Sunscreem - Love you More (1991)

Sunscreem is a techno/house band from Essex, England, who scored a number of hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. Sunscreem also has the rare reputation as a techno-based band that successfully performs concerts. Over a ten-year period, 12 of their singles made an entry to the UK Singles Chart.
The nucleus of the group is lead vocalist/keyboardist Lucia Holm and fellow keyboardist Paul Carnell. The group has also, at times, included Darren Woodford, Rob Fricker, Sean Wright, Nick Slingsby (aka "Bongo Ted") and DJ Dave Valentine.


Sunscreem released a 12" promo of "Love U More" on the Sony Soho Square record label in 1991, a song which went on to spend two weeks at #1 on the U.S. Dance chart in March 1993. They had club hits in the UK with the singles "Walk On" and "Pressure" (also on Sony Soho Square) before releasing their successful first album O3 on multiple labels in 1993. Other singles from O3 included "Perfect Motion" and a cover of the Marianne Faithfull record "Broken English".

"Love U More" was one of the first techno songs to hit the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 40, climbing to #36 (to date it is their only Hot 100 entry). It has subsequently been covered (usually in a bowdlerised form, omitting the climactic reference to rape and toning down other images in the lyrics) by other artists including Paul Elstak, LMP, Rollergirl and Steps.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIwS-Xt_nY

Cher - Take Me Home (1979)

"Take Me Home" was originally recorded by American singer and actress, Cher. The song was released as a single in 1979 and became Cher's first top ten single in the United States in five years, since "Dark Lady" in 1974. It would be her last for almost another decade, until "I Found Someone" in late 1987. "Take Me Home" hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #21 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single also charted in Canada and Norway, peaking at #10 and #9 respectively. In 1979, the RIAA awarded Cher with a Gold certification for the album for sales of over 500,000, and a Gold certification for the single for sales of over 1,000,000. House heads or dance music fans into post disco music would be horrified by this post, but its an enduring classic, always fun to hear (unlike her massive pop hit 'Believe') and justified as a top 1000 dance classic. Top 100, no. Top 500, nope. Top 750, uh no. But maybe, just maybe, its in the top 1000. Its in mine. And so similar to the fun classic France Joli/Come To Me. Wonder why??????



video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAFKTsfdBQ

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQD8oKObzi4

Jungle Wonz - The Jungle (1986)

Before the way early classic 'Time Marches On' by Jungle Wonz came out (prob my favorite all time dance record) , Marshall Jefferson aka Jungle Wonz released on Trax Chicago 'The Jungle'. They (Larry Levan/David Piccione) played this at Paradise garage and it was life changing. (er so.) I felt like i was actually in Kenya or Angola. Deep deep tribal house, as Deep Chicago as you can get. And a standout among early Chicago house records.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3s1O4Ppyms

Baricentro - Tittle Tattle - 1983

Italian post disco - pre house classic - maybe even you can call it early electro. It sounds Italian

certainly , similar in feel to 'Problems D'Amour ' by Alexander Robotnik. Big with the high energy crowds with taste.

link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCedplI6HFk

Green Velvet - La La Land (2001)

All the Green Velvet tracks were/are popular. Flash being one, Answeing Machine another huge Green Velvet classic. La La was one of the more popular tunes the group made....Green Velvet being an alias of Cajmere for those who didn't know. La La Land wasn't always one of my favorite green Velvet track,  but I always had mad requests for it, and its been remixed to death. It really is cutting edge, as all the GV tracks are. And time has aged the song well.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDMVfFgykP8

Major Problems - Overdose (1990)

Hard house from 1990 on Nu Groove Records, this Lenny Dee/Ralphi Dee production was a basic Adonis/No Way Back remix. The Adonis being one of my top 5 records of all time as  a DJ, any variation of that sold me. This track filled my floor always.  One track on a 4 track E.P., i still love this record. Im guessing not many DJs have a copy, I feel lucky to have it.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hS5WSCt1q0&feature=related

I.M.T - The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress...(1993)

