
Written by Ch. Chayell, M. Ickx

Performed and produced by Rich Lane

In the UK Midlands of late 1988, shortly after the second Summer of Love, a 15 year old schoolboy, already immersed in Acid House and Detroit Techno, reads in one of the pretentious London-centric mags he devours each month about a new sound which could be the next big genre.  It's called New Beat, and it comes, of all places, from Belgium. This makes him pay attention -  he spent every summer holiday of his youth in one of the country's resorts, and had vague memories of stark, pounding electronic music emanating from club doorways late at night.

He makes a trip from his suburban home into the city centre determined to find some examples of this new music. After a lot of searching he comes up trumps: a compilation album called 'New Beat - Take 1'. He buys it on the spot and takes it home to listen to. As with most albums he's ever bought, he feels slightly cheated, after a couple of good tracks there's a fair bit of filler, and certainly no overriding 'sound' other than a somewhat slow and Euro Pop centric approach to House. Nothing like the aural fingerprint of Acid or Techno. But...

Some of the tracks pique his interest. They have a dark, early 80s synth heavy sound which reminds him of both the Synth Pop of his youth, and the mysterious music filtering out of those Belgian clubs as a child...

He has to wait till the very end of the album for the best of these - a track called 'Flesh' by A Split Second. The fascinating sleeve notes of the L.P. tell the story of how an already banging tune in the established Belgian style of 'Electronic Body Music' was played at the wrong speed (33 1/3 and +8 on the Technics deck) by an Antwerp DJ called Fat Ronny. The club went wild, and a new genre was born - Belgian producers trying to replicate the slower groove and dark timbres of this fateful bit of serendipity. The UK schoolboy gets more than a little obsessed by the tune...

The lad in question went on to form a career in dance music production, and after 25 years has decided to revisit this important and very personal piece of nostalgia, fashioning a complete, respectful and sample free rework of the track based on it's 'go slow' speed. 

This one is for the music mad schoolkid in all of us...

R.L.

Rich Lane - Flesh (Remake)

Vinyl available on Magic Feet from 2/6/14

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/rich-lane-peza-flesh/529294-01/

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Written by Ch. Chayell, M. Ickx

Performed and produced by Rich Lane

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In the UK Midlands of late 1988, shortly after the second Summer of Love, a 15 year old schoolboy, already immersed in Acid House and Detroit Techno, reads in one of the pretentious London-centric mags he devours each month about a new sound which could be the next big genre.  It's called New Beat, and it comes, of all places, from Belgium. This makes him pay attention -  he spent every summer holiday of his youth in one of the country's resorts, and had vague memories of stark, pounding electronic music emanating from club doorways late at night.

He makes a trip from his suburban home into the city centre determined to find some examples of this new music. After a lot of searching he comes up trumps: a compilation album called 'New Beat - Take 1'. He buys it on the spot and takes it home to listen to. As with most albums he's ever bought, he feels slightly cheated, after a couple of good tracks there's a fair bit of filler, and certainly no overriding 'sound' other than a somewhat slow and Euro Pop centric approach to House. Nothing like the aural fingerprint of Acid or Techno. But...

Some of the tracks pique his interest. They have a dark, early 80s synth heavy sound which reminds him of both the Synth Pop of his youth, and the mysterious music filtering out of those Belgian clubs as a child...

He has to wait till the very end of the album for the best of these - a track called 'Flesh' by A Split Second. The fascinating sleeve notes of the L.P. tell the story of how an already banging tune in the established Belgian style of 'Electronic Body Music' was played at the wrong speed (33 1/3 and +8 on the Technics deck) by an Antwerp DJ called Fat Ronny. The club went wild, and a new genre was born - Belgian producers trying to replicate the slower groove and dark timbres of this fateful bit of serendipity. The UK schoolboy gets more than a little obsessed by the tune...

The lad in question went on to form a career in dance music production, and after 25 years has decided to revisit this important and very personal piece of nostalgia, fashioning a complete, respectful and sample free rework of the track based on it's 'go slow' speed. 

This one is for the music mad schoolkid in all of us...

R.L.

Rich Lane - Flesh (Dub)

Edited preview from a 9:45 original.

Full version available on Juno Download from 1st June 2014

https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/track/shelves

©R.Lane 2014

Buy on Bandcamp

Rich Lane - Shelves (Clip)

Short previews of a 2 track EP -available exclusively on Bandcamp. Head over there to listen and purchase the full tracks in better quality, and with more ethics, than using Soundloud 😉
https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/geordie-saw-e-p

Rich Lane - Geordie Saw EP (Preview Clips)

A three track EP inspired by this marvel of The North West Midlands.

1. Club Card    2. La Chuff    3. Aisle of Cheese

Play, download, and actually own the full length versions in much better quality (and with a much fairer deal for the artist) on Bandcamp:

https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-tesco-at-trent-vale-e-p

© R.Lane/Cotton Bud 2023

The Big Tesco at Trent Vale

Chug Norris - The Big Tesco at Trent Vale E.P. (Clips)

Written, produced and remixed by Rich Lane

Vocals performed by Nicole Simone

© R. Lane 2014

Available on Bandcamp: https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/a-love-divine-5-mixes

Original Disco Thing (feat. Nicole Simone) - A Love Divine (Rich Lane Remix) Clip

Play, download, and actually own the full length version in much better quality (and with a much fairer deal for the artist) on Bandcamp:
https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/track/black-mass

Written & Produced by Rich Lane
Additional Vocal by Julie-Ann Smith
Mixed and Mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering

© R. Lane/Cotton Bud 2023

Chug Norris - Black Mass (Clip)

Play, download, and actually own the full length version in much better quality (and with a much fairer deal for the artist) on Bandcamp:
https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/track/the-ceiling

Written & Produced by Rich Lane
Additional Vocal by Julie-Ann Smith
Mixed and Mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering

© R. Lane/Cotton Bud 2023

Chug Norris - The Ceiling (Clip)

Written & produced by Rich Lane

© R. Lane 2014

Vocal and Instrumental versions available on Bandcamp https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/new-best-friend-2-mixes

Rich Lane - New Best Friend (Clip)

Written, produced and remixed by Rich Lane

© R. Lane 2015

Available on Juno Download from 1/5/2015

Rich Lane - Getting There (Cotton Bud Remix)

Written, produced and performed by Rich Lane.

