Dear Fellow Dance Music Lovers,
This blog brings you the best in Dance Music and Club Classics; from early 87 (back in the daze) through to the present day.
For all those who rocked it all night until the early hours, to those that lived for clubbing and couldn't wait for the weekend to arrive. Enjoy and leave any comments on the blog or contact direct by email at pureclubclassics@live.co.uk
A quality and very much underplayed progressive house classic from 1993.
Using the same - hoo-hoo chants as Brothers Love Dubs - The Mighty Ming, it also contains some lush piano and is a great track, which even thirty odd years on still sounds great.
There was a period in the early 90's when everything Leftfield touched was pure gold.
They were right at the forefront of the progressive house movement and their tracks from that time were awesome.
However, it was a bit of an eyeopener when they teamed up with John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten former lead singer and front man of the notorious punk rockers The Sex Pistols.
Fear not the collaboration was just amazing and created a real top notch club track.
This one went down a treat on the dancefloor and brings back great memories of Back To Basics in Leeds in 1993.
Love her or hate her (and I think most people love her), you can't knock Kylie's longevity and her consistent re-creation icon status.
Much of her success has been through association with amazing producers like Steve Anderson (aka the other half of Brothers in Rhythm with Dave Seaman).
Anything Steve produces totally encapsulates me, the guy is a complete supremo.
Is this too commercial to be a PCC?
Probably not one for your purist house clubs, but definitely one that would have been great in many of the edgy/glam clubs.
I think it's a glorious example of a great commercial dance track.
Now I was never really a big Prince fan (with the exception of Raspberry Beret and When Doves Cry) although I can recognise his genius and what he was lauded after.
It was maybe because his music didn't work on the dancefloor, however hold that thought as this is pure class.
Prince making his debut on the PCC Blog with Dmitiri doing what he does best transforming a mediocre track into a disco delight.
Love the piano introduced into this.
The Sgt Slick remix is also very good (as is pretty much all his stuff), hence also included.
Love this track which still sounds amazing all these years on.
More epicness from the legend that is Steve Proctor.
You will no doubt recognise the key riff which was later used by Together on their epic "Hardcore Uproar"
Just love the raw sound of this track and also the fact that it inspired "Hardcore Uproar" which was without a doubt a pivotal track in the 90's Northern race culture.
I first came across his stuff via Keinemusik and have to say the whole Keinemusik phenonoman is the first dance music since the golden era of 1988 to 2000 that has really excited me.
It's haunting, hugely atmposheric and cuts deep and is a massive welcome relief that great dance music still exists.
That said, there are some great house tracks via the Big Speaker Music label, Glitterbox, PDM, Dave Lee's continual stream of remixes, as well as several others still doing a great job.
So keep the faith.
This a great track, a bit Moby-esque, hope you enjoy!
I've been a bit disparaging to Moby on the PCC blog in the past and for that I can only apologise for over the years I've really come to appreciate his genius, proven by his amazing versatility, longevity and some quite epic tracks.
This is another cracker combined with a fantastic remix by the Freemasons from 2008.
Some of the Freemasons tracks and remixes from that era were on another level, also epic, closing bordering that line between commercial and underground, but always just keeping it (importantly) on the underground side.
I could post PDM remixes pretty much all day as so many are just spot on.
He always seems to effectively navigate the edge of underground and too commercial very well and always drops into the underground box which is great for dancefloor and clubbing fans which this blog is dedicated to.
This one has some catchy vocals, a great pumping bassline throughout and of course some lush piano chords.
Why wan't Hip House bigger, it was such a fantastic genre bringing together the good bits of Hip Hop and adding them to the quality of House music to create energetic dance floor grooves.
This is a classic from 1990 with some great rapping.
Right on the button!
Mix Masters featuring Andrea - How Low Can U Touch Me?
Just when you think you've already posted all the classic old skool anthems, here's another one.
This one is less well known, but definitely a hidden little gem.
It contains all the right ingredients, lots of snappy samples, a great groove, a little rap and of course that delicious Italian house piano in abundance.
I just love Dimitri remixes along with Dave Lee he is one of the very best at reworking old disco classics into absolute masterpieces.
This is sensational and retains all the great bits of the original but throws in more piano and just reworks and repeats all the best bits to perfection.
Always loved Sunscreem and they quite rightly have many tracks on the PCC blog.
They were probably one of the most consistent dance acts producing a series of quality tracks especially courtesy of great remixes to further enhance.
Followers of the PCC blog will also recognise my huge appreciation for pretty much anything K-Klass touched. They always turned good tracks into great tracks and this one is right on the money.
This one is from 1995 and Lucia's vocal sound top notch especially when combined with K-Klass's renowned piano chords.
I heard it on a recent Luvdup mix set and was really knocked out with it.
Big respect to Adrian and Mark still one of the best DJ combo's out there.
They have been fantastic since the day dot and there musical tastes are perfectly aligned with mine.
About the track it uses the Bizarre Inc lyrics from "Such A Feeling" to great effect, delivered by a combination of lush female and male vocals. It is underpinned we a superb little groove and just has an infectious rhythm.
A definite grower which gets better with each listen.