For gay clubs i'm sure, and then again probably specific to New York. Or other hardcore underground cities, Chicago. London. Miami. You dont get more underground than this. Hard to find as a vinyl record I'm betting, I.M.T actually had a really good follow up release as well ...both sides were fantastic actually. That record was called ' I don't want to be alone/IMT Theme. Released on Miss Girl Records, those were the only two releases on the label. This record has a SERIOUS bassline. One hot record. I think the lyrics are about a drag queen. Just a hunch. Nevertheless, its fantastic. Dark, yet fun.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_67oDu18N6s

Johnny Dangerous - Beat That Bitch With A Bat (1993)

Almost insulting to woman (?) but i assume done in good humor, this was THE jam when it came out. Very very underground, you had to seek it out to buy it. Def not for everyone, barely anyone in fact. Very much an aquired taste thing. But anyone into classic NY style house will tell ya, this is a major classic. Def in the top 1000.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybQwx1CcSM

Curious - Sun, Sun, Sun (1994)

Louie Vega produced and mixed this flawless male vox infused tribal deep classic, and man did he churn out a quality release. Drove an ecstatic deep house crowd straight to the center of the dancefloor, and caused me to buy numerous copies just to have a couple sealed virgin copies. Still have em. Strictly Rhythm should be pleased with this gem of a house record.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbqKeF-8yg

PQM - You Are Sleeping (2002)

Classic deep hard house track from Prince Quick Mix, who first entertained my turntables with his flawless bootleg mix of Led Zeppelin's ' Babe' I'm Gonna Leave You'  that I bopught on a white label bootleg in Montreal. His first real big record was this tribal jam, released in 1992 on Yoshotoshi Records US , then remixed by a bunch of fab remixers.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WnLmF_ZF_4

Soulsearcher - Can't Get Enough (1999)

Soulsearcher was a project of Marc Pomeroy. Under this alias, he got his biggest club hit, "Can't Get Enough", in 1999. The song featured a sample of "Let's Lovedance Tonight" from Garys Gang and the vocals of two legendary singers: Donna Allen and Thea Austin. Two follow-up singles ("Do It To Me Again" in 2000 and "Feelin' Love" in 2003) were also well received. All my research seems to show this came out in 1999, I most certainly remember playing this much much earlier in the decade, at Riot in Hartford in like 1991 or 1992. Certainly I was playing it in New York in 1993, people will testify to that. I even charted it on my radio mixshow, so .....im confused as to why I cant list its original release date. Maybe I had a really early white label, thats possible since i was close to the people who ran Northcott, Downtown 161, all those labels. I think it was on a Northcott  label honestly.No matter, it was for eons one of my biggest dance records.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhDIBY3hKmk

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r52wHqMwDC4

Sequence - Funk You Up - 1979

From Columbia South Carolina , this funk based band had this monster dance club smash in 1979.

audio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_gF1v1xZDc&feature=related

Narcotic Thrust - Waiting for You (2006)

Narcotic Thrusts fifth single, after 'When The Levee Breaks' and 'I Like it'. The duo scored big, no, huge...with their worldwide smash 'Safe From Harm'...which is also on this list of 1000 best dance records. This particular single is definitely my favorite from the group, has a lot of meaning to me at a critical time in my life. It was big for me as well on the dancefloor, i banged that Steve Mac classic mix for days at clubs like Room 960 and Elevate in Connecticut. A personal fav. (oh, I said that already...)

