Still sounds amazing with that awesome jacking groove and that annoyingly good piano, combined with the effective left/right speaker switchbacks.
A house masterpiece that has totally stood the test of time.
House music doesn't have to be complex to be immensely impactful.
Enjoy!
Neal Howard - The Gathering
(Club)
Using Celine's amazing and powerful vocals to great effect this is a cracking remix.
Lots of changes in speed and tempo, with some great key changes, but the pièce de résistance is the moment on 5.15 - just wonderful.
What a touch of class!
Celine Dion - I Want You To Need Me
(Thunderpuss Club Mix)
The piano and skippy little vibe work very well together.
Man has come to his bliss!
Capricorn - Love In London
(Piano Mix)
To be honest I wasn't a huge fan of Diggers and really thought the music him and Sasha played was overrated and a bit boring.
Don't get me wrong, I can understand why they had the adulation they did, but it just wasn't my bag.
Too much of their stuff was 10 mins long tracks with no real peak and often tracks which sounded ok in clubs, but pretty dull out of clubs.
This is a huge exception and is a superb piece of Progressive house at it's very best.
Respect to you Mr Digweed, this one did rock!
Bedrock - Heaven Scent
(Original Mix)
Proper old skool house classic vibes, very raw and very in your face, but very good.
Lots of great piano help to make this a sure fire dancefloor monster.
Enjoy!
Alden Tyrell ft Mike Dunn - Touch The Sky
(International House Mix)
Lots are tosh and very formulaic, this however is a cut above the rest.
It uses Amy's wonderful vocals to great effect and builds into a delightful crescendo of piano.
I'm pretty sure this would be sensational on the dancefloor.
Very tasty!
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
(EBENE Remix)
This is over 40 years ago and was when bands made proper music using proper instruments.
If you just look at all the instruments used on this song you can really appreciate the sheer craftsmanship of creating a pop song in those days.
There are quite a few dance remixes of this track, but none compare to the sheer and raw beauty of this original version.
A timeless classic and worthy status as a PCC for maybe a set opener to warm up the floor.
Enjoy!
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
This is a pretty well known track which was pretty decent when it was first released, but this remix lifts it to a complete different level.
The piano in this is top notch and just sets up that perfect Afro House vibe.
Another beauty!
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
(ALUR Afro House Remix)
Another great track from Lola Young, not quite as good as "Conceited" but still very edgy.
The remix is good and just gives it that dancefloor appeal.
Commercial hell yeah, PCC just about (by the skin of it's teeth).
Enjoy!
Lola Young - Messy
(Tiësto Remix)
Here one of his classics is given the club treatment.
There are lots of remixes out there of this, but many are cheesy EDM trash.
This one is IMHO the pick of the bunch as it allows the beauty of the original track to really come to the fore and of course that glorious piano and the mazing haunting vocals.
A bit commercial maybe, but still very nice!
Tom Odell - Another Love
(Tiësto Extended Remix)
Great vocals, great lyrics, a trusty Hex Hector remix and an all round corking track.
The lyrics in this are great and only endear the song.
The track has loads of peaks and builds and I can imagine it being dynamite when dropped at the peak hour in the clubs.
I won't compromise my point of view!
Absolutely not!
Deborah Cox - Absolutely Not
(Hex Hector Remix)
Here he turns a commercial track into a true PCC, with some top notch remix production.
It takes us on an epic journey with lots of great build ups, lulls and then kicking up a few more notches.
With clever use of the vocal it really creates a corking track.
The vocals at the very end of the track are epic, so stay with it.
The shackles are fully off for this one!
I just wanna praise ya!
Mary Mary - Shackles
(Victor Calderone's Big Room Mix)
As with all his work PDM just adds that touch of class and makes a good track really great.
The way he works the tracks and just layers on exactly the correct amount of improvement in the key areas is the true art of a quality remixer.
This one fizzes and squelches delightfully.
Enjoy!
Milk & Sugar - Let The Sun Shine
(Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Great build up and then it locks into a really fierce groove, continuing to build, slowing right down, then building again.
Very tasty track indeed.
Trikk x Meute - Raiva
I heard it on Parky's fabulous radio show and he described it as his favourite track of the moment.
Who am I to argue?
It is an belter of a track with some outstanding piano and some great African vocals.
Love the slow down and the build back up.
Enjoy!
Charles Webster X Muzi - Bakulindele
(Extended Mix)
It's long but amazing throughout building beautifully and just blowing your brains as it peaks.
A fantastic piece of remix work by the Pachanga Boys with some delightful piano and just a supercharged track.
Again another big Keinemusik track.
True aural pleasure!
Röyksopp - Running to the Sea feat. Susanne Sundfør
(Pachanga Boys remix)
Their remix work was always of the highest quality, creating epic tracks with great piano breakdowns, very similar in style to B.I.R.
