The sample has been very widely used on so many tracks most notably DSK's great track from the early 90's.
This has the full on Keinemusik vibe, just ebbing and flowing with that lovely chilled aura, yet at the same time keep you fully locked in.
If we could let our feelings get emotional!
Jazzy & Ankhoi - Closer To The Floor
(Extended Mix)
Lots of great piano and some nice steel drums which always sound great.
It has a very nice summer vibe, which is always welcome at this time of year when it is cold and devoid of sun in the UK.
Cracking little tune.
Enjoy!
Le Chev - Pan Man
Republica were great in the mid 90's and Saffron (Samantha Speckling) was a captivating performer and deserved a much bigger stage.
This track is superb, catchy, cheesy, with loads of guitar and just an overall sass.
Enjoy!
Republica – Drop Dead Gorgeous
This has such a great feel, yet is quite deep and dark.
The piano in it is heavenly against some hard percussive beats.
Done well great house music doesn't have to be complex.
Moodswings - (Works Of Atreus) - The 6 Train
It starts a little steady with a fairly slow tempo, but then really picks up about half way through when it suddenly becomes a lot more dance orientated and then just continues to grow from there.
When the piano kicks in then it really starts to take off.
Pure class!
ABC - Ocean Blue
(Atlantic Mix)
The power of piano is never to be underestimated, it's presence in so many tracks make the difference between plodder and corker and this is a great example.
Don't stop!
Enjoy!
Aquarius - All I Really Want
(Parts 1&2)
Michael Gray has been around the scent for several decades producing fantastic house music under his various guises, as Greed, Hustlers Convention, Full Intention to name just a few.
His formula is tried and tested and all his work entails great vocals and great piano to produce house classics.
This is very much another in that vein.
The man has legend status!
Michael Gray (feat. Phebe Edwards) - Life Will Be
(Extended Mix)
I've always loved everything Saint Etienne right from the very beginning back in 1990 with their epic first two releases "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "Kiss and Make Up" which I still have both on 12".
Since then have continued to produce brilliant Indie Pop records which when remixed have produced some fantastic PCCs which have already been posted.
This track is a great jolly and energetic dance/pop track with great vocals (as always) by Sarah Cracknell and joined by Tim Burgess (lead singer and frontman of The Charlatans).
Happy Christmas one and all!
Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day
Laurent Véronnez produced some amazing tracks more often under his Airwave guise.
This has everything, energy drive, builds and some great chilled piano chords.
Just an epic of dance music.
Velvet Girl - Velvet
(Original Mix)
If there was ever a track I could picture as being played at Cafe Del Mar this would be up there.
It starts and finishes with the noise of the waves washing up on the sea shore, a la outside Cafe Del Mar, then drops into the beautiful melodic 98bpm Balearic beats, gorgeous female vocals and some delightful piano.
Balearic heaven, I can almost feel the sun!
A breath of sweet inspiration!
I just wanna love you!
Emotion - I Just Wanna Love You
(Love Slowdown Mix)
It starts off with a real groove and then just keeps on building and fizzing, slowly drawing you in, then slows and you perhaps think it's not going to really go anywhere and then the piano is unleashed and it kicks and just keeps on kicking.
Another track from Parky's radio sure - keep 'em coming legend!
Mike Misiu - Hold Your Body
Well this is a fine example, I'd say that the remix doesn't had a huge amount to the original version, but that's probably a bit of an impossible task.
This is one of my real favourite tracks and always put me in a different place.
The combination of musical talents on this with Bernard, Jonny, Neil and Chris is just off the scale and they combine and complement so effectively.
This track is just genius and the remix just allows it to flow by virtually playing the original twice.
One of the great tracks of our era.
I love you, more than you love me!
Electronic - Getting Away With It
(Greg Wilson Edit)
Such a great example of piano house which can only be summed up respecting the title.
As a non-vocal track of over 10 minutes in length it never once fails to engage you and when that piano picks up and kicks back in towards the end.
Oh boy, yes we feel it.
Such a classy production which will always be a timeless PCC.
The Vision - Laidback & Groovy
I'd like to dedicate this to all the lovers in the house!
Farley and Heller were always so consistent with their remixes and although I felt some of their stuff was a touch "too US" on occasions, this was certainly one of their top notch remixes.
Superb vocals by the legendary Michael Watford, one of the great house vocalists for amny years and sadly no longer with us.
The piano in this track aligned to the Fire Island percussive beats make this a real stand out track.
Still sounds great 30 years on!
Michael Watford - Love Change Over
(Fire Island Vocal Mix)
This has reworked the fabulous Michelle Shelley vocals from the original and also tinkled with other aspects of the production to give it a great fresh and new feel.
Great to hear this again and I'm sure it will be a biggie in the clubs.
Michelle Shellers - Rise
(DJ Spen & Thommy Davis Vocal Reproduction)
This has it all the energy, the build ups, the breaks and is a really great track.
Maybe the lack of vocals and any piano peak sections reduced it's popularity.
Will always be a banger for me.
Enjoy!
Transa - Transtar
I'm a big fan of Yousef's productions and this is laden with piano and also has some really great change of pace portions.
Nice vocals and an aura which just makes you "feel good!"
Do you wanna feel good!
Yousef feat Alexx - I Feel Good
Very much in the Keinemusik vibe.
Just such a great aura and cosy feel to it.
It just relaxes you, excites you and soothes you all in one.
Very nice indeed!
Rio Kosta - Mountain Top
(Nico Morano & Fabio Aurea Remix)
Clubland made some absolutely corking tracks and although this is not quite up there with "Love Strain" it is still a very well produced and exciting track.
Great vocals once again by Zemya and some delightful piano by Eric Kupper.
Just lovely and I'd say a very underated and underplayed track.
Get on it!
Clubland feat. Zemya Hamilton - Hypnotized
(Eric Kupper Timeless 12'' Vocal Mix)
It was certainly a monumental track and one which showcased all his musical talents.
Full of glorious layers of piano and also some exquisite guitar strings, in conjunction with Tori's ethereal vocals.
It's quite a journey at 13 mins, but always keep you fully immersed in the track and what's coming next.
One I never heard on the dancefloor, but I suspect it would have had a great impact.
Most certainly a great example of progressive house and one that still sounds amazing some 30 years on.
I've also added a PVD remix which is very solid and although less musical and creative, it certainly bangs.
BT Featuring Tori Amos - Blue Skies
(BT's Delphinium Days Mix)
(Paul Van Dyk's Erinnern Indigo Mix)
Nice little groove and some great piano.
House music doesn't have to be complex to make you move.
Enjoy!
Dee Gorgeous - Better Than Sex
(Extended Club Mix)
Another one from Parky's great radio show.
This has some great piano and some lush female French vocals from Chäm.
A really great, vibey and energetic track which has a really great feel.
Enjoy!
Dennis Liber feat. Chäm - Mystérieuse Rebelle
What follows is good, but so, so overplayed and a tad too commercial.
All though that said this was a major Hac anthem.
It was probably that it was some months later played in every trashy club and bar all over the country.
However, it still sounds great and Sybil's vocals are just magnificent and the piano is just golden!
30 odd years on it still holds it's own.
I will never, no, no, never, love again!
West End Ft. Sybil - The Love I Lost
(Unrequited Mix)
It's been around for a few years now as released in 2019.
It has a little bit of a "Moby - Go" vibe in it which I'm sure you'll recognise.
I love vocals really smooth and soothing and the piano is lush.
Metroplane feat. Daniel Wilson - Be Where I Am
(Extended Mix)
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!
Clivill̩s & Cole РPride (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)
