DJ Spen and 
Cornell C.C. Carter
“Keep Your Head to The Sky”
The Manoo Remixes
Written by Maurice White
© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Produced, Mixed and Arranged by DJ Spen
Lead Vocals by Cornell CC Carter
Backing Vocals by Tasha LaRae
*Remix Produced by Manoo
*Drums, Arrangement, and Mixdown by Manoo
*Keyboards by Shawn Lucas
Sean Spencer, Kelly Spencer, and Thommy Davis Executive Producers

Quantize Recordings presents the Manoo Remixes of DJ Spen & Cornell CC Carter’s “Keep Your Head to The Sky”.

Music lovers across the globe love the Original Version that continues to be heavily featured by DJ’s across the globe. With this release we have provided four fresh versions that will please a variety of musical tastes.

First, we give you Manoo’s Ol Skool Remix that takes the listener on classic, but uplifting journey into sound.  Featuring Cornell C.C. Carter’s amazing falsetto leads and backing vocals provided by the wonderful Tasha LaRae, these mixes contain the authenticity that music aficionados will surely enjoy.

Next up is Manoo’s Afro Remix that grinds with earthly, percussive grooves. It is perfectly arranged with the effervescent artistry that Manoo is known for.

To round off the package, we have included a Dub and Extended Vocal Mix for those that like alternative grooves.

Each of these mixes are special in their own way and we could not be happier to bring to you these remixes of “Keep Your Head to The Sky”!
Enjoy!

Keep Your Head to the Sky

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Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Carl considers himself lucky to have come of age during the formative years of ‘this thing we call house’ in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.  During that time, he was introduced to the power of dance music by the pioneering DJ collective Chosen Few DJs, which includes his childhood friend from elementary and high school, DJ Alan King.  Every school day, he and his classmates listened to music played on Alan’s ‘boom box’ in the school cafeteria and regularly attended parties featuring the Chosen Few (whose other original members are Wayne Williams, Tony Hatchett and Jesse Saunders, and now include Terry Hunter, Andre Hatchett, and Mike Dunn).   This was supplemented by listening to the short-lived Disco DAI radio broadcast and Herb Kent’s Punk Out weeknight radio show. Eventually, Carl’s obsession with the art form and the generosity of his parents landed him two belt-drive Technics turntables and a mixer.

DJ Carl Jenkins immediately joined the many Chicago teens clamoring to buy records and play music for kids (and a few adults) with an insatiable appetite for dance music that could not yet be consistently found on mainstream radio.  This joy of sharing music continued on through the early ‘80s during his college years at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. 

After graduating from college, the realities of adulthood (getting a job, paying bills and establishing a career) quickly pushed aside any time and money for deejaying…a prioritization that would continue through to the early 21st century.  During this time, Carl got his fix of soulful dance music by listening to his own record collection, recordings of old WBMX mixes, attending the occasional ‘old school’ dance party, and by attending the modest, but growing, Chosen Few Reunion picnic held behind the Museum of Science & Industry every summer (the picnic is now a premier event, attracting over 40,000 house heads from around the globe).

By the early 2000's, an explosion of new music being churned out by well-established and new producers, along with big-tent parties by the late Frankie Knuckles, caught Carl's attention.  Ultimately, the return of DJ Alan King to the house music scene served as a final motivation for Carl to begin collecting music and dust off his own skills. 

All mixes were recorded live in the home studio using two Pioneer CDJ 100s, or CDJ 850s, and a Pioneer DJM 600.  No digital computer editing or compression.

Growing up as a child in MD DC and VA in the  Early 80/90"s. I Start D Jing at house parties and throwing private parties to make money. 

I always love music. I got my first Pioneer receiver and technique turntables when I was in high school for Xmas from my mother.

I would always ask my best friend Gerald Frisby RIP to use his mixer when I had Djing Gig because I couldn't afford one.

I first fell in love with disco music at my junior high school prom at a night club in Baltimore called Odell's. I would buy all the latest and hottest single albums to play for my sets. That when I became a house head for LIFEEEEE and I was hooked on it.

I would go to the hottest night club's in the city back in those days.
Odell's Night Club Baltimore, Md
Geavantis Baltimore , Md
The Gatsby's Baltimore, Md
The Club House In Washington, Dc
Tracks night club Washington DC
Studio 54 New York City
The Garage New York City
Limelight New York City

If you take a look through my playlist you will see that I am into all genres of music. Am always looking for new music to listen and add to my library collection. Please feel free to follow or like me.

Originally born and raised in North London, a city well known for producing some of the best dance acts ever seen, Bobby L'Avenir has been crafting his talent for over 20 years. It all started back in the late 90's with a Playstation game called 'Music'. 
After just a few days Bobby knew he found a creative outlet that would always be in his life “No Will Power Needed”.

With years of open minded experimentation in different styles, genres and music for TV and radio, Bobby would say all the experimenting has led him to come full circle. 
Dance Music was always what Bobby gravitated towards from the beginning and this has never changed. This is the reason Bobby founded his own label L'Avenir Records in 2012, to make quality House & Techno music the way he wants to make it. 

Described by Radio Ones Dave Pearce as 'Serious Talent', with his never diminishing passion and love for Dance Music and its power to make people feel connected and special. Bobby continues to release original tracks on his own Label L'Avenir Records under Bobby L’Avenir & M+M (Music Movement), as well as other labels well known for releasing top quality House & Techno. Watch out for big records from Bobby L'Avenir & Music Movement

“No Will Power Needed” is the motto at L’Avenir Records, the more you love something the less “will power” is needed to move towards it and create it, it’s just automatic “No Will Power Needed”.