Very big in the Manchester clubs in the late 90's and of course draws it's origins from the fabulous Three Degrees track from 1978.
It builds and builds then explodes, goes some more and then builds again.
A really great track and sure to set any dancefloor on fire.
Hot, hot, hot!
Mirror Ball - Given Up
(Original 12" Mix)
I love all of Moby's old skool tracks, they were always great and often laced with piano.
This was on the same 12" as Drug Fits The Face" but is a better track in my opinion.
Piano-licious from start to finish and just a great feel good old skool track.
Enjoy!
Barracuda - Party Time
Great production, superb vocals and some delightful piano.
As mentioned a very underrated track which should have been a real club smash.
There is so much tosh out there and yet real gems like this sometimes fail to see the rewards for such a great track.
Definitely one I'll always champion.
Get on it!
MING & Game Chasers - Hold Me Close
(Original Club Mix)
There were quite a few remixes of this one and some credible ones, but this was always the best remix for me.
Yes, it's a tad commercial it it's great also.
Great vocals, great lyrics, great piano and a real feel good vibe.
I'll be loving you forever and ever!
Moony - Dove (I'll Be Loving You)
(T&F vs. Moltosugo Club Mix)
It sounds a little dated now, but it still holds a certain charm and was a big track back int' day.
I always thought the vocals were "I've been missing ya", but I'm pretty sure they will be "Hazme Sonar", which roughly translated means make a noise.
We always got caught out with foreign lyrics and adopted our own chants of what we thought we'd heard. Ha ha.
Enjoy!
Morenas - Hazme Soñar
(Massimino & Andrea Gemolotto Club Mix)
Lights on and this blasting out as everyone came together as one on the floor.
It's just a great pop sone from 1985, but 40 years on, it still sounds awesome.
The saxophone in this is superb also, as with many 80's tracks.
This was very much a one hit wonder, but oh what a hit.
Certainly worthy of PCC status in that true Balearic mould.
Colors - Nevermind
However, this Afro House remix certainly does a great job here.
Very much in the Keinemusik style which has become so popular.
This uses the exquisite Nelly vocals to great effect adding in the afro house piano stabs and chants.
Superbly done!
You've got what it takes to set me free!
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
(Faros Remix)
This one fell into the overplayed, too commercial bag at the time, however 16 years on, it feels apt to start posting some of these tracks now.
They are still very much PCCs and very certainly massive back in the day.
This has a big Sasha track often dropped at Shelleys in Stoke - what a club that was!
Love it or hate it, it is certainly a great track.
Enjoy!
New Atlantic - I Know
(Love Decade Original Mix)
His last few new tracks have marked a move to quite a different style to his more traditional classic house for which he is so renown for several dacades.
However, it still retains that great Todd production and most certainly bangs.
This comes with a fierce drum roll and some serious house beats.
It's more than ok!
Todd Terry - Feelin' Right, It's Alright
It draws and awful lot from Inner City's - Good Life and at times even feels like it.
Mark Archer was behind this (later of Altern8 fame).
Sounds a bit dated now, but can imagine it being monstrous on the floor back in '89.
Enjoy a trip down memory lane to the early days.
Nexus 21 – (Still) Life Keeps Moving
(Club Mix)
Great piece of crunchy Chicago house typified by Strictly Rhythm tracks.
The vocal snippets will sound very familiar, but it's the piano stabs which I like.
Great track for a Sunday most certainly.
Cevin Fisher behind this one.
Sunday School - House Is a Feeling
(Hardtrax Mix)
Just love the smooth and slow build, the great vocals and the atmosphere this creates.
I bet this sounds superb when dropped on the dancefloor and slowly mixed in and out.
The slow build just keeps on building a full 6 minutes and then explodes at 6.11 with a superb piano breakdown.
Superb vocals by Lady Linn - entrancing!
A piece of class!
Make me so high!
FCL - Can We Try
Love everything about this and it just oozes class.
Yet another fine Ray Mang remix, tht guy's good.
Thrown on your disco boots this is a seriously good track.
Enjoy!
Andromeda Orchestra - Don't Stop
(Ray Mang Special Extended Mix)
He posted the Diss-Cuss remix which I'm not overly keen on.
This mix from 1994 is much better and is very much more in the classic house vibe which I feel suits Eve and her tremendous vocals best.
Like most of her tracks it's a classy piece of vocal house and still sounds great.
Fine remix by Evolution as always.
