It's a corking track with some great uplifting piano and some superb male vocals.
Very typical of the great club tracks of that era and still sounds great today.
I must admit it was one I that I only came across recently.
If there's a land of peace somewhere!
A gem of a find!
Ronni Simon - Take You There
(Strike Mix)
Doing what he does best just enhancing and tweaky to adapt the original.
On this one, he turns an average track into a really good one and gives it a new more danceable leases of life.
You know I'll be good to you!
Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
(Sgt Slick ReCut)
The piano in this is awesome alongside the deep atmospheric vibe creating a real monster of a track.
I bet this one goes down an absolute storm in the clubs.
Top notch!
Fahlberg - Memory Lane
The vocals are not dissimilar to Pink Floyd's - Another Brick In The Wall", but it's the deep progressive house vibe around the track which is really great.
It touches on the Afro House vibe, but is quicker and more pounding.
A really cracking and very effective remix.
Disfreq & mOat - Running Up That Hill
It's a little short (in length), but I can't find a longer version at the moment, but will update when I do.
If the vocals sound familiar it will be no surprise to people that Baxter is the son of the late great Ian Dury.
About the track, well it's just got a great groove and vibe that flows and encapsulates you with that warm, cosy feel.
Just lovely!
P.S. In case you were wondering Schadenfreude translates as "pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune".
Baxter Dury - Schadenfreude
Heard this on Parky's great radio show this week and it instantly gripped me.
Pounding, throbbing, pulsing piece of deep house with some catchy chanted lyrics and some great voiced samples.
He's got the skill, he's got the strength, he's got the discipline!
Quality!
Warmduscher - Yakuza
(Sworn Virgins Remix)
This one comes from 1999 when trance was at it's very peak.
I think this review from Discogs by Wizhard sums it up very nicely
Higher is one of the finest work of the legendary Laurent Veronnez.
A perfection of progressive trance, it's just impossible to stay insensitive to this one, it brings so much emotion to your ears...
A truly artistic piece that begins with a splendid aerial instrumental break of 3 minutes before kicking in and evolving to a shattering lead sequence.
Then the tracks starts its blossoming and reaches its final state of total bliss with gorgeous piano chords and a Balearic guitar riff...
Maybe this is what it feels to reach the heavens of the sky?
L-Vee - Higher
The track is iconic in itself and was a huge influence on many teenage girls in the early 80's as Stevie Nicks was the epitome of cool.
I've always been a big Fleetwood Mac fan and Stevie's vocals are just pure class.
This remix is great because it gives it full respect to Stevie's amazing vocals and also adds that dancefloor favour.
Those "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh" vocals are just on another level.
Just like the white winged dove!
Pure class!
Enjoy!
Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
(PARMLEY Remix)
Just dead catchy and lively.
Some great piano and a really nice feel good track.
Enjoy!
Crackazat - Make It Out
I have to say it is one of the best tracks (of it's type) that I've heard for many years.
It is very much a cross between Joy Division/New Order and Depeche Mode - with influences from each of those.
Superb vocals, great electro synths and the starts and drops just like many great Depeche tracks.
Probably not overly dancefloor friendly but could be used effectively as an opener or set closer!
I would like to find the answers I was always rudely denied!
Just lovely - a must for any Depeche fans out there.
Nation of Language - On Division St
First released in 1991 it is just such a great track with some sumptious vocals from Nicole Williams.
More indie dance than pure dance, but as mentioned such a great track for last of the night and all joining in unity. I remember it being played last track at Cream once in the early 90's.
Still sounds amazing and it should have been much bigger than it was.
All of you will be, every part of me!
Absolute quality!
People Get Ready – Be My Friend
(P.G.R. Remix)
Ever so slightly on the edge of being too ravey, but just staying in the "good box".
Lots of hands in the air old skool piano and quite a few cheesy samples, but still pretty credible and worthy of PCC status.
Tracks like this always went down well!
Let it hit 'em!
Smaller Than Zero - Love Juice Vol. 1. - Gimme Sanctuary
(Hurricane Remix)
Nice little remix from Stonebridge maintaining their par excellence quality.