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxjNeaua6Bs

Loveland - Hope (Never Give Up) (1994)

I have this only as a white label, just like the photo above. It reads Loveland Vs Junior Vasquez. His fantastic remix of this UK release did wonders for my vocal leaning dance crowd, they wanted progressive while not getting too left field, if you know what I mean. SGH Losing  You, Livin' Joys Dreamer both great examples, and add this one to those two. Great remix, one of his best , and he did a lot of good remixes, particularly in the early and mid 1990's. This 1994 release eventually came out on Eastern Bloc records. Featuring the vocals of Rachel McFarlane , who sang lead on a few Loveland releases.

audio link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK0dKyWzK7s

Phlash! - Get A Life (Frantic Theme) (2002)

Hard house from 2002, big with the rave crowd and the progressive house crowd. Known by its simple lyric line 'Get a life you drug addicts'....the record, released on Tripoli Trax records UK did amazingly well for the label. Happy fun hard house, very bouncy at around 138 BPM. The deep house crowd I'm sure wouldn't dig this, nor would the pop or disco crowds. Maybe trance, so it's demographic is pretty small. Still, in my book it stands out, I love the simple production of it. Its hard without being overwhelming , kind of a smooth hard, if you can understand that.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwq8N8sKTZg

Elton John - Rocket man - Junior Vasquez bootleg (1993)

Originally released as a white label around about 1992 or 1993, this Junior Vasquez bootleg remix of the Elton John classic Rocket Man sold out in all the stores in New York City that managed to get it, I got mine at Decadance on Christopher Street, but a chosen few other stores in NYC and worldwide managed to get some copies. Repressed as a bootleg in 2000 as well, and probably a few times in between. My copy had a Mariah bootleg on the flip, the 2000 repressing had a Whitney bootleg on the flip.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKiwkP5Q_kA

I Luv Musik /McDonna's Park - Vicious Bootleg (1994)

Serious re-edit of the O'Jays classic 'I Love Music' by Johnny Vicious, released on a bootleg white label (actually black on one side and grey on the other) back in 1993. Devastated dancefloors, breathingnew life into what was a tired disco song. (In my opinion). The flip side was a remix/re-edit of Macarthurs Park called McDonna's Park, a Donna Summer bootleg that a lot of Dj's played as well. All in all a collectors item, as both sides did fairly well on across the board dance clubs. The quality wasn't the best, but people loved hearing these tunes.

audio link
I Luv Musik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiO8DqukrUs

audio link
McDonnas Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sw3g95LLK8

Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (1982)

It figures the brilliant Larry Levan U.S. remix came out on a U.K. label, that country has always been a step ahead of the U.S. on appreciating good music, no matter where it came from. On the U.S. release this was on the same E.P. as Padlock , and Peanut Butter, two more brilliant Gwen Guthrie reocrdings. She was also known for the smash 'It Should Have Been You'.  Seventh Heaven was produced by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear, and it sounded AMAZING at the Paradise Garage , and any bass heavy good sound system really. Disco funk pre-house sounding almost, it's a true quality dance classic.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXG7Uqr4HFU&feature=related

Cuba Gooding - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend (1983)

Cuba Gooding, Sr. (born April 27, 1944) is the lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, most notable for its two biggest hits, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972) and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974). Gooding also had a brief solo career on Motown Records during the late-1970s and early-1980s. His biggest international success was Brian Auger's "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" in 1983, which has in recent times been sampled by several R&B artists, as well as hitting the charts again as a remix by UK Hardcore Rave group Altern-8 in 1991. Father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr., his huge underground pre-electro/disco smash came out on Streetwise Records US/London records UK, and was produced by Arthur Baker . The !2" had that ALL IMPORTANT accapella, which most DJ's with a clue used in the early days of house music. Nightmares On Wax (Warp Records UK) used this Cuba Gooding record on their international dance smash 'Aftermath'. to great effect.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOAgIToZrk

Vanessa Daou - Sunday Afternoons (1996)

Produced and arranged by then husband Peter Daou , the two previously scored big on dancefloors as the Daou , and had a number one smash with Surrender Yourself back in 1992. This MCA distributed release had fantastic Danny Tenaglia mixes on 2 12" records, but even the downtempo album version was great. Hell the whole LP was brilliant if you ask me. Vanessa has such great seductive vocals, and we all know (or should) what a talent Peter Daou is. This record wasn't her breakthrough, too bad. As an LP artist she was top notch. I was looking forward to a slew of more releases from her, preferably with Peter Daou productions and Tenaglia remixes ( on the dance mixes. the downtempo LP cuts were great left intact. )


audio link
Tenaglia Zipper Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeydwWHPLI

Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango (2000)

Basement Jaxx are a house music duo from London England. The duo consists of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s. Bingo Bango came ou in 2000, a year before their international smash hit ' Where's Your Head At' and a year after their dance smash ' Rendez-Vous'. It peaked at # 13 in the United Kingdon but peached the top of the US Dance charts.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ8GMWQrjmI

Funky Green Dogs - Reach For Me (1992)

1992 Oscar G production on Murk Records Miami/USA filled almost every house dancefloor  when it came out, hot on the heels of Liberty Citys 'Some Lovin'. The fantastic vocals and top notch production ie flawless beats sounded like audio heaven on the dancefloor. Still does.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erADFyQqX-A&feature=related

Adamski feat Seal - Killer (1990)

Killer" is a song by Adamski and Seal. Written by Adam Tinley (Adamski) and Seal and produced by Adamski, "Killer" was Adamski's breakthrough single, but is now more notable for introducing Seal as a vocalist. A major hit in the UK, it reached number one, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in May 1990. In total, the single sold over 400,000 copies in the UK, earning it a BPI Gold certification.

Lyrically, the title of the song comes from the line "It's the loneliness that's the killer," which occurs only once in the introduction to the Seal version and not at all in the Adamski version. The distinctive opening bassline and keyboard melody during the chorus, however, are preserved in almost every version of the song in some form.

The song also contains the lyrics "Racism in among future kings can only lead to no good, besides, all our sons and daughters already know how that feels", these were recycled and used in Seal's song "Future Love Paradise" featured on his debut album.

In 1991 Seal re-recorded "Killer" for his eponymous debut album, produced by Trevor Horn. The single release of Seal's version peaked at #8 in the UK, squeezed onto the Billboard Hot 100 at #100 and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart with a remix by William Orbit. The music video for this version used computer-generated science-fiction themed imagery, largely built around a partial re-creation of the M. C. Escher print Another World.

The video was produced and directed by Don Searll. The song won Best British Video at the 1992 Brit Awards.
January 2005 saw a new single release of "Killer", containing new remixes of both "Killer" and "Crazy". This brought the single back to the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached number one. (source : wikipedia)

In 1993 George Michael had a #1 hit in the UK and a huge dance hit worldwide with a remake...Killer/Papa Was A Rolling Stone.

video link
Adamski/Seal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XBcT41ImSI

Earth People - Reach Up To Mars (1990)

Produced by the super hot Joey Longo (aka Pal Joey) , this super mega classic house track was based on the jazz dance classic Reach To Mars by Dexter Wanzel. Released on underground New York label Underworld records, this gem sold tons of copies at New York DJ outlets like Vinyl Mania and Downstairs Records. Pal Joey at the time was on a roll, releasing Soho's ' Hot Music , House Conductor's 'Tonight I'm Gonna Love You' , and Dreamhouse ' I Can Feel It'... and busy remixing tracks for  the likes of groups like Dee-Lite (How Do You Say...) . Re-released in the UK on Champion Records.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlcVvlaqMA

Love Root - Funky Emotions (1990)

Danny Tenaglia and Peter Daou produced and mixed banging deep house classic released on Fourth Floor records in the US, one of the duo's two releases as Love Root, the first being the fantastic 'Hold Me Tight' also on Fourth Floor Records. This mostly instrumental epic club banger always packed my dancefloor, though I had the luxury to play to a sophisticated New York centric crowd. Probably not a lot of copies of this floating around.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoHEneJy8g

Dee Dee Brave - My My Lover (1991)

Kerri Chandler production from East Orange New Jersey based garage house label Movin' Records. The whole double LP was fantastic, that was released on Champion Records UK , and loaded with quality tracks. Dee Dee Brave has a really great voice, she should have been a major star, instead of just for the underground house crowd. Her base appears to have been Neward and London.  ( thats an exaggeration....she was loved everywhere she was heard i'm betting.)

