I got the opportunity to officially remix this classic song to coincide with the release of a new Donny Hathaway box set. I was given the original multitrack master of the studio version (different from the live version)and it consisted of 8 different instrument and vocal tracks (as opposed to the more usual 24 tracks) 
When I take on a remix, my first goal is to make it work on a current dance floor. I like to stay very close to the originally recorded sound and In most case there's plenty to be reworked on the multitrack master to achieve this. 
This case proved a little different as there were few rhythm elements I could use to fit within current standards of club loudness levels. So I decided to take a slightly different approach, and add a new set of (acoustic) drums,  to bend the original Soul vibe a little towards Disco territory. 
This remix is exclusive to my soundcloud page and free to download as a 16bit WAV file 

#FreeDL - Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Dimitri From Paris Inna Disco)SC Exclusive

Hotmood - Studio 54  (Discoweey)

Special 10 min 23 sec Disco Remix. Exclusively available for disco use https://milliondollardisco1.bandcamp.com/track/it-seems-to-hang-on

It Seems To Hang On Disco Version

Show 9 of my Disco Afterdark Radio Show on Streetsounds radio 

SHOW 9 - DISCO AFTERDARK RADIO SHOW - STREETSOUNDS RADIO

Journey from 116bpm disco and dubby disco / deep house to 124bpm soulful classic house.

Tracklist:
1	Maurice Joshua presents Yvonne Gage – Garden of Eve (Moplen Remix)
2	Dr Packer – Rollerskating Jam
3	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Today’s Your Lucky Day (feat Nikko)
4	Dolle Jolle – Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje’s Extra Doll Mix)
5	Chewy Rubs – Future Freak
6	Slave – Party Lites (Joey Negro Boogiefied Mix)
7	Game – Gotta Take Your Love (Original)
8	The Love Club – Hot Summer Nights (Medlar Dub Edit)
9	Nancy Martin – Can’t Believe (Pete Le Freq Edit)
10	Nick Chacona – Oh Snap (Greg Wilson Version)
11	The Philly All Stars – Love Is The Message (Eric Kupper Vocal Remix)
12	Shabi – Salsoul Jam
13	Fallout – The Morning After (Purple Disco Machine Re-Work)
14	Dam Swindle – That’s Right
15	Ripple – The Beat Goes On (Dr Packer Rework)
16	Kevin Yost – Wanna Dance (Original Mix)
17	Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro (Sgt Slick’s Melbourne ReCut)
18	Centric House – Alright, Alright (Micky More & Andy Tee Remix)
19	Cavi – F The Disco
20	Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions (Dr Packer Remix – Extended)
21	Raw Essence – Down Down Down (Dave Lee Extended Mix)
22	Unlimited Touch – I Hear Music In The Streets (Michael Gray Remix)
23	Scandal – Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix)
24	Michael Gray – Ivy (feat Tatiana Owen) (Jimpster Extended Remix)
25	Pete Herbert – Red Room
26	Spencer Parker – The Look (feat Dan Beaumont) (Director’s Cut Signature Mix)
27	Hardsoul – Back Together (feat Ron Carroll) (Director’s Cut Classic Club)
28	Soulista – Love & Life (Micky More & Andy Tee Instrumental)
29	Kings Of Tomorrow – KOT Anthem (Acapella)


Luv Dancing 3 - Dubby Disco and Deep House

My recent edit of Ashford & Simpson's 1978 classic 'It Seems To Hang On'. 320kb. 9.27 minutes long.

Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On - Peech Edit

The parts for this were acquired for DJHistory's remix competition but this mix wasn't entered. Instead it's become a bit of a favourite DJ number. Won't ever be released.

Odyssey "Inside Out" (Al Kent Classic Mix)

Something I did for fun. Seems a shame not to share it.

MJ - ROCK WITH YOU (Al Kent version)

Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On (DJ Spen Edit)

AND002 – limited vinyl on A&R Edits

Released: Monday 27th May, 2013

Side AA: Music Up (Reworked by Derek Kaye)

Selected by GW

Derek Kaye married his schoolboy passions of music and electronics in 1973 when he constructed his first disco sound system, aged just 13. Prior to this, with DJ equipment something of a rarity in those days, he created a custom setup that bypassed the need for a mixer by rewiring his turntables in such a way that he could flip the sound from one deck to another, and installed a switch that would dip the music so a microphone from a portable cassette player could be used to announce the song on rotation. His work soon grew in sophistication and a new console was built, with his schoolmate, Greg Wilson, buying Derek’s old rig, thus beginning his own well-documented DJ career.

Over the past 40 years, Derek has continued to DJ in and around the North West, both in residencies and guest spots, and his passion for music and electronics are still just as strong. His enviable studio has gone through the transitions of working with notator (the forerunner to logic) on the studio essential Atari 1040 ste with a collection of keyboards and Akai samplers, to just about “working out of the box” as is the case with a lot of studios now.

Today, a lifetime of experience is being teased out of the connoisseur by lifelong friend and A&R curator Greg Wilson, beginning with the double header of 'Nobody' and 'Music Up': both reworks have caused dance floor rapture for Greg over recent months and, as festival season fast approaches, they are now being shared amongst the wider DJ community for the very first time (Derek and Greg have also recently joined forces to remix Bryan Ferry’s ‘Don’t Stop The Dance’).

'Music Up' is an overhaul of the 1979 Vanguard 12” by the Players Association, Kaye's version injecting further verve into the original with a new bassline, percussion, strings and arrangement. Personally requested by NYC stalwart Danny Krivit when Greg Wilson dropped it during his recent gig at The Date in London, 'Music Up' is a surefire festival favourite, for house and disco heads alike, that’s set to fly this summer.

Players Association - Turn The Music Up  -  Derek Kaye Rework

Probably one of my more successful tracks and edits, and now free for everyone :-)
https://hypeddit.com/track/mmrgxe

*** FREE D/L *** Caught In The Middle - Andy Buchan

Dance music fan since late 80s. Late starter compiling mixtapes - just for fun and for a few friends.
House; Disco; Soul; Funk; Hip Hop

Luv Dancing 3 - Dubby Disco and Deep House

Chris Gott