A great little number to dance to, not the most anthemic, but just the sort of track which was great to boogie and vibe to.
Having a good time!
We certainly were!
Soundfactory - Good Time
(Pure Club Mix)
Ruby was a great vocalist and this is a quality piece of old skool house music.
It has a very similar feel to an E-Smoove type remix, lots of great vibe and great piano.
Certainly an underplayed classic and one which should have had more dance floor air time.
You, you, me, me, tonight!
Ruby Turner - The Vibe Is Right
(The PKA Sax Mix)
They were without doubt one of the best Indie Dance bands of their generation.
I remember buying all their 12" releases in the early 90's and still have they in my collection. I then played Fox Based Alpha to death when that was released.
The ingenuity of Wiggs and Stanley was off the scale and the vocals of Sarah Cracknell were just heavenly (although they had a few diffferent female vocalists on some of their earlier tracks).
I've already posted lots of their tracks on the blog, this is probably one of their most commercial and less underground, but it is just a glorious track, so full of life and so energy and just so pleasant to listen to, one that never fails to bring a smile to one's face.
The lyrics and story in this are also great.
Life's for enjoying and listening to this is always a joyful moment!
Got the cash, feeling flash in Leicester Square!
Saint Etienne - He's On The Phone
(Motiv 8 Mix)
Rob Dougan and Rollo have been behind so many amazing dance productions that their credibility is one of the strongest out there.
Coming together under their Our Tribe co-lab they produce a stunning remix with so beautiful piano and there familiar Our Tribe vibe.
It doesn't quite have the emotional conection of the Original Mix, but it is nonetheless a really great remix and another very fine production under the Our Tribe moniker.
Enjoy!
Raze - Break 4 Love
(Our Tribe Club Mix)
This is the Richard X remix which differs to the original and the Weatherall remix, yet almost complements both of them.
It brings something else, but still retains that brilliant feel of the original.
A real timeless classic, that vocal by Moira Lambert will always melt me.
Stunningly gorgeous!
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
(Richard X Remix)
It's been out a few years now, but always sounds good and contains some great piano.
The question is - Do You Wanna Get Funky?
Yes, thought you might!
We don't need no special occasion!
Enjoy!
Zsak , Crazibiza - Get Funky
(Softmal Remix)
Man With No Name was always on it and regularly hammered by Oakey.
This is a quality piece of high voltage trance, driving, pounding, throbbing yet blissful at the same time.
Throw in some piano and you have it all.
Pure quality and still sounding fantastic all these years on!
Platipus were one of the very finest trance labels in that era
Changing my consciousness!
Quietman - The Sleeper
(Man With No Name Remix)
Maybe a bit cheesy now, but pretty wild at the time and always created a good vibe.
And do you know what everybody listened (and got wild!)
Always loved the piano in this - wild!
Pedro & Raoul - Ibiza Get Wild
(Sunrise Mix)
Again very Afro House inspired and very well produced.
As good as it is, I just wished they'd been a little more original with the piano which as nice as it is, very much gives Robert Miles - Children vibes (which as good as it was at the time - is now the earworm from hell).
However, that aside it still remains a great track, but could have been even better.
Enjoy and let me know what you think?
Deep Dish X Eynka feat. Wrabel - Midnight
(Extended Mix)
This is great, very disco-tastic yet still very current, capturing that old/new vibe to great effect.
Lots of great piano stabs and just a really great vibe throughout.
Yuksek feat. Isaac Delusion - She’s Mine
(Extended Dub)
My appreciation for real instruments has increased hugely over the years and combined with dance beats well you have euphoric aural heaven.
This is such a great track with the catchy funky guitar and those beautiful strings from the violins.
Just such a fine piece of disco music.
Timeless.
Street People - I Wanna Get Over
(Cosmodelica Remix)
Very much inspired by the Keinemusik vibe, it has no Afro chants, but the style and formula is very much the same, with that lovely chilled vibe, yet a nice dance-ability feel.
These tracks have a really deep and emotional feel which just makes them generate such a highly charged energy.
Some nice catchy vocals with this one as well.
I don't wanna come down!