This is bit of a monster so strap yourself in (Pete Tong-ism).
Great vocals by Ruby as always.
Enjoy it's a beauty!
Ruby Turner - Change
(T´Empo's Don´t Phone Us We're In The Club Mix)
This one from 2015 is still pretty commercial, but just underground enough courtesy of a cracking piano-tastic Love To Infinity remix.
Rozalla - If You Say It Again
(Love To Infinity Club Mix)
Some gorgeous French vocals and a mesmerising dreamy chilled trance vibe.
Sumptuous!
Emre Gulmez - Ressentir
I really liked Of Monsters And Men and played their album My Head Is An Animal to death when it first came out in 2011.
This is a really clever and cheeky remix, very much in the Keinemusik Afro Beats stylee.
It is a really endearing and respects the original while giving it new life and energy.
The piano on this is immense.
Lovely!
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
(Hoax Afro House Remix)
The mix with Ultracynic's - Nothing Is Forever is a really fond memory and caused absolute dancefloor mayhem, with not a dry eye in the house.
Legendary days.
Create a cosmic orgasm!
Ursula Hybsch - Orgasm
(Intro)
It was a biggie from that halcyon piano house era of 1991 and a regular track in Sasha's mix sets from that era.
Still sounds great all these years on.
Only your love can set me free!
Oooh ooh yeah!
PKA - Powergen
(Breaking Bones Mix)
I've always been an absolute sucker for great piano and this has it in spades.
I bet this one goes down an absolute storm in clubs and will be massive in Ibiza this year.
You heard it here, so believe it.
Slightly reminiscent of Eric Prydz' monstrous Pjanoo.
Mark my words this will be a biggie!
Love is going to get you!
Notre Dame - Do For Your Love
Both are very edgy and not that Parrky-esque but both great tracks.
This first one is very much in the Keinemusik Afro Beats style and is just quality.
Great layers of atmosphere which build, then slow, then build again.
Just lovely.
NatalieJane - Amanea
(Extended Mix)
This was massive back in 2004 and 21 years on it's still sounds great.
B.E.D. is another James Wiltshire alias and I've run out of superlatives for his work most notably as Jimmy Gomez and one half of the Freemasons.
This track combines a lovely vocal from Chloe Myers with a widely sampled simple guitar hook which creates a lovely Balearic summer type feel.
B.E.D. feat. Chloe Myers - Before I Leave
(Freemasons Club Mix)
This is an all time disco classic which still sounds amazing and has been sampled many times.
Notably you'll here where "Steal my sunshine" pinched it's riff from.
Love this track, amazing production, great vocals, great groove with delightful piano throughout, not to mention all the fantastic trumpet.
Hard to believe this track is nearly 50 years old. Wow!
The Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Angel was also lead singer of the Cover Girls.
About the track well is a touch commercial, but nevertheless it still kicks quite a bit and retains just enough oomph to be posted on the PCC blog, mainly thanks to the Johnny Vicious input.
Actions speak louder than words!
Angel Clivilles - Show Me
(Johnny Vicious Club Mix)
His status as a DJ and Remixer is already set in stone as one of house music's greatest.
This is a fine track and probably not one you'd expect.
Less housey and more vibey than his usual style, but it is very good and certainly hits the heights.
David Morales - Anarchy
These were the tunes which really lit up the dancefloors in the early 90's, proper "hands in the air" Italian piano house, old skool classics.
They still sound brilliant today, because quite simply very little could touch that era.
Vibe on!
Analysis - Climax
His remixes were always right on point and he ruled strongly in the 90's.
Always combining great punchy beats with delightful piano which totally complemented the vocals.
You won't be surprised so much of his work is on the PCC blog and much more to come.
49ers - Got To Be Free
(E-Smoove's Groovy Mix)
This still sounds amazing and is just such a great track.
It has everything for me, that really lovely raw edge of early house music, lots of great samples, some great piano and just so much going on in the track that it keeps you totally engrossed.
To think this track is nearly 40 years old.
A pure club classic indeed!
2 Men A Drum Machine And A Trumpet - Make It Funky
This was a major part of a lot of their sets and it carries that typical Keinemusik feel of being heavily atmposheric, lots of chants, laid back chilled beats and of course delightful piano.
Keinemusik have really revolutionised house/dance music in recent years and I'd say they have created the most exciting era since trance in the late 90's/early 2000s.
All their tracks are just such delightful to listen to and bliss out to.
Pure Class!
&friends feat. Featuring El-Jay & Oluwadamvic - Ode Ireti
(Nitefreak Remix)
It's got a really unique feeling with some quirky vocals and some cheeky lyrics (including a few expletives).
However, it creates a really effective groove with some delightful subtle bits of piano.