Inspired by the wit of Sean O HAodha.

Additional vocal performance by Manu and Yr.1 Music Tech BTEC Students, NULC.

Rich Lane - Sweat Out The Suicide (Dub)

Written, produced and performed by Rich Lane.

Inspired by the wit of Sean O HAodha.

Additional vocal performance by Manu and Yr.1 Music Tech BTEC Students, NULC.

©R.Lane 2015

Rich Lane - Sweat Out The Suicide (Cotton Bud Remix)

Rich Lane - Sweat Out The Suicide

Written & Produced by Rich Lane

Vocals by Nicole Simone

6 minute clip of a 9 minute original, available on Bandcamp

©R.Lane 2016

Chug Norris ft. Nicole Simone - Wolf In Shell Toes (Clip)

Written by Rich Lane

Vocals by Nicole Simone

Remix by The Long Champs
contact: 
thelongchamps@yahoo.co.uk

Full length download available on Bandcamp

©R.Lane 2016

Download here

Chug Norris ft. Nicole Simone - Wolf In Shell Toes (The Long Champs Remix) Clip

Written & Produced by Rich Lane

Vocals by Nicole Simone

©R.Lane 2016

Buy/Download

Chug Norris ft. Nicole Simone - Wolf In Shell Toes (DJ Friendly Version) Clip

(Lane/Mens) 
Music and production by Rich Lane 
Words and vocal by Snem K 
Engineered, remixed and mastered by Cotton Bud Mastering

O.D.T & Snem K - Hit The Floor (Rich Lane Dub) clip

(Lane/Mens)
Music and production by Rich Lane
Lyrics and vocal by Snem K
Remixed by Did Virgo
Mastered by Rich Lane for Cotton Bud Mastering

Buy for download here

O.D.T & Snem K - Hit The Floor (Did Virgo Remix) Clip

(Lane/Mens)
Music and production by Rich Lane
Lyrics and vocal by Snem K
Remixed by Somerville & Wilson
Mastered by Rich Lane for Cotton Bud Mastering

O.D.T & Snem K - Hit The Floor (Somerville & Wilson Remix) Clip

Remix by Jack Butters.

Original Written & Produced by Rich Lane. 

Vocals by Alien Sofa. 

All tracks mixed down and mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering 

©R.Lane 2017

Rich Lane - Dumb It Down (Jack Butters Remix) Clip

Written & Produced by Rich Lane. 

Vocals by Alien Sofa. 

Mixed down and mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering 

©R.Lane 2017

Rich Lane - Dumb It Down (clip)

Written, produced and performed by Rich Lane. 

All tracks mixed down and mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering 

©R.Lane 2017

Rich Lane - Prequels (Cotton Dub) Clip

Written, produced and performed by Rich Lane. 

Ukelele by Luca Lane

All tracks mixed down and mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering 

©R.Lane 2017

Rich Lane - Prequels (clip)

A Sucker For Symmetry

Original Disco Thing feat. The Marches - A Sucker for Symmetry (Clip)

Instrumental version also available on Bandcamp https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-cruel

Written, Produced and Performed by Rich Lane

Miixed down and mastered @ Cotton Bud Mastering

©R.Lane 2019

Beautiful & Cruel

Buy Fairly on Bandcamp

Rich Lane - Beautiful & Cruel (Clip)

Buy fairly on Bandcamp

Rich Lane - Barry Island

Written & Produced by Rich Lane

Dub by The Long Champs. Clip only, full 8:39 version available on Bandcamp.

http://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/barry-island

©R.Lane 2020

Rich Lane - Barry Island (The Long Champs Dub) [CLIP}

Written & Produced by Rich Lane

Remix by Duncan Gray
This is a clip from a longer 7:30 version available exclusively and fairly via Bandcamp 
http://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/track/barry-island-duncan-gray-ambient-remix

©R.Lane 2020

Rich Lane - Barry Island (Duncan Gray Ambient Remix) [CLIP]

Written, produced and performed live by Rich Lane at Cotton Bud Studio May 2020.

Full length versions available fairly for just £1 on Bandcamp :
http://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/siberian

©R. Lane 2020

Rich Lane - Siberian [Clip]

Short, long and instrumental versions available to listen to in superior quality, and own fairly, on Bandcamp.

cottonbud.bandcamp.com/album/solstice

Written, produced & performed by Rich Lane
In loving memory of Adam Chisman
©R.Lane 2020

Rich Lane - Solstice (1 minute clip)

1 minute clip only - to listen/purchase the full track, head on over to Bandcamp where this can be done fairly and in better quality : https://cottonbud.bandcamp.com/track/hooky-street
Written, produced and performed by Rich Lane
Mastered at Cotton Bud Mastering

©R.Lane 2020

Original Disco Thing - Hooky Street (Clip)

For all DJ Bookings, Remixes, Mastering & Enquiries:
richlanemedia@icloud.com

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