Love And Happiness (India Feat River Ocean)

Warning : TL;DR below unless you like details. If not, enjoy the track !
 
For those still interested, here's how I was able to get this rework done :
 
The Beat : by far the most tedious and complicated part. It is sampled from Dirty Beats found on the Can You Party album. The main problem was sound quality. Either online or on the vinyl itself ( which I own ), Dirty Beats bears its name for a reason. Extensive - and partially destructive - noise cancellation had to be applied to "clean up" the sample which rendered it rather flat. A subtle reverb was added to sort of drown out artifacts and inject some life back in the sample. The kick drums, snare and closed hi hats were the same as Can You Party but the incorrect open hi hats were substituted for the ones found at the beginning of Royal House - A Better Way. The entire pattern was frankensteined to match that of Can You Party which features additional snares and open hi hats compared to Dirty Beats. Waveforms were shortened in FL Studio to play only the appropriate elements ( like the breakbeat section for instance ).

Sound Effects : the siren, taken from Mantronix's King Of The Beats, was elongated with a fade out effect. The explosion was sampled from Dirty Beats as well, stretched a bit longer than the original.
 
The famous Piano Stabs : this sample was heavily altered from the original found on Marshall Jefferson's Move Your Body. Deep bass tones were added on the first two piano stabs as well as some treatment I wasn't able to duplicate so I stuck with sampling the beginning of Can You Party (Original mix). Boosted the highs a bit, cleaned it up and done.

The Vocal Samples : I used the WhoSampled.com website to know and find all the appropriate vocal clips. They were cleaned up and given a highs boost in a sound editor. Once in FL Studio, through the Parametric EQ2 plugin, lowered the bass and raised the mids to give them an "old radio" feel. A slight bit crusher was also applied ( to emulate the Emu-SP1200's low sample bitrate ) plus some reverb. Some new vocals were added, all from the same clips as the other vocal samples found throughout the original track. There's sort of a vocal Easter egg at the end of the track, a wink to a certain hip-house track from a Chicago DJ.
 
The Track Itself : obviously, I wanted it to sound as if it was made in 1988 as well therefore it is devoid of modern drum kit samples. And yet it sounds more modern at times, considering breakbeat was not exactly common back then. So the entire track is rearranged and shortened waveforms of the original track. As a side note, because of the degraded nature of the beat and piano stabs samples, the track's audio quality is not as crystal clear as you would hear on recent tracks… nor was it ever meant to be as the original track doesn't have stellar audio quality to begin with. Also the mastering is sub-par if you care for such things ( meaning vocal samples might overlap the drums at times ). And lastly, I became aware early on that on the original track, the length of all vocals and piano stabs are determined by the duration of a key press for each sample ( which samplers in 1988 probably only allowed samples to revert back to the beginning by default also ). DAWs now allow isolating specific sections of each sample wherever needed so I was able to be really liberal with them. Nonetheless, absolutely all vocal sample patterns have been recreated from scratch, even if they end up sounding exactly like the original track. It can be noticed by comparing, say, the piano stabs patterns with the ones from the original track during those vocal patterns ( or more evidently by looking at the FL Studio file ).

Royal House - Can You Party (2015 Rework)

Pacquiao (Jazz Extended Edit) [FreeDL]

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Thanks for listening and support, some minor 2 or 3 iffy mixes but thats okay . repost to support  #classichouse #Housemusic #djadamt 

27:11 E.S.P. - It's You

27:37Doug Lazy - Let It Roll (vocal mix)

34:31 Blunted Dummies - House For All (Rockin' Music) [Factory Mix]

38:17 Liberty City ft Bebe Dozier - Some Lovin' (Original Mix)

40:37 Lil' Louis - I'm Hot For You

45:46 Mark, Roger - Twilight For Some

49:55 MK - Burning (Original Vibe Mix)

53:22 Bobby Pruit - Tried So Hard (Special Vocal Mix)

57:11 Inner City - Big Fun

1:01:49 The Todd Terry Project - Back to the Beat

1:03:40 Royal House - Can You Party

1:05:36 Steve "Silk" Hurley - Jack Your Body

1:08:44 House Of Gypsies - House of Gypsies - Samba

1:12:19 LNR - Work It To The Bone

1:15:40 Nu Civilization - Wake Up (Shay-Ama) (Club Mix)

1:17:48 Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me (94 Master's At Work)

1:22:00 The Housemaster Boyz and The Rude Boy Of The House - Housenation

1:25:27 Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People (Orginal Club Mix)

1:29:07 River Ocean Feat. India - Love And Happiness

1:31:45 Ten City - That's The Way Love Is [Steve 'Silk' Hurley Deep House Mix]

1:36:48 Club Ultimate - Carnival (Pride 95) Louie Vega Remix (1995)

1:38:53 Tyree featuring Kool Rock Steady - Turn Up The Bass (Scratch It Up Mix)

1:40:57 I'll House You - Jungle Brothers

1:43:29 Tyree - Acid Crash

1:45:57 Supernova - Beat Me Back

1:49:12 Native - Feel the Drums (Original Mix)

1:51:49 A guy called Gerald - Voodoo ray ( Danny Tenaglia remix )

1:55:40 Joe Smooth - The Promiseland

1:57:38 Reel 2 Real - The New Anthem (Union City Mix)

1:58:33 Jungle Brothers - Deep Inside (Shadow Child Remix)

2:00:46 Lindel - Nu Nu

2:03:47 Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous

2:07:51 Todd Terry - The Weekend

2:10:10 Jay Williams - Sweat

2:13:17 Inner City - Good Life

2:18:06 South Border - Believe (Do You Believe)

2:20:44 Frankie Knuckles - The Whistle Song

other set . https://soundcloud.com/djadamt/back-in-the-day-92-2002-house-classics

My Classic House

I love the 90's!!! One of my favorite Clubland tracks re-edited for your playing pleasure. 

Club land - Hold On Tighter  (Homero Espinosa Re-Edit)

Here's something I simply had to do...!!!! "Love & Happiness" is one of the greatest House Music classics of all time, gathering the unique talent of the Masters At Work ("Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez) and the divine voice of India on a deep and soulful tune that claims that "you just got to believe there is love and happiness", and I truly believe in that...!!!! I wanted to grab this magnificent theme and convert it into something that sounded a classic and a modern thing at the very same time. I think I made it...!!!!

River Ocean feat. India "Love & Happiness" (DeepQuest's Epic Remix)

OUT NOW ON NERVOUS RECORDS
https://www.beatport.com/track/pride-a-deeper-love-feat-deborah-cooper-timo-garcia-re-edit/1328631

C & C Music Factory - Pride (A Deeper Love) Timo Garcia Dub re-edit

Remixed By Masters At Work & Maleek "Def Silas" Jefferson

River Ocean & La India Love And Happiness (MAW & Def Silas Mix)

Raze - Break 4 Love (Original Mix)

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River Ocean & La India Love And Happiness (MAW & Def Silas Mix)

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