Nice!
Madame Electrifie - Never Forget
So many wonderful talents coming together on this one.
The stupendous vocals of the legendary Martha Wash, the production genius of C&C and the piano-tastic remix qualities of Loveland.
With that co-lab you are bound to have something special and that's just what it is.
Enjoy!
C&C Music Factory - I Found Love
(Loveland Remix)
This was a monstrous track back then and at the forefront of the progressive house sound.
Alawys a big track at Back To Basics in Leeds for weeks on end.
Still sounds great today and that peak at 3.46 mins was an epic "hands in air" moment which blew the roof off.
Exciting times, great memories.
Immortal track! Just sublime!
Sublime - Sublime
(Dub)
Here's an old favourite from back in 1991 which always went down well.
A pretty unique track but catchy as hell and one which was played out loads in clubs.
I always like the bit that sounds like a frog croaking "dance and feedback????"
Nexy Lanton - You Too
(Club Mix)
A great track for summer.
The piano is superb and I always love a track which slows and speeds up, there's nothing better for getting you moving!
The sax is also superb, especially when synced with the piano. Oh yes!
Enjoy!
Bakermat - Baianá
(Extended Mix)
The Prince Kaybee remix is also very tasty and well worth a listen and a post.
This is very much in a Keinemusik afro beats type vibe.
Both tracks are a little too short and would have been much better extended to 6 to 7 mins IMHO.
Bakermat - Baiana
(Prince Kaybee Remix)
Lots of great piano and just a great bounce-along-groove.
Has a old skool feel with a nu skool vibe.
Some great sax also.
Nice!
Doug Willis is of course another alias for the legendary DJ/Remixer/Producer Dave Lee, aka Joey Negro.
Doug Willis - Music Speaks Louder Than Words
(Micky More & Andy Tee Piano Mix)
The original was so iconic and was a true Balearic anthem in it's own right, but just like the Depeche track posted below, this is sensational.
Using the exact same formula increasing the tempo, underpinning a house beat and tweaking and enhancing all the best bits of the original.
The output is another sensational remix of an all time classic.
Let's also not forget the amazing qualities of Alf and Vince.
I don't think her vocals ever sounded as good and Vince's production is as always close to perfection.
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
(Sgt Slick Recut Extended)
There have been so many attempts to remix this successfully and almost all have failed by a long way (with the exception of the Mike Koglin reworking previously posted).
This however is exemplar, like most of Sgt Slick's remixes he doesn't make massive wholesale changes, just enhances bits, adds a little extra pace and infuses a pumping house beat.
This has always been one of my fave Depeche tracks and this remix is top notch.
No need for silence. Just Enjoy!
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
(Sgt Slick ReCut)
Bimbo Jones could always be relied on for a quality remix.
Corking groove, great vocals and an all round banger,
So tiny that they blow away like dust!
Just Jack - Embers
(Bimbo Jones Extended Club Mix)
Heard it recently on Parky's excellent Radio show, which always keeps me in check with best new grooves in clubs.
It's good a laid back groove, but very some nice piano and also some pretty choice vocals with a few well placed expletives.
Prepare to be electrified!
Enjoy!
Madame Electrifie - Never Forget
This is just such a delightful piece of melodic vocal trance.
Very much a beautiful thing.
Those amazing vocals, send shivers down my spine.
Sumptuous!
London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
(Tinlicker Rework)
Tinlicker are usually right on the money with their remixes and this takes a great track and makes it very dancefloor friendly.
Top notch!
Robyn ft Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
(Tinlicker Edit)
Hey, but that's the beauty of the blog I can pick things up when I have some free time and when I come across new great tracks.
This is another piece of quality of master remixing by that man the PDM.
Just love his stuff, he is like the Luvdup of the current generation. always on point with great remixes and DJ sets.
Just another quality track, this one is from a few years back in 2016 but contains some great vocals and a lovely smooth rhythm delivery and a modified steel drum sounding loop which is great.
Love the line "Sing me all the songs you love!"
Lush - just breathe!
Seeb feat. Neev - Breathe
(Purple Disco Machine Remix)
It still sounds great today, so imagine how unique it must have sounded almost 40 years ago.
Quality never dies.
Simply "Bryllyant!"
Boytronic - Bryllyant
(33 1/3 Plus 8 Remix)
Not as popular or as overground as their "7 Days And One Week" track, but pretty spanking all the same.
This was the type of track that made the dancefloor pulse and throb.
B.B.E. - Flash
(Club Mix)
Annie has always had an amazing vocal and is a true legend.
Gabriel & Dresden are always spot on with their remixes and hence we have a top quality track.
It just has such an amazing feel and aura about it.
Just lovely.
Annie Lennox - Pavement Cracks
(Gabriel & Dresden Club Mix)