All good!
Jazzy x KILIMANJARO - No Bad Vibes
(Extended Mix)
Nobody does Afro House like them.
They created the genre and still very much rule the roost.
This is just another great chilled yet wholly mesmeric piece of fine dance music.
You can take your time if you want!
Stryv, Malachiii, Adam Port - Positions
(Extended Version)
It is just so lush and luxurious with some superb breathly vocals.
Great to see they are still on their games and leading the dance music revolution they started with their Afro House genre.
I should imagine this will be getting hammered in the more select clubs in Ibiza this summer.
Keinemusik, Sevdaliza - See You Again
This was massive in 1993 and right at the forefront of the progressive house movement.
Still sounds mazing today.
Superb work by David Holmes who was behind many works of art and also a great DJ in that era.
This was another really exciting era of dance music as clubbing swept the nation.
Scubadevils - Celestial Symphony
(Angel Delight Mix)
Courtesy of a stellar remix from Mr Morales, this certainly less commercial than "Show Me Love" but showcases her powerful vocals better and is a quality piece of house music.
Some great percussion in there as with all Morales remixes.
Another slightly forgotten classic from yesteryear.
I want to thank you heavenly father!
Robin S - I Want To Thank You
(Bad Yard Club Mix)
Arguably the greatest year ever? Quite possibly.
The tracks that were produced back then were of such a high quality as the scene was just maturing nicely and the club scene was probably at it's all time peak of popularity.
Such an amazing time to be alive and experience.
This is a superb track as was pretty much everything that David and Satoshi did when they worked together.
Great vocals from Sandee, superb piano and a real class house classic of a track.
You give good love to me!
Sandee - Love Desire
(David Morales & Satoshi Tomiie's' House of Def Mix)
A real classy house remix production similar in style to the late great Frankie Knuckles in that classic def mix vibe.
Tracks like this are timeless due to the fantastic remix work of really great artists.
This was another one which somewhat flew under the radar, but it an absolutely quality house track.
P.S. I know the YouTube video says Phil Kelsey remix, but this is most certainly the Steve Anderson mix).
Robbie Craig - Magic
(Steve Anderson 12" Mix)
They totally transform this track into a really fine club banger.
(Although surprisingly it doesn't feature any piano on this one!)
They've been so prolific over the years and consistent with their quality and great to see them still rockin' on the scene today.
Years and years of being at the forefront of the clubbing and dance music scene - Respect!
Rebekah Ryan - You Lift Me Up
(K Klassic Klub Mix)
It's deep, atmospheric and features some kicking piano.
Come on, come on, come on!
Don't be stupid!
Preska- Let's Get Real
(Red Zone Mix)
However, posting these gems helps to raise that awareness of great tracks from yesteryear that we might have missed, not heard or completely forgotten about.
When I'd been running this blog for the first 5 years or so I thought there may come a time when I ran out of tracks to post, but I now realise that will never happen as there are simply still so many great tracks out there waiting to be unearthed and posted.
I have several thousand in my database labelled of PCC status, hence there is no end in sight.
In the meantime sit back and enjoy some more classic house music.
In-Side - Shout In The Night
(5th Avenue Mix)
Delightful powerful and crisp vocals, some great piano and saxophone, wrapped up with some excellent production.
A real quality piece of fine house music, which is customary for Dimitri.
Love the line "I want to dance all night like I'm 10 years old"
Izo FitzRoy - I Want Magic
(Dimitri From Paris Vs. Cotonete 12" Version)
Love the rawness and the crisp production.
Classic house track - very simple - but still very powerful.
Chip E. Feat. K. Joy - Like This
(House Mix)
Here he is with another fabulous remix of a pretty ordinary track, until Steve spreads his gold dust on it.
Lots of sumptuous piano as may of his remixes gives it some real life and vibrance.
35 years on, still loving this.
Ceybil - Love So Special
(DMC USA Remix by Steve Anderson)
This is a fine example.
This was such a great track when it first came out in 1996, but became so overplayed and commercial that it became a bit tiresome and even tedious.
However, it still sounds great even now and rightly deserves it's status on the PCC blog.
