Music Is the Answer (Part 1)

Music Is the Answer (Cevin Fisher Mix)

Jump - Funkatarium

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Lil Louis - French Kiss (Innocent Until Proven Guilty Vocal Mix)

Some track from Happy Raving Days at Camden Palace...
Front of the stage to the right, Every Friday

Dionne - Come and get my Lovin

It takes a lot to achieve the status of ‘legendary’ or ‘era-defining’ in dance music, it’s sands shift so quickly artists, genres and labels have often come and gone before you realise. So it’s with some pride and deserved justification that Yoshitoshi marks its 20th anniversary with celebratory remix packages of its most iconic tracks. Already riding high in the Beatport charts with the success of the Uto Karem and Robosonic mixes of Eddie Amador’s ‘House Music’, the latter of which has spent the past month in the overall top 5, the label now plans a one, two punch with the follow-up: Alcatraz’ seminal ‘Giv Me Luv’.

“We thought long and hard about how we scheduled this 20th anniversary project,” says label boss Sharam, “little point launching big and then following up with a whimper so we deliberately chose Alcatraz for this difficult task. But the challenge didn’t end there; a massive record still deserves a massive remix and I think it’s safe to say we found the perfect woman for the job...”

Step forward undisputed techno titan Nicole Moudaber who leapt at the opportunity to remix the track. “I’ve got so many fond memories of ‘Giv Me Luv’, it was one of my favourite tunes from my formative clubbing days,” recalls Nicole happily, “so, when Yoshi mentioned the idea of me remix-ing it I just couldn’t say no. In fact I was so familiar with Alcatraz I was already awash with ideas of what I could, or should, do with it. As I got into the mix one of those ideas just grew and grew, namely an extended breakdown that constantly builds; layering the memorable vocal to an intense pay-off and (hopeful) moment of real dancefloor drama.” 

Nicole’s humble description doesn’t quite do the end result justice, which is a modern, masterful take on the classic. Her iconic techno beats, dark twisted stabs and arrangement of ‘that’ bassline drive toward the mentioned break, which will undoubtedly rival the fireworks of any impending NYE celebrations. In fact, expect this track to be THE soundtrack to many a dance floor come the all important hand-over to 2015.

And, just in case that weren’t enough, Yoshi has also secured the skills of Tent Cantrelle to deliver the perfect deep house foil to Nicole’s techno ferocity as Sharam concludes, “We wanted a real slice of contemporary funk from the companion mix. Yoshi is synonymous with exploring the line between deep house and techno, perhaps no more so than during its formative years, so this re-mix completes the package perfectly.” 

Alcatraz - Giv Me Luv is OUT NOW exclusively on Beatport, then 29th December all other outlets, iTunes etc


Beatport

Alcatraz - Giv Me Luv (Original Mix)

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One Kiss by Pacha was the 4th ever release on ZR back in 91. It’s a song originally written by New Jersey’s finest Blaze for Sybil that got shelved. Someone called Dave Lee discovered this unreleased gem on a tape and with Blaze’s blessing remade it with UK soul diva Debbie French re-singing the lead. At the time of release, it was a very successful record for Dave when he was first establishing himself as a producer.

Back then the scene was less fragmented meaning "One Kiss" was supported by everyone from Paul Trouble Anderson and Frankie Knuckles to Pete Tong and Judge Jules. Later in the 90s, the song was remixed by Italian duo Fathers of Sound into a deeper proggy workout which found favour with the likes of Sasha and Ron Trent.
The original acapella from ZEDD12004 has also been sampled many times, the most well known example being DJ Flavours crossover hit “Your Caress”.

So fast forward to 2024 and Dave felt inspired to update it, so he called in ‘the band’ to lay down all new live instrumentation and take things back to the original gospel disco inspiration behind "One Kiss". It’s a powerful funky version that is still focused around the beautiful vocal melody and jazzy chord progression that sucked everyone aboard way back in 91’.

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Maurice

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