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Fools Gold Remixes

Fools Gold by The Stone Roses from 1989 is an absolute indie dance classic by al rights, but for me there are two remixes that are even better.

The one by Tall Paul I got to know because dj St-Dic (RIP) used to play it in his deep house sets at the upstairs room at Fuse. It's a remix from 1995 and has a bit more of a beat, a house remix basicly.
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold '95 (The Tall Paul Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0iyRRIZQ8

There is also a remix from Rabbit In The Moon that is mindblowing. Apperently it's only on the 1999 re-release of Fools Gold, but it sounds like 1989 to me, Acid House all the way*.
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon's Message to the Majors) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VXZrFZPJDE

* Acid House here refers to the British party scene of the late 1980's that later became known as Rave. The music wasn't stricktly US Acid House, but all kinds of music also from Europe, that didn't have the typical TB-303 acid sound.

Filed under // remix

Posted December 7, 2011 by Dimitri Dhuyvetter

Eighties remixes

Hot for the moment is the new version of Luc Van Acker and Anna Domino's belpop/cult hit Zanna by Selah Sue, Tom Barman & The Subs for Studio Brussels' Music For Life 2011.
The original:

The new version:

The new version isn't bad ifn't you aren't already tired of Selah Sue's voice. ;) I'm just glad the didn't ask Milow as an artist from Leuven, one of the three places the Music For Life glass house will be in, Barman is for Antwerp and the Subs for Ghent, the other two places it will be.

Another great example of a modern take on an eighties song is Drop The Lime's remix of (I Just) Died in Your Arms by eighties one hist wonder Cutting Crew.
The remix:
The original was already in my first eighties post:
I still love the original, maybe more of a guilty pleasure. The glitch remix by Drop The Lime is a good track to mix, not that good to just listen to at home IMO.

That's all I can tihnk of right now. More eighties remixes later! Promised! ;)

Filed under // Drop The Lime Leuven Music For Life Selah Sue eighties remix the Subs

Posted November 29, 2011 by Dimitri Dhuyvetter

More eighties!

OK, now for some realy good eighties dance music, since I forgot a lot of very good stuff in my previous post. All of these are tracks I would still play in a DJ set, not just when playing retro.

Right now Shindu has a hit with a cover version, but the original of Happy House by Siouxsie and the Banshees to me is timeless and fits in any DJ set:

Another dance track with a timeless hook, this time more funk then electro house: Pigbag with Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag:

Tribal house like it should be: Culture Vibe - Ma Foom Bey:

The vocal Din Daa Daa from George Kranz is a sample that keeps popping up in house music, I didn't even know the original untill recently.

Actually ment to be a hip-hop track, but one of the greatest dance tracks of all times if you ask me: Salt-N-Pepa - Push It:

I am off course forgetting a lot of good stuff, but these are tracks that actually made it into the mainstream (to some extent) and have aged well. Feel free to add tracks in the comment you think should be in this list.

Filed under // dance eighties music

Posted November 20, 2011 by Dimitri Dhuyvetter

Eighties!

Is it just me or do you have to love these songs if you grew up in the eighties? ;)

Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms

More eighties dance: Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round

OK, we're on a roll here, this one has to be in there: Yazoo - Don't Go

Grace Jones is also from back in the eighties if you remember: Pull Up To My Bumper

Especially love the parade drums in this one: Yello - Bostich

Filed under // dance eighties

Posted November 1, 2011 by Dimitri Dhuyvetter

Kingstep sound

Best dub soundsytem in Belgium, from my (re)new hometown Leuven: http://www.myspace.com/kingstepsoundsystem

They play in café De Giraf at Oude Markt Leuven each week, be sure to check them out there or at any of the many parties they play!

Filed under // Kingstep Leuven dub soundsystem

Posted October 13, 2011 by Dimitri Dhuyvetter

James Blake - Limit To Your Love (System-D D&B remix)

Legendary Belgian drum & bass DJ System-D made a lovely remix on James Blake's Limit To Your Love. It's a bootleg thing, so for now only on Soundcloud:

James Blake - Limit To Your Love (System-D D&B remix) [CLIP] by DJ SYSTEM-D