It certainly was a great track back int' day and does still great almost 30 years on.
Style is temporary class is permanent!
B.B.E. - Seven Days And One Week
(Club Mix)
Just very simple repetition but so, so encapsulating and as mentioned infectious.
These tracks made the most sense in clubs as you would just catch the groove and bounce along to them vibing with others on the dancefloor.
Great memories - great track.
Is that what you really want!
Happy Mondays - Stinkin' Thinkin'
(Junior Style Mix)
This was always a big track in Oakey's sets and one that just blew you away.
Trance perfection.
No need for vocals when the music is so good.
Enjoy!
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar
(Paul Oakenfold Remix)
Gordon was a cracking DJ who I saw play in clubs many times and always rocked the joint.
The track is a juicy sample-tastic one typical of that era.
The funky guitar vibe is very noticeable throughout.
Not quite as good as "Warm it up", but still pretty tasty.
Who doesn't love a good riff!
Joy For Life - The Riffmeister
This will indeed make you "Jump For Joi"
Classic house music at it's very best.
Infectious piano, killer vocals and the house beat that really kicks.
Over 30 years old now, but still sounds as fresh as it did when I first heard it back in 1994.
When I'm jumping!
Joi Cardwell - Jump For Joi
(Classic Vocal)
Plain and simple quality house music.
The piano in this is first class.
No more words are needed.
Still sounding great nearly 40 years on.
John Rocca – Move
(Farley's House Piano Mix)
They were just so always on point, transforming bang average tracks into absolute bangers.
This is another fine example of their remix genius.
I do wish they were still producing and remixing tracks as their presence in the dance music industry is sincerely missed.
Mr James Wiltshire will always be one of my all time favourite remixers - Genius at work!
I saw you Friday, Saturday!
John Newman - Cheating
(Freemasons Remix)
Very summary and real Ibiza vibes.
A touch on the commercial side??
Possibly, but just managing to be sufficiently underground.
It's so much better than a lot of the overhyped garbage which was played at the time.
Great remix by Full Intention as standard and Michael Gray still continues to remix and produce fantastic tracks - Leg-end!
I want to see your face when I wake up!
Supafly vs Fishbowl - Let's Get Down
(Full Intention Club Mix)
It feels more like a Jamie Principle track in terms of vocal style rather than Byron Stingily, but it is pure class all the same.
Very atmospheric and chilled, yet groovy and funky at the same time.
A corking track indeed.
Dance, come on dance with me!
Byron Stingily - Stardance
(Long Mix)
Great vocals, superb production and some corking piano.
I love all the clever little bits in this track and all the little chimes.
A real bonafide house classic.
It's the year Nineteen Hundred and Ninety!
Sha-lor - My Love (Has Gone Away)
(Tommy Musto N.Y. Garage Mix)
It is also probably one of the most widely known and widely liked (hence maybe why I've not posted yet).
Produced in 1983 - 40 odd years on it has lost none of it's appeal and still sounds fantastic.
Superb vocals, great lyrics and first class production it is a true disco masterpiece and rightly deserves it's position as one of dance music's most iconic tracks.
I have only one thing more to say "Let the music play!"
Shannon - Let The Music Play
The musical arrangements which were used to create all the classic disco tracks will probably never be repeated due to the cost to assemble the collective of musicians, hence why all these old classics are so frequently sampled.
However, it's great to also pay homage to these old classics and this is one such truly fabulous track.
It's now almost 50 years old, but still sounds amazing.
The vocals are just superb and the production is amazing, not to mention all the great instruments, especially the piano and sax.
You will of course recognise that amazing piano riff which David Morales used so effectively in his hugely popular "Needin' U" track from 1998.
However, I much prefer this amazing original - just a pure timeless classic.
Rare Pleasure - Let Me Down Easy
It has a bit of everything sort of hip-house in it's style with lots of attitude, vibe and a few well placed expletives.
It's got a real catchy groove and just flows really well.
It'd be great to have more Hip-House style tracks like this, as it was such a cool genre.
You've got it bitch!
79.5 - B.D.F.Q
(FSQ Remix)