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la85Rx01Dao&feature=related

Steve Angello - Knas (2010)

True, its not that old, it being less than a year old. Released on the Swedish House Mafia release Until One, the album was quite successful, leading to the release of hit singles ' Leave The World Behind , (on this blog as well), Miami 2 Ibiza and a few other noteworthy singles. Knas did quite well as a single , and it kind of reminds me of the house classic Searchin' by 33 1/3 Queen , though more updated, more electro, and faster/stronger. An instrumental, its already been bootlegged to death.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMEpE88trE&ob=av3el

Village People - San Francisco/Hollywood (1977)

Don't shoot me for this post on the best dance records of all time. This release was BEFORE the tedius yawn inducing releases Macho Man or YMCA.....this was actually one of my first dance records I bought. it had a driving carefree innocent pre-AIDS , pre Reagan era pre house music vibe about it. It was disco's fun era, before people felt the need to jump on the 'I hate disco' bandwagon  for fear their friends would call them 'soft'...or worse...'gay'. This was just fun music. At the time this was released i was really into the corporate rock thing, buying Journey and REO Speedwagon and Bob Seger records, or even dabbling in southern rock with fantastic releases by Marshall Tucker band and Charlie Daniels Band. Disco enthralled me, but as much as I did love (hate to say it) Shalamar and the BeeGees that was so mainstream, at the forefront of the impending disco backlash. This Village People release signified a different sound than that mainstream music (to me anyway,despite the fact that it was on Casablanca Records after all).  Living in Missouri (which i called misery...) and itching to move to the coast ---any coast---preferably either NYC or LA....I figured those more progressive regions of the country were more open to my kind of music, and politics etc. And they were. This is the ONLY release by the group I ended up liking, and I still have to admit I still love it. Sure, I still like rock. I love Incubus and Thre Doors Down etc, so I'm not a 'disco freak by any measurement. (ANY!) I on this blog post some disco yes, but a lot of house and trance and techno. So while it sounds like I do, I make no alologies for loving this Village People release. It's pure fun. And music needs to be more fun. I dunno anyone who listened to a Village People record and then went out and killed people. KMFDM ? (ah, can you say Columbine ??)  Typically , the UK has good taste with pop music. This song actuually charted THERE, though it peaked at # 46. The album, however, was a success,  helping propell the band into the mainstream.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-10JylGZ8

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (Jonathan Peters Mix)

Dunno much about this release. I have a white label vinyl copy of it, I imagine maybe it was a DMC release, as was his remix of Fifth Dimensions Aquarius. Jonathan Peters delivers an amazing remix true to the original 1968 Jefferson Airplane rock classic. Played heavily in and around New York City by the lucky DJ's that could get their hands on a copy. Needlass to say there are no chart numbers or facts on this obscure white label remix. But it;'s definitely one of the best remixes ever.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tSV_HgUDWQ

N-Joi - Live In Manchester (1992)

N-Joi is a house music and techno production duo from Southend, Essex, England, consisting of Nigel Champion and Mark Franklin, with sometime vocalist/front person Saffron. 

Between 1991 and 1996 they entered the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart five times, all of them hitting the Top 10. Two of the songs went to number one: "Mindflux" in 1992 and "The New Anthem" in 1996, which was a new version of their debut single "Anthem," itself a top five dance hit from 1991. In 2006 they returned to the top of the Official UK Dance Chart with a set of remixes of their biggest UK hit "Anthem".
Live In Manchester was a two sided megamix, recorded live in Manchester obviously. It consisted of some of their biggest hits, including Adrenalin and Mindflux. As a megamix the release peaked at # 12 on the UK singles chart. Its pure techno, not for fans of deep house or pop music. However if your into belguim techno of 808 State , this is pure heaven. ( i got to see N-Joi with 808 State perform together, so that connects them for me.)

audio link
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOkTh1B4nrg&feature=related

audio link
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4XD1tsZQw

LFO - LFO (1990)

