very short track. Enjoy it below. Both the original version by Peggy Lee and the dance version by Gramophonedzie. You like? I love it when they do this to music, really really do! Remember White Town’s You Woman? The video is fun too. Enjoy both versions original and the update below.
Impressive US House track by Dennis Ferrer really didn’t need the remix treatment as the original is awesome as it is. I first heard of Sinfonia Della Notte by Dennis Ferrer off of the House Masters: Dennis Ferrer album last year and immediately fell in love with it. When I heard about this remix I was hastily interested in checking it out but unfortunately it fell flat compared to the original. I love John Dahlback’s music hands down but this remix he did is quite weak. Check it out what do you think?
This is pretty darn cool. 30 awesome dance tracks for free from Amazon! Loving Amazon more and more as they have tons of free tunes they offer for download.
Loving this new remix, Mercury Remix the Munk track No Milk that features Asia Argento. The original is somewhat a lo-fi electro mellow cut which is not my cup of tea but this remix rocks! The song is fun because Asia complains about what she likes and hates. The remix has less of the vocals with bits here and there thrown in. Check them out below.
Don’t you just love remixes, remakes covers? Don’t you love it when a musician samples a famous recording and incorporate it into theirs? I love it … I absolutely love taking old recordings and making something completely new to with them. Who needs it to sound like everything else that’s blasting out of the radio [...]more →
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