Sunday, 26 January 2025

Bring out the sun!

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You put Chicane and Ferry together and you are bound to get something a little tasty and this is just that. A superb piece of melodic trance...

Cause I can't get....

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Another top new track and one Mr Park is championing. It's just funky as hell and has a great bouncy rhythm. Only down side is that at j...

Dance exotically!

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This is new and I have to say pretty sensational. It has everything you'd wish to have in a track. Gorgeous breathy Balearic female voca...
Sunday, 19 January 2025

Here comes your warrior!

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Another piece of classic trance from Michael Woods from that halcyon period around the turn of the century. This was a beast of a track with...

I'm thinking about you!

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Bring on the Cheese-ometer for this one, as it features highly. That said it's one of those tracks which you just can't help but lik...

Rockin' everybody!

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Not heard this one for a while, this was always a huge track for us back in 1991. It was one of those which always caused dancefloor deliriu...

Say it again!

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 Another track which I'm surprised I've not posted until now, as this was a huge fave of mine. As good as the vocals are in the orig...

Acieed house in the house!

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A massive Hacienda classic from 1989. This still sounds awesome 35 years on. It's just so raw, funky, energetic and just damn exciting. ...

Now I wish I'd stayed!

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I keep coming back to this track and have played it hundreds of times. Is it dancefloor fodder, no not really, is it immense - absolutely. I...

Fingertips so gently on my skin!

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 Another gorgeous piece of ethereal trance. That was the real beauty of well executed trance production, the contrast of the hard pumping be...

I'll be; your safety!

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I was never a big fan of Dido and whilst I could appreciate her vocal qualities, I always thought acts like Natasha Bedingfield were so much...

Yeh, yeh, yet your!

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 Anyone who has followed the PCC blog even infrequently will know of my huge admiration of both these artists. Donna is without any doubt th...

Where is the sunshine!

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Love this track from 1992 which I still have on vinyl 12" tucked away in my garage somewhere. The original mix is just a joyful - sound...

"I can find new ways to motivate them!"

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 Massive track from 1994 which caused mayhem on the dancefloor. There were lots of remixes done of this also, but for me the original still ...

Do you remember?

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 I really love a good bit of deep house those sort of tracks which just groove along with a super infectious hook. Well this is one such tra...
Saturday, 18 January 2025

What you thinking - absolutely nothing!

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This was the video of our generation and we often used to play it at parties after a great nights clubbing. We'd get the video out and p...

And now ladies and gentlemen - what you've been waiting for!

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I've always been a huge fan of Saint Etienne and Messrs Wiggs and Stanley were most certainly creative music genii.  Add Sarah Cracknell...

A star chaser!

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Really surprised that I've not posted this yet, as it's always been a huge favourite of mine. This remix is stunning and just keeps ...

We can fly!

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Matt Darey was one of the trance guru's from the late 90's and his productions and remixes were always epic. Here he is under his Lo...

Stand up, tell everybody I've got it!

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Love this, Loleatta's vocal are on another level - I'm not sure there is another vocalist who can hit her heights. Great remix by Te...

This is how it started!

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 Love The Shaker aka Pete Bones/Peter Bonavota, pretty much all his stuff was rockin'. This one is no exception and although it starts a...
Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Respect to two legends - R.I.P.

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Thinking of all the great songs which could be dropped at midnight tonight on NYE to bring in the New Year and there are few which could be ...

A masterpiece from the master!

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A complete and utter masterpiece from the legend that was Frankie and one that he regularly played in his sets. The Directors Cut combo of F...

Reach out and touch!

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Fantastic piece for classic house music from 1990. This is such a great track and it still feels very current despite being 34 years old. It...
Sunday, 29 December 2024

Listen up!

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Much respect for Mark Moore who was there at the very beginning of the scene and was always a great DJ with great eclectic taste. His S'...

All for you!

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PDM does it again. The Rolling Stones are so iconic and their tracks are not easy to remix in a dancefloor friendly manner, but that man we ...

Nobody knows what's going on in my mind...but me!

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Love Saint Etienne and love Way Out West so logic says I should love this and glad to report I do. In all honesty, it's probably not the...

We blew your mind!

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 I always loved the Primals and have seen them live many times. They are always chaotic, yet superb and Bobby G is a great front man. Scream...

Progressive masterpiece!

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 A true progressive house classic from 1992. React 2 Rhythm made some great tracks and coupled with Fabi Paras and you had progressive heave...

Burning with ecstasy!

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This was a big tune back in 1990 and widely played by the likes of Sasah. It's an incredible bassline and boy did this shake the dancefl...

Definitely one to Remember!

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A bit of a hidden gem from 1990. Cracking old skool track which went a little under the radar. Full of different samples and laced with some...

It's the feeling that I love!

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There was a period in the mid-2000s when the Freemasons totally ruled the roost for converting not so great commercial tracks into dancefloo...
Saturday, 28 December 2024

It's like I've known you all my life!

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7th Heaven were the absolute masters at remixing tracks which were very commercial but just giving them that necessary quality to turn them ...

I'll take you to my paradise!

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 Thought I'd already posted this one. Another superb track by the Sophie and PDM collab. Sophie's vocals are exquisite and alongside...

Dance while the record spins!

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Initially the main focus of the PCC blog back in 2009 when I first started was to hunt out and share all the great tracks which we knew and ...
Friday, 27 December 2024

I feel hypnotised!

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As much as I love Depeche, not a lot of their tracks cross over onto the dancefloor of clubland too well. This one is an exception though, i...

Hold on tight!

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Such an amazing track and up there with the all time trance classics. This track had so much energy, pumping, pounding and building such an ...

Better believe!

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 A quality piece of classic house music from 2021. Superbly produced and as smooth as you like. Great remix by the legend that is Mr Morales...

That's alright!

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 Staying on the 1992 vibe another absolute corker. Cowboy Records was one of the very best labels of the 90's most notably leading the w...

Top brass!

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Love this corker from 1992. Groovy as hell and with some great instruments and a fine sprinkling of piano. Get down! Oh yes! Smooch - Disco ...

Tribute to the all time legend!

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It was with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of the legend that was DJ Alfredo on Christmas eve. It is not too far to say that Ac...
Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Happy Christmas to one and all!

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

Hear that funky groove?

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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 wit...
Sunday, 22 December 2024

Ready for the interceptor!

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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 y...

Ride the wave!

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A superb piece of classic trance from 1999. Full of energy, pounding and pulsing, continuously building then exploding. Trance just like we ...

Wasn't it me who said...

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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 favou...

Stand up straight!

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A great piece of classic house music from 1994. Superb powerful vocals, a great lively house rhythm and some great piano. Quality remix from...

All I want it the bass, yeah!

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Superb piece of Hip-House from 1991. This is the same Raze (aka Vaughan Mason) as "Break For Love" the all time house classic. Dif...

You can't tell me - what to do!

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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 ...

Valley of Tears

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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...