This was co-written by Boy George and was originally intended to be a Culture Club track which never saw the light of day.
Eve Gallagher - Change Your Mind
(Evolution Extended Mix)
Evolution always produced great tracks.
This is like so many of those great tracks from mid 90's in that Shiva, BT, style.
Long journeys of tracks building slowly and then not quite peaking but still creating that feel good factor.
The type of tracks Sasha and Diggers were playing back then, good but not quite my bag.
Great vocals from Lisa Millet here also.
Evolution - Your Love Is Calling
(The Mix)
Tall Paul behind this one and I have to say it is very unlike anything he would play or usually make/remix.
It's just a great piece of vocal house and is an excellent and underplayed track.
Great remix by the Nush boys, but that is always guaranteed.
It's you that I'm falling for!
Escrima - Deeper
(Nush Vocal Remix)
This one is not quite on the Pjanoo level, but has a similar vibe.
In fact it is a bit later a watered down less intense Pjanoo.
Still a cracking track though and would be sure to light up the dancefloors.
Eric Prydz - 2Night
(Original Mix)
I think if you asked anybody to name both their favourite trance DJs as well as remixers Ferry's name would always appear.
Additionally he has so many aliases - you can hardly keep up.
This is a real monster of a track - just another trance epic.
The original fist came out in 1998, but this remix was a couple of years after and 25 years on, it is still just as epic.
Love the sample of REVELATION 3:20
"I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Electrique Boutique - Revelation
(Ferry Corsten Remix)
So pleased the great man is back and well again.
This is a corking track and dare I say it very unlike Todd "The God".
He still is usually fierce crunchy house bits with a groove to die for, where this one is a bit more hands in the air and piano-tastic.
I'm not complaining mind, as it's a belter, just a bit different to the traditional TT style which we know and love.
Keep 'em coming TT.
Todd Terry featuring Lyn Jada - I Can't Stop
I've mot heard it for ages until I heard it on one of Parky's remix sets.
This one is a real groover, catchy as hell, totally disco-licious and a real "put a smile on your face" track.
Groove on!
No need to ring the bell!
Jamie Lewis and Nick Morris - Sunshine Hotel
(Original Main Mix)
It's been around 15 years now, but it still sounds right on the pulse.
Of course, homage must be paid to the original inspiration for this dating back to 1979 and Millie Jackson's – We Got To Hit It Off (which I posted on the blog a few months ago).
That's the beauty about dance music - always borrowing, sampling and re-working to create something different and reinventing.
This one is highly addictive - be warned!
Tom Trago - Use Me Again
(Carl Craig Rework)
Still sounding amazing after 26 years on.
There are loads of different remixes of this and the Original takes some beating.
That said I think this version which actually came out 6 years later is probably my fave.
PVD just creates something which makes the oriuginal even better (and much longer - which is a huge bonus).
Just an epic, epic trance classic.
I think the reason I've not posted it before now, is that I wanted to check through all the remixes to try and determine which is the best, and here you have it.
Enjoy to the max - it's a thing of beauty!
The Thrillseekers – Ultimate Synaesthesia
(Paul van Dyk Remix)
Dating back to 1991, this was before mash ups became a thing and was probably one of the earliest types.
I think the reason I like it so much is because the mash up features one of my favourite tracks Kites by Ultraviolet as well as India's - Lover Who Rocks You. Both great tracks in there own right and both already posted.
This blend though is just full on and right on the money.
Brings back some great memories of the epic days of the early 90's.
Enjoy!
Nipper – Now That's What I Call A Bootleg
The Lover Who Rocks Your Kite
This was one of "The" big tracks of 1991.
It was everywhere, played in every club on every mix tape and played by all the best jocks.
There are lots of remixes and versions of this, but this was "the one".
It still sounds amazing all these years on and has that same energy and excitement.
Amazing vocals by Deborah Cooper and the production my C&C is just on another level.
Those boys were the guru's.
What a track.
La da de, da da,da!
Clivillés & Cole – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
(Club Mix)
Mariah's amazing vocals and Morales superb remixing have combined on so many tracks and they are always brilliant.
Right back to the first Mariah remix (Dream Lover) he did in 1992 where he requested that Mariah re-performed her vocals, which was unheard of at the time.
This is very much in the same tried and tested formula, Mariah's honey coated vocals and Morales fierce percussion and delightful piano.
Vocal house music at it's best.
