Happy Christmas to one and all!

Breaking with tradition I'm posting the last pre-Christmas post with something that is brand new (rather than an old classic).

This is hot off the press and was only released on 13th December 2024.

I heard it and just fell in love with it.

It is incredible piece of laid back deep house with a real Keinemusik feel.

The vocals are just gorgeous and oh so soothing.

The only problem is that it is a little too short and could do with at least an extra 2 to 3 mins.

Regardless, here's hoping that this gets played for all those who are clubbing this Christmas.

Imagine this being dropped at midnight on New Years Eve. Heavenly!

Happy Christmas to one and all - have a great time,  live life to the full and stay safe!

Qrion feat. Pinkpirate - Lean Into Light

(Extended Mix)

Hear that funky groove?

Now here's an old fave which I've not heard for years but still sounds amazing.

This is one of the great pleasures of continuing with the PCC blog and why after all these years I continue to post great tracks.

Great remix by 7th Heaven. The piano in this is just superb.

Used to love this back int'day and it really rocked the dancefloor.

It was a huge Tony De Vit track and one he is pretty reknown for playing and also remixing.

I never went to Trade/Turnmills, but by all accounts it was off the scale.

Hear that funky groove!

99th Floor Elevators - Hooked 

(7th Heaven's Back To Turnmills Mix)

Ready for the interceptor!

Big old skool track from 1992.

Always went down a storm this one.

Raw, hard edged but full on hands in the air when that piano dropped.

Oh yeah!

Interceptor 17 - Interceptor 17 

(Original)

Ride the wave!

A superb piece of classic trance from 1999.

Full of energy, pounding and pulsing, continuously building then exploding.

Trance just like we love it.

Get on it!

Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave 

(Albion Remix)

Wasn't it me who said...

Very surprised that I've only posted 5 Diana tracks on the blog to date. That must change!

She is without doubt one of my all time favourite female vocalists and every track she has ever touched is golden.

Her tracks also remix well because the vocals are so amazing.

Eric Kupper did a series of house based remixes and they are all great.

This is one of them, which keeps all the amazing qualities of the original track, but just gives it that extra dance-ability and house feel.

Simply gorgeous!

Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning 

(Eric Kupper Remix)

Stand up straight!

A great piece of classic house music from 1994.

Superb powerful vocals, a great lively house rhythm and some great piano.

Quality remix from Serious Rope and you've got a "serious" dance floor banger.

Not one that I heard out in clubs too often, but a corking track.

Something I could well imagine Allister Whitehead playing, very much in his style (which I love).

Enjoy!

Desoto - Pay A 'Lil Attention 

(Serious Rope 12'' Mix)

All I want it the bass, yeah!

Superb piece of Hip-House from 1991.

This is the same Raze (aka Vaughan Mason) as "Break For Love" the all time house classic.

Different vocalists this time, including some great rapping from Doug Lazy.

It's a slick piece of hip house with some great piano.

All I want it the bass, yeah!

Raze - Bass Power 

(Club)

You can't tell me - what to do!

Now this is an old skool track which I used to love back in the day.

It's from 1991 and it used to be on a mix set tape which I used to play over and over.

It's got great vocals and some great synth riffs, I just love the laid back feel of it.

You can't tell me - what to do!

Regime - What To Do

(Casablanca Mix)

Valley of Tears

Superb track from 1994 which still sounds great.

There are lots of remixes out there of this, but I still think the original is the best.

It's funky, it's vibey, a tad cheesey?, but definitely infectious.

Enjoy!

René Et Gaston - Vallée De Larmes

Oooh-eye, oooh-eye!

 Staying on the overground/underground vibe, this was certainly a track which divided opinion.

In my opinion certainly overground, but it was very good and very catchy and although it rarely got played out in the country's most discerning clubs it is still a great track and worthy of PCC status.

Tim and Jez were both great contributors to the dance music scene for many years and both were omnipresent on the scene in Leeds which was playground of many of my clubbing years in the early 90's.

The track uses the amazing Kate Bush vocals to great effect, contains some great piano and is just a great catchy, sing-a-long track.

Like all PCC's is still sounds great today and that is testament to it's quality.

Utah Saints - Something Good

What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?