Bleeps and blurbs , early electro classic from a still young Warp records UK. At the time this was a pretty groundbreaking release. LFO were pioneers of the bass-heavy techno music of the late 1980s to mid-1990s. Originally, the group was composed of Gez Varley and Mark Bell. LFO is now Bell alone.
The group's name is derived from the abbreviation for the term low-frequency oscillator, a synthesizer function widely used in electronic music.
Varley and Bell met while studying at Leeds and gave their first track, the eponymous "LFO", to Nightmares on Wax. The popularity of the demo in clubs led to the track being released by the Sheffield-based Warp Records in 1990, and it was a Top 20 hit in the U.K., reaching number 12 in the singles charts in July.

Their follow-up single, "We Are Back", was released in the summer of 1991.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZVPSCv79U&feature=related

Arnold Jarvis - Take Some Time Out (1987)

Superb Tommy Musto production , released at the dawn of the house music era and it still stands tall as one of the best garage house tracks ever. On Fourth Floor records, that killer bassline and incredible vocals by Arnold jarvis make for a dancefloor workout for anyone into deep house or even danceable classic soul music. Very uplifting vocals about universal love and peace, something the world never has enough of. A five star garage classic...big on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Rightly so.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck2H0bany1g

Master C & J feat Liz Torres - In The City (1987)

Quality Chicago house release from State Street records, this song was the shit when it came out, though ANYTHING Liz Torres sang on was huge. This one sounded so so good in the city (NYC) when heard on the fantastic sound systems of Paradise Garage ( about to close by this time...) and The Choice and Better Days....all the best Dj's spun this classic. There were great mixes in both english and spanish, and a fantastic UK remix on the Jack Trax UK import LP.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHA44DnXjFw

Mario Reyes - Whatever Turns You On (1986)

Now this is definitely one of my favorite dance records of all time, in fact in my top 100. Very early Chicago house , from 1986. With fantastic english/spanish vocals by Neraida Pagan and fun Pee Wee herman samples midway through, remixer Ralphi Rosario did a great job at this mix, one of his early classics.
Very rare at this point in time, being 25 years old this year. Lots of energy that still holds a dancefloor.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfwEc6jpqfg&feature=related

Trybe - Psychedelic Shack (1988)

Amazingly deep and way way overlooked underground house classic on hip hop label Wild Pitch Records, few people and Dj's know about this gem. Not too many copies were pressed and sold, and you had to be into some seriously underground Chicago house music to play this when it came out in 1988, even though it wasn't a Chicago label. Frankie Knuckles and Chuck Artamatik on the mixes. Its a 2 copy record. You'd be lucky to get your hands on one, though.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p-o3HSxudw&feature=related

Frankie Knuckles feat Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (1989)

OMG this record was huge in its day. Those brilliant Robert Owens vocals drove people absolutely mad, I had requests for years on this track. Probably one of my most requested records ever, if I added up all the requests over a 28 year DJ career..  A quality production and quality pressing as well, this record is worth some money now. Serious deep house for people deeply serious about their house music. As a DJ this track is a joy to play to a sophisticated crowd who will always respond to it. That doesnt even need to be said, with the names involved in the project. Written by Frankie Knuckles and Satoshi Tomiie and Robert Owens.
The record, released on FFRR Records, went # 1 all over the place for Mr. Knuckles, becoming one of his biggest releases, and solidifying Robert Owens as a god for the deep house crowd.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8llppzrHc&feature=related

Turntable Orch. - Your Gonna Miss Me (1988)

Early garage classic from small New Jersey (USA) label Music Village Records , released in 1988. The record was only one of six releases on the small label, and it's biggest hit. Played heavily at massive clubs Zanzibar and the like, the track has since been bootlegged and remixed to death. From its piano into to the phat fat bassline and groovy deep male vocals and female phone rap...this is a true quality classic from producers Hillie Torrales and Paul Scott. Love that pseudo Chicago house/Jersey house feel. The record even LOOKED like a great underground house record. Officially remixed and re-released in 1989.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCK-2kfNilc&feature=related