Mariah Carey - Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)
(Morales Club Mix)
From start to finish this track rocks, builds, peaks and then marches on again.
A really great track which still sounds crisp, authentic and pretty fierce all these years on.
A great piece of trance which has stood the test of time, unlike so many other trance tracks.
Corfu - Snake Charmer
(Mantra Remix)
This was massive on pretty much every discerning dancefloor across the UK.
The "Howdy Disco Citizens" line was always great and the segue to a Disco section in the track.
However, it was the fierce synth vibes which really made this fizz and bang.
Amazing track which would still rock any dancefloor!
D.O.P - Future Le Funk
(Original Mix)
It has a really nice aura to it and has a feel of Robyn, Madonna and a touch of Bicep as well as being a really effective piece of dance music.
Nice build up and nice breakdowns, I'm pretty sure it would work very well on the dancefloor.
No need to dance on your own to this one!
Colyn - Dancing On My Own
(Extended Mix)
Great lyrics, great vocals, smooth rhythm and some delightful piano.
Not the mention the seductive oohs and aahs.
Another track which should of got more floor-play!
Oooh, right there!
Conception Feat. Lantanza Brown - Love Struck
(Original Vocal)
Whether it's under his PG Tips, Well Hung Parliament moniker or his own name his remixes are always great pieces of aural pleasure.
This is a journey that builds and then like all his remixes has a pretty immense breakdown.
Again the sort of tracks which work best on the dancefloor which is of course their purpose of intention.
Just lovely!
Coldcut - Feeling Strong
(The Well Hung Parliament Adventure)
Always a great label Toytonics and churns out some real quality house music.
Most definitely one of the best current dance labels.
The track is just a luscious piece of laid back summer house music with some delightful piano and great Italian vocals.
The title translation is "Perfect as you are!"
Spot on!
Another track taken from Mr Park's very fine radio show to which I've indebted for a lot of the great new tracks which I post on the PCC blog.
Respect to the legend that is Parky and delighted that he is fully recovered from his recent health problems.
Long live the legend!
Sam Ruffillo - Perfetta Cosi
(Extended Mix)
Who would have thought that this would still sound so great all these years on.
This has been sampled to death in many dance records.
It really is a fantastic track filled with great instruments and great hooks.
Amazing production from Patrick Adams.
Respect!
Cloud One - Disco Juice
So here you are with another banger.
This is a great track and a feature of several of their great sets.
It takes a while to build, but never for one minute does that time drag.
It when the piano kicks it that it is all so worth while.
Heavenly!
DJ Koze feat. Sophia Kennedy - Drone me up, Flashy
(&ME Remix)
This one really kicks with a huge build and then a fantastic drum roll which was a major feature of a lot of great tracks from the mid-90s.
These sort of tracks definitely came across better in clubs as they had a fierce energy which would whip the floor into delirium.
Fierce indeed.
Brutal Bill Presents Saundra Marquez - Survive
(Main Room Mix)
This one is a bit more chilled, but still very hot (if you get my drift).
Some delightful piano and a great laid back vibe, with some tough beats.
Not at all ravey, just dead good!
This mix is much better as it doesn't have the cheesey rapping.
Bug Kann & Plastic Jam - Made In Two Minutes
(Rave Mix)
This is another little beauty and is just a typical slice of PDM heaven.
Such a cracking vibe and modern disco feel.
Just lovely.
So baby why do you look so sad!
Two Door Cinema Club - Bad Decisions
(Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Nio one can argue about trance when it is so good.
This has it all thumping rhythm, great build and then just explodes into an avalanche of epics peaks.
A total bodafide trance classic and dare I say it, another that isn't as widely appreciated as it should be.
This is epic in every sense of the word.
Hard to believe it's from 2013 as it very much feels like a 2000s track.
Enjoy!
Blue Tente - The Lost Angel
(Photographer Remix)
It has everything we love, great lyrics, great vocals, great piano, lots of great samples and just a cracking little groove.
Definitely an underplayed and underated little gem.
This is exactly the sort of track for the PCC blog, a golden oldie which everyone has forget about (or maybe didn't know existed).
Enjoy this little beauty!
Don't you take your love away from me!
Beverlee – Set Me Free
(Tribe Mix)
Nipper was a great DJ and there was a time back in 1991 when his named appeared on as many flyers as Sasha.
He really was at the epicentre of the rave scene at that time.
The track is a great bootleg using the superb Mariah Carey vocal and some great piano.
It still sounds ace!
Nipper - Now Thats What I Call A Bootleg - Some Drop
Dimitri always does a great job with his remixes, fully respecting the original but add that extra little bit more polish.
Superb vocals, superb lyrics, superb instruments and and just lovely disco music.
Probably come as no surprise that Nile Rodgers And Bernard Edwards were behind this as you can certainly feel the Chic production.
If you left it up to me, every day would be Saturday!
Never a truer word said!
Norma Jean – Saturday
(Dimitri From Paris Remix)
It doesn't feel like too much like regular OMD tracks, but it is a bit of a belter all the same.
It keeps you fully engaged for the full 10 mins and takes you on quite a journey.
32 years on and it still feels strong.
Dream of me!
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- Stand Above Me
(Transcendental Constant Viper Trip Mix)
I'm pretty surprised I've not posted this before.
A real piece of quality from T-empo as were all their productions and remixes.
This always went down and storm and had everyone rocking to the max.
Still sounds great, 30 years on.
T-Empo - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
(T-Empo Mix)
The man is not only prolific but maintains such a high quality and always on point.
I have to say he is one of my fave remixes of current times and I always look forward to his next production as you know it's gonna be a bonafide PCC.
This one is just in his typical groove and just sounds great.
We also shouldn't downplay the Groove Armada part in this, but it's the PDM remixing qualities that bring it home for me!
Classy!
Groove Armada - Paper Romance
(Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Still sounding great 25 years.
It's just got such a great groove and vibe.
Pretty simple, but it just works.
Liquid People - Love Is The Answer
This was a big Balearic classic and still sound great.
Possibly a little more Indie Dance than mainstream club, but great all the same.
It sounds very Andy Weatherall-esque in style, but I don't think the great man had any involvement in it.
A definite Balearic classic though!
Sheer Taft – Cascades
(Hypnotone Mix)
I always loved the Grid's remix work and also many of their own productions.
This was one of their most popular tracks, a bit of an earworm, but also one which was very infectious and massively played out in all the clubs by all the top Jocks in the mid 90's.
Still sounds great!
The horn/Sax sample in the track was just massive!
R.I.P. Dave and huge respect.
Come on people;
"Get into it!"
The Grid - Figure of 8
(Grid Tribal Trance Mix)
This was a biggie back in the early 90's and so reminscent of all those classic "hands in the air" piano old skools tracks which we all knew and loved.
Still sounds great all these years on and just as infectious.
"Ge-haine, Ge-haine, Leaving me again!"
Oh the joy!
Gangster Point - Get Back
(Piano Version)
That aside though it has a really powerful feel and really does create some intense energy.
I just wish that piano could be extended a bit and kick on from there.
A job for a talented remixer out there to make this even more epic!
Get on it!
The Dare - Kick
This is such an epic and widely known (and possibly overplayed) track which although first out in 1993 it was really the Three 'N One remix of 1997 which created the track which was a true dancefloor monster.
This was posted on the blog way back in 2009.
However, since then this track has been remixed by pretty much every remixer out there and there a literally hundreds of different versions including many versions from very high profile remixers.
Out of them all there are 3 that stand out in my mind, these all retain the awesome feel of the original but also bring something new to the track.
The Paul Rincon remix brings in some great piano and adds a fresh vibe.
The Michael Woods version slows it all down and just creates a beautifully chilled aura.
Whilst the Sgt Slick version produces a mash up with Rapture which delivers another great feel.
Although all are amazing versions, I still feel the Three 'N One remix remains "the one", but all great tracks nonetheless.
Enjoy!
Energy 52 - Café Del Mar
(Raul Rincon Remix)
Energy 52 - Café Del Mar
(Michael Woods Ambient Remix)
Energy 52 x iiO - Cafe Del Rapture
(Sgt Slick ReCut)
Energy 52 - Café Del Mar
(Three 'N One Remix)
It is very much deep house and has a real vibe.
Very much in the great US house style which was the trademark of Todd Terry and Tony Humphries.
This track has big similarities with a lot of Todd Terry tracks and indeed he did a remix of this, but I have to say I prefer the Tony Humphries versions.
Still sounds raw and edgy and even the "techno" chants still sound great.
A really vibey housey PCC!
I've also posted a non-vocal version which is great if you don't like the vocals.
2 House - Go Techno
(Tony Humphries Vocal Mix)
2 House - Go Techno
(Tony Humphries Dub Mix)