A classic track from 1995 which although it went overground, is still very much underground.

Immortalised by the line "what's she gonna look like with a chimney on her".

I remember the first time I heard it was on a Allister Whitehead mix tape, which I played to death as it was also the first time I'd heard the Jimmy Gomez remix of Anthony White - Love Me Tonight, which became one of my all time favourite tracks.

Boy did that mix tape get some stick, I must have rewound the Anthony White track hundreds of times.

Lots of remixes of this, but it was the Junior remix which I first heard and to me is still the best version out there.

Quality house music which has stood the test of time, despite the Chimney reference.

Enjoy!

Urban Discharge featuring She - Drop A House

(Junior Sound Factory Mix)

Still in the house!

Wow, hard to believe that this one dates back to 1987, as it still sounds amazing and also very current.

Me thinks that this is where Morales drew inspiration for his riff on his amazing remix of Mariah Carey's - Dream Lover.

Well this track is just like the remix title suggests a hot piano house mix.

Seriously folks this is a legendary track and that vocal has been sampled many times.

Classic house music!

John Rocca - I Want It To Be Real 

(Farley's Hot House Piano Mix)

Afro chants in the house!

Another amazing track brought to my attention by the wonderful Keinemusik set from Burning Warrior.

This has such a great vibe, filled with afro chants and a slow chilled build up, then the bass drops and the pace increases and it just continues to build.

Just lovely.

The Keinemusik vibe has certainly relighted my passion for dance music and restored my faith that there is good new original music being produced of the highest quality.

Enjoy!

Idd Aziz, Djamou Sangare - Lua 

(Pippi Ciez Retake)

If you catch me when I fall!

A superb piece of up-tempo house music from 1998.

Great lyrics, great vocals and some cracking piano.

It's a lively little number, which is guaranteed to get your toe tapping.

Shernette May - Alright With Me 

(Mark Picchiotti Sunday Vocal Remix)

Look how far we have come!

Surprised I've not posted this one before now.

It's one of those which is slightly commercial but just underground enough.

I totally loved Maria's vocals, she is right up their with the very best of the trance vocalists.

This is from 1996 and still sounds great and oh, that chorus is to die for.

After all is said and done!

Robert Miles Feat. Maria Nayler ‎– One And One 

(Club Version)

Don't go, please stay!

I've already posted the Ferry Corsten remix of this track, but felt it more than worthy to post this sensational remix also.

There's less of George in this one, but the remix is just superb and right up there with one of Lange's best, which is no faint praise as they he always super consistent.

It's a thumping, pumping trance monster, but laden with some beautiful chilled piano chords which just elevates it's appeal.

Don't go, please stay, it always happens, this way.

Faithless feat. Boy George - Why Go? 

(Lange Remix)

Set the wheels in motion!

I could pretty much post Blue Amazon's entire back catalogue such was the quality of their remix and production work.

Much like Above & Beyond, Trouser Enthusiasts, Gabriel & Dresden and other they appear on the PCC blog multiple times because they created and recreated some many great tracks.

This one is an epic 15 minute journey with lots of superb build up, lush piano and some delightful vocals from Jayn Hanna.

Set the wheels in motion!

Feel the heat is rising!

Jayn Hanna - Lovelight (Ride On A Love Train) 

(Blue Amazon's Innocent Vocal Mix)

You intoxicate my mind!

 A fantastic piece of classic house from 2006.

This track has it all a great groove, great vocals, some great piano and a great deep house groove.

Not a day goes by when I don't think of you!

Kerri Chandler- The Promise 

(Original Mix)

Don't look behind!

Love Decade were pretty much omnipresent on the club circuit in 1991 and 1992.

They seemed to be on the PA playlist for virtually every club night around that era or certainly that was the case Up North!

While "So Real" was always their stand out track they also had a few other quality tracks, this being one of them.

Filled with lush vocals, great piano, a bit of sax and the sound that was very present in that era, it's another bonafide PCC.

Don't look behind!

Feel it!

Love Decade - I Feel You 

(Naked Club Mix)

Trust your feelings of love!

This was always a great track and one which went down superbly in clubs.

I think I first heard this played out in a club in Blackpool called Sequins (anyone remember that?).

It must have been late 1991 or early 1992.

About the track well it's just a great groovy track with some great vocals, some great piano and a real feel-good factor.

Trust your feelings of love!

I feel love so much since I don't know when!

Midi Rain - Always 

(Blue Piano Mix Vocal)

My good intentions!

Staying on an similar vibe and another daughter recommendation.

Another really superb new track and one which was a feature of a few Keinemusik sets.

It has a fantastic aura and atmposhere about it with some lovely vocals, great piano and a throbbing bassline.

Not to mention a great drumroll and crescendo.

My good intentions!

Top notch track.

Enjoy!

Mahmut Orhan x Nathan Nicholson - Pangea 

(Maxi Meraki Remix)

This one's for the Kidz!

I'm reliably informed that this track went down well in Ibiza this year.

On the subject of Kidz, my own children were only very young when I first started this blog in 2009.

Fast forward 15 years and it was in fact my daughter that alerted me to this track with a "Dad you'll love this, it was brilliant when dropped in Ibiza this year".

A little about the track well it's just awesome very "Keinemusik" in style and I'm very surprised that they haven't any involvement in it. There's lush piano, epic build up, afro chants and just an incredible atmosphere throughout the track.

It's great to know they are still playing top notch, fresh new tracks in clubs.

To all the Kidz out there this one if for you.

Enjoy!

Arodes - Kidz

(Extended Mix)

Pow, passion!

Blondie's tracks when remixed are on another level which is just testament to her amazing talent.

Whilst several have been posted on the PCC blog, this is one which is well worthy of a post.

Not one of Blondie's most popular tracks but still a great track all the same.

Two great remixes here. 

I think the Burger Queen remix just pips it for me, as the Diddy remix although very good is pretty similar to their fabulous Atomic remix.

Love the "Pow-passion"

Blondie - Union City Blue 

(Burger Queen Peroxide Power Mix)

Blondie - Union City Blue 

(Diddy's Power and Passion Mix)

Come on!

One of the finest vocalists of our generation.

BRM and dance music go together like hand and glove.

Her vocals on this are stunning.

I prefer then Dave Aude remix, as I feel it uses Billie's exquisite vocals to a better effect.

Billie Ray Martin - The Glittering Gutter

(Offer Nissim Remix)

Billie Ray Martin - The Glittering Gutter 

(Dave Aude' Club Mix)

Very sticky!

While I do think that Bicep have been massively overhyped, I do have to confess that this track is stunning and very powerful.

In our day we were spoilt with the likes of FSOL, Sabre's, Underworld, not to mention A&B, Trouser Enthusiasts and may others who were far better than Bicep.

I think it's more that there is so little good quality original music produced these days and hence Bicep do stand out.

Glue is very well known and highly popular (possibly overplayed), but it is nonetheless a very piece of progressive trance and certainly worthy of PCC status!

Bicep - Glue

(Original Mix)

Eternally beautiful!

 A simply stunning piece of art from the legends that were A&B.

They were true masters of their craft.

This encapsulates you from the very first piano chord through to the full 8 mins plus of the track.

Just a stunning piece of atmospheric trance music.

Above & Beyond - Eternal 

(Artemil Remix)

Shang, Shang, Shangai!

Let's go back, way back.

Love this track very unusual and combining many different styles, but it somehow works.

A great piece of Italo Disco from 1985 which still sounds great almost 40 years on.

Lee Marrow - Shanghai

I'd love to stay for ever and another day!

This is new and totally fab.

A lot of the new tracks which I post are either featured on Graeme Park's radio show which I listen to every week or via known legends in the field like Luvdup and to be honest any of numerous music sources which I listen to when I have chance.

This one was via Parky's show.

It's a fantastic upbeat piece of bubblegum type pop but with such charm and also dancefloor credibility.

Very 80's and with a real Italian Hi-NRG vibe.

Beautiful lush vocals, some great lyrics and some delightful Spanish guitar.

I'd love to stay for ever and another day!

It's a corker.

Patchouli Brothers - Mista Hasta La Vista

Super? Oh yes!

Love a lot of Yousef's work and this is a real banger.

This is one championed by the legend that is Graeme Park.

Totally piano laden it whips you into a dancefloor frenzy.

I bet this goes down a storm in the clubs.

Quality.

Super? Most certainly!

Yousef - Super

Ride on baby!

A real old fave of mine.

Just love all Dave Lee's work, such a prolific and fantastic remixer/producer.

This is a huge anthem and just never loses it's appeal.

Totally piano-licious!

There was once a time when I thought I'd run out of PCCs to post, but I don't think this will ever happen, especially with posting the odd new track in with the old classics.

Ride on!

Joey Negro - Ride The Rhythm 

(Joey Negro Club Mix)

You make me feel good!

A corking old skool track from 1991which was both very underplayed and underrated.

Why wasn't this track bigger back in '91?

It's a proper old skool banger with some great piano and would have gone down a storm back then.

It's one I never heard played out, which was a shame.

Maybe it was one of those very rare tracks which never got in many of the top  jock's boxes.

I can imagine the likes of Vertigo or even early Sasha hammering this.

Regardless, this is what the PCC blog is all about, uncovering and exposing some of those rare and forgotten gems.

Enjoy!

Zenana - Compulsion 

(Vocal Mix)

Yeah, feeling!

Always loved this track and another which I'm surprised I've not posted before now.

More for a warm summers day, rather than a rainy December morning, but hopefully it will brighten the mood as we can't easily change the weather.

It's funky, laid back, chilled and very much Ibizian Balearic in style.

Yeah, feeling!

Enjoy!

YBU - Soul Magic 

(Full Length Version)

Hit me in the heart!

I recently posted a fantastic acoustic version of this track which just blows me away everytime I listen to it.

This version creates a more dance friendly vibe.

PDM does what he does best and creates a superb piece of disco dance floor fodder, whilst Yebba's fantastic vocals still shine through.

The only problem is as just over three and a half minutes, it's way too short.

Maybe PDM was in a rush that day and had to get to a gig! Ha ha!

Enjoy, even at 3.5 mins, it's still glorious!

Mark Ronson featuring Yebba - Don't Leave Me Lonely 

(Purple Disco Machine Remix)

Intelligent life beyond this planet!

One of those amazing trance tracks which you just have to play over and over it's so addictive.

You play it once and think "did I hear just hear that right", then play it again.

Almost 25 years on, this track still sounds amazing, unique and truly mesmerising.

Be warned it is very addictive.

Intelligent life beyond this planet! Yes indeed!

Yahel - Voyage 

(Original)

Oooh yeah!

I have only one thing to say about this track "Oooh yeah!"

Well I better add a few more comments.

Just like the track title suggests it's a corking piece of trance piano from 1997.

Altogether now "Oooh yeah!"

Delicious!

Y Traxx - Trance Piano

Ain't it shocking what love can do?

Staying on the Whitney vibe and why not!

When 2 legends collide you're bound to get something special and this is.

The remix and production genius of Mr Morales and the amazing vocals courtesy of Ms. Houston creates house music heaven and a true masterpiece.

It's long, very long at 11 mins plus, but it's never boring and keeps you encapsulated from start to finish taking you on a real journey.

It's making me all emotional!

Whitney Houston - So Emotional 

(David Morales Emotional Club Mix)

This love is strong!

Whitney's legendary status was underpinned by the recognition that she was one of best vocalists of our generation.

Junior's status was sometimes tainted by his desire to chase the money, which resulted in more quantity than quality and many remixes which were a bit bland and same-ish.

This however, is one of his better ones, which combines with Whitney's amazing vocals produces a cracking club track. Just the way we like them.

It's fast paced, energetic and very effective.

Whitney Houston - How Will I Know 

(Junior Vasquez Club Mix)

Do you enjoy what you do!

 Wham on the PCC blog, who'd of thought it, but the PCC mantra has always been about quality and not musical snobbery.

This is a great remix and Sgt Slick (aka Andrew Ramanauskas) is an absolute master at converting pop tracks into very credible dance floor smashes, this is one such example.

I could well imagine this being dropped by some of the more eclectic DJs, it would also be a great end of night track to finish a set.

Imagine this coming on after a night of intense clubbing and the lights coming on.

Dancefloor delirium would ensue!

Do you enjoy what you do?

If not then stop!

Feeling it? You need to be!

WHAM! - Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) 

(Sgt Slick ReCut)