U2 - Lemon (1993)

Lemon" is the fourth song and second single from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa. Inspired by old video footage of Bono's late mother, the lyrics describe an attempt to preserve memory through film. The song more than any previous U2 song, showcases Bono's falsetto skills, aided by atmospheric vocals fro The Edge and Brian Eno. The song has been described as futuristic German disco.
Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics with his late mother in mind. He explains that it was a "strange experience to receive, in the mail , from a very distant relative, early Super 8 footage of my mother, aged 24, younger than me, playing a game of rounders in slow motion." The footage showed Bono's mother at a wedding as the maid of honour, wearing a lemon-coloured dress. The film footage inspired Bono to write lyrics about using film to recreate and preserve memory.


The single and promo releases were complete with different dance remixes, as well as a shortened edit of the title track (the album version was almost 7 minutes long).

Paul Oakenfold's "Perfecto Mix" of the song was used on the PopMart Tour, being played as the band walked out of their Spinal Tap-like rock prop, a 40-foot mirrorball lemon, onto the B-stage for an encore.

The song peaked at # 1 on the US Dance club play chart, # 4 on the New Zealand single chart, # 20 in Canada and # 6 in Australia. In 2004 Hoxton Whores remixed the song.

audio link
David Morales mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m_z188C8io

audio link
Perfecto Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFWk18abWWA&feature=related

audio link
2004 Hoxton Whores Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxI7W3m58HU&feature=related

Queen Samantha - Take A Chance (1979)

Released in 1979 from Miami Florida USA based T.K. Disco Records, well known disco label with artists like KC & The Sunshine Band , Peter Brown, Gwen McRae and other top notch disco artists on their roster. Basically progressive electric tribal downtempo....ahead of its time. It feels kinda Italo disco, yet i can see it as a Manchester England indie rock release from the late 80's as well. Kinda covers all the bases.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/user/RJJNY#p/f/7/rI7djfrB33Q

Westbam - Monkey See Monkey Do (1988)

WestBam, real name Maximilian Lenz (born March 4, 1965 in Münster, Westphalia, Germany), is one of the most successful and popular techno DJs in Germany. His brother is Fabian Lenz, also known as DJ Dick.


The origin of his moniker is a homage to Afrika Bambaataa, thus "Westphalia Bambaataa". He started his career as a DJ in 1983 in his birth city Münster. In 1984 he moved to Berlin where he released his first record called "17 - This Is Not a Boris Becker Song". In 1988 he released the popular acid tribal anthem called 'Monkey See Monkey Do' which brought him worldwide success and new found popularity.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PH7Lm6yt-s

West Street Mob - Break Dance (Electric Boogie) - 1983

From Sugarhill records circa 1983 , this break dance classic is well known to Breaks/Hip Hop/AND House music fans , with its classic beats and scratching. Ah ,  memories of Bronx /Brooklyn when i was a post -teen.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPkmTKrN_io&feature=fvsr

Duncan Sheik - On A High (2003)

With a double pack of remixes to chose from on the Atlantic Records US release , it was the Gabriel and Dresden mix that had the dance club populace running to the dancefloor. A true quality remix if there ever was one, this remix was probably more popular than the actual original mix. (thats just my opinion.) A big crossover dance record, this could be heard at clubs playing house music and pop music and alternative music. Fantastic post production by Josh gabriel and Dave Dresden, righ up there with their immensely huge classic 'As The Rush Comes"....

audio link
Gabriel & Dresden remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN3HPlfDrFA

Deleruim feat Leigh Nash - Innocente (2001)

Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly.Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a broad range, including dark ethereal ambient trance, voiceless industrial soundscapes, and electronic pop music. Delerium has traditionally been a two-person project, but the only constant member throughout its history has been Bill Leeb.. Leeb was a guest musician and early supporter of industrial dance pioneers Skinny Puppy, but after he left in 1986, he went on to create his own project, Front Line Assembly, with collaborator Michael Balch.. Later, the two worked on the side project Delerium and released their first album, Faces, Formes, and Illusions.
Delerium's commercial success has hinged largely on the single entitled "Silence", which featured vocals by Sarah McLachlan. In 2000, three years after the original release of source album Karma, a number of remixes of "Silence", produced by DJs Sasha and Digweed, DJ Tiësto, Airscape, Fade and others, proliferated throughout dance clubs; the interest generated took the single to #3 on the UK charts and gained considerable radio airplay for the song.
Innocente was released in 2001, off the Poem LP. The song peaked at # 16 in Belguim and # 94 in Germany, # 19 in Ireland and # 32 in the UK, as well as peaking at # 3 in the US on the dance chart. With remixes by Deep Dish and trance mixes by Lost Witness and Tiesto, the song was played almost everywhere. As far as deep trance, the song remains an enduring classic.

audio link
Tiesto remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i914Uz1fzls

Cedric Gervais feat Caroline - Spirit In My Life (2007)

Haunting moving classic from Vendetta Records Spain circa 2007. Deep acid house bassline and super slick vocals coupled with amazingly hard hitting lyrics made this jam one of my favorites from the late 2000 decade. Released in the US on Ultra Records (of course...) Produced in Miami by Miami native Cedric.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5OIXZqioS8

Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid (1988)

Hard edged electro tekno trance from Germany circa 1988...very popular worldwide in progressive dance clubbs and a pop hit for the band in Germany and other similar European countries. Very much an acid house record , yet it has a breakbeat feel or electro feel. Way ahead of its time, released on Westside Records. Nothing even sounds close to this wicked track. Very cutting edge.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxEoU-oE0j4&feature=related

Human Resource - Dominator (1991)

Classic Belgium techno from 1991. Sure Lady Gaga ripped off that Juno remix probably, but amongst the slew of remixes R&S Records put out (and all the other labels...) the original mix remains an enduring techno classic for fans of techno , right up there with Outlander and James Brown Is Dead. There are actually 47 different releases of this worldwide so far, according to the music source Discogs. In the US it came out on Radikal, a label known for licensing European releases , techno particularly. The record did great worldwide, no so much in the US where it was a moderate club hit in techno clubs and at harder edged raves.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1pzvapaR1E

Valerie Johnson - Step Into My Life (1991)

Fantastic early Jovann production released on house icon label Emotive....the vocals are sexy and sound excellent but that bassline drives both the vocal and the dub...If you like your house music deep and raw go for the original dub mixed by Jovann, it has just a touch of vocals by both Jovann and Valerie Johnson ....and a out of this world beat. Track did quite well for the label, and Valerie performed the track for one of my gigs in New York when the track was in record stores and did a fantastic job. Classic.

audio link
Jovann original dub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEyh9rSwaE

Pashka feat Ijeoma - Island Breeze (2003)

Seriously groovy deep vocal house classic remixed fantastically by Trentemoller....simmilar in feel to his fab remix of Filur - You And I'... very much a beach vibe on this song...perfect for Ibiza, Benidorm, Greece and the like. Originally released in Denmark in 2003 but re-released in Hungary and the UK in 2005.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3bJOvxW_mg

Hidden Agenda - Story Of My Life (1994)

Superb garage vocal track from Tribal America Records, vocals by Kim Peyton and backing vocals by Connie Harvey. Groovy positive deep house beat that still works today. All the mixes are good. I play (ed) the Philly mix. There is a Rauhofer mix as well.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbijhMcO6RY

Starkillers - Discoteka (2005)

Its the Rauhofermix. granted the Kobbe & Austin Leeds mix is great. All of em are cool. But the Rauhofer mix was huge and fantastic. Perfection. It had crossover appeal. It was house. techno. pop. So underground yet it walked that thin line between underground and commercial. It really is underground. Ask any club-goer today if they know it. Maybe 5 % would. If.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFayibS-v9k&playnext=1&list=PL746CE51DDB58E8